University of Manchester - Archive (Politics)
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2023
26
May
2023
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12:16
Europe/London
The University of Manchester is to launch a groundbreaking new course on Ukrainian politics in the Autumn, strengthening its place as a key institution in the UK for students studying Ukrainian politics and society....
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22
May
2023
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10:49
Europe/London
An inspirational student who graduated from her degree at The University of Manchester despite having incurable brain cancer has sadly passed away.
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17
May
2023
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13:34
Europe/London
The British Election Study (BES) is managed via a consortium of the University of Manchester and the University of Oxford. The prize was awarded the BES team, including Dr Jack Bailey who completed his PhD in Manchester last year and will be joining ...
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17
May
2023
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13:24
Europe/London
Freedom House highlights how Onuch and Hale document the story of how Zelensky came to be a key defender of the free world. They write that ‘the authors make a compelling argument that he was indeed the right Ukrainian, in the right place, at the rig...
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12
May
2023
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12:36
Europe/London
The Department of Politics is honoured to have the support of The Petro Jacyk Foundation for extra costs associated with a new Politics undergraduate course: ‘Ukraine Rises: Democracy, Protest, Identity and War in Comparative Perspective’. The course...
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10
May
2023
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17:30
Europe/London
This year’s MacDougall Trust Prize for Elections, Electoral Systems and Representation, awarded by the Political Studies Association, was shared between Dr Ceri Fowler, who completed her PhD at Manchester last year, and Dr Lotte Hargrave, who is join...
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09
May
2023
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10:51
Europe/London
Dr Jack Bailey and Dr Lotte Hargrave are joining Politics as permanent Lecturers in Quantitative Political Science.Jack Bailey is currently a Research Associate at the University of Manchester, where he works on the British Election Study. He complet...
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04
May
2023
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12:00
Europe/London
New research led by experts from The University of Manchester, the University of St Andrews, the University of Essex and the University of Nottingham suggests that people from ethnic and religious minority groups are more likely to be interested in p...
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25
April
2023
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11:46
Europe/London
Dr Jess Gifkins’s has co-authored the report Queering Atrocity Prvention in collaboration with the charity Protection Approaches, which works to change how the world views and thereby prevents identity-based violence. During the United Nations Securi...
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03
April
2023
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12:36
Europe/London
Professor Toni Haastrup will join the Department of Politics as Chair in Global Politics. She is currently a professor in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the University of Stirling. Over the last decade Haastrup has established a formidable rep...
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28
March
2023
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17:30
Europe/London
As an expert on international trade, Dr Silke Trommer has been part of a project funded by UniPID Development Policy Studies (UniPID DPS), funded by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland (MFA) and managed by the Finnish University Partnership f...
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20
March
2023
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09:56
Europe/London
Before joining Manchester in August 2023, Michael Magcamit was a Lecturer in Security Studies at the University of Leicester (2021-2023) and a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at the Queen Mary University of London (2019-2021). Prior to moving to the UK...
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06
March
2023
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14:46
Europe/London
Jacqueline Best is a Full Professor in the School of Political Studies at the University of Ottawa. She is currently Visting Hallsworth professor, primarily affiliated with the Global Political Economy research cluster.Her research is at the intersec...
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01
March
2023
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14:01
Europe/London
A research paper written by University of Manchester experts in public policy and economics is among the top cited articles for The Political Quarterly in 2022. The article explores the question of devolution in England in light of the Covid-19 pande...
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23
February
2023
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11:07
Europe/London
New research from experts based at The University of Manchester and Edinburgh Napier University has found evidence which suggests that MPs who are heavily embedded in corporate networks outside Westminster may be too busy to effectively perform their...
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03
February
2023
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11:21
Europe/London
Dr Elena Barabantsvena is part of a successful British Academy Global Governing Programmes 2023-2026 grant on ‘Chinese Global Orders’, led by Leigh Jenco (LSE) and Hasan Karrar (Lahore University of Management Sciences).China today is widely acknowle...
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24
January
2023
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11:44
Europe/London
Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy MP has welcomed a report by experts from The University of Manchester which highlighted the issue of racial bias in the justice system, after a meeting to discuss the findings with the academics and co-authors who...
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17
January
2023
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14:39
Europe/London
Professor Rob Ford from The University of Manchester has been appointed as a Senior Fellow by Brexit research network UK in a Changing Europe.
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04
January
2023
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18:34
Europe/London
The Department is looking to appoint a Fixed Term Teaching Focused Lecturer in the area of comparative politics. The deadline for applications is January 8.Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:Name: Professor Yoram GorlizkiEmail: ...
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04
January
2023
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17:05
Europe/London
To further strengthen our research and teaching portfolio the Department of Politics wishes to appoint two Lecturers in any field of Quantitative Political Science from September 2023. While we welcome candidates from any area of quantitative politic...
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2022
20
December
2022
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12:24
Europe/London
A new report published by Professor Robert Ford from the University of Manchester and Marley Morris written for the Institute of Public Policy Research reveals that public attitudes towards immigration have warmed in recent years. This change of atti...
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29
November
2022
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12:54
Europe/London
As Ukrainians mark the 31st anniversary of their 1991 vote for independence, a new book has been released which argues that western nations underestimated the strength of Ukraine’s civic national identity when Russia began their invasion earlier this...
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16
November
2022
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11:25
Europe/London
To further strengthen our research and teaching portfolio the Department of Politics wishes to appoint a Chair in Global Politics. We are looking for candidates with an outstanding research record, with a particular interest in scholars whose concept...
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14
November
2022
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11:54
Europe/London
A report led by Dr Jess Gifkins from the Politics department, on ‘Queering Atrocity Prevention’, in collaboration with Dr Dean Cooper-Cunningham from the University of Sheffield, and charity Protection Approaches was launched in March 2022. This work...
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02
November
2022
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10:41
Europe/London
Professor Mat Paterson, Director of the Sustainable Consumption Institute, attended both the Conservative and Labour Conference to discuss whether renewables can get us out of the cost of living crisis. The events were organised by Policy@Manchester....
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27
October
2022
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09:00
Europe/London
The Devolution All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) has today launched a landmark report on levelling up which features crucial evidence from academics at The University of Manchester.
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18
October
2022
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16:41
Europe/London
Professor Gries discusses the economic challenges China faces as Xi Jinping heads into his third five-year term.
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17
October
2022
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09:58
Europe/London
The Political Economy Centre (PEC) and Politics Department are pleased to welcome two Hallsworth Visiting Professors this semester: Professor Laura Macdonald from Carleton University (Ottawa, Canada) and Professor Adam David Morton from the Universit...
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22
September
2022
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10:56
Europe/London
SCI PhD researcher Zarina Ahmad was honoured with a 2022 Emma Goldman Snowball Award for innovative achievements in feminism and inequality research.Zarina is a feminist activist against climate change and for equal rights for ethnic minorities. In h...
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19
July
2022
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11:52
Europe/London
A student with a terminal condition has shown incredible strength and triumphed over adversity by graduating from her degree at The University of Manchester.
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