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Recent grants to PEI and PEI members:
- ESRC: Value in the Domestic Moral Economy of the Asia-Pacific Region (Principal Investigator: Karen Sykes), 2010-2014.
- The Leverhulme Trust: Major Research Fellowship for project on 'Trafficking, Forced Labour and the Contemporary UK Economy', awarded to Nicola Phillips, 2010-2013.
- ESRC: Research seminars series on 'Unfree Labour' (Principal Investigator: Nicola Phillips; co-investigators: Stephanie Barrientos, Uma Kothari, John O'Neill, Wendy Olsen, Hillel Steiner, Karen Sykes), 2009-2011.
- Chronic Poverty Research Centre: Research Grant on 'Vulnerable Workers in Global Production Networks: Case Studies of Forced and Trafficked Labour in Brazil and India' (Principal Investigator: Nicola Phillips), 2009-2010.
- Hallsworth Trust, University of Manchester: Conference grant for event on 'Financialisation and Environment: The Implications for Environmental Governance of the Financial Crisis', 2010.
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation: Research grant on 'Justice, Vulnerability and Climate Change: An Integrated Framework' (Principal Investigator: John O'Neill; co-investigators: Kevin Anderson, Hillel Steiner, Martin O'Neill, Sarah Lindley, Nigel Lawson, Richard Starkey), 2010-2011.
- ESRC: Research Network on 'Rising Powers and Global Standards' (Principal Investigator: Khalid Nadvi), 2009-2011.
Recent and forthcoming events
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Politics PhD seminar with Professor Diana Tussie, Hallsworth Visiting Professor, 'Studying Development', 24th March, 2011, 4-6pm, Arthur Lewis Building, Room 4.059.
Places are limited, so please contact nicola.phillips@manchester.ac.uk, fabiola.mieres@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk with enquiries. enquiries.
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Political Economy Institute Research Seminar, 7th April, 2011, Diana Tussie (FLACSO/Argentina) and Nicola Phillips (University of Manchester): 'The Squeezing of Development Space in Latin America', 4-5.30pm, Arthur Lewis Building, Boardroom (2nd Floor).