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Find out what's been happening in the Politics department.
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Sociology and Politics Success in Global Subject Rankings
20 Nov 2024
The School of Social Sciences has seen two of its departments rise in the latest Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) Subject ...
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The budget shows Rachel Reeves is thinking long-term more than the Tories
6 Nov 2024
Chancellor Rachel Reeves presented Labour’s first budget in 14 years by promising to put an “end to short-termism”. British governments ...
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Professor Angie Wilson receives APSA Distinguished Career Service Award
8 Oct 2024
Professor Wilson has been awarded the Distinguished Career Service Award 2024 by the American Political Science Association (APSA) LGBTQ Caucus. ...
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Prioritizing Global Responsibilities: New book by James Pattison
19 Sep 2024
James Pattison, Professor of Politics, co-authors Prioritizing Global Responsibilities with Luke Glanville, Professor at the Department of ...
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Nick Turnbull awarded a Leverhulme Trust Research Grant
11 Sep 2024
Nick Turnbull is a Senior Lecturer in Politics and the project is a collaboration between Politics and Criminology. It aims to contribute to policy...
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Clara Sandelind awarded a BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grant
10 Sep 2024
Clara is a Lecturer in Political Theory and the British Academy/Leverhulme project will support her research on how different forms of cross-border ...
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University of Manchester Students Make a Difference in Local Refugee Community
4 Sep 2024
Since 2014, this community hub has also served as the setting for a fruitful collaboration between the University of Manchester and local refugees ...
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New report - Navigating the Backlash: The Future of British Climate Strategy
23 Aug 2024
The report sets out strategies for navigating the UK’s political context on climate change, which were developed during a workshop at Manchester ...
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News round up of Politics staff commentating on the General Election
12 Jul 2024
After the election, Louise Thompson wrote a piece for The Conversation, focusing on the ‘fragmentation of the British parliament and the rise of ...
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Votes for kids: why we should be giving children a say in elections
28 Jun 2024
It’s not controversial to say that contemporary affluent societies do a rather poor job of taking the interests of younger generations into account....
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Former Master student Htet Lynn Oo awarded prize for dissertation
24 Jun 2024
Htet Lynn Oo is a former MA Peace and Conflict Studies student. In addition to the ASEAS prize, Htet was also awarded a special commendation for ...
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Professor Yoram Gorlizki awarded British Academy Senior Research Fellowship
17 Jun 2024
The outgoing Head of Department of Politics, Yoram Gorlizki, has been awarded a British Academy Senior Research Fellowship to complete a ...
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Election 2024: current positions and post-election aims for each party
4 Jun 2024
With polls predicting huge losses for the Conservatives and huge gains for Labour, the election campaign so far has focused on the battle between the ...
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Team led by Professor Rachel Gibson awarded a Smart Data Research UK grant
3 Jun 2024
The team was one of seven awarded a total of £1.8 million under the Smart Data Research UK scheme. This project will improve how browser and social ...
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Jamie J. Hagen new Lecturer in Global Politics
22 May 2024
Jamie J. Hagen is currently a Lecturer in International Relations at Queen’s University Belfast, where she is the founding co-director of the ...
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Luke Bhatia has received a SU award for Commitment to Decolonising the Curriculum
21 May 2024
Dr Luke Bhatia, Lecturer in Global Politics, has won an award at the Student Union awards for ‘creating safe space for global majority student and ...
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Tian Liu appointed as Lecturer in Global Political Economy
10 May 2024
Liu completed his doctoral degree in sociology at the John Hopkins University. His research uses comparative-historical methods to examine the uneven...
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Hannah Wright appointed as Lecturer in Global Politics
8 May 2024
Dr Hannah Wright joins the Politics Department from Queen Mary University of London, where she holds an ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowship. Prior to that, ...
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Jess Gifkins’s report Queering Atrocity Prevention cited at UN meeting
8 Apr 2024
Dr Jess Gifkins’s has co-authored the report Queering Atrocity Prevention in collaboration with the charity Protection Approaches, which works to ...
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Dr Michael Magcamit awarded Leverhulme International Fellowship
5 Apr 2024
Dr Michael Magcamit from the Department of Politics at the University of Manchester was recently awarded a Leverhulme International Fellowship of ...
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Lama Tawakkol awarded a BISA Early-Career Research Grant
4 Apr 2024
Dr Lama Tawakkol will be researching the water-for-energy deal as a lens (geo)politics, capitalist relations and power asymmetries in the region, ...
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Toni Haastrup elected Chair of the University Association for Contemporary European Studies
3 Apr 2024
Commenting on her new role, Haastrup said: ‘UACES has been a cornerstone of my professional life, from PhD student to Professor. I have benefited ...
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China’s public wants to make a living, not war, writes Tao Wang for Foreign Policy
3 Apr 2024
In the article for Foreign Policy, Wang writes that ‘the mood among [Chinese] social media users is a sharp departure from past elections’, ...
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Peter Gries comments on Hong Kong’s new security law
20 Mar 2024
Hong Kong’s government has introduced a new security bill that critics argue targets political freedoms. Professor Peter Gries, founding Director ...
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Workshop on Ian Bruff’s article ‘The Rise of Authoritarian Neoliberalism’ – 10 years on
14 Mar 2024
Dr Ian Bruff’s article has become a seminal text in political economy and the social sciences more broadly. The article argued ‘that we are ...
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Professor Rob Ford analyses the Rochdale by-election
13 Mar 2024
In a blog for UK in a Changing Europe, Professor Robert Ford analyses the circumstances behind Galloway’s surprising victory in the Rochdale ...
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Connected strategies for net zero and levelling up
9 Feb 2024
MacGregor, Paterson and Holmes discuss the Joined-up Sustainability Transformations (JUST) approach, which they have developed at the Sustainable ...
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Dr Fernando Rosenblatt is the new Senior Lecturer in Comparative Politics
6 Feb 2024
Dr Rosenblatt’s research focuses on comparative politics, Latin American politics, democratic representation, parties and party systems. He ...
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Two new books in Feminist Global Politics co-edited by Dr Cristina Masters
30 Jan 2024
Both of these new books explore different and usually unscrutinised aspects of academic writing and research, and thereby provide new insights into ...
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Dr Jonathan Benson New Lecturer in Political Theory
30 Jan 2024
Jonathan is currently a Hallsworth Research Fellow at the Department of Politic and will take up his post as Lecturer in January 2025. He completed...
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Why David Cameron's past and present relations with China could be Rishi Sunak's first political headache of 2024
4 Jan 2024
Almost immediately after being appointed as foreign secretary, David Cameron’s ties with China generated difficult headlines for Rishi Sunak’s ...
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Polarization makes us see politics from more limited points of view, writes Dr Jonathan Benson
20 Dec 2023
Based on an article published in The American Political Science Review, Benson discusses the dangers of political polarization. He explains that the ...
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New Report on ‘Design & Policy’ co-authored by Professor Liz Richardson
12 Dec 2023
There is a growing field in practice and research dedicated to investigating the distinctive contribution of design to policymaking. Whilst the UK is...
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Politics is recruiting a Lecturer and Senior Lecturer in Global Politics
12 Dec 2023
The new Lecturers will be based in the Critical Global Politics research cluster, which is the largest of five clusters across the Department. The ...
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Politics is hiring three permanent lecturers
5 Dec 2023
Politics is looking for three new colleagues to join as permanent lecturers: Lecturer in Political Theory, closing date for applications is ...
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University of Manchester selected to offer highly regarded Parliamentary Studies Module
1 Dec 2023
The University of Manchester is one of 23 universities to be awarded the right to deliver the unique and highly regarded Parliamentary Studies Module...
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Professor Toni Haastrup shares her expertise in Feminist Foreign Policy
27 Nov 2023
Throughout November, Toni Haastrup, Professor and Chair of Global Politics, took part in several European policy events on Feminist Foreign policy. ...
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Dr Laura McLeod new EDI Officer for the British International Studies Association
9 Nov 2023
In the interview as new EDI Officer, Laura McLeod, Senior Lecturer in International Politics, explains why she wanted to take on the role: “I ...
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Former Ukrainian President visits The University of Manchester
31 Oct 2023
The Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and his wife Katherine have visited The University of Manchester to speak to students about the war ...
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Dr Carl Death recommends books in African climate fiction
13 Oct 2023
Dr Carl Death, Senior Lecturer in International Political Economy, recommends five stories in African climate fiction, published in African ...
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Professor Rob Ford comments on the Conservative party conference
3 Oct 2023
Rob Ford, Professor of Political Science, told the New York Times that the Conservative party conference was important for Rishi Sunak to define ...
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The Conservatives have seized on cars as a political wedge – it’s a bet on the public turning against climate action
7 Sep 2023
“Talking about freedom, sat in Margaret Thatcher’s old Rover” read the UK prime minister’s tweet in July 2023. Earlier that day in an ...
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The University of Manchester appoints UK’s first Professor of Ukrainian Politics
22 Aug 2023
The University of Manchester has appointed the first-ever Professor of Comparative and Ukrainian Politics in the UK and the wider English-speaking ...
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Dr Tao Wang wins Taiwan Studies Award
6 Jul 2023
The European Association of Taiwan Studies (EATS) has awarded Manchester China Institute (MCI) research fellow Dr Tao Wang, a former PhD student at ...
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Ukraine data project is recognised for its innovation by OECD
29 Jun 2023
A project involving experts from The University of Manchester which created a live ‘early alarm’ system of major displacement, human rights ...
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Professor Gries co-hosts dialogue between American and Chinese diplomats
9 Jun 2023
On June 5-6, 15 Chinese and American diplomats met in La Jolla, California for the 13th annual US-China Young Diplomats Dialogue, co-hosted by ...
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The University of Manchester launches groundbreaking Ukrainian politics course
26 May 2023
The University of Manchester is to launch a groundbreaking new course on Ukrainian politics in the Autumn, strengthening its place as a key ...
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Inspirational student who graduated despite having brain cancer has sadly died
22 May 2023
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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British Election Study Team Awarded the Pippa Norris Prize
17 May 2023
The British Election Study (BES) is managed via a consortium of the University of Manchester and the University of Oxford. The prize was awarded ...
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The Zelensky Effect recommended by Freedom House
17 May 2023
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 ...
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