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Rising turnout and more switching means parties must address low-income voters’ economic concerns to win at next General Election
15 Jul 2019Voters struggling to make ends meet on low incomes are ‘up for grabs’ like never before and are set to have a bigger influence on who ends up winning the next General Election.
International Monetary Fund reforms weaken the state, study finds
08 Mar 2019Lending conditions imposed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) undermine “state capacity” in developing nations, Dr Thomas Stubbs finds.
The military as a learning organisation
11 Feb 2019Dr. Tom Dyson’s new article, ‘The military as a learning organisation: establishing the fundamentals of best-practice in lessons learned’ published in Defence Studies.
PIRP Professor wins Philip Leverhulme Prize
23 Oct 2018Prof. Chris Hanretty, Head of the School of Politics, International Relations and Philosophy, has won a Philip Leverhulme Prize.
Launch of new second year module: Politics Outside the West
21 Sept 2018This course will bridge our first year general provision and our third year courses on the politics of Africa, the Middle East, China, South Asia, and Latin America.
PIR researchers organise international conference on elections
18 Sept 2018International attendees discussed elections and voting behaviour in a British and international context.
Grant success to investigate personal data usage in the digital age
12 Sept 2018Dr Will Jones is part of new consortium awarded a major grant by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council to investigate use and exploitation of personal data.
Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship success for Politics and International Relations
16 Aug 2018Dr Licia Cianetti was awarded a three-year Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship starting September 2018 for the project “What happened to the multicultural city? Effects of nativism and austerity”.
Visa restrictions can lead to increase in illegal migration
07 Aug 2018Government-imposed restrictions on immigration push more would-be migrants into unauthorised channels, Dr Cassilde Schwartz finds.
The future of 'fracking' requires a social licence
20 Apr 2018Deciding on whether the UK will go ahead with extracting shale gas ‘fracking,’ will depend as much on the industry securing a social licence as making a strong economic case, says Prof. Goldthau.
