Latest news from the Institute of Applied Social Studies, Global Communities Research Group and the cross-cutting Participatory Research Theme.
News
- Description
- This one-day workshop on 'Sexual abuse on children: representation of Class, Race and Gender', and supported by the Institute of Advanced Studies builds on recent revelations of sexual abuses by high profile public figures such as Jimmy Saville, Cyril Smith and Stuart Hall.
- Date:
- Tuesday 21st May 2013
- Categories:
- Research, Social Sciences
- Description
- Nando Sigona analyses the predicament of undocumented migrants and the way the uncertainty and stress of the family struggle, as well as restricted access to healthcare services, impact the mental and physical well-being of the children.
- Date:
- Tuesday 21st May 2013
- Categories:
- Research, Social Sciences
- Description
- IASS's Chris Allen took part in a cross-college event at St George's Church in Edgbaston that reflected on the nature of Englishness in the context of the secular and the sacred.
- Date:
- Friday 26th April 2013
- Categories:
- Research, Social Sciences
- Description
- Jenny Phillimore delivers public lecture on delivering health services in an era of superdiversity.
- Date:
- Friday 8th March 2013
- Categories:
- Research, Social Sciences
- Description
- Members of IRiS (Institute for Research into Superdiversity) deliver a seminar about the new Practitioner Research Programme (PRP).
- Date:
- Friday 8th March 2013
- Categories:
- Research, Social Sciences
- Description
- The Institute for Research into Superdiversity (IRiS) is developing a new Practitioner Research Programme which aims to bring together key organisations and individuals working with new and established migrants to develop better information about migrant communities living in Birmingham. If you are interested and would like to know more, you are invited to attend an information seminar in February.
- Date:
- Wednesday 9th January 2013
- Categories:
- Research, Social Sciences
- Description
- On 24 October Steve Vertovec gave a public lecture on Diversification and 'diversity': configurations, representations and encounters as part of the College of Social Science Distinguished Speaker series.
- Date:
- Wednesday 28th November 2012
- Categories:
- Research, Social Sciences
- Description
- IASS's Chris Allen was part of a delegation who met with Baroness Sayeeda Warsi at the Foreign & Commonwealth Offices in London. The meeting was arranged to discuss the future work programme of the Cross-Government Working Group on Anti-Muslim Hatred on which Chris Allen sits in an independent expert capacity.
- Date:
- Friday 2nd November 2012
- Categories:
- Research, Social Sciences, Students
- Description
- IASS's Chris Allen has this week submitted written evidence to the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Islamophobia in preparation for its meeting to explore the evidence relating to the representation of Muslims and Islam in the British media.
- Date:
- Wednesday 31st October 2012
- Categories:
- Research, Social Sciences
- Description
- IASS academic Dr Chris Allen, contributes to the Birmingham Heroes Campaign.
- Date:
- Wednesday 18th July 2012
- Categories:
- Research, Social Sciences