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12 April 2024
In a recent article for Local Government Chronical, doctoral researcher Phil Swann explores the lessons from the history of local government finance.
27 March 2024
Episode 12 of the People, Power, Politics podcast features a discussion of Allan Sikk and Philipp Köker’s recent OUP book Party People
27 March 2024
Argentine democracy is again at a crossroads. But this time feels different as Argentina’s new maverick President Javier Milei seeks to assert his authority.
18 March 2024
The latest People, Power, Politics episode features a conversation between Prof Marlies Glasius and CEDAR’s Licia Cianetti about authoritarian practices
14 March 2024
Visiting experts and University of Birmingham scholars discuss what may be the most important election in recent American history.
14 February 2024
In this latest People, Power, Politics podcast, Prof Rory Cormac talks about the fascinating world of secret statecraft and its implications for democracy.
31 January 2024
The new People, Power, Politics podcast episode features CEDAR’s Nic Cheeseman in conversation with Prof Aili Mari Tripp.
17 January 2024
Stefan Wolff talks to Petra Alderman about the global struggle between democracy and authoritarianism, the state of the Russia-Ukraine war.
14 December 2023
Listen to the sixth episode of the People, Power, Politics podcast featuring Mwita Chacha (POLSIS), Obert Hodzi (Liverpool) and Nic Cheeseman (CEDAR).
27 November 2023
The University of Birmingham has secured substantial funding from the Economic and Social Research Council for a transformative Doctoral Training Partnership
21 November 2023
The UK Parliament has re-selected the University as a chosen partner to teach the highly regarded Parliamentary Studies module from the academic year 2024/25.
17 November 2023
What is political polarisation? How different is it from ‘normal’ democratic conflict? And why have we been getting it wrong?