Research projects

Global reach

The combination of disciplinary strength and interdisciplinary effectiveness across the School allows colleagues to develop collaborative teaching and research projects, to generate research income and to further develop effective knowledge transfer activities.

The 2011 Multiparty Elections in Uganda: Towards a Consolidated Democracy (2010 - 12)

Description
This project will examine every aspect of the 2011 elections, including the role of international donors, party financing, security personnel, ethnic politics and socio-cultural phenomena, in an attempt to assess whether it represents a step towards a consolidated, multiparty democracy for Uganda.

PEACE - Local Ownership and Peace Missions (2011 - 13)

Description
A team of researchers at IDD has won EU funding for a project that could help transform international peacebuilding and statebuilding missions. Dr. Nicolas Lemay-Hébert, supervised by Professor Paul Jackson and Dr Heather Marquette, has begun a two-year Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship that will deepen understanding of 'local ownership'.

Exploring the Role of the EU in Domestic Change in the Post-Soviet States (2011 - 13)

Description
The project seeks to answer the following question: 'What role does the European Union (EU) play in domestic change in the post-Soviet states'?

Delivering devolution under renewable (2011 - 13)

Description
The research starts at an exciting time with renewable energy forming a central role in UK energy policy and the politics of devolution entering a new phase following the 2010 General Election.

Innovative Teaching and Research through Academic Partnership (2010 - 13)

Description
The project will seek to develop innovative educational and research links between The University of Birmingham and the Kazakh-British Technical University.

Zeitgeist. What does it mean to be German in the 21st century? (2010 - 13)

Description
What does it mean to be German in the 21st century? To inherit a difficult history and be subject to national stereotypes — or much more than that? Zeitgeist investigates ideas and identity in an age of globalisation and multiculturalism. What does Germany mean to the rest of the world now? What do we make of a nation that merged two states into one, is home to the 2009 Nobel literary prizewinner, and has pursued the European project in all its cultural, political, and financial forms?
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