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International Development Department publishes its 60th Anniversary Annual Report
This special 2022 - 2024 report, showcases milestones, research, teaching updates, partnerships, and staff changes.
- Published: 18 December 2025
Russian interference has failed in Moldova, to Europe’s relief
Professor Stefan Wolff examines what the Moldovan elections mean for Russia's influence on the country.
- Published: 29 September 2025
University of Birmingham hosts global symposium on gender, displacement, and Islamic philanthropy
Experts, academics and humanitarian leaders gather to explore how Islamic philanthropy and humanitarian policy can address the urgent needs of displaced women.
- Published: 24 September 2025
Donald Trump’s second state visit to the UK: the pageantry, politics and pitfalls
Professor David Dunn writes for The Conversation, exploring the political risks from a second Trump state visit.
- Published: 16 September 2025
Framework to protect human rights wins award for global impact
A political framework, created by Birmingham and Oxford researchers, to support aid donor countries to protect human rights, wins the Atlas Award 2025.
- Published: 26 August 2025
Trump and Putin should not meet face-to-face (at least not like this)
Professors Nicholas Wheeler (Birmingham) & Marcus Holmes (William & Mary) examine summits past & what Trump should do if he is serious about peace for Ukraine.
- Published: 15 August 2025
Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Humanity’s first encounter with the bomb
On the 80th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Professor Nicholas Wheeler explores how fear of nuclear destruction is not an effective deterrent.
- Published: 6 August 2025
Crackdown on ‘illegal work’: Migrant riders caught between the Home Office and the algorithm
Professor Nando Sigona and Dr Stefano Piemontes discuss the crackdown on illegal migrant work in the gig economy, such as riders for food delivery apps.
- Published: 23 July 2025