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Posted 07 September 2021 Special POLSIS Seminar on Brexit Academics from POLSIS met to discuss a new paper by Dr Sotirios Zartaloudis, 'Explaining Brexit: A Bullingdon Dinner Gone Wrong?'
Posted 16 July 2021 How can improving ecosystems contribute to poverty alleviation in the Global South? Professor Fiona Nunan, discusses whether environmental protection in the global south can improve local people's lives and what structures need to be in place to make that happen
Posted 30 June 2021 Professor Cheeseman wins British Academy Fellowship Dr Nic Cheeseman has won a prestigious Mid-career Fellowship from the British Academy for a research project entitled: "Re-thinking African Politics: Ideology, Political Thought and the Power of Ideas".
Posted 22 June 2021 Professor Cheeseman to feature on CNN's new OneWorld show Dr Nic Cheeseman, the Professor of Democracy in the International Development of the School of Government at the University of Birmingham, will be a regular guest on CNN's new flagship global affairs show, One World.
Posted 20 May 2021 Government students take part in international Model NATO Eleven undergraduate students from POLSIS and IDD took part in a Model NATO on May 18, sponsored by the UK embassy in Lisbon, Portugal.