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26 January 2022 Call for Papers: Workshop for Early Career Researchers At the digital margins? Researching and communicating marginalisation in online political engagement
25 November 2021 POLSIS Seminars Discuss Democratic Decay, the Bulgarian elections and the COP 26 Summit In this latest seminar, scholars discussed some of the pressing questions of the day related to democratic backsliding, recent elections and the COP 26 Summit.
11 November 2021 POLSIS Hosts Britain After Brexit Discussion In a special POLSIS seminar Anand Menon from UK in a Changing Europe discussed Britain After Brexit with staff and students.
08 November 2021 How are power imbalances threatening sustainable livelihoods for millions of people? Whilst restoration of nature is firmly on the agenda at COP26, Fiona Nunan and Brock Bersaglio argue that power imbalances undermine sustainable development.
22 October 2021 POLSIS seminar examines the German Elections In a special seminar, two experts on European politics, Dr Isabelle Hertner and Dr Ed Turner, examined the recent elections in Germany.
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?'
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
30 June 2021 Professor Cheeseman wins British Academy Fellowship Dr Nic Cheeseman has won a prestigious Mid-career Fellowship for a new research project
22 June 2021 Professor Cheeseman to feature on CNN's new OneWorld show Dr Nic Cheeseman at the University of Birmingham, will be a regular guest on CNN's new flagship global affairs show, One World.
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.
12 May 2021 Dr George Kyris co-founds new ECPR Research Network George Kyris is the co-founder and chair of the new ECPR Research Network on Sovereignty, Statehood and Conflict, connecting scholars from across the world and a variety of discipline backgrounds.
10 May 2021 Video: Susan Shirk talks US-China relations in POLSIS seminar Susan Shirk talks to POLSIS Asian Politics research group