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In this exciting video series, our researchers address some of the big issues which impact on society over a cup of coffee. In the first episode, Professor Scott Lucas and PhD student Amelia Morris decide if, all things considered, the world really is such a bad place.

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Posted 20 September 2019

Matteo Salvini is down, but here's why he isn't out for the count just yet

Daniele Albertazzi published an article in The Independent on the new Italian government.

Posted 04 September 2019

POLSIS academic selected as a Visiting Scholar at Harvard University's Center for European Studies

Dr Gerasimos Tsourapas has been selected for Harvard University's Center for European Studies 2019-20 Visiting Fellowship programme.

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