ESRC Festival of Social Science 2020: Society from your sofa This year’s festival has gone virtual, and as you cannot come to us, we are bringing society to your sofa with a range of exciting online events.
Birmingham researchers warn of impact of ‘lost decade’ in adult social care New research from the University of Birmingham calls for urgent reform to UK adult social care funding to save a desperately overstretched system which has now reached breaking point. Find out more
Posted 26 October 2020 University of Birmingham academic receives share of £3 million research award Dr Kayleigh Garthwaite receives Philip Leverhulme prize and funding to advance research into the growth and corporatisation of charitable food in the UK
Posted 14 October 2020 Britain's immigration dilemma IRiS Director Professor Nando Sigona took part in BBC Radio 4's The Briefing Room on "Britain's immigration dilemma" hosted by award winning journalist David Aaranovitch.
Posted 30 September 2020 Dr Sophie King-Hill to participate in ground-breaking national project on sibling sexual abuse The University of Birmingham to be a partner in a new project led by Rape Crisis England & Wales (RCEW)
Posted 30 September 2020 Community responses to COVID-19 research The Third Sector Research Centre has been exploring community responses to COVID-19 - from lockdown and beyond
Posted 22 September 2020 Populism, policy and pandemics New blog in Sociology Lens by Professor Russell Mannion and Ewan Speed on "Populism, policy and pandemics"