SSPSSR and PolIR colleagues visit leading universities in China
Dr Balihar Sanghera (SSPSSR) and Dr Elmira Satybaldieva (School of Politics & IR) deliver lectures on economic reform in Central Asia.
Category: Impact
Celebrating 10 years of philanthropy research and engagement
The Centre for Philanthropy at the University of Kent marked its 10th anniversary in November 2018. The Centre for Philanthropy at the University of Kent celebrated … Read more
EU report confirms negative impact of emissions
Dr Ashley Mills from the Centre for Health Services Studies comments on a report that underlines, once again, the damaging health impacts diesel emissions are … Read more
Rise in vehicle attacks could be due mass media coverage
The rise in vehicle ramming attacks (VRAs) is as much the product of a virus-like spread of the act due to mass media coverage and … Read more
How the Global South shapes emerging science
A transnational strategy is no longer aspirational for scientific development, it is a pre-condition. Writes Dr Joy Zhang, Senior Lecturer in Sociology In this Think … Read more
Pushing the boundaries of ethnographic research
How do you conduct ethnographic research when customs and beliefs highlight your difference and that you are there to observe? Well, you can’t take the … Read more
Extending palliative care to help more patients
Better understanding of neurological conditions and their pathophysiological mechanisms has stressed the need for application of palliative care measures also in patients with neurological disorders. … Read more
Religious urbanisation and intrastructural lives in African mega-cities
This international multidisciplinary project is a partnership between the universities of Kent, Toronto, York, Kinshasa and Lagos and its principal objective is to explore the … Read more
Philanthropy through an international lens
As part of a panel for the recent Social History Society annual conference, I took part in a discussion about how teaching history is relevant … Read more
International links further developed through staff exchange agreement
In 2017/18 the School further developed its links with the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Bar Ilan University, Israel with an ERASMUS+ staff exchange … Read more