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Top marks for our world leading research environment in REF2021!   

By Grace Shore Banks | 12 May 2022

Our research environment in the School of Politics and International Relations was rated as 100% world leading or internationally excellent in this latest assessment, reflecting … Read more

Northern Ireland Assembly election: Two big messages and a familiar outcome

By Grace Shore Banks | 11 May 2022

Sinn Féin has become the largest party at Stormont for the first time in Northern Ireland’s 101-year history. Emeritus Professor Feargal Cochrane comments. Sinn Féin … Read more

Coronavirus restrictions: fear is no substitute for trust

By Grace Shore Banks | 27 April 2022

Can policymakers expect people to comply with official health restrictions out of fear rather than because they trust the government? Dr Ben Seyd asks in … Read more

Hitting the Diversity Mark

By Grace Shore Banks | 27 April 2022

The School of Politics and International Relations became involved in the Diversity Mark Project in 2020, reviewing the reading lists of many of our school … Read more

Book Launch: Losing Control: Global Security in the 21st Century

By Grace Shore Banks | 26 April 2022

Paul Rogers joins Neophytos Loizides on campus on Wednesday 11th May in the Templeman Lecture Theatre to discuss the latest edition of his seminal book. … Read more

How did Macron win the 2022 Presidential election?

By Grace Shore Banks | 25 April 2022

1. Tacking to the right 2. Trying to keep left-wing voters on board 3. Re-elected for a historic second term… 4. …off the back of … Read more

Should the PM be investigated for lying over ‘partygate’?

By Grace Shore Banks | 20 April 2022

Broadcast: Matthew Goodwin joins the BBC 2 Politics Live panel discussing the news of the day on this lively PMQ’s edition from Westminster. Professor Matt … Read more

Putin’s revolt against liberal modernity

By Grace Shore Banks | 20 April 2022

The invasion of Ukraine is the culmination of a long period of increasing tension between Russia and the West, writes Richard Sakwa in The Loop. … Read more

Europe after the War in Ukraine: Hans Kundnani in conversation with Professor Richard Whitman

By Grace Shore Banks | 19 April 2022

Academics and students attended this event, touching on the EU’s development; the social market economy; Germany’s European hegemony, and of course the ongoing war Ukraine. … Read more

Responding to a Crisis

By Grace Shore Banks | 07 April 2022

Antonia Benincasa, along with five other delegates, represented the School of Politics at this years Model Nato conference. She blogs about the experience here. This … Read more

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