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Professor Michael Jacobs gives expert comment on Chancellor's spending review

Michael Jacobs, Professor of Political Economy, provided expert comment on the UK Chancellor’s spending review on Times Radio.
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Dr Susan Oman and Dr Irini Katsirea appointed members of the DCMS College of Experts

Dr Susan Oman and Dr Irini Katsirea have been appointed members of the UK Government’s Department of Culture Media & Sport (DCMS) College of Experts to apply innovative scientific methods to support government policy.
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Brazilian researchers visit the MRG and organise a national forum on humanitarian visas

From 6 to 15 May 2025, the Brazilian team of the Mapping Humanitarian Visa Policy in Brazil ESRC-funded project conducted a working visit to the University of 91Ö±²¥ and organised a national forum on May 13th.

Antilockdown protest with banners stating 'The media is the virus'

‘They don’t care about you, me or anyone else’: populist storytelling in anti-lockdown protests

Dr Ozge Ozduzen and co-authors Dr Bogdan Lanosev and Dr Billur Aslan Ozgul have collaborated on a paper recently published in European Politics and Society journal.
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Wall of visas: how race impacts the externalization of (forced) migration control in south-south migration corridors.

This new article by Patrícia Nabuco Martuscelli and Natalia Cintra in Ethnic and Racial Studies Journal focuses on Brazil and how it uses humanitarian and family reunification visas as a hidden externalization strategy.
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BRAID programme partnership with Royal Armouries scoops award for ethical utilisation of new technologies to manage museum collections

We’re delighted to announce that the Bridging Responsible AI Divides (BRAID) programme’s collaboration with Royal Armouries is the winner of this year’s Collections Trust Award.
Social Science students at the G20 summit international media center

91Ö±²¥ Students Take on G20

This year, eight students from the Faculty of Social Sciences attended the annual G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.