Our research is international in scope and covers many important aspects of our political and social world in the UK and abroad. This is a selection of ongoing projects that reflect the research done in the school:
Funder: Ford Foundation PI: Dr Andreas Fulda Duration: October 2017 – June 2019
This project will assess firstly how the NGO law has affected Europe based NGOs in their relations with China, and secondly, to identify and document new approaches to engagement with China.
Funder: Arts and Humanities Research Council PI: Dr David Gill, Associate Professor Duration: October 2017 – April 2019
This project examines instances where countries have failed to repay debt and uses qualitative historical and case study research methods to specifically examine the UK's failure to repay billions in war loans in the 1930s.
Funder: Global Integrity/UK Department of International DevelopmentPI: Prof. Jan-Hinrik Meyer-SahlingDuration: January 2019 - December 2020
This project provides robust evidence and tools to assess the effectiveness of distinct civil service designs and put policies in place to tackle corruption in developing countries.
Funder: University of Nottingham Governance and Public Policy (GaPP) Research Priority AreaPI: Dr Simon ToubeauDuration: October 2017 - April 2019
The aim of this project is to study how regional governments have adjusted to the austerity policies imposed by central governments in the immediate aftermath of the Great Recession (2007-2010) in three West European states.
Funder: Education Partnership FundPI: Dr Helen WilliamsDuration: September 2019 - August 2020
This is a collaborative project between the University of Nottingham and the University of Birmingham. It takes a curriculum-based approach to the undergraduate attainment gap between white and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) students in the disciplines of philosophy and politics.
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