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: Arts and Humanities Research CouncilPrincipal Investigator: Dr Pauline EadieDuration: April 2025 - April 2026
The project examines the issue of 'tied' visas that bind migrant workers or partner/spouses to designated households in the UK. We will explore the extent to which tied visas facilitate abuse as victims are dependent on their employers or spouse/partner for their legal immigration status.
Funder: British AcademyPrincipal Investigator: Dr Neema BegumDuration: April 2024 – April 2026
Funded by the British Academy, Neema's project will use an interdisciplinary, cross-country approach to interrogate how identity formation and community has developed between Black and Asian communities in the UK and US. It will identify where interracial convergence and divergence exist in social and political attitudes, memory and popular representations.
The project will be implemented in collaboration with Dr Hannah Thuraisingam Robbins (Department of Music), Dr Uditi Sen (Department of History), Dr Tanika Raychaudhuri (Rice University) and Dr Nicole Burrowes (Rutgers University). It will will start in April 2024 and run for two years.
Funder: Leverhulme TrustPrincipal Investigator: Dr William DanielDuration: February 2025- January 2026
This project, led by Will Daniel, explores how politicians from different political parties – but with similar personal backgrounds – use personal commonalities as a way of building professional connections that can ultimately relieve contentious forms of polarisation.
The project takes inspiration from scholarship on ethnic and gender identity’s effects on political behaviour that has been less explored for sexuality. It argues that identities that divide us in one setting might bind us in another.
Funder: Economic and Social Resource Council (ESRC)Principal Investigator: Dr Eloïse BertrandDuration: February 2023-April 2026
Dr Bertrand's project is implemented in collaboration with the Institut Général Marc Tiémoko Garango pour la Gouvernance et le Développement (IGD) in Burkina Faso, the Department of Peace, Security, and Humanitarian Studies at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria, and the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) in the UK.
The project's findings will contribute to the evidence base informing civil society groups' and international partners' engagement in the region.
Funder: Taipei Representative Office in the UKPrincipal Investigator: Dr Chun-yi LeeDuration: August 2023 – September 2027
The Taiwan Research Hub brings together researchers from different disciplines and career stages to improve our understanding of Taiwan. We look at the fields of politics, history, culture, society, international relations, and economy.
Funder: Economic and Social Resource Council (ESRC) and Luxemburg National Research FundPrincipal Investigator: Professor Christian Schuster (University College London)Co-investigators: Professor Jan Meyer-Sahling (University of Nottingham); Professor Kim Sass Mikkelsen (Roskilde University)Duration: January 2023- December 2025
This research project examines how executive engagement training can enhance leadership and improve public sector performance in Luxembourg.
The study addresses a critical challenge in public administration – how to boost employee engagement in government organisations, where rigid structures, limited managerial discretion, and increasing workloads often lead to disengagement.
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