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POLIS at COP28: Head of School writes about The Fossil Fuel COP
Having attended COP28 as part of the University of Leeds delegation, Professor Richard Beardsworth reflects on the centrality of fossil fuels to the most recent COP.
Demir, Professor of Diaspora Studies, publishes two new book chapters
Professor Ipek Demir published two book chapters in late 2023, one on ‘striking diasporas’ and the other on the teaching of sociology, focusing on coloniality of class, gender and migration.
Project launched to develop standards for involving 'former extremists' in violence prevention work
Researchers in POLIS have been granted funding for their project, 'Involving “Former Extremists” as Practitioners in Countering/Preventing Violent Extremism'.
Timely article by School of Law academic Dr Cristina Saenz Perez reveals how Government portrays asylum seekers as ‘security risk’
Dr Saenz Perez’s article considers how governmental discourse around refugees serves to justify punitive sanctions against them.
Dr Eike Rinke wins award at Berlin conference
The prize was awarded for the best submission to the 2023 ECREA Political Communication Section Conference at the Weizenbaum Institute in Berlin.