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Innovative new art project set to tackle women’s concerns about safety in parks
School of Law Associate Professor Anna Barker’s work on safety in parks inspires wide-ranging and impactful responses, including a new art project for local park Woodhouse Moor.
'The inconvenient truth about sugar': two-part podcast special with 'Sugar Rush' author
Head of School Professor Karen Throsby features on the 'Can I Have Another Snack?' podcast this month, discussing her latest book, Sugar Rush, with host and nutritionist Laura Thomas.
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'.