Professor Genevieve LeBaron Awarded a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship
Professor Genevieve LeBaron has been awarded a three-year Major Research Fellowship by the Leverhulme Trust.
Event: Emily Kenway and Genevieve LeBaron in conversation about modern slavery
Join us on February 18th for an online conversation about what modern slavery is, why efforts to tackle it have failed so far and what needs to be done to effectively combat it.
Event: Europe’s Crisis of Legitimacy – book discussion event with Professor Vivien A. Schmidt
On February 15th SPERI and the Department of Politics & International Relations will co-host an event with Professor Vivien Schmidt to discuss her new book Europe’s Crisis of Legitimacy
Leah Downey joins SPERI as a visiting researcher from Harvard
We are very pleased to welcome Leah Downey to SPERI as a visiting doctoral researcher from Harvard University. Leah will be a visiting researcher at SPERI during 2021.
New report: Monitoring responses to risk of rising food insecurity during the COVID-19 crisis across the UK
SPERI has today published the second report from a UK-wide research project designed to map and monitor responses to concerns about food access during the COVID-19 outbreak.
New research brief: How former FARC-EP midlevel commanders could help to advance peace in Colombia
SPERI is delighted to publish a new research brief ‘Committed to Peace: The Potential of Former FARC-EP Midlevel Commanders as Local Leaders in the Peace Process’ by Dr Anastasia Shesterinina.
Blind spots in International Political Economy: second Special Issue published in New Political Economy
A second landmark Special Issue exploring blind spots in the field of International Political Economy has been published in New Political Economy
Autumn events with the SPERI Doctoral Researcher Network
SPERI’s Doctoral Researcher Network (DRN) has hosted its annual introductory event for the new semester, and has announced plans to host two further events this semester.
Blind spots in International Political Economy: first landmark Special Issue published in RIPE
A landmark Special Issue exploring blind spots in the field of International Political Economy has been published
Governments must ‘change the way the economy works’ after Covid-19, says new OECD-commissioned report
A new OECD report written by SPERI’s Michael Jacobs calls on governments to prioritise environmental sustainability, economic resilience, reducing inequality and improving wellbeing