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Brazilian researchers visit the MRG and organise a national forum on humanitarian visas

From 6 to 15 May 2025, the Brazilian team of the Mapping Humanitarian Visa Policy in Brazil ESRC-funded project conducted a working visit to the University of 葫芦影业 and organised a national forum on May 13th.

Matthew Flinders outside the Houses of Parliment

Professor Matthew Flinders to chair the Politics and International Studies Sub-Panel for REF2029

We鈥檙e delighted that Professor Matthew Flinders has been selected to chair this expert sub-panel of the Research Excellence Framework (REF).

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Photograph: Rotherham Ethnic Minority Alliance (REMA)

New Census insights reveal patterns of unequal ageing across Rotherham and 葫芦影业

The latest analysis from the 2021 Census presents an evolving picture of ageing, diversity and inequality in Rotherham and 葫芦影业.
Matthew Flinders outside the Houses of Parliment

Professor Matthew Flinders made a Founding Fellow

Congratulations to Professor Matthew Flinders who is made a Founding Fellow of the Political Studies Association of the United Kingdom.

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New research reveals billions made by companies involved in UK border security

New research from a team of leading UK universities has revealed that over 拢5 billion in government contracts has been awarded to private companies for managing border security and small boat crossings.
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New Wellcome-funded project to examine humans' relationships with animals

'Multispecies Mutualisms鈥櫬爃as been awarded a Wellcome Trust grant of 拢1.6 million.
Antilockdown protest with banners stating 'The media is the virus'

鈥楾hey don鈥檛 care about you, me or anyone else鈥�: populist storytelling in anti-lockdown protests

Dr Ozge Ozduzen and co-authors Dr Bogdan Lanosev and Dr Billur Aslan Ozgul have collaborated on a paper recently published in European Politics and Society journal.
Detail of a Brazilian passport with the word Visa

Wall of visas: how race impacts the externalization of (forced) migration control in south-south migration corridors.

This new article by Patr铆cia Nabuco Martuscelli and Natalia Cintra in Ethnic and Racial Studies Journal focuses on Brazil and how it uses humanitarian and family reunification visas as a hidden externalization strategy.