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The Nationalisation of UK Aid and Development by Melita Lazell & Ivica Petrikova

The latest book in SPERI's Palgrave series 'Building a Sustainable Political Economy: SPERI Research & Policy' is available now - with discount code.
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SPERI Presents... New Thinking: Queer Activism in Ghana with Ellie Gore

In a new podcast, Dr Ellie Gore (University of Manchester) discusses their new brand new book Between HIV Prevention & LGBTI Rights: The Political Economy of Queer Activism in Ghana.
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Far-Right Populism and the Making of the Exclusionary Neoliberal State by Valentina Ausserladscheider

The latest book in SPERI's Palgrave series 'Building a Sustainable Political Economy: SPERI Research & Policy' is available now - with discount code.
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SPERI Presents... New Thinking in Political Economy

The first episode of our new series asks 'What is Political Economy?'. New episodes released monthly.
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SPERI invites applications for the Leverhulme Trust’s Early Career Fellowship Scheme

SPERI and the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Sheffield welcome applications from outstanding early career researchers to the 2023 round of the Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship Scheme.
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Book launch: Britain Alone by Liam Stanley | 9th March

Britain Alone traces the complex nationalist path Britain took after the 2008 financial crisis. It analyses the thread that ties the fallout of the crash and austerity, through Brexit, and to the shape of lockdown politics, to provide a new history.
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New Report: Local responses to household food insecurity across the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic

A new report has been published today exploring local responses to household food insecurity across the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Social care research centre: new £10 million funding award for University of Sheffield

£10 million in funding has been awarded to the University of Sheffield’s Centre for International Research on Care, Labour & Equalities for a new ‘Centre for Care’.
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Event: Continuity and Change in Social Contestation: The role of activism in shaping the global economy | 1 December 2021

On 1 December 2021 the SPERI Doctoral Researchers Network (DRN) will host an online roundtable event on Continuity and Change in Social Contestation: The role of activism in shaping the global economy.