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New scholarship critiques CSR as a tool to neutralise dissent and manage regulatory threats

A new study by Jonathan Kishen Gamu, Violence in the Shadows, is challenging the prevailing academic and industrial consensus that Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) serves as a vehicle for humane capitalism.
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Matt Goodwin’s ‘English ethnicity’ rhetoric: it’s important to ask why politicians want to sort people into categories

Ros Williams discusses Reform candidate Matt Goodwin and the rhetoric around defining and categorising ethnicity, for The Conversation

Published by The Conversation
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Researchers to examine the business of European border security 

The research will look at the economics of border control and the role of the UK and Denmark in experimenting with, propagating and normalising border security business.
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Professor Matthew Flinders to chair the Politics and International Studies Sub-Panel for REF2029

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

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New Census insights reveal patterns of unequal ageing across Rotherham and Sheffield

The latest analysis from the 2021 Census presents an evolving picture of ageing, diversity and inequality in Rotherham and Sheffield.
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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 £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’ has been awarded a Wellcome Trust grant of £1.6 million.