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The Department of Politics at the University of Manchester
Please join the Manchester Jean Monnet Centre and the Manchester Political Economy Centre for a roundtable on Free Trade Unravelling on Tuesday, 11th November, 1:30-3pm, Mansfield Cooper 4.10.
November 7, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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🧧⚽️ Konger FC Exhibition – Discover how Manchester’s Hong Kong community builds identity and wellbeing through football and cafés
📅 1–5 Nov | 📍 SeeSaw Exhibition Space, 6th Floor, House, 86 Princess St, Manchester M1 6NG
👉 Free entry – just turn up. All welcome!
Part of the #ESRCFestival

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October 16, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Everything you need to know about applying for (and doing) a PhD in Politics. Join the PhD Information Session on Wednesday, October 22nd
10-11am in ALB G30/31
October 19, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Amazing opportunity to join the Politics Department and the JUST centre at the University of Manchester!
PhD scholarship opportunity, to work with @sherilynmacgregor.bsky.social and myself on the 'local politics of climate backlash' at @uompols.bsky.social and @justcentre.bsky.social. Please circulate to anyone who might be interested! www.findaphd.com/phds/project....
October 14, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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The @uompols.bsky.social Department proudly marked 40 years of the International Peace Lecture on 8 Oct, welcoming Madeleine Rees OBE for a powerful reflection on women’s rights, justice, and peacebuilding.

Find out more: www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/m...

#PeaceLecture #HumanRights
October 14, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Learn how you can gain an international experience as part of your undergraduate degree! Visit the Go Abroad Fair! Tuesday 21st October 11-3pm Location: Whitworth Hall
October 14, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Our Politics colleagues at the APSA conference 2025!
October 3, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Join us next week for the 40th anniversary peace lecture! buff.ly/Aj4IACb
October 3, 2025 at 8:30 AM
2025 International Peace Lecture "The Continuous Struggle: Women’s Rights in the Last Four Decades and the Backlash Against Progress" buff.ly/Aj4IACb
September 30, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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This year, Madeleine Rees OBE joins the legacy with a powerful talk on women’s rights and resistance.

📅 8 Oct at Roscoe Theatre B or online: uom.link/peacelecture

@uompols.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk

#Feminism #Politics #WomeninPeacebuilding
Politics - 2025 Annual International Peace Lecture
The Continuous Struggle: Women’s Rights in the Last Four Decades and the Backlash Against Progress
uom.link
September 29, 2025 at 8:09 AM
The new book Stability and Politicization in Climate Governance asks: When it comes to climate change ... is it better to ‘lock in’ steady, long-term policies, or do we need dramatic political conflict and protests to force real change?

Open access link: buff.ly/KNNv8Sr
September 28, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Welcome to Politics at Manchester! Join us at the events we have planned for you!
Also check out the events across the University and the SU buff.ly/OQ0EMzH
September 22, 2025 at 7:33 AM
New open-access book! Stability and Politicization in Climate Governance, co-edited by Dr Paul Tobin and Professor Matthew Paterson - leading experts from The University of Manchester - alongside Professor Stacy D. VanDeveer from UMass Boston, USA
September 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
We are looking forward to welcoming this year's MA students!
September 18, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Welcome week is approaching!
September 17, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Congrats to Professors Liz Richardson, David Richards who were named Fellows of the @acadsocsciences.bsky.social.

Their research & leadership are shaping policy, governance & urban futures.

The whole Politics Department is very proud. Dave was our past HoD and Liz is our current HoD.
September 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Based on our research on how the asylum system negatively impacts people's memory, and penalises people for disorganised memories, Katherine Puddifoot and I have written this short policy report.

research.manchester.ac.uk/files/144572...
research.manchester.ac.uk
August 27, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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The executive summary:
August 27, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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The paper it is based on (open access): onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Knowing your past: Trauma, stress, and mnemonic epistemic injustice
Click on the article title to read more.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 27, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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🧠 A new report from @sandelind.bsky.social of @uompols.bsky.social & Dr Katherine Puddifoot of @durham-university.bsky.social shows how trauma from the UK asylum system can distort memory leading to unfair outcomes, & calls for reforms to protect mental health & dignity.

🔗 Read the full story below
New report highlights how UK asylum system can distort memory through trauma
The report, based on a peer-reviewed paper in the Journal of Social Philosophy, is authored by Clara Sandelind, Lecturer in Political Theory within The University of Manchester Department of Politics,...
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September 2, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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Congrats to Professors Liz Richardson, David Richards & Anupam Nanda from @officialuom.bsky.social, named Fellows of the @acadsocsciences.bsky.social! Their research & leadership are shaping policy, governance & urban futures.

www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/a...

@uompols.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 2:38 PM
In July, Members of Politics Department co-hosted and attended events connected with EU Citizens Gathering in Manchester.

Left to right back row: Dr Stuart Shields, Dr Silke Trommer, HE Pedro Serrano, Prof Olga Onuch, Front: Prof Toni Haastrup.
July 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
We co-hosted Pedro Serrano & their excellencies Ambassadors & High Commissioners of Malta, Slovakia, & Cyprus for a MJMCE Full House Panel today!

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Thank you for your insight!
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July 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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“New European Security Landscape”
A MJMCE Roundtable Discussion with

Pedro Serrano
Toni Haastrup
Stephen Montefort
Peter Susko
Kyriacόs Kouro

When? 10 July 2025, 11: 15-12:15

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/new-europe...
July 7, 2025 at 12:50 PM