We will update this page with details of new seminars. Please check this page regularly.

23 April

• Speaker: Ndidi Olibamoyo, University of Bath
• Title: Normative Agency of African States in UN Cybernorms Processes

16 April

• Speaker: Dr Natalie-Anne Hall, Loughborough University
• Title: Brexit, Facebook, and Transnational Right-Wing Populism

26 March

• Speaker: Sean Garrett, University of Bath
• Title: The Emergence of Roles in British Foreign Policy: How the UK Interprets Russian Disinformation

19 March

• Speaker: Dr Bianka Speidl, University of Exeter
• Title: Shi'ite Environmental Ethics in a Globalising World: Man and Nature in M.H. Tabatabai's 'Ethics of Moderation'

12 March

• Speaker: Dr Cherry Miller, University of Glasgow
• Title: Interpreting EU27-UK Parliamentary Diplomacy

5 March

• Speaker: Dr Sara Polo, University of Essex
• Title: Female Empowerment and Extreme Violence against Women

27 February

• Speaker: Dr Rosalind Shorrocks, University of Manchester
• Title: The Role of Conflict-Seeking and Conflict-Avoidance in Explaining Gender Gaps in Political Engagement

20 February

• Speaker: Dr Mauro Lubrano, University of Bath
• Title: From Ontological Security to Existential Threat: Retracing the Emergence of Contemporary Anti-Technology

13 February

• Speaker: Dr Mike Bolt, University of Bath
• Title: Meadows and Uplands: Leave’s Vision of the Post-Referendum Good Life

6 February 2024

• Speaker: Professor Peter John, King's College London
• Title: Nudge+: How to Encourage Citizen Empowerment in Behavioural Public Policy

12 December 2023

• Speaker: Dr Fernanda Gallo, University of Cambridge
• Title: Hegel in Italy: How Ideas Became Political Practice

5 December 2023

• Speaker: Professor Petra Schleiter, University of Oxford
• Title: The UK Voter ID Reform: Effects on Voter Attitudes and Behaviour

14 November 2023

• Speaker: Dr Leah Owen, Swansea University
• Title: "Enemies Within/Enemies Without": How Do Emotional and Security-Based Fears of "Infiltration" Direct and Shape Campaigns of Mass Violence?

21 November 2023

• Speaker: Dr Sara Polo, University of Essex
• Title: Female Empowerment and Extreme Violence against Women

28 November 2023

• Speaker: Dr Robert Geist-Pinfold, Durham University
• Title: Understanding Territorial Withdrawal: Israeli Occupations and Exits

3 October 2023

• Speaker: Ms Mimi Mihailescu, University of Bath
• Title: Meme-ing Waves: Unpacking Political Narratives in the Romanian Context

10 October 2023

• Speaker: Dr Gabriel Huland, University of Bath
• Title: The Syrian Conflict in the News: Coverage of the War and the Crisis of US Journalism

17 October 2023

• Speaker: Professor John Boswell, University of Southampton
• Title: En/Countering the State: Understanding Citizen Agency at the Front Lines of Democratic Government

24 October 2023

• Speaker: Dr Nye Davis, Cardiff University
• Title: Class, Power, Democratic Socialism: The Politics and Legacy of Aneurin Bevan