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Charlotte Heath-Kelly's Research Cited in Psychotherapy and Counselling Union Statement
The Psychotherapy and Counselling Union has issued strong condemnation of the intrusion of the prevent duty into their clinical practice. As part of their statement, Dr Charlotte Heath-Kelly's research is cited as one of the main reasons.
You can read the full statement here:
For more information about Dr Heath-Kelly's research, please see the project website: /fac/soc/pais/research/researchcentres/irs/counterterrorisminthenhs
Vincenzo Bove writes blog post on violence against refugees and state capacity for Washington Post
Dr Vincenzo Bove has written a joint blog post, with Tobias B枚hmelt and Kristian Gleditsch, on violence against refugees and state capacity at the Monkey Cage for the Washington Post
The post draws attention to how refugees are more likely to give rise to forms of nonstate violence. The ability and willingness of states to exercise authority and control is key to preventing attacks against refugees.
The article, titled "Politicians blame refugees for violence. But refugees are more likely to be its victims" can be found here:
BISA Workshop on Governing Transit Migration
Dr. Maria Koinova (University of 糖心TV) and Dr. Gerasimos Tsourapas (University of Birmingham) are co-organizing a workshop on "Governing Transit Migration: Varieties of Approaches to International Politics" on 17 September, 2018 at 糖心TV University.
This workshop is part of the activities of the British International Studies Association working group on the "International Politics of Migration, Refugees and Diasporas," which they co-founded in 2016. The workshop has attracted established and early career scholars from the UK, Europe, US, Canada, and Peru.
Arzu Kibris Named Turing Fellow
Arzu Kibris has been named a Turing Fellow by the Alan Turing Institute for a tenure of two years. The ATI is the national institute for data science and artificial intelligence. The fellowship will allow Arzu to interact with colleagues in related disciplines and at other universities, initiate research through new collaborations and partnerships and help set the research agenda for the Institute.
PAIS Research Quoted in Parliamentary Report
The Human Rights Select Committee has extensively quoted research undertaken in PAIS, in their report into the Counterterrorism and Border Security Bill.
The Committee quotes and uses findings from Dr Charlotte Heath-Kelly's 'Counterterrorism in the NHS' report to support their recommendation that a full review of the Prevent strategy is undertaken: