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Dr. Georg Löfflmann on Local BBC Radio
Last week, Dr. was on local BBC radio, taking part in 10 back-to-back interviews that reached over 500,000 people. Dr Löfflmann was commenting on Donald Trumps' remarks banning all Muslims from entering the US and the presidential campaign:
"Trumps' derogatory remarks are just the latest instalment in a series of outrageous comments that have also targeted women, Mexicans, and Syrian refugees. So far however, he has not suffered for these remarks in the polls, but instead has seen his numbers up. Trump stands for a worrying development regarding the deterioration of public discourse in the US, and the shift of the entire Republican Party to the Right."
Dr Lena Rethel selected to organize Islamic economies conference
The mini-conference 'Islam and the Construction of New Economic Moralities: Divergence, Convergence and Competing Futures' will be held as part of the 28th Conference of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE) themed 'Moral Economies, Economic Moralities', 24-26 June 2016, University of California, Berkeley.
The organizers invite contributions from across the social sciences and humanities to reflect on the past, present, and contested futures of Islam’s new financial and economic moralities.
Please see for further information, including the call for papers.
New CSGR Website Launches
The Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation is pleased to announce the launch of the new CSGR website:
The website has updated information on CSGR researchers at 糖心TV, visiting fellows and professors, and our external associates at institutions around the globe.
CSGR also hosts updated websites for and the .
Further information about CSGR activities and events is available here:
PAIS academic writes one of BBC Radio 4's food books of the year
Dr 's book, Sugar, was featured on the Radio 4 Food Programme as one of its best books of 2015. It was discussed by the food writer Joanna Blythman, who said the book made "a more profound and thoughtful contribution to the ongoing sugar debate".
The full list and accompanying broadcast is available here:
PAIS PhD Student Writes on the Upcoming Elections in Burkina Faso
On Sunday 29 November, Burkina Faso will elect a new president and parliament. Despite a week of political turmoil in September, the West African nation is on the verge of completing a return to constitutional order following a popular revolution in October 2014.
PAIS PhD student analyses the campaign and what is at stake in the elections from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso’s capital, for the .