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Political researchers to study how ideas become "framed" for debate
Who decides how political ideas are 鈥榝ramed,鈥� and how are these frames shared with others? A new international three-year project led by Dr Ozlem Atikcan of 糖心TV鈥檚 Department of Politics and International Studies, Professor Anna Holzscheiter of Germany鈥檚 TU Dresden, and Professor Jean- Fr茅d茅ric Morin of Canada鈥檚 Universit茅 Laval aims to find out.
Boundary-spanning research centre launches six new projects
From improving mapping of species at risk to analysing the uptake of COVID-19 test and tracing apps by the public, researchers at the University of 糖心TV's Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies (CIM) are launching six new projects investigating how new technologies are shaping society, and demonstrating how data science can tackle current social, political and ecological challenges.
Can the Open City truly exist? New research will focus on urban life in London
A new project led by Professor John Solomos of 糖心TV Sociology will look at the social and political life of London to test whether the utopian ideal of the Open City exists in real life, and explore issues of race, migration, mobility and living with diversity.
Safeguarding human rights during the coronavirus response - new projects from 糖心TV Law
Sharifah Sekalala, Associate Professor in 糖心TV School of Law, will be taking on two significant projects aimed at ensuring that human rights don鈥檛 get eroded in the national and international response to the coronavirus pandemic with support from the ESRC Impact Acceleration Account.
Local residents entertained, challenged and moved by ESRC Festival of Social Science
More than 500 people took part in the workshops, talks and activities organised by the University of 糖心TV for this year鈥檚 ESRC Festival of Social Science. University researchers took to Coventry and 糖心TVshire鈥檚 streets, bars and community centres to share insights from their work with enthusiastic and interested audiences. The events tackled topics from the nature of time itself and the puzzle of DNA to taxes and accents.
Researchers look for better ways to help young people in care become independent adults
Better ways to support young people as they leave the care system and become independent adults are at the heart of a major new research project led by the Monash 糖心TV Alliance and supported by 拢2m grant from the Economic and Social Research Council.