Dr Joel Pierce, CISRUL alumnus and administrator at Christ’s College, University of Aberdeen, recently published his first book, Rights, Virtue, and Others in MacIntyre: Community After the Fall, drawn from… Alumnus Dr A. Sophie Lauwers will be starting as postdoctoral fellow at the University of Edinburgh on October 1st. She received the IASH-Alwaleed postdoctoral fellowship for 2025-2026, and will be joining… Research on school uniform, dress codes and appearance policies by lead CISRUL member and Interdisciplinary Institute Director of Social Inclusion and Cultural Diversity, Dr Rachel Shanks, has contributed to the… The Political Concepts in the World (POLITICO) project, a collaboration between the University of Aberdeen and the Horizon 2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie programme, has come to a close this month with… UK Constitutionalism and Economic Performance: Comparative Perspectives The UK is, in several respects, an outlier among modern constitutional democracies. Significantly, the UK does not have a codified constitution and, due… The book focuses on Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), examples include Amnesty International and Oxfam. Known also as charities, the NGO sector is very diverse in terms of organisational types and forms…. CISRUL welcomes PhD projects on any political concepts, and in any of our disciplines: Anthropology, Divinity, Economics, Education, English, Film & Visual Culture, French & Francophone Studies, Geography & Environment,… By Dr Rachel Shanks In Scotland a consultation on Statutory School Uniform Guidance opened in May 2022 and closes on 14th October 2022. There is currently no national guidance on school… *Inaugural Conference of Arendt in Aberdeen 2022-24 series. Location: Seminar Room 224, Sir Duncan Rice Library, Second Floor, University of Aberdeen, Date and time: June 23 @ 9:00 am – June 24 @ 3:00 pm Registration… Academic and civil society conference. For more information on this event, please click here. Istanbul and online (blended) 23-24 May, 2022 Hosted by Society and Legal Research Foundation (TOHAV) and Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society…Dr Joel Pierce Publishes First Book: ‘Rights, Virtue, and Others in MacIntyre: Community After the Fall’
Alumnus A. Sophie Lauwers Awarded Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Edinburgh
School Uniform Research by Dr Rachel Shanks Informs Scottish National Guidelines
‘Political Concepts in the World’ Project Successfully Concludes
CISRUL PhD studentship to start in October 2024
NGOs and the Law: Self-Regulation and Accountability
Funding a PhD at CISRUL
School Uniform Guidance Consultation in Scotland: What to Consider
Conference programme and registration: Council democracy as an alternative to representative democracy*
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