The Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society, and Rule of Law (CISRUL) studies the life in the world of political concepts. The interdisciplinary Centre examines how political principles function within and beyond the contemporary West. Concepts such as citizenship, civil society, and the rule of law are used as often by policy makers as by scholars. Core to CISRUL’s mission is informing academic and public debate on how they are used, and to what effect.
CISRUL brings together an extraordinary range of researchers, including PhD students, to study these and other political principles, including democracy, human rights and pluralism. We consider how they have been fostered historically, debated philosophically and in politics, fought over by social movements, codified in law, transmitted through education and the media, and lived out in everyday life.
CISRUL News
Former CISRUL alumna Dr Eve Hayes de Kalaf launches her groundbreaking book ‘Legal Identity, Race and Belonging in…
Biden’s Emphasis On Soft Power And What It Means For Vietnam’s Democracy Movement
This article was first published by The Vietnamese on 9 October, 2021. By Dan Nguyen President Joe Biden has repeatedly emphasised…
September is when the school year starts in Vietnam. However, this academic cycle is like no other, as the country is struggling with a deadly virus that claimed more than 10,000 lives last month.
Original article by Politico PhD student Dan Nguyen – here The panorama of flags Foreigners visiting Vietnam can…