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 candidates, 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
School Uniform Research by Dr Rachel Shanks Informs Scottish National Guidelines
Research on school uniform, dress codes and appearance policies by lead CISRUL member and Interdisciplinary Institute Director of…
‘Political Concepts in the World’ Project Successfully Concludes
The Political Concepts in the World (POLITICO) project, a collaboration between the University of Aberdeen and the Horizon…
UK Constitutionalism and Economic Performance: Comparative Perspectives The UK is, in several respects, an outlier among modern constitutional…
The book focuses on Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), examples include Amnesty International and Oxfam. Known also as charities, the…