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
You can learn more about our CISRUL member Dr Rachel Shanks’ school uniform project here: Jasper Friedrich &…
How some countries are using digital ID to exclude vulnerable people around the world
This article was written by former CISRUL student Dr Eve Hayes de Kalaf and was published in The…
Conference ‘Conceptualizing Difference’ Programme and Registration Links Published
From 13 till 16 April 2021 CISRUL is hosting the online conference ‘Conceptualizing Difference’ which will bring together…
This research project has focused on the school uniform and dress code policies of the 357 state-funded secondary…