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CDP | Dr Andy Mycock - Will the kids be alright? Implementing 'Votes at 16'

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POLIS at Leeds @polisatleeds.bsky.social · 2d

@cdpleeds.bsky.social is hosting a special event with Dr Andy Mycock on 29th October (14:00-15:00)

'Will the kids be alright? Implementing 'Votes at 16’: Politics and Policy'
Venue: Baines Wing SR 3.06 and Online

To attend online, please sign up here:

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Select tickets – "Facing Accelerating Climate Change Threat": A Faculty Inaugural Lecture by Professor Viktoria Spaiser – Liberty Building (Moot Court) LT (1.28), University of Leeds

POLIS at Leeds @polisatleeds.bsky.social · 13d

Sign up below for tickets to Professor Viktoria Spaiser's inaugural lecture!

"Facing Accelerating Climate Change Threat: Exploring Future Trajectories, Surveying the Past and the Present"

🗓️ Wed 15 Oct | 🕓 16:00–17:00
📍 Liberty Building, University of Leeds

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"Facing Accelerating Climate Change Threat": A Faculty Inaugural Lecture by Professor Viktoria Spaiser – Liberty Building (Moot Court) LT (1.28), University of Leeds, Wed 15 Oct 2025 - We are delighte...

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Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Leeds @sspatleeds.bsky.social · 14d

Dr Roxana Barbulescu has co-led a new article which brings together over 60 scholars to warn against the dangers of linking biological invasion to human migration.

A powerful example of interdisciplinary collaboration 🤝

Read our press release: essl.leeds.ac.uk/education-so...

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POLIS at Leeds @polisatleeds.bsky.social · 14d

"Stronger African voice needed on global health bodies", research by POLIS academic finds:

essl.leeds.ac.uk/education-so...

Stronger African voice needed on global health bodies, research finds

Worldwide efforts to fight AIDS, malaria and TB need drastic reform if they are to be effective, with more decision-making power for African nations, new research led by Leeds academic has shown.

Sunday - UN at 80; Christian Nationalism; Religion and video games - BBC Sounds

POLIS at Leeds @polisatleeds.bsky.social · 15d

Professor Adrian Gallagher appeared on BBC Radio 4 over the weekend to discuss the United Nations on its 80th anniversary. Listen to the show here: 📻

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

A look at the ethical and religious issues of the week

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POLIS at Leeds @polisatleeds.bsky.social · 16d

In a new article, Professor Garrett Brown and co-authors argue for 'greater decision-making influence [...] in global health institutions':

medicalxpress.com/news/2025-09...

At least one more governmental seat needed in Africa for stronger voice, better health, say experts

Health funders would likely have a better return on investment and a stronger position in the global funding crisis if Africans had greater decision-making influence and voting power in global health ...

medicalxpress.com

POLIS at Leeds @polisatleeds.bsky.social · 19d

Despite all the talk of being "two notes in the same chord", Professor Jason Ralph asks if the "mood music" has changed in the special relationship:

theconversation.com/trump-state-...

Trump state visit: behind talk of harmony there are notes of discord

Both sides insisted they operate in great harmony, but notes of discord will be obvious to the outside world.

Select tickets – "Facing Accelerating Climate Change Threat": A Faculty Inaugural Lecture by Professor Viktoria Spaiser – Liberty Building (Moot Court) LT (1.28), University of Leeds

POLIS at Leeds @polisatleeds.bsky.social · 20d

Professor Viktoria Spaiser will be giving her inaugural lecture, "Facing Accelerating Climate Change Threat", on Wednesday 15th October (4:00 PM - 5:00 PM) at the University of Leeds🥳 👩‍🏫

Click the link below for tickets and further information:

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POLIS at Leeds @polisatleeds.bsky.social · 21d

The LSSI has relaunched as the Leeds Institute for Societal Futures. Find out more info on the timely and important work they're doing below!

Leeds Institute for Societal Futures @societal.bsky.social · 22d

Society needs to change - let's change it together

We’re evolving. LSSI has expanded its remit, focus and priorities and become Leeds Institute for Societal Futures. We’re here to change society for the better, but we need your help.

Find out who we are at societal.leeds.ac.uk

A crowd of people at a demonstration, a child on someone's shoulders is holding up a display board with scribbles on - text says University of Leeds and Leeds Institute for Societal Futures

POLIS at Leeds @polisatleeds.bsky.social · 22d

Dr Madeleine Le Bourdon and Associate Professor Louise Pears are part of a team that have co-authored a blog on the importance of teaching-focused academics in higher education 🥳📝 🧾📖

www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/09/15/r...

Recognising the Value of Teaching-Focused Academics in Developing Student Skills - HEPI

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Chris Featherstone, Hillary Briffa, Madeleine Le Bourdon, Jeremy Moulton, Louise Pears, Anna Plunkett, Sudhir Selvaraj and Jillian Terry. Amid the UK’s ongoing c...

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LIDA & KPMG UK Join Forces to Transform Cyber Response with Data Science | Leeds Institute for Data Analytics

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Leeds Institute for Data Analytics @lida-leeds.bsky.social · 29d

The team also hopes to influence the application of data science methods across other related projects and that models developed as part of the project can be deployed on real-life cases afterwards by KPMG UK..

Find out more about our new cyber collaboration 👇

lida.leeds.ac.uk/news/lida-kp...

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Professor Kahryn Hughes awarded Fellowship to the Academy of Social Sciences

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Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Leeds @sspatleeds.bsky.social · 29d

We had the pleasure of interviewing Kahryn, where she shared insights into her research journey, what this fellowship means, and her plans for the future. Read the full interview here: essl.leeds.ac.uk/education-so...

Please do join us un congratulating Kahryn on this achievement! 🎓

Professor Kahryn Hughes has been awarded Fellowship to the Academy of Social Sciences for her substantial contributions to social science.

The parliamentary research behind a 10th anniversary petitioning event

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Leeds Institute for Societal Futures @societal.bsky.social · Sep 3

📢 We are hiring 2 Deputy Director (DD) roles at Leeds Institute for Societal Futures. Find out more about these leadership opportunities!

DD Education 👉 bit.ly/4p5WHqC

DD Research & Engagement 👉 bit.ly/4mPoKJy

Society needs to change, let's change it together.
#SocietalFutures #UniversityOfLeeds

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POLIS at Leeds @polisatleeds.bsky.social · Sep 8

An event to celebrate 10 years of Parliament's e-petitioning system, 'Breaking Barriers to Engagement with Parliament', brought together community groups and organisations, as well as parliamentary representatives and the School's own Professor Leston-Bandeira:

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Celebrating 10 years of the UK Parliament’s e-petitioning system, the Leeds event ‘Breaking Barriers to Engagement with Parliament’ brought together community groups and parliament representatives.

The ‘third nuclear age’ is a politically motivated label that seeks to justify a renewed arms race

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Marius Mehrl @mehrl.bsky.social · Aug 18

New paper out in @fpajrnl.bsky.social - tldr: Recipient leadership turnover does not affect the continuation of existing international arms transfers relationships. In the paper, I discuss why this is surprising and how we can make sense of it.

FPA Journal @fpajrnl.bsky.social · Aug 15

Does leadership turnover in recipient states reduce arms orders from previous suppliers? Mehrl (2025) finds no empirical evidence that it does.
academic.oup.com/fpa/article/...

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POLIS at Leeds @polisatleeds.bsky.social · Aug 18

Dr Tom Vaughan, Lecturer in International Security at POLIS, has written a piece in 'The Conversation' on the political motivations behind claims that the world is in the midst of a 'third nuclear age':

theconversation.com/the-third-nu...

In an ever more dangerous world the focus should be on how we can limit, not increase, the risk of major nuclear conflicts.

Can foreign policy be pragmatic and progressive? — New Diplomacy Project

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POLIS at Leeds @polisatleeds.bsky.social · Aug 8

'Can foreign policy be pragmatic and progressive?'

Professors Jason Ralph (POLIS, University of Leeds) and Jamie Gaskarth (The Open University) consider this question in their latest blog for the New Diplomacy Project: ⚖️📜

www.newdiplomacy.uk/articles/kar...

These are dark times for progressive foreign policy. We are moving towards an illiberal world order. In this climate, how can the UK advance progressive foreign policy goals?  Many UK policymake...

www.newdiplomacy.uk

POLIS at Leeds @polisatleeds.bsky.social · Aug 8

'The central goals of open science – transparency, social accessibility, robustness – apply across all disciplines.'

In a recent interview, Dr Eike Rinke discussed the importance of open research in improving the quality of research in higher education:

open-science-future.zbw.eu/en/shift-tow...

"The shift towards more robust research is primarily a social change."

Open science is a social change and spreads primarily through communities and networks. Networks offer exchange, social recognition, ...

open-science-future.zbw.eu

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POLIS at Leeds @polisatleeds.bsky.social · Aug 6

After Mark Sewards became the first MP to create himself as an AI bot, Professor Victorian Honeyman, Professor of British Politics here in POLIS, gives her opinion in this BBC piece: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Mark Sewards becomes first MP to create himself as an AI bot

Mark Sewards MP says the chatbot version of himself will allow people to ask for help with local issues.

www.bbc.co.uk

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University of Leeds - School of Law @lawatleeds.bsky.social · Jul 28

FRIVA brings together academic experts & local stakeholders to improve the lives of women, girls & marginalised communities.

Read about their June launch below!
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Various pictures from the FRIVA launch. #News flare. Text reads: In June, the University of Leeds launched the Feminist Research Into Violence & Abuse (FRIVA) network!

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POLIS at Leeds @polisatleeds.bsky.social · Jul 28

Dr Jörg Wiegratz, Associate Professor of Global Political Economy and Development, has written a piece in 'The Conversation' on Uganda's land eviction crisis: 📰📝

theconversation.com/ugandas-land...

Uganda’s land eviction crisis: do populist state measures actually fix problems?

President Yoweri Museveni’s effort to stop evictions didn’t address underlying problems, but it enhanced his political legitimacy.

Global voices on Just Transitions: Insights from the UK, Germany and South Africa

POLIS at Leeds @polisatleeds.bsky.social · Jul 24

The Centre for Employment Relations, Innovation and Change (CERIC) and POLIS co-hosted a workshop aimed at addressing workers' experiences of just energy transitions: 📰 ☀️🥬

essl.leeds.ac.uk/politics/new...

Workshop co-hosted by the School of Politics and International Studies addresses workers' experiences of just energy transitions.

How young people have taken climate justice to the world’s international courts

POLIS at Leeds @polisatleeds.bsky.social · Jul 23

POLIS PhD candidate, Susan Ann Samuel, has written a piece for 'The Conversation' on how young people from around the world are seeking climate justice through international courts ⚖️📜📰

theconversation.com/how-young-pe...

Four international courts are due to deliver advisory opinions on how governments are legally responsible for climate justice.