Politics and International Relations at Leicester

Previous research projects

Previous funded research projects.

PI   Funder  Title Dates Active  Funding Award 
Dr Ben Clements British Academy  Public Opinion and the ‘Apostasyâ’ in Greece: The Centre Union party and the resignation of Georgios Papandreou in the July 1965 constitutional crisis October 2023- September 2024 £10,000
Dr Ben Clements  Arts and Humanities Research Council   Roman Catholics in Britain: Faith, Society and Politics  April 2019 - December 2020  £115,055.00 
Professor Robert Garner  Leverhulme Trust  The Oxford group and the emergence of animal rights: an intellectual history  December 2017 - January 2020  £117,123.00
Dr Elke Schwarz  British Academy  Moral agency and meaningful human control: exploring human values for alignment in the use of autonomous weapons systems (AI)  October 2017 - March 2019  £8,464.00 
Professor Laura Morales  CEC  ETHMIGSURVEYDATA: International Ethnic and Immigrant Minorities' Survey Data Network  May 2017 - April 2018  £123,845.00 
Dr Mark Langan  British Academy  Food security and agro-food production in Ghana: examining stakeholder views on EU trade and aid policies   January 2017 - March 2018   £8,581.00
Professor Laura Morales  Italian Minister of Interior  Le donne migranti forzante: politiche di accoglienza e interventi di integrazione a confronto in Europa Forcing migrant women: welcome policies and integration efforts in Europe  December 2016 - March 2018   £23,772.00
Professor Laura Morales  European Research Council  RESPONSIVEGOV: Democratic Responsiveness in Comparative Perspective: How Do Democratic Governments Respond to Different Expressions of Public Opinion?  December 2011 - February 2018   £996,796.00
Professor Laura Morales  ESRC  Pathways to Power: The Political Representation of Citizens of Immigrant Origin in European Democracies  May 2014 - October 2017   £429,785.00
Professor Andrew Futter  ESRC  Cyber Warfare and Nuclear Strategy: Challenging the Utility of Nuclear Weapons in Global Security  October 2013 - September 2016   £166,438.00
Dr Richard Whitaker  Leverhulme Trust  MEPs in the 2014-19 European Parliament: the rise of Euroscepticism?  October 2014 - March 2016   £56,399.00
Dr Jon Moran  Network for Social Change  The role of special forces in remote warfare  September 2015 - December 2015  £9,016.00
Professor Robert Garner  Uncaged   The political representation of non-human animals  October 2012 - September 2015   £11,162.00
Professor Steven King  CEC   RAGE: Hate Speech and Populist Othering in Europe Through the Racism, Age, Gender Looking Glass  February 2013 - April 2015   £233,777.00
Dr Jon Moran  Network for Social Change  Remote Warfare: Developing a Framework for Evaluating its use  September 2014 - April 2015   £3,000.00
Professor Steven King  CEC   e-EAV:e-Engagement against violence  January 2013 - December 2014    £85,409.00
Dr Robert Jubb  Leverhulme Trust  Tragic Choices: Responding to Injustice  September 2013 - September 2014   £30,917.00
Professor Robert Garner  Centre For Animals and Social Justice  The governance of animal welfare  October 2013 - June 2014   £29,956.00
Professor Robert Garner  Uncaged   Animals, Ethics and Public Policy  March 2011 - September 2013   £15,000.00
Dr J Rofe  Leverhulme Trust   Presidential Peacemaking in the Twentieth Century  September 2010 - June 2013   £21,967.00
Dr Gabriella Lazaridis  ESRC   Migration and Security  February 2011 - March 2013   £7,910.00
Dr Simona Guerra CEC   VAA for Poles and Lithuanians in the UK  May 2012 - December 2012   £16,688.00
Dr Laura Brace   ESRC  The Politics of Victimhood   May 2011 - November 2012   £15,617.00
Dr Ben Clements  British Academy  Examining the basis of public attitudes towards climate change in Britain  October 2011 - September 2012   £7,910.00
Professor Laura Morales  CEC   SOM: Support and Opposition of Migration: A cross national comparison of the politicization of migration   June 2011 - September 2012   £108,149.00
Dr Laura Brace  British Academy  Beyond Sale or Purchase: The properties of Slavery in 18th Century Abolitionist Discourse  September 2011 - September 2012   £4,852.00
Professor Laura Morales  CEC  Immigrant Citizens’ Survey: assessing needs, evaluating policies, improving capacities  January 2011 - January 2012   £8,858.00
Dr J Rofe  British Academy  The American Embassy in London 1938-2008: 70 Years in Grosvenor Square  March 2010 - June 2012   £4,550.00
Dr Phil Lynch and Dr Richard Whitaker Leverhulme Trust  Competing on the centre right: an examination of party strategy in Britain   May 09 - October 2010   £49,212.00 
Professor Rob Garner  Leverhulme Trust  2009 Leverhulme Fellowship: A Theory of Justice for Animals  October 2009 - June 2010   £33,336.00
Dr K Henderson   European Science Foundation  Forward look - Central and Eastern Europe Beyond Transition   May 2010 - June 2010   £10,285.00
Dr Gabriella Lazaridis  Hellenic Migration Policy Institute  Conference on Security, Insecurity and Migration  April 2009 - September 2009   £10,000.00

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