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Religious arbitration of marriages involving domestic abuse
5 September 2024
Dr Natasha Mulvihill and Dr Nadia Aghtaie host a symposium exploring the religious arbitration of marriages involving domestic abuse.
- Religious arbitration of marriages involving domestic abuse 5 September 2024 Dr Natasha Mulvihill and Dr Nadia Aghtaie host a symposium exploring the religious arbitration of marriages involving domestic abuse.
- Policy Studies’ academic receives prestigious international research award 7 August 2024 Dr Bai Li has been honoured with the Sedentary Behaviour Research Network (SRBN) Practice Leadership Award for her work on sedentary behaviour amongst children and adolescents.
- Celebration for Class of 2024 graduates 2 August 2024 We were delighted to celebrate with graduates from the Class of 2024 at an informal event Priory Road Gardens after the formal graduation in the Wills Memorial Building.
- Research to help tackle knife crime in Bristol makes headway 22 July 2024 Researchers at the University of Bristol are joining forces with Bristol City Council and other partners in a bid to help reduce knife crime locally and beyond.
- Ultra-processed food makes up almost two-thirds of calorie intake of UK adolescents 17 July 2024 Adolescents consume around two-thirds of their daily calories from ultra-processed foods (UPFs) new research from the Universities of Bristol and Cambridge has found.
- Comparing COVID-19 experiences in prisons to inform future pandemic preparedness 11 July 2024 SPS lecturer, Dr Nasrul Ismail, awarded a new British Academy Grant to lead an international research team comparing COVID-19 experiences in Southeast Asian prisons to enhance future pandemic preparedness.
- New citation metrics for Policy & Politics 21 June 2024 We’re delighted to announce that Policy & Politics (P&P) has achieved an impressive result in the 2024 Journal Citation Reports with a 2-year Impact Factor of 4.3.
- New PhD to investigate mental health benefits of surfing 17 June 2024 A new University of Bristol PhD will study the relationship between surfing and mental wellbeing, after a new report found the sport boosts physical and mental health.
- SPS academics nominated for Inspiring and Innovative teaching 6 June 2024 Julian Molina and Francisco Palma Carvajal were both nominated for the Inspiring and Innovative Teaching Award for the Faculty of Social Sciences and Law. Julian won the award at yesterday's BILT Teaching Awards Celebration Event.
- Celebrating 20 years of our Masters in Public Policy (MPP) 3 June 2024 We were delighted to be able to mark 20 years of our Masters in Public Policy programme with a celebration event last week (May 30th).