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The British Political Economy Tradition workshop

SPERI hosted top political economy scholars to discuss the British Political Economy tradition and celebrate Professor Andrew Gamble's life's work.
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Postdoc Incubator workshop supports prospective applications

SPERI hosted prospective postdoctoral researchers at a workshop to develop applications and identify schemes.
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SPERI impact: Remi Edwards presents research at Fruit Logistica 2025

Remi presented her research on workers' experience of ethical certification schemes in the banana industry to industry stakeholders in Berlin.
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Our Doctoral Â鶹ÊÓƵers Network has big plans for the year

Workshops will cover writing skills, queer political economy and the climate crisis alongside the annual conference.
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Dr Hannah Lambie-Mumford awarded new Leverhulme Fellowship to research food corporations and food charity

We are delighted to announce Dr Hannah Lambie-Mumford, SPERI Â鶹ÊÓƵ Fellow and Lecturer in Politics has been awarded a Leverhulme Â鶹ÊÓƵ Fellowship to undertake a new project “Charity begins in the boardroom? Food corporations and food charity"
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Understanding Tax: SPERI launches new collaborative project with Tax Justice UK

SPERI has launched a new collaborative project with Tax Justice UK. The project – led at SPERI by Deputy Director Dr Liam Stanley – aims to understand how the public make sense of tax.

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PSA Edinburgh Conference 2020 – British and Comparative Political Economy Specialist Group Panels

SPERI Leverhulme Early Career Fellow Dr Scott Lavery has organised a large series of panels for the forthcoming Political Studies Association (PSA) Conference in Edinburgh, which takes place on 6th – 8th April 2020.
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SPERI Spotlight: Introducing Hannah Boles

Our SPERI Spotlight series showcases the work of a researcher at SPERI to give an insight into their research. This month we speak to Hannah Boles about their research on labour conditions in global supply chains.
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New SPERI Conference videos, including Andrew Gamble’s keynote speech

In November 2019 SPERI held its conference Beyond the Crisis? Global Capitalism in the 2020s at the British Academy in London. Catch up on new videos from the conference.