September 2015

SEI-based Politics Professor Paul Webb presented the main findings from the political party database (PPDB) project at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA) ◊ 5 September

SEI-based Politics Professor Paul Webb talked to BBC Radio Sussex on Jeremy Corbyn's Labour leadership bid. He commented that ‘if Jeremy Corbyn wins the Labour leadership contest, the party could return to the more radically left-wing position it occupied in the 80s under Michael Foot’ ◊ 10 September

SEI-based Lecturer in Politics Dr. Elizabeth David-Barrett and Senior Lecturer in Politics Dr James Hampshire and Professor of Economics Alan Winters opened the Institute’s Autumn term research in progress seminar series with a roundtable debate on ‘The European Refugee Crisis’ ◊ 23 September

October 2015

SEI-linked Professor of Migration and Director of the Sussex Centre for Migration Research (SCMR) Paul Statham has been recognised for an article he co-authored with Hans-Jörg Trenz from Copenhagen University. The article has been chosen as the best paper published in the Journal of Common Market Studies in 2013 and is entitled 'How EU Politicisation can emerge through Contestation: the Constitution Case'. The members of the jury commented: "The jury considered this a very impressive empirical work that is well presented and that makes a clear contribution to our knowledge in this field. The topic is highly relevant, both from a scientific and policy perspective. The approach employed in this paper is considered highly innovative and very well executed." ◊ 6 October 

Head of Politics Department, Professor Claire Annesley presented the main findings of the Political Women and Executive Representation (PoWER) research project to the Japanese Political Science Association (JPSA) at Chiba University ◊ 11 October

Professor Justin Fisher from Brunel University presented at the Politics research in progress seminar on the ‘Constituency Campaigning in the 2015 General Election’ ◊ 14 October

SEI visiting Senior Research Fellow Dr. Simona Guerra presented at the SEI research in progress seminar on “Euroscepticism after the Crisis: Beyond Party Systems, Across Civil Society” ◊ 21 October

SEI Professor Dan Hough spoke to BBC Radio Sussex on the visit of the Chinese President to the UK ◊ 23 October

SEI Professor Aleks Szcerbiak took part in a roundtable on the results of Poland’s Parliamentary elections and their implications both for the future direction of Poland and the politics of the wider EU. The event was organised by the UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies ◊ 26 October

SEI Professor Aleks Szczerbiak spoke to BBC 4’s ’The World Tonight’  on the Polish elections ◊ 28 October

November 2015

SEI Professor Dan Hough and Lecturer in Politics Liz David Barrett took part in a Sussex Salon Series event called 'Does the UK have a corruption problem?' ◊ 4 November

SEI Lecturer in Politics Emily Robinson spoke at the Politics research in progress seminar on ‘Interpreting British Populism.’ ◊ 4 November

SEI Professor Dan Hough spoke on Five Live about the death of Helmut Schmidt and his impact on European politics ◊ 11 November

The SEI hosted a roundtable on the Polish Elections featuring Professor Aleks Szczerbiak, Dr Simona Guerra and Professor Alan Mayhew ◊ 11 November

SEI Professor Dan Hough spoke on the BBC World Service's Newsday programme on the challenges that the IAAF faces in rooting out doping in athletics  ◊ 13 November

Professor Richard Vogler gave his University of Sussex Professorial Lecture on ‘Future Courts and Future Justice: The way Forward for Criminal Justice’ ◊ 17 November

Dr. Lamprini Rori from Bournmouth University spoke at the SEI research in progress seminar on "Emotion and politics during the July 2015 Greek referendum campaign’ ◊ 18 November

Professor Tim Bale from Queen Mary University spoke at the Politics research in Progress seminar on ‘Party members’ ◊ 25 November

December 2015

Dr. Jennifer Hudson from UCL spoke at the Politics research in progress seminar on ‘Pity and empathy: An experimental analysis of emotional pathways to engagement with global poverty.’

Dr Liz David-Barrett spoke on Share Radio UK on ‘How corruption affects our economy’  ◊ 9 December

SEI Senior Lecturer James Hampshire talked about the Race Relations Act on BBC Radio Sussex ◊ 8 December

SEI Senior Lecturer James Hampshire talked about the current trends in global migration on BBC Radio Scotland. He commented that David Cameron's net migration target for the UK is 'unhelpful and unachievable' ◊ 19 December

SEI Doctoral Researcher Gentian Elezi passed his viva with no corrections. His thesis was on 'Explaining Policy Implementation: Challenges for Albania in preparing for EU membership'. Gentian is now the Albanian minister for European Integration ◊ 23 December

January 2016

The Department of Politics welcomed Neil Dooley as Lecturer in Politics ◊ 1 January  

The Sussex Mahidol Migration Partnership had a formal public launch at Mahidol University in Thailand. The SMMP was established as a partnership between the Sussex Centre for Migration Research (SCMR) and the Institute for Population and Social Research (IPSR) at Mahidol University in 2015, following the award of an International Partnership and Research Network grant from Sussex. The SMMP aims to establish a framework for collaborative research on migration between Europe and SE Asia ◊ 12 January