A very insightful talk at PSID by Paul Mount, Deputy Agent for the Bank of England!
With a background that spans the civil service, the National Health Service, management consultancy, and investment banking, Paul was the perfect speaker to present on current trends in UK monetary policy.
Our very own Dr Becky Alexis-Martin contributed to a report with Norwegian People's Aid on the effects of nuclear testing and required responses, exposing the harms of UK and US nuclear testing in Kiribati and the need for a localised support framework. Read the report here: lnkd.in/dvj8a7Mu
Coming soon (14th February 2026) to all good Amazon bookstores, Simon Whitby (2026) Peace Studies: The Bradford Way, on the founding of Peace Studies, aspects of early academic thinking about peace, including the evolution of the latter, as well as Peace Studies' applied orientation.
Call for Papers for Special Issue: "AI, Educational Technology, and Peace Education," Special Issue of the Journal of Peace Education
Guest Editors: Dr Rhys Kelly and Dr Maria Ambrozy (PSID, University of Bradford, UK)
Deadline for paper proposals: 30 January 2026
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These findings have also been presented at the major Meeting of States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention in The Hague, shaping efforts to reduce these threats through improved global arms control regulations.
Professor Emeritus Malcolm Dando and Dr Michael Crowley’s new book, published by the Royal Society of Chemistry, "Preventing Weaponization of CNS-acting Chemicals: A Holistic Arms Control Analysis" examines how advances in neuroscience, pharmacology and AI converge to create growing misuse risks.
With 25 years of pioneering research and policy leadership, PSID is a global centre of excellence on preventing the misuse of emerging bio-chemical technologies, shaping arms-control efforts from the CWC and BWC to major research institutions worldwide.
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On day 4 we welcomed our own PSID colleagues Professors Emeritus Paul Rogers and Tom Woodhouse, Professor Owen Greene, and Drs Sudhir Selvaraj @sudhirselvaraj.bsky.social and Clara Voyvodic @cvoyvodic.bsky.social to discuss "Understanding our world through peace studies 'The Bradford Way'".
In Day 3, Laura Valentini gave the Martha Nussbaum Lecture is given by Professor Laura Valentini, on “Personal sovereignty, human flourishing, and institutions.”
Day 2 started with a powerful lecture from Prof. Lewis R. Gordon (UConn) on “Critical Reflections on Freedom, Justice, and Decolonization.”
Prof. FD Ferreira (LSE) gave the Amartya Sen Lecture on “Inherited Inequality, Meritocracy and Public Policy" about what inequality means for policy today.
Day 1 included the launch of the 2025 Human Development Report 2025, and the Mahbub Ul Haq Lecture delivered by Prof Kunal Sen on "Is inequality an inevitable consequence of economic development?".
We were proud to host the Human Development and Capability Association 2025 Conference: Culture, Peace and Capabilities in Bradford with @hdca.bsky.social!
#HDCA2025 brings together researchers, policymakers, and practitioners from around the world to explore human development and social justice.
While celebrating the theme of hope, the play spreads awareness of the disaster and encourages discussion on South Asia, environmental disasters, human rights, politics, globalization and development, and social justice.
Book now to join us on Wednesday 13 August from 5pm-7pm
🎭 Join our own @sudhirselvaraj.bsky.social as he leads an interactive reading of his documental play on the Bhopal Gas Disaster. The play takes us through a journey from ground zero of the gas leak to corporate board rooms and university campuses where campaigns for justice took place.
Congratulations to our very own @sudhirselvaraj.bsky.social for his new grant on designing board games with sanctuary seekers and refugees. At PSID we value collaborative and participatory research with creative applications!
Excited to share my blogpost for @civilwarpaths.bsky.social Fellowship on the complex entanglements between business, conflict, and human rights! I discuss how corporations integrate the 'cost' of conflict into their ventures, despite dangerous consequences for civilians on the ground.
Very pleased to welcome one of our esteemed alumna, Bridget Sojourner to PSID! She shared her stories and a treasure-trove documenting the trailblazing institutional history of Peace Studies as well as her life's dedication to being a peacemaker, a change-maker, and - most of all - a troublemaker.
Next Wednesday (11 June) our very own Professor Christoph Bluth is presenting the Freedom Speakers International at the Light Church in Bradford. The three speakers, Yuna Jung, Riha Kim, and Sujin Kim, will share their stories about escaping from North Korea and their journey since.
Our brilliant Peace Studies students came from all over the world to spend a very thought-provoking week speaking with experts and peacebuilders working across Northern Ireland. Thank you to the Quakers Peace Studies Trust (QPST) for making our Annual Peace Studies Visit possible!
Applications are open for the 2025-26 Aziz Foundation Masters Scholarships. 📣
Full-fee scholarships for British Muslims to advance in their careers and bring positive change to their communities and beyond. Please share with your networks!
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Yesterday, the department's Global Security Research Group held an informal workshop to discuss a number of fascinating research projects spanning rich archival work, deep ethnographies and quantitative modelling. Particularly great to see our PhD students showcasing the evolution of their projects!
Dr Rashmi Arora gave a talk this week at Manchester Metropolitan University for the Women in Economics Mentoring Scheme, exemplifying PSID's bridge between research and practice!
Despite the absence of a national law on religious conversions, their analysis reveals a strikingly uniform legal trend emerging across Indian states.
If you would like to read more about Dr Selvaraj’s work, please check his page: www.bradford.ac.uk/staff/sselva...
📰 New Publication Alert 📖
Our colleague @sudhirselvaraj.bsky.social and Kenneth Bo Nielsen explore the rise of anti-conversion laws in India in their latest piece for the Centre for South Asian Democracy at the University of Oslo.
Read the full article here🔗
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In the second paper for the Journal of Latin American Politics and Society, she and coauthor Jose Gutierrez explore how governance relationship are rebuilt between FARC dissidents and local communities (www.cambridge.org/core/journal...).
Excited to share new research from one of our colleagues! Dr Clara Voyvodic @cvoyvodic.bsky.social has two papers out on armed groups and rebel authority in Colombia. Clara’s work explores the intersections of conflict, development, and non-state governance. www.bradford.ac.uk/staff/cvoyvo...
In a paper for International Studies Quarterly, she and Annette Idler examine how armed actors are able to exert significant influence over massive infrastructure projects, projecting geoeconomic power at the national and international level. academic.oup.com/isq/article/...
Dr Rashmi Arora hosted the session. If you would like to read more about Dr Arora’s work, please check her page: www.bradford.ac.uk/staff/rarora6/
