Department of Politics and International Studies

This research will explore intergenerational justice across the social sciences and humanities.

Through historical and modern case studies in Latin America, Europe and Africa and the new conceptual framework of “arenas of accountability”, this project examines justice interactions that go beyond the linear international-to-national transmission of norms and practices.

The project is based on exclusive access this research team has been granted to the archive of PCATI, which documents torture practices implemented by Israeli security agencies.

Focusing on the making of the Indian Constitution, PACT aims to build an advanced digital platform that contextualizes the Indian Constituent Assembly debates (1946-49) within wider public debates on constitution-making.

This project investigates how migration governance has been influenced by “refugee crises” and how crises at large shape policy responses on migration.

This multi-sited collaborative research project explores the diverse deployments of pan-Africanism as a geopolitical and policy framework both on the African continent and in the diaspora.

Professor Julia Gallagher and a team of researchers lead the African State Architecture project funded by a major grant from the European Research Council.

A comprehensive approach to realising global disarmament,

Finding impactful anti-corruption strategies around the world.

Recognising the key role of women of the Global South in establishing the equality of the sexes in the UN Charter of 1945.