Congratulations to our colleagues, @hdorus and @PrabinBahadur, who held a workshop on local perceptions of peacekeeping missions at the International Peace Support Training Centre in Nairobi, Kenya.
Read about their experience here 👉bit.ly/4eKpoE4
The International Peace Support Training Center (IPSTC) hosted a significant symposium, featuring a special visit by Prof H Dorussen and Dr. Prabin B Khadka from the University of Essex, UK.
The International Peace Support Training Center (IPSTC) hosted a significant symposium, featuring a special visit by Prof H Dorussen and Dr. Prabin B Khadka from the University of Essex, UK.
Happy to share that we have climbed up the rankings in the Guardian Good University Guide 2025, with International Relations moving up four places to 12th, and Politics moving up six places to 21st in the UK! 🎓🎉
More information here 👉 essex.ac.uk/news/2024/09/09/…
@uniessexgovt with Nick Aldred & Natalie Hicks @EssexLifeSci are recruiting a PhD student to work on a project that combines life and political sciences to understand how knowledge of environmental technologies can impact public opinion and behaviour.
essex.ac.uk/postgraduate/res…
Religion played a significant role in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout. In our research published in Vaccine today, @martinejnar and I find that people of Pentecostal, Muslim Evangelical and Roman Catholic faiths have had fewer COVID-19 vaccinations.
doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.20…
Short piece in today’s Conversation discussing trust in NHS England, why it’s so high and not linked to performance: theconversation.com/sky-high…
Joined by colleagues @sdpick and @MartinEjnar
#ESS2024 scholarship specifically for Political Science/IR PhD students based in the Global South - please circulate widely and get your students to apply for excellent intermediate & advanced methods training. More details below!
We are excited to announce the Essex Summer School Scholarship for PhD students in the Global South.
Deadline: 15 May 2024
More information ➡️ essexsummerschool.com/schola…
"There is little sign, therefore, of the public being responsive to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s contentious claims that the NHS waiting times and other woes are at least partially related to industrial action."
theconversation.com/sky-high…
Waiting lists in the UK's National Health Service (NHS) are at a record high. Yet people still trust the NHS. Our new article in Public Health in Practice explains why.
doi.org/10.1016/j.puhip.2024…#NHS#Trust@RSPH_PUHIP
What factors influence community support for the reintegration of former fighters? Find out in this fantastic new @UNIDIR report by our colleague @PrabinBahadur and his coauthor @LGelot 👇🏼
🧵 (1/2) New publication! 🚨
In the latest Research into Action report, MEAC interviews professors @PrabinBahadur from @Uni_of_Essex and @LGelot from @Forsvarshogsk to discuss the factors influencing community receptivity of former Al-shabaab fighters in Somalia. ⬇️
The UK Home Secretary has recently made some inflammatory comments regarding the police. My colleagues and I have spent the last 16 months looking at how much the public trust the police and the government. Bottom line: they trust the police more.
Source: YouGov, N= 9013.