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Cultural Political Economy Research Centre

The Cultural Political Economy cluster was established in 2003 and it subsequently developed into a Cultural Political Economy Centre in 2009. The Cen ... Read more»
Project staff: Ngai-Ling Sum

Epistemic restraint and information privacy

Neil Manson is working on the topic of \"epistemic restraint\" In recent years there has been a great deal of interest in epistemic virtues. But the ... Read more»

Feminism, Psychoanalysis and Maternal Subjectivity

Alison Stone is writing a book on this subject which is under contract with Routledge. ... Read more»
Project staff: Alison Stone
Keywords: Feminism, Feminist literary and cultural theory, Feminist philosophy, Feminist theory, Gender, Gender identities, Parenting, Psychoanalytic thought

I.Family - Determinants of eating behaviour in European children, adolescents and their parents

I.Family - Determinants of eating behaviour in European children, adolescents and their parents ... Read more»
Project staff: Garrath Williams
Keywords: Children, Food, Health

Muslim Women Reading Religious Texts

Muslim Women Reading Religious Texts in Britain and Egypt (2010-2011) is a small research project funded by Lancaster University to investigate how co ... Read more»
Project staff: Shuruq Naguib

Nature in German Idealism and Romanticism

Alison Stone is working on a book on ideas of nature in German Idealism and Early German Romanticism. The book will look at writings by Hoelderlin, F. ... Read more»
Project staff: Alison Stone
Keywords: German idealism, Metaphysics, Natural philosophy, Nature, Subjectivity

Nineteenth Century Philosophy

Alison Stone has edited a collection of articles on Nineteenth Century Philosophy. This is vol. 5 of the Edinburgh Critical History of Philosophy seri ... Read more»
Project staff: Alison Stone
Keywords: German idealism, History of philosophy

Rule of Law

This research project looks at the discourse of the Rule of Law and its function as the 'common-sense' of global politics. It seeks to understand the ... Read more»

The Ethics of Spin

Neil Manson is currently engaged in research on the ethics of spin, especially political spin. Spin and spin doctoring seem to be a less than virtuou ... Read more»
Keywords: Ethics, Ethics of communication, Media, Propaganda

The European Union Geopolitical Discourse

This project analyses the development of a geopolitical discourse within the EU and its practical implications in terms of power projection. ... Read more»
Project staff: Basil Germond
Keywords: Critical discourse analysis, Discourse, European Union, Post-structuralism

The Future of Consent

Neil Manson and Dave Archard are engaged in research on the future of consent. So far they have held two workshops - one in China and one in the Unit ... Read more»
Keywords: Bioethics, Ethics, Ethics of communication, Medical ethics

The Maritime Dimension of Security

I am writing a monograph on the Maritime Dimension of European Security. I discuss the following aspects: The role of the sea for European security, ... Read more»
Project staff: Basil Germond
Keywords: European Union, Maritime, Security

The Young Atheists

This is a one year exploratory project, supported by the Jacobs Foundation, comprising qualitative research young people engaged with atheist, humanis ... Read more»
Project staff: Rebecca Catto

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