Travel and Politics Blogs

Area and Development researcher Joe Worthington reflects on not only the geography of the places he visits, but the politics too.

Visit Travelling Politico.

Part one of a two-part blog in which Max Roger Taylor gives an account of his Overseas Fieldwork visits supporting his research into EU-China relations.

Visit The Brussels Blog.

Part two of the two-part blog in which Max Roger Taylor gives an account of his Overseas Fieldwork visits supporting his research into EU-China relations.

Visit The Beijing Blog.

In this guest blog post for the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO), Human Geography researcher Stephanie Denning shares her experience of working with and managing volunteers whilst working with Make Lunch in support of the School Holidays (Meals and Activities) Bill. Stephanie shares her advice for other people working with volunteers, too.

Read Retaining Volunteers.

Economics researcher Isabel Stockton writes in her guest blog for PolicyBristol Hub about the use of Administrative Data. She draws on her own experience of her research to highlight the benefits and pitfalls of using Administrative Data and considers the balance between protecting privacy and creating an evidence base for policy makers.   

Read Using Administrative Data for Labour Market Research! 

Global Challenges Research Fellow, Dr Dee Knipe writes in a guest piece for the ESRC‘s blog- Shaping Society- about the ways in which socio-economic environments can affect suicide rates and highlights the importance of collecting data in the world’s poorest countries. Dee reflects on her own fieldwork in Sri Lanka and shares some of her findings.

Read The Importance of our Social Environment in Understanding Suicidal Behaviour.

Psychology researcher Elena Dimitriou and two other PhD students from the University of Exeter (Will Ingram and Gemma Delafield) held a workshop for PhD students about how to engage with policy. In this guest blog for the Royal Society, the three researchers consolidate the advice that the speakers gave them into a list of helpful tips for students wanting to find out more about the relationship between research and policy.

Read How Can PhD Students Engage With Policy?

Political Science and International Studies researcher Rosie Walters has written this guest blog piece for Oxfam’s Policy and Practice website. The piece looks generally at Rosie’s work and, more specifically, summarises her recent journal article ‘Reading girls’ participation in Girl Up as feminist: club members’ activism in the UK, USA and Malawi‘ in Gender and Development. 

Read Making International Development Campaigns Work for Girls.