Politics and Identity
Anil Awesti
Dr Awesti’s research looks at the engagement of UK local authorities with the EU policymaking process. He is particularly interested in the implications of Brexit for disadvantaged communities and for local development funding.
Ozlem Atikcan
Dr Atikcan’s work looks at how political arguments shape public opinion in EU referendum campaigns
Gurminder Bhambra
Professor Bhambra works on issues of citizenship and belonging in the context of Britain’s imperial past. She argues that the British Empire is the appropriate context for understanding current debates around race and class and how they intersected with the vote to leave the EU.
Renske Doorenspleet
Dr Doorenspleet works on democracy, democratisation and comparative politics. She is studying how the Brexit referendum has challenged perspectives on the meaning of democracy.
Leslie Francis
Professor Francis studies attitudes of young people towards immigration and the extent to which such attitudes may have affected voting in the referendum.
Katharina Lefringhausen
Dr Lefringhausen analyses host country nationals' integration with other cultural groups. Her work challenges claims of many anti-migration parties in Europe that the existence of and exposure to different cultures eradicates national cultures.
Ursula McKenna
Dr Mckenna is interested in the attitudes of young people towards immigration and the extent to which such attitudes may have affected voting in the referendum.
Marijn Nieuwenhuis
Dr Nieuwenhuis is working on a project to collect and record local stories regarding the process of the referendum and its outcome.
Richard Smith
Dr Smith conducts research on how culture is represented through language teaching, comparing the UK to other EU countries.
Khursheed Wadia
Dr Wadia is analysing the attitudes of young people towards Brexit, working with Connect Futures in Birmingham