Social & Political Sciences at NTU

Congratulations to Ricky Gee woh has recently co-published a Critical Perspectives on Career and Career Guidance (COCAG). cocag.co.uk/2025/11/27/coc….

Congratulations to Ricky Gee for funding awarded for his collaborative project, 'Career Barriers and Enablers for Ethnically Minoritised Senior Professional Services Roles in UK Higher Education' hepi.ac.uk/2025/12/05/bre…

Publication Alert! Daisy Matthews has published her article, “You’re saying I don’t belong”: queer, non-mainstream religious and spiritual sex workers navigating stigma in the Journal of Gender Studies. doi.org/10.1080/095892… #genderstudies

SPS staff will be at the Open Day on 6 December to meet you. You are also welcome at the Sociology, Politics & IR taster sessions. #ntu #openday #politics #internationalrelations #sociology See why it is worth attending: youtube.com/watch?v=aDvaKX…

The annual Christmas quiz—bringing together staff and students and hosted by our fabulous Quiz Master, Matthew Mokhefi-Ashton—was once again great fun.

We are looking forward to welcoming Professor Claudia Aradau at NTU in February 2026 to talk about #security, #scandals, #genAI.

Please, consider applying to this PhD #scholarship opportunity to research #GenAI, #bots, #antigender content, and #misogynisticradicalisation and work with our colleague, Dr Kateřina Krulišová. ntu.ac.uk/study-and-cour…

Please consider applying to this fully funded PhD opportunity and join our colleague Dr Marianna Poberezhskaya in advancing research on #democraticbacksliding and the #environment. ntu.ac.uk/study-and-cour…

Publication Alert: please, check out this article by Marianna Poberezhskaya, @Dr_ImadElAnis and @HalaHamawi about #climatechange #refugees #Jordan tinyurl.com/58mn3m53 @ntu_research @NTUNews @NTUSocSciences

Assoc. Prof. Marianna Poberezhskaya co-organised the workshop “Climate Change Obstruction in Authoritarian & Non-Democratic States” at GWU’s Elliott School, supported by Brown’s CSSN and GWU research institutes. #climatechange

PhD student Hala Al-Hamawi discusses climate finance plans and its impact on the Middle East in The Conversation 👉 shorturl.at/JJ4XL #climatechage #climatefinance #MiddleEast @NTUSocSciences @NTUNews @ntu_research

Dr. Lesley Masters (NTU) & Dr. Lisa Otto (Uni of Johannesburg) led an international workshop on Building African Agency—exploring non-state actors in global environmental & socio-economic governance. With insights from Dr Ana Nunes, @KrulisovaKatka & Dr Marianna Poberezhskaya.

SPS staff can’t wait to meet you today on the City Campus! Come along to our talks and taster sessions in #Politics, #InternationalRelations, and #Sociology, or stop by for a friendly chat. Find out where we are: ntu.ac.uk/media/docume... #openday

Our department staff had a fantastic time connecting with colleagues from the Institute of European Studies and International Relations @ComeniusUni during a recent research speed networking event. @NTUNews @NTUResearch

A thought-provoking piece from Dr Antonio Cerella on the use of AI in education. thephilosophicalsalon.com/the-subject-of…

In this blog, our colleague Sagarika Dutt examines the recent attack on tourists in #Kashmir and explores its broader implications 👉ntu.ac.uk/about-us/news/…

@thomascaygill discusses #Starmer 's mistakes regarding #disabilitycuts. The mistakes Keir Starmer made over disability cuts – and how he can avoid future embarrassment

Our colleague @DrEszterSimon is co-chairing this timely online discussion about world politics and trust. Do register via the link below.

We are now on Bluesky! Please, follow us at @spsatntu.bsky.social. We are soon leaving X.

Our postgraduate students also learn by doing: They learned about international negotiations and decision-making while playing the Diplomacy boardgame under Dr Lesley Masters and @DrEszterSimon's guidance. @NTUSocSciences @NTUNews