School of Social and Political Science

The Crisis of Social Reproduction and “Made-in-China” Feminism

Crises of care and social reproduction have led to new debates and social movements around the world, but there has been little scholarly scrutiny on these issues in contemporary China. Facing rapid population ageing and historically low birth rates, the Chinese government believes the country is suffering from a demographic crisis. Yet, the so-called population question is fundamentally a political one: who is bearing the brunt of biologically and socially reproducing the Chinese labour force who have fuelled the Chinese economy in the last four decades?

Book Launch - The Digital Continent: Placing Africa in the World of Digital Work

The Medicalisation of Finance Workshop Programme

The aim of this workshop is to invert the terms of contemporary debates about the privatisation and financialisation of medicine with an invitation to explore some of the myriad ways in which finance itself has become medicalised.

A Union for all seasons: The future of the United Kingdom

Join the Centre on Constitutional Change and the Sir Edward Heath Charitable Foundation for a guest lecture from Sir Malcolm Rifkind.

Research Training Centre Workshop - Surviving the Reproducibility Crisis: A guide for quantitative social scientists

PhD students and early career researchers are welcome to join this workshop, which is running over two weeks as part of the Advanced Methods Workshops Course.

Roundtable: #MeToo in China and Beyond

This roundtable marks the launch of an exhibition in the School of Social and Political Science of materials tracing the history of the #MeToo movement in China inspired by similar exhibitions held in Beijing, Chengdu, Guangzhou and New York in 2019.

GENDER.ED Networking Reception

Join GENDER.ED for a networking event in the Chrystal Macmillan Building Foyer.

Hard Knock Life: Concussion, dementia, and sporting subjectivities

Exhibition: #MeToo in China

Since its appearance in 2018, the hashtag #MeToo has spread around the globe. This exhibition traces the history of the #MeToo movement in China using visual, audio and textual materials that present both the personal struggles of sexual assault survivors and collective feminist actions against sexual violence in the Chinese context.

RACE.ED and IASH meet and greet social event

An informal meet and greet reception for the RACE.ED Network and incoming IASH fellows affiliated with the Institute Project on Decoloniality.

Covid-19 in Comparative Perspective: Varieties of Pandemic Politics

Resilience After Trauma: The Emerging Science of Dose

The first event in our 22/23 Social Work Seminar Series, presented by Sherry Hamby, Distinguished Research Professor of Psychology at the University of the South and Director of the Life Paths Research Center.