CHCI Workshop to be Held in Aberdeen: ‘Energy Transitions: Northeast Scotland...
Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society and Rule of Law (CISRUL) members Dr Alejandra Rodríguez-Remedi and Dr Rebecca Macklin will be holding a two-day workshop, ‘Energy Transitions: Northeast Scotland...
View ArticleEvent Series: Post-PhD Life with CISRUL Alumni
We will be hosting an online series of informal conversations with former PhD candidates from the Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society and Rule of Law (CISRUL), about their experiences navigating...
View ArticlePhD Candidate Sam McReavy on ‘Henri Lefebvre’s Right to the City in...
As one of the Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society and Rule of Law’s (CISRUL) current PhD candidates, Sam McReavy is conducting research focused on urban spatial theory and Science Fiction as a...
View ArticlePhD Candidate Shao-Chi Kuo’s Submits Thesis on Wang Yi and the Early Rain...
Shao-Chi Kuo, who began his doctoral research in 2022 and joined the Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society and Rule of Law (CISRUL) in 2023, has recently submitted his thesis on the public theological...
View ArticleCISRUL Project on UK Constitutionalism
As one of two major projects currently hosted by the Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society and Rule of Law (CISRUL), a number of CISRUL staff and PhD candidates are currently working on research and...
View ArticleConferences
The Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society and Rule of Law has held numerous conferences since its establishment. This includes the following conferences, with more information available about each in...
View ArticleDr Alejandra Rodríguez-Remedi
Alejandra Rodríguez-Remedi worked with holistic and participatory methodologies as an educational researcher during the period of national educational reform which followed Chile’s re-democratisation....
View ArticleDr Rebecca Macklin
Rebecca Macklin is Interdisciplinary Fellow in Social Inclusion and Cultural Diversity at the University of Aberdeen and based in the School of Language, Literature, Music and Visual Culture. Her...
View ArticleVideos
Latest Videos CISRUL PhD candidate Sam McReavy shares his PhD research on the prize-winning novel ‘Bold as Love’ by Gwyneth Jones. ‘Bold as Love’ follows a “Triumvirate” of indie rockstars who find...
View ArticleAlumnus Dr Elise Boyle Espinosa Joins Australian Delegation to the Democratic...
Dr Elise Boyle Espinosa, a former PhD candidate in CISRUL’s Political Concepts in the World (POLITICO) project, has joined the first Australian delegation to the Democratic Autonomous Administration...
View ArticleDr Valentin Clavé-Mercier in New Role as Lecturer in Political Studies,...
Dr Valentin Clavé-Mercier, a former PhD candidate in CISRUL’s Political Concepts in the World (POLITICO) project, is in a new role as Lecturer in Political Studies at the Faculty of Political Science...
View ArticleDr Eve Hayes de Kalaf
Dr Hayes de Kalaf was one of the first PhD students to graduate from the Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society and Rule of Law (CISRUL) on a Comparative Statecraft Studentship Award (2014-2018). During...
View ArticleAlumnus A. Sophie Lauwers Awarded Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Institute...
Alumnus Dr A. Sophie Lauwers will be starting as postdoctoral fellow at the University of Edinburgh on October 1st. She received the IASH-Alwaleed postdoctoral fellowship for 2025-2026, and will be...
View ArticleSchool Uniform Research by Dr Rachel Shanks Informs Scottish National...
Research on school uniform, dress codes and appearance policies by lead CISRUL member and Interdisciplinary Institute Director of Social Inclusion and Cultural Diversity, Dr Rachel Shanks, has...
View ArticleShao-Chi Kuo
Shao-Chi Kuo began his doctoral research in 2022 and joined CISRUL in 2023. Under the supervision of Professor Brian Brock (Divinity), he is researching the political and public theological...
View ArticleBoglarka Vincze
Boglarka Vincze’s PhD project began in October 2024. She researches waves of constitutional change in the UK’s devolved nations, focusing on the evolution of devolution frameworks. She studies how...
View Article‘Political Concepts in the World’ Project Successfully Concludes
The Political Concepts in the World (POLITICO) project, a collaboration between the University of Aberdeen and the Horizon 2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie programme, has come to a close this month with...
View ArticleDr TD Nguyen
My work centres on civil society, authoritarianism, and international relations, with a regional focus on East and Southeast Asia. Between 2019 and 2023, I was a Marie Skłodowska-Curie PhD fellow at...
View ArticleSam McReavy
Sam McReavy is a third year PhD candidate at the University of Aberdeen. Over the last four years, he has focused on urban spatial theory and Science Fiction as a pedagogical tool in the work of Henri...
View ArticleDaisy Mugadza
Daisy Mugadza began her PhD in February of 2025 at the University of Aberdeen’s School of Law but also with affiliations to CISRUL. She is a recipient of the CISRUL PhD merit scholarship award. Her...
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