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Here you can read the latest news and views from our Fellows and associates. Many articles are also reprinted in the ISRF Bulletin, the Foundation’s in-house periodical.

The Blog and Bulletin are edited by Baindu Kallon.

Latest blog post

Racism never went away – it simply changed shape

by Lars Cornelissen

With the rise of the far right in the UK and increasing racist rhetoric, politicians have warned against the return of attitudes that had long disappeared from British society. Lars Cornelissen argues that this narrative is much more complex - racism has never left public life. Rather it has assumed different shapes across time.
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Latest blog post

Ducking and Facing the British University’s Great Contraction

by Christopher Newfield

ISRF recently organised a workshop on the state of higher education in the UK. In this month's Director's Note, Christopher Newfield discusses the importance of articulating the risks of the sector's Great Contraction, which the UK government fails to acknowledge.
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Latest publication

Bulletin #32: Crisis and Conjuncture: Climate, Borders, Politics

Based on papers presented at the ISRF’s 2024 annual conference, contributions aim to recalibrate existing categories of analysis in the face of escalating political, humanitarian, and environmental crises.
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