In this contribution to ISRF Bulletin 25, Lisa Taylor reflects on the role that participatory art projects may play in helping communities deal with the social and personal impacts of deindustrialisation.
In August 2021, the ISRF launched its eighth Flexible Grants for Small Groups competition. Having received a number of strong proposals, a selection panel nominated the following 24 projects for award.
Perhaps the best way to understand the reasons why people embark on these journeys is to put yourself in their shoes.
What we can learn from squatters, climate protestors and desert hippies.
Twenty years of cruel anti-immigrant policy have left thousands of asylum seekers in limbo, detained in offshore prisons or in mainland commercial hotels.
What can original recordings from Stanley Milgram’s famous and controversial ‘obedience to authority’ experiments tell us about cruelty and authority?
In November 2021, former ISRF Fellow Mike Makin-Waite discussed his book On Burnley Road: Class, Race and Politics in a Northern English Town with Manjeet Ramgotra and Councillor Anwar Afrasiab.
Fossil fuels – coal, oil, and gas – are the single largest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. Yet governments around the globe are on track to produce 120 per cent more than is compatible with the goals of the Paris Agreement. If those stocks are to be kept in the ground, an alternative approach is necessary.
In January 2021, the ISRF launched its sixth Early Career Fellowship competition. Having received a number of strong proposals, a selection panel met in September 2021 and nominated six projects for funding.
In this contribution to ISRF Bulletin 24, Manjeet Ramgotra engages three recent books by ISRF Fellows, asking how each can help us rethink classical liberal notions of individualism.
