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Heseltine Institute Announces a New Co-DirectorHeseltine Institute Announces a New Co-Director

Heseltine Institute Announces a New Co-Director

The Heseltine Institute for Public Policy, Practice and Place is pleased to announce that Professor Catherine Durose has been appointed as a new Co-Director, working alongside existing Co-Director Sue Jarvis.

Posted on: 11 February 2022

Researcher in Focus: Dr Rosa Urbano GutiérrezResearcher in Focus: Dr Rosa Urbano Gutiérrez

Researcher in Focus: Dr Rosa Urbano Gutiérrez

Our featured researcher of the month is Dr Rosa Urbano Gutiérrez, a Reader in the Department of Architecture whose work focuses on how the efficient collaboration between advanced technology and traditional techniques can provide innovative sustainable and human-centred architectural design.

Posted on: 11 February 2022

Researcher in Focus: Belinda TyrrellResearcher in Focus: Belinda Tyrrell

Researcher in Focus: Belinda Tyrrell

Our featured researcher of the month is Belinda Tyrrell, Research Associate at the Heseltine Institute for Public Policy, Practice and Place. Learn more about her research supporting inclusive growth and public service innovation here.

Posted on: 17 January 2022

Watch ‘The Trouble with Tombs’ heritage public lectureWatch ‘The Trouble with Tombs’ heritage public lecture

Watch ‘The Trouble with Tombs’ heritage public lecture

In January 2022, Dr Ruth Nugent delivered our Heritage-theme public lecture, ‘The Trouble with Tombs’, exploring the ways people have encountered and understood the ancient dead in Britain since the 7th century. Watch a recording of this online lecture here.

Posted on: 17 January 2022

Researcher in Focus: Dr Will ShankleyResearcher in Focus: Dr Will Shankley

Researcher in Focus: Dr Will Shankley

Our featured researcher of the month is Dr Will Shankley, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Law whose work focuses on migration, asylum, race, and modern slavery.

Posted on: 16 November 2021

Researcher in Focus: Dr Will SlocombeResearcher in Focus: Dr Will Slocombe

Researcher in Focus: Dr Will Slocombe

Our featured researcher of the month is Dr Will Slocombe, a Senior Lecturer in the Department of English whose work focusses on science fiction as a repository of imagined social techniques and technologies, and ideologically-encoded visions of the future.

Posted on: 12 October 2021

Institute of Popular Music Launches New PodcastInstitute of Popular Music Launches New Podcast

Institute of Popular Music Launches New Podcast

The Institute of Popular Music, part of the School of the Arts, has launched a brand new podcast. In this pilot episode, University of Liverpool's academics discuss the Institute's archive. In particular the collection of Robert Pring-Mill which features sound recordings, posters, albums and ephemera surrounding politically committed songs from Chile by artists including Víctor Jara and Violeta Parra.

Posted on: 28 September 2021

Researcher in Focus: Christian CooijmansResearcher in Focus: Christian Cooijmans

Researcher in Focus: Christian Cooijmans

Our featured researcher of the month is Dr Christian Cooijmans, who is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Languages, Cultures, and Film. Chris’ research explores the evolution and effects of viking endeavour across western mainland Europe, and examines how these activities were remembered and reinterpreted in the centuries to follow.

Posted on: 22 September 2021

Get involved with engage@liverpoolGet involved with engage@liverpool

Get involved with engage@liverpool

engage@liverpool is a cross-faculty research methods initiative at the University. Interdisciplinary in character, it supports research across the social sciences, the arts and humanities and the natural, life and formal sciences by stimulating, encouraging, and promoting excellence and innovation in the area of research methods and methodology in particular.

Posted on: 21 September 2021

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    Heseltine Institute Announces a New Co-DirectorHeseltine Institute Announces a New Co-Director

    Heseltine Institute Announces a New Co-Director

    The Heseltine Institute for Public Policy, Practice and Place is pleased to announce that Professor Catherine Durose has been appointed as a new Co-Director, working alongside existing Co-Director Sue Jarvis.

    Posted on: 11 February 2022