Centre for Citizenship, Identities and Governance
The Centre for Citizenship, Identities and Governance (CCIG) is a University designated Centre of Research Excellence
Projects in 2004
ESRC Identities and Social Action Research Programme
Identities and Social Action was a major, five-year research programme funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council. The programme ran from 2004 to 2008 and was directed by Prof Margaret Wetherell at The Open University. The ESRC invested £4 million in 25 research projects based in universities around the UK.
Migration, Democracy and Security (MIDAS)
In response to 9/11, governments across the world have introduced policies that have impacted on traditional freedom rights - the core to liberal democracies. The securitisation - i.e. the legitimation of emergency measures by reference to an existential threat - of the freedom of movement played an important role in developing these policies.
The Impact of EU Enlargement on Central European Party Systems and Electoral Alignments
The British Academy-funded project focuses on the process of EU enlargement and its impact on party systems and electoral alignments in the eight Central European countries involved in the process since 2004.
Governing the Subjects and Spaces of Ethical Consumption
This research project, funded under the ESRC/ AHRC Cultures of Consumption programme, examines the pragmatics of getting people to adopt 'ethical' consumption behaviour.
Ethnicities, Identities and Social Organisations in Contemporary Rural England
This recently completed Leverhulme Trust funded research examined questions of attachment, inclusion, nation and locality through an examination of the nature of the relationship between the contemporary English countryside and the 'rurally included'. The category 'rurally included' was defined as those rural populations who are 'accounted for' in dominant rural narratives i.e.
Creating Citizen-Consumers: Changing Relationships and Identifications
This recently completed project, funded by the ESRC and AHRB under the 'Cultures of Consumption' research programme, explored changing relationships and identifications in the intersection between the public and public services.
Children's Understanding of their Sibling Relationships
Children's relationships with their brothers and sisters are an important part of their everyday lives. Most research on siblings examines predetermined topics, rather than starting from children's own perspectives.