Centre for Citizenship, Identities and Governance
The Centre for Citizenship, Identities and Governance (CCIG) is a University designated Centre of Research Excellence
Projects in 2005
The Good Citizen
Despite the fact that the general topic of citizenship is all around us, the notion of the good citizen is rarely explored. This is because the research focus has been on just one aspect of the increasing rates of movement around the world: the live debate about immigration.
Behind Closed Doors: Researching Intimacy and Sexuality in Families
Researching Families explores the emotional make-up of normal family life. The project investigates families' experiences and understandings of intimacy and affection looking at how feelings are expressed, the verbal and non-verbal affective communication between parents, parents and children, and siblings.
Identities in Process: Becoming Bangladeshi, African Caribbean and White Mothers
Does motherhood change a woman's identity? How does becoming a mother differ from how it did a generation ago? And how do such changes differ depending on a woman's ethnic background? While much research has been done on the transition to motherhood, little is known about how ethnicity and 'race' differentiate the process of becoming mothers.
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.
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.