Research

Project websites

Currently funded projects

SPAIS currently funded research grants and awards:

A comparative case study of Secular Moroccan Muslims in London, Paris and Amsterdam

Funder: ESRC
2 Year Postdoctoral Fellowship: Dr Nadil Fadil, Professor Tariq Modood (mentor)
Project Dates: July 2013 – July 2015
Award: £121,891

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Postsecular Social Theory and the Idea of Critique

Funder: The Leverhulme Trust
Leverhulme Fellowship: Professor Gregor McLennan
Project Dates: October 2012 – September 2014
Award: £45,000

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Mapping the British Social Space: Rethinking Class Analysis for the Twenty-First Century

Funder: The British Academy
3 Year Postdoctoral Fellowship: Dr Will Atkinson;  Professor Gregor McLennan (mentor)
Project Dates: January 2012 – January 2015
Award: £235,587

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Fragile Fathering: negotiating intimacy and risk in parenting practice

Funder: British Academy
Principal Investigator: Dr Esther Dermott
Dates:  January 2012 – January 2013
Award: £7,475

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Transnational Islam in transnational families.  The transformation of religion and politics across borders and generations: the case of migrations flows between Pakistan and Britain

Funder: The British Academy
3 Year Postdoctoral Fellowship: Dr Parveen Akhtar;  Professor Tariq Modood (mentor)
Project Dates: January 2011 – January 2014
Award: £224,723

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Paired peers: The impact of class on student university experience

Funder: The Leverhulme Trust
Principal Investigator: Professor Harriet Bradley
Project team: Dr Anthony Hoare (UOB), Professor Ann-Marie Bathmaker (UWE), Dr Richard Waller (UWE), Dr Jody Mellor, Nicola Ingram, Jessica Abrahams, Phoebe Beedell
Project Dates: August 2010 – August 2013
Award: £250,000

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Muslim participation in contemporary governance

Funder: Arts and Humanities Research Council
Principal Investigator: Dr Therese O’Toole
Project Team: Professor Tariq Modood (CI), Dr Nasar Meer, Dr Daniel Nilsson DeHanas, Dr Stephen Jones
Project Dates: July 2010 – January 2013
Award: £329,000

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Poverty and social exclusion in the United Kingdom: The 2010 survey

Funder: Economic and Social Research Council
Principal Investigator: Professor David Gordon
Project Team: includes Professor Ruth Levitas (CI), Dr Esther Dermott (CI), Heriot-Watt University, the National Centre for Social Research, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Open University, Queen's University Belfast, University of Glasgow and the University of York
Project Dates: May 2010 – November 2013
Award: £4,300,000

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ACCEPT - Tolerance, pluralism and social cohesion: Responding the challenges of the 21st century in Europe

Funder: European Union Framework Programme 7
Principal Investigator: Professor Tariq Modood
Project Team: Dr Jon Fox, Dr Nasar Meer, Jan Dobbernack
Consortium Coordinator: European University Institute, Italy
Project Dates: March 2010-May 2013
Award: £285,000

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Mercenary masculinities imagine security: The case of the private military contractor

Funder: Economic and Social Research Council
Principal Investigator: Dr Paul Higate
Project Dates: October 2009 – March 2013
Award: £240,500

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Achieving policy coherence in challenging environments: Risk management and aid culture in Sudan and Afghanistan.

Funder: Economic and Social Research Council / Department for International Development.
Principal Investigator: Professor Mark Duffield
Project Team: Dr Sarah Collinson (CI), Overseas Development Institute, Karl Sandstrom, Dr Carol Berger
Project Dates: October 2010 – January 2013
Award: £388,000

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Utopia as method

Funder: The Leverhulme Trust
Leverhulme Research Fellowship: Professor Ruth Levitas
Dates: May 2010 – June 2013
Award: £45,000

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