The IRP newsletter has information about current funding calls, international visitors arriving in Bristol in the new year on our Bristol Benjamin Meaker Distinguished Visiting Professorship scheme and Bristol 'Next Generation' Visiting Researcher Programme as well as news about our Bristol Illustrious Visiting Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Town, South Africa, and former visitor Professor Nandita Sharma from the University of Hawai'i.