Media and public debate

We have worked with broadcasters and filmmakers to entertain, interest and inform viewers and listeners. In some cases the books we have written have reached large global audiences, generating discussion, review and wide impact.

Culture, Religion, and Mental Health: Asia and the UK

Dr Chris Harding’s work has contributed to public understanding about modern and contemporary Japan, in particular by helping to revise popular myths and misunderstandings about Japanese politics, wartime beliefs and behaviour, and social psychology.

Find out more about the Culture, Religion, and Mental Health project

Paracuellos: the most polemical atrocity of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)

Research undertaken by Dr Julius Ruiz on Paracuellos, the most polemical atrocity of the Spanish Civil War, has challenged traditional interpretations with his arguments entering national consciousness in Spain as a result of extensive media coverage.

Find out more about the Paracuellos project

Women in UK Policing since 1915

Research by Professor Louise Jackson on women’s historical contribution to policing was widely disseminated in the media, particularly during the 2015 centenary commemorations of the employment of Edith Smith as the first woman police officer in Britain.

Find out more about the Women in UK Policing project

Previous projects

  • Listening to Britain
  • Republican terror in the Spanish Civil War

 

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