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PIRP launches innovative data-analysis internships to support UK charities
25 Nov 2025PIRP, in partnership with 9 Mountains, has launched a new innovation project that will deliver tailored data analysis services to UK charities and provide students with hands-on experience.
PIRP's Dr Andreu Casas will build Royal Holloway's London Social Media Observatory
25 Nov 2025Dr Andreu Casas wins more than £1.8million in funding to support groundbreaking research into monitoring social media platforms’ unprecedented power to moderate and curate political speech.
Prof Tom Dyson and Dr John Tull Deliver ESRC Research Impact Workshops for the Netherlands Armed Forces and Ministry of Defence
24 Sept 2025On 8–10th September, Prof Tom Dyson and Dr John Tull (University of Greenwich, formerly of PIRP) visited the Netherlands to deliver a series of workshops for officers and civil servants.
Kaat Smets, James Sloam, and Aine Bennett launch new report: “Pathways to Participation for Marginalised Young People”
11 Jul 2025New policy report on the ‘polycrisis’ of youth political participation in the UK has been launched by PIRP researchers examining how young people’s democratic needs can be better met.
Prof Tom Dyson presents ESRC grant findings to Sandhurst and ZMSBw
24 Jun 2025Prof Dyson presented to academics, practitioners and students at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and at the German Armed Forces Centre for Military History and the Social Sciences
Grant success for three PIRP colleagues!
04 Jun 2025Congratulations to Michael Bacon, Antara Datta, and Ivica Petrikova for their great work! We look forward to seeing your research develop over the coming months.
Prof Tom Dyson and Dr John Tull run ESRC impact events for the Estonian Defence Forces
19 May 2025Prof Tom Dyson and Dr John Tull (University of Greenwich) presented the findings of the Estonian case study of Prof Dyson’s ESRC grant on military learning to the Estonian Defence Forces.
Visit by RHUL Students to European Parliament Liaison Office in the UK
26 Mar 202521 students in Royal Holloway’s Department of Politics, International Relations, and Philosophy attended two events at the European Parliament Liaison Office of the United Kingdom
Professor Tom Dyson and Dr John Tull run ESRC impact events in Lisbon for the Portuguese Army General Staff and NATO’s Joint Analysis and Lessons Learned Centre
30 Jan 2025The presentation and events marked the successful completion of the four-year research partnership for collaborative knowledge generation between Prof Dyson and the Portuguese Army.
New resource: Refugees in South Asia during Second World War (1939-1945)
23 Jan 2025Dr Antara Datta with archivists and educational consultants at the National Archives in Kew develop a new student resource focusing on refugees in South Asia during the Second World War.
