Related Activities at the University of Essex
Human Rights Centre
The Human Rights Centre is comprised of Law Department staff,
together with University of Essex philosophers and political
theorists who work on human rights issues, and have extensive
practical experience of international human rights work with
organisations such as the United Nations, Amnesty International
and Article 19.
Children’s Legal Centre
The Centre opened in 1981, and is a unique, independent national
charity, concerned with the law and policy affecting children
and young people, staffed by lawyers and professionals with
experience in child law. They offer an Advice and Information
Service, an Education Legal Advocacy Unit, and undertake Policy
and Campaigning Work in addition to Research and Consultancy.
CLC works with Eastern European States in the reform of child
law and child care systems. Ms Carolyn Hamilton, Director
Centre for Environment and Society
CES is a new interdisciplinary research centre engaged in a wide
range of basic, applied and action-orientated environmental
research; capacity development, teaching and training; and
outreach through publications, seminars and prizes. The
geographical focus of its work ranges from the local to national
and international, and covers both industrialised and developing
countries.
Dr Jules Pretty, Director
European Consortium for Political Research
This consortium was formed in 1970 by representatives of eight
political science institutions in Europe, it has now grown to
233 universities, institutes and research centres around the
globe. Its aim is to provide a strong base and infrastructure to
help scholars in their research, particularly by fostering
co-operation and by creating a network of political scientists
in Europe - and beyond.
Professor Ken Newton, Executive Director
r.cade - Research Centre for Access to Data on Europe
This is a resource centre within the Data Archive , providing
access to integrated data provided by international agencies and
statistical services. They are a single point of delivery for
quality controlled statistics, focusing primarily on policy
research, and market needs in Europe relevant for local
government, enterprise agencies, government departments,
researchers, information departments and library services,
retailers and market researchers, the media, value added re-sellers.The
Archive is also a member of CESSDA (The Counci of Europe Social
Science Data Archives) and from their web site it is possible to
search the European Integrated Data Catalogue in order to obtain
data from the other Data Archives in Europe. http://dastar.essex.ac.uk/Cessda/
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/
Departments & Academic Staff Associated with PEI:
Department of Accounting, Finance & Management
Rated 4 in the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), this
department is concerned with a wide range of accountancy,
financial measures, and risk assessments for business.
Department of Law
A 5 rated department concerned with the functioning of law in
Society, the philosophy of law, environmental policies, and law
reform.
- Professor Steve Anderman
- Dr Frédérique Dahan
- Professor Janet Dine
- Mr Steve Peers
- Professor Sheldon Leader
Department of Sociology
One of only two sociology departments in the UK to receive a 5*
rating in the RAE, with expertise in social change,
environmental and social movements, environmental rights, green
criminology, media, and inequalities.
- Professor Nigel South
- Dr Yasemin Soysal
Department of Government
Widely recognised as one of the most active and prominent of
politics departments in Europe and the USA, with a 5* RAE
rating, the department is concerned with how and why governments
interact with society, and how political decisions are made.
- Dr Sarah Birch
- Professor Emil Kirchner
- Dr Frances Millard
- Dr Elinor Scarbrough
- Dr Rachel Walker
Department of Economics
The department enjoys an international reputation as a centre
for the study of economics, rated as one of the top ten leading
research establishments in Britain. Staff specialise in applied
and theoretical economics.
- Dr Vanessa Fry
- Mr Alastair McAuley
