A new prototype Index of Multiple Environmental Deprivation (IMED) has been developed by staff from Friends of the Earth, Natural England, Environment Agency, DEFRA, University of Leeds and University of Staffordshire as part of the Environmental Data Network. Mike Childs … Continue reading → ... read more

The revised papers from the conference Michel Serres and the Social, organised by Chris Watkin and held at Churchill College Cambridge in June 2022, have been published in the journal Angelaki. It’s a great collection and includes David Webb’s ‘Michel Serres: the natural contract, narrative and law’ and Bill ... read more

Staffordshire University and the University of Manchester are currently researching the emergence of the IT sector in North Staffordshire. Early evidence from the research shows a large, growing and productive IT sector. Types of businesses that we want to take … Continue reading → ... read more

Stuart Blaney, who recently completed his PhD at Staffordshire, has been interviewed by Daniel Tutt on the Emancipations podcast about his forthcoming Equality and Freedom in Rancière and Foucault. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORpbTJmm0U4?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent&listType=playlist&list=PLE03jn2k3GYDMN3XvYSXQ73xZdg1It6de&w=584&h=329] . ... read more

Published here in its entirety in English, Artaud’s Revolutionary Messages collects Antonin Artaud’s political, aesthetic and philosophical writings during his travels to Mexico in 1936. Not only will you gain crucial insight into Artaud’s time in Mexico and his vision of a “total revolution,” which he ... read more

Michel Serres’ monumental book Le système de Leibniz et ses modèles mathématiques, published in 1968, has long been regarded as having an important place in his philosohical work. At over 800 pages, it has remained untranslated – but that’s now changing. Bill Ross, who ... read more

Graduates from the MA in Continental Philosophy have recently gained places on PhD programs at the University of Chicago, the University of Hawai’i, the University of Durham, and the University of Glasgow. Sharon Hagenbeek presented her research on animality to the 2023 annual conference of the Nietzsche Society in ... read more

Joel White, Executive Editor at the journal Technophany, announces a special edition entitled Entropies. The edition is forthcoming very soon, so watch this space. ... read more

‘Spiritual Cinema: Agel, Merleau-Ponty and the Cinematic Real,’ Journal of Religion & Film 28, no. 1, (April 2024), Article 62, 1-31. ‘Screening Solidarity: Possible Lives in the Films of the Dardenne Brothers,’ Herausforderung Solidarität: Konzepte – Kontroversen – Perspektiven, Wetzler: Transcript Publishing, 2024. ... read more

Patrick O’Connor’s Podcast Thales’ Well – Recent Episodes On Richard Rorty with Chris Voparil On writing with Lars Iyer On secular gurus with Chris Cavanagh ... read more

In his last novel, Baumgartner, Paul Auster contemplated the nature of loss and mortality. Auster had been ill with lung cancer for some time before his death this week, and this novel now, in retrospect, has the feel of a … Continue reading → ... read more

Coming to university was never part of the plan. Indeed, I had no plan. Working in screen printing since I was 16, I was shy, nervous and simply had no ambition or desire to change my career. Then in 2020 something changed, I did what I wanted to do ... read more

by Prof Jon Fairburn This blog should be especially useful for PGT, PGR and early career researchers looking for jobs, fellowships or scholarships. I also cover some relevant placement opportunities below for UG. The second half of the blog covers … Continue reading → ... read more

by Prof David Etherington Since 2020 a number of studies and reports[1] have been produced jointly between Staffordshire University and Citizens Advice North Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent (CANSS) on poverty in Stoke on Trent highlighting the following challenges to … Continue reading → ... read more

Staffordshire Business School was ranked No1 in the Million+ group of universities in REF2021 – you can see our submission on the national results website here and for Business Schools across the sector there is an analysis by the Chartered Association of Business Schools (we ranked 51st … Continue reading → ... read more