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The Bristol Institute of Public Affairs (BIPA)

The Bristol Institute of Public Affairs provides a focus for high quality research across the Faculty in the field of public affairs.  Currently the research centres within the Institute are:

• Centre for Market and Public Organisation (CMPO)
• Centre for Multilevel Modelling (CMM)
• Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship (CSEC)
• Global Insecurities Centre
• Human Rights Implementation Centre
• The Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research

Research groupings:

Research Centres within the Graduate School of Education:

• Centre for Assessment and Learning Studies (CALS)
• Centre for Globalisation, Education and Societies (GES)
• Centre for Hearing and Balance Studies (CHBS)
• Centre for International and Comparative Studies (ICS)
• Centre for Learning, Knowing and Interactive Technologies (L-KIT)
• Centre for Multilevel Modelling (CMM)
• Centre for Narratives and Transformative Learning (CeNTRAL)
• Centre for Personal and Professional Development (CPPD)
• Centre for Psychology and Learning in Context (C-PLiC)
• Centre for Research on Language & Education (CREOLE)

School of Geographical Sciences research groupings:

• Personal Finance Research Centre

School of Law Research Centres and Themes:

• Commercial Law
• European Law
• Family Law
• Human Rights Law
• International Law
• IT and Law
• Labour Law
• Law and Religion
• Private Law
• Public Law
• Socio-Legal Studies

School for Policy Studies research groupings:

• Centre for Exercise, Nutrition and Health Sciences (ENHS)
• Centre for Family Policy and Child Welfare (CFPCW)
• Centre for Gender and Violence Research
• Centre for Research in Health and Social Care (HSC)
• Centre for the Study of Poverty and Social Justice (SPSJ)
• Centre for Urban Studies (CUS)
• Norah Fry Research Centre (NFRC)
• The Hadley Centre for Adoption and Foster Care Studies

School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies (SPAIS):

• Centre for East Asian Studies
• Global Insecurities Centre (formerly Centre for Governance and International Affairs)

Other Research Centres within the Faculty:

• Centre for Deaf Studies