The Comparative Politics and Policy (CPP) research centre is dedicated to the empirical and theoretically informed study of political institutions, processes, actors and ideologies in the United Kingdom and beyond. Using a variety of quantitative and qualitative methods, its members pursue original research on contemporary challenges in the fields of democratic participation and trust, multi-level governance, digital technologies, multiculturalism, migration, populism and party politics, human rights, and environmental protection. As well as enabling internal collaborations, the Centre regularly hosts external speakers and engages with practitioners in government, civil society and various professions. Members include researchers at all stages of their careers in Swansea University’s Department of Politics, Philosophy and International Relations, as well as partners in other institutions.

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Director

Dr Dupont is a scholar of the politics of race, ethnicity, and religion. He researches anti-discrimination policy, employment and education inequalities, and human rights claims. Among other projects, he is currently completing a monograph entitled Anti-racism, multiculturalism and human rights, under contract with Palgrave.

Pier-Luc Dupont
Pier-Luc Dupont

Selected Academic Publications

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News and Events

Conference

On 31 May 2023, the research group hosted a 1-day conference on the topic of “Democratic Resilience and Democratic Innovation” at Swansea’s Singleton Campus. With democracies around the world under pressure to respond to major challenges, including climate change, health crises, the rise of the far right, and heightened social inequality, the conference brought together scholars from across Swansea’s School of Social Sciences to discuss and examine the actions and innovations that have started emerging in response to the recent years of social, economic, and political turmoil. The conference program can be found here - PAG Resilience and democratic programme. 

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