The Centre for Minorities Research (CMR) supports academic dialogue and real-time action on one of the most urgent global challenges of our time: achieving meaningful, intersectional engagement with vulnerable populations. Bringing together an outstanding team from across the University of St Andrews and beyond, CMR facilitates cutting-edge research, interdisciplinary debate, and knowledge application to promote engagement with minority issues.
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Applications open: CMR Film Scholarship 2026–27
Are you an MLitt student at St Andrews with an idea for a short film about minority lives? Applications are now open for the CMR Short Film Scholarship 2026–27. CMR is offering one £500 scholarship to make a film of about five minutes exploring minority vulnerabilities, with guidance from CMR and Lucy Fife Donaldson, Professor of Film Studies.…
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Season 5 / Episode 5
How are identity, cultural trauma, and well-being connected? In this episode of the CMR Podcast, Samata Shinde, a PhD researcher in the School of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of St Andrews, introduces her doctoral research exploring these themes within a particular community. Samata discusses the context of her research and the methodology underpinning her…
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New Visiting Scholar at CMR
We’re delighted to welcome Cristóbal Mora Bieli-Bianchi to the Centre for Minorities Research. Cristóbal works across social science and journalism. His PhD project explores the working and everyday lives of 19 rural journalists in Norway and Spain. He interviewed each of them in their own localities and spent time getting to know small rural communities…
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