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 empowerment and engagement with minority issues.
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Reconciliation in a Fragmented World: Rethinking Justice, Accountability, and Inclusion
Join us on the latest CMR seminar series as we bring together scholars exploring the complexities of reconciliation in an era defined by intensive transformations. Amidst the chaos of the contemporary world—where the future paradoxically poses as both a source of hope and an abyss of uncertainty—reconciliation offers a potential framework for forging pathways towards…
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Season 4 / Episode 2
In this episode of the CMR Podcast, Allan Mjomba Majalia, a third-year PhD student in Sustainable Development at the University of St Andrews, School of Geography and Sustainable Development, delves into the Indigenous and local knowledge of fisher folk in Kenya and Ghana. He examines how marine social science—a Western epistemological framework—intersects with African ontologies…
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New Publication
We are delighted to share a new article by CMR Academic Exchange Fellow Dr. Ruxandra Ana, published in the Dance Research Journal (Cambridge University Press). “Cuban-Style Salsa: Intersections of Tourism-Led Entrepreneurship and Dancing Personal Development” explores how Cuban-style salsa serves as both a cultural practice and a tool for personal and economic transformation. Through a…
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