IGSD News
New member of the IGSD team - Dr Hita Unnikrishnan - starting soon!
Especially delighted to announce this news: IGSD is very happy to announce that Dr Hita Unnikrishnan will be joining IGSD on 3 June 2024 as our new Assistant Professor. Presently Hita is Newton International Fellow at the University of Sheffield, and prior that she worked as Assistant Professor at the Trans-Disciplinary University, and as a post-doctoral research associate at Azim Premji University, both based in Bengaluru, India. She obtained her Ph.D from Manipal University, India; ATREE, Bengaluru. Hita was also a recipient of the Prof. Elinor Ostrom Fellowship on Practice and Policy on the Commons in 2013.
WELCOME, Hita!
WUB-hub: a blog on Ukraine & Belarus intertwined fate is published on 27 January 2024
The 'intertwined' fate of Belarus and Ukraine
The Warwick Ukraine-Belarus (WUB) Hub is a new initiative building on the foundations of the Oxford Belarus Observatory. WUB Hub expands the earlier project’s coverage to include Ukraine and Ukrainians in its work, and it will grow through its events and collaborative activities with other institutions.
Paul Hansbury, IGSD Research Fellow
WUB-hub: a blog on Lukashenka's brutal regime in Belarus published on 25 Feb 2024
The Human Rights Situation in Belarus on the Eve of the “Single Voting Day”
Just days after the breaking news of Alexei Navalny's death made global headlines, Belarusian independent media reported another tragedy that is similar in character but will likely cause much less attention. The political prisoner Ihar Lednik died in a hospital in Minsk after he had been incarcerated despite a known heart condition.
Jakob Wollenstein
Originally published by Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (reproduced with permission)
Dr Vangelis Pitidis: ESRC Outstanding Societal Impact Prize 2023
ESRC Outstanding Societal Impact Prize 2023
Many congratulations to our own Dr Vangelis Pitidis, who has been a key contributor to this award-winning project focusing on waterproofing data. The project used citizen generated data to tackle the impact of flooding and enhance disaster and community resilience in Brazilian marginalised communities. Further details about this exciting initiative can be found here: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/schoolforcross-facultystudies/igsd/newsevents/news/.
Director of Impact leads by example - excellent news and warmest congratulations, Vangelis!!!
New (interim) IGSD Manager!
We are delighted to report the news about hiring a new (interim) IGSD Manager, Ms Emellyne Forman, who has accepted the position. Congratulations to Em on her successful interview, and welcome to the IGSD team!