Prof. Korosteleva was interviewed by Maksimus Milta, a Yale graduate, about her book 'Belarus in the XXI century' as part of the Minsk Express podcast. She also gave her perspective on the developments in Belarus and the wider region. Full episode is available here: https://www.lrt.lt/mediateka/irasas/2000302856/minsk-express-belarus-in-the-world-of-autocracies

If you use Spotify, you can access it here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1p842lWWl0eQM6asp5CykF?si=1kNF2SaERfaXvCq3Yc8_mA

or via Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/minsk-express-belarus-in-the-world-of-autocracies/id1568250491?i=1000633975820

Jonathan Clarke, IGSD Thematic FellowLink opens in a new window, was interviewed about flooding on LBC on 18 October. See here: https://youtu.be/CTn7wOkCdlc?si=ioGNa8thmnx2u8D6

Jonathan also features in a recent article in The Independent about Playground Cities. Does the death of the high street matter – if we are in a new era of the ‘Playground City’? | The Independent

IGSD, in School for Cross faculty Studies, is proud to announce the appointment of Dr Feng MaoLink opens in a new window as the new Director of Research and Dr Vangelis PitidisLink opens in a new window as the new Director Impact. Please join us to congratulate them both on this prestigious achievement and look forward to working on Warwick's REF 2028.Link opens in a new window

Horizon Europe SHAPEDEM_EU project, launched in October 2022, has had its first annual in-person meeting in Krakow on 9-11 October 2023. The meeting brought together 12 institutional members of the consortium, to share and discuss knowledge co-production by different Work-Packages (WPs), and to engage with the EU officials on the developments in the EU neighbourhoods. In particular, Warwick team leading WP2 on assessing democracy promotion in the eastern neighbourhood, engaged with WP1 - the conceptual framework of the project - and discussed the progress and challenges for WP2 in undertaking fieldwork in Eastern Europe and capturing perceptions and practices of democracy on ground, covering Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, and the Caucasus - the countries affected by war, conflict, and internal/external oppression.

Kanishka Arumugam, Co-CEO of EKKI Water Technologies, has been appointed as an Honorary Fellow at the University of Warwick's Institute for Global Sustainable Development (IGSD)Link opens in a new window.
Kanishka joined us at Scarman in June 2023 for our Sustainability Training SchoolLink opens in a new window and gave an innovative plenary to our successful early career researcher closing the week for our cohort. We hope to welcome Kanishka again to speak and inspire the cohort at our training school in April 2024.