Victor Agboga, a PAIS PhD student, has been appointed an LSE Fellow. He will be joining the Department of Government at the London School of Economics and Political Science in September as a full-time teaching fellow. He is one of the 3 candidates selected for the prestigious fellowship among over 150 applicants. Also, Victor is currently writing up a full draft of his PhD thesis and hopes to defend before the end of the year.

Our MA Dissertation Conference is taking place on 30-31 May.

Student-led, with student panels and invited speakers. Closes with barbecue. Please join us!

Tom Long joined Mark Leon Goldberg on the podcast Global Dispatches to discuss small states in world politics. Goldberg is an experienced foreign affairs journalist and the editor of the UN Dispatch. They discussed Tom's recent book, A Small State's Guide to Influence in World Politics, and the lessons for small states facing growing competition among great powers. As Goldberg summarized, "If you overlook small states, you are missing a complete picture of world politics today."

You can listen to the podcast on their website: https://www.globaldispatchespodcast.com/how-small-states-can-influence-world-politics/

Wednesday 15th March 2023, 5.00pm, S0.18.

Professor Conor Gearty (London School of Economics) will be speaking on “Homeland Insecurity: Why anti-terrorism laws are here to stay – and what to do about it”.

Professor Gearty’s seminar will be a joint PAIS/Law event.

Joseph Chan (Distinguished Research Fellow, Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan), ‘What is wrong with social inequality (or hierarchy)?’

13 March 2023, 5-7pm, SO.11

All welcome.