As cities across Africa start to lift pandemic restrictions, young people are hoping for a more equitable future. On Monday May 23rd, the University of Warwick, Open University and Slum Dwellers International (SDI) will launch the policy findings of an AHRC-funded project let by Prof Keith Hyams that captured the experiences of young people during the pandemic and their recommendations for a just and resilient urban future. Living in informal settlements across eight African cities, young people working as part of SDI’s youth federation led the recording of video diaries and interviews and participated in focus groups facilitated by SDI and UK researchers. The launch will be spear-headed by the publication of a blog hosted by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) in which young people reflect on IIED’s vision for a transformative urban recovery from COVID-19. There will also be launch media output and events across the eight cities.

The project website can be found at https://express.adobe.com/page/QgUFIdbXRZs4y

Prof. Maria Koinova is giving a talk on "Russia's Invasion in Ukraine and Polarisation in Eastern Europe" on 29 April, 2022 at George Washington University in the USA as part of the BEAR-PONARS Eurasia Conference "Between the EU and Russia: Domains of Diversity and Contestation," 29-30 April, 2022. The conference has panels on Ukrainian and Russian societies after the invasion, challenges facing Europe, the Baltic states and the Balkans, as well as Central Asia.

This is a hybrid conference. Panels could be followed online by registering at: https://www.ponarseurasia.org/between-the-eu-and-russia-domains-of-diversity-and-contestation-april-29-30/

New America, a prominent think tank in Washington, is hosting an online panel on small states in international relations, featuring Tom Long's new book, A Small States Guide to Influence in World Politics. The panel will be held at 13:30 EST/18:30 BST on 4 May 2022. The panel features Tom, Emily Wilkinson of ODI, and Wazim Mowla of the Atlantic Council. It will be moderated by Professor Jim Goldgeier.

RSVP here: https://www.newamerica.org/political-reform/events/new-research-to-bridge-the-gap-dr-tom-long/

Caroline Kuzemko has put together an absolutely stunning panel for the PAIS Annual IPE Debate,

This year the debate will speak to the title: 'Climate Change: Power, Resistance and Transitions' and speakers are our very own Caroline, Mat Paterson (Manchester), Pete Newell (Sussex) and Marie Claire Brisbois (Sussex).

It takes place on Wednesday May 18th, in S0.21, 2-4pm.

Scholars from City University London, Cambridge University and PAIS have joined together for an online global webinar series. The global webinar runs for six weeks and provides an alternative syllabus on US Foreign policy, connecting scholars from around the world with a global audience:

• America’s Exceptional Imperialism? The enlightenment, modernity and the making of American exceptionalism
• Global Racial Capitalism –violence and the forging of state, nation, and American empire
• America, Britain and White World Order
• The world and the violent American century
• American and a global empire of knowledge
• Imperial threat construction? Yellow peril politics, again?

 The series is open to the public, students and academic staff.

 To register: https://www.city.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/2022/april/us-foreign-policy-deconstructed