PAIS has secured a number of prizes from the British International Studies Association (BISA). At a ceremony held at the BISA conference in Birmingham on 6th July, the following prizes were awarded:

Early Career Excellence in Teaching International Studies Prize – Dr Akinyemi Oyawale

New Voices in Cultural Relations Prize (awarded by BISA and the British Council for best Masters dissertation in International Studies) – Louise Sherry, MA in International Relations 2022/3

Equality Diversity and Inclusion Prize – Prof. Vicki Squire

L.H.M. Ling Outstanding First Book Prize– honourable mention to Seb Rumsby former PhD student/postdoctoral fellow in PAIS

Sadi Shanaah (Research Fellow at PAIS), together with Immo Fritsche (Leipzig University) and Mathias Osmundsen (Aarhus University), has published an article on the psychological impact of climate change threat on intergroup relationsLink opens in a new window in the prestigious journal Group Processes & Intergroup Relations.

Ben Clift’s latest article on IMF fiscal thinking, published in a special issue of Policy and Society, explores contradictions in how Fund doctrine navigates turbulent times and survives disruptive challenges.

Ben was interviewed by Mark Blyth for the Rhodes Centre Podcast about the myth of banishing politics through technocratic governance, as explored in his recent OBR book published with OUP.

Professor Heath-Kelly will be joined by speakers from Amnesty, Open Rights Group, Preventwatch and Healing Justice London to launch the new MedAct report: 'Unhealthy Liaisons: NHS Collaboration with the Counter Terrorism Clinical Consultancy Service'.

The launch will take place from 18:30 on the 10th July, at Amnesty's offices in Shoreditch. The event will be hybrid and registrations can be made here: https://www.medact.org/event/briefing-launch-unhealthy-liaisonsLink opens in a new window