Other News
Dr James Brassett and Dr Nick Vaughan-Williams publish Special Issue of Alternatives on 'Governing Traumatic Events'
Dr James Brassett and Dr Nick Vaughan-Williams have recently published a Special Issue of Alternatives, entitled: 'Governing Traumatic Events'. The volume draws together leading critical scholars on the politics of traumatic events, covering subjects like 9-11, Mumbai, and the Norway Massacre, as well as the ideologies of 'response' and 'resilience' that predominate. This publication is part of an ongoing research project on 'Resilience and the Politics of Security' that seeks to interrogate contemporary practices of civil contingency planning in the UK and abroad.
Dr Ben Richardson secures RDF bid for project 'Grow Warwick: Re-engaging with Food'
Dr Ben Richardson, current Research Fellow and future Assistant Professor in PAIS, has also successfully secured a Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) Research Development Fund (RDF) for his project entitled 'Grow Warwick: Re-engaging with Food'.
This project is led by Theatre Studies with co-investigators in Sociology, Life Sciences and PAIS, and the project will be used to develop a bid to the Arts & Humanities' Research Council (AHRC)'s ‘Care for the Future' programme as well as two trial demonstration events on campus - one in performance and another in creative writing - to encourage public re-engagement with food cultivation.
Dr Lena Rethel and Dr Alexandra Homolar secure RDF Strategic Fund bid
Dr Lena Rethel, Assistant Professor of International Political Economy, and Dr Alexandra Homolar, Assistant Professor of International Security, have secured a Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) Research Development Fund (RDF) Security bid in collaboration with a colleague from The Centre for Applied Linguistics (CAL) at Warwick. The funding awarded from this successful bid will go towards their project entitled 'Crisis Leadership in Global Economic and Security Governance'.
Dr Ben Richardson and Dr João Nunes secure grant from University of Brazil's Partnership Development Fund & Food Security
Dr Ben Richardson, current Research Fellow and future Assistant Professor in PAIS, and Dr João Nunes, ESRC Research Fellow in PAIS, have successfully secured a Partnership Development Fund & Food Security grant from the University of Brazil. The grant will go towards a project that Dr Richardson and Dr Nunes have been working on entitled 'Brazilian Discourse on Food Security'.
Dr Oz Hassan receives funding for new project from Compagnia di San Paolo
Following closely on the heels of his recent success in securing a ESRC Future Research Leaders grant last week, PAIS is delighted to announce that Dr Oz Hassan, Research Fellow in GR:EEN, has confirmed that he will be receiving funding from the Compagnia di San Paolo in Italy part of a consortium for a project looking into US and EU civil society engagement in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).