Other News
Chris Hughes appointed Chair of Faculty of Social Sciences
Effective from 1 September, Prof Chris Hughes, Professor of International Politics and Japanese Studies and Head of Department in PAIS, will serve as the new Chair of the Faculty of Social Sciences. Prof Hughes will also continue in his current role as Head of Department.
Dr Ben Richardson's research on 'sugar aid' featured in The Guardian
Dr Ben Richardson, current Research Fellow and future Assistant Professor in PAIS, has recently been featured in an article by Mark Tran in The Guardian entitled 'EU sugar aid for Swaziland leaves a bitter taste'. Below is an excerpt from the piece:
"The attempts by the European commission to integrate the EU sugar regime deeper into the world market as part of its 2013 common agricultural policy (CAP) reform – not to mention prospective liberalisation under the Doha round or an EU-Mercosur (Latin America's trade bloc) – would effectively sacrifice its poverty reduction agenda on the altar of price competitiveness," says Richardson.
Dr Oz Hassan receives ESRC Future Research Leaders grant
It has now been confirmed that Dr Oz Hassan, Research Fellow in GR:EEN, has been successful in securing an ESRC Future Research Leaders grant.
This is one of the first awards in this new scheme. It involved a very extensive application and was, of course, extremely competitive. Hence, this is a great achievement by Dr Hassan.
In addition, Dr Hassan would like to thank his other colleagues in PAIS, including Stuart Croft, Mat Watson, Ed Page, Jackie, the GR:EEN team, as well as many others, for all their support in the application process.
Can the German Energy Turnaround Serve as an Example for ‘The Future We Want’?
A Pinpoint Politics article by Lena-Sophie Demuth
Energy is of major importance to almost every challenge and opportunity we face today, be it of economic, environmental or social nature. Leading a Sustainable Energy for All initiative that ensures universal access to modern energy services, improves efficiency and increases use of renewable sources, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon is advocating a paradigm shift away from a global economy highly dependent on oil towards the use of renewable energies for all to foster sustainable development. This rhetoric of a ‘green economy’ ran like a common thread through the RIO+20 United Nations Conference of Sustainable Development, which took part last week in Brazil. In line with the motto ‘The Future We Want’, thousands of high level representatives from governments, UN organizations (e.g. UNESCO, FAO UNEP), the private sector, as well as NGOs, set their sights high to come to a binding agreement in the two main areas of a) a green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication; and b) the institutional framework for sustainable development.
PAIS Postdoc Charlotte Heath-Kelly awarded a British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grant
Charlotte Heath-Kelly, one of PAIS's newest Warwick Postdoctoral Research Fellows, has been awarded a British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grant entitled Securing through the Failure to Secure: Reclaiming the Sites of Terrorist Attack.