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MEMORIES AND MEMOIRS
A Knowledge Centre article based on a paper by Dr Chris Moran
The idea that veterans of American intelligence will, at some stage in their retirement, publish a memoir has become something of a cliché, but in this paper, given at the Landscapes of Secrecy conference in Nottingham, Dr Christopher Moran, PAIS, argues that the process of CIA memoir-writing is a more complicated, and nuanced, tale than we might expect.
SWEET OR SOUR? THE FUTURE OF THE SUGAR INDUSTRY
A Knowledge Centre interview with Dr Ben Richardson
In February 2011 the world sugar price reached a 30-year high. To supermarket shoppers, sustainability in the sugar industry may just mean affordability and the ability of manufacturers to keep bags of sugar on the shelves. Yet in reality the proportion of sugar the industry sells to individual consumers is only 20 per cent of production - the rest goes to industrial food and drink manufacturers – and sustainability issues go far deeper than maintaining the supply chain. Dr Ben Richardson, from the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Warwick, has researched the subject and its controversies extensively.
BRITAIN AND THE 'WAR ON TERROR' - DR STEVEN KETTELL RESPONDS
A Knowledge Centre Q&A with Dr Steve Kettell
As part of our theme 'Security and Terrorism' we gave you the chance to submit questions to Dr Steven Kettell, Department of Politics and International Studies, on the subject of Britain and the 'War on Terror'. A range of questions were submitted, and Dr Kettell's answers can be found below. What do you think? What do you think the future holds for British security? Let us know in the comments box below.
THE FUTURE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
A Knowledge Centre interview with Professor Christina Hughes and Dr Ben Richardson
With the Festival of Social Sciences well underway, the attentions of many involved turn to the future. What does the future hold for social science? Will priorities change based on funding availability? Professor Christina Hughes, Chair of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Dr Ben Richardson, an early career researcher in the department of Politics and International Studies, give their views on what they think may happen in the future.
CFP: Two GR:EEN workshops
Dear colleagues
As you may know,the GR:EEN project, based in CSGR, is a major European Commission funded research project which explores Europe's role in a multi-polar world. Warwick is the lead partner and one of 16 partner institutions around the world. Across the coming four years, GR:EEN partners will organise a great many workshops and conferences and we hope to be able to extend invitations to present papers throughout the PaIS department here at Warwick. We now have the pleasure of doing this for the first time. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.
GR:EEN project colleagues UNU-CRIS and ULB are pleased to circulate the attached call for papers for a workshop on “Quantitative Indicators of European Power” and a further workshop on “Indicators of Regional Influence”.
Both will take place in Bruges, from March 26-27th 2012
We would like to invite our PaIS colleagues to submit a one-page abstract by December 5th to: pdelombaerde@cris.unu.edu and mzwartjes@cris.unu.edu. Please add affiliation and short bio and indicate to which workshop(s) you are submitting your abstract(s). Selected authors will be notified by December 15th.
Participation in these workshops is restricted to researchers affiliated to one of the GR:EEN partner institutions and selected invited experts. Further information on funding and who to contact is included in the attached call.
Kind wishes,
Laura
Laura Downey
GR:EEN Programme Manager