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Global Insights: COVID-19, Migration, Refugees and Borders. A live-streamed panel discussing the challenges of COVID-19.
Thursday May 21 - 4pm-5pm https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/global-insights-covid-19-migration-refugees-and-borders-tickets-105254611376
PAIS presents the fourth panel in our weekly live-streamed Global Insights series with our partners in Canada, the US, Ethiopia and Germany
This week’s panel will discuss the immediate effects of COVID-19 on global migration, internal displacement and refugee protection, and what the pandemic might mean for the movement of peoples across borders in the future.
Panelists
Allehone Abebe is a Senior Legal Officer at UNHCR Liaison Office to the African Union and the UN Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Maria Koinova is Reader in International Relations and chair of the British International Studies Association working group on the “International Politics of Migration, Refugees and Diaspora” at the University of Warwick (UK)
Alison Mountz is Professor of Geography and Canada Research Chair in Global Migration at Wilfrid Laurier University (Canada). She is Director of the International Migration Research Centre at the BSIA.
Tazreena Sajjad currently serves as Senior Professorial Lecturer in the Global Governance, Politics and Security (GGPS) Program in the School of International Service (SIS) at American University in Washington D.C. (USA)
Maurice Stierl is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the University of Warwick (UK).
Moderated by Ann Fitz-Gerald, Director, Balsillie School of International Affairs.
About the Global Insights series
“Global Insights” is a weekly live-streamed, moderated panel series which provides different national and regional perspectives on big questions currently facing researchers, policymakers and planners worldwide in light of the Coronavirus pandemic.
All are welcome. Sign up for free here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/global-insights-covid-19-migration-refugees-and-borders-tickets-105254611376
Global Insights: COVID-19, Climate Change and Energy. A live-streamed panel discussing the challenges of COVID-19.
Thursday May 14 - 4pm-5pm
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/global-insights-covid-19-climate-change-and-energy-tickets-104468132998
PAIS presents the third panel in our weekly live-streamed Global Insights series with our partners in Canada, the US, Ethiopia and German
The expert panel will also discuss environmental justice and issues concerning the demand for new energy structures and cleaner technology.
Panelists
Caroline Kuzemko, PAIS, University of Warwick
Simon Dalby, BSIA and Wilfrid Laurier University
Selam Kidane Abebe, University of Reading
Jatin Nathwani, BSIA and University of Waterloo
Malini Ranganathan, School of International Service, American University
Ann Fitz-Gerald (moderator), Balsillie School of International Affairs (BSIA), Canada
About the Global Insights series
“Global Insights” is a weekly live-streamed, moderated panel series which provides different national and regional perspectives on big questions currently facing researchers, policymakers and planners worldwide in light of the Coronavirus pandemic.
All are welcome. Sign up for free here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/global-insights-covid-19-climate-change-and-energy-tickets-104468132998
Two interviews with Stuart Elden - about Foucault, territory, terrain and other questions
Two interviews with Stuart Elden have recently been published.
First, a two part interview on the Journal of the History of Ideas blog about his work tracing an intellectual history of Michel Foucault's career - part one and part two.
And second, a podcast with Nico Buitendag on territory, terrain, Shakespeare and other questions - available on Soundcloud or Youtube.
Global Insights: COVID-19 and the Global South
Thursday April 7 - 4pm-5pm
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/global-insights-covid-19-and-the-global-south-tickets-103848997146
The Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) at Warwick present the second panel in our weekly live-streamed Global Insights series with our partners in Canada, the US, Ethiopia and Germany
Warwick experts from PAIS and the Warwick Interdisciplinary Research Centre for International Development (WICID) will be joined by colleagues from the Balsillie School in Canada, the Institute for Strategic Affairs in Ethiopia, American University in the US, and Konstanz Universitat in Germany to share their views on the impact of Covid-19 pandemic on the global south.
Issues addressed in this episode will include gender, elections, food security, migration, security, justice and human rights.
Featuring
Ann Fitz-Gerald (moderator), Balsillie School of International Affairs (BSIA), Canada
Panelists:
Briony Jones, PAIS/WICID, University of Warwick, researches the nexus between development, peacebuilding and justice.
Shirin Rai, PAIS/WICID, University of Warwick, researches gender, governance and development.
Hallelujah Lulie, Institute for Strategic Affairs, Addis Ababa, researches African security and political elite bargaining.
Rachel Robinson, American University, Washington DC, is a sociologist and demographer whose research focuses on global health interventions in sub-Saharan Africa, including family planning, HIV/AIDS, and sexuality education.
Jonathan Crush, BSIA and Wilfrid Laurier University, is an expert on migration, food security and hungry cities.
Anja Osei, University of Konstanz, researches democratisation, electoral autocracy and African politics.
About the Global Insights series
“Global Insights” is a weekly live-streamed, moderated panel series which provides different national and regional perspectives on big questions currently facing researchers, policymakers and planners worldwide in light of the Coronavirus pandemic.
All are welcome. Sign up for free here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/global-insights-covid-19-and-the-global-south-tickets-103848997146