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Ben Clift has recently been interviewed by the New Books Network about his latest monograph on the IMF.

A podcast of Ben's interview is available here:- http://newbooksnetwork.com/ben-clift-the-imf-and-the-politics-of-austerity-in-the-wake-of-the-global-financial-crisis-by-ben-clift-oxford-up-2018/

The IMF and the Politics of Austerity in the Wake of the Global Financial Crisis by Ben Clift (Oxford University Press, 2018) provides the first comprehensive analysis of major shifts in IMF fiscal policy thinking as a consequence of the great financial crisis and the Eurozone debt crisis. It widely presents the IMF’s role in the politics of austerity. The book also offers an innovative theory specifying four mechanisms of IMF ideational change – reconciliation, operationalization, corroboration, and authoritative recognition. It combines in-depth content analysis of the Fund’s vast intellectual production with extensive interviews with IMF economists and management.

Congratulations to Jennifer Eggert who has been chosen as one of the winners of the 2018 Warwick Awards for Teaching Excellence for Postgraduates who Teach (WATE PGR).

The WATE PGR celebrates postgraduates who have made a difference in learning and teaching. WATE PGR focuses on how the winners have 'enhanced the student learning experience' and nominators considered how the postgraduates had:

• motivated, inspired and engaged students;
• created a supportive learning environment that recognises diverse student needs.

Congratulations also to Shannon Mathieu who has been commended in the same category.

Panel discussion: Markets VS Democracy? Domestic politics and Eurozone governance in the crisis and beyond

Wednesday 20th June, 6pm - 8pm, Room S0.28

The skyrocketing of risk premiums on sovereign debt in Southern Europe, and a narrowly avoided constitutional crisis in Italy, recently conjured up the spectre of the Eurozone crisis, and reignited the debate about the fraught relationship between domestic politics, European integration, and market discipline. This event seeks to discuss the persisting tensions between democratic aspirations and the constraining character of Eurozone pressures. Speakers will draw on experiences from Italy, Spain and Greece, as well as recent developments in European economic governance to address the issues of technocracy, depoliticization, and state autonomy. There will then be time for Q&A and open debate.
 
Confirmed speakers: Alexis Moraitis (PAIS, Warwick), Javi Moreno Zacares (PAIS, Warwick), Muireann O’Dwyer (PAIS, Warwick), Arianna Tassinari (Warwick Business School).
 
This event is organised by Warwick PhD students in Politics and International Studies, WBS and Italian Studies, with the kind support of PAIS. All welcome.

Recently, PAIS hosted a public lecture, 'Latin American Debates: Political Regimes, Extractivism and Social Movements' with speakers Prof. Maristella Svampa and Prof. Tony Bebbington.

You can now listen to the lecture below:

PAIS Alumna Dr. Coraline Goron has been awarded the "Marthe Engelborghs-Bertels Prize of Sinology" for her doctoral thesis on "Climate Revolution or Long March? The Politics of Low-Carbon Transformation in China (1992-2015). The Power Sector as Case Study", completed under an Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate from the Université libre be Bruxelles and the University of Warwick. Coraline is currently pursuing her postdoctoral research at the Oxford University China Center.

The prize is awarded every five years by the Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences (BE), and 2018 was the first year for the awarding of the prize.