Other News

Dr Ben Richardson spoke on BBC Coventry and Warwickshire’s breakfast radio show about the UK Chancellor’s announcement to introduce a tax on sugar-sweetened drinks.

You can hear the interview at 1:24:25 on the 17 March episode here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03chdm1

Dr Trevor McCrisken, Associate Professor of US Politics and International Studies, spoke on BBC Coventry and Warwickshire's radio programme this morning, discussing the US elections.

You can hear what Trevor has to say at 1hr 37 on the BBC iPlayer link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03l4xp2 

PAIS PhD student Jennifer Philippa Eggert is to speak about women and Islamist extremism at this year's Warwick Annual Global Development Symposium.

The panel takes place this Wednesday, 16th March in E2.02.

Please click here for more information and to see the itinerary.

PAIS are delighted that we had a highly successful night at the Warwick Staff Awards on Friday evening. It was a wonderful occasion and thanks for all your nominations!

Professor Shirin Rai was highly commended in the ‘global impact’ category for her work with Sarah Hodges from the Department of History and Dr Justin Greaves won the award for ‘outstanding contribution’ to the student experience – congratulations to them both.

It is a fantastic achievement for Justin and Shirin personally, and a great reflection of our teaching and research excellence in PAIS which we can all celebrate.

Head of Department, Professor Nick Vaughan-Williams says: "We can be especially proud that Justin’s work on the student experience has now been recognised as No 1 in the University. In a very modest way, Justin has been keen to stress that the award reflects a real team effort – including all our students and staff – working together in partnership to create as supportive environment as possible for students in PAIS. It was great to hear that Justin had been nominated by students as well as staff and I think this is further reflection of all the work he has done for our students."

Justin’s certificate reads:

“Justin’s contributions to PAIS are ultimately recognised by students and staff as being exceptionally significant in promoting the student experience. He is a true ambassador for making Warwick as supportive and enjoyable for students as possible. Justin’s approachability makes him accessible to students from when they join right through to when they graduate. Throughout their degrees, students appreciate Justin’s determination to ensure that the department is delivering, overcoming any boundaries that arise. He is passionate to develop students and always seeks to collaborate”.

Congratulations to all our colleagues who were long listed or short listed for these awards.

Insite's article on the evening can be read here.

Dr. Maria Koinova (Reader in International Relations, Warwick), together with Dr. Gerasimos Tsourapas (Senior Teaching Fellow, SOAS), is the academic convener of a prestigious venture workshop at the annual convention of the International Studies Association in Atlanta, GA. The workshop is entitled: "Unpacking the Sending State: Regimes, Institutions and Non-state Actors in Diaspora and Emigration Politics." The workshop will include two sessions exploring the impact of weak and strong states on diaspora and migration mobilisations abroad, and another two sessions on the effects of democratic, competitive authoritarian, and authoritarian regimes on those mobilisations. These themes are also explored through the lens of the global governance of migration.

Workshop participants include accomplished and early career scholars from Europe and the US. They are listed below in the order of their presentations: James Hollifield (Southern Methodist University), Fiona Adamson (SOAS), Patrick Ireland (Illinois Institute of Technology), Maria Koinova (Warwick), Yoni Abramson (John Hopkins), Sarah Garding (Oxford), Myra Waterbury (Ohio), Katrina Burgess (Tufts), Gerasimos Tsourapas (SOAS), Dana Moss (University of California, Irvine), Marlies Glasius (University of Amsterdam), Covadonga Meseguer (London School of Economics), Daniel Naujoks (Columbia University), and Nikola Mirilovic (University of Central Florida).