Other News
H2020 Bid Success for IERG
IERG are pleased to announce a successful bid made to H2020 for their PRISMA initiative. PRISMA addresses risks and public concerns raised by new transformative technologies. PRISMA is one of many collaborations between Warwick’s IERG and Warwick Manufacturing Group, and develops the IERG’s track record of crossing the boundary between social sciences and STEM research. PRISMA is worth over Euros 250k to PAIS.
Nicola Pratt publishes article to mark 5th anniversary of Egyptian Revolution
Dr Nicola Pratt's article, 'How the West Undermined Women's Rights in the Arab World' has been published by e-zine Jadaliyya as part of a collection marking the fifth anniversary of the 25 January Egyptian Revolution.
You can read the article here: http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/23693/how-the-west-undermined-women%E2%80%99s-rights-in-the-arab
PAIS makes three outstanding academic hires
Professor Anthony King joined PAIS on 1st January 2016 as Chair in War Studies.
Dr Gabriel Siles-Brügge will join the department in academic year 2016/17 as an Associate Professor, and Dr Ece Özlem Atikcan will join the department in academic year 2016/17 as an Assistant Professor.
CSGR Roundtable: The Power of Global Benchmarking
The Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation & Speaking International Security at Warwick invite you to attend a roundtable discussion and wine reception to celebrate the launch of the 2015 Special Issue of Review of International Studies on 'The politics of numbers: The normative agendas of global benchmarking'.
The event is open to everyone, but please register to attend: www.warwick.ac.uk/csgr/events/register
When: 4.00-5.30pm, Wednesday 20th January, 2016
Where: Lecture Theater A0.23, Social Sciences Building University of Warwick
Chair: Professor Nick Vaughan-Williams, University of Warwick
Speakers: Dr André Broome, University of Warwick; Dr Alexandra Homolar, University of Warwick; Dr Caroline Kuzemko, University of Exeter; Dr Sharifah Sekalala, University of Warwick; Dr Liam Clegg, University of York
Further information:
Global Benchmarking Project: www.warwick.ac.uk/globalbenchmarking
CSGR Events: www.warwick.ac.uk/csgr/events
Speaking International Security at Warwick: www.warwick.ac.uk/sisaw
Dr Nicola Pratt Wins AHRC Research Grant
Nicola Pratt has been awarded an AHRC Research Grant for a 3-year project entitled 'Politics and Popular Culture in Egypt: Contested Narratives of the 25 January Revolution and its Aftermath'.
The interdisciplinary project, to be conducted in collaboration with Dr Dalia Mostafa, University of Manchester, and Dr Dina Rezk, University of Reading, will explore how popular culture has framed political events since 2011 and informed popular understandings of citizenship, national identity, agency and political authority.