Other News
Christopher Moran's book shortlisted for award
Assistant Professor Christopher Moran's book "Classified: Secrecy and the State in Modern Britain" has been shortlisted for the 2014 St Ermin's Hotel Intelligence Book of the Year Award.
The St Ermin’s Hotel in St James’s Park, London began this annual award for the best new intelligence book in recognition of the hotel’s long connection with the British intelligence community. The award is open to all non-fiction titles concerned with the world of intelligence published in English during the previous year and which, in the opinion of the judges, adds substantially to the published literature.
The awards ceremony takes place on Tuesday 29th April at St. Ermin's Hotel, London.
Warwick RIPE debate 2014
Seventh Warwick/RIPE Debate on the Future of IPE - The Bretton Woods Institutions at 70
On Thursday 27th February 2014, the Politics and International Studies Department's International Political Economy cluster held its seventh Annual Debate on the Future of IPE
which it runs in conjunction with the journal Review of International Political Economy. This year’s debate focussed on the future of the Bretton Woods institutions on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the meeting that really embedded the idea of creating international institutions to help govern the spheres of international trade, international development and international finance. Professor Rorden Wilkinson, Dr Sophie Harman and Dr André Broome talked about the future roles of the World Trade Organization, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund respectively.
Rorden Wilkinson is Professor at the University of Manchester. His new book What's Wrong with the WTO and How to Fix it is out with Polity Press in 2014.
Sophie Harman is Senior Lecturer at Queen Mary, University of London. Her new book The New Political Economy of Global Health is under contract with Polity Press.
Dr André Broome is Associate Professor at the University of Warwick. His new book Issues and Actors in the Global Political Economy is out with Palgrave Macmillan in 2014.
WES 2015 Recruitment
Recruitment is now open for the rest of the exec positions at the Warwick Economics Summit 2015!
The Coordinators are looking for enthusiastic and driven people to take up the challenging positions of:
- External Marketing and Hospitality Coordinator
- Internal Marketing and Operation Coordinator
- Social Events and Entertainment Coordinator
- Communications Coordinator
- Creative Coordinator
If you feel passionate about taking up such a role, don't miss out on this unique opportunity to work in the team that organises the the best conference on campus!
You can find more out the positions and the Summit by following the link below:
http://www.warwickeconomicssummit.com/recruitment
The deadline for applications is the 20th April and early applications are encouraged, as we are distributing interviews on a rolling basis!
Prof. Chris Hughes featured in the Asahi Shimbun
Professor Chris Hughes, Head of Department, was recently featured in a 1 April article entitled (translated from Japanese) 'Talking about how to defend one's country' in the Kenron section of the Asahi Shimbun newspaper, which has a daily circulation of over 8 million copies in Japan.
Prof Hughes's section of the article is entitled 'Japan’s searching for a posture, but a strategy cannot be seen'. In the piece, Prof Hughes gives his opinion on Japan’s national interest in moving towards the exercise of collective self-defence and the impact this will have on its security and military policy.
Read the article (Japanese only)
ICUR 2014
Presenting your research to an international audience at ICUR 2014 will allow you to develop key transferrable skills for the future and will give your research the audience it deserves.
Have doubts that this opportunity is for you? Taking the step of presenting at a research conference is easier than you think – and here is why:
1. You are already a researcher.
You may well already be doing research here at Warwick:
- as a component of your degree curriculum
- within a particular module you are taking
- as part of a funded project external to the curriculum
- within the URSS scheme
- as preparation for your dissertation
- or as an independent project on a topic you are particularly interested in.
Your contribution may be large, such as a new discovery or a game-changing way of thinking in your discipline. Or it may be more modest, such as an extension of existing ideas that broaden our knowledge or deepen the practice of the field. But, as long as you’re asking questions using the methodologies and analyses of the discipline, it’s “research.”
2. 250 words (or less) is all you need to start.
All you have to do to apply is to submit an abstract of 250 words or less. And we’ve made that even easier for you by providing guidance on how to write an abstract – which you can find here. Abstracts will be assessed and presenters selected after the abstract submission deadline on Friday May 9, 2014.
3. You can choose to present your research in the way you are most comfortable with.
ICUR includes spoken presentation sessions (either to other attendees from Warwick or as part of our international sessions) or poster presentation sessions. You can choose how best to express your work depending on what suits you.
4. Submitting is as easy as filling out this form.
You will also need to include information on five pieces of academic work that are related to your abstract.
5. ICUR is a supportive and collegial environment.
It would be difficult to find a better place to try your hand at presenting your research. We offer support and training before, during and after the event and your fellow attendees are an interested and encouraging community of undergraduate researchers, many of whom will be presenting their work for the first time.
6. Whatever the future holds - these are skills you need.
Conference presenting is not just for those that are looking to do a further degree, or to pursue a career in academia. Most jobs in most industries will involve presentations: to colleagues, to students, to clients, or to fellow professionals in other companies.
7. Anyone can participate.
As long as you are an undergraduate at the University of Warwick, there is a way for you to participate in ICUR. Current final year students are encouraged to apply, as long as they can return to campus for the event on 23rd September, 2014.