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Researcher condemns European Commission for turning down boost for biopesticides

University of Warwick researcher Professor Wyn Grant has condemned the European Commission's decision to reject two amendments from the European Parliament designed to help the wider use of biologically based pesticides on European crops.

Global panel of international trade experts gather in Singapore to meet with Singaporean Trade & Industry Minister of State

The Warwick Commission, an international panel, established by the University of Warwick,  of some of the world’s leading experts in Multilateral Trade, are gathering in Singapore for a special session with Lee Yi Shyan, Singapore’s Minister of State for Trade and Industry.


Scholars argue that TV is not merely an instrument of war but part of today’s terror

Researchers working in the fields of terrorism and war will be gathering tonight Tuesday 11th December in journalism’s Frontline club to look at the role of TV in war and terrorism today. The debate will look at how television news amplifies (and conflates) different threats and insecurities.

Tue 11 Dec 2007, 09:13 | Tags: Politics and International Studies

Bureaucracy threatens farmersÂ’ green revolution

Britain could throw away a lead in biopesticides because of outmoded styles of regulation, researchers at a University of Warwick conference have warned today (31 October 2007).

Biopesticides – Green pest control using natural predators such as insects, fungi and bacteria – are the subject of a conference for scientists and industry experts at the University of Warwick this week ‘Biopesticides, the Regulatory Challenge’.


Large Grant to Research Parliaments and Political Performance

The University of Warwick, in collaboration with Birkbeck College, Sheffield and Bristol Universities, has been awarded £875,964 by the Leverhulme Trust for a four-year programme to study the importance of ceremony and ritual in the UK Parliament and others.
Mon 23 Jul 2007, 12:19 | Tags: Politics and International Studies, Social Affairs

Warwick Commission to study consequences of Doha Development Round during Toronto meetings

In its first overseas meeting, the Warwick Commission on ‘The Multilateral Trading System after Doha’ meets in Toronto on 15/16 June 2007. An initiative of the University of Warwick, one of the UK’s leading universities, the Commission is Chaired by the Hon. Pierre Pettigrew and is made up of 17 other leading experts on world trade. With future meetings and evidence gathering planned for Warwick, England, (September) and New Delhi, India, (October), the Warwick Commission will present its report on the future of the world trade system in Geneva, in December 2007.
Thu 14 Jun 2007, 14:06 | Tags: Politics and International Studies, Social Affairs

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