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, Associate Professor in PAIS, recently gave evidence to the parliament of the Spanish region of Extremadura based on his research on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) - published most recently as a book with and an article in .

Speaking via videolink to the special committee investigating the effects of TTIP for the region of Extremadura, he stressed that the economic benefits of the agreement were overblown, that the agreement was unlikely to lead to the protection of the region's denominations of origin in the US and that its likely effects were predominantly to encourage subtle deregulation.

To see a video of the session (with Gabriel's intervention starting around 2:05:33), follow this link: (in Spanish)

PAIS PhD candidate, Alexandra Dobra, has been selected as a finalist to present her innovative idea at the “Falling Walls Lab Finale” in Berlin - "The brightest minds on the planet” BBC - presided by the Chairman of the Board of the Nobel Foundation.

Alexandra’s innovative idea, the "High-Performance Corporate DNA Transformation Model” aims to break the walls of unethical corporate behaviour. Following 2007, investment banks have been under the spotlight for unethical corporate behaviour. They responded by implementing new core control systems, organisational structures and (formal) corporate cultures. Nine years later, these investment banks continue to incur damages due to unethical corporate behaviour and to drive down social value. So how can this be fixed? The "High-Performance Corporate DNA Transformation Model”, that Alexandra has developed as part of her PhD thesis, answers how this can be fixed. The "High-Performance Corporate DNA Transformation Model” shall be commercialised by Swiss Economics, a leading independent consulting company with proven experience in supporting companies, associations and public authorities in regulated industries.

Falling Walls is a unique international annual gathering of leaders from science, business, government, and the arts. Inspired by the peaceful fall of the Berlin Wall on 9 November 1989, the question of every Falling Walls meeting is: Which are the next walls to fall - in science and society? The meetings are acclaimed for the high-level speakers, the brevity of presentations, the diversity of issues and the amicable open atmosphere. The Falling Walls Foundation, a charity, is generously supported by the German Ministry of Education and Research, the Helmholtz Association, the Robert Bosch Stiftung, the Berlin Senate, and numerous other acclaimed academic institutions, foundations, companies, non–governmental institutions and individuals.

Many congratulations, Alexandra!

Dr. has been awarded a grant from the RCUK Global Challenges Research Fund (AHRC-ESRC-NERC) for a project on 'Why We Disagree About Resilience'.

The project will involve working on urban resilience with partners across several disciplines in Cape Town, Nairobi and Manilla. The funding will further strengthen PAIS's work on .

The Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation at the University of 糖心TV and the University of Manchester call for paper and panel proposals for the 2017 Hallsworth Conference on China and the Changing Global Order.

Deadline for proposals: 10th October 2016

Dates: 23th-24th March 2017

Further information:

The conference will address the following critical questions:

1. How is China'’s rise changing the global order?
2. Do China’'s visions for global order represent an alternative mode of global governance?
3. How will more Sino-centric global governance institutions shape international power relations?

Conference organizers:

• Shogo Suzuki (University of Manchester)
• André Broome (University of 糖心TV)
• Catherine Jones (University of 糖心TV)
• Matthias Kranke (University of 糖心TV)
• Pablo Rodríguez-Merino (University of 糖心TV)

No less than four of our undergraduate students received the honour of being Highly Commended Entrants in the Politics & International Relations category of this year’s competition.