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A new blog post by Professor , entitled 'Europe's border crisis as an autoimmune disorder', has been published by the European Green Journal.

"A crisis point has emerged, whereby the figure of the ‘irregular’ migrant is seen as both a security threat to the European Union (EU) and its borders and as a life that is itself threatened and in need of saving by the EU and its agencies. This contradiction leads to paradoxical situations in the field of EU border politics whereby humanitarian policies and practices frequently expose ‘irregular’ migrants to dehumanising and sometimes lethal security mechanisms."

The full article can be accessed here:

Under Shahnaz Akhter鈥檚 expert organisation, the Department is running a Widening Participation project this year called the Colonial Hangover, in which students will be encouraged to challenge what they think they already know about the continuing legacies of the British Empire. Other project members are former PAIS undergraduate student Nikita Shah, who is now enrolled on the MA in Global Governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs at the University of Waterloo, current PAIS undergraduate student Honey Fafowora, and Matthew Watson.

Various events are being run on campus and in participating schools this year, culminating in a full Pathways to Politics Colonial Hangover Day on July 13^th. The Pathways to Politics Day will have a distinct arts theme to it, as it will include a commissioned dance by the Sapnay School of Dance and an exhibition of commissioned artwork by Inkquisitive Illustration, alongside a showcase of the work that the participating students will have undertaken on the project, Honey鈥檚 own accompanying art exhibition and Nikita鈥檚 spoken word workshop. The project partners also include the British Film Institute, the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry and the University of the Arts in London.

The video is a recording of the lecture that was delivered by Matthew Watson at 糖心TV on March 22^nd to introduce the project. Along with other learning materials, it will shortly be showcased by , 糖心TV鈥檚 online platform for outreach to teenage students around the world. IGGY has very kindly provided the Colonial Hangover project with its own pages on its website.

Leicester City's win at Sunderland over the weekend guaranteed the club Champions League football next season.

As the club close in on the most unlikely of Premier League titles, ITV Central News caught up with Dr , module director of the PAIS final year undergraduate module, The Cultural Political Economy of Sport, to ask what he thought the economic and cultural impact of the Europe's premier club competition might be for the city of Leicester.

The report can be watched below:

presented her research on ‘Knowledge policies for whom’ to a workshop for European policy-makers ‘Researching the Europe of Knowledge: Insights for policymakers from the UACES CRN’. The aim of this workshop was to showcase the collaborative work of CRN members to a wider audience and create a unique opportunity to stimulate debates between scholars and policymakers through substantive exchange on the politics and policies of the Europe of Knowledge. It took place in Brussels, at the premises of the Directorate General of Research and Innovation, European Commission. More information can be found .

The workshop was organised by the UACES ERA CRN (European Research Area Collaborative Research Network) which has led to the creation of an .

On the 17th of March, Dr joined an international panel of experts as an invited guest speaker at the Parliamentary Public Debate 'Remember Fukushima'. Chaired by Catherine West MP, Shadow Foreign Minister, the debate reflected upon the events at Fukushima and their impact upon the future of nuclear power in Japan and throughout the globe. Framed by a speech written specially for the occasion by former President of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, the discussion ranged across the natural and social sciences.

In addition to detailed analysis of the physical and psychological impact of the Fukushima disaster, the debate featured moving personal testimonies from local residents. Dominic's contribution focussed on the historical and international context of Japan's nuclear policy, on the actions taken by the Japanese government in the aftermath of Fukushima, and on Japan's continued reliance on nuclear power into the foreseeable future. These remarks sparked a lively discussion concerning the proposed nuclear development at Hinkley Point in Somerset.