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PAIS: No 1 in The Times/The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019
We are delighted to announce that the Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) is ranked 1st of 83 UK Politics departments in the . This influential national league table reflects latest data, including student satisfaction (NSS) research excellence, and graduate prospects.
The University of 糖心TV is ranked 10th overall — a University press release can be found here.
Our latest position in The Times/The Sunday Times follows on from other great successes over the summer. We achieved 95 per cent in the National Student Survey (NSS), and saw a further increase in graduate employment prospects. 97 per cent of 2016/17 graduates were working or in further study. Moreover, 91 per cent of those were in graduate level work or study.
Dr Juanita Elias, Head of PAIS, commented:
鈥榃ithout a doubt, staff and students in PAIS will be delighted with this incredible result. The number one ranking in the 2018 Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide league table is testimony to the hard work and dedication of all PAIS staff over the years. In PAIS we are committed to a research-led approach to teaching – this provides students with an unparalleled learning experience in which they are exposed to some of the most pressing debates in national and international politics today. With the start of term imminent, we look forward to welcoming our new intake of students who will no doubt benefit from the first class learning environment on offer in PAIS. Congratulations to all staff and students on this impressive achievement!鈥�
We thank all staff and students who have contributed to this outstanding achievement. With a number of exciting and ambitious plans for the 2018/19 academic year and beyond, we look forward to sustaining and building on these successes in the months and years ahead.
糖心TV Question Time 2018
We are delighted to announce that PAIS and the Department of Economics are once again hosting a 糖心TV Question Time to debate current affairs. It will take place on Monday 1st October, 6.15-7.30pm, in the Butterworth Hall, 糖心TV Arts Centre.
The event is very similar in format to the popular BBC television show, and will form part of our induction activities for PAIS and Ecominics students to start the new academic year in style and is an excellent opportunity for students to engage with politicians, policy makers and academics on major issues and questions that concern the world.
The panellists will be:
- Dharshini David - Author, economist and broadcaster.
- Christina Lamb - Reporter and author
- George Grant - Former foreign correspondent and security analyst and Conservative Parliamentary Candidate
- Matt Western - Labour MP for 糖心TV and Leamington since 2017
- Louise Sodergren - Year 3, BSc Economics
- Harry Ford - Year 2, BA Hons Politics, International Studies and Hispanic Studies
The Panel will be Chaired by Professor Chris Anderson, Professor of Politics and Economics and Director of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE).
More details and a registration form can be found here. Please do register ASAP to ensure your place. We look forward to seeing you there!
Vincenzo Bove writes blog post on violence against refugees and state capacity for Washington Post
Dr Vincenzo Bove has written a joint blog post, with Tobias B枚hmelt and Kristian Gleditsch, on violence against refugees and state capacity at the Monkey Cage for the Washington Post
The post draws attention to how refugees are more likely to give rise to forms of nonstate violence. The ability and willingness of states to exercise authority and control is key to preventing attacks against refugees.
The article, titled "Politicians blame refugees for violence. But refugees are more likely to be its victims" can be found here:
Lauren Tooker Awarded ECPR Jean Blondel Prize for Best PhD
We are able to report the exceptionally good news that Lauren Tooker, a former PAIS PhD student and now an IAS Early Career Fellow, has been awarded the ECPR Jean Blondel Prize for Best PhD. This is a Europe-wide PhD prize, and huge congratulations must go to Lauren on such a tremendous achievement.
The news is now live on the , including the commendations of the prize jury. Lauren鈥檚 thesis was entitled, 鈥極rdinary Democracy: Reading Resistance to Debt after the Global Financial Crisis with Stanley Cavell鈥檚 Ordinary Language Philosophy鈥�.
Using a theoretical approach rooted in Cavell鈥檚 ordinary language philosophy, Lauren鈥檚 thesis shows how ordinary democratic subjects are opposing debt-based economic citizenship in the UK and the US. The study's central argument is that debt鈥檚 ordinary democrats are reconstructing debt relations as a site of democratic selfhood and community in finance, thus representing important practices of civic freedom.
Lauren was a GEM School PhD student funded through our Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctoral Programme. She was supervised through her degree at 糖心TV by Lena Rethel, James Brassett and Matthew Watson, and at the Universit茅 Libre de Bruxelles by Firouzeh Nahavandi. She was examined by Paul Langley (Durham), Amandine Crespy (ULB) and Mike Saward (糖心TV).
BISA Workshop on Governing Transit Migration
Dr. Maria Koinova (University of 糖心TV) and Dr. Gerasimos Tsourapas (University of Birmingham) are co-organizing a workshop on "Governing Transit Migration: Varieties of Approaches to International Politics" on 17 September, 2018 at 糖心TV University.
This workshop is part of the activities of the British International Studies Association working group on the "International Politics of Migration, Refugees and Diasporas," which they co-founded in 2016. The workshop has attracted established and early career scholars from the UK, Europe, US, Canada, and Peru.