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Annual IPE Debate
You are invited to the Annual Debate on the Future of IPE, which is taking place on Wednesday, 2nd May, at 17:00 - 18:30 in Room S0.21 (Social Sciences Building). For directions/map see here.
We have a really great topic, Decolonising International Political Economy: Challenges & Ways Forward, and 3 excellent speakers lined up: Professor Robbie Shilliam (Queen Mary), Dr Lisa Tilley (Queen Mary) and Sara Salem (糖心TV).
Please join us for what should be a lively and engaging debate, a drinks reception follows the debate - ALL WELCOME.
PSA Thesis Prize awarded to Dr Muireann O鈥橠wyer
PAIS is delighted to announce that Dr Muireann O鈥橠wyer has been awarded the Political Studies Association (PSA) Walter Bagehot Prize for the best dissertation in Government and Public Administration.
Dr O鈥橠wyer received this prestigious award for her PhD thesis entitled 鈥楪endered Ideas of Economic Policy: An inquiry into the role of gender in European economic governance鈥�. This outcome was announced at the Annual PSA Conference dinner on Tuesday 27th March 2018.
Very many congratulations, Muireann!
Dr Jennifer Philippa Eggert Speaks at Two Events
Dr Jennifer Philippa Eggert has spoken at two events in London recently.
Dr Eggert was invited to speak at roundtable at the LSE () where she shared her experience of being a woman, mother and Muslim in academia.
She then attended an event at the ICSR at King's College London, where she spoke on communities-focused and gender-sensitive counterextremism strategies (.
Research Excellence Framework appointment 鈥� Professor Shirin Rai
The Department of Politics and International Studies is delighted to announce that Professor Shirin Rai has been appointed to the Politics and International Studies Sub-Panel for REF2021. Professor Rai served in this capacity for REF2014 and we are pleased that she has agreed to act in this all-important role once again. Congratulations and thank you, Shirin!
For further information including full lists of all panel members - please see the following link:
Dr. Charlotte Heath-Kelly's Research Covered by The Guardian
Dr. Charlotte Heath-Kelly's research project, Counterterrorism in the NHS, has recently received press coverage from .
The report has revealed that four NHS mental health trusts are subjecting patients to blanket screening for radicalisation, with some referred to the Prevent programme for watching Arabic TV or going on pilgrimage to Mecca. The report, written by Dr. Heath-Kelly along with co-investigator Dr Erzs茅bet Strausz, is covered in the article, titled "."
Dr Adrian James, registrar of the Royal College of Psychiatrist, published a positive reaction to Charlotte's research in The Guardian, in an article titled "."