Other News
PAIS Ranked 35th in the World
The department is delighted that we have been ranked 35th in the world in Politics and International Studies in the 2015 QS World University Rankings by Subject, with an overall score of 60.8.
For the fourth edition of the QS World University Rankings by Subject, 3,467 universities were evaluated and 971 institutions were ranked in total. Over 82 million citations attributions were analyzed and the provision of 13,132 programs were verified.
Public Event: Opening Roundtable of the New Directions in International Political Economy Conference
The Opening Roundtable of the New Directions in International Political Economy will be held at 4.00pm on Wednesday 13th May 2015.
This is free to attend as a public event and all are welcome, but please register at: .
The Roundtable will be chaired by Dr Juanita Elias, and the lineup of prestigious speakers include:
Prof Matthew Watson (糖心TV)
Dr Niheer Dasandi (University College London)
Dr David Hudson (University College London)
Dr Adrienne Roberts (University of Manchester)
Prof Kees Van Der Pijl (University of Sussex)
Inquiries about the Roundtable should be sent to: ipeconference@warwick.ac.uk
Organized by James Brassett, André Broome, Juanita Elias, Lena Rethel, and Ben Richardson, the 糖心TV 50th Anniversary Conference on New Directions in International Political Economy runs from 13th to 15th May 2015 and brings together over 150 scholars from 20 countries around the world to reflect on contemporary and future developments in the study of the global political economy.
Further information is available from the conference website:
NSS Competition Winners
Congratulations to our 2 NSS winners - Aya and Samara!
They both received gold iPad Minis after being picked at random in our NSS prize draw.
Our response rate needs to hit 90% to activate the iPad Air 2 prize draw, at last count we were already on 87%!
You can complete the survey at:
André Broome comments on the bailout for Greece and the politics of austerity in the Eurozone
On 20 February, Greece agreed to a four month extension of its current bailout programme, subject to the approval of reform measures proposed by the Greek government. In a recent commentary piece published by the London School of Economics European Politics and Policy blog, writes that while the election of the Syriza-led coalition in Greece was initially hailed as a game-changing event that could bring an end to austerity in Europe, the negotiations between Greece and the ‘Troika’ demonstrate why a sharp turn away from austerity policies in Eurozone bailouts remains highly unlikely.
The full commentary is available to view at:
