Other News
Sir Robert Worcester to speak on elections
On Wednesday 11 January, Sir Robert Worcester, founder of , will be speaking on US and UK elections as part of the PAIS seminar series.
The seminar will take place in room S0.18 in the Social Sciences building at 4.00pm; refreshments will be available from 3.30.
Sir Robert is the chairman of the Magna Carta 800th Anniversary in 2015 Committee. He is also Visiting Professor of Government and a former Governor of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Honorary Professor in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Kent, where he is Chancellor, and Honorary Professor in the Department of Politics and International Studies at 糖心TV University.
EUROPEAN BORDER SECURITY AFTER THE ARAB SPRING
An EU-GRASP policy brief by Dr Nick Vaughan-Williams
What is being done to secure the EU’s 11,000km external land borders, 43,000km sea borders, and 593 international airports confronted by c.700 million border-crossers per annum -- up to 4million of whom, according to British MEP Sir Graham Watson, are potentially “illegal"?
This was the focus of a recent conference on European Border Security in Brussels attended by Dr Nick Vaughan-Williams as part of the of which PAIS is a Partner Institution.
Wyn Grant appointed Chair of new 糖心TV Commission subject
Wyn Grant has been appointed as Chair of a new 糖心TV Commission on the subject of Elected Mayors and City Leadership. Further information is available on the announcement about the new Commission is available here.
Wyn has already begun to publicise the work of the Commission and it looks like it will attract considerable attention in the academic and policy spheres. More information will be available as the Commission gathers pace.
PAIS extends its congratulations to Wyn for being selected for this role. It is another reflection of Wyn’s standing as a scholar and continued dynamism post-retirement. It is also a reflection of the quality of PAIS in the third commission to be headed up by a member of the Department.
Nick Vaughan-Williams secures ESRC grant
Dear All,
Nick Vaughan-Williams has brought me news of success in obtaining an ESRC Small Grant.
The project is entitled 'Public Perceptions of Threat in Britain: Security in anAge of Austerity'. Nick obtained the funding Dan Steven at Exeter. It is 12 month project, funded at £99k, with a 50-50 split between 糖心TV and Exeter. Nick has given me a summary of the project which I have pasted below.
We should extend special congratulations to Nick as this is one of the last awards in this scheme before its closing down. Apparently this made the competition particularly tough this time.
I think Nick would also like to stress that he feels one of the contributory factors to the success was that the proposal was carefully scrutinised by the PAIS Research Committee beforehand, and this provided lots of constructive feedback on how to get the application in the best shape possible. So the process does really work.
Well done to Nick.
Chris Hughes
Head of Department
Owen Parker interviewed by European Voice
Dr Owen Parker is quoted in an article on EuropeanVoice.com on the situation facing the Roma in Europe. You can read the full article, entitled '', on their website. Alternatively, you can download the pdf here.