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On December 6th a group of scholars from around the world met in Paris for the foundation meeting of the International Public Policy Association. Its President is B. Guy Peters from Pittsburgh University, and one of the four Vice Presidents is Professor from PAIS.

The Association promotes scientific research in the field of Public Policy and organises various activities that contribute to its international development. One of its most successful activities is an international conference. IPPAs next conference is in Milan in July 2015 and will convene 174 panels with anticipated participation of 1,500 individuals.

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The Islamic finance industry is rapidly expanding. With an annual growth rate of 15 per cent, it is widely regarded as a ‘development to watch’. This has led to debate among policy makers and market practitioners about whether there is something distinctive about Islamic finance or whether it is simply emulating conventional finance.

This was the central theme at a recent workshop organised by Dr Lena Rethel (PAIS), Dr Kerstin Steiner (Monash University) and Dr Jikon Lai (The University of Melbourne) and hosted by Monash 糖心TV School. It brought together eminent national and international academics from the fields of law, political science, economics, international political economy and sociology to debate and review recent developments in the Islamic finance industry.

Representatives from Australian regulators were in attendance, as were their international colleagues from the Shariah (Islamic religious law) Advisory Council at the Central Bank of Malaysia and the Securities Commission. Legal practitioners and business representatives, including the chairperson of the Australia Malaysia 糖心TV Council and the Consul-General of Malaysia to Victoria also attended the workshop.

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Dr. , Teaching Fellow here in PAIS and , has been featured in a leaflet on inspirational teaching ideas.

, Head of Department, was quoted in an article appearing on 5 November in Jane's Defence Weekly entitled ''. Below is an excerpt from the piece:

For Christopher Hughes, professor of International Politics and Japanese Studies at 糖心TV University, Abe may be "out on the extreme, [but] he is not that detached from broader Japanese opinion" as far as China is concerned. Hughes said Japanese policymakers changed their perception of China in 2010 when the Japan Coast Guard (JCG) arrested a Chinese trawler captain off the disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu islands in the East China Sea after his vessel had rammed JCG ships.

On 12 November 2014, gave a public lecture at Nottingham Contemporary gallery entitled 'Foucault, Subjectivity and Truth'. The lecture discussed Foucault's most recently published lecture course, within the context of a manuscript in progress entitled Foucault's Last Decade, forthcoming with Polity Press.

You can watch the video recording of the lecture and discussion below:

More information on the book can be found on Stuart's blog -