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Antoine Sander Wins 2025 Lisa Smirl PhD Prize

5 August 2025

The Department of Politics and International Studies is delighted to announce that Antoine Sander is the 2025 winner of the Lisa Smirl PhD Prize for the best PhD thesis completed in the previous academic year. Antoine's winning thesis is titled "Social Media, Radical Democracy, and the Popular Public Sphere: Digital...

Winners of the 2025 PhD Fieldwork Photography Competition Announced

Announcing the Winners of the 2025 PhD Fieldwork Photography Competition!

30 July 2025

The Department of Politics and International Studies is thrilled to announce the winners of this year's PhD Fieldwork Photography Competition ! Each year, this competition celebrates the incredible visual work our PhD students capture during their fieldwork, showcasing the diverse and profound ways they engage with their...

Professor Duncan Kelly Appointed as Professor of Politics

30 July 2025

The Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) at the University of Cambridge is delighted to announce the appointment of Duncan Kelly as Professor of Politics (effective 1 July 2025). His election to this position marks a significant new milestone in Professor Kelly's distinguished career at Cambridge, where...

Cambridge PhD Student Abii-Tah Bih Honoured for Exceptional Contributions to Access and Widening Participation

Cambridge PhD Student Honoured for Exceptional Contributions to Access and Widening Participation

7 July 2025

Abii-Tah Bih, a PhD student in the Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) at the University of Cambridge, has been awarded for her outstanding work in widening participation for aspiring African postgraduates. Ms. Bih received a prestigious Cambridge SU Award for Contributions to Access and Widening...

Dr Farhana Afrin Rahman Winner of the 2025 BISA L.H.M. Ling Outstanding First Book Prize

Farhana Afrin Rahman Honoured with L.H.M. Ling Outstanding First Book Prize for "After the Exodus"

24 June 2025

We are thrilled to announce that Dr Farhana Afrin Rahman has been awarded the prestigious L.H.M. Ling Outstanding First Book Prize at the 2025 BISA Awards for her ground-breaking work, After the Exodus: Gender and Belonging in Bangladesh's Rohingya Refugee Camps (Cambridge University Press). The L.H.M. Ling Outstanding...

Congratulations to Dr Ilias Alami, the winner of the 2025 Aaron Rapport Teaching Prize

Dr Ilias Alami is the 2025 Aaron Rapport Teaching Prize Winner

2 June 2025

The Department of Politics and International Studies is delighted to announce the 2025 Aaron Rapport Teaching Prize for excellence in teaching has been awarded to Dr Ilias Alami . Each year, the Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) awards a prize based on student feedback to the individual who has best...

Jude Browne's new book: political responsibility and tech governance

New book alert! "Political Responsibility and Tech Governance"

17 March 2025

Professor Jude Browne's new book " Political Responsibility and Tech Governance: AI, Repro-tech and Structural Injustice " was officially launched at Cambridge University Press Bookshop on Friday 14 March 2025. The book focusses on the rise of robotics and artificial intelligence (AI), and the impact of new reproductive...

Climate Activism, Digital Technologies, and Organizational Change by Mette Eilstrup-Sangiovanni and Nina Hall

New book alert! "Climate Activism, Digital Technologies, and Organizational Change"

17 December 2024

Professor Mette Eilstrup-Sangiovanni has co-authored a book which asks, "How do climate advocacy organizations use digital technologies to campaign for climate action?" This book examines how technology influences the formation, scope, and organizational structures of climate organizations, the goals they strive for, and...

Professor Ayşe Zarakol with Her Majesty Queen Mary of Denmark

Professor Ayşe Zarakol Honoured with Honorary Doctorate from University of Copenhagen

25 November 2024

Professor Ayşe Zarakol was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Copenhagen on 8 November 2024. The prestigious honour was conferred during the Annual Commemoration ceremony, an event attended by Her Majesty Queen Mary of Denmark. Professor Zarakol was recognized for her career achievement and significant...

Farhana Afrin Rahman's New Book Examines the Lives of Rohingya Women After Forced Migration

18 November 2024

The Department of Politics and International Studies is excited to announce the publication of After the Exodus: Gender and Belonging in Bangladesh’s Rohingya Refugee Camps by Farhana Afrin Rahman . This powerful book delves into the experiences of Rohingya women who fled violence and persecution in Myanmar, seeking refuge...

Antoine Sander Wins 2025 Lisa Smirl PhD Prize

Announcing the Winners of the 2025 PhD Fieldwork Photography Competition!

Professor Duncan Kelly Appointed as Professor of Politics

Cambridge PhD Student Honoured for Exceptional Contributions to Access and Widening Participation

Farhana Afrin Rahman Honoured with L.H.M. Ling Outstanding First Book Prize for "After the Exodus"

Dr Ilias Alami is the 2025 Aaron Rapport Teaching Prize Winner

New book alert! "Political Responsibility and Tech Governance"

New book alert! "Climate Activism, Digital Technologies, and Organizational Change"

Professor Ayşe Zarakol Honoured with Honorary Doctorate from University of Copenhagen

Farhana Afrin Rahman's New Book Examines the Lives of Rohingya Women After Forced Migration

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