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Winners of the 2024 PhD Fieldwork Photography Competition Announced

11 September 2024

Every year The Department of Politics and International Studies holds a competition to find the best photographs taken by our PhD students during their fieldwork. The photographs submitted to the PhD Fieldwork Photography Competition showcase images which represent the diversity and depth with which our students interact...

Dr Marthe Achtnich wins BISA Susan Strange Best Book Prize

11 June 2024

Dr Marthe Achtnich has been awarded the BISA Susan Strange Best Book Prize for her outstanding book Mobility Economies in Europe’s Borderlands: Migrants’ Journeys through Libya and the Mediterranean (Cambridge University Press). The Susan Strange Book Prize is awarded annually for an outstanding book published in any field...

Dr James Wood 2024 Winner of the Aaron Rapport Teaching Prize

Dr James Wood is the 2024 winner of the Aaron Rapport Teaching Prize

6 June 2024

The Department of Politics and International Studies is delighted to announce the 2024 Aaron Rapport Teaching Prize for excellence in teaching has been awarded to Dr James Wood . This is the second time Dr Wood has been awarded a teaching prize from the Department. He was jointly awarded the POLIS Teaching Prize in 2019...

Dr Marthe Achtnich Publishes New Book

28 February 2024

Dr Marthe Achtnich has recently published a book with Cambridge University Press: ‘Mobility Economies in Europe’s Borderlands: Migrants’ Journeys through Libya and the Mediterranean.’

Professor Ayse Zarakol in black dress being awarded the Rahmi M. Koç Medal of Science certificate with two formally dressed presenters

Professor Ayşe Zarakol is awarded the Rahmi M. Koç Medal of Science

29 November 2023

On 28 November 2023, Professor Ayşe Zarakol was presented with the Koç University Rahmi M. Koç Medal of Science in the fields of ‘Administrative Sciences, Social Sciences, Humanities, and Law’ for her research at the intersection of historical sociology and international relations, focusing on East-West relations in the...

The 2023 R.A. Butler Prize winners have been announced

3 October 2023

The R.A. Butler Prize for essays in politics and international studies is an annual competition open to students in Year 12 or the Lower 6th. Established in memory of the former Master of Trinity College, Lord Butler, who most famously served as Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer, and who was responsible for...

Dr Niyousha Bastani is the 2023 winner of the Lisa Smirl PhD Prize

28 September 2023

The Department of Politics and International Studies is delighted to announce that Dr Niyousha Bastani as the 2023 Lisa Smirl PhD Prize winner. Every year, the Department of Politics and International Studies offers a prize of £200 for the best PhD completed in the previous academic year. The Prize is named in memory of...

2023 PhD Fieldwork Photography Competition Winners

19 September 2023

The Department of Politics and International Studies is pleased to announce the winners of the 2023 PhD Fieldwork Photography Competition . These photographs showcase images taken by our PhD students whilst carrying out their fieldwork. We received some fantastic entries, but the judges decided on the following 3 winning...

Professor Dennis C Grube is the 2023 winner of the Aaron Rapport Teaching Prize

18 May 2023

The Department of Politics and International Studies is delighted to announce the 2023 Aaron Rapport Teaching Prize for excellence in teaching has been awarded to Professor Dennis C Grube . Every year, the Department of Politics and International Studies awards a prize based on student feedback to the individual who has...

Cambridge named best university for politics in the 2023 Guardian league table

17 May 2023

The University of Cambridge has been named the best UK university for politics in the 2023 Guardian league table . With a perfect score of 100, Cambridge scored the highest among universities ranked on a wide variety of criteria including student satisfaction, staff numbers, spending and career prospects. Here are the...

Winners of the 2024 PhD Fieldwork Photography Competition Announced

Dr Marthe Achtnich wins BISA Susan Strange Best Book Prize

Dr James Wood is the 2024 winner of the Aaron Rapport Teaching Prize

Dr Marthe Achtnich Publishes New Book

Professor Ayşe Zarakol is awarded the Rahmi M. Koç Medal of Science

The 2023 R.A. Butler Prize winners have been announced

Dr Niyousha Bastani is the 2023 winner of the Lisa Smirl PhD Prize

2023 PhD Fieldwork Photography Competition Winners

Professor Dennis C Grube is the 2023 winner of the Aaron Rapport Teaching Prize

Cambridge named best university for politics in the 2023 Guardian league table

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