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Read more at: AWARD>> The first Ernst Haas Fellowship recipient

AWARD>> The first Ernst Haas Fellowship recipient

19 January 2022

POLIS PhD candidate Tomass Pildegovičs has been awarded the first 2022 EUSA Ernst Haas Fellowship The EUSA Executive Committee has announced Tomass Pildegovičs is the recipient of the 2022 EUSA Ernst Haas Fellowship. The committee consisted of Chair Sophie Meunier, along with members Elaine Fahey and Kaija Schilde. Tomass...


Read more at: PODCAST LISTEN>> Declarations Podcast is back!

PODCAST LISTEN>> Declarations Podcast is back!

19 January 2022

The cutting-edge human rights podcast from Cambridge University’s Centre of Governance and Human Rights (CGHR) is launching its sixth season this month. We’re excited to be bringing you eight brilliant episodes focusing on human rights in an age of new technologies. We’ll cover topics ranging from biometrics in border...


Read more at: CLIMATE CHANGE>> The activisms of COP26

CLIMATE CHANGE>> The activisms of COP26

21 December 2021

What were the different activist groups at COP26 on Glasgow trying to achieve? Did they have any success? We’ve heard many observers, scientists and activists sharing concluding thoughts on their experiences of COP26 in Glasgow last month. Like the selfies of people travelling to Glasgow in the first couple of days - and...


Read more at: POLICY>> POLIS at COP26

POLICY>> POLIS at COP26

17 November 2021

The greatly anticipated COP26 conference was a chance for all parties to make enhanced commitments towards mitigating climate change. Our POLIS researchers participated and reported live from Glasgow throughout the conference. cristina.jpg Dr Cristina Peñasco on COP26's Climate Justice Day Protests Raising voices Young...


Read more at: AWARD>> Leverhulme Trust awards outstanding research by Dr Graham Denyer Willis

AWARD>> Leverhulme Trust awards outstanding research by Dr Graham Denyer Willis

19 October 2021

Dr Graham Denyer Willis has been chosen for his work on everyday patterns of political order with attention to policing and inequality, via ethnography and a focus on Brazil. Chosen from over 400 nominations, the Trust offered five prizes in each of the following subject areas: Classics; Earth Sciences; Physics; Politics...


Read more at: WINNER>> THE 2021 AARON RAPPORT PRIZE

WINNER>> THE 2021 AARON RAPPORT PRIZE

14 October 2021

The Department of Politics and International Studies is delighted to announce the award of the 2021 Aaron Rapport Prize for excellent undergraduate teaching to Dr Evaleila Pesaran of Murray Edwards College. In the annual feedback survey that POLIS administers the commentaries on Dr Pesaran’s teaching were superb, with one...


Read more at: PRIZE>> Politics essay prize winners celebrate success

PRIZE>> Politics essay prize winners celebrate success

8 October 2021

Nine participants in this year’s RA Butler prize for essays in Politics and International Relations – including the three winners and six of the candidates who received special commendations – attended a prize ceremony hosted at Trinity College Cambridge on 25th September 2021. The six who attended in person were welcomed...


Read more at: READ>> BLUNT FORCE

READ>> BLUNT FORCE

14 September 2021

Investigating the misuse of police batons and related equipment Time and again, law enforcement officials are too quick to resort to the use of force, often against peaceful protesters exercising their rights to freedom of peaceful assembly. In recent years and throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, states have restricted the...


Read more at: READ>> Setting a precedent in the international trial of sexual crimes

READ>> Setting a precedent in the international trial of sexual crimes

25 August 2021

Holly Porter’s research in northern Uganda has had a significant impact on a landmark trial and conviction of LRA commander Dominic Ongwen and for the broader prosecution of international crimes of a sexual nature In a series of interviews on the real-world influence of researchers at the LSE Centre for Public Authority...


Read more at: 2021 PhD Fieldwork Photography Competition

2021 PhD Fieldwork Photography Competition

24 August 2021

We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2021 PhD Fieldwork Photography Competition This year's POLIS Fieldwork Photography Competition was again run in collaboration with the blog, In The Long Run (ITLR), to showcase the best images our PhD students have taken whilst out on their fieldwork. We received some fantastic...