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Read more at: 2022 PhD Fieldwork Photography Competition Winners

2022 PhD Fieldwork Photography Competition Winners

8 August 2022

The Department of Politics and International Studies is pleased to announce the winners of the 2022 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...

Read more at: Obituary for Professor George Joffé
Professor George Joffé Obituary

Obituary for Professor George Joffé

20 July 2022

George Joffé, who died on 28 May 2022 at the age of 81, taught for many years at Cambridge, first in the Centre of International Studies and then in POLIS after the Centre merged with the Department of Politics. As an Affiliate Lecturer, he taught a course on the politics of the Middle East and North Africa in the MPhil in...

Read more at: Christopher Hill Awarded Distinguished Contribution Prize by the British International Studies Association
Christopher Hill

Christopher Hill Awarded Distinguished Contribution Prize by the British International Studies Association

22 June 2022

Christopher Hill , Emeritus Sir Patrick Sheehy Professor of International Relations, has been awarded (jointly) the Distinguished Contribution Prize by the British International Studies Association (BISA). The Prize is awarded to scholars who have contibuted to "the promotion of excellence in the discipline of...

Read more at: Getting to grips with the overlapping geopolitical, economic, and political crises faced by Western democratic societies in the 2020s

Getting to grips with the overlapping geopolitical, economic, and political crises faced by Western democratic societies in the 2020s

24 February 2022

The 21st century has brought a powerful tide of geopolitical, economic, and democratic shocks. Their fallout has led central banks to create over $25 trillion of new money, brought about a new age of geopolitical competition, destabilised the Middle East, ruptured the European Union, and exposed old political fault lines...

Read more at: GLOBAL REPORT>> Support for populist politics ‘collapsed’ during the pandemic

GLOBAL REPORT>> Support for populist politics ‘collapsed’ during the pandemic

28 January 2022

Support for populist parties and politicians, and agreement with populist sentiment, has fallen amid the pandemic, according to a “mega-dataset” taking in the attitudes of over half a million people across 109 countries. A University of Cambridge team say there are clear signs of a turning tide for the “populist wave”, as...

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...

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