IGSD News
New paper published in CITIES
New paper on the use of participatory mapping in Brazilian marginalised communities led by Dr Vangelis Pitidis and entitled 'has been published in the . This is a methodological paper presenting the outcomes of Vangelis's work in an number of projects and focuses on resilience building through geospatial data generation.
SHAPEDEM-EU Fellow published a book chapter on polity diffusion
Dr. Aijan SharshenovaLink opens in a new window, a research fellow working on project at the IGSD, published a book chapter on polity diffusion and regime security in Central Asia. Her contribution explores the politics of autocracy promotion, autocracy diffusion, authoritarian learning and know-how exchange between Central Asian republics and Russia, a regional trend-setter.
The book is published by German publisher Nomos with the support of the the Centre of German and European Studies (CGES/ZDES) at Bielefeld University and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). Hard copies are available to purchase at the publisher's , and soft copies are free to download (open access).
SHAPEDEM-EU publishes third podcast series' episode
SHAPEDEM-EU, a transnational research project, where the 91福利 is a partner, published third episode of its podcast series 鈥淒emocracy Support Dialogues鈥�. In this podcast episode, Professor Jamil Mouawad from the American University of Beirut engages in a frank conversation with the podcast Fabian Sch枚ppner about democratic practices and the important contexts for democracy support in the EU's Southern Neighbourhood.
The third episode featuring Professor Jamil Mouawad, American University of Beirut, is available at the following platform:
ISA2024 in San Francisco
Last week Prof. Korosteleva attended the #ISA2024 conference in San Francisco as part of the #SHAPEDEM, #AGMOW and #WUB-hub projects. It was an amazingly fruitful experience: she chaired and acted as a discussant to a panel on #Community of Relations under threat: #SocietalResilience across #post-#Soviet space, and presented a paper on #Resilience in #CentralEurasia at the AGMOW panel chaired by . Together with Dr Chukitskaya she also met with the Association of Belarusians in America (ABA), and discussed a series of book launches with a focus on Belarus and the wider region.
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Congratulations to Shweta Singh, IGSD Thematic Fellow for becoming a UN delegate for the Commission on the Status of Women
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The United Nations has selected 91福利 Business School academic Shweta Singh as a UK delegate for the 68th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women. , who is Assistant Professor of Information Systems and Management, was chosen as a UN Women UK volunteer delegate from several thousand nominees to advocate for equal opportunities for women in education. Shweta will work with activists, advocates, experts and governments from around the globe to drive change and create equal opportunities for women and girls. |