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PAIS colleagues Feargal Cochrane, Neophytos Loizides and Aimee Smith alongside staff from the University of Kent, the University of Essex and the University of Cyprus presented written evidence to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee this year. The report was published last week with MPs putting forward a range of recommendations for future legislation relating to the legacy of the Troubles. These included the establishment of the Legacy Commission, ensure independence and input from stakeholders and engagement with groups in the UK, Northern Ireland the Republic of Ireland.

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Tom Parr’s new book, Empowering Workers in an Age of Automation, offers a bold framework for tackling the social justice challenges posed by automation, insecure work, and growing labour market inequality.

A new article, "Dining in the dialogical, listening through the relational: ‘withness-thinking’ for development scholarship and praxis", has been published in Globalizations by PAIS PhD Candidate Raymond Hyma and food researcher Dr Elaine Pratley. The piece explores their respective approaches of listening-based inquiry and food-as-method in peacebuilding and development research.

A new book, Horizontal Development: Shifting Power and Privilege in Aid, jointly authored by Dr Shonali Banerjee (PAIS, 91¸£Àû), Professor Anne-Meike Fechter (University of Sussex), and Dr Thabani Mutambasere (University of Edinburgh), boldly reframes international aid.

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