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PAIS research featured in Parliament briefing
Research by Ben Richardson in PAIS on labour provisions in UK trade policy was cited in a House of Commons briefing on 'Trade, supply chains and workers' rights'.
New SciPod audiobook | How Art Exhibitions Offer New Ways to Understand Political Ideas
New SciPod audiobook with Michael Saward
PhD Viva Success - Dan Wood
Dan Wood passed his viva on 7th November with his examiners singing his praises, both for an exceptionally well conceived and constructed thesis and for a formidable performance in the viva.
PAIS Departmental Seminar 30th October - Metropolitan Governance As Organised Anarchy: The Case of the Paris region with Patrick Le Gal癡s
Join Patrick Le Gal癡s (CNRS Research Professor of Sociology, Politics and Urban Studies at Sciences Po) at PAIS as he discusses the challenges facing governance of large metropolitan areas using Paris as a case study.
EASG Presents Dr. Tao Wang on Performative Responsiveness
In this talk, Dr. Wang explores the phenomenon of "performative responsiveness" in legislators. Why they dedicate considerable time to attending local, apolitical, and private constituency events. Taking a comparative perspective using cases ranging across Asia and Africa, Dr. Wang reveals a gap in the literature on this particular pressure guiding legislator behaviour and providing an additional informal avenue through which they can attempt to cultivate and wield influence.