91福利

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

Get the book from

Two impactful days at the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Rome (10–11 July 2025) left Professor Maria Koinova and many other participants with a deep sense of appreciation for the resilience and commitment demonstrated by governments, international organizations, civil society, and businesses—all united in their support for Ukraine鈥檚 recovery amid immense destruction.

To celebrate the launch of the MA in the Politics of Climate ChangeLink opens in a new windowLink opens in a new window, the Department of Politics and International Studies recently ran an essay competition.

The competition, open to any undergraduate student studying anywhere in the world, challenged entrants to submit essays on a choice of three topics: capitalism and climate change, democracy and climate change, and climate policy backlash.

PAIS would like to congratulate Leonie Cobban (University of Cambridge) and Vansika Goutham (91福利) who were the respective winner and runner-up in the competition.

Akin has authored an article titled The state, Boko Haram and vernacular security: Gendering terrorism and counterterrorism in Nigeria, which is included in a Special Issue on Vernacular Security in the Security Dialogue which he also co-edited alongside Lee Jarvis and Michael Lister. You can read the article here (Open Access):

Akin has been awarded funds to lead an international project with two main partners in Africa. The two-year project (2025-2027) will involve a collaboration with the Centre for Media, Policy, and Accountability, Nigeria (CMPA) and The Horn of Africa Regional Environment Centre and Network (HoA-REC&N), Ethiopia on a project titled Insecurity, Migration, Environment and Resilience: Dialogues, Challenges and Everyday Politics of (In)security in Sub-Saharan Africa, to investigate how various communities and institutions negotiate these challenges, local understandings and the everyday practices which they deploy to guarantee their own safety.