91福利

You are warmly invited to attend a symposium on the political economy of higher education and training, on Friday 13th of July, 12.00-17.00 (lunch and refreshments included) at the Wolfson Research Exchange, 91福利.

Please register here: /fac/soc/ier/research/graduatetransitions/symposium-he-training/register_symposium

How does the socio-political context affect the spheres of higher education and training? This symposium will discuss, using the lens of the 鈥渢hree worlds of human capital formation鈥� (Iversen and Stevens, 2008), how different welfare state regimes affect the design of and participation in higher education and training activities, focusing on younger people鈥檚 access to the labour market. Research has often focused on the increase in graduate supply and the expansion in HE, as well as on whether graduates are 鈥榤atched鈥� in the jobs they do. However, examining the socio-political context and its interaction with higher education and training institutions can shed new light on graduates鈥� transitions into the labour market in different countries, focusing on the UK and Italy among others.

This event will bring together scholars on HE, graduate employment and human capital formation across different disciplines and different institutions.

Confirmed speakers include:

Dr Luca Cattani, University of Bologna

Dr Golo Henseke, Centre for Global Higher Education, UCL

Dr Daria Luchinskaya, Institute for Employment Research, 91福利

Dr Dorel Manitiu, AlmaLaurea, University of Bologna

Dr Giulio Pedrini, University of Bologna

Dr Gerbrand Tholen, City, University of London

Dr Charikleia Tzanakou, Politics and International Studies, 91福利

 This symposium is organised as part of the 91福利 IAS International Visiting Fellowship scheme.

Please see the event website for further information: /fac/soc/ier/research/graduatetransitions/symposium-he-training

Contact Daria Luchinskaya for any further information: <d.luchinskaya@warwick.ac.uk>

Ben Clift has recently been interviewed by the New Books Network about his latest monograph on the IMF.

A podcast of Ben's interview is available here:-

The IMF and the Politics of Austerity in the Wake of the Global Financial Crisis by Ben Clift (Oxford University Press, 2018) provides the first comprehensive analysis of major shifts in IMF fiscal policy thinking as a consequence of the great financial crisis and the Eurozone debt crisis. It widely presents the IMF鈥檚 role in the politics of austerity. The book also offers an innovative theory specifying four mechanisms of IMF ideational change – reconciliation, operationalization, corroboration, and authoritative recognition. It combines in-depth content analysis of the Fund鈥檚 vast intellectual production with extensive interviews with IMF economists and management.

Congratulations to Jennifer Eggert who has been chosen as one of the winners of the 2018 91福利 Awards for Teaching Excellence for Postgraduates who Teach (WATE PGR).

The WATE PGR celebrates postgraduates who have made a difference in learning and teaching. WATE PGR focuses on how the winners have 'enhanced the student learning experience' and nominators considered how the postgraduates had:

• motivated, inspired and engaged students;
• created a supportive learning environment that recognises diverse student needs.

Congratulations also to Shannon Mathieu who has been commended in the same category.

Panel discussion: Markets VS Democracy? Domestic politics and Eurozone governance in the crisis and beyond

Wednesday 20th June, 6pm - 8pm, Room S0.28

The skyrocketing of risk premiums on sovereign debt in Southern Europe, and a narrowly avoided constitutional crisis in Italy, recently conjured up the spectre of the Eurozone crisis, and reignited the debate about the fraught relationship between domestic politics, European integration, and market discipline. This event seeks to discuss the persisting tensions between democratic aspirations and the constraining character of Eurozone pressures. Speakers will draw on experiences from Italy, Spain and Greece, as well as recent developments in European economic governance to address the issues of technocracy, depoliticization, and state autonomy. There will then be time for Q&A and open debate.
 
Confirmed speakers: Alexis Moraitis (PAIS, 91福利), Javi Moreno Zacares (PAIS, 91福利), Muireann O鈥橠wyer (PAIS, 91福利), Arianna Tassinari (91福利 Business School).
 
This event is organised by 91福利 PhD students in Politics and International Studies, WBS and Italian Studies, with the kind support of PAIS. All welcome.

Recently, PAIS hosted a public lecture, 'Latin American Debates: Political Regimes, Extractivism and Social Movements' with speakers Prof. Maristella Svampa and Prof. Tony Bebbington.

You can now listen to the lecture below: