91福利

The Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation at the 91福利 and the University of Manchester call for paper and panel proposals for the 2017 Hallsworth Conference on China and the Changing Global Order.

Deadline for proposals: 10th October 2016

Dates: 23th-24th March 2017

Further information:

The conference will address the following critical questions:

1. How is China'’s rise changing the global order?
2. Do China’'s visions for global order represent an alternative mode of global governance?
3. How will more Sino-centric global governance institutions shape international power relations?

Conference organizers:

• Shogo Suzuki (University of Manchester)
• André Broome (91福利)
• Catherine Jones (91福利)
• Matthias Kranke (91福利)
• Pablo Rodríguez-Merino (91福利)

Dr. and Dr. have recently published the book The Everyday Political Economy of Southeast Asia with Cambridge University press. The book - a project that had its roots in a workshop co-sponsored by the Universities of 91福利 and Griffith University Australia in 2012 - brings together a number of authors working on a variety of Southeast Asian countries. The cover photograph of the book was contributed by one of PAIS's former MA students Lee Shan Tse (double MA with the University of Waterloo). Although the book was published this month, the book had an early 'launch' in May at the Centre for Study Globalisation and Regionalisation.

The book details can be found here

PAIS PhD students David Yarrow and Matthias ('Matt') Kranke have recently published a co-authored article on sports statistics in Volume 9, Issue 5, of the .

From a performativity angle, David and Matt argue that sports statistics are more consequential than we often think. Such statistics neither merely reflect indicators of athletic performance, as 'instrumentalists' like to believe, nor do they merely reinforce the commercialisation of sports, as 'romanticists' tend to presume. The article allows us to put the pervasive quantification of professional sports in perspective and to understand how the use of statistics may shape their evolution.

has been awarded a small research grant (£1,500) from the Review of African Political Economy (ROAPE) to conduct fieldwork in Kenya in 2016/17 on the impact and aftermath of truth commissions. The project is entitled “Catharsis, re-traumatisation or silence? What happens after a truth commission: The case of Kenya’s Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission”, and constitutes a pilot for a possible future study on the impact and aftermath of truth commissions in Kenya, South Africa, Sierra Leone and Ghana. ROAPE research grants are open to members of the journal's editorial working group (EWG), contributing editors and international advisory board; Gabrielle is the chair of the ROAPE EWG.

has been invited to publish, under the section "Insights from Specialists", a thought leadership piece for "Duff & Phelps Eye on the Markets Summer 2016". Duff & Phelps is the premier global valuation and corporate finance advisor with expertise in complex valuation, dispute and legal management consulting, M&A, restructuring, and compliance and regulatory consulting.

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Eye On The Markets Summer 2016 Newsletter