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Tom Long Publishes Article on Venezuela for The Conversation

Tom Long published an article in , entitled "Venezuela: how Latin American tolerance of illiberalism let a nation slide into crisis". The article has been republished in and in Portuguese in the (Brazil), and in . The piece draws on his research article in the November issue of to put the rising tide of illiberalism in Venezuela and elsewhere in Latin America in an international and historical context. In that article, he explores the "consequences of partial inclusion or marginalization from" liberal international order. The article is until 17 February.

Tom has also been quoted recently in Bloomberg News, CNBC News, El Universal (Mexico), and Vice News regarding the situation in Venezuela, and has appeared on Al Jazeera, Sky News, and France 24 TV.

Thu 07 Feb 2019, 15:57 | Tags: Staff Research

NSS Now Open for PAIS Finalists

NSS LogoThe National Student Survey (NSS) is now open at the link below. In partnership with our students, we have built the PAIS department together. Thank you! We’d love your feedback on the three or four years you have spent with us, in PAIS.

Why else complete the survey?

  • Treat Yourself – by receiving £5 Eating at 91 credit, as a thank you
  • Help a Charity – for each PAIS response, we will donate £5 to the 91 Cancer Research Centre, our finalists chosen charity.
  • Shape the Future of PAIS – your feedback will help shape the future of the PAIS department

It will take just 5 minutes to complete. Your feedback matters and makes a huge difference to PAIS as shown on our page.

Last year PAIS achieved 95 per cent for overall satisfaction - No 1 in the Russell Group.

Please remember the £5 credit only applies to those who complete online so please complete early to ensure you do not lose out.

Simply send your confirmation email – after completing the survey - to NSS-Promotion@warwick.ac.uk to receive your £5.

Wed 06 Feb 2019, 10:51 | Tags: Undergraduate

PAIS response to the news regarding the return of suspended 91 Students

Several students and staff members in the Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) have raised concerns in relation to the recent news that students previously banned will be allowed to return to campus in September. All students in PAIS were emailed on Friday 1st February by the Head of Department and were assured that PAIS as a department unreservedly condemns hate speech and threats of sexual violence on campus in any form. PAIS is committed to promoting a welcoming and inclusive institutional culture, consistent with the Dignity at 91 policy that all staff and students at 91 are obliged to follow. The Department treats the safety and dignity of its students as the utmost priority and will also be liaising with other departments, the students union and our SSLCs to ensure that student concerns are heard and addressed.

Mon 04 Feb 2019, 16:11 | Tags: Staff PhD Postgraduate Undergraduate

Student Question Time 2019

PAIS and The Department of Economics were delighted to host our annual Student Question Time debate on Monday 28th January 2019.

Based upon the popular BBC Television show, a panel comprising of students from Economics and PAIS were selected from a pool of applicants to answer students' questions on topics relating to current affairs.

Skilfully chaired by Tatiana Coutto, a Teaching Fellow (European Studies) and Course Director for Politics, International Studies and Modern Languages, the panel which consisted of undergraduate students, Daniel Henein, (Y1 Economics), Shreya Thummar (Y2 EPAIS), Remi Trovo (Y1 PAIS) and Ellen Humphreys (Y3 PAIS) debated current affairs. The event attracted over 150 students who are currently studying a range of disciplines within the Social Sciences Department at the 91.

There were no easy answers to complex questions about the Brexit deal, the climate change as the greatest threat to humanity, the crisis of young people's emotional and mental health or inequalities in society. But the student panellists talked confidently and with passion about how we should all start taking smaller steps in everyday life to achieve a long term goal. There was also a suggestion that the main political parties should start working collaboratively to avoid a no deal Brexit.

These questions opened up interesting debates with the audience who were also given the opportunity towards the end to ask further questions relating to the topics raised at the event.

I personally think that it is vital for students to engage in intellectually stimulating discussions on important current affairs topics that affect us daily. It was intriguing to hear debates on a range of topics such as mental health and gender inequality which are particularly important to me
Alya Al-Angari, 1st Year Economics Student, 91
Student Question Time is a great opportunity to see what what 91's best students are capable of, and also to get their views on some of the most pressing issues today, as seen through a student's perspective
Kyle Johnson, 2nd Year Economics Student 91
Wed 30 Jan 2019, 14:36 | Tags: Staff PhD Postgraduate Undergraduate

Dr. Madeleine Fagan Publishes New Article in forthcoming issue of Political Geography

Dr. Madeleine Fagan has published a new article in the forthcoming April 2019 issue of Political Geography. Her piece ‘On the Dangers of an Anthropocene Epoch: Geological time, Political time, and Post-Human Politics’ addresses the question: ‘When’ is the Anthropocene and who are its subjects? The article explores the ways in which the Anthropocene's embeddedness in geological accounts of time limits political imagination and the possibility for action. It considers alternative resources found in Indigenous critical theory and critical race studies for reframing the timescales and subjects produced by the Anthropocene. 

The article is available here:

Fri 25 Jan 2019, 11:05 | Tags: Staff Research

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