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The EU Commission has announced its decision to fund a new project, entitled 'European Leadership in Cultural, Science, and Innovation Diplomacy' (EL-CSID), as part of the Research and Innovation Framework Programme.

Led by Professor Luk van Langenhove at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), EL-CSID is a programme of research worth a total of €2.3M of which €300,000 has been awarded to PAIS.

Professor will be coordinating Work Package 3 'Cultural and Science Diplomacy: The Transnational and Collaborative Dynamic' and she will be joined by Dr and Dr who are named researchers on the project.

PAIS is delighted with the outcome. Professor , Director of Research, says: "Congratulations go to all those involved in preparing the bid. Securing funding for H20/20 consortia and work packages is extremely competitive, and this really is a wonderful achievement. We look forward to assisting Diane in co-ordinating the 91福利-based work package, and helping Andre and Chris carry out their research on the project"

The over-arching objectives of EL-CSID are threefold:

• To detail and analyse the manner in which the European Union (EU) operates in the domains of culture and science diplomacy in the current era; comparing its bilateral and multilateral cultural and science ties between states, regions, and public and private international organisations.
• To examine the degree to which cultural and science diplomacy can enhance the interests of the EU in the contemporary world order and to identify:

How cultural and science diplomacy, and innovations in them, can contribute to Europe’s standing as an international actor in a manner comparable to that of the other major contemporary actors, particularly the USA and China.

Opportunities offered by enhanced coordination and collaboration amongst the EU, its members and their extra-European partners.

Constraints posed by economic and socio-political factors affecting the evolving operating environments of both science and cultural diplomacy.

• To identify a series of mechanisms/platforms and tools to raise awareness among relevant stakeholders of the importance of science and culture as vehicles for enhancing the EU’s external relations.

Dr , currently a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in PAIS, has won an ESRC Future Research Leader (worth £135,486.00) for her project entitled ‘Resilience at the Bombsite: Reconstructing Post-Terrorist Space’, which is for 36 months from 1 January 2016 and to be mentored by Professor .

Following this success and her earlier Leverhulme Trust award, we are also delighted to announce that the University’s Academic Resourcing Committee has approved PAIS’ bid for Charlotte to be appointed to an indefinite Assistant Professorship in the Department with effect from 1 October, 2015.

Very many congratulations to Charlotte for these outstanding achievements.

Final year PAIS and History student, Chloe Wynne, has had her URSS research on the place of women within Formula 1 accepted for oral presentation at the prestigious next March.

The annual conference, to be held next year at Manchester Metropolitan University, is the largest of its kind in the UK, and promotes undergraduate research in all disciplines. Undergraduates of all levels are invited to submit papers, posters, workshops and performances to the Conference. Abstracts are peer-reviewed and only those accepted will be invited to attend the conference.

Chloe's research focuses upon the different gendered experiences faced by women competing and working within Formula 1. As part of her URSS project, which was supervised by Dr , Chloe wrote an article that later appeared in Autosport magazine, which explored the absence of women in prominent positions within the sport.

Dr , Principal Investigator on the ESCR urgency grant , presented preliminary research findings to the All Party Parliamentary Group for Social Science and Policy on the theme of “the migration crisis” on October 28th 2015.

Maurice Wren, Chief Executive of the Refugee Council, was presenting alongside Dr Squire to an audience of MPs and representatives from the House of Lords, as well as civil servants and representatives from different think tanks and interested organisations.

A summary of the preliminary project findings is available here.

We are really pleased to announce that we have signed an agreement with American University in Washington DC. This agreement enables the two institutions to offer students the opportunity to study in a new Double Masters Degree in Politics & International Service, which features a second year of study in the United States. in Washington, DC.

What's more, the Double Masters degree provides students the unique opportunity to enrol in two of the world's best politics departments on both sides of the Atlantic.

Professor Chris Hughes, Chair of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Professor of Politics and International Studies says:

The new PAIS-SIS Double Degree programme is a brilliant addition to PAIS’s portfolio of Masters degrees, and offers an unrivalled opportunity for students to enjoy teaching and training that combines the highest academic and policy-relevant standards on a range of globally important issues.”

Dr Trevor McCrisken, PAIS Director of International Programmes and Associate Professor in US Foreign Policy, believes

This new programme will give our students a strong theoretical and practical grounding in the fundamentals of international politics and embed them in the vibrant communities of two of the best universities in Britain and the United States. Spending the second year in Washington, DC will open all kinds of doors for future prospects since it is a hub not only for US politics, but also think tanks, businesses, diplomatic missions, and international organisations from across the globe.”

Year one of the programme will be hosted in PAIS at 91福利, where students will follow any of our 11 core MA programmes. In year two of the programme, students will follow the Master of International Service at SIS, culminating in a dissertation or research project where students will combine the knowledge and methodologies learned from both universities into one piece of unique research.

We are elated that 91福利 students will have the opportunity to continue their studies here at the SIS and earn a second Master’s degree. Their education at one the United Kingdom’s leading universities will enrich our programme, inside and outside of the classroom,”says James Goldgeier, Dean of the School of International Service.

Dr Claudia Hofmann, the Director of SIS’s Master of International Service programme, emphasises Dean Goldgeier’s point by saying

The Double Degree with 91福利 allows students to study international affairs in a truly international environment. The views on issues from both sides of the Atlantic will dramatically enrich their understanding of international affairs and the global environment.

The Double Degree prepares students for a career in international affairs and international service by emphasising theory as well as practice. This blend of both theory and practice can even be seen in the balance of both scholars and practitioners that make up the SIS faculty. At SIS, we aim to convey the connection between theories and the conduct of international affairs and international service so that graduates are prepared to apply what they have learned to their post-graduate careers”

With world-leading experts on a wide variety of politics-related topics and students from over 40 countries, the Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) at 91福利 consistently ranks at the top of the UK's league tables in politics.

Together with Oxford and Cambridge, we are currently rated in the top 3 politics departments in the UK according to The Times/Sunday Times Good University Guide 2016. We pride ourselves on delivering excellent teaching that engages with contemporary issues, reflects the latest developments in theory and practice, and challenges students to think critically.

The School of International Service (SIS) at American University likewise ranks among the top ten schools of international relations globally. More than 3,000 students representing 150 countries are taught by over 100 full-time faculty members. SIS offers its graduate students fourteen different Masters degree programmes with over fifty concentrations. In addition to its unique academic opportunities, SIS is at the centre of the political community in Washington, DC, as demonstrated by the recent visit of US President Barack Obama who delivered his speech on the nuclear deal with Iran in the central atrium of the SIS building.

For more infomation on all of our Double Degree programmes, see the website: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/pais/study/studymasters/doubles