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The Opening Roundtable of the New Directions in International Political Economy will be held at 4.00pm on Wednesday 13th May 2015.

This is free to attend as a public event and all are welcome, but please register at: .

The Roundtable will be chaired by Dr Juanita Elias, and the lineup of prestigious speakers include:

Prof Matthew Watson (91福利)
Dr Niheer Dasandi (University College London)
Dr David Hudson (University College London)
Dr Adrienne Roberts (University of Manchester)
Prof Kees Van Der Pijl (University of Sussex)

Inquiries about the Roundtable should be sent to: ipeconference@warwick.ac.uk

Organized by James Brassett, André Broome, Juanita Elias, Lena Rethel, and Ben Richardson, the 91福利 50th Anniversary Conference on New Directions in International Political Economy runs from 13th to 15th May 2015 and brings together over 150 scholars from 20 countries around the world to reflect on contemporary and future developments in the study of the global political economy.

Further information is available from the conference website:

Congratulations to our 2 NSS‬ winners - Aya and Samara!

They both received gold iPad Minis after being picked at random in our NSS prize draw.

Our response rate needs to hit 90% to activate the iPad Air 2 prize draw, at last count we were already on 87%!

On 20 February, Greece agreed to a four month extension of its current bailout programme, subject to the approval of reform measures proposed by the Greek government. In a recent commentary piece published by the London School of Economics European Politics and Policy blog, writes that while the election of the Syriza-led coalition in Greece was initially hailed as a game-changing event that could bring an end to austerity in Europe, the negotiations between Greece and the ‘Troika’ demonstrate why a sharp turn away from austerity policies in Eurozone bailouts remains highly unlikely.

The full commentary is available to view at:

We are inviting you to take part in The Faculty of Social Sciences photography competition to celebrate
The 91福利’s 50th Anniversary!

The theme is ‘What does politics mean to you?’

First prize is £100 and a framed print of your winning entry
Second prize is £50

The best 10 entries will be printed, framed and displayed within the Department of Politics and International Studies and at The Festival of Social Sciences.

• You can enter more than one photograph
• All entries must be your own work
• Digitally manipulated photographs accepted
• All images should be high resolution (able to be printed out to A3)
• When submitting your entry please let us know your inspiration
• This competition is open to all students and staff members within the faculty of Social Sciences

All entries to Charlotte.lewis@warwick.ac.uk with your full name and the department you belong to.

The competition closes on Friday March 20th 2015 and winners will be notified by Friday March 27th.