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Congratulations to all who graduated recently! Photographs from the graduation reception, which took place in the Chancellor's Suite, are now available for viewing at the following link:

The photos are also available on the , please feel free to tag yourselves!

PAIS PhD candidate, , has been awarded 2017-2018 Global Challenges Fellowship at the School of Public Policy (SPP) and the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) Central European University (CEU) in Budapest and at the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) in Berlin.

During the fellowship, Faisal will examine ASEANS's response to China-led multilateral infrastructure initiatives on regional connectivity. The Global Challenges Fellowship assembles scholars from rising powers to forge closer ties between Western and non-Western researchers and policy makers, offering fresh perspectives on some of the world’s most pressing public policy challenges of the 21st century.

The Graduate School is delighted to announce that we are launching a second round of the 91福利 Taught Masters Scholarships Scheme awarding a maximum of 15 new scholarships to support eligible postgraduate students for 2017/18 entry.

Awards are set at £5,000 per student and available to eligible Home/EU students from under-represented groups who wish to start a postgraduate taught masters course in 2017-18.

Applications for the second round of the 91福利 Taught Masters Scholarship Scheme will open on Monday 17th July 2017

Professor Pippa Norris will be visiting the department on Wednesday July 19th, before receiving an honorary award at 91福利's summer degree congregation.

More than 40 years ago, Pippa Norris did her undergraduate degree here at 91福利 University, at PAIS.

Now, she is an eminent political scientist, public speaker, and professor in Comparative Politics at Harvard University.

Her work has focused on a wide range of topics: elections, integrity, populism, democracy, gender and communication.

She has published around 40 books which have been translated into more than a dozen languages. She's one of the most cited political scientists in the world; in fact, she's ranked 4th by Google Scholar.

See for more information: 

It's with great pleasure to welcome back Pippa Norris!

She will give not only a lecture (on the world-wide wave of populism), but also a seminar (on electoral integrity), while being here at 91福利 for a few days. Please see below, more information. The two events will take place on July 19, from 13.00-14.30 (lecture) and from 15.30-17.30 (seminar). The lecture is open to everybody. As space is limited for the seminar, please contact Renske Doorenspleet if you would like to participate.

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Dr has recently been awarded the Manas Chatterji Award for Excellence in Research on Peace Economics and Peace Science, she received the award at the 17th Jan Tinbergen Conference at University of Antwerp on June 27.

The award goes to a scholar who distinguished herself or himself with her or his research activities in the domain of Peace Economics and Peace Science with specific regard to developing countries.

The winner is chosen by Prof. Manas Chatterji in consultation with the Steering Committee of the Network of European Peace Scientists.

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