Many congratulations to
@SKalyvas
, who has been elected a Fellow of the British Academy!
Alongside 86 new Fellows, he joins a community of around 1,400 world-leading scholars and researchers working in the humanities and social sciences.
The Department is delighted to announce that
@liviaisabella13
will join the team in July 2022 as Associate Professor of International Relations and a member of
@NuffieldCollege
:
@Politics_Oxford
is delighted to announce that
@fgenovese__
will join the team in January 2024 as Professor in the International Relations and Politics of the European Union and a Fellow of St Antony’s College!:
DPIR is delighted to welcome former Postdoctoral Prize Fellow in Politics
@RIBernhard
back to Oxford as Associate Professor of Quantitative Political Science Research Methods!:
The Department looks forward to welcoming Oxford Politics alumna
@KTertytchnaya
, who will join
@Politics_Oxford
in September 2023 as Associate Professor in Comparative Politics (Brasenose College):
Congratulations to
@JaninaDill
who has been named a Professor by the
@UniofOxford
in its Recognition of Distinction exercise 2022. 🎉
Read more about Professor Dill's research:
Congratulations to DPIR student Yuan Yi Zhu
@yuanyi_z
, awarded the Junior Scholar Award by the Asian Society of International Law for his article on the legal status of Tibet and Mongolia!
📚 New Book:
@JulianLopezM
's Recentralisation in Colombia, based on his doctoral research
@politics_oxford
, provides a template for the study of administrative reform across Latin America.
📖
Congratulations to PPRF in Politics
@ValentimVicente
, who won the 2022 GESIS Klingemann Prize for the Best Comparative Study of Electoral Systems Scholarship for his article ‘Parliamentary Representation and the Normalization of Radical Right Support’! 👏
Congratulations to DPIR academics
@tmbejan
and Karolina Milewicz, who have had the title of Professor conferred on them under the University of Oxford's Recognition of Distinction Scheme 2021.
Reminder!📣 Call for proposals: 'Political Violence In Democracies' – workshop being co-organised by
@aruggeri_eu
. 📝
⏰ Deadline for submissions approaching on Friday, September 29.
We are delighted to announce that Zeynep Pamuk
@zpamuk
will join us this Michaelmas term as our new Associate Professor in Contemporary
#PoliticalTheory
w.
@NuffieldCollege
🥳
Read more about her research & writing in our announcement 👀⬇️
🚨📣BREAKING NEWS! We are thrilled to announce that
@Politics_Oxford
's
@benwansell
has been asked by the
@BBC
to give this year's Reith Lectures!🥳
'I am deeply grateful and honoured to have been asked to give this year's Reith Lectures by the BBC. The title of the series is…
'Why are some international institutions more accountable than others?'
A new article by
@Ranjit_Lall1
, available online and open access in
@AJPS_Editor
, provides an answer. 👇
We're Number 1!
@Politics_Oxford
has secured the
@worlduniranking
top spot in the UK for Politics, and was named 3rd in the world with an overall score of 89.6%.
We're delighted to announce that Profs
@egocantos
& Robin Harding have been recognised in this year's
@UniofOxford
Recognition of Distinction Scheme & been awarded the title of full professor. Congratulations Ezequiel and Robin! 🎉
Read about their work👉
Huge congratulations to
@MaryhenJimenez
on her prize-winning dissertation in Comparative Politics! 🥳
Read more:
🏆
@PolStudiesAssoc
prizes announcement in full:
📢 APPLY NOW!:
@NuffieldCollege
and
@Politics_Oxford
wish to appoint, from 1 Sept 2024 or as soon as possible thereafter, up to 3 Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellows in Politics.🗓️ Deadline: 23.59 GMT, Wed 1 Nov 2023 👀:
DPIR is delighted to announce the appointment of
@NeilKetchley
as our new Associate Professor in Politics w. focus on
#MiddleEast
From anti-colonial revolutions to political Islam in Egypt—we're looking forward to what we'll learn when he joins us in Sept
The Department is delighted to report that David Doyle will take on the role of Head of Department from September 2024.
Many thanks to Nick Owen &
@PetraSchleiter
who will extend their joint-Headship for a year until he can take over.
Read more:
Cause for celebration as
@UniofOxford
is named first in the UK and second in the world in the 2022 QS World Rankings for Politics and International Studies!:
Why are foreign journalists are leaving China and Hong Kong?
@risj_oxford
's
@MeeraSelva1
joined The Media Show on
@BBCRadio4
last week, to discuss the rising global trend in 'weaponising journalism'.
🎤
Congratulations to
@Politics_Oxford
's
@tmbejan
, who has won a top award from
@grippmontreal
for her forthcoming book on equality, First Among Equals: A History of Equality in Theory and Practice! 👏:
📢APPLY NOW!:
@Politics_Oxford
and
@ExeterCollegeOx
seek applications from early career and established scholars in any sub-field of international relations for the post of Associate Professor of International Relations.🗓️ CLOSES: Noon (GMT) Tue 26 March:
🥳 Congratulations to
@JaninaDill
, who has been appointed to the inaugural Dame Louise Richardson Chair in Global Security, based
@BlavatnikSchool
.
Read more about Janina's appointment:
We are celebrating the centenary of PPE being introduced to Oxford with a special Meeting Minds virtual discussion on Saturday 12th September, from 4pm-5pm. The BBC’s
@EvanHD
will chair a panel including
@PeteButtigieg
novelist Monica Ali and journalist
@MASieghart
#MMGlobal2020
'A truly amazing lecture!' 🤩
If you missed
@devisridhar
's thoughts on 'Preventing the Next Pandemic' you can watch back the 2021
@UKUSFulbright
Lecture on the
@PembrokeOxford
YouTube channel:
📺
@Politics_Oxford
@PembrokeOxford
@devisridhar
A truly amazing lecture. Should be essential viewing for all students of politics, equity, and of health--and all politicians. Text please? Thank you Fulbright/Pembroke/DPIR
We are delighted to announce
@NeilKetchley
has been awarded British Academy funding for a new project in 2024 examining a key aspect of British colonialism–the building of infrastructure–and how this shaped the possibilities of anti-colonial revolution:
We are delighted to announce that Politics DPhil alumna Dr Tanushree Goyal is joint winner of
@APSAtweets
Mancur Olson Best Dissertation Award for best dissertation in political economy.
Read about her prize-winning research & career since completion:
'Why is There No History of Fascist International Thought?'
Read
@KyeJAllen
's paper in
@millennjournal
which argues that more robust and interdisciplinary scholarship is needed to adequately engage with the history of fascist thought on world politics 👇
We are pleased to announce that our latest appointment
@LBustikova
will be joining
@Politics_Oxford
in September 2022 as Associate Professor in
#EuropeanUnion
and Comparative East European
#Politics
Read more on her research and writing here:
"Attacking professional media & discrediting journalists is part of the strategy of populist leaders to establish a direct channel with supporters, with no fact-checking, no questioning, no accountability."
Read
@camposmello
's Reuters Memorial Lecture
Are you a social scientist looking for an introduction to cutting-edge research methods?
Taught by our world-leading researchers, Oxford Spring School's intensive one-week program will be a great contribution to your skillset.
Apply now!
JUST ANNOUNCED! Sudhir Hazareesingh's book on the epic life of Toussaint Louverture,
#BlackSpartacus
, has made the
@WolfsonHistory
2021 Shortlist!
Congratulations Sudhir on being recognised by the UK's most prestigious history award 👏
🧾Shortlist:
Is there an ongoing normalisation of previously stigmatised radical-right parties? 🤔
@ValentimVicente
writes for
@POP_TweetsOnPop
about the stigma, normalisation, and the past and future and of the populist radical right, with
@NuffieldCollege
We are delighted to announce that Desmond King (
@UniofOxford
@NuffieldCollege
) has been elected a member of the American Philosophical Society
@AmPhilSociety
in honour of 'extraordinary accomplishments' in his field.
Read more:
Our Oxford Spring School class of 2024!🥳As we approach the final day tomorrow and our drinks reception at Brasenose College tonight, we wanted to say a huge thanks to you all for your energy and dedication!
#OSS2024
🥂
Shout-out to our wonderful tutors
@KosmidisSpyros
…
👏 Congratulations to
@Politics_Oxford
's Patricia Owens for winning
@MYBISA
's best book prize for her co-edited anthology on women’s international thought!:
🚨 APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN! 🚨
Boost your social science research methods with
#OxfordSpringSchool
- we're going hybrid in 2023, so you can join us in Oxford or from around the world!
⏰ Half-bursary application deadline: 12 noon GMT 3 Jan 2023
🔈 Join us for the 2021 Fullbright Distinguished Lecture in International Relations
In this thought-provoking talk
@devisridhar
@GlobalHealthGP
reflects on how we can prevent the next
#pandemic
📆 19 November 2021 🕖 5-7PM GMT
@PembrokeOxford
🎟
Congratulations to DPhil
@aposadatellez
who has been awarded ‘First Place Laureate’ for his research presentation at the Canadian
@CDAInstitute
's Graduate Conference 2023. 🥳
.
@UniofOxford
has announced the
#BlackAcademicFutures
programme, a major new PhD scholarship scheme for black and mixed-black students from the UK. 🎓
These scholarships are available for DPhil applicants to
@Politics_Oxford
. Read more:
Congratulations to
@SamRitholtz
who has been awarded the Elizabeth Wiskemann Prize for best dissertation by the
@PolStudiesAssoc
! 🥳
Read more about Sam's success:
Congratulations to
@OSGAOxford
&
@Politics_Oxford
's Timothy Power, who will be
@oxsocsci
's new Head of Division, starting in Michaelmas Term later this year.
Read more:
Congratulations to Professor of International Relations Patricia Owens and her co-editor
@KatHistory
, who have won two International Studies Association prizes for their book Women’s International Thought: A New History.
@leverhulmewhit
🚨
#Job
Alert!
Could you be our next Associate Professor in Quantitative Political Science Research Methods?
Find out more about this excellent role and make sure you apply before 31 January 2022!
📖 John De Bhal, DPhil candidate in international relations
@nuffieldcollege
, has published:
'Rethinking ‘middle powers’ as a category of practice: stratification, ambiguity, and power' in 'International Theory' with
@CambridgeCore
👇
Congratulations to DPIR's Robin Harding who has won a prestigious
@APSAtweets
’s award for Best Article Published in the Journal of Theoretical Politics!:
In Rawls' 1971 book A Theory of Justice he argued the case for liberal egalitarianism, his work has since become the foundational tome for political philosophy. But is it still relevant?
@tmbejan
speaks with
@annemcelvoy
for
@BBCRadio3
's Free Thinking.
📻
So that's (just about) a wrap on Oxford Spring School! It's been a great week! Pictured is the 2024 OSS delegate group at Brasenose College for our drinks reception yesterday evening, with the famous Radcliffe Camera in the background!
#OSS2024
📘 Book Launch: Making International Institutions Work
Author
@Ranjit_Lall1
discusses his new book and theory of institutional performance w.
@JosephEStiglitz
& Raj Chetty. Chaired by Duncan Snidal.
🕟 4:30PM
📅 16 May
📍
@NuffieldCollege
Sign up ➡
📢 Introducing
@Politics_Oxford
's 2023-2024 job market candidates! 📢
Learn more about the research, expertise and recent publications of each of these extraordinary students 👇
And that's a wrap! The DPIR Office is now closed for the Christmas vacation. ⛄🎄 We'll be back from 3 January 2023... until then, wishing everyone a very happy holiday! 😊
Sarah Dunstan & Patricia Owens explore Trinidad-born Marxist journalist Claudia Jones alongside trailblazer Merze Tat to center a black working-class woman's popular theorizing of IR for
@MIHJournal
#InternationalWomensDay
In his thesis, DPhil student and
#jobmarketcandidate
,
@GunuKofi
studies how structural power limits policy space in crisis-hit states and pushes policymakers to sign
#IMF
programs.
Take a closer look at his research 👇
"I hope that Oxford Spring School participants' skills, knowledge & future research have been enriched by their experiences with us."
@KosmidisSpyros
Read our write up of
@UniofOxford
's 20th annual Spring School in Advanced Reasearch Methods 📊🎂🥳
🕊
@UniofOxford
is bringing cutting edge research to the front line of conflict resolution, in a library of peacekeeping policy digests launched today (part of the
@ImpactUN
initiative)
📚 Read more & 🎧 listen to our peacekeeping podcasts here:
“I am very pleased that the Haitian revolution, this seminal episode in modern global politics, is now getting the attention it deserves.”
Sudhir Hazareesingh’s Toussaint Louverture biography shortlisted for Wolfson History Prize 👉
“A tolerant society cannot pick & choose its materials and remain tolerant for long.”
In 'Mere Civility'
@tmbejan
explores whether civility is a virtue, or a covert demand that silences dissent.
#WorldBookDay
@Harvard_Press
#OxfordUniAuthors
3/n
🎧Lunchtime listening: the 1st ep of Prof. James Tilley's new
@BBCRadio4
series 'The Kids are Alt Right'.
In 'What's Going On' James explores the recent success of radical right parties & how their support base is often younger than expected.
Live now 📻
"I laughed. I cried... I was inspired. Just wonderful."
^ Excellent
@YouTube
comments on 'Does Civility Still Matter?'
@tmbejan
's webinar with
@CornelWest
@sullydish
last week.
Watch back:
'Why do some people leave their countries? And, once they’ve left, why would they come back?'
@SKalyvas
analyses the Greek brain drain - and discusses whether the Greek Government's incentives are enough to tempt people to return.
“I’m truly indebted to my dissertation committee at
@Columbia
for their helpful comments, & to my family for being an endless source of support"
✨Congrats✨
@jmangonnet
for winning the Mancur Olson Award for the best dissertation in political economy
Naosuke Mukoyama -
@naomukoyama
- has received an honourable mention for the Barbara W. Tuchman Award, given to the best graduate student papers on Historical International Relations by
@isanet
A Country Divided? Polarisation & identity after
#Brexit
In a new research project
@sarahobolt
& James Tilley will track the strength and emotional intensity of the leave & remain identities, which still appear strong 5 years after the EU referendum.
Congratulations to DPhil student
@jakobschram
, who has been awarded the Deirdre and Paul Malone Thesis Prize in International Relations for outstanding achievement in the final MPhil thesis and exams in International Relations.
Rawls' Theory of Justice is 'one of the most systematic & ambitious works of political theory produced in the 20th century'
@tmbejan
speaks to
@annemcelvoy
for
@BBCRadio3
's Free Thinking on Rawls' importance to political philosophy.
📻 on
@BBCSounds
🚨 NEW
#job
alert 🚨
We are hiring a new Departmental
#Lecturer
in
#Politics
(Quantitative Methods)!
👓Find out more:
✏Apply before noon (UK time),7 July 2021
Congratulations to
@JaninaDill
who is part of an ambitious new £1.5m project, exploring cumulative civilian harm in war - and how international law can better guard against it.
📷 New photographs celebrate 100 years of women in Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford
🖊 Read our news item:
💻 See the photos online:
📍 Or in person at Manor Road Building on the 1st floor
"Today's mass politics is the child of yesterday's political struggles over the control of behavior, minds, & bodies."
@benwansell
& Johannes Lindvall's book explores the political origins of public services
#WorldBookDay
#OxfordUniAuthors
@CambridgeUP
6/n
What better way to start a new term than a formal in the beautiful surroundings of
@PembrokeOxford
?
Over 100
@politics_oxford
students, staff, postdocs and faculty members came together last week - don't they look fabulous!
In this
@ISQ_Jrnl
article, I find that foreign aid suspensions are more effective than economic sanctions. Economic sanctions are less effective than previously thought, and donor states gain power through the ability to suspend aid. Here is WHY:
[THREAD]
Happy end-of-academic-year to all our staff & students! 🥳
It was great to see so many of you at the party on Friday, celebrating everyone's hard work.
In fact there were so many of you that we couldn't squeeze everyone into the photo frame! 📸 (Sorry if you were missed.)
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