My School is supporting competitive applicants for the @leverhulme.ac.uk Early Career Fellowships (details below). I'm happy to support candidates in my research areas, including (among others) animals in moral/political philosophy.

If you want to apply, contact me ASAP. Internal deadline 1 Dec.

Last week, we were very pelased to welcome @maryamaldossari.bsky.social to the department to speak to staff and students. Maryam presented her paper 'Why Palestine Is a Feminist Issue: Breaking the Silence on Genocide'.

Are you interested in reading for a PhD in international relations, politics, history, or philosophy at Loughborough University? Fee waivers are available for competitive UK applicants starting their studies in 2026.

The application deadline is 11 November.

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPC380/s...

📰Caroline Kennedy-Pipe argues that, over time & in light of the evolution major international conflicts, Nicholas #Rengger developed an increasingly pacifist sensibility:
doi.org/10.1163/2772...

Have you seen the brand new 'impact and engagement' pages on our website? Learn more about our department's impactful research on climate change, Arctic geopolitics, emergency management, LGBTQ+ lives in culture, the politics of pregnancy, and much more.

www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/pol...

Have you looked at our Students as Researchers blog, run by @peteryeandle.bsky.social? Monday's entry comes from the IR student Cerys Organ: 'What is gender anyway?'

This reflects on conversations from Victoria Browne's module Gender and Global Politics.

blog.lboro.ac.uk/irph-student...

Next week, thanks to a very generous invitation from Gianfranco Pellegrino, I will be delivering a keynote paper at Luiss, Rome, at a conference on 'Liberal Politics and Nature'. Registration is open. If you're in or near Rome, you should consider coming along!

www.luiss.it/evento/2025/...

Not your typical research seminar...

Earlier this week, Orit Shimoni (@oritshimoni.bsky.social) and Dan Bern discussed the potential for music and art to foster cross-cultural solidarity with the Pacifism and Nonviolence Research Group, complete with live performances.

Friday saw us welcome over 250 new undergraduate students across our seven programmes. Welcome to Team IRPH!

Pictured: one of the induction talks delivered by Guy Aitchison, and some of the winners of our 'IRPH Bingo', which was more fun than it sounds – honestly!

📢JPN 3:2 now out. SI on #Economics of Politics & Nonviolence guest edited by Christopher Coyne. Includes articles on practical #pacifism, #nonviolent action, polycentric #peace, female property rights, & 1849 Paris Peace Congress. brill.com/view/journal...

Take a look at the latest from Dr Giulia Piccolino!

How do political rulers in post-conflict states manage the threat posed by the former leaders of non-state armed groups?

Getting ready to welcome our visitors to Day 2 of @lborouniversity.bsky.social @irph.bsky.social September Open Days.

It's another successful year for IRPH in the Guardian University Guide. Loughborough lands sixth for International Relations, ninth for Politics, and eleventh for History.

Why do we assume some people are like us, politically speaking? Why do we assume some people aren't?

To find out, take a look at the latest paper from Dr Anthony Kevins (@avkevins.bsky.social), Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Studies in IRPH.

We are extremely proud to share that Dr Joe Davidson, Vice-Chancellor's Independent Research Fellow here in IRPH, has won the @biapt.bsky.social Early Career Prize for his groundbreaking research and his contributions to the discipline of political theory.

Great job, Joe; well deserved!