Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS)
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PAIS are great at what we do; Comparative Politics, IR & Security, Political Theory, IPE, Environmental Politics and more.
👓 The book can be accessed here: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-making-...
📆 The Distinguished Scholar panel will take place online on 18th March 14:00 GMT
📆 The Distinguished Scholar panel will take place online on 18th March 14:00 GMT
Making and Unmaking Global Citizenship
Making and Unmaking Global Citizenship
edinburghuniversitypress.com
February 4, 2026 at 10:01 AM
👓 The book can be accessed here: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-making-...
📆 The Distinguished Scholar panel will take place online on 18th March 14:00 GMT
📆 The Distinguished Scholar panel will take place online on 18th March 14:00 GMT
The book draws on research conducted over two decades with people experiencing the violence of contemporary governing practices first-hand. It is based on case studies in the Mediterranean, the Mexico-US border region, sub-Saharan Africa and the UK.
Making and Unmaking Global Citizenship
Making and Unmaking Global Citizenship
edinburghuniversitypress.com
February 4, 2026 at 10:01 AM
The book draws on research conducted over two decades with people experiencing the violence of contemporary governing practices first-hand. It is based on case studies in the Mediterranean, the Mexico-US border region, sub-Saharan Africa and the UK.
@vickisquire.bsky.social 's new book "Making and Unmaking Global Citizenship: Lived Experiences of Precarious Migration" was published at the end of 2025 and she promptly followed that up by winning the 2026 @isaipssection.bsky.social Distinguished Scholar Award. Hats off to Vicki!
February 4, 2026 at 10:01 AM
@vickisquire.bsky.social 's new book "Making and Unmaking Global Citizenship: Lived Experiences of Precarious Migration" was published at the end of 2025 and she promptly followed that up by winning the 2026 @isaipssection.bsky.social Distinguished Scholar Award. Hats off to Vicki!
We are pleased to welcome Dr Justina Uriburu for the latest PAIS Departmental Seminar examining evolving approaches to intervention in the Americas.
Thu 12 Feb | 1–2.30pm | S1.50
Thu 12 Feb | 1–2.30pm | S1.50
February 4, 2026 at 8:15 AM
We are pleased to welcome Dr Justina Uriburu for the latest PAIS Departmental Seminar examining evolving approaches to intervention in the Americas.
Thu 12 Feb | 1–2.30pm | S1.50
Thu 12 Feb | 1–2.30pm | S1.50
The NSS is open! Justin and Imogen talk about how PAIS has acted on your feedback — and why your voice matters. Finalists, have your say through the NSS
Have your say here!: www.thestudentsurvey.com
Have your say here!: www.thestudentsurvey.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:16 PM
The NSS is open! Justin and Imogen talk about how PAIS has acted on your feedback — and why your voice matters. Finalists, have your say through the NSS
Have your say here!: www.thestudentsurvey.com
Have your say here!: www.thestudentsurvey.com
🎙HOST A DEMOCRACY PODCAST WITH PAIS ACADEMICS!
📧 To enter, send a two-minute video to democracy.differently@warwick.ac.uk by 6th February, explaining who you are, why you want to co-host an episode, and some of the questions you would have asked if you were a host for any of our previous episodes.
📧 To enter, send a two-minute video to democracy.differently@warwick.ac.uk by 6th February, explaining who you are, why you want to co-host an episode, and some of the questions you would have asked if you were a host for any of our previous episodes.
February 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
🎙HOST A DEMOCRACY PODCAST WITH PAIS ACADEMICS!
📧 To enter, send a two-minute video to democracy.differently@warwick.ac.uk by 6th February, explaining who you are, why you want to co-host an episode, and some of the questions you would have asked if you were a host for any of our previous episodes.
📧 To enter, send a two-minute video to democracy.differently@warwick.ac.uk by 6th February, explaining who you are, why you want to co-host an episode, and some of the questions you would have asked if you were a host for any of our previous episodes.
Research by Ben Richardson in PAIS on labour provisions in UK trade policy was cited in a House of Commons briefing on 'Trade, supply chains and workers' rights'📰
The briefing was prepared for the sixth UK-EU Parliamentary Partnership Assembly, held on 17-18 November.
The briefing was prepared for the sixth UK-EU Parliamentary Partnership Assembly, held on 17-18 November.
January 31, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Research by Ben Richardson in PAIS on labour provisions in UK trade policy was cited in a House of Commons briefing on 'Trade, supply chains and workers' rights'📰
The briefing was prepared for the sixth UK-EU Parliamentary Partnership Assembly, held on 17-18 November.
The briefing was prepared for the sixth UK-EU Parliamentary Partnership Assembly, held on 17-18 November.
Climate Change - Rebuilding the Consensus and Changing the Narrative Why have climate change politics got so divisive? Join us in the spring for deep dive on UK climate change politics.
To register for the event, follow this link www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/climate-ch... warwick.ac.uk/study/postgr...
To register for the event, follow this link www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/climate-ch... warwick.ac.uk/study/postgr...
January 30, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Climate Change - Rebuilding the Consensus and Changing the Narrative Why have climate change politics got so divisive? Join us in the spring for deep dive on UK climate change politics.
To register for the event, follow this link www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/climate-ch... warwick.ac.uk/study/postgr...
To register for the event, follow this link www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/climate-ch... warwick.ac.uk/study/postgr...
PAIS is proud to stay connected with its alumni
Current PAIS students can join our annual online Alumni & Future Skills Event on Tues 3 Feb, 18:00–19:30, where former PAIS students will share their career journeys and advice with current Warwick students.
👉 Register buff.ly/gZamz1T
Current PAIS students can join our annual online Alumni & Future Skills Event on Tues 3 Feb, 18:00–19:30, where former PAIS students will share their career journeys and advice with current Warwick students.
👉 Register buff.ly/gZamz1T
January 30, 2026 at 8:45 AM
PAIS is proud to stay connected with its alumni
Current PAIS students can join our annual online Alumni & Future Skills Event on Tues 3 Feb, 18:00–19:30, where former PAIS students will share their career journeys and advice with current Warwick students.
👉 Register buff.ly/gZamz1T
Current PAIS students can join our annual online Alumni & Future Skills Event on Tues 3 Feb, 18:00–19:30, where former PAIS students will share their career journeys and advice with current Warwick students.
👉 Register buff.ly/gZamz1T
Sadi Shanaah has a chapter "Manufacturing informants: The emotion work of the Prevent Duty Training" in the new edited collection "The Embodied State Emotions, State Power and Social Marginalisation" 📖 📚️
Read Sadi's work: www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi... or request a copy for your library!
Read Sadi's work: www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi... or request a copy for your library!
January 29, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Sadi Shanaah has a chapter "Manufacturing informants: The emotion work of the Prevent Duty Training" in the new edited collection "The Embodied State Emotions, State Power and Social Marginalisation" 📖 📚️
Read Sadi's work: www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi... or request a copy for your library!
Read Sadi's work: www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi... or request a copy for your library!
@neophytosloizides.bsky.social article "Building peace in Syria: pathways to inclusive democratic governance" is out now in the latest issue of @iajournal.bsky.social 🕊️ 🕊️
👓 Check it out: doi.org/10.1080/1753...
👓 Check it out: doi.org/10.1080/1753...
January 28, 2026 at 2:02 PM
@neophytosloizides.bsky.social article "Building peace in Syria: pathways to inclusive democratic governance" is out now in the latest issue of @iajournal.bsky.social 🕊️ 🕊️
👓 Check it out: doi.org/10.1080/1753...
👓 Check it out: doi.org/10.1080/1753...
🎉 Andreas Kanaris Miyashiro's article "Financial models as artefacts: performativity, representation, and the many lives of the Black–Scholes–Merton model" is out this month in @jcultecon.bsky.social 📰
👓 Read it here: doi.org/10.1080/1753...
👓 Read it here: doi.org/10.1080/1753...
January 27, 2026 at 10:00 AM
🎉 Andreas Kanaris Miyashiro's article "Financial models as artefacts: performativity, representation, and the many lives of the Black–Scholes–Merton model" is out this month in @jcultecon.bsky.social 📰
👓 Read it here: doi.org/10.1080/1753...
👓 Read it here: doi.org/10.1080/1753...
Join us next week as we welcome Leigh Jenco, Professor of Political Theory in the Department of Government at the London School of Economics for our regular PAIS seminar series. Leigh will be talking to us on the topic 'Transmission as a Political Action: Thinking from Early Modern Chinese Thought'
January 23, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Join us next week as we welcome Leigh Jenco, Professor of Political Theory in the Department of Government at the London School of Economics for our regular PAIS seminar series. Leigh will be talking to us on the topic 'Transmission as a Political Action: Thinking from Early Modern Chinese Thought'
Congratulations to our PAIS students who are graduating today!
✨✨ We are excited to celebrate you and your achievements with you and your loved ones.
✨✨ We are excited to celebrate you and your achievements with you and your loved ones.
January 23, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Congratulations to our PAIS students who are graduating today!
✨✨ We are excited to celebrate you and your achievements with you and your loved ones.
✨✨ We are excited to celebrate you and your achievements with you and your loved ones.
Join PAIS for our first departmental seminar of 2026. We will be welcoming Dr Tarsis Brito from SOAS who will be discussing (Un)settling Whiteness: From White Settler Colonies to Europes 'Migrant Crisis'. All welcome.
January 13, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Join PAIS for our first departmental seminar of 2026. We will be welcoming Dr Tarsis Brito from SOAS who will be discussing (Un)settling Whiteness: From White Settler Colonies to Europes 'Migrant Crisis'. All welcome.
@justpolitics-blog.bsky.social and Roger Duthie's chapter "Justice Contexts: Sustainable Development Goal 16 and Transitional Justice" in the open access edited volume "Transitioning to Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions" came out over the break!
Read the book here: www.mdpi.com/books/editio...
Read the book here: www.mdpi.com/books/editio...
January 13, 2026 at 1:00 PM
@justpolitics-blog.bsky.social and Roger Duthie's chapter "Justice Contexts: Sustainable Development Goal 16 and Transitional Justice" in the open access edited volume "Transitioning to Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions" came out over the break!
Read the book here: www.mdpi.com/books/editio...
Read the book here: www.mdpi.com/books/editio...
@veronicabarfucci.bsky.social 's first article is out in International Political Sociology!
Veronica's article argues that narratives of female empowerment work to reinforce masculinised conceptions of military institutions and the state, as they are built onto heteronormative logics.
Veronica's article argues that narratives of female empowerment work to reinforce masculinised conceptions of military institutions and the state, as they are built onto heteronormative logics.
January 12, 2026 at 1:45 PM
@veronicabarfucci.bsky.social 's first article is out in International Political Sociology!
Veronica's article argues that narratives of female empowerment work to reinforce masculinised conceptions of military institutions and the state, as they are built onto heteronormative logics.
Veronica's article argues that narratives of female empowerment work to reinforce masculinised conceptions of military institutions and the state, as they are built onto heteronormative logics.
In their new JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies article, Federico Chaves Correa and Kerem Öge look at how carbon disclosure became a widely accepted part of European climate governance, and what this tells us about how policy ideas spread.
Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
January 12, 2026 at 1:15 PM
In their new JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies article, Federico Chaves Correa and Kerem Öge look at how carbon disclosure became a widely accepted part of European climate governance, and what this tells us about how policy ideas spread.
Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
🥳 Welcome back everyone!
As we head into the new year we are looking forward to welcoming you all back on to campus.
We hope you had a restful and peaceful festive period, and are ready to start second term feeling your best. 🤩✨
As we head into the new year we are looking forward to welcoming you all back on to campus.
We hope you had a restful and peaceful festive period, and are ready to start second term feeling your best. 🤩✨
January 12, 2026 at 8:45 AM
🥳 Welcome back everyone!
As we head into the new year we are looking forward to welcoming you all back on to campus.
We hope you had a restful and peaceful festive period, and are ready to start second term feeling your best. 🤩✨
As we head into the new year we are looking forward to welcoming you all back on to campus.
We hope you had a restful and peaceful festive period, and are ready to start second term feeling your best. 🤩✨
BREM are kicking off the new year with a seminar delivered by Roberto Dufraix Tapia (University of Tarapacá) titled “Deportation of Migrants in Chile: Ambivalences and Competing Rationalities”.
📆 15 January 2026
⏰ 1-2pm
📍 FAB2.32
There will be refreshments so please register: tinyurl.com/yc24hev8
📆 15 January 2026
⏰ 1-2pm
📍 FAB2.32
There will be refreshments so please register: tinyurl.com/yc24hev8
January 9, 2026 at 2:00 PM
BREM are kicking off the new year with a seminar delivered by Roberto Dufraix Tapia (University of Tarapacá) titled “Deportation of Migrants in Chile: Ambivalences and Competing Rationalities”.
📆 15 January 2026
⏰ 1-2pm
📍 FAB2.32
There will be refreshments so please register: tinyurl.com/yc24hev8
📆 15 January 2026
⏰ 1-2pm
📍 FAB2.32
There will be refreshments so please register: tinyurl.com/yc24hev8
Term starts up again in just a few days! We are looking forward to welcoming you back on to campus.🎉
📅 We have some really great events happening over the next few months. Head over to our website: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/pais... to sign up and register for these events.
📅 We have some really great events happening over the next few months. Head over to our website: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/pais... to sign up and register for these events.
January 8, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Term starts up again in just a few days! We are looking forward to welcoming you back on to campus.🎉
📅 We have some really great events happening over the next few months. Head over to our website: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/pais... to sign up and register for these events.
📅 We have some really great events happening over the next few months. Head over to our website: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/pais... to sign up and register for these events.
@juanitamarieelias.bsky.social 's contribution to Social Politics' book forum on Shirin Rai's "Depletion: The Human Cost of Caring" is out now 📚 📚
Juanita discusses the book's contributions to feminist political economy and how Rai's ideas have informed her own work.
doi.org/10.1093/sp/j...
Juanita discusses the book's contributions to feminist political economy and how Rai's ideas have informed her own work.
doi.org/10.1093/sp/j...
January 8, 2026 at 9:00 AM
@juanitamarieelias.bsky.social 's contribution to Social Politics' book forum on Shirin Rai's "Depletion: The Human Cost of Caring" is out now 📚 📚
Juanita discusses the book's contributions to feminist political economy and how Rai's ideas have informed her own work.
doi.org/10.1093/sp/j...
Juanita discusses the book's contributions to feminist political economy and how Rai's ideas have informed her own work.
doi.org/10.1093/sp/j...
✨ As the start of the new term is fast approaching, we are giving you all some tips to hit term 2 head on, and make it a success!
We are so excited to welcome you back in a weeks time. There are some really exciting stuff happening this term, keep your eyes peeled for the announcements 👀
We are so excited to welcome you back in a weeks time. There are some really exciting stuff happening this term, keep your eyes peeled for the announcements 👀
January 7, 2026 at 2:15 PM
✨ As the start of the new term is fast approaching, we are giving you all some tips to hit term 2 head on, and make it a success!
We are so excited to welcome you back in a weeks time. There are some really exciting stuff happening this term, keep your eyes peeled for the announcements 👀
We are so excited to welcome you back in a weeks time. There are some really exciting stuff happening this term, keep your eyes peeled for the announcements 👀
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My contribution to a forum on Shirin Rai's book Depletion: The Human Cost of Caring - out now in social politics academic.oup.com/sp/article/3...
Working with Depletion
Depletion: The Human Cost of Caring (Oxford University Press, 2024) is a book that I’ve followed closely, from its origin in a 2014 journal publication (Ra
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December 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
My contribution to a forum on Shirin Rai's book Depletion: The Human Cost of Caring - out now in social politics academic.oup.com/sp/article/3...
Happy New Year!
Goodbye 2025, hello 2026! Wishing our PAIS community joy, success, and new adventures in the year ahead.
Goodbye 2025, hello 2026! Wishing our PAIS community joy, success, and new adventures in the year ahead.
December 31, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Happy New Year!
Goodbye 2025, hello 2026! Wishing our PAIS community joy, success, and new adventures in the year ahead.
Goodbye 2025, hello 2026! Wishing our PAIS community joy, success, and new adventures in the year ahead.