Department of Politics & International Studies, Uni of Cambridge
@campolis.bsky.social
The Department of POLIS at the University of Cambridge - teaching and researching the world's most complex and pressing issues in politics around the world.
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In Conversation with Sudan's Emergency Response Rooms (ERRs)
The delegation from ERRs will be in conversation with
Professor Sharath Srinivasan from @cghrcambridge.bsky.social
📍King's College Chapel
🗓️Wednesday 26th November 2025
⏲️3pm-4pm
Register here: sudan-errs-cambridge.eventbrite.co.uk
The delegation from ERRs will be in conversation with
Professor Sharath Srinivasan from @cghrcambridge.bsky.social
📍King's College Chapel
🗓️Wednesday 26th November 2025
⏲️3pm-4pm
Register here: sudan-errs-cambridge.eventbrite.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
In Conversation with Sudan's Emergency Response Rooms (ERRs)
The delegation from ERRs will be in conversation with
Professor Sharath Srinivasan from @cghrcambridge.bsky.social
📍King's College Chapel
🗓️Wednesday 26th November 2025
⏲️3pm-4pm
Register here: sudan-errs-cambridge.eventbrite.co.uk
The delegation from ERRs will be in conversation with
Professor Sharath Srinivasan from @cghrcambridge.bsky.social
📍King's College Chapel
🗓️Wednesday 26th November 2025
⏲️3pm-4pm
Register here: sudan-errs-cambridge.eventbrite.co.uk
Public Lecture: 'The French Revolution and the Magic of Transformation' with Camil Francisc Roman, author of 'The French Revolution and Its Legacy: Leaping Democracy Into the Unlimited'.
📆 Mon 1 December
🕔 5pm - 6pm
📍 Ramsden Room, St Catharine’s College
All welcome. Drinks reception to follow.
📆 Mon 1 December
🕔 5pm - 6pm
📍 Ramsden Room, St Catharine’s College
All welcome. Drinks reception to follow.
November 17, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Public Lecture: 'The French Revolution and the Magic of Transformation' with Camil Francisc Roman, author of 'The French Revolution and Its Legacy: Leaping Democracy Into the Unlimited'.
📆 Mon 1 December
🕔 5pm - 6pm
📍 Ramsden Room, St Catharine’s College
All welcome. Drinks reception to follow.
📆 Mon 1 December
🕔 5pm - 6pm
📍 Ramsden Room, St Catharine’s College
All welcome. Drinks reception to follow.
November 17, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Please join us for a talk with Professor Amitav Acharya on his new book 'The Once and Future World Order: Why Global Civilization Will Survive the Decline of the West'.
🗓️Thurs, 13 Nov 2025
🕔5pm-6.30pm
📍SG2, Alison Richard Building, Cambridge
All welcome.
🗓️Thurs, 13 Nov 2025
🕔5pm-6.30pm
📍SG2, Alison Richard Building, Cambridge
All welcome.
November 4, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Please join us for a talk with Professor Amitav Acharya on his new book 'The Once and Future World Order: Why Global Civilization Will Survive the Decline of the West'.
🗓️Thurs, 13 Nov 2025
🕔5pm-6.30pm
📍SG2, Alison Richard Building, Cambridge
All welcome.
🗓️Thurs, 13 Nov 2025
🕔5pm-6.30pm
📍SG2, Alison Richard Building, Cambridge
All welcome.
Join us this Monday for a visit from the Spanish Ambassador, José Pascual Marco Martínez, to discuss Spain-UK Relations: Strategic Partners in a Challenging Global Landscape
🕑Mon, 27 Oct 14:00 - 15:00 GMT
📍Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, CB3 9DP
Register: spain-uk-relations.eventbrite.co.uk
🕑Mon, 27 Oct 14:00 - 15:00 GMT
📍Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, CB3 9DP
Register: spain-uk-relations.eventbrite.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Join us this Monday for a visit from the Spanish Ambassador, José Pascual Marco Martínez, to discuss Spain-UK Relations: Strategic Partners in a Challenging Global Landscape
🕑Mon, 27 Oct 14:00 - 15:00 GMT
📍Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, CB3 9DP
Register: spain-uk-relations.eventbrite.co.uk
🕑Mon, 27 Oct 14:00 - 15:00 GMT
📍Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, CB3 9DP
Register: spain-uk-relations.eventbrite.co.uk
Join Kwaku Adomaku @cambridgegender.bsky.social and Dr Shannon Philip @camsociology.bsky.social this Thursday evening to discuss "Queer Post-colonies in crisis?"
October 21, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Join Kwaku Adomaku @cambridgegender.bsky.social and Dr Shannon Philip @camsociology.bsky.social this Thursday evening to discuss "Queer Post-colonies in crisis?"
Join us for the inaugural POLIS Lecture.
Our speaker, Desmond King, Andrew W Mellon Professor of American Government at @ox.ac.uk, will discuss political violence and the American nation.
🕓Thurs, Nov 6, 4 - 6pm
📍Alison Richard Building
Register now: polislecture.eventbrite.co.uk
Our speaker, Desmond King, Andrew W Mellon Professor of American Government at @ox.ac.uk, will discuss political violence and the American nation.
🕓Thurs, Nov 6, 4 - 6pm
📍Alison Richard Building
Register now: polislecture.eventbrite.co.uk
October 20, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Join us for the inaugural POLIS Lecture.
Our speaker, Desmond King, Andrew W Mellon Professor of American Government at @ox.ac.uk, will discuss political violence and the American nation.
🕓Thurs, Nov 6, 4 - 6pm
📍Alison Richard Building
Register now: polislecture.eventbrite.co.uk
Our speaker, Desmond King, Andrew W Mellon Professor of American Government at @ox.ac.uk, will discuss political violence and the American nation.
🕓Thurs, Nov 6, 4 - 6pm
📍Alison Richard Building
Register now: polislecture.eventbrite.co.uk
Join us on to discuss the strategic partnership between Spain and the UK in a challenging global landscape with the Ambassador of Spain to the UK and N Ireland, José Pascual Marco Martínez.
🗓️Mon, 27 Oct 2025
🕑14:00 - 15:00
📍SG1/2 ARB
Register now: spain-uk-relations.eventbrite.co.uk
🗓️Mon, 27 Oct 2025
🕑14:00 - 15:00
📍SG1/2 ARB
Register now: spain-uk-relations.eventbrite.co.uk
October 16, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Join us on to discuss the strategic partnership between Spain and the UK in a challenging global landscape with the Ambassador of Spain to the UK and N Ireland, José Pascual Marco Martínez.
🗓️Mon, 27 Oct 2025
🕑14:00 - 15:00
📍SG1/2 ARB
Register now: spain-uk-relations.eventbrite.co.uk
🗓️Mon, 27 Oct 2025
🕑14:00 - 15:00
📍SG1/2 ARB
Register now: spain-uk-relations.eventbrite.co.uk
Prof Sharath Srinivasan's new co-edited book is coming out in print on 25 October 2025! The Oxford Handbook of Peaceful Assembly is global in scope and richly grounded in history. The Handbook serves as an authoritative resource on the right of peaceful assembly.
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October 15, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Prof Sharath Srinivasan's new co-edited book is coming out in print on 25 October 2025! The Oxford Handbook of Peaceful Assembly is global in scope and richly grounded in history. The Handbook serves as an authoritative resource on the right of peaceful assembly.
academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
🏆Huge congratulations to this year's R.A. Butler Prize winners.
1st prize to Lydia Davenport (Holmes Chapel Sixth Form), 2nd prize to Daniel Zhang (The Hotchkiss School) and 12 special
commendations to students from 5 countries.👏
Thank you to all who entered.
polis.cam.ac.uk/news/2025-ra...
1st prize to Lydia Davenport (Holmes Chapel Sixth Form), 2nd prize to Daniel Zhang (The Hotchkiss School) and 12 special
commendations to students from 5 countries.👏
Thank you to all who entered.
polis.cam.ac.uk/news/2025-ra...
September 16, 2025 at 11:47 AM
🏆Huge congratulations to this year's R.A. Butler Prize winners.
1st prize to Lydia Davenport (Holmes Chapel Sixth Form), 2nd prize to Daniel Zhang (The Hotchkiss School) and 12 special
commendations to students from 5 countries.👏
Thank you to all who entered.
polis.cam.ac.uk/news/2025-ra...
1st prize to Lydia Davenport (Holmes Chapel Sixth Form), 2nd prize to Daniel Zhang (The Hotchkiss School) and 12 special
commendations to students from 5 countries.👏
Thank you to all who entered.
polis.cam.ac.uk/news/2025-ra...
📖Join us for the launch of "Can Deliberation Cure the Ills of Democracy?", the latest book by political scientist and author Professor James Fishkin.
📆Thurs 18 Sept
🕠5:30 - 7PM
📍Provost's Lodge, King’s College
Register now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
#Democracy @kingscollege.bsky.social
📆Thurs 18 Sept
🕠5:30 - 7PM
📍Provost's Lodge, King’s College
Register now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
#Democracy @kingscollege.bsky.social
August 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
📖Join us for the launch of "Can Deliberation Cure the Ills of Democracy?", the latest book by political scientist and author Professor James Fishkin.
📆Thurs 18 Sept
🕠5:30 - 7PM
📍Provost's Lodge, King’s College
Register now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
#Democracy @kingscollege.bsky.social
📆Thurs 18 Sept
🕠5:30 - 7PM
📍Provost's Lodge, King’s College
Register now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
#Democracy @kingscollege.bsky.social
🏆🎉Congratulations to @absander.bsky.social , the winner of this year's Lisa Smirl PhD Prize for the best PhD thesis completed in the previous academic year.
Read more: www.polis.cam.ac.uk/news/antoine...
Read more: www.polis.cam.ac.uk/news/antoine...
August 6, 2025 at 9:45 AM
🏆🎉Congratulations to @absander.bsky.social , the winner of this year's Lisa Smirl PhD Prize for the best PhD thesis completed in the previous academic year.
Read more: www.polis.cam.ac.uk/news/antoine...
Read more: www.polis.cam.ac.uk/news/antoine...
📸We're thrilled to announce the winners of the POLIS PhD Fieldwork Photography Competition!
Congratulations to:
🥇Amelia Amemate (Dela)
🥈Daniel Rincon Machon
🥉 Karen Dominguez Mendoza
View the winning images here: www.polis.cam.ac.uk/news/announc...
Congratulations to:
🥇Amelia Amemate (Dela)
🥈Daniel Rincon Machon
🥉 Karen Dominguez Mendoza
View the winning images here: www.polis.cam.ac.uk/news/announc...
July 30, 2025 at 1:32 PM
📸We're thrilled to announce the winners of the POLIS PhD Fieldwork Photography Competition!
Congratulations to:
🥇Amelia Amemate (Dela)
🥈Daniel Rincon Machon
🥉 Karen Dominguez Mendoza
View the winning images here: www.polis.cam.ac.uk/news/announc...
Congratulations to:
🥇Amelia Amemate (Dela)
🥈Daniel Rincon Machon
🥉 Karen Dominguez Mendoza
View the winning images here: www.polis.cam.ac.uk/news/announc...
Congratulations to Professor Duncan Kelly on his appointment as Professor of Politics. This marks a significant milestone in Professor Kelly's distinguished career at Cambridge, so please join us in congratulating him on his appointment.
www.polis.cam.ac.uk/news/profess...
www.polis.cam.ac.uk/news/profess...
July 30, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Congratulations to Professor Duncan Kelly on his appointment as Professor of Politics. This marks a significant milestone in Professor Kelly's distinguished career at Cambridge, so please join us in congratulating him on his appointment.
www.polis.cam.ac.uk/news/profess...
www.polis.cam.ac.uk/news/profess...
📢We're hiring a full-time postdoctoral research associate based in the Centre of Governance & Human Rights @cghrcambridge.bsky.social for 2 years to collaborate with Prof Sharath Srinivasan on 'Communication Technology and Contentious Politics'.
Learn more: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51939/
Learn more: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51939/
July 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
📢We're hiring a full-time postdoctoral research associate based in the Centre of Governance & Human Rights @cghrcambridge.bsky.social for 2 years to collaborate with Prof Sharath Srinivasan on 'Communication Technology and Contentious Politics'.
Learn more: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51939/
Learn more: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51939/
📚We're off to a great start at this year's undergrad Open Day with a standing room only talk for our History and Politics Tripos with Prof Peter Sloman.
Visit us in the Alison Richard Building, attend the HSPS talk in West Rd Concert Hall at 11am and the POLIS sample lecture at 2pm. Arrive early. 🧑🎓
Visit us in the Alison Richard Building, attend the HSPS talk in West Rd Concert Hall at 11am and the POLIS sample lecture at 2pm. Arrive early. 🧑🎓
July 10, 2025 at 9:39 AM
📚We're off to a great start at this year's undergrad Open Day with a standing room only talk for our History and Politics Tripos with Prof Peter Sloman.
Visit us in the Alison Richard Building, attend the HSPS talk in West Rd Concert Hall at 11am and the POLIS sample lecture at 2pm. Arrive early. 🧑🎓
Visit us in the Alison Richard Building, attend the HSPS talk in West Rd Concert Hall at 11am and the POLIS sample lecture at 2pm. Arrive early. 🧑🎓
📃We are delighted that Environmental Research Letters has published @tobiasmueller.bsky.social's article 'Gendered extractivism in Uganda: implications for just transitions'.
You can read it here now: 🔗 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
You can read it here now: 🔗 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
July 8, 2025 at 12:40 PM
📃We are delighted that Environmental Research Letters has published @tobiasmueller.bsky.social's article 'Gendered extractivism in Uganda: implications for just transitions'.
You can read it here now: 🔗 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
You can read it here now: 🔗 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
🥳Congratulations to POLIS PhD student Abii-Tah Bih! She's won a Cambridge Students' Award for 'Contributions to Access & Widening Participation' for her incredible mentorship program for aspiring African postgrads.✨
#CambridgeSUAwards @cghrcambridge.bsky.social
polis.cam.ac.uk/news/cambrid...
#CambridgeSUAwards @cghrcambridge.bsky.social
polis.cam.ac.uk/news/cambrid...
July 7, 2025 at 12:56 PM
🥳Congratulations to POLIS PhD student Abii-Tah Bih! She's won a Cambridge Students' Award for 'Contributions to Access & Widening Participation' for her incredible mentorship program for aspiring African postgrads.✨
#CambridgeSUAwards @cghrcambridge.bsky.social
polis.cam.ac.uk/news/cambrid...
#CambridgeSUAwards @cghrcambridge.bsky.social
polis.cam.ac.uk/news/cambrid...
The Centre of Latin American Studies & the Centre of Development Studies are hiring a Research Associate in Latin American Development (Fixed Term)
If you have a deep engagement with Latin America and Development Studies and the skills to carry out research, apply now: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51764/
If you have a deep engagement with Latin America and Development Studies and the skills to carry out research, apply now: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51764/
June 19, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The Centre of Latin American Studies & the Centre of Development Studies are hiring a Research Associate in Latin American Development (Fixed Term)
If you have a deep engagement with Latin America and Development Studies and the skills to carry out research, apply now: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51764/
If you have a deep engagement with Latin America and Development Studies and the skills to carry out research, apply now: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51764/
@cghrcambridge.bsky.social, housed within POLIS, is seeking to appoint a part-time fixed-term Centre Coordinator for 18.25 hours per week.
This is a great opportunity for an individual with comprehensive administrative experience.
Apply now: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51740/
This is a great opportunity for an individual with comprehensive administrative experience.
Apply now: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51740/
June 18, 2025 at 11:26 AM
@cghrcambridge.bsky.social, housed within POLIS, is seeking to appoint a part-time fixed-term Centre Coordinator for 18.25 hours per week.
This is a great opportunity for an individual with comprehensive administrative experience.
Apply now: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51740/
This is a great opportunity for an individual with comprehensive administrative experience.
Apply now: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51740/
An exciting opportunity has arisen within POLIS for a dynamic and enthusiastic individual to join the team as a Postgraduate Course Administrator for our MPhil in Politics and International Studies.
For more information and to apply: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51624/
For more information and to apply: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51624/
June 10, 2025 at 10:06 AM
An exciting opportunity has arisen within POLIS for a dynamic and enthusiastic individual to join the team as a Postgraduate Course Administrator for our MPhil in Politics and International Studies.
For more information and to apply: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51624/
For more information and to apply: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51624/
Join us on Monday 9 June for a panel discussion to discuss Trump 2.0 and how Europe can best respond, touching on issues of Europe’s geopolitical turn, European rearmament, economic growth, and European leadership of the international multilateral order.
www.polis.cam.ac.uk/events/europ...
www.polis.cam.ac.uk/events/europ...
May 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Join us on Monday 9 June for a panel discussion to discuss Trump 2.0 and how Europe can best respond, touching on issues of Europe’s geopolitical turn, European rearmament, economic growth, and European leadership of the international multilateral order.
www.polis.cam.ac.uk/events/europ...
www.polis.cam.ac.uk/events/europ...
🏭💪💲 We have a few spaces left for this week's lecture on carbon politics, American power, and the almighty dollar with Mark Blyth, a political economist and Professor at Brown University, in this upcoming event titled "Burning Down the House".
Register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/burning-do...
Register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/burning-do...
May 19, 2025 at 9:20 AM
🏭💪💲 We have a few spaces left for this week's lecture on carbon politics, American power, and the almighty dollar with Mark Blyth, a political economist and Professor at Brown University, in this upcoming event titled "Burning Down the House".
Register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/burning-do...
Register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/burning-do...
🚨 We are sorry to announce that tomorrow's event "Towards a New International Economic Order for the 21st Century" with Ha-Joon Chang and José Miguel Ahumada has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and hope to reschedule at a later date.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and hope to reschedule at a later date.
May 14, 2025 at 11:48 AM
🚨 We are sorry to announce that tomorrow's event "Towards a New International Economic Order for the 21st Century" with Ha-Joon Chang and José Miguel Ahumada has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and hope to reschedule at a later date.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and hope to reschedule at a later date.
As we enter the season of final papers and exams, remember that today we also welcome the season of sunshine (with occasional showers). Take a walk, smell the flowers, and enjoy the longer days. Happy first day of Spring from all of us at POLIS.
March 20, 2025 at 3:29 PM
As we enter the season of final papers and exams, remember that today we also welcome the season of sunshine (with occasional showers). Take a walk, smell the flowers, and enjoy the longer days. Happy first day of Spring from all of us at POLIS.