Bolivia elections: socialist Luis Arce celebrates projected victory amid democratic fragility
Angus McNelly analyses the meaning of the landslide election of the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) in Bolivia.
How Japanese research became the centre of a conservative culture war
Karin Narita writes about the struggle over political interference in appointments to the governing body of the Science Council of Japan, and the importance of this event for academic freedom and the wider political climate in Japan.
CFP: Early Career Researchers’ Interdisciplinary Seminar Series on Politics of the Middle East
This is a cross-disciplinary and cross-institutional seminar series which aims to bring together a diverse body of early career researchers (postdoctoral, PhD students/candidates, and advanced masters) working on the politics of the Middle East.
Do you want to write a COVID dissertation?
Professor Sophie Harman gives some advice about coming up with dissertation topics related to COVID.
Media: On the global roots of the Beirut port explosion
Laleh Khalili writes about the global aspects of the maritime industry which had a part in the explosion in the port of Beirut.
New Research: A Dialogue Between the Border and the Corridor (in Times of Corona)
Nivi Manchanda and Sharri Plonski’s conversation on borders and corridors is published in The Antipode.
New Research: QMUL’s Sophie Harman co-authors a new article for ISQ about reproductive health
Sophie Harman and her co-author have published a new article in the International Studies Quarterly about how global reproductive health is necessary for peace and security.
New Research: QMUL’s Sophie Harman co-authors a new article for Nature about the lessons of past pandemics about the effect on women
Sophie Harman and her co-authors have published a new article in the journal Nature in which they draw on past experience of pandemics to understand the effects of COVID-19 on women.
Current research: Imagined Insecurities in Imagined Communities: Manufacturing the Ethnoreligious Others as Security Threats
In his new International Studies Quarterly article, Michael Magcamit asks how ethnoreligious others are manufactured as security threats.
New Research: QMUL’s Sophie Harman co-authors a new article for UNWomen on COVID and gender equality
Sophie Harman and her co-authors write a report on whether the pandemic will derail hard-won progress on gender equality. The report has been published by UNWomen.