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📢 Calling PhD researchers in PAIS and related disciplines 📢 Warwick has recently become one of the co-organisers of the ...
03/06/2026

📢 Calling PhD researchers in PAIS and related disciplines 📢
Warwick has recently become one of the co-organisers of the DoingIPS PhD Seminar Series (congratulations to Manjima Anjana, the PAIS doctoral student organiser!) which has just opened its call for papers for the coming academic year.
The seminar series is a friendly and interdisciplinary forum for PhD colleagues to present and engage with research at the intersections of politics, society, culture, economics, law, history, geography, gender and anthopology.
If your research seeks to understand global politics through social, cultural, and historical lenses, the DoingIPS Seminar Series is for you!

The deadline for abstract submissions is 6th July 2026, find more information here: https://www.doingips.org/news-events/doing-ips-phd-seminar-series-202627-call-for-papers

Hannah Owens is running various events during Refugee Week from 15-20 June in both Coventry and Norwich.Coventry: The Co...
02/06/2026

Hannah Owens is running various events during Refugee Week from 15-20 June in both Coventry and Norwich.

Coventry: The Coventry Refugee and Migrant Centre have a wide variety of events throughout the week, including performances, stalls and even a treasure hunt for children. There will be a screening, art exhibition and workshop on Saturday 20 June (11am-3pm) for anyone in the area - no booking required. All events will be held at the Belgrade Theatre.

Norwich: With New Routes Integration, an organisation that supports refugees, migrants and asylum seekers, there are a range of exciting community events for all ages:https://mcusercontent.com/291817e21787f70337f43fc38/files/48106366-4c81-3e07-1f30-2d93ef356e07/Here_it_is._finalrwn25program.pdf

PAIS academics and PhD researchers will be out in force at this week’s British International Studies Association (BISA) ...
02/06/2026

PAIS academics and PhD researchers will be out in force at this week’s British International Studies Association (BISA) conference in Brighton, showcasing the breadth, depth and cutting-edge quality of research taking place across the department.

Did you know that PAIS is one of the UK’s leading departments for International Studies, with internationally recognised expertise spanning international security, foreign policy, international political economy, climate politics, intelligence studies, migration, conflict analysis and international development? Our research shapes major academic debates, informs policy discussions, and addresses some of the most pressing global challenges of our time.

Find out more about our specialist MA programmes in International Security, International Relations, International Political Economy, International Development, and The Politics of Climate Change on the PAIS postgraduate study pages (https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/pais/prospectivestudents/postgraduate/). Study alongside leading researchers and become part of a vibrant intellectual community at the forefront of contemporary international and global politics.

Happy times at the recent Warwick-Toronto workshop on the BIG open questions in wellbeing science.The Hackathon style re...
01/06/2026

Happy times at the recent Warwick-Toronto workshop on the BIG open questions in wellbeing science.

The Hackathon style really worked! No paper presentations, just furiously brainstorming ideas and developing a paper (stay tuned!)

Wellbeing science is entering a new and more interdisciplinary phase. This new era will be characterised by the salience of *applications*. Governments, therapists, schools, self-helpers, care homes, the police, firms, charities, and many other stakeholders now want to apply wellbeing science in their work and lives.

Scientists need to take this seriously, especially the ethical and political dimensions of researching with practical intentions. This isn't about activism or advocacy, it's about recognising:

1) The normative element of your research: if you want real world impact you can't act like you're just a dispassionate scientist

2) That each practical context needs different things from wellbeing science. Treasury, for example, might want new cost-benefit analysis tools, but the science needed for this might be useless to town planners, who want something more multidimensional and systems-oriented.

This has implications for how we conceptualise and measure wellbeing. Challenges like response heterogeneity in life satisfaction research might not be so consequential for the long surveys used in therapy and quality of life assessment. Replacing the acrimony of the last 40 years of wellbeing research with greater pluralism might help us make progress in both science and policy.

Big thank you to co-organisers Sofia Panasiuk (Toronto), Caspar Kaiser (Warwick), Felix Cheung (Toronto), Mark Fabian (Warwick) and especially our Hackathon Dungeon Master Anthony McCanny (Toronto).

All Warwick graduates progressing to a PAIS MA programme are eligible for a 20% tuition-fee discount.This financial supp...
29/05/2026

All Warwick graduates progressing to a PAIS MA programme are eligible for a 20% tuition-fee discount.

This financial support enables our students to continue their studies in a global Top 50 Politics and International Studies department (QS 2026 rankings).

This is our most generous MA scholarship and therefore cannot be combined with other PAIS scholarships.

📢 New publication!PAIS's Asha Herten-Crabb has a new article out in the Journal of Common Market Studies "Unreachable, I...
28/05/2026

📢 New publication!
PAIS's Asha Herten-Crabb has a new article out in the Journal of Common Market Studies "Unreachable, Inescapable: Sustainable Development as Normative Camouflage in EU–MERCOSUR Trade". 📰
In it, she examines how sustainable development functions in North-South trade governance and argues that sustainability operates as normative camouflage that loses its transformative potential.
🔗 https://doi.org/10.1111/jcms.70102

All prospective students who receive an offer for one of our MA programmes and exhibit strong academic potential are eli...
28/05/2026

All prospective students who receive an offer for one of our MA programmes and exhibit strong academic potential are eligible for one of our new scholarships.

The international MA student scholarship is £3,000 towards your study in global Top 50 Politics and International Studies department (2026 QS rankings).

We received 97% student satisfaction amongst our post-graduate taught students last year, join us to benefit from our outstandingly supportive and student-focused approach.

All prospective students who receive an offer for one of our MA programmes and exhibit strong academic potential are eli...
27/05/2026

All prospective students who receive an offer for one of our MA programmes and exhibit strong academic potential are eligible for one of our new scholarships.

The Home Excellence Scholarship is worth £2,000 towards your study at a global Top 50 Politics and International Studies department (QS 2026 rankings).

(Excludes MA in International Development and MA in Politics of Climate Change, where the fees are already reduced).

PAIS's David Connolly will be giving this year's WICID Annual Lecture on the topic of "Reimagining Impact: Peace and Dev...
27/05/2026

PAIS's David Connolly will be giving this year's WICID Annual Lecture on the topic of "Reimagining Impact: Peace and Development in the Polycrisis Era" 👨‍🏫
Join us in person or online to hear how impact assessments can adapt to our rapidly changing world.
📆 10 June
⏰ 14:00-15:30
📍 S0.20 / MS Teams
🔗 Register here: https://forms.office.com/e/yHM2ctbSVx

Our wonderful MA International Security Student, Sophie, attended the BISA ‘Policy Lab’ on AI recently, bringing togethe...
26/05/2026

Our wonderful MA International Security Student, Sophie, attended the BISA ‘Policy Lab’ on AI recently, bringing together academics and policy makers from government and key think tanks. She reflects on her experience in BISA's blog (https://buff.ly/RZ2fSq6 ), and drafted a great policy brief (https://buff.ly/qzADKFr ).

These are the kinds of opportunities a PAIS MA can offer – we have 7 great programmes, lots of interesting modules and this year are offering attractive and generous scholarships to home and overseas students (https://buff.ly/MPksefi ).

Lots of great reasons to study for your masters degree in PAIS starting in September 2026!

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