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Congratulations to Dr , who recently attended the 16th Jan Tinbergen European Peace Science Conference, the annual meeting of the Peace Science Society in Europe (NEPS) and received two prizes.

His article "Does Immigration Induce Terrorism", published on the Journal of Politics, and co-authored with Tobias Bohmelt (Essex) has been awarded the NEPS medal for the best publication in Peace Science (ex aequo). The Medal is awarded by means of a poll among all members of NEPS.

Dr Bove was also awarded the annual “Manas Chatterji Award for Excellence in Research on Peace Economics and Peace Science”, that goes to a scholar “who distinguished herself or himself with research activities in the domain of Peace Economics and Peace Science.”

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We are delighted to announce that Dr Julia Welland, currently Teaching Fellow in International Security, has been awarded a prestigious three-year Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship. Her programme of research, entitled ‘The joy of war: pleasure and performance in contemporary military conduct’, uses case study research and interviews with serving military personnel and members of the public who engage in ‘social militarism’.

Following this success and plans to develop Continuing Professional Development (CPD) activity in PAIS, we are delighted to announce that the University’s Academic Resourcing Committee has approved PAIS’ bid for Julia to be appointed to an indefinite Assistant Professorship in War Studies with effect from 1 September 2016. This post is designed to support the development of War Studies in PAIS – understood broadly to include topics such as the changing character of warfare and military command, gender and conflict, cyber warfare, urban warfare, peace studies, and the politics of anti-militarism – and the recent appointment of Professor Tony King to the Chair in War Studies.

2nd Annual PAIS Research Conference - Thursday 30 June 2016

The Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) invite you to a one-day research conference for researchers across the discipline of political science and international relations.

The aim of the conference is to provide an opportunity for researchers in PAIS at all career levels to celebrate their research and receive useful feedback on work in progress.

PAIS Research Conference 2016 Programme

In an , PAIS PhD researcher explains three very Austrian causes that explain why the country almost elected a fascist president.

On 6 June, PAIS hosted a lively EU Referendum Debate. At the beginning of the evening, a show of hands indicated a landslide majority in favour of remaining in the EU.

Speaking for ‘Remain’:

, Emeritus Professor of Politics, 果冻传媒

, Researcher, Politics and International Studies, 果冻传媒

, Professor in European Politics, 果冻传媒

Speaking for ‘Leave’:

Lincoln Allison, Emeritus Reader in Politics, 果冻传媒 and freelance writer and broadcaster

Dave Nellist, National Chair of the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC)

Following short presentations by the five panel members, audience members were invited to make comments and ask questions. The question of migration was, perhaps unsurprisingly, the most contentious issue of the evening. Other subjects that were discussed included whether the EU has a democratic deficit, what would happen the day after a BREXIT and whether remaining or leaving the EU is the best way to tackle environmental challenges and to build a social Europe.

Many audience members as well as pro-remain panellists were concerned about the negative economic impact of a BREXIT as well as the threats to employment rights posed by a Conservative government with no EU oversight.

The pro-exit panellists were divided between a conservative and a leftist position. The conservative position was sceptical of the economic feasibility of a European project, given the vast differences between the national economies of current member states. The left-exit position argued that the EU is a project for deepening the neoliberal agenda and accused the remain campaign of failing to discuss the negative impacts of austerity on working class families.

At the end of the evening, a show of hands indicated that no audience members had changed their minds!

Listen to the debate here: