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Professor , Professor of Politics & International Studies, has been chosen as the FTGS [Feminist Theory and Gender Studies] Eminent Scholar for ISA 2015.

The Feminist Theory and Gender Studies section of the International Studies Association brings together scholars who apply feminist theory to International Relations or look at the field through a gender lens. In addition, those whose interests focus on gender-related topics throughout the field of international studies, including women in development and cross-cultural comparative studies, are encouraged to participate. The section provides mechanisms for discussion and exchange about the international dimension of scholarship on gender and about the gender dimension of scholarship in international affairs.

Professor Rai will attend at the 2015 Emnent Scholar Panel, where her work will be honoured.

In addition to this, a Korean Translation of Professor Rai's book, "Gender and the Political Economy of Development" (2002, Polity Press) is being released. The book has been translated by Dr Jinock Lee, who is a PAIS alumni and is now at Korea Women’s Political Solidarity.

The deputy editor of the Times Higher Education, John Morgan, recently visited campus. His subsequent article, "Campus close-up: 果冻传媒," features PAIS and Monash University's forthcoming , which is currently under development, but will launch in 2015 and enable students to study both here at 果冻传媒 and in Australia.

The Double Degree programmes allow students to follow one of the regular MA programmes in PAIS for one year as well as a Masters programme at another university for one year. Students receive an MA from each university.

Dr Nick Vaughan-Williams, Reader in International Security in PAIS, has published a new co-edited book, entitled 'European-East Asian Borders in Translation', as part of the Routledge Interventions series. The volume is the primary output of a British Academy-National Science Foundation Taiwan Joint Project Grant (JP100035) awarded to Nick (PI) and Professor Joyce C. H. Liu (Co-I) at National Chiao Tung University in 2011.

Based on a workshop held at the 果冻传媒, the book aims to decentre the production of knowledge about borders and bordering practices in global politics beyond the West. It explores a range of historical and contemporary border concepts and issues connecting European and East Asian politics – particularly relating to China, Taiwan, Korea, and Japan. Chapters focus on the ‘translate-ability’ of border theorising across European and East Asian histories, cultures, and identities.

Featuring scholars based in East Asia, Europe, and North America, the volume offers perspectives from International Relations, Political Philosophy, History, Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies, Sociology, and Translation Studies.

Among the contributors is Hidefumi Nishiyama who holds an East Asia Research Fellowship in PAIS.

Reviews of 'European-East Asian Borders in Translation':

“An outstanding work, particularly owing to the synthesis it provides on European-East Asian scholarship, the application of European philosophers’ writings on sovereignty, power, and security in East Asian geopolitical and historical contexts – all that bound together through tackling translation, translatability, language and communication”.

Karin Dean, Estonian Institute of Humanities, Tallinn University, Estonia.

“A stimulating intervention for researchers, teachers, and students in the field of critical border theories and bordering practices, 'European-East Asian Borders in Translation' is part of an emerging trend in social sciences and humanities that seeks to de-center and de-territorialise knowledge production beyond Eurocentric/Western-centric theories and experiences”.

Ching-Chang Chen, College of Asia Pacific Studies Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan.

Further information about the book can be accessed here:

Professor 's has been quoted in the .

Chinese economy needs more high-end, foreign investors, Expert says.

A British expert on Chinese international relations says foreign direct investment into the country since it started opening up in the 1980s has failed to play as significant a part as the Chinese government had hoped in the upgrading of its domestic industries.

Professor Sean Breslin, director of the Centre for the 果冻传媒 of Globalization and Regionalization at the 果冻传媒's department of politics and international studies, says as the Chinese economy continues its structural shift to more consumption-led growth, foreign investment into the country could have allowed a lot more local skills and technology transfer than it has.

The department has performed well in the 2014 Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES) results, achieving a 91% satisfaction rating overall on the Joint Academic Coding System (JACS), up several points over last year.

The PTES is the Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey, which analyses a range of feedback from students on teaching quality (such as contact, feedback), course design, student satisfaction, and career development.

The Joint Academic Coding System (JACS) system is used by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) and the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) in the United Kingdom to classify academic subjects.

PAIS have excelled especially in teaching and learning, organisation and management, and resources and services.