News

Two of our colleagues within the Department have recently contributed to the edited book United Nations Peace Operations and International Relations Theory. Edited by Kseniya Oksamytna and John Karslrud, the book…Read More >

Cait Pilkington interviews Dr Mark Shanahan on what emerged from the recent Party Conventions in the US, and what we should be looking out for as election day (November 3)…Read More >

International Organisation crucially depend on the legitimation and support of their member states, but which states legitimate IOs, and why? Dr Martin Binder and Prof. Monika Heupel look at this…Read More >

Our PhD student Lydia Messling, who recently successfully completed her Viva, was quoted in an Inside Science article entitled ‘When Physics Faced the Darkest Part of Reality’. Check it out…Read More >

Dr Geoff Sloan has written for the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI) on ‘The Geopolitics of Post-Brexit Britain’ You can check it out here: https://www.fpri.org/article/2020/06/the-geopolitics-of-post-brexit-britain/

Dr Kerry Goettlich’s encyclopedia article on IR’s narratives explaining (mostly implicitly) the globalisation of linear borders is out now: https://www.academia.edu/43322683/The_Rise_of_Linear_Borders

The Department’s formidable Dr Sarah von Billerbeck‘s new article ‘No Action Without Talk? UN Peacekeeping, Discourse, and Institutional Self-Legitimisation’ is available now You can check it out here: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/review-of-international-studies/article/no-action-without-talk-un-peacekeeping-discourse-and-institutional-selflegitimation/C237FE9973BA9C8F21D2B53CFFB351F4

Check out the new article from Dr Daphne Halikopoulou and Dr Tim Vlandas on how the correlation between anti-immigration attitudes and far right party success does not automatically and necessarily…Read More >

Congratulations to Dr Mark Shanahan, Dr Dawn Clarke, Dr Kenton White and Dr Carl Gibson for being nominated for a RUSU Excellence Award for their teaching. A big thank you…Read More >

Looking for some excitement to start your Thursday? Then look no further! Our very own Dr Mark Shanahan has combined his two loves – Dwight D Eisenhower with his ever-growing…Read More >