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PAIS are great at what we do; Comparative Politics, IR & Security, Political Theory, IPE, Environmental Politics and more.

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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 14h
📰 New publication from PAIS's Oz Hassan in the Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour 📰
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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
PAIS's Professor Franklyn Lisk, the university's Deputy Pro-Vice Chancellor (Africa), somehow also finds time for research. 📰 His new article, co-authored with his counterpart at Stellenbosch University, Professor Sibusiso Moyo, is out now in the Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management.
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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
📰 New academic year, new publications 📰 Interested in the role masculinity plays in US elections and Trump's foreign policy? Then do not miss the new article "From Domestic Contestation to Alpha Male Foreign Policy: Phantasies of Masculinity and the US Self".
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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
PAIS's Özlem Atikcan and Charles Crabtree at Monash University have won a Monash-Warwick Alliance Research Activation Fund grant 🎉
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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Welcome week brings the first BREM (Borders, Race, Ethnicity and Migration) event of the year: a book talk for PAIS's own Vicki Squire!
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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A double success for PAIS 🥳 We are proud to be ranked 5th in the UK for both Politics and International Relations in the Guardian University Guide 2027. The results represent a significant advance on last year and recognise the strength of the student experience and outcomes at PAIS.
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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
We are excited to be collaborating with @psaenvironmental.bsky.social to host a workshop on ‘The Environmental Politics of War’ in September. Full details and sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-enviro...
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The Environmental Politics of War
This workshop will foster critical discussions around the environmental politics of war and conflict.
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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
PAIS Professor Tom Long has published a new essay in Foreign Affairs, co-authored with Stewart Patrick of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. “The Small Suffer What They Must?” explores how disruptions to the global order affect smaller states and why this matters to great powers too.
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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
🏆️ Huge congratulations to PAIS's Keith Hyams and @jtsuth.bsky.social who recently won Warwick Award for Public and Community Engagement for online engagement!
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PSA Environmental Politics Specialist Group @psaenvironmental.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
🎤We've just added a new set of speakers to our Environmental Politics of War workshop programme @warwickpais.bsky.social. Check it out below! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-enviro...
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The Environmental Politics of War
This workshop will foster critical discussions around the environmental politics of war and conflict.
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PSA Environmental Politics Specialist Group @psaenvironmental.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Our workshop is just over a month away, and spots are filling up fast! Reserve yours! 🤩🌎👇🏼 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-enviro... #climatejustice #nowar @warwickpais.bsky.social
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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
PAIS's @alexjabbour.bsky.social's co-authored article "Mass attitudes towards Russia’s aggression against Ukraine: Tentative support for top-down opinion formation" is out now in @ejprjournal.bsky.social 📰 👓
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PSA Environmental Politics Specialist Group @psaenvironmental.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Join speakers from @warwickpais.bsky.social @ids.ac.uk @ununiversity.bsky.social @ceobs.org @militaryemissions.org @chathamhouse.org @uva.nl @hassfacultyncl.bsky.social @polisatleeds.bsky.social at our 'Environmental Politics of War' workshop. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-enviro...
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The Environmental Politics of War
This workshop will foster critical discussions around the environmental politics of war and conflict.
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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
PAIS's Tom Long published an essay in the prominent magazine Foreign Affairs, entitled "The Small Suffer What They Must?" with Stewart Patrick of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
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The Small Suffer What They Must?
Band together or struggle alone in a disordered world.
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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
We are excited to be collaborating with @psaenvironmental.bsky.social to host a workshop on 'The Environmental Politics of War' in September. Full details and sign-up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-enviro...
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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
In a new essay in Foreign Policy, PAIS's Tom Long and Carsten-Andreas Schulz assess the legacies and lessons of the overlooked bicentenary of Simón Bolívar’s 1826 Congress of Panama. foreignpolicy.com/2026/07/15/p...
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The Other American Anniversary
The 1826 Congress of Panama sought to resist the predations of great powers. It was as relevant then as it is now.
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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
🎓 Congratulations to the PAIS Class of 2026! We were delighted to celebrate our graduates at the PAIS Reception and University Graduation Ceremony. Thank you to our inspiring alumna speaker, Rachael Crook, and to all the families, friends and staff who made the day so special.
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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
📺️ For our last look this week at the JCMS special issue, we also have a video summary of Kerem Öge's co-authored article with Manuel Quintin, "Framing Artificial Intelligence: Public Discourse on Facial Recognition in the European Union and the United States". youtu.be/mzAzu4TchOY?...
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The Changing Discourse on Facial Recognition Technology
Facial recognition technology has become increasingly common in our daily lives. However, its use raises questions about privacy, security, and human rights. Dr Kerem Öge at the University of Warwick…
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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
📰 Another PAIS researcher, Kerem Öge, is also featured in the "Tracing Frame Trajectories in Policy Debates: Placing the EU in Global Discourse Networks" special issue of the Journal of Common Market Studies.
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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
📺️ Our final look at Özlem Atikcan's work from her co-edited special issue of the Journal of Common Market Studies comes in video form. youtu.be/5dAalYnSs-I?...
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How the Migration Debate in Europe Changed During the ‘Crisis’ Years
The way we talk about complex issues shapes how we understand and respond to them. In social science, different ways of presenting an issue are called ‘frames’, which are like lenses that highlight…
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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
📰 The third article that Özlem Atikcan has co-written as part of the Journal of Common Market Studies special issue we're featuring this week applies the conceptual work done in the previous piece to the European "refugee crisis".
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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
📰 The second article we're featuring this week from Özlem Atikcan's co-edited special issue of the Journal of Common Market Studies is the conceptual article she co-authored with Anna Holzscheiter, "Discourse Networks and Contentious Global Public Policy".
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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
📰 The first article we're featuring from Özlem Atikcan's co-edited special issue of the Journal of Common Market Studies is the introduction article, "Tracing Frame Trajectories in Policy Debates: Placing the EU in Global Discourse Networks"
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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
PAIS's Özlem Atikcan has co-edited a special issue of the Journal of Common Market Studies "Tracing Frame Trajectories in Policy Debates: Placing the EU in Global Discourse Networks" with Anna Holzscheiter, Jean-Frédéric Morin and Tim Henrichsen.
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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Our student's outstanding learning experience is not limited to the classroom: 94.1% of PAIS students who completed this year's NSS responded positively to questions about teaching staff supporting learning and contacting teaching staff 👩‍🏫 👨‍🏫
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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Not that there's any bias from the teaching fellow on our social media team but it comes as no surprise that students love our teaching 😊
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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The NSS results are in and Justin's promotion efforts paid off with a 79.3% response rate 🎉
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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
📰 PAIS's Kerem Öge and co-authors cut through the noise on AI in this insightful study of AI adoption in Higher Education, published recently in Education Sciences 🎓️ 🔗 Read it here: doi.org/10.3390/educ...
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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Interested in interdisciplinary approaches to democracy? PAIS's Mike Saward published an article in Design Issues earlier this year proposing exactly that 📰 ✏️ 🔗 Read it here: doi.org/10.1162/DESI...
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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
📢 New publication alert!📢 Mareike Beck has a new article "Everyday Asset Struggles: Debt work, social reproduction and the (new) logics of inequality" out in New Political Economy 📰 👓 🔗 Read it here: doi.org/10.1080/1356...
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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Interested in the second Trump administration's policies towards Latin America? Check out PAIS's Professor Tom Long's conversation on the topic with students and colleagues at the University of São Paulo last month 📺️ 📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5qX...
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Seminário | United States’ Perspectives on Latin America under the Second Trump Administration
O Núcleo de Pesquisa em Relações Internacionais da Universidade de São Paulo (NUPRI-USP) convida a todas e todos para o evento ‘United States’ Perspectives on Latin America under the Second Trump…
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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
📢 Call for participants 📢 PhD researcher Paola Medina-Gonzalez is seeking PGRs and ECRs to participate in an interdisciplinary workshop on war, conflicts and colonisation in the non-English-speaking Caribbean.
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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Today Ankara in Turkey will host the 2026 NATO Summit. If your interested in studying NATO and similar international organisations please visit our website to find out more!
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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
The United States marks its 250th anniversary this weekend. At PAIS, our academics and researchers are leading work on key themes in US politics. Interested? Explore our UG & PG courses. We're top 50 globally + scholarships available. buff.ly/v2RbXTj
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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
New for 2026/27: the MA Work Placement Module at PAIS Warwick. Apply your research skills to real-world policy and practice challenges, work with PAIS academics, build professional experience, and strengthen your employability. #WarwickPAIS #PostgraduateStudy #Policy #ResearchImpact
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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
This heatwave is a reminder: climate change is already shaping everyday life. Study the politics behind global responses on Warwick’s MA in the Politics of Climate Change 🌿 (Image Credit: Alisdare Hickson) warwick.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/courses/ma-politics-climate-change/
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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
This week, PAIS PhD candidate Raymond Hyma accepted the Artful Integrators Award at the 2026 Participatory Design Conference in Milan, Italy. The award recognises groups that have developed exceptionally creative new forms of participation and collaboration in design.
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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
PAIS hosted its annual Policy Hackathon (19 June), bringing together 42 students to tackle “greenlash” Brilliant ideas, strong teamwork, and invaluable real-world skills in action. 👏 Thanks to our judges & to Warwick Enterprise for their support #WeArePAIS #Warwick
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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
On 1 July, Professor Tom Long will speak at online event on the state of inter-American cooperation, hosted by Young Professionals in Foreign Policy and Pan American Strategic Advisors.
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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Warwick rises to 68th globally in QS rankings At PAIS, we’re proud to contribute - top global Politics department + top 2 in the Russell Group for 10 years for student experience.
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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Congrats to PAIS PGR student Alba Priewe 🎉 Awarded the Postgraduate Excellence in Teaching International Studies Prize at #BISA2026 in Brighton. Recognised for inclusive, engaging teaching and a strong contribution to pedagogical culture 🌍👏
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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 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.
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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Hannah Owens is running various events during Refugee Week from 15-20 June in both Coventry and Norwich.
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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
PAIS academics and PhD researchers will be out in force at this week’s @mybisa.bsky.social conference in Brighton, showcasing the breadth, depth and cutting-edge quality of research taking place across the department. #BISA2026
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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Happy times at the recent Warwick-@utoronto.ca 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!)
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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 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).
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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
📢 New publication! PAIS's @ashaherten.bsky.social has a new article out in @jcms-eu.bsky.social "Unreachable, Inescapable: Sustainable Development as Normative Camouflage in EU–MERCOSUR Trade". 📰
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Joseph Haigh @josephhaigh.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Militarism does seem to be central to Starmer's brand. Last year, I wrote about how Starmer and many other political candidates foregrounded military themes ahead of 2024 - not least, by living vicariously through ancestors with military connections and other forms of vicarious militarism.
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A Family Affair: The Uses and Abuses of Vicarious Identity in Political Rhetoric During the 2024 General Election
The 2024 UK general election saw candidates make frequent rhetorical references to parents and grandparents. But what are the political functions and implications of such references? Drawing together...
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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 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.
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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 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.
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