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PAIS-BSIA Research Workshop, Canada, September, 2016

The research workshop bringing together PAIS colleagues with scholars from the Balsillie School of International Affairs took place in Waterloo in September 22nd-24th, 2016.

This was a tremendously successful and fruitful set of substantive research discussions between a variety of established scholars and early career researchers from Waterloo, Wilfried Laurier, and eight Warwick academics.

Keynote lectures were given by Lena Rethel on ‘The Politics of Financial Ideas: Grafting Islamic Finance’ and Nick Vaughan-Williams on ‘European Border Security and the “2015 Mediterranean migration crisis”’.

Centred on two broad thematic areas – migration, borders and security on the one hand, and the global political economy of trade and finance on the other – the workshop has led to no fewer than five well-developed research project ideas.

These ideas are being actively pursued, with follow up meetings planned amongst the project groups to coincide with various international conferences - and bids for external funding in prospect within the next eighteen months.

Thanks in particular go to John Ravenill, Suzan Ilcan and Andrew Thompson of the Balsillie School who made us feel so welcome, and organised a wonderful programme of events, both academic and social. On the Warwick side Ben Clift, Jill Pavey, and Jade Perkins were key to making the visit such a success.

With our double MA degree already established we look forward to further deepening the relationship with BSIA over the coming years across research and teaching activities.

PAIS-BSIA Research Workshop, Canada, September, 2016

Mon 10 Oct 2016, 11:17 | Tags: Staff PhD Postgraduate Undergraduate Research