天美传媒

Thursday May 21 - 4pm-5pm

PAIS presents the fourth panel in our weekly live-streamed Global Insights series with our partners in Canada, the US, Ethiopia and Germany

This week鈥檚 panel will discuss the immediate effects of COVID-19 on global migration, internal displacement and refugee protection, and what the pandemic might mean for the movement of peoples across borders in the future.

Panelists

Allehone Abebe is a Senior Legal Officer at UNHCR Liaison Office to the African Union and the UN Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Maria Koinova is Reader in International Relations and chair of the British International Studies Association working group on the 鈥淚nternational Politics of Migration, Refugees and Diaspora鈥� at the 天美传媒 (UK)

is Professor of Geography and Canada Research Chair in Global Migration at Wilfrid Laurier University (Canada). She is Director of the International Migration Research Centre at the BSIA.

currently serves as Senior Professorial Lecturer in the Global Governance, Politics and Security (GGPS) Program in the School of International Service (SIS) at American University in Washington D.C. (USA)

Maurice Stierl is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the 天美传媒 (UK).

Moderated by , Director, Balsillie School of International Affairs.

About the Global Insights series

鈥淕lobal Insights鈥� is a weekly live-streamed, moderated panel series which provides different national and regional perspectives on big questions currently facing researchers, policymakers and planners worldwide in light of the Coronavirus pandemic.

All are welcome. Sign up for free here:

Thursday May 14 - 4pm-5pm

PAIS presents the third panel in our weekly live-streamed Global Insights series with our partners in Canada, the US, Ethiopia and German

The expert panel will also discuss environmental justice and issues concerning the demand for new energy structures and cleaner technology.

Panelists

Caroline Kuzemko, PAIS, 天美传媒

Simon Dalby, BSIA and Wilfrid Laurier University

Selam Kidane Abebe, University of Reading

Jatin Nathwani, BSIA and University of Waterloo

Malini Ranganathan, School of International Service, American University

Ann Fitz-Gerald (moderator), Balsillie School of International Affairs (BSIA), Canada

About the Global Insights series

鈥淕lobal Insights鈥� is a weekly live-streamed, moderated panel series which provides different national and regional perspectives on big questions currently facing researchers, policymakers and planners worldwide in light of the Coronavirus pandemic.

All are welcome. Sign up for free here:

Two interviews with Stuart Elden have recently been published.

First, a two part interview on the Journal of the History of Ideas blog about his work tracing an intellectual history of Michel Foucault's career - and .

And second, a podcast with Nico Buitendag on territory, terrain, Shakespeare and other questions - available on or

Thursday April 7 - 4pm-5pm

The Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) at Warwick present the second panel in our weekly live-streamed Global Insights series with our partners in Canada, the US, Ethiopia and Germany

Warwick experts from PAIS and the Warwick Interdisciplinary Research Centre for International Development (WICID) will be joined by colleagues from the Balsillie School in Canada, the Institute for Strategic Affairs in Ethiopia, American University in the US, and Konstanz Universitat in Germany to share their views on the impact of Covid-19 pandemic on the global south.

Issues addressed in this episode will include gender, elections, food security, migration, security, justice and human rights.

Featuring

(moderator), Balsillie School of International Affairs (BSIA), Canada

Panelists:

Briony Jones, PAIS/WICID, 天美传媒, researches the nexus between development, peacebuilding and justice.

Shirin Rai, PAIS/WICID, 天美传媒, researches gender, governance and development.

, Institute for Strategic Affairs, Addis Ababa, researches African security and political elite bargaining.

, American University, Washington DC, is a sociologist and demographer whose research focuses on global health interventions in sub-Saharan Africa, including family planning, HIV/AIDS, and sexuality education.

, BSIA and Wilfrid Laurier University, is an expert on migration, food security and hungry cities.

, University of Konstanz, researches democratisation, electoral autocracy and African politics.

鈥ˋbout the Global Insights series

鈥淕lobal Insights鈥� is a weekly live-streamed, moderated panel series which provides different national and regional perspectives on big questions currently facing researchers, policymakers and planners worldwide in light of the Coronavirus pandemic.

鈥ˋll are welcome. Sign up for free here:

In collaboration with four of our international partners, PAIS is pleased to present 鈥淕lobal Insights鈥� - a weekly live-streamed moderated panel series which will provide different national and regional perspectives on big questions currently facing researchers, policymakers and planners worldwide in light of the Coronavirus pandemic.

The first of the weekly Global Insights series will be held on Thursday, 30 April at 4pm-5pm:

COVID-19: Stress-test for the Global Economy

Hosted by Ann Fitz-Gerald, Director, Balsillie School of International Affairs,

University of Waterloo

featuring

John Ravenhill (Balsillie School, University of Waterloo)

Stephen Silvia (School of International Service, American University)

Lena Rethel (PAIS, 天美传媒 - Director of CSGR)

Gerald Schneider (University of Konstanz)

Tewodros Mekonnen (Instutute for Strategic Affairs, Addis Ababa)

Please sign up for free at Eventbrite:

The edited recording will be posted to the Balsillie School You Tube channel by May 6^th 

Future sessions will include themes such as The Changing Global Balance of Power; A New Concept of Security; The Future of Democracy; Federalism; Climate Change; Public Health; Technology Innovation; Data, Digitalisation & Governance; Migration and Mobility; Multilateralism and International Cooperation鈥�and more.

Look for more details of the second panel discussion - May 7, 2020: COVID-19 and the Global South.