Section: News
2009
Sara Dorman's "African Affairs" Tops Journal Rankings
[11 Nov 2009]
NATO Secretary-General Gave Public Lecture
Tuesday 17 November 2009 at 2pm [05 Nov 2009]
PhD Workshop on 'The Role of Ideas in Political Analysis'
Open To All PhD Students in Politics/IR [28 Oct 2009]
Europa Institute Conference & Special Transatlantic Seminar Event
The European Union and Global Financial Turmoil [22 Oct 2009]
Prof. John Peterson Named to Academy of Social Sciences
The Academy of Social Sciences has awarded Academician status to Prof. John Peterson, along with other distinguished senior social scientists, for his "significant contribution to the social sciences." [12 Oct 2009]
Transatlantic Seminar Programme Change
Seminar on 16th October Rescheduled [09 Oct 2009]
ESRC Quota Awards Available
Politics and IR have been awarded two ESRC studentships for entry in September 2010 [05 Oct 2009]
Sir Bernard Crick Fellowships 2009/2010 Awarded
Edinburgh Politics & IR are delighted to congratulate the recipients of our annual Sir Bernard Crick Fellowships [05 Oct 2009]
ESRC International Training and Networking Grant
Awarded to Dr Andrew Neal [29 Sep 2009]
Politics IR Students Awarded University Prize
The 2009 Sir William Darling Memorial Prize has been jointly awarded to three Edinburgh students, two of whom - Darcy Leigh and Rachel Wookey - are newly minted graduates of Edinburgh PIR [10 Jul 2009]
A Tribute to Sir Bernard Crick
A Reflection on his Life and Work [06 Jul 2009]
Dr Liz Cripps Wins BA Post Doc
Dr Elizabeth Cripps has been awarded a three-year British Academy Postdoctoral Award for her research project, Collective Action, Collective Responsibility and a New Environmental Ethics. [29 May 2009]
Teaching Excellence of Politics/IR Acclaimed by Students
11 different members of Politics/IR staff recently were nominated for outstanding teaching awards by their students. Politics/IR was also nominated for the 'best subject area' award. The awards were offered for the first time in 2009 by EUSA, the University's student union.
Read more here:
http://www.ed.ac.uk/news/all-news/eusa-awards-230409
The premier honour awarded to any individual member of staff at the University - for 'Overall High Performer' - was given to Dr Elizabeth Bomberg. Elizabeth is shown here with her award.
To learn more about our commitment to teaching excellence, click here.
Back Row (L-R): Professor John Peterson, Dr Seán Molloy, Dr Andrew Neal
Middle Row (L-R): Dr Fiona Mackay, Dr Cecile Fabre, Dr Wilfried Swenden, Dr Caroline Bouchard, Dr Claire Duncanson
Front Row (L-R): Dr Chad Damro, Award Winner Dr Elizabeth Bomberg, Dr Mark Aspinwall
Politics/IR staff host Climate Change Workshop
On 1 May Elizabeth Bomberg (Politics and IR) hosted a workshop on ' Climate Change and Inter-Governmental Relations in Transatlantic Perspective' in the Raeburn Room, Old College.
[04 May 2009]John Peterson Takes Up Visiting Professorship in Paris
John Peterson will take up a Visiting Professorship at the Institut d'Études Politiques ('Sciences Po') in May and June 2009. [04 May 2009]
Sir Bernard Crick Tribute
Friends and colleagues of Sir Bernard Crick will gather for a public tribute event on Friday 29 May.
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Feedback, Learning and Assessment
As part of its strong commitment to feedback and assessment, Politics and International Relations have prepared a inventory of ongoing practices, new measures implemented in 2009-2010 and proposals for innovation and reform in 2010-2011. More information can be found here. [01 May 2009]
EUSA Teaching Awards
Students and colleagues in P&IR salute Elizabeth Bomberg, who has taken the premier award at EUSA's first annual Teaching Awards Dinner. [27 Apr 2009]
Richard Freeman completes Visiting Professorship
Richard Freeman has completed a brief Visiting Professorship at the Institut d'Études Politiques ('Sciences Po') in Paris. [14 Apr 2009]
Lynn Dobson to take up Fellowship at Centre for Advanced Study, Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
Dr Lynn Dobson will spend autumn semester 2009-10 in Oslo as a Fellow of the Centre for Advanced Study of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters [25 Mar 2009]
Chad Damro appointed Visiting Professor at College of Europe
Dr Chad Damro (Senior Lecturer of Politics and International Relations) has been appointed as a Visiting Professor at the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium. [19 Mar 2009]
Women in Cuba
50 Years after the Revolution. [16 Mar 2009]
Ten Years of the Scottish Parliament: achievements and futures. A one day conference on 12 May 2009
A ONE DAY CONFERENCE [13 Mar 2009]
MERCURY Project - Opening Conference
Edinburgh University will host delegates from Europe, Africa and Asia, as it begins a major three-year project studying the EUs contribution to a multilateral world order. [05 Mar 2009]
Aggression Linked to Human Gene
Edinburgh Politics IR researcher finds evidence of effects of 'warrior gene'. [27 Jan 2009]
Postgraduate Research Studentships & Scholarships
Applications now invited [08 Jan 2009]
Sir Bernard Crick, 1929-2008
Edinburgh Politics and IR deeply regret the passing of a legendary political scientist and honourary fellow. [05 Jan 2009]
This page was published on 15 July 2009