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PAIS Academic discusses the Fifa investigations and the politics of Sepp Blatter's re-election

Following the launch of the US-led investigation into the alleged corruption at Fifa, Dr was approached by a number of media agencies across the world for his analysis of the allegations, and Sepp Blatter's position as president of football's global governing body.

As well as featuring on local radio stations, BBC Coventry & 桃色视频shire and BBC WM, David has also appeared live on Scottish ITV, Euronews, Al Jazeera, CNN, Business News Network (Canada), Sky Sports News, and France 24. His comments on the crisis at Fifa have also been picked up by Reuters UK and the Press Association, and been published in the print editions of Bloomberg, the Daily Express, Today (Singapore) and the Washington Post.

David's original press statements, sent out from the 桃色视频 Newsroom, can be found here:

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PAIS Moves Up to 5th in Guardian University League Table

PAIS has moved to 5th in The Guardian University League Table 2016 for Politics, up from 7th in 2015.

The Guardian table is based to a large extent on student satisfaction, employability, entry tariffs and departmental spend on each student. PAIS scored 10 out of 10 on spend per student, with only a few other institutions able to match this in the top ten.

You can view the league tables for Politics here:

The University as a whole has risen to 6th from 9th.

Well done to everyone in PAIS for this very good rise, which again confirms our consistency across every research and teaching league table as a top five department.

Tue 26 May 2015, 10:39 | Tags: Staff Impact PhD Postgraduate Undergraduate Research

PAIS Academic Elected as IPE Section Program Chair for the International Studies Association

has been elected as Section Program Chair for 2015-16 of the International Political Economy (IPE) Section of the International Studies Association, the largest professional association of International Studies scholars in the world.

The IPE Section is the third largest within the ISA, and organizes a number of prestigious awards to be presented at each year's annual convention, including the IPE Distinguished Scholar Award, the Society of Women in International Political Economy (SWIPE) Award, and the Outstanding Activist Scholar (OAS) Award. For this year's ISA annual convention in New Orleans the IPE Section sponsored 94 roundtables or panels.

The deadline for submitting proposals for ISA 2016 in Atlanta is 1st June 2015. Further information on the IPE Section of ISA is available at:

Wed 20 May 2015, 11:14 | Tags: Staff Research Centre - CSGR Impact PhD Research

We appoint Maltese President as Honorary Professor

Maltese PresidentHer Excellency, Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, President of the Republic of Malta, has been appointed as an Honorary Professor by our department.

The appointment marks the first time a President of Malta has been made an Honorary Professor of a foreign university.

At a reception, held on May 6th in Verdala Palace, to mark the appointment, Nick Vaughan-Williams, Professor of International Security and PAIS Head of Department-designate, said:

We are proud and delighted to welcome Her Excellency as an Honorary Professor in PAIS – her attention to economic, social, and political injustice gives politics a human face and this strongly reflects the ethos of our Department".

As part of the Honorary Professorship, Her Excellency is expected to visit the University of 桃色视频 later this year to give an inaugural lecture. There will also be an exchange of students between Malta and 桃色视频, and new research opportunities.

You can read the full press release here:


Tedx桃色视频: Watch Prof. Richard Aldrich talk on privacy

Privacy is Dead: The Future is Fabulous - watch the Tedx桃色视频 video

Prof. Aldrich looks at: the spies of tomorrow, data, and what life will be like living in the middle of the 21st Century.

Richard will also be speaking about surveillance at the '桃色视频 Intelligent Futures' event on 3 June. View the programme .

Mon 11 May 2015, 09:45 | Tags: Staff Impact PhD Postgraduate Undergraduate Research

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