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As tensions escalate between Cambodia and Thailand along the borders, young participant-researchers from both countries met in Kuala Lumpur to plan peaceful responses. Since beginning their collaborative research last year into the drivers of cross-border online conflict, they have built a strong network, recently naming it Peace Developer, committed to countering harmful narratives. During the visit, they also met with local Malaysians to learn from the country’s multicultural experience, exploring how such models might inform approaches to regional tension.

The gathering was part of a broader participatory and action-oriented research project co-developed with Women Peace Makers (Cambodia), Wocation (Thailand), and PAIS PhD Candidate Raymond Hyma, whose doctoral research explores what happens to peace research when those affected by conflict become the researchers themselves. The visit was supported by PAIS through the ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ Impact Fund.

In a new article in The Conversation, PAIS's Tom Long and co-author Carsten-Andreas Schulz draw on an overlooked French intervention in Mexico to reflect on the tensions underpinning today's crisis of international order.

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The European Research Council has awarded five ERC Advanced Grants to The University of ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ, the third most of any UK institution.

Congratulations to Gabrielle Lynch for being awarded a 5 year ERC Advanced Grant for a project entitled Judges’ Off-Bench Activities: Evidence and Theory on Judicial Politics from Africa.

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8bitNews Japan hosted a podcast with Professor Yuji Uesugi (Waseda University), Professor Allison McCulloch (Brandon University) and Professor Neophytos Loizides (PAIS, University of ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ)

Watch on YouTube the key debates and lessons from the InclusivePeace workshop in Tokyo in June 2015.

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Gender inequality in political institutions remains a major social and political issue, especially in the case of executive bodies. Against the background of a scholarly literature that recognises women confront barriers in their careers, we take a fresh look at gender and leadership. We look at the backgrounds and experience of the individuals who have occupied leadership positions in the European Commission under three Commission Presidencies between 2004 and 2019. In a first step, we attempt to determine whether there are distinct, well-trodden routes to the positions of Commissioner and of Director General – the top administrative stratum in the organisation. In the second, we compare the pathways taken by men and women.