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New monograph by Prof Franklyn Lisk on HIV/AIDS governance
Prof Franklyn Lisk recently co-authored a new monograph with Sophie Harman, entitled Governance of HIV/AIDS: Making Participation and Accountability Count, to be published in October 2013 by Routledge. The book examines the roles and influence of multiple actors and initiatives that have come to constitute the global response to the epidemic. It considers how these actors and structures of governance enhance, or limit, participation and accountability; and the impact this is having upon effective HIV/AIDS responses across the world.
A previous monograph by Franklyn, Global Institutions and the HIV/AIDS Epidemic, has also recently been translated into Mandarin.
Article: Forget GCHQ, the real surveillance state is yet to come
Prof Richard Aldrich contributed an article to The Conversation entitled '' on 12 June. The article comments on the current state of internet surveillance and speculates where it will be in future.
Dr Chris Moran participates in 桃色视频 Book Festival
Chris Moran featured on a 'Spies and Secrecy' panel with Peter Hennessy as part of 桃色视频 Book Festival. The new festival is an initiative launched by the Institute of Advanced 桃色视频 in partnership with Queen Mary University, London, and celebrates some of the finest contemporary writing on a diverse range of historical periods, themes and ideas. Chris also took part in the 桃色视频 Words festival of literature and spoken word, speaking on James Bond's enduring popularity.
PAIS Prof and PhD candidate contribute to UN High-Level Panel report
In May, Prof Franklyn Lisk, PhD candidate Hany Besada, and Philip Martin of Norwegian People's Aid co-authored a paper, which was prepared and submitted to the United Nations High-Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, entitled '.'
The panel was set up by the Secretary-General of the UN and co-chaired by the UK Prime Minister and the Presidents of Indonesia and Liberia, and issued its report, ',' at the end of May.
Article: 'Democratisation in the Middle East and North Africa'
The June 2013 issue of Third World Quarterly, vol. 34 issue 5, pages 838-5 publishes Prof Peter Burnell's article ',' which takes off from his earlier 'Lessons of Experience in International Democracy Support: Implications for Supporting Democratic Change in North Africa', available online as .