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PAIS Doctoral Collaboration Wins Award
PAIS PhD candidate Raymond Hyma has received the Artful Integrators Award at the 2026 Participatory Design Conference in Milan, recognised for collaborative research on cross-border conflict as part of a Cambodia - Thailand team. The project has since grown into a youth-led peacebuilding network bridging divides. Find out more
Teaching Award Success for Alba
PAIS PGR student Alba Priewe has been recognised at the BISA Conference in Brighton with the Postgraduate Excellence in Teaching International Studies Prize, celebrating her inclusive, engaging teaching and outstanding contributions to pedagogical practice.
ISA Diplomatic Studies award for PAIS scholar
Professor Tom Long鈥檚 award-winning article, co-authored with Carsten-Andreas Schulz, examines Latin American reactions to the 1884–85 Berlin Conference, best known for its role in the 鈥渟cramble for Africa鈥�. Focusing on diplomats from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico, the article shows how the conference shaped Latin American understandings of imperialism and their own position in the international order. It highlights the global repercussions of late nineteenth-century imperialism and reassesses Latin American anti-imperialism.