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Cecile Fabre and Kalypso Nicolaïdis contributing to Twelve Stars project
16 August 2018
Cecile Fabre and Kalypso Nicolaïdis are taking part in Twelve Stars: New Thoughts for Europe, an innovative and interactive initiative bringing together citizens and practical philosophers in online debates about the future of the European Union....
DPIR alumni running for US Congress
16 August 2018
DPIR alumni, Andy Kim (MPhil, DPhil IR) and Tom Malinowski (MPhil Politics), are running for seats in the US Congress....
Paul Chaisty and Ricardo Soares de Oliveira receive Recognition of Distinction
14 August 2018
We are delighted to announce that Paul Chaisty and Ricardo Soares de Oliveira have been included in the University of Oxford's 2018 Recognition of Distinction Awards, which confers the title of full Professor and recognises distinguished contributions and excellent records in both research and teaching, as well as service to the wider University. ...
Remembering A.H.M. Kirk-Greene
01 August 2018
Anthony (Tony) Kirk-Greene served in India during the Second World War. He graduated from Cambridge in 1950, and joined the Colonial Administrative Service. In 1967, he came from Nigeria’s Ahmadu Bello University to Oxford on a five-year fellowship and was elected to a Senior Research Fellowship until his retirement in 1992....
Ben Ansell elected as a Fellow of the British Academy
20 July 2018
Ben Ansell, Professor of Comparative Democratic Institutions, has been elected as Fellow of the British Academy, in recognition of his work in the field of comparative political economics, specifically the politics of education, the interplay between inequality and democratisation, and the effects of housing price booms and busts on political preferences....
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The Oxford University Politics Blog
Who is Afraid of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh?
President Donald Trump’s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the US Supreme Court has unsurprisingly been greeted by delight from the Right and despair from the Left. The chance to...