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Geopolitical Risk Programme, July 2026

Todd H. Hall

Todd H. Hall

Lucas Kello

Lucas Kello

Desmond King

Neil Unsworth

David Doyle

Jane Green

Jane Green

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DPIR alumnus Dr Daniel Barker Flores wins top APSA Award for best dissertation in the field of comparative politics

Alumni

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Professor Patricia Owens elected a Fellow of the British Academy

Patricia Owens

Patricia Owens

Professor Jane Green

DPIR’s Jane Green awarded Honorary Fellowship from the MRS

Jane Green

Jane Green

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Professor David Doyle to take up role as Pro-Vice-Chancellor for People and Culture; Professor David Rueda appointed Interim Head of Department

David Doyle

F. David Rueda

F David Rueda

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Warm wishes to all our students leaving DPIR this summer - stay connected

Meng-Ping Hsu

Alumni

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DPIR’s Dr Meera Sabaratnam wins Teaching Excellence Award

Meera Sabaratnam

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DPIR proudly supporting the Centre for Advanced Social Science Methods (CASSM)

Ben Ansell

Anne-Charlotte Gimenez

Sophie Cardin

Sophie Cardin scoops top APSA award for paper on history of Yiddish political thought

Sophie Cardin

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Announcing the launch of a new MSc in Politics of Global Challenges

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Nobel-prize winning economist Professor Daron Acemoğlu discusses the future of AI at Q&A session

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Warmest wishes to all our leavers – and stay connected!

Alejandro Posada Téllez

Alumni