Thanks, But No Thanks: Attitudes on Refugee Policy in the European Union

Research so far has predominantly focused on identifying the types of refugees that citizens across the EU and the US are more likely to welcome. While this work has helped us to uncover patterns of discrimination towards outgroup members, it has failed to inform us what kind of refugee policy is most likely to gain support. Our project addresses this shortcoming by focusing on what refugee policy Europeans want. We study attitudes in respect to the EU-level allocational regime for the refugees, level of border control, right to work, freedom of movement and the cost of the policy.

All Necessary Measures? The United Nations and International Intervention in Libya

In the book, I ask and offer personal answers to these questions: Was the international intervention in Libya a justified response to an impending massacre and wider threat to civilians, or were other motivations involved in seeking to oust Gaddafi and shape the future of an oil-rich country? What were the dynamics that brought about the resolutions of the UN Security Council, including the authorization of military action? How did NATO act upon that authorization, and did it exceed its mandate to protect civilians by seeking regime change?

Maria Pereira da Costa

I am an International Relations DPhil candidate at Balliol College. My research focuses on the different tactics used by Lusophone Africa’s main national liberation movements in establishing a diplomatic offensive against Portuguese colonialism within the UN, and how this can change our perspective on late colonial politics. In particular, I look at how the MPLA (Angola), FRELIMO (Mozambique) and PAIGC (Guinea-Bissau) went beyond armed struggle to achieve their ultimate aim: national independence.

Kendall Gardner

Kendall is a Marshall Scholar from the United States and a third-year DPhil in Politics candidate at the University of Oxford. Her doctoral research is in political theory, focusing on the relationship between climate-related land loss and liberalism. Specifically, she employs a critical methodology to challenge liberal theories of property and sovereignty through a "destabilised" land variable.

Exploring Transgender Politics: A Conversation with Catharine A. MacKinnon

Exploring Transgender Politics: A Conversation with Catharine A. MacKinnon with commentary by Clare Chambers, Sandra Fredman, and Mischa Shuman.

Professor Catharine A. MacKinnon is the Elizabeth A. Long Professor of Law at Michigan Law and the long-term James Barr Ames Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. She specialises in sex equality issues under international and domestic (including comparative, criminal, and constitutional) law.

PLP Colloquium: Catharine A. MacKinnon, 'Rape Redefined'

Rape Redefined: Kate O'Regan (Law) engages with Catharine A. MacKinnon.

Professor Catharine A. MacKinnon is the Elizabeth A. Long Professor of Law at Michigan Law and the long-term James Barr Ames Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. She specializes in sex equality issues under international and domestic (including comparative, criminal, and constitutional) law.

Kate O'Regan, the inaugural director of the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, will be opening the discussion.

Nature as an Asset or Nature as a Subject of Rights: Which way for addressing the global biodiversity crisis?

In 2021 and 2022, two high-level academic reports concerning the way humanity should deal with the fate of biodiversity were published: 'The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review' and the IPBES 'Assessment on Diverse Values and Valuation of Nature'. The former conceptualises nature as an asset, while the latter acknowledges a wide diversity of ways of conceiving of and valuing nature. As an expression of such diversity, for an increasing number of people across the globe, ecosystems should hold legal personhood as a way of gaining protection.

Economic Diversification in Nigeria: The Politics of Building a Post-Oil Economy

Nigeria has for long been regarded as the poster child for the ‘curse’ of oil wealth. Yet, despite this, Nigeria achieved strong economic growth for over a decade in the 21st century, driven largely by policy reforms in non-oil sectors. In “Economic Diversification in Nigeria: The Politics of Building a Post-Oil Economy,” Zainab Usman argues that Nigeria’s major development challenge is not the ‘oil curse’, but rather one of achieving economic diversification beyond oil, subsistence agriculture, informal activities, and across its subnational entities.
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