PGR Conference 2015

10.00 – 10.30
Registration and Refreshments

10.30 – 10.40
Welcome

10.40 – 12.20

Panel 1 – Security and Governance (Chair: Prof. Edward Newman)

Alex Waterman - Order Negotiation in Counterinsurgency
Chi Zhang - Terrorism, Radicalisation and Changing Identity: Implementation of Counter-terrorism Strategy in China
Sarah Dorr - The Reception of the Arab Spring in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan: A Study of Political Change and Authoritarian Resilience
Ken Ohnishi - The Functions of Force in Peace Operations
Panuwat Panduprasert - Military, Democracy, and Civilian Control: The Case of Southeast Asia

12.20 – 13.00
Lunch

13.00 – 13.30

Keynote Address - Dr Nick Robinson

13.30 – 15.10

Panel 2 – Development and International Cooperation (Chair: Dr Emma-Louise Anderson)

Joshua Hobbs - Nudging Charitable Giving: The Ethics of Nudge in International Poverty Reduction
Arianna Mazzieri - Civil Society's New Role within the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation: a Neogramscian approach
Michael Chasukwa - Citizen Voice Initiatives and Local Governance in Malawi: Opportunities and Challenges
Nadirah Mohd Azmi - Securitization in Southeast Asia: the case of securitizing the environmental decline
Chloe Gilgan – Lost in Translation? The Responsibility to Protect, the UK and Syrian Refugees

15.10 – 15.30
Refreshments

15.30 – 16.45

Panel 3 – Interdisciplinary Approaches to Politics and International Relations (Chair: Dr Stuart McAnulla)

Ryan O’Connor and Yuri Van Hoef – “Cripples, bastards, and broken things" The different friendships of Tyrion Lannister and what they can teach us about political alliances
Gisli Vogler - Power between Habitus and Reflexivity
Daniel Wand – A Constructivist Approach to International Criminal Justice

16.45 – 17.00
Closing Remarks

There is no requirement to book. All are welcome.