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News from the Politics and International Relations department, at the School of Social Science, University of Aberdeen.

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Indigenous-Washing at COP30: How Inclusion Became a Cover for Systemic Failure – Intercontinental Cry Both on the ground and across the globe, COP30 in Belém attracted a flurry of labels. Some dubbed it the “COP of implementation,” underscoring the long-delayed

A piece I wrote on what I saw during COP in Belém: “Indigenous-washing at COP30: How Inclusion Became a Cover for Systemic Failure” icmagazine.org/indigenous-w...

25.11.2025 20:36 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Aberdeen PIR Welcomes Consul General of Greece in Manchester On Monday, 27th October, our Department had the honour of hosting Mr. Alexandros Ioannidis, Consul General of Greece in Manchester.

On 27th October, PIR had the honour of hosting Mr. Alexandros Ioannidis, Consul General of Greece in Manchester. He spoke to students from our MSc in Strategic Studies and Strategic Studies and Diplomacy programmes about what a career in diplomacy involves. www.abdn.ac.uk/socsci/news-...

03.11.2025 14:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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We welcomed Professor John Curtice today in our department seminar to talk on #migraton perceptions in #England and #Scotland! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @abdnpolir.bsky.social

22.10.2025 15:59 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Book cover of "The Global 1923 and the Treaty of Lausanne"

Book cover of "The Global 1923 and the Treaty of Lausanne"

"The Global 1923 and the Treaty of Lausanne: Peace, imperialism, and the Eastern Question" is now out by @manchesterup.bsky.social
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526176097/

16.10.2025 12:49 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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We opened PIR seminar series with @renatasumma.bsky.social Renata shared her research on landscape of displacement and attachment with a focus on Bosnians in Nantes, Paris, Kozarac, and Sarajevo. @abdnpolir.bsky.social

08.10.2025 15:46 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
PIR Seminar Series | The School of Social Science | The University of Aberdeen

The Fall 2025 programme for the PIR seminar series is now available! Everyone is welcome to our series of research conferences. www.abdn.ac.uk/socsci/disci...

17.09.2025 10:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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The violence in Nigeria’s Middle Belt has long historical roots - Africa at LSE There is systematic violence taking place in Nigeria’s Middle Belt, writes Onyedikachi Madueke. The government calls it local skirmishes, but the reality goes deeper than that. On 13 June 2025, a sile...

Another publication from the prolific Aberdeen graduate Dr Onyedikachi Madueke in the LSE blogs on the historical roots of the conflict in Nigeria. blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/...

03.09.2025 13:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
The Spiral of Ressentiment: Emotions and Stigma in Populist Radical-Right Party Activism | Government and Opposition | Cambridge Core The Spiral of Ressentiment: Emotions and Stigma in Populist Radical-Right Party Activism

New publications from Aberdeen's PIR! Philippe Beauregard and Judith Sijstermans @jsijstermans.bsky.social published a timely piece in which they investigate the emotional drivers behind right-wing populist activism. doi.org/10.1017/gov....

27.08.2025 05:54 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Trump administration is reversing long-established US human rights discourse | USAPP Since the 1970s, the US has sought to portray itself as a global champion of human rights. Ilia Xypolia argues that the Trump administration’s 2025 Annual Country Report on Human Rights Practices unde...

My two cents on US Human Rights Foreign Policy on @lseusablog.bsky.social
blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

26.08.2025 14:20 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Armed banditry is becoming a crisis in Nigeria: why fixing the police is key The fragile state of Nigeria’s police contributes to the persistence of insecurity, particularly banditry, in the northern region.

Recent PhD graduate from Aberdeen PIR Dr Onyedikachi Madueke has published an article in The Conversation about the problem of armed banditry in Nigeria. theconversation.com/armed-bandit...

25.08.2025 10:39 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
The Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and The British Academy Knowledge Frontiers Symposium 2025 awards The British Academy, in partnership with the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), announces seed funding for ten SHAPE projects as part of their joint Knowledge Frontiers Symposium, wh...

Congratulations to Dr Bennett Collins who is participating in collaborative grants from @cnrs.fr and @britishacademy.bsky.social for the project “A Tale of Two Port Cities: Decolonizing Energy and Housing Governance in Aberdeen and Dunkerque.” www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/the-...

23.06.2025 10:15 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A fully packed room for a policy event on #corruption/#anticorruption in #Scotland organized by @abdnpolir.bsky.social in cooperation with @transparencyuk.bsky.social
and @opengovpartnership.org in the @royalsoced.bsky.social

05.06.2025 09:10 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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📣📣📣Join us for the debate on the ongoing crisis in democracy and corruption and learn more about evidence-based policy insights relevant to #Scotland & its diverse regions.
Register here eventbrite.co.uk/e/1332901356839
@transparencyuk.bsky.social
@opengovpartnership.org

01.05.2025 11:06 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1
Dr Lynn Bennie Spoke at Event Hosted by the Electoral Reform Society Dr Lynn Bennie spoke at an event hosted by the Electoral Reform Society on 26 April.

PIR’s Dr Lynn Bennie recently spoke at the event “A Scottish Spring: Building a Democracy fit for the 21st century” event hosted by the Electoral Reform Society. For more information: www.abdn.ac.uk/socsci/news-...

02.05.2025 07:26 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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PIR’s Dr Lynn Bennie will participate in “A Scottish Spring” conference on Scotland’s democratic future. For more information: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-scottish...

23.04.2025 08:57 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Congratulations to our PIR colleague Dr Malcolm Harvey for receiving the Excellence in Student Support Award from the University of Aberdeen.

18.04.2025 13:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Politics and International Relations at the University of Aberdeen now has a BlueSky account! Follow us @abdnpolir.bsky.social to learn about news, events, publications, our blog, our programs, and exciting research from the department.

24.03.2025 07:18 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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