http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/index.aspx?RelatedItemsList_SyndicationType=1 Contensis: http://www.contentmanagement.co.uk http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/unmanned-aerial-vehicles.aspx This project will examine the impact of a recent and on-going development in science and technology (drones) on prospects for conflict and cooperation in countries where drones are deployed. Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:18:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/unmanned-aerial-vehicles.aspx Security studies http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/delivering-devolution-under-renewable.aspx The research starts at an exciting time with renewable energy forming a central role in UK energy policy and the politics of devolution entering a new phase following the 2010 General Election. Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:34:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/delivering-devolution-under-renewable.aspx Environmental politics http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/institutional-change-defence-policy-eu.aspx The aim of the proposed project is to carry out detailed research, via both documentary evidence and interviews with policy makers, in order to assess the validity of these competing claims. Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:34:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/institutional-change-defence-policy-eu.aspx govsoc http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/male-transgender-sex-work-uk-netherlands.aspx The proposed research seeks to contribute to academic and policy debates about commercial sex by advancing empirical and theoretical knowledge in the under-explored area of male and transgender sex work. Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:35:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/male-transgender-sex-work-uk-netherlands.aspx genderandfeministtheory http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/seanergy-2020.aspx he project is targeted towards regional and national authorities, EU decision-makers, planners, regulators, transmission system operators and marine renewable energy project developers. Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:34:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/seanergy-2020.aspx Environmental politics http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/locating-legitimacy-peacebuilding-politics-space.aspx This research seeks to contribute to this emergent literature by sharing the insights of civil society organisations regarding effective ways to engage the UNPBC to ensure that all activities and policies are formulated and implemented with an awareness of how gender matters in peacebuilding and reconstruction. Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:35:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/locating-legitimacy-peacebuilding-politics-space.aspx International relations theory http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/quest-peace-biography-abba-eban.aspx The objective of this project is to complete a single-authored research monograph about the life of Abba Eban and his pursuit of Arab-Israeli peace. This project aims to provide a multi-level analysis of Middle East peacemaking through a substantive biography of Eban, Israel's foremost statesman. Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:35:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/quest-peace-biography-abba-eban.aspx Security studies http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/african-actvism-world-trade-organisation.aspx The research seeks to identify and critically analyse the bargaining strategies of African states in the negotiating processes during the current Doha Round. Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:35:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/african-actvism-world-trade-organisation.aspx Diplomacy and negotiation http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/imf-response-global-financial-crisis.aspx This research project will examine the response of the IMF to the global financial crisis, focusing specifically on an analysis and evaluation of changes to the IMF's lending practices. Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:35:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/imf-response-global-financial-crisis.aspx International political economy http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/increasing-uk-conflict-resolution-capacity.aspx Funded by the ESRC, this knowledge exchange project focuses on four key areas of conflict resolution capacity, identified in close consultation with key Whitehall stakeholders: early warning, conflict resolution, natural resources, peacekeeping, and peacebuilding. Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:35:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/increasing-uk-conflict-resolution-capacity.aspx Security studies http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/paradoxes-contradictions-eu-middle-east.aspx This research project seeks to cast empirical and theoretical light upon an increasingly important aspect of international politics: attempts by the 'West' to export democracy to other regions. While acknowledging that the European Union (EU) is not the only actor with a democratisation agenda for the Middle East and that there are strategic reasons for the EU's involvement in the region. Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:35:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/paradoxes-contradictions-eu-middle-east.aspx http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/international-terrorism-post-911.aspx This project considers comparative responses to international terrorism post 9/11 and contributes to current debates over state responses to political violence. Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:35:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/international-terrorism-post-911.aspx Security studies http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/treasury-under-new-labour-since-1997.aspx The study will produce a politico-administrative anatomy of HM Treasury, the UK's finance and economics ministry, in its five roles: as a central department, ministry of finance, economics ministry, domestic policy department, and agency of foreign economic policy. Its role since 1997 will be placed in historical, ideological and global contexts. Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:35:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/treasury-under-new-labour-since-1997.aspx British politics http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/imf-diffusion-global-economic-norms.aspx The project will examine the changing responsibilities of the International Monetary Finance in the aftermath of the global credit crunch, as well as how the organisation is likely to continue to evolve in the future. Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:35:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/imf-diffusion-global-economic-norms.aspx International political economy http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/european-union-border-conflicts.aspx The project seeks to understand whether and how the EU, through integration and association, can help to transform the nature of borders from lines of conflict to lines of cooperation. Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:18:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/european-union-border-conflicts.aspx european politics http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/interpreting-international-relations-interrogating-global-politics.aspx The project questions the foundations of meaning in the discipline of International Relations, gesturing towards the idea of global politics as a more appropriate frame of reference for the ever-changing contemporary world. Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:35:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/interpreting-international-relations-interrogating-global-politics.aspx International relations theory http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/narratives-violence-north-caucasus.aspx The aim of this project is to analyse political violence in the North Caucasus. Of particular interest is the way in which aspects of violence in the North Caucasus have inscribed narratives of identity and broader theoretical accounts of transversal politics. Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:35:00 GMT http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/departments/political-science-international-studies/research/projects/narratives-violence-north-caucasus.aspx european politics govsoc