Dear SIS Community,
We are pleased to share with you our last updates of faculty research accomplishments for 2023! This includes grants and awards, a variety of publications, and book launch reports from October through December.
It has been a productive semester for our faculty and office, and we look forward to continuing the momentum in 2024! In the meantime, be sure to keep an eye on our social media pages and website for more updates.
We wish you a happy and healthy holiday season!
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External Grants and Fellowships
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Judith Gearhart (PI), “Seafood Worker Solutions: Connecting Local Perspectives to Global Policy Advocacy,” David and Lucille Packard Foundation, $850,000
- Judith Gearhart (PI), “Learning from the Field: Worker-Driven Advocacy and Organizing for Fishers’ Rights,” Multiplier, $30,000
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Ji-young Lee (PI), “AU Korea Economic Security Forum,” Korea Foundation, $17,000
- Simon Nicholson (PI), Institute for Carbon Removal Law and Policy Core Support, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, $200,000
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Tazreena Sajjad, fellowship-in-residence for Migration Politics in the University of Glasgow for her current research on island relocations for refugees (begins in May)
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SIS/AU Intramural Funding
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- CECE Faculty Research Incubator Award:
- SIS Faculty Exceptional Research Awards:
- Shadi Mokhtari
- Randall Henning
- Patrick Thaddeus Jackson
- Claire Brunel
- Faculty-Student Travel Awards:
- Nanette Levinson and Seray Yalaz
- Van Kirk Award (Faculty-Student Joint Publication):
- Nina Yamanis and Corey Donnelly
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- Tamar Gutner, International Organizations in World Politics (Second Edition), CQ Press, 2023
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- Amitav Acharya and Louis Goodman, "Multipolar or multiplex? Interaction capacity, global cooperation and world order," International Affairs, November 2023.
- Sumitra Badrinathan, "Researching and Countering Misinformation in the Global South," Current Opinion in Psychology, November 2023.
- Ken Conca, "Power in environmental peacebuilding," World Development Sustainability, December 2023.
- Daniel Esser, "How are accountability and organisational learning related? A study of German bilateral development cooperation," Evaluation, October 2023.
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Jennifer Poole, "Can Online Platforms Promote Women-Led Exporting Firms?," Journal of Globalization and Development, December 2023.
- Josh Rovner, "Theory of Sabotage," French Journal of Intelligence and Cyber, December 2023.
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Yang Zhang, "The micro-foundations of elite politics: conversation networks and elite conflict during China’s reform era," Theory and Society, November 2023.
- Guy Ziv, "Civil-Military Relations in the Age of Populist Nationalism: The Case of Israel," Political Science Quarterly, November 2023.
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Guy Ziv, "The Long Israeli-Palestinian Impasse: Is the ‘One-State Solution’ the Answer?" Journal of Peace and War Studies, November 2023.
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Ken Conca, "Climate change, adaptation, and risk of conflict in international river basins" in New Perspectives on Transboundary Water Governance: Interdisciplinary Approaches and Global Case Studies (Luis Paulo Batista da Silva, Wagner Costa Ribeiro, Isabella Battistello Espíndola, eds.), Routledge, 2023.
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Claudine Kuradusenge-McLeod, "The Burden of the Rwandan Diasporic Identity: From Social Categorisation to Silencing" in Migrations and Diasporas: Struggling Between Inclusion and Exclusion (William Arrocha and Elena Xeni, eds.), Emerald Interdisciplinary Connexions, 2023.
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Working and Policy Papers
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- Earl Anthony Wayne, "Mexico's Next President | Challenges and Recommendations," The Wilson Center, November 2023.
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We encourage you to visit us on Twitter/X at @research_sis to see more about what our faculty have been up to. To name just a few, in the past few months our faculty were busy writing and talking about:
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| Omekongo Dibinga: Lies About Black People (Oct 25) |
Omekongo Dibinga read excerpts from the book, including his personal poetry, and talked through key themes such as criminal justice, bias in the media, housing, and more. He also emphasized the importance of language and self-reflection in anti-racist journeys.
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| Jim Goldgeier: Evaluating NATO Enlargement (Dec 5) |
Garret Martin moderated an engaging and timely discussion with Jim Goldgeier and panelist Tara Varma (Brookings) on the book, delving into topics like Ukraine's future NATO membership, the European perspective on NATO, and the three main alternatives to NATO enlargement.
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We have three exciting book launches already on the calendar for early 2024, with more to come. Stay tuned for next semester's research cluster events!
Book Launches:
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- Dana Fisher, Saving Ourselves: From Climate Shocks to Climate Action
- February 27, 3-4:30pm, Founders Room
- Judith Shapiro, China's Environmental Challenges (Second Edition)
- March 20, 4-5:30pm, Founders Room
- Guy Ziv, Netanyahu vs. The Generals: The Battle for Israel's Future
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