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PAIS colleagues (PI), , and , along with Jon Coaffee, a new colleague joining the Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies (CIM) in April 2013, have been awarded a grant as part of the . The ESRC, AHRC and have launched a new research initiative entitled ‘’. The call seeks to fund research projects and a Research Integrator to develop greater understanding of how developments in science and technology (S&T) will present opportunities and threats to future UK defence and security.

The work carried out in response to this call will help enable UK defence and security to better harness possible opportunities and to counter potential threats that may emerge in future. The team from PAIS will act as a Research Integrator to enhance the potential economic and societal impact for this initiative. This will include synthesising the research outputs and enhancing their accessibility, acting as an interface with Dstl and others to encourage the uptake of the research findings and encouraging dialogue between project leads.

, Professor of Political Economy, has been awarded an ESRC Professorial Fellowship. This is a 3-year fellowship starting in September 2013, with a project entitled 'Exploring the Concept of 'the Market': Combining History of Ideas and Historiographical Approaches'.

ESRC Professorial Fellowships are extremely competitive, involve a very arduous application, and are a mark of the highest standing in any social science discipline. Many congratulations to Prof Watson.

Workshop Title:
'Issues in latent structure analysis using survey data'

The Nottingham ESRC DTC, in collaboration with the Methods and Data Institute, will be hosting an Advanced Quantitative Methods workshop for social science research students (both ESRC DTC funded and non-funded) and academic staff at the Universities of Birmingham, Nottingham and Warwick on Friday, 8 March 2013 from 10:00-16:00.

If you would like to register for this workshop, please email penny.gresswell-bristow@nottingham.ac.uk. Places are limited to 30 participants and registration will be on a first come, first serve basis. Participants should be familiar with methods of quantitative analysis commonly used in the social sciences.

Read full details of the workshop

, Head of Department, was recently featured in a 8 February BBC News article entitled 'Viewpoints: How serious are China-Japan tensions?' Below is an excerpt from the piece:

The problems of the legitimacy of the Chinese Communist Party in trying to maintain one party rule in the face of pluralist pressures are well known. Japan is a democracy so does not face quite the same pressures, but there is a similar sense of the bankruptcy of the legitimacy and competency of the governing elites, and all of this is set against a difficult economic climate.

, Associate Professor in International Politics of the Middle East, participated in a debate on 31 January on Jamaica Speaks radio over the causes of the current violence in Egypt, the implications for President Morsi and the possible political solutions.