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There can be no doubting the power of the Internet. News from around the world can be accessed in seconds in real time. Yet recently, acts such as SOPA and PIPA have received large amounts of attention in the press in efforts by government to increasingly regulate and censor the Internet. Meanwhile, in other countries around the world, the influence of social media in uprisings, freedom movements and education suggest that, as technologies develop, we are heading towards greater freedom and connectivity of information than ever before. This presents, therefore, a dichotomy for the near future of the Internet; Are we heading for increasing liberty or a lockdown of information.

Join Wael Abbas from Egypt and Monica Marks from Tunisia, who will be speaking about how the internet has affected the Arab Springs, as well as Denis Campbell and Bill Thompson who will be speaking about how censorship and social media affects the western society. Dr Nicola Pratt will chair the event.

The event will take place on Thursday 31st of January in room H0.52 from 6pm to 8pm. More information can be found on the ; the event is also .

, Professor in Politics, recently delivered the keynote lecture at three separate conferences:

• European University Institute (Florence), keynote lecture ‘Shape-shifting representation’ delivered to conference Representative Democracy in the 21st Century, 25 October 2012
• University of Utrecht, keynote lecture ‘Shape-shifting representation’ delivered alongside the Stichting Internationale Spinozaprijs recipient Pierre Rosanvallon, Seminar for Political History, 22 November 2012
• University of Oslo, keynote lecture ‘Rethinking representation’, delivered to The 4th International Conference on Democracy as Idea and Practice, “Problems of representation in modern democracies”, 10 January 2013

, Assistant Professor in US National Security, was interviewed on 15 January by British Forces News regarding the ongoing conflict in Mali.

Applications for new postdoctoral funding opportunities in 2013, including the Institute of Advanced Study's Postdoctoral Fellowships and the Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship (ECF), are now being accepted.

IAS Fellowships: IAS will be inviting applications from outstanding researchers who are at the beginning of a promising academic career and, in keeping with the ethos of Warwick's IAS, interdisciplinary research applications are strongly encouraged. (5 posts, area unrestricted, based on a Fixed Term Contract for 2 Years tenable from 1 October 2013).
Deadline: 27 February 2013

Leverhulme: Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowships (ECFs) aim to provide career development opportunities for those who are at a relatively early stage of their academic careers but with a proven record of research. To this end, the Leverhulme Trust contributes 50% of each Fellow's total salary costs up to a maximum of £23,000 per annum and the balance is to be paid by the host institution. The awards are normally tenable for three years on a full-time basis.
Deadline: 7 March 2013

was elected as a fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences in November 2012. Her election was included in an announcement in The West Australian newspaper in December 2012.

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