The School of Politics and International Relations was well represented at the latest International Studies Association Annual Convention, held in San Diego from 1 – 4 April 2012. Associate Professor Renee Jeffery, Dr Katrina Lee-Koo, Dr Michael McKinley, Dr Michael Miller, Professor John Ravenhill and Dr Maria Rost Rublee all gave papers, as did one of the School’s graduate students, Mr Adrian Bazbauers and one of the School’s tutors Dr Madeline Carr. Professor John Ravenhill was also appointed to the Association’s Finance Committee.
The following papers were presented by staff and students of the School:
The World Bank Group: The Medium and the Message (Mr Adrian Bazbauers, Australian National University)
Can the TPP Unravel the Noodle Bowl? The Political Economy of Multilateralization in Asia (Ann Capling, University of Melbourne and John Ravenhill, Australian National University)
The Irony of the Information Age : Power in International Relations (Dr Madeline Carr, Australian National University)
Enduring Tensions: Reconciliation and the Rule of Law in the Solomon Islands (Renee Jeffery, Australian National University)
Emancipating Children: Can Critical Security Studies Assist Children Affected by Armed Conflict (Katrina Lee-Koo, Australian National University)
Explaining the Rejection of Data and Intelligence in the Information Age: The Case for Aquinas’ Ignorantia Affectata (Cultivated Ignorance) (Michael McKinley, Australian National University)
Democracy by Example? Economic Growth, Policy Diffusion, and Regime Change (Michael Miller, Australian National University)
The Policies of Hybrid Regimes (Michael Miller, Australian National University)
Civil Society and Violations of the NPT: How Norm Makers Respond to Norm Breakers (Dr Maria Rost Rublee, Australian National University)
Professor Ravenhill also participated in the roundtable ‘Assessing Etel Solingen’s “Regional Orders at Century’s Dawn” After A Decade: How Relevant is it for the New Regionalism ‘ and Dr Katrina Lee-Koo participated in the roundtable ‘Theorizing Crisis: Feminist Perspectives’. Dr Maria Rost Rublee chaired and participated in the roundtable ‘Post-Positivism and Nuclear Politics: How Can Critical Reflection Move the Field Forward?’ and Dr Madeline Carr participated in the roundtable ‘Is the Future What it Was? Advances, Prospects and Dead-Ends in the Study of the Global Information Age and its Critics’.
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