Nobel Peace Laureate in Oxford, Juan Manuel Santos Book Launch 'The Battle against Poverty, Colombia: A Case of Leadership’

We are delighted to announce that Juan Manuel Santos, Nobel Peace Laureate and former President of Colombia, who is currently a Visiting Professor at OPHI, will be launching his most recent book in a conversation with Tshering Tobgay, former Prime Minister of Bhutan. This special event will take place on Tuesday, 31st of October 2023, from 5 pm to 6.30 pm at Rhodes House, Oxford.

Governing Market Access: How Index Providers Gatekeep Local Currency Sovereign Debt

A government’s ability to borrow in its own currency is thought to increase control over debt repayments and enhance national policy autonomy. Yet access to local currency bond markets remains relatively limited for many developing countries. In particular, access to a vast pool of passive capital in the market is heavily influenced by index providers that actively curate local currency bond indexes.

Faye Shen Li Thijssen

I am a first-year MPhil student in Politics (Comparative Government) at Pembroke College, Oxford working under the supervision of Professor Robin Harding. My current research aims to better understand and examine potential relationships between indirect influences of corporate marketing on public opinion and broader systems of polarization, particularly within the context of environmentalism in advanced democracies.

Geoeconomic implications of the Japan-EU Relations – trade, digitalization and sustainability

The economic partnership agreement together with the subsequent strategic partnership agreement has laid the foundation for both width and depth in the EU-Japan relationship. Collaboration around the rules based world order is important for both parties in combination with facilitating frameworks for digitalization and a transition towards a green economy.

Deviant women: citizenship, political participation, and incarceration of the secular left in post-revolutionary Iran (1979-1990)

Biography: Rosa Rahimi recently completed her MPhil in Modern Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Oxford, where she studied as a Rhodes Scholar. Before Oxford, she earned a BA in Politics and International Relations from Trinity College, Cambridge.

The Ethics of Countering Disinformation: Navigating Normative Ideals in the Age of Fake News

Theories such as Habermas’ discourse ethics correspond well with our conception of the function of public discourse in democratic societies. However, many fail to recognise the theory’s normative character. It was never presented as a theory of what once was, is, or could ever become a reality. In this presentation, Alicia Fjällhed from Lund University presents the issues arising from this misconception, addressing the empirical limits of the ideal.

WRRS AND MENA POLITICS JOINT EVENT - Women and electoral politics in Iran and Turkey: Undemocratic structures and feminist resistance

Abstract: Advocates of women's rights have long demanded women’s greater access to political office, especially the national parliament, with hopes to influence policy making with feminist agendas. However, feminist activists’ focus on electoral politics has been mixed in autocratic and patriarchal contexts. While some research pointed to the role of critical actors in policy making who act as feminist insiders, others warned about the futility of such intentions in undemocratic contexts. Comparing Iran and Turkey in recent decades, Dr.

Kabuki music and compositions

Denjiro Tanaka VII and his associates will perform a selection of Kabuki music and his compositions. Denjiro plays the kotsuzumi (small hand drum) and Tatsuichiro Imafuji plays the shamisen (three-stringed traditional Japanese musical instrument) and other musical instruments. He will explain the various features of instruments and invite the audience onto the stage to try the musical instruments. The event will conclude with Q&A session.

Lily Green

Lily is a DPhil student at the Department of Politics and International Relations, specialising in authoritarian politics, environmental governance, and state-society relations, with a regional focus on Russia and the post-Soviet space. Her research explores how autocratic regimes maintain control and legitimacy among populations facing material, environmental, and political pressures, and how citizens experience and respond to these dynamics both within and beyond national borders.

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