These are tumultuous times, yet again: populists challenging democratic norms everywhere, a pandemic upending lives and supply chains, a senseless war on Europe’s doorsteps, and global warming threatening our very planet. What makes understanding our present so challenging is its constantly changing and hence historical nature. History not only transforms our world but also our research agendas. History thus requires close attention.

A moderated panel discussion on UN peacekeeping transitions in light of recent empirical evidence and analysis provided by Prof. Andrea Ruggeri and Dr. Maline Meiske.

Panellists:
Andrea Ruggeri, Professor of Political Science and International Relations and Coordinator Conflict, Peace and Security Hub University of Oxford,

This paper draws upon research relating to the development of ideologies and practices relating to anti-racism in Australia. Since the advent of multiculturalism in the 1970s, following the abolition of the White Australia policy, race has periodically appeared as a subject of intense political contest.

*Joint work with Milan Svolik (Yale University), Johanna Lutz (Friedrich Ebert Foundation) and Filip Milacic (Friedrich Ebert Foundation) *