Adnan Naseemullah is Professor of Comparative and South Asian Politics and Fellow of Wolfson College, the University of Oxford. He has previously taught at the London School of Economics, Johns Hopkins University and King’s College London. His research focuses on the political economy of national development, state formation and political violence and the politics of populism. He is the author of three books: Development after Statism (Cambridge, 2017), Patchwork States (Cambridge 2022), and Righteous Demagogues (with Pradeep Chhibber, Oxford 2024).

Join us for the Lester B. Pearson Inaugural Lecture, marking the appointment of Professor Krzysztof Pelc to this highly prestigious position.

Professor Pelc will deliver his lecture on 'Passions, Preferences, and the Politics of Self-Binding'.

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This event is organised in partnership with the British Association of Former United Nations Civil Servants, the Oxford United Nations Association, and the Department of Politics and International Relations and builds on the success of previous years’ events. If you’re interested in a career with the United Nations, or elsewhere in international affairs, this is a great event to learn first-hand about the work, challenges, and opportunities in diplomacy, development and humanitarian sectors. Please register with the link provided.

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