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Final year students attend MPSA Conference in Chicago

05 Jul 2023

Two of our final year students, Alessia Adam and Mya Luggha, attended the MPSA Annual Conference in Chicago, USA, where they presented their dissertation research.

Dr Tom Watts publishes new report on loitering munitions in support of his Leverhulme Trust Early Career Research Fellowship on “Remote Warfare and Great Power Competition”

07 Jun 2023

Global trends in the development of loitering munitions show why autonomous weapon systems should be banned.

Dr John Tull completes phase two of the ESRC research programme with the Estonian Defence Forces

14 Mar 2023

Dr John Tull undertook a second two-week research trip to Estonia to conduct interviews within the Estonian Defence Forces (EDF), as part of Dr Tom Dyson’s ESRC project on military learning.

Tom Dyson Holds Lecture and Q&A on Military Learning at the Portuguese Military Academy

13 Dec 2022

On Tuesday 13th December Dr Tom Dyson gave a lecture and held a Q&A on military learning by the Ukrainian Armed Forces and Portuguese Army at the Portuguese Military Academy in Amadora, Lisbon

PIRP Researchers Present Research Findings on Military Learning at the Netherlands Defence Academy

04 Nov 2022

Dr. Tom Dyson and Dr. John Tull presented their findings about military learning and the development of lessons learned processes in the Netherlands and Ukraine at the Netherlands Defence Academy.

Tom Watts gives a lecture on the past, present, and future of remote warfare scholarship

04 Nov 2022

Tom’s lecture will be delivered at the School of Area Studies, History, Politics and Literature at the University of Portsmouth at 5pm on 7 December 2022

Dr. Giacomo Benedetto elected to the executive committee of UACES

05 May 2022

Dr. Giacomo Benedetto was elected to the executive committee of UACES, the University Association for Contemporary European Studies.

Dr. Mohammad R. Kalantari met the Pope at the launch of the 'Faith and Science: Towards COP26' initiative

07 Oct 2021

Dr. Mohammad R. Kalantari met with the Pope and other religious leaders including the Archbishop of Canterbury and Sheikh of Al-Azhar as part of the 'Faith and Science: Towards COP26' initiative.

Release of 'Brilliant Essays' by Ursula Hackett

18 May 2021

Ursula Hackett's tried-and-tested approach for essay success helps students to create brilliant, original, high-scoring essays that are enjoyable to write – and read.

A conversation with Sam Freeman from the Integrity Foundation Team, Facebook

16 Mar 2021

On 22 March 2021 our MSc students in Media, Power and Public Affairs will take part in a conversation with Sam Freeman from Facebook.