The brought together 2,500 political scientists from over 85 countries around the world to address issues relating to 鈥楤orders and Margins鈥, focusing on key areas such as global migration and refugee crisis, Brexit and the EU, the US presidential campaign and Donald Trump, and gender in international politics.
As part of the program, outstanding members of the academic community received recognition for their achievements in the field of political science, including 3 members of the Department of Government and International Relations.
was awarded the 2018 APSA Academic Leadership in Political Science Award, for demonstrated outstanding inclusive and collaborative academic leadership in the discipline of Political Science.
鈥淎riadne has been a colleague and mentor to me for ten years now, and I don鈥檛 think I would be where I am today without her guidance and support. I鈥檝e never known any other colleague in Australian political science to be so generous in mentoring colleagues at all stages of their careers, and in particular, to champion the interests of women and early career researchers,鈥 said .
础濒耻尘苍耻蝉听 was awarded the听 for his dissertation on the complex problem of food insecurity, designing a methodology that directly engaged food insecure members of migrant communities in order to fully understand their situations.
鈥淏y leading numerous focus groups in major global cities, Luke was able to get at the key shared drivers of food insecurity; with this, he not only developed a clear theory of food insecurity, but also identified effective and efficient policy interventions,鈥 said Dr Craven鈥檚 supervisor, Professor David Schlosberg.
Dr Craven was recently awarded an ARC Linkage Project alongside and , to develop, implement and evaluate a in the听City of Sydney.
The project will run in collaboration with the City,听TAFE NSW听and听FoodLab Detroit, and aims to address food insecurity by assisting vulnerable populations to participate in the development of new food enterprises.
Completing the trifecta of accomplishments for the department, was elected Vice President and incoming President (2019-2020) of the highly esteemed听, dedicated to promoting and facilitating work in politics and international relations in Australia.
鈥淭his is an extraordinary set of achievements. What鈥檚 especially significant is how all three of these honours not only recognise individuals but also show how staff in the School of Social and Political Sciences are actively shaping the future of the political science discipline in Australia. This really shows the impact we are having nationally,鈥 said Head of School, .
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