New release of PhD studentships
HCRI is delighted to announce 2 more PhD studentships for students wishing to commence study September 2012. Interfaces between international and local actors in peacebuilding contexts (1 studentship) The candidate will conduct research under the guidance of Prof....
HCRI welcomes Professor Oliver Richmond
We’re delighted to welcome Professor Oliver Richmond who joins HCRI as Professor of International Relations, Peace and Conflict Studies.Oliver's primary area of expertise is in peace and conflict theory, and in particular its interlinkages with IR theory....
HCRI and Dept of Social Anthropology announces workshop and new student masterclass ‘Biopolitics and Humanitarian Citizenship’ 16 & 17 May 2012
This workshop will provide an in-depth intellectual exchange on theory and practice in relation to humanitarian citizenship and forms of biopolitical control. It exploits the opportunity of having Professor Steven Robins here in Manchester as a visiting Hallsworth...
HCRI announces new conference ‘New Frontiers for Peacebuilding: Hybridity, Governance, and Local Agency’ 13-14 September 2012
This conference inaugurates a new academic journal Peacebuilding, and a new policy-scholar network, the International Association for Peace and Conflict Studies. Registration is £20 for employed academics and free for postgraduate students. View...
HCRI welcomes Professor Roger Mac Ginty
We’re delighted to welcome Professor Roger Mac Ginty who joins HCRI as Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies.Roger’s main research interests are in peacemaking processes in civil war, political violence and post-war reconstruction. His latest book,...
Yet more PhD studentships at HCRI – now including peacebuilding call
HCRI is delighted to announce 4 more studentships for students wishing to commence study September 2012. Application deadline 16 April 2012. 2 are open call click here, and 2 relate to the following project area 'Interfaces between international and local actors in...
From Rebel Governance to State Consolidation – new paper on political dynamics in Eritrea by HCRI’s Director of Research
Dr Tanja Müller, HCRI Director of Research, publishes new paper which discusses Eritrea as a contemporary case of state-making grounded in war, a fact that has resulted in the emergence of one of the ‘hardest’ states in sub-Saharan Africa. Click here to access...
HCRI’s Prof James Thompson hosting In Place of War closing event, 15 March 2012
HCRI's Professor James Thompson, and Director of the In Place of War project http://www.inplaceofwar.net/ is a key panel member at the closing event for this initiative on 15 March 2012. This special event combines a drinks reception, film screening, book launch and...
HCRI’s new intercalated BSc in Global Health is welcomed by medical student community
The University of Manchester's student newspaper The Mancunian welcomes HCRI's new Intercalated BSc in Global Health http://www.student-direct.co.uk/2012/02/23/new-degree-programme-mixes-medicine-with-politics/ This exciting new programme mixes emergency medicine and...
Want to work for HCRI? We need a Lecturer in Global Health (12mth maternity cover post)
HCRI is currently looking to recruit a Lecturer in Global Health to provide maternity cover (12 month fixed term)Â for our colleague Dr Barni Nor. Click here to find out more Related Contact Us +44 (0) 161 306 6000 Find Us The University of...
