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Dr Barbara Prainsack – The Theory and Practice of Solidarity amidst social and political disruption
Barbara Prainsack is Professor for Comparative Policy Analysis at the University of Vienna’s Department of Political Science, and is director of the university’s Centre for the Study of Contemporary Solidarity. Dr Prainsack’s research focuses on the concept of ‘solidarity’ applied to public policy and institutions, as well as the politics of health and science &…
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Dr Roxane Farmanfarmaian – Media and Politics in an unstable world, and understanding Iran’s Internal Politics
Dr Roxane Farmanfarmaian is an affiliated lecturer at the University of Cambridge’s Department of Politics and International Studies and director of international studies and global politics at the University of Cambridge Institute for Continuing Education. Drawing on her career as a journalist, her research focuses on media and politics in the Middle East in local…
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Dr Seth Schindler – State Platform Capitalism and Network Competition in the Second Cold War
Dr Seth Schindler is Professor of Urban Politics and Development at Manchester University’s Global Development Institute. Dr Schindler’s research focuses urban and regional transformation initiatives in the context of broader economic and political transitions. Schindler is also the co-founder of the Second Cold War Observatory, a collective of scholars researching the nature of great power…