2020 Transnational Research Institute on Corruption Webinar Series: Corruption Reform 2050
Webinar/Online
Emeritus Professor Michael Johnston speaks to the futures of the anti-corruption industry, and asks what possible reforms we may see The contemporary anti-corruption movement – really, by now, more of an anti-corruption industry – has devoted remarkably little effort to articulating its goals, and…
APSA 2020 SSW Event | Understanding Australia’s Crisis Coordination
Webinar/Online
Australia’s 2019-20 bushfires killed at least 33 people, more than a billion animals and resulted in the destruction of thousands of properties and millions of hectares of forest and bushland ecosystem. Federal government action during and after these events drew heavy criticism across the…
Online: Charles Butcher - Friday on my mind: Re-assessing the Impact of Protest Size on Government Concessions
Seminar
Do more protesters on the streets make regimes more likely to concede to protester demands? Several studies have linked protest size and the likelihood of government concessions. Yet existing research has three limitations: many studies fail to distinguish between distinct causal mechanisms, are…
Lebanon’s 2019 October Uprising and its Implications: Clinging to a sinking ship?
Webinar/Online
In the light of Lebanon’s economic crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic and the Beirut Blast, what complex factors have shaped the course of Lebanon's 2019 October uprising? In contrast to various analyses that have portrayed Lebanon’s October uprising as a surprising event, this webinar situates Lebanon…
Online: Alex Opera - Defending Education: A Democratic Role for Courts in Education Policy
Seminar
On January 11th, 2007, the McCleary family from Jefferson County and the Venema family from Snohomish Country filed a lawsuit on behalf of their children against the State of Washington. The petitioners demanded that the court force the state government to produce the “ample provision for the…
Libya: The Geopolitics of a Protracted Conflict
Webinar/Online
In this lecture, Professor Zoubir will assess the situation in Libya after nearly ten years of conflict. He will focus on the various state and non-state actors, the rapidly changing geopolitics and the impact of the conflict on the Libyan people and the wider region. Yahia H. Zoubir is a…
At the Pole of Inaccessibility: Khorgos, SREB and Visions for Kazakh-Chinese Connectivity
Seminar
Kazakhstan has been closely linked to China’s Silk Road Economic Belt (SREB) since President Xi Jinping first announced the initiative in Astana in 2013. In the following seven years, Xi has met with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev and his successor Kassym-Jomart…