Fostering Ontological Agility: A Pedagogical Imperative
It is our pedagogical duty to teach future graduates of IR programs how to be ontologically plural and endow them with the crucial life skill of ontological resilience and versatility.
Student Led Advocacy and the ‘Scholars in Prison’ Project
Experimental Learning, when combined with didactic learning, can challenge and (re)form both the instructor and student understanding of what counts as knowledge and expertise.
The Use of Metaphors, Simulations, and Games to Teach International Relations
There are an abundance of alternative pedagogical techniques which can help educators formulate innovative, participatory, and efficient ways of teaching IR as a profession.
Teaching International Relations Through Short Iterated Simulations
Simulations as a signature pedagogy help students grasp threshold concepts in IR, while also applying competing theoretical perspectives to explain patterns of conflict and cooperation.
Using Personal Anecdotes to Reflect a Strategy for Dissertation Supervision
Supervising involves imparting knowledge and instilling the student into the culture of IR as an academic discipline. In crude terms, supervision is somewhat akin to an indoctrination process.
Marks That Matter: Slow Letters to Authors and Selves
Texts, letters, and video messages are “objects” only: objects of knowledge that we engage and produce, which also constantly point towards and circle back to life.
A Global Movement to End Violence against Women in Politics and Public Life
Expanding global attention on violence against women provides an unprecedented opportunity to build on this momentum.
Opinion – How Formidable is the Rightward Shift in India?
The claim to a common Hindu identity allowed the BJP to offer more representation to subaltern castes, yet argue they are above caste and community.
Teaching International Relations as a Liberal Art
Teaching International Relations as a liberal art is about nurturing your students’ love of learning and coaching them to become better critical thinkers and communicators.
EU Policy on Internal Security and the Subsidiarity Principle
The fate of security cooperation in the future depends upon the development of old and new trans-border threats that may trigger intensified cooperation, and on the wish to maintain sovereignty.
