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Sage Politics Webinar Week

 

In March 2024, we hosted a groundbreaking line-up of contemporary politics experts, practitioners, and instructors to help you enhance your politics teaching. Engaging with the hot topics of the day, each of these webinars unpacked an aspect of politics teaching, from security studies, to IR theory; from policy making to the politics of development.

Explore the line-up and click the links to watch the recordings below:

 


A yellow banner with blue text that reads 'Free Webinar: But can it be applied? Teaching theory with practice in Security Studies'

But can it be applied? Teaching theory with practice in Security Studies 

with Norma Rossi, Malte Riemann, Maria Stern, Johny Arokiaraj P, Soumita Basu, Tim Stevens

A panel of Security Studies instructors and practitioners discuss how to engage students of security studies with an innovative 'problem-based approach'. Panelists presented on topics such as cybersecurity, gendered-violence, and development with vital theoretical lenses to answer the question: How do we decipher the meaning of security in the complex contemporary landscape?

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A yellow banner with blue text that reads 'Free Webinar: Teaching the next generation of policymakers: How to prepare them for the challenges ahead'

Teaching the next generation of policymakers: How to prepare them for the challenges ahead 

with Arjen Boin and Martin Lodge

In a world where countries are being routinely threatened by 'polycrises' such as international conflicts, climate change, and cyber vulnerabilities, it falls on dedicated policymakers to help translate complex political goals into tangible results. This webinar tackles how to infuse the next generation of policy makers with the resiliance and enthusiasm to deal with these threats.

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A yellow banner with blue text that reads 'Free Webinar: Teaching students to do - and engage - more effectively with International Relations Theory'

Teaching students to do – and engage more effectively with – International Relations Theory

with Hubert Zimmermann and Alex Burkhardt

Drawing on debates around international intervention – from Afghanistan and Syria, to Ukraine, and the war in Gaza – this webinar illustrates how educators can cultivate a class where theories are treated as indispensable tools to develop a critical eye in the ambiguous and complex realm of international politics.

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a yellow banner with blue text that reads 'Free Webinar: How do identities shape UK Politics? How to engage with today's students more effectively?

How do identities shape UK Politics? And how can we engage today's students more effectively? 

with Joanie Willett and Arianna Giovannini

With a general election on the horizon, questions about whether formal mechanisms like elections are truly representative of the UK society as a whole have become vital. This webinar explores these tensions and demonstrate how identities are not only crucial for political change, but also for the way we teach and study UK politics.

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A yellow banner with blue text that reads 'Free webinar: Teaching the politics of development when everything about development is political

Teaching the politics of development when everything about development is political

with Claire Mcloughlin, Sameen Ali, Nic Cheeseman, and David Hudson

This webinar explores how instructors can usefully define, analyse, and teach the politics of development through a pathbreaking new perspective. By looking at the three 'I's – interests, institutions, and ideas – listeners will be guided through the politics of development as a process of contestation, and how this process happens everywhere and anywhere.

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