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Sage Politics Webinar Series
We host 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 unpack an aspect of politics teaching, from political theory to IR theory; from policy making and UK Politics to the politics of development.
Explore the line-up and click the links below to catch up on those you missed by watching the recordings.
How can we teach political theory in a global and comparative way?
with Professor Leigh Jenco, Professor Paulina Ochoa Espejo & Professor Murad Idris
What would political theory look like if we taught it as inherently global and comparative from the beginning, rather than adding “non-Western” voices as piecemeal additions? This webinar introduces Political Theory by Jenco, Ochoa Espejo, and Idris, a textbook that challenges the idea of a neutral core by juxtaposing political thought across time and space, offering fresh insights and practical teaching techniques to transform the discipline.
Beyond Westminster: an innovative new approach to teaching UK politics
with Dr Alan Convery
Teaching UK politics goes beyond institutions and Westminster—join our exclusive webinar with Alan Convery to explore new strategies for making lectures more engaging and accessible. He’ll introduce UK Politics, a textbook that rethinks the UK as a ‘post-Westminster’ polity, covering the nation’s multi-national nature, representation, and key political topics, while offering flexible approaches for lecturers.
Why big ideas matter when teaching political theory
with Dr Simon Stevens
Political theory lecturers must balance decolonization with maintaining canonical knowledge while managing heavy workloads, which often hinder curriculum enrichment. This webinar will introduce a disruptive canonical approach, which Simon Stevens writes about in his textbook, Political Theory: Why Big Ideas Matter, showing how it supports both lecturers and students in navigating these challenges.
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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.
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.
Teaching students to engage 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.
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
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?