PIR Seminar Series

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PIR Seminar Series

The PIR Seminar Series is a great opportunity for scholars from the University, guests from abroad, and students to share their work and discuss research.

Department of Politics and International Relations Seminar Series, First Term Programme

Fall 2025-2026

For further queries about the Politics and International Relations Seminar Series, contact Dr. Digdem Soyaltin Colella at digdem.soyaltin@abdn.ac.uk . This series is hosted by the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Aberdeen. The seminars are dual-streamed on MS Teams.

All are welcome!

 

8 October

15:00-16:30

EWB Annex F05

Dr. Reneta De Figueiredo Summa (University of Goreningen)

Trajectories of displacement and homemaking: inquiry on the geographies and rhythms of home

 

15 October

15:00-16:30

EWB Annex F05

 

Professor Mihoko Shimamoto (Hosei University/UoA)

Under-pricing Rents for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Funding and Social Implementation

22 October

15:00-16:30

EWB F61

Professor John Kevin Curtice   (University of Strathclyde)

Is Scotland more liberal on immigration than England?

 

29 October

15:00-16:30

EWB Annex F05

 

Dr. Digdem Soyaltin-Colella (UoA)

Populist Resilience to Corruption in Turkey

 

5 November

15:00-16:30

EWB Annex F05

Dr. Alina Legeyda (Newcastle University)

Representation and Re-Perspectivization of Stalinist Repressions in Soviet and Post-Soviet (Russian and Ukrainian) Film: Killing the Dragon?

 

19 November

15:00-16:30

EWB Annex F05

Dr. Kathrin Thomas (UoA)

Dr. Digdem Soyaltin Colella (UoA)

Dr. Mohsin Hussain (University of Bath/UoA)

Seeing Corruption, Losing Faith: Public Trust and Democracy in the United Kingdom

3 December

15:00-16:30

EWB Annex F05

 

Dr. Nour Halabi (UoA)

TBA