Centre on the Politics of Representation in Crisis (CPRC)

Our members regularly host workshops and attend research seminars to discuss and promote their work. Some of their most notable appearances include:

• Resilient Communities: Non-Violence and Civilian Agency in Communal War an event to showcase the book launch by Dr Jana Krause at the University of Essex on 22 March 2019
• Grant Application Workshops: A collaboration between PhD students and members of CPRC, March and June 2018
   
  CPRC hosted two postgraduate student grant writing workshops in which a member of staff was paired with a student to prepare a grant application. The students were responsible for the preparation and application of the grant and for presenting the proposal within the workshops.
  
  As a result of these workshops, Dr Alexandra Hennessy was awarded a research grant from the British Academy for her work in collaboration with the PhD student Ioannis Choulis. The publication Aid Targeting in Post Conflict Nepal by Dr Martin Steinwand and Marco Binetti, was based on a presentation made in the workshop.
• The Electoral System, the Party System, and Electoral Accountability: A Presentation and PhD Seminar; Christopher Kam, Anthony Bertelli and Alexander Held presented research and spoke to graduate students on the topic of publishing strategies in political science, February 2018
• Parliamentary Reporting Workshop with Tim Fenton: The workshop included members of CPRC and Tim Fenton from the Department of Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies at the University of Essex, alongside many other journalism, political and media development professionals, July 2017

Our members regularly publish and contribute to work in leading journals. Examples of our most recent works include:

• Aid Targeting in Post Conflict Nepal by Dr Martin Steinwand and Marco Binetti
• Maternal Health Care in the Time of Ebola: A Mixed-Method Exploration of the Impact of the Epidemic on Delivery Services in Monrovia co-authored by Professor Ismene Gizelis
• It Takes a Village: UN Peace Operations and Social Networks in Postconflict Environments by Professor Ismene Gizelis
• A Security Dividend: Peacekeeping and Maternal Health Outcomes and Access co-authored by Professor Ismene Gizelis

Our members work hard to attract a range of research grants and funding for their cutting edge research. Some of their most notable awards include:

• Dr Alexandra Hennessy was awarded a research grant from the British Academy for 2019 Patronage politics in Greece's public sector: Did policy conditionality increase performance-based hiring and promotions