{"id":251,"date":"2015-03-04T14:32:14","date_gmt":"2015-03-04T14:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/?p=251"},"modified":"2015-10-16T08:36:35","modified_gmt":"2015-10-16T08:36:35","slug":"school-of-politics-ir-double-success-in-university-research-prizes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/2015\/03\/04\/school-of-politics-ir-double-success-in-university-research-prizes\/","title":{"rendered":"School of Politics &amp; IR double success in University Research Prizes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The School of Politics &amp; International Relations has had a double success in the first University Research Prizes competition.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Harmonie Toros and Igor Merheim-Eyre have been recognised by the University for their excellent research over the last year.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Toros, who is a lecturer in International Conflict Analysis at the School of Politics and International Relations, has been awarded the University Prize for Early Career Research. Dr Toros&#8217;\u00a0research lies at the crossroad between conflict resolution\/conflict transformation and terrorism studies. She has carried out field research in conflicts in Northern Ireland and the southern Philippine region of Mindanao and is now focusing on conflict resolution\/transformation initiatives involving armed groups in Afghanistan.\u00a0For more details on Dr Toros&#8217; research interests and publications, please visit her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics\/about-us\/staff\/members\/toros.html\">staff profile page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Igor Merheim-Eyre, a PhD candidate at the School of Politics and International Relations, has been awarded the Faculty of Social Sciences Prize for Postgraduate Research.\u00a0His doctoral thesis is entitled: <em>\u2018<\/em><em>Managing alienation between spaces: The European Union and the rise of technocratic visa diplomacy in the eastern neighbourhood\u2019.\u00a0<\/em>Igor\u2019s research examines the practice of visa diplomacy, and its emergence in the context of European external relations vis-a-vis the Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries.\u00a0For more details on Igor&#8217;s\u00a0research interests and publications, please visit his\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics\/about-us\/staff\/members\/merheim-eyre.html\">staff profile page.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>A ceremony is planned to celebrate these awards on 27 March.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to both Dr Toros and Igor on their well deserved\u00a0prizes!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_471\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-471\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/files\/2015\/03\/BS3R9376.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-471\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/files\/2015\/03\/BS3R9376-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Igor Merheim-Eyre wins the 2014\/15 Research Prize for Postgraduate Research \" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/files\/2015\/03\/BS3R9376-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/files\/2015\/03\/BS3R9376-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/files\/2015\/03\/BS3R9376.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-471\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Igor Merheim-Eyre wins the 2014\/15 Research Prize for Postgraduate Research<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The School of Politics &amp; International Relations has had a double success in the first University Research Prizes competition. 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