{"id":2742,"date":"2021-01-08T16:14:43","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T16:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/?p=2742"},"modified":"2021-01-19T09:49:40","modified_gmt":"2021-01-19T09:49:40","slug":"welcoming-dr-nadine-ansorg-to-her-new-role-as-head-of-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/2021\/01\/08\/welcoming-dr-nadine-ansorg-to-her-new-role-as-head-of-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcoming Dr Nadine Ansorg to her new role as Head of School."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The School of Politics and International Relations have started the year with a new Head of School for 2021!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/people\/504\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/people\/504\/ansorg-nadine\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Dr Nadine\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ansorg<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0has been appointed, taking over from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/people\/2270\/pabst-adrian\">Adrian Pabst<\/a> who has been in the position since 2018 and is\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">now\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">stepping aside to work as Deputy Director for Social and Political Economy at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.niesr.ac.uk\/\">National Institute of Economic and Social Research<\/a> (NIESR) in the coming year.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u2018I am delighted to welcome Dr\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ansorg<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0as the new Head of the School of Politics and International Relations.\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/psychology\/people\/253\/www.kent.ac.uk\/psychology\/people\/253\/wilkinson-david\">David Wilkinson<\/a>, Head of the Human and Social Sciences Division<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">said of the appointment<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> &#8220;A distinguished academic in international conflict analysis and a widely respected figure across the University, she takes the helm of a School with deep-rooted, international success in its teaching, research and public engagement. We wish Dr\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ansorg<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> the best of luck and will give her all the support we can as she guides the School through the next chapter of its exciting journey&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ansorg<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">, originally from Germany, has been at Kent since May 2015. Her research focuses on institutional reform in post-conflict societies, and particularly security sector reform after war, as well as the conditions for establishing peace in divided and post-conflict societies.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">&#8220;<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">I am delighted and honoured to be appointed as new Head of Politics and International Relations.&#8221;<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">he told us &#8220;<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">The School of Politics and International Relations is an exciting place to study and work. It is\u202fwidely recognised for its strong international research profile in conflict and security, regional and comparative politics, and political and social theory. H<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">aving the opportunity to lead the School is a privilege and great opportunity, and I\u202flook forward to working with and for the School in my new role.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The School of Politics and International Relations have started the year with a new Head of School for 2021! Dr Nadine\u00a0Ansorg\u00a0has been appointed, taking over &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/2021\/01\/08\/welcoming-dr-nadine-ansorg-to-her-new-role-as-head-of-school\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66395,"featured_media":2744,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[57882,21900,179301,441,179300,70,195977],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2742"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2742"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2777,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2742\/revisions\/2777"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}