Mitchell Institute Sabbatical Fellow Professor Debbie Lisle (Institute Fellow: The Politics and Security of Institutional Peacebuilding and Professor, School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics) attended the International Studies Association 2024 Annual Convention that took place in San Francisco from 3-6 April, participating in several roundtables and panels. 

On 9 April Debbie presented her ongoing research into the military origins of productive failure at the Centre for Global Peace and Conflict Studies, University of California, Irvine.  Read more about her presentation here.  During the visit to Irvine, Debbie co-taught a Graduate seminar on The Politics of Humanitarianism and held a mentoring event for PhD students and ECRs outlining research, funding and publishing opportunities in the UK and Europe. Debbie was also taken to a Dog Agility Tournament in West Hollywood by the PhD students.  They are pictured here with one of the winning dogs called Sinc (the black pup), who took home 3 first place ribbons and then ate half their tacos!