VC bulletin 7 March 2016

Second major success for Africa group
May 23:

The University’s experts on West African security are marking another success.

Dr Elisa Lopez Lucia has been awarded an incoming three-year Leverhulme early career fellowship to work with colleagues in the Centre for European and International Studies Research on a three-year project entitled 'The politics of knowledge: security politics and the 'remaking' of West Africa.

It is the second time in three years that the prestigious and highly competitive fellowship has been awarded to the University of Portsmouth. In 2014, Dr Ed Naylor was awarded a three-year Leverhulme fellowship.

Dr Lopez Lucia will be working with Professor Tony Chafer, leader of the Francophone Africa research cluster, and Dr Ed Stoddard, leader of the strategic project, 'Assessing the Shifting Character of Contemporary Intervention in West Africa'. All three are members of the West Africa Peace and Security Network, which is co-led by the University of Portsmouth.

Lecturer to speak at Geneva Conventions 40th anniversary conference
May 18:

A University of Portsmouth lecturer has been invited to join a high-level panel to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions in June. Dr Frank Ledwidge is part of the Portsmouth team at the Royal Air Force College where he teaches International Humanitarian Law. Frank, who is himself a veteran of several conflicts, will speak in Geneva on the challenges facing western armed forces in complying with the Protocols.

Art of science competition
May 16:

Dr Maria Papanikolaou, from the Institute of Biological and Biomedical Science-Neuroscience group within the School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, has had her beautiful confocal microscope image of mouse astrocytes (support cells of the brain) shortlisted for the SLAS* Art of Science Competition.

For Maria to win the award, she needs your vote. It would be fantastic if you could just take a few seconds to support Maria by voting for her image online, which you can do by following this link , providing an email address, and then selecting her image.

The deadline for casting your vote is 19 May, so there is still time!

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