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UNA-UK is setting up a directory of doctoral research on the United Nations. The aim is to facilitate communication between researchers and to encourage the sharing of ideas. Those who register their research project will be invited to appropriate UN-related events held under UNA-UK auspices. Click here to find out more.


In 2006, UNA-UK launched its 'virtual' expert Advisory Panel, comprised of the UK's leading experts on issues of relevance to the UN. The panel's membership continues to develop. Its current membership is as follows:

Dame Margaret Anstee

Former UN Under-Secretary-General and head of UNAVEM II (1992-93)
Dominic Bascombe
Journalist, The Voice
Greg Barrow
Senior Public Affairs Officer, UN World Food Programme
Mats Berdal
Professor of Security and Development, King's College London
Sir Franklin Berman
Former Legal Adviser, UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Rachel Brett
Head, Human Rights and Refugee Programme, Quaker UN Office in Geneva
Christine Chinkin
Professor of International Law, Centre for the Study of Human Rights, London School of Economics
Michael Clarke
Director, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)
Juliet Colman
Former President, UNIFEM-UK
Tony Colman
Former Chair, UN APPG and former MP for Putney
Ian Davis
Executive Director, British-American Security Information Council (BASIC)
Will Day Special Adviser, UN Development Programme
Sir Marrack Goulding Former UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations
Stefanie Grant Lawyer specialising in migration and refugee issues; former head of research and development at OHCHR; and former director of research at Amnesty International
Sir Jeremy Greenstock Director, Ditchley Foundation and British Permanent Representative to the UN (1998-2003)
John Groom Emeritus Professor of International Relations, University of Kent at Canterbury
Kate Hampton Policy Manager, Climate Change Capital
Paul Hunt Professor of Law, University of Essex and UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health
Mark Imber Senior Lecturer, Department of International Relations, University of St Andrews
Sir Richard Jolly Former Chair of UNA-UK, Special Adviser to UNDP and Deputy Director of UNICEF
Lord Judd Peer (Labour) and former Minister of State, UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Chandrashekhar Krishnan Executive Director, Transparency International UK
Sir Elihu Lauterpacht Founder of the Research Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge
Martin Macpherson Director, International Law and Organisations Programme, Amnesty International
Sally Morphet Visiting Professor, University of Kent at Canterbury
Justin Morris Senior Lecturer in International Politics, University of Hull
Michael O’Flaherty Co-Director, Human Rights Laws Centre, University of Nottingham
Stephen Pattison Former FCO Head of International Security
Dan Plesch Research Fellow, Centre for International Studies, SOAS
Sir Kieran Prendergast Former UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs
Michael Pugh Professor of International Relations, University of Bradford
Sir Michael Quinlan Consulting Fellow, International Institute for Strategic Studies and former UK Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Defence
Oliver Ramsbotham Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Bradford
Lord Richard Peer (Labour) and British Permanent Representative to the UN (1974-79)
Sir Nigel Rodley Chair, Human Rights Centre, University of Essex and UK member of UN Human Rights Committee
Paul Rogers Professor of Peace Studies, University of Bradford
Frances Stewart Director, Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity, University of Oxford
Sir Crispin Tickell Director, Policy Foresight Programme, Said Business School, University of Oxford and British Permanent Representative to the UN (1987-90)
David Travers Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Lancaster University
Sir Brian Urquhart Former UN Under-Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs
Geraldine van Bueren Professor of International Human Rights Law, Queen Mary College and Visiting Fellow, Kellogg College, University of Oxford
Sir John Weston British Permanent Representative to NATO (1992-95) and the UN (1995-98)
Nick Wheeler Professor of International Politics, University of Wales, Aberystwyth
Baroness Whitaker Peer (Labour)
Nigel White Professor of International Law, University of Sheffield
Elizabeth Wilmshurst Senior Fellow, Chatham House
Sir Michael Wood Fellow, Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge
Ngaire Woods Director, Global Economic Governance Programme, University of Oxford
Tom Woodhouse Adam Curle Professor of Conflict Resolution, University of Bradford
Sir Robert Worcester Founder of MORI and Honorary Professor of Politics, University of Kent at Canterbury
 
 
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The International Studies Committee of the Gilbert Murray Trust, which promotes the study of the purposes and work of the United Nations, is offering up to six grants of up to £500 each for 2008-09. These grants are given to support specific UN-related projects which will assist the applicant in his or her study of international relations.

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MA in Humanitarianism and Security at Warwick University. This new course is designed specifically for field and HQ humanitarian workers, with the option to combine residential study with overseas work placements.

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