Election post
Status
Elected
I believe in providing greater emphasis on strengthening member-committee communication to ensure each and every member is provided an active voice and ability to provide input throughout the year. To this end, I will work towards tailoring our events to members’ interests through enabling members to propose ideas/topics for future events.
I plan on launching an ‘In Conversation with…’ speaker series, where we host global leaders - practitioners and academics - in the realm of IR. As part of this series, I aim to provide a greater interdisciplinary approach to events and event topics, engaging an audience across UCL’s various departments. Such a focus is key in helping IRS' stature within UCL grow and enable greater networking opportunities for students.
I want to ensure this speaker series consists not of talks per-se but interpersonal conversations; to ensure greater member-speaker interaction, I propose hosting, in addition to traditional talks, smaller dinner events with speakers, to provide members with opportunities to discuss and network with leading academics and practitioners.
I plan to build on Afek and Jeremy’s brilliant work on the Circum Mundum journal through launching a termly publication - available in print and online.
I believe my position as an Academic Events Officer of IRS this year provides me with the necessary understanding of the inner-workings of the society to ensure we can actualize these goals.