Simon Reid-Henry
Historical and Political Geographer, Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO)
I am a research professor at the Peace Research Institute, Oslo, an honorary professor of historical and political geography at Queen Mary, University of London, a civil society advocate and a writer. I am a 2011 Philip Leverhulme Prize Winner. My research applies an interdisciplinary focus to the making and application of political, economic, technical and legal forms of knowledge and their consequences for political thought and practice. My work has been recognized for its methodological innovation, conceptual rigour, and empirical breadth via a number of academic fellowships and awards.
EXPs by Simon Reid-Henry
"How do we understand, as it were, our era of democracy, which I argue began really as recently as the 1970s from previous eras, and what is it that is fundamentally at the core of the democracy we live in today?"
The world today is overburdened with challenges that supersede the boundaries of nation states, and therefore of national governments, to address on their own.
Civic duties are essentially the ways in which citizens agree to abide by the rules and to contribute to the life of a national society.