Congratulations to Âé¶¹Éç Junior Research Fellow, Sean Fleming, who has been awarded the Lisa Smirl PhD prize by the Cambridge University Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS).

His PhD, entitled 'Leviathan on a Leash: A Political Theory of State Responsibility', earned high praise from the Committee: "one of the very best [PhD reports] that I've read in the last 15 years at any university...a brilliant combination of history of political thought, political theory, and international law...this thesis will come to be seen as a major piece of work."

Find out more about the prize here: