Project Title: Racialising Climate Change Mobilities in UK, US, and French News Media Coverage
Lydia Ayame Hiraide, Soka University
Lydia Ayame Hiraide is a lecturer at Soka University in the Graduate School of International Peace Studies (SIPS). Her research takes an interdisciplinary approach to the key questions that we are grappling with around a changing climate, gender, identity and inequities, social justice, and the relationship between the Global North and Global South. Previously, Lydia Ayame was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Feminist Centre for Racial Justice (FCRJ), a Teaching Fellow in the department of Politics and International Relations at SOAS, University of London, and Associate Lecturer in the Politics department at Goldsmiths, University of London. Lydia Ayame holds a PhD in politics and international relations from Goldsmiths, University of London, which was funded by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council.
About the APSA Advancing Research Grants for Early Career Scholars
The APSA Diversity and Inclusion Advancing Research Grants are open to all to provide research support that examines political science phenomena affecting underserved communities and underrepresented groups. In July 2025, APSA awarded 11 projects for the APSA Diversity and Inclusion Advancing Research Grant for Early Career Scholars for a combined total award amount of $22,000.