{"id":1243,"date":"2025-10-02T04:04:46","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T04:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/no-strings-attached\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T04:04:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T04:04:46","slug":"no-strings-attached","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/theory-vs-policy\/no-strings-attached\/","title":{"rendered":"No Strings Attached"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"middle content\">\n<div class=\"column left\" id=\"columnleft\">\n<section class=\"block article author\">\n<div class=\"headline\">\n<h3>About the author<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-content\">\n<div class=\"about-author\">\n<div class=\"tleft\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/authors\/hounjet-marieke\/150274-2-eng-gb\/hounjet-marieke_author.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"tright\">\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/hounjet-marieke\/\">Marieke Hounjet<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMarieke Hounjet is the Co-ordinator for theConsortium of British Humanitarian Agencies,based in L&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/hounjet-marieke\/\">full profile<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"block article author\">\n<div class=\"headline\">\n<h3>Tags<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<section class=\"content column wide left blog_post content view\" id=\"content\">\n<div class=\"edit image\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/theory-vs-policy\/no-strings-attached\/33166-1-eng-gb\/no-strings-attached_full_view.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t<\/div>\n<article class=\"fader\">\n<header class=\"contents\">\n<div class=\"share\">\n\t\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n    var addthis_config = {\n        ui_language = 'en'\n    }\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"addthis sharing\">\n\t<!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><\/p>\n<div class=\"addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style\" addthis:title=\"No strings attached\">\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_twitter\" tw:via=\"thebrokeronline\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_facebook\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_pinterest_share\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_preferred_4\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_compact\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_counter addthis_bubble_style\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">var addthis_config = data_track_addressbar;<\/script><br \/>\n\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/js\/300\/addthis_widget.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n\t<!-- AddThis Button END -->\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"addthis article_options\">\n\t\t<!-- \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/mandrill\/subscription\/add\/6006\/6012\">Subscribe<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t -->\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNo strings attached<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/hounjet-marieke\/\">Marieke Hounjet<\/a>\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t14 February 2025<br \/>\n\t<\/header>\n<div class=\"body contents\">\n<div class=\"object-left\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/theory-vs-policy\/no-strings-attached\/33166-1-eng-gb\/no-strings-attached_medium.jpg\" alt=\"No strings attached\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t<!-- body --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">Arriving a few days prior to the conference provides us with an opportunity to get a sense of what New Orleans is all about. In contrast to the media attention that New Orleans got a few years ago, very similar to news coming from Haiti now, the city makes an ever so different impression. Mardi Gras celebrations are in full swing and as proper spectators of the parades we also walk around the city with heaps of beads around our neck \u2013 integration that is called.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">In the midst of all this excitement we are very much looking forward to the ISA conference. The theme of the conference, \u2018Theory vs Policy: connecting scholars and practitioners\u2019 is one of clear current interest. Especially in times of economic hardship, tax-payer contributions to the knowledge society no longer come with \u2018no strings attached\u2019. However, just what these strings will look like \u2013 and who exactly will be pulling them \u2013 is still a matter of debate. Finding a workable solution will indeed require academics and policy-makers to connect. Thus, the upcoming panels and roundtables will most definitely shed light on this matter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">Beyond this theme, a plethora of other subjects will be addressed all related to the field of international studies. 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