1.  Postgrad Research Day - 2015 PhD Candidate Carolijn van Noort Constructing a New World Order through a Narrative of Infrastructural Development: the Case of the BRICS Supervisors: Dr. Chris Rudd & Dr. Hugh Slotten

2. Presentation Outline  Research question  Strategic Narratives  Fieldwork Russia & China  Issue: Infrastructure Development  Planned fieldwork Brazil, India & South Africa  Your Feedback is Welcome!

3. Research Question  Research question:  How is BRICS projecting a new world order through a narrative of infrastructural development and how is it perceived?  Interdisciplinary Approach: International Relations and Media Studies

4. Strategic Narratives Miskimmon, Alister. (2014). Strategic Narratives Communication Power and the New World Order. In B. O''Loughlin & L. Roselle (Eds.). Hoboken: Taylor and Francis.  Theory of Strategic Narratives  3 Narratives  System Narrative  Identity Narrative  Issue Narrative

5. BRICS System Narrative

6. Fieldwork: Russia & China

7. Fieldwork: Russia & China Identity Narrative Presenting BRICS research at Higher School of Economics - Moscow BRICS Academic Forum VII Moscow, Russia

8. Narratives of Infrastructure Development

9. Narrative of Infrastructure Development: the Case of the BRICS Issue Narrative  Infrastructure Investment from BRICS to Africa  NEPAD  Infrastructure Financing  New Development Bank BRICS’ CommitmentsNarratives

10. Narrative of Infrastructure Development Revisited  Contestation of Issue Narrative by Civil Society and Businesses Transport Programs Energy Infrastructure Programs SOURCE: FINANCING OF THE PROGRAMME FOR INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA (PIDA)

11. Planned Research Brazil  Conduct Interviews  Civil Society  Infrastructure Companies  Conference IPCEL 2016: Politics, Economics and Law  Visitor Scholar at Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA) India  Attend BRICS Academic Forum VIII  Visitor Scholar at Observer Researcher Foundation (ORF) South Africa  Conduct Interviews  Civil Society  Infrastructure Companies  Visitor Scholar at South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

12. Your Feedback is Welcome! carolijn.vannoort@postgrad.otago.ac.nz More information: www.bricsresearch.com