Alvina Hoffmann @alvinahoffmann.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Aww thank you! You’re so kind, and a superstar yourself! 110
Reposted by Alvina HoffmannJan Eijking @janeijking.com · 16/06/2026📣 Experts in a Turbulent World – online version out now! 🌍 There's lots of talk of turbulence, disorder, polycrisis. One way in which int'l org.s seek to understand global problems in a complex world is to mobilise experts. But experts are specialists, not generalists. 1/5 1208
Reposted by Alvina HoffmannIPS Section @isaipssection.bsky.social · 11/06/2026📢The IPS Section is now welcoming nominations for the 2027 IPS Book Award! 📚 To nominate or self-nominate a book, please email the award chair, Renata Summa, at r.de.figueiredo.summa@rug.nl Books must be received by September 1st, 2026. For more information: www.isanet.org/Programs/Awa... 123
Reposted by Alvina HoffmannAeon Magazine @aeon.co · 30/05/2026The UN’s special rapporteurs are experts charged with a singular mandate: to monitor the world’s worst human rights abuses. An Essay by @alvinahoffmann.bsky.socialaeon.coA fragile crown jewel: the UN’s human rights experts | Aeon EssaysThe UN’s special rapporteurs are experts charged with a singular mandate: to monitor the world’s worst human rights abuses 052
Alvina Hoffmann @alvinahoffmann.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Very excited to have this essay out in @aeon.co 083
Reposted by Alvina HoffmannIPS Section @isaipssection.bsky.social · 12/05/2026The IPS Section is now welcoming nominations for the 2027 IPS Distinguished Scholar Award! Nominations must be emailed to the chair Renata de Figueiredo Summa at r.de.figueiredo.summa@rug.nl by June 2nd, 2026 #ISA2027 124
Reposted by Alvina HoffmannJan Eijking @janeijking.com · 18/02/2026My book “The Technocratic International” now has a cover — out this summer! global.oup.com/academic/pro... 1477
Reposted by Alvina HoffmannKevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 28/01/2026Master’s students and PhD candidates, your favorite Russian human rights media project, OVD-Info, is taking submissions for an award recognizing scholarly research on state repression, surveillance mechanisms, and censorship in contemporary Russia. ovd.info/en/oi-prize-...ovd.infoOVD-Info Prize 2026—Call for Submissions | ОВД-ИнфоInternational Award for Master’s and PhD Research on Repression, Surveillance and Censorship in Contemporary RussiaРусская версия 085
Alvina Hoffmann @alvinahoffmann.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Thanks so much to Jan for his brilliant organisation and editorial skills to bring this to life! I cannot wait to see the copy out. Very happy to have contributed a chapter on UN human rights fact finding missions 110
Alvina Hoffmann @alvinahoffmann.bsky.social · 26/11/2025Now out in @iojournal.bsky.social Check out Kerry Goettlich’s essay on territorial integrity 👇 030
Alvina Hoffmann @alvinahoffmann.bsky.social · 29/10/2025I’ll be presenting my ongoing research on human rights experts and the making of a vocation tonight at the Oxford Refugee Studies Centres, 5-6pm, followed by a reception. Hope to see some of you there! www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/events/human...rsc.ox.ac.ukHuman rights elites at the United Nations: Felix Ermacora and the first human rights fact finding missions (1967-1993) 030
Alvina Hoffmann @alvinahoffmann.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Extremely excited for this, and what a beautiful poster design! I’ll be speaking on the United Nations panel with amazing speakers, including @drmargottudor.bsky.social ❤️ 182
Reposted by Alvina HoffmannMargot Tudor @drmargottudor.bsky.social · 06/10/2025Interested in the transitory nature of academia and how this shapes scholarship on internationalism? Come along to our virtual conference, 'Blind Spots and Buzzwords in Internationalism' on 5th and 6th Nov 👁️. Get your tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/blind-spot... 24217
Reposted by Alvina HoffmannMartin Bayly @mjbayly.bsky.social · 21/10/2025Please join us next week for the LSE launch of Kerry Goettlich's terrific new book, 'From Frontiers to Borders', with an all-star panel of @aysezarakol.bsky.social, Joanne Yao, and Edward Keene. Weds 29 Oct. 6.30pm. No registration necessary. All welcome. Details below www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...lse.ac.ukFrom Frontiers to Borders: How colonial technicians created modern territoriality6.30pm Weds 29 Oct | Kerry Goettlich, Eddie Keene, Joanne Yao, Ayşe Zarakol | Free public event at LSE 133
Alvina Hoffmann @alvinahoffmann.bsky.social · 14/10/2025Kerry Goettlich’s book launch at LSE, 29 October, 6.30-8pm in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House. With Edward Keene, Joanne Yao and Ayșe Zarakol www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...lse.ac.ukFrom Frontiers to Borders: How colonial technicians created modern territoriality6.30pm Weds 29 Oct | Kerry Goettlich, Eddie Keene, Joanne Yao, Ayşe Zarakol | Free public event at LSE 040
Reposted by Alvina HoffmannIPS Section @isaipssection.bsky.social · 29/09/2025The IPS Section is now welcoming nominations for positions at the 2026/2027 IPS Committee! Self nominations are encouraged. Our deadline is October 22nd, 2025 #isa2026 122
Alvina Hoffmann @alvinahoffmann.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Join us at 11am for the pre-launch of Kerry Goettlich’s “From Frontiers to Borders” - with brilliant interventions from Jef Huysmans, Or Rosenboim, Jens Steffek & Ole Jacob Sending. Belmeloro - Aula Q www.cambridge.org/core/books/f... 020
Alvina Hoffmann @alvinahoffmann.bsky.social · 27/08/2025Come and join us at 11am in Belmeloro Aula E. I’ve been so excited for this panel since we conceived of it in February. “Global Perspectives on International Human Rights: Who Writes the Script(s)?” 030
Alvina Hoffmann @alvinahoffmann.bsky.social · 06/08/2025Absolutely mind-blown! 🤯 What an honour to receive this prize. Enormous thanks to the prize committee, everyone who helped sharpen the argument & my incredible interlocutors in Crimea for whom the struggle for human rights continues. 9325
Reposted by Alvina HoffmannJan Eijking @janeijking.com · 05/08/2025Reviewed the excellent “Erased” by @whitproject.bsky.social together with Geertje Bol @whpt.bsky.social in the @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social #HistIR lareviewofbooks.org/article/an-a...lareviewofbooks.orgAn Active Project of Exclusion | Los Angeles Review of BooksGeertje Bol and Jan Eijking review “Erased: A History of International Thought Without Men,” by Patricia Owens. 1135
Reposted by Alvina HoffmannHistory @ City St George’s, UoL @cityhistory.bsky.social · 25/07/2025We’re so excited to welcome Kerry to our department and to celebrate the publication of his fantastic book with @universitypress.cambridge.org!!! 082
Alvina Hoffmann @alvinahoffmann.bsky.social · 25/07/2025On 9 July, the US imposed sanctions on special rapporteur Francesca Albanese. Below I provide a brief context of this unprecedented attack against this body of experts. 03011
Reposted by Alvina HoffmannBISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · 24/07/2025@risjnl.bsky.social #openaccess article by @alvinahoffmann.bsky.social out NOW 🎉 'The plural professional: How UN human rights experts construct their independence' @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org 🌎 Read the key arguments by Alvina 👉 buff.ly/hZ7PzXa DOI 👉 buff.ly/7e8KsT6buff.lyThe plural professional: How UN human rights experts construct their independenceAlvina Hoffmann discusses the key points from her new RIS article. 073
Alvina Hoffmann @alvinahoffmann.bsky.social · 21/07/2025Still thinking back fondly of that workshop in Bologna and hope we can get together again! 120
Reposted by Alvina HoffmannNina Reiners @ninareiners.bsky.social · 21/07/2025✨ Our forum “Challenges and Opportunities for Transnational Advocacy” is out #openaccess in International Studies Review ✨ 👓: academic.oup.com/isr/article/... @ninahall.bsky.social 12312
Reposted by Alvina HoffmannIPS Section @isaipssection.bsky.social · 17/07/2025⏰ We’re two weeks from the deadline to submit nominations for the 2026 IPS Graduate Student Paper Award! Nominate now! 101
Reposted by Alvina HoffmannFionnuala NÍ Aoláin KC (Hons) @niaolainf.bsky.social · 10/07/2025“Silence is not an option”: UN Special Procedures’ Coordination Committee condemns US sanctions on Francesca Albanese” www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...ohchr.org“Silence is not an option”: UN Special Procedures’ Coordination Committee condemns US sanctions on Francesca AlbaneseGENEVA – The Coordination Committee of the Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council today strongly condemned the US Government’s sanctions on Francesca Albanese, the Special Rapporteur on the si... 211338
Reposted by Alvina HoffmannIPS Section @isaipssection.bsky.social · 04/06/2025DEADLINE EXTENDED to June 11th, 2025! We understand that many people may not wish to travel to Columbus next March, for a range of valid reasons. Thus, the IPS Section is accepting alternative formats for the 2026 Distinguished Scholar Award Panel. 123
Reposted by Alvina HoffmannMatthias Leese @matthiasleese.bsky.social · 03/06/2025👉Deadline reminder! Submit your abstracts for the annual @dvpw.bsky.social critical security studies section conference by 7 June at the latest. Link to the official CfP: www.dvpw.de/fileadmin/us... We are looking forward to your proposals and please share widely - thanks!dvpw.de 177
Reposted by Alvina HoffmannIPS Section @isaipssection.bsky.social · 23/05/2025The IPS Section is now welcoming nominations for the 2026 IPS Book Award! To nominate or self-nominate a book, please email the award panel chair Philippe M. Frowd (pfrowd@uottawa.ca). Books must be received by September 1st, 2025. For further information, access: www.isanet.org/Programs/Awa... 134
Alvina Hoffmann @alvinahoffmann.bsky.social · 22/05/2025A week from now! Looking forward to share some initial findings on Felix Ermacora and UN human rights fact finding at @eui-eu.bsky.social on 29 May at 10am. 011
Alvina Hoffmann @alvinahoffmann.bsky.social · 22/05/2025It was a pleasure to write this blog post on UN special rapporteurs for the Oxford Martin Programme on Changing Global Orders. changingglobalorders.web.ox.ac.uk/article/uns-...changingglobalorders.web.ox.ac.ukThe UN’s Human Rights Elites: Who Are the Special Rapporteurs? 000
Reposted by Alvina HoffmannLondon Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 18/05/2025‘Adults are going hungrier to keep children better fed. The most vulnerable – infants, pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers and others needing special diets – are already starving.’ Alex de Waal on famine in Gaza, from the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ma...lrb.co.ukAlex de Waal | Starvation in GazaTwice already during this war, the people of Gaza have pulled back from the brink of categorical famine – both times... 14447
Reposted by Alvina HoffmannBoyd van Dijk @boydvandijk.bsky.social · 15/05/2025"[ICC prosecutor Karim Khan] has lost access to his email [as a result of Microsoft cancelling], and his bank accounts [in UK] have been frozen (...) the US sanctions are hampering work on a broad array of investigations, not just the Israeli one." www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...washingtonpost.comTrump's sanctions on ICC prosecutor have halted tribunal's workNearly three months ago, U.S. President Donald Trump slapped sanctions on the International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor, Karim Khan 03527
Alvina Hoffmann @alvinahoffmann.bsky.social · 07/05/2025And Kerry Goettlich will be presenting his book project from 13-15h00: www.eui.eu/events?id=57... Looking forward to visiting EUI with the whole family!eui.euFrom frontiers to borders: how colonial technicians created modern territorialityThis International Relations Working Group session features a book talk by Dr. Kerry Goettlich (University of Reading) who will discuss his forthcoming book to be published by Cambridge University Pre... 010
Alvina Hoffmann @alvinahoffmann.bsky.social · 07/05/2025Really excited to present my ongoing book project on human rights elites at the UN at the International Relations Working Group at @eui-eu.bsky.social on 29 May (10:00 - 12:00 CEST). Even more excited to have the brilliant @jemtseva.bsky.social as disussant. www.eui.eu/events?id=57...eui.euHuman rights elites at the United Nations: Felix Ermacora’s travelogues of the first UN human rights fact finding missions (1967-1993)This International Relations Working Group session features a presentation by Dr. Alvina Hoffmann (SOAS University of London) who will present a draft chapter of her book manuscript on human rights el... 251
Reposted by Alvina HoffmannIPS Section @isaipssection.bsky.social · 24/04/2025The IPS Section is now welcoming nominations for the 2026 IPS Distinguished Scholar Award! Nominations must be emailed to the Section Chair, Philippe Frowd at pfrowd@uottawa.ca by June 2nd, 2025 #ISA2026 113
Reposted by Alvina HoffmannSOAS Library @soaslibrary.bsky.social · 02/04/2025🎉Congratulations to Shirin Rai, Professor of Politics and International Relations, on being shortlisted for the Susan Strange Best Book Prize 2025! www.bisa.ac.uk/news/susan-s... 📚Read Depletion: the Human Costs of Caring (OUP, 2024) Available in print & ebook soas.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1420138...bisa.ac.ukSusan Strange Best Book Prize 2025 shortlist announcedThree excellent books made the list and will be judged by a committee appointed by a BISA trustee. 041
Alvina Hoffmann @alvinahoffmann.bsky.social · 01/04/2025An exciting collection soon out in the world! Delighted to have a chapter on symbolic power featured 081
Alvina Hoffmann @alvinahoffmann.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Thank you so much 🙏 This is way too kind! 010
Alvina Hoffmann @alvinahoffmann.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Thank you, Jan. Way too kind! Looking forward to continuing our discussions on our shared interests (or passions/obsessions?) 110
Alvina Hoffmann @alvinahoffmann.bsky.social · 28/03/2025(3) So many people to thank over the past years, across workshops, conferences and institutions (pre- and post-baby). I hope I have captured you all in the acknowledgements! And now, I'll continue the work on my book manuscript. Currently looking at historical proto-types of UN Special Rapporteurs 020
Alvina Hoffmann @alvinahoffmann.bsky.social · 28/03/2025(2) The article also has an appendix with a database of 122 professional biographies of thematic special rapporteurs appointed between 1979 and 2020. I combine this prosopography with 30 biographical interviews. 120
Alvina Hoffmann @alvinahoffmann.bsky.social · 28/03/2025(1) Despite these tensions, I argue that this is also the source of their independence, which I approach as a socio-historical category made up of the combination of professional, biographical, and institutional resources as embodied and strategically mobilised by plural professionals. 100
Alvina Hoffmann @alvinahoffmann.bsky.social · 28/03/2025My latest article on my current research project on UN special rapporteurs is finally out with @risjnl.bsky.social! I develop the notion of the plural professional, or actors who practice several professions at the same time & not necessarily harmoniously. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.orgThe plural professional: How UN human rights experts construct their independence | Review of International Studies | Cambridge CoreThe plural professional: How UN human rights experts construct their independence 3217
Reposted by Alvina HoffmannJoël Glasman @glasmanjo.bsky.social · 24/03/2025Humanitarian aid is under attack. But where are the attacks coming from? In this short piece, I argue that one should distinguish between two different critiques of humanitarian aid. Progressive (Marxist, decolonial, feminist..) critiques on the one hand, and far-right critiques on the other. 22611
Reposted by Alvina HoffmannYan Matusevich @ymatusik.bsky.social · 16/03/2025I cannot emphasize enough what a crucial role Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty has played in the post-Soviet space, often acting as the only serious alternative to state propaganda & self-censoring media. Their journalists broadcast in local languages, covering the most pressing issues in the region 833679