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Ben Farrand @benfarrand.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Happy to give virtual or in-person talks for anyone who may be interested!

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Cambridge University Press - Law @cambup-law.cambridge.org · 14/01/2026

Examines the European Commission’s concerns around the economic power of the US and China, its own security vulnerabilities, and how dependent it is upon technologies produced outside of its territory. 'Geopolitical Union' by Benjamin Farrand, Coming Soon #LawSky #EU cup.org/49d4mO9

"Geopolitical Union: Europe's Attempt to Take Back Control of Technology Regulation" by Benjamin Farrand

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Ben Farrand @benfarrand.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

CJEI: no, no, don’t you see, surveillance IS privacy!

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da share z0ne @dasharez0ne.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

BRING IT BACK - dashare.zone ADMIN

WHEN IN TIME DO WE NEED "ABANDONED MALL MUSIC" IF NOT NOW, WHEN DO WE NEED TO HEAR DA RUINS OF AMERICAN CULTURE FLOAT IN A CLOUD OF REVERB IF NOT NOW, WHEN SHOULD SLOWED DOWN MUSIC BE A BALM FOR DA EAR'S OF DA WORKING PERSON IF NOT NOW, AND DA TEXT : "I MISS VAPOR WAVE ,ALL MUSIC SHOULD BE OTHER MUSIC THATS SLOWED DOWN, ALL MUSIC SHOULD BE ABLOUT DOLPHINS AND STATUE'S, ALL MUSIC SHOULD SOUND LIKE SHIT " - DASHARE.ZONE ADMIN

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

🧵🚨 The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news. Today our report is published! www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n... 1/11

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UK’s arm’s length public bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation

Seven in ten Britons say it is important for top scientific institutions to be independent in exclusive new polling.

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Alp Cenk Arslan, PhD @technopolitics.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Thrilled to share my new short-form piece with the BISA ISET WG 🚀 My piece explores how AI governance needs to move past rigid, one-size-fits-all frameworks and embrace more adaptive, context-sensitive pathways. Grateful to @mybisa.bsky.social and @benfarrand.bsky.social for this opportunity

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BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Out now! A fantastic new BISA International Studies and Emerging Technologies Working Group short-form article 🎉 'Beyond frameworks: Alternative pathways for AI governance in a fragmented world' by Alp Cenk Arslan, PhD 📚 Read here 👉 ow.ly/uzcN50X5sVi Ben Farrand

Close-up of a glowing AI microchip embedded on a circuit board.

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BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Last chance to sign up! ⏰ Sign up to join the new International Studies and Emerging Technologies WG convenors as they introduce themselves, give a short presentation and set the agenda for this year! 🎉 Register here 👉 buff.ly/4nl02IH @benfarrand.bsky.social

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What does the von der Leyen II Commission hold for EU digital sovereignty?- International Studies and Emerging Technologies Working Group (ISET) | BISA

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BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Make sure you sign up to join the new International Studies and Emerging Technologies WG convenors as they introduce themselves, give a short presentation and set the agenda for this year! 🎉 Register here 👉 buff.ly/qBpUNff @benfarrand.bsky.social

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What does the von der Leyen II Commission hold for EU digital sovereignty?- International Studies and Emerging Technologies Working Group (ISET) | BISA

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Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 26/08/2025

Clean Industrial Deal… or Dirty Industrial Deal? The so-called #CID may sound green — but it’s not clean and definitely not climate-friendly. Born out of heavy polluter lobbying, it weakens rules and funnels public money to big industry, while ignoring real climate solutions.

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BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

@benfarrand.bsky.social & Dr Mike Bourne are the new International Studies and Emerging Technologies WG conveners! 🌟 They are calling for expressions of interest! Presenting work, writing small articles and discussing your work-in-progress 🎉 Find out more here 👉

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New conveners and call for expressions of interest- International Studies and Emerging Technologies Working Group (ISET) | BISA

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Ben Farrand @benfarrand.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Slightly diminish a band: Jane’s Craving

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Ben Farrand @benfarrand.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

‘I’m not owned, I’m not owned’ I continue to insist as I slowly shrink tariffs on corncobs.

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Ben Farrand @benfarrand.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

You’re charging me $5 dollars for drinking the coffee I bought? No, you’re paying ME $5 dollars so I can drink that coffee. Also I’m charging you for that mug.

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Ben Farrand @benfarrand.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Whether this is the ‘death of globalisation’ ultimately depends on how you understand globalisation. 🧵

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Ben Farrand @benfarrand.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Oops accidentally invited my arch nemesis to my Signal group chat. #OOPSEC

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Ben Farrand @benfarrand.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

So, seems as good a time as any to announce it, if you’re interested in the EU’s digital sovereignty agenda and how it has shaped technology regulation, my book ‘Geopolitical Union: Europe’s Attempt to Regain Control of Technology Regulation’ is under contract with Cambridge University Press!

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Ben Farrand @benfarrand.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Maybe I should start using this thing. Got a lot to say about digital sovereignty, and I guess this is as good a place as any to talk about it.

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a cartoon batman is holding his hand to his face and says " hmm "

Alt: a cartoon batman is holding his hand to his face and says " hmm "

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Eva Michaels @evamichaels.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Delighted to find out that not everyone is tired of reading about European strategic autonomy in security & defence: Monika Sus and I wrote about this (open access) in @europeansecurity.bsky.social and it's become the most-read article over the past year www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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(Not) Coming of age? Unpacking the European Union’s quest for strategic autonomy in security and defence

Russia’s large-scale aggression against Ukraine brought back the debate about the European Union’s strategic autonomy ambitions in security and defence. The notion had slipped off the EU’s radar fo...

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Simon Usherwood @simonusherwood.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

I present the full delegations for the UK-EU PPA PDF version: bit.ly/UshGraphic135 Some comments in order 1/

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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

🚨🚨 A new report by @thecitp.bsky.social shows that #Brexit deals £3bn blow to UK food exports as British food sales to the EU have fallen by almost a fifth since the end of the Brexit transition period. Grim #brexitdisaster 🧵 www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

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Brexit hits UK food exports by £3bn as Starmer urged to strike deal with Brussels

British food sales to the EU have fallen by almost a fifth since the end of the Brexit transition period, a new report shows

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Ben Farrand @benfarrand.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Random thought of the day: does an interest in cyberpunk engender an interest in cybersecurity, or does an interest in cybersecurity engender an interest in cyberpunk?

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Alt: a robot with a flashlight and a sticker dancing like a hunting cat, as a cyborg responds in kind

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Ben Farrand @benfarrand.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty Law and technology scholar: cups may appear neutral but their contents are anything but, so we must regulate the structure of these cups according to our preferred liquids

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Mujtaba Rahman @mijrahman.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Can someone please do a starter pack of 🇪🇺 watchers and include me on it? ☺️😃🤷🏾🙈. I'll do it if I have to 😝

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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 25/09/2024

🚨🚨 "In today's let the never-ending misery continue", Jack Simpson and Angela Giuffrida has a depressing #brexitreality report on how EU plant exporters are turning backs on UK over post-Brexit border checks due to delays and trading costs.🧵 www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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EU plant exporters turning backs on UK over post-Brexit border checks, says trade group

Trading relationships at ‘breaking point’ because of delays and costs, garden centres and nurseries warn

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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 03/11/2023

🚨Heavy but very powerful read by extremely brave Dr Dániel András Karsai claiming the right to end his life "like the trees" standing and with "dignity instead of enduring meaningless suffering".

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Timo Seidl @timoseidl.bsky.social · 31/10/2023

🚨It's been a long journey, but all the more happy to finally see this out in Theory, Culture & Society: 'The Solutionist Ethic and the Spirit of Digital Capitalism' (with @onachtwey.bsky.social) 🔗Article: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... 🔗 German press release: www.unibas.ch/de/Aktuell/N...

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George Kyris @georgekyris.bsky.social · 27/10/2023

🌐 Conflictsky Intsec Still time to register for our next online seminar of the ECPR Network Statehood Sovereignty and Conflict (t.co/gpAbkR8Hir): 8 Nov 'The EU’s responses to authoritarian transnational repression' by S Furstenberg w/ A Dukalskis as discussant. t.co/y5QOChy2Ey

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Ben Farrand @benfarrand.bsky.social · 22/10/2023

@himself.bsky.social could I get an add to UndergroundSky? :)

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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 13/10/2023

@helenebismarck.bsky.social , @danielrembrandt.bsky.social and @stevepeers.bsky.social have being doing an incredible job in introducing and welcoming people here!

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Ben Farrand @benfarrand.bsky.social · 10/10/2023

@profmusgrave.bsky.social could I please get an add to the Polisky list? :)

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Ben Farrand @benfarrand.bsky.social · 07/10/2023

The rule of law and the rule of law are two very different things when you think about it

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Ben Farrand @benfarrand.bsky.social · 07/10/2023

1) the current linkage of sovereignty, economy, and security as strategic objectives in EU lawmaking can be understood in terms of ‘regulatory mercantilism’ 2) Count Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi is under-studied in a lot of EU law and politics work on the ideas shaping the EU in English language text

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da share z0ne @dasharez0ne.bsky.social · 28/09/2023

BUT STILL KICKEN ASS - dashare.zone ADMIN

EVERY ONE I KNOW IS SO TIRED THEY FEEL LIKE THERE BONES ARE MADE OF LEAD AND THERE COVERED IN SAND BAGS BUT TEY HAVE TO GET UP EVREY MORNING FEELING DEAD AND STILL HAVE TO SMILE AT WORK LIKE DA FUCKEN CRIPT KEEPER,,, AND IF WE COMPLAIN THEY TELL US TO VOTE,,,, ANY WAY DA TEXT SAYS "RISE AND GRIND, EVREY THING COST'S MORE, EVERY THING IS WORST, EVERY ONE IS UNHAPPY, IF THEY FIND OUT TAKEING A WALK IS FUN THERE GONGA START CHARGEING FOR IT - DASHARE.ZONE ADMIN

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