Daniela Lai @danielalai.bsky.social · 02/09/2026New room for the GA taking place at lunchtime today! Follow the signs to Building 1, room JJ Laginha 021
Reposted by Daniela LaiBritain Elects @britainelects.com · 27/02/2026Gorton and Denton by-election result: GRN: 40.7% (+27.5) REF: 28.7% (+14.7) LAB: 25.4% (-25.3) CON: 1.9% (-6.0) LDEM: 1.8% (-2.1) Green GAIN from Labour. 672096502
Reposted by Daniela LaiDaniela Gabor @danielagabor.bsky.social · 27/02/2026My favourite bit about ethnonationalist Matt Goodwin complaining that he lost to Muslim sectarianism is that Muslims voted for a party led by a gay Jewish man. Sectarianism eh. 27823
Reposted by Daniela LaiEuropean International Studies Association (EISA) @europeanisa.bsky.social · 12/01/2026📣 Abstract submission for workshops at #EWIS2026 is now open! 🗓️ All abstracts must be submitted via our online system by 11 February 2026 🔗 Please read the submission guidelines carefully on our website: eisa-net.org/ewis-2026/ab... 035
Reposted by Daniela LaiPolly Pallister-Wilkins @pollypw.bsky.social · 09/01/2026What is the arms trade, and how does it shape our world? In our first @europeanisa.bsky.social Voices episode of 2026, I talk to the indomitable @annastavrianakis.bsky.social to explore this question and much more… voices-the-eisa-podcast.podigee.io/39-new-episodevoices-the-eisa-podcast.podigee.ioWhat is...the Arms Trade?What is the arms trade, and how does it shape our world? In our first episode of 2026, we explore why scholars of international relations should pay closer attention to the arms trade, and what its dy... 0104
Reposted by Daniela LaiEuropean International Studies Association (EISA) @europeanisa.bsky.social · 15/12/2025📫 Check your inboxes - decision emails for workshop proposals at #EWIS2026 have been sent! ➡️ Abstract submission will open in January 2026... 041
Reposted by Daniela LaiEuropean International Studies Association (EISA) @europeanisa.bsky.social · 11/12/2025📣 Abstract submission for #EISAPEC26 is now open! 🗓️ Deadline: 19 February 2026 🔗 Visit our website for detailed guidelines: buff.ly/3a7EqAz 134
Reposted by Daniela LaiEuropean International Studies Association (EISA) @europeanisa.bsky.social · 28/11/2025📣 Calling all recently graduated or final year PhD students: applications for EISA's Postdoctoral Bridge Grants are now open! 💸 Up to 5 grants of €3,500 each 🗓️ Deadline: 19 March 2026 🔗 More information on eligibility and application details: buff.ly/9giEdNr 059
Reposted by Daniela LaiEuropean International Studies Association (EISA) @europeanisa.bsky.social · 18/11/2025⏰ The deadline for workshop submissions for #EISAPEC26 is coming up! 🔗 Submit a proposal here by 24 November: buff.ly/SpxSboT 035
Daniela Lai @danielalai.bsky.social · 17/11/2025So good to see this coming out soon - thanks to Aida and Jacqui's amazing work! 040
Reposted by Daniela LaiMike Bankole @mikebankole.bsky.social · 07/11/2025Hey peeps. I’ve started a Substack. I’ll be writing about politics and my research (with the odd piece on football) 241
Reposted by Daniela LaiEuropean International Studies Association (EISA) @europeanisa.bsky.social · 31/10/2025📣 The Joint Management Committee of the ECPR Standing Group on International Relations and EISA are looking for a new editorial team to take over the running of ejir.bsky.social from 1 January 2027! 🔗 Find the complete Call for Editors document here: buff.ly/B4O8NdN 025
Reposted by Daniela Laieconomyandspace.bsky.social @economyandspace.bsky.social · 28/10/2025OnlineFirst - "Infinitely recyclable? Scraps and disarticulations in the steelmaking green transition" by Daniela Lai: #steel #disarticulations #greentransition #steelmaking #politicaleconomy journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... 031
Reposted by Daniela LaiMate Subašić @matesuba.bsky.social · 27/10/2025📢 Roundtable: Dayton Peace Agreement – 30 Years On Join leading experts to discuss lessons learned since 1995. 🗓 19 Nov | 🕒 3–5 PM 📍 LJMU, John Foster Building, Room G.01, Liverpool 🔗 Register via eventbrite.com/e/dayton-peace… Speakers from Oxford, York, LSE & Liverpool Unis 061
Daniela Lai @danielalai.bsky.social · 27/10/2025Very happy to share that my article "Infinitely recyclable? Scraps and disarticulations in the steelmaking green transition" was just published in Environment and Planning A. This is truly made in @europeanisa.bsky.social, written in 2024 for EWIS and then revised for PEC! doi.org/10.1177/0308...doi.orgSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 094
Daniela Lai @danielalai.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Diolch 🏴🙌 nation.cymru/opinion/refo...nation.cymruReform's defeat is a triumph for WalesMartin Shipton Lindsay Whittle’s triumph in the Caerphilly by-election is a victory not only for Plaid Cymru, but for Wales. Like many others, I had been seduced into believing that the Farage bandwag... 033
Reposted by Daniela LaiAndreu Casas @andreucasas.bsky.social · 29/09/2025🚨Hiring a fully funded (3.5 years) PhD for the @ldnsocmedobs.bsky.social to research social media and politics. Candidates should have quantitative/computational skills and/or be interested in content curation/moderation. UK home candidates only unfortunately. www.royalholloway.ac.uk/media/hquftp...royalholloway.ac.uk 1414
Reposted by Daniela LaiElliot Dolan-Evans @therealelliotde.bsky.social · 29/09/2025Making War Safe for Capitalism: The World Bank, IMF, and the Conflict in Ukraine has finally been released! Please ask your local or university library to get it! You can also use my author code (BUP50) if you'd really like to get it epub or hard-copy bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/making-war-s... 131
Daniela Lai @danielalai.bsky.social · 09/09/2025www.rainews.it/video/2025/0...rainews.itFlotilla: "Ecco l'istante in cui la Family Boat è stata colpita dall'alto"La missione umanitaria afferma di essere stata attaccata da un drone in acque tunisine e pubblica un video. Le autorità locali smentiscono 020
Daniela Lai @danielalai.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Thank you Beste! Very happy to start my term as President of the @europeanisa.bsky.social here at #EISAPEC25 2213
Reposted by Daniela LaiReview of International Political Economy @ripejournal.bsky.social · 21/07/2025Steel mills, markets and war: mapping gendered circuits of violence, by @danielalai.bsky.socialtandfonline.comSteel mills, markets and war: mapping gendered circuits of violenceSteelmaking has come back to the forefront of discussions around war, in the context of the global political and economic reconfigurations brought about by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Despite ... 083
Daniela Lai @danielalai.bsky.social · 09/07/2025Very happy to have this article out with RIPE: Steel mills, markets and war: mapping gendered circuits of violence www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.com 021
Daniela Lai @danielalai.bsky.social · 04/07/2025Nice to have landed back in the UK as it confirms its sure and steady decline into authoritarianism 130
Reposted by Daniela LaiPolly Pallister-Wilkins @pollypw.bsky.social · 02/07/2025Greetings from #EWIS2025 where @europeanisa.bsky.social president @besteisleyen.bsky.social gives an overview of the grants EISA has been able to give out as part of our redistributive policies 164
Daniela Lai @danielalai.bsky.social · 15/06/2025The original title of this article, straight out of 2003, was that Israel's attack has a "real chance of bringing about regime change" in Iran. With not a hint of criticism.theguardian.comHow the dismantling of Iran’s regional proxies paved way for Israel’s attackNetanyahu has been systematically and successfully weakening his regional foes, now Tehran is in the crosshairs 020
Daniela Lai @danielalai.bsky.social · 11/06/2025EISA statement on attacks to higher education funding across Europe 042
Reposted by Daniela LaiEuropean International Studies Association (EISA) @europeanisa.bsky.social · 09/06/2025🎉 The full programme for #EWIS2025 is now available on our website: bit.ly/3TcCKjh 🇵🇱 We look forward to seeing many of you in Krakow next month... 053
Daniela Lai @danielalai.bsky.social · 09/06/2025"diverted" is when the 75 bus goes through an alternative route due to roadworks, not when a boat is seized in international waters 13518
Reposted by Daniela LaiCaroline Dodds Pennock @carolinepennock.bsky.social · 30/04/2025Heartened to see that close to 900 fellow academics and educators have already signed our letter in support of trans rights, trans wellbeing & trans inclusion, and against essentialist, anti-scientific, racialised & regressive views of womanhood. Please do read, share & sign! tinyurl.com/mud7va29tinyurl.comNot In Our Name - Feminist Academics and Educators Speak Out - with signaturesTo co-sign the statement, fill in this form: https://forms.gle/oDYgnobrMiScaMEt5 Not In Our Name: Feminist Academics and Educators Speak Out Against Transphobia We are non-trans feminist academics... 21375188
Reposted by Daniela LaiKatarina Kušić @katkusic.bsky.social · 30/04/2025Over the last few months, I've been working with colleagues in BiH and @ecodiya.bsky.social on updating the #LandMatrix database on land deals in BiH. We also wrote a small report, now published! You can check out the database here: landmatrix.org/map/landmatrix.org 0133
Daniela Lai @danielalai.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Took me a while to find time to read this, but I'm glad I did www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...theguardian.comThe rise of end times fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra TaylorThe governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them 020
Daniela Lai @danielalai.bsky.social · 24/04/2025My thoughts on the government intervention to save British Steel 031
Reposted by Daniela LaiBeste İşleyen @besteisleyen.bsky.social · 17/04/2025Many @europeanisa.bsky.social colleagues have received phishing emails from me. Do not reply to these emails, delete them and report as spam. 002
Daniela Lai @danielalai.bsky.social · 11/04/2025Sharing the PSA Teaching and Learning conference call for abstracts! It's at Royal Holloway this year, send your abstracts by 17 April to Nat and Lyn: full info at the link! www.psa.ac.uk/specialist-g...psa.ac.ukCall for Papers Political Studies Association Teaching and Learning Network Conference | The Political Studies Association (PSA)Theme: Teaching Well4th-5th September 2025 This year’s PSA TLN annual conference will take place on Thursday 4th and Friday 5th of September at Royal Holloway, University of London, in Egham, Surrey. ... 010
Daniela Lai @danielalai.bsky.social · 27/03/2025So lucky I got to spend time with these amazing, inspiring people in Liverpool! Thank you @matesuba.bsky.social @ebstavrevska.bsky.social and Nina for bringing us together 050
Reposted by Daniela LaiEuropean International Studies Association (EISA) @europeanisa.bsky.social · 24/03/2025🗳️ 11 EISA members have been shortlisted for election to the Governing Board! 📩 Members will receive a voting link via email 🗓️ Voting is open until 21 April 2025 13:00 CET ⬇️ Candidate profiles below... 1104
Reposted by Daniela LaiBISA South East Europe @bisasee.bsky.social · 24/03/2025We are pleased to mark 20 years since our @mybisa.bsky.social working groups emerged. Thanks to @livunipol.bsky.social at @liverpooluni.bsky.social for welcoming us to Liverpool for a full-day workshop. The workshop features two panels, a working group convenors roundtable and the exhibition. 188
Reposted by Daniela LaiDenisa Kostovicova @denisakost.bsky.social · 26/02/2025I’m grateful to @danielalai.bsky.social for such an insightful review of my book Reconciliation by Stealth & noting its relevance also for studies of colonialism, racism & climate justice @cornellupress.bsky.social 031
Reposted by Daniela LaiCharlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 23/02/2025I’m glad Labour is supporting these workers, who are at risk of losing 400 jobs. Would be nice if they were also supporting university workers, where 10,000 jobs are at risk. In the first week of February alone 1,000 job cuts were announced. Nothing from Labour at all in response. 7301107
Daniela Lai @danielalai.bsky.social · 20/02/2025My review of @denisakost.bsky.social's book Reconciliation by Stealth is now out on Southeastern Europe doi.org/10.30965/187...doi.orgReconciliation by Stealth: How People Talk about War Crimes, written by Denisa Kostovicova"Reconciliation by Stealth: How People Talk about War Crimes, written by Denisa Kostovicova" published on 12 Feb 2025 by Brill | Schöningh. 010
Daniela Lai @danielalai.bsky.social · 11/02/2025There is still time to register for this important event on mobility injustices in academia 033
Reposted by Daniela LaiEuropean International Studies Association (EISA) @europeanisa.bsky.social · 07/02/2025🚨 Remember to submit your abstracts for #EWIS2025 workshops by Tuesday February 11th! 🔗 Find a full list of workshops and more information here: buff.ly/3XOXyk1 023
Daniela Lai @danielalai.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Keep the abstracts coming! The deadline for #EWIS2025 submissions is Tuesday 11 February! 022
Daniela Lai @danielalai.bsky.social · 05/02/2025We should stop treating things Trump says as crazy banter. He hosted someone under an ICC arrest warrant for war crimes, and they are plotting more crimes together? It's not mad or surprising, he will keep pushing until people let him. People in Gaza need us to take this seriously. 030
Daniela Lai @danielalai.bsky.social · 05/02/2025I read Burawoy's extended case method article when I was a first-year PhD student, and since then his work has had a huge influence on me. Very sad to hear of his tragic passing. 060
Reposted by Daniela LaiEuropean International Studies Association (EISA) @europeanisa.bsky.social · 04/02/2025⏰ Reminder: there's just one week left to submit abstracts for #EWIS2025! 022