Reposted by Kasper HoffmannRachel Pelletier @fouturachel.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Really excited about this important piece. 🌱 022
Reposted by Kasper HoffmannMichiel van Meeteren @michielvanmeeteren.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Proud to have been able to contribute to this. 052
Reposted by Kasper HoffmannDr Matthew Taylor, author of "Black Redcoats" @blackredcoats.bsky.social · 19/01/2026In Kitwe, #Zambia, part of the Zambian Defence Force barracks is Mawlaik Banquet Hall, a public-usable venue for things like weddings and graduations. It is named after the village Mawlaik in #Burma #Myanmar where Zambia (& Malawi) soldiers fought hard in #WW2. @historybowsh.bsky.social 2134
Reposted by Kasper HoffmannMongabay @mongabay.com · 14/01/2026Myanmar hosts extraordinary plant diversity, with 864 species found nowhere else. A new review warns major knowledge gaps persist and calls for urgent, collaborative action to protect key plant hotspots before species are lost.news.mongabay.comMyanmar’s botanical data gaps risk its unique flora, collaborations could help, study saysMyanmar is a country of extremes. From tropical forests, mangroves and wetlands to frost-bitten alpine mountain slopes and jagged limestone karst outcrops, it’s home to tremendous botanical… 0218
Reposted by Kasper HoffmannKoen Vlassenroot @kvlassen.bsky.social · 24/12/2025Met @kasperhoffmann.bsky.social en @judithverweijen.bsky.social schreef ik een stuk over de wankele fundamenten van Trump's streven naar een nieuw Pax Americana in Congo. Wie denkt dat de door de VS gefaciliteerde akkoorden vrede zullen brengen, komt alvast bedrogen uit. www.mo.be/opinie/Trump...mo.be‘Trumps streven naar een nieuwe Pax Americana in Congo rust op wankele fundamenten’ – MO*In het vredesakkoord tussen Congo en Rwanda blijven de oorzaken van meer dan dertig jaar geweld grotendeels buiten beeld 023
Reposted by Kasper HoffmannAdam Baczko @adambaczko.bsky.social · 18/12/2025If you’re having trouble accessing my book The Taliban Courts: War through Law, feel free to contact me. It’s been unavailable and, since OUP won’t do a paperback, the hardback is very expensive for individuals. I’m happy to help you find a way to read it. 21610
Reposted by Kasper HoffmannEryk Salvaggio @eryk.bsky.social · 14/12/2025It’s good to see papers start to address LLMs as structural plagiarism — provenance, more hidden than the original words or training data. www.nature.com/articles/s42...nature.comLLM use in scholarly writing poses a provenance problemNature Machine Intelligence - LLM use in scholarly writing poses a provenance problem 11436165
Reposted by Kasper HoffmannOlga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 12/12/2025Seven German journalism students tracked Russian-crewed freighters lurking off the Dutch and German coast—and connected them to drone swarms over military bases. (Hank Van Ess) 25749390
Reposted by Kasper Hoffmannryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 02/12/2025fondly recalling when Bill Nordhaus got the econ Nobel for his model that assumed economic damages from climate change would be modest and far in the future heatmap.news/economy/clim...heatmap.newsClimate Change Is Already Costing U.S. Households Up to $900 Per YearA new working paper from a trio of eminent economists tallies the effects of warming — particularly extreme weather — on Americans’ budgets. 612830
Reposted by Kasper HoffmannPenelope Anthias @penelopeanthias.bsky.social · 20/11/2025Happy to recommend this Bilingual Audiovisual Roundtable "Urban Futures of Popular Neighbourhoods" curated by @samhalvorsen.bsky.social and Adriana Massidda. It hosts 5 short films from Latin America, inc. my film "Urukurenda: In Search of the Land Without Evil" antipodeonline.org/2025/10/29/u...antipodeonline.orgBilingual Intervention—“Urban Futures of Popular Neighbourhoods: An (Audio)Visual Roundtable” - Antipode OnlineSam Halvorsen (Queen Mary University of London) and Adriana L. Massidda (University of Sheffield) Spanish language version available at: / Versión en español disponible en: https://antipodeonline.org/... 011
Reposted by Kasper HoffmannRasmus Hundsbæk Pedersen @landaffairs.bsky.social · 14/11/2025Call for Conference Papers: International Conference on the Political Economy of Energy Transitions and Inequality in Africa. Join us at this conference, which will take place 30-31 March 2026, University of Ghana, Accra. Please see the full Call via: www.ug.edu.gh/announcement...ug.edu.ghCall for Conference Papers - International Conference on the Political Economy of Energy Transition and Inequality in Africa | University of Ghana 012
Reposted by Kasper HoffmannMongabay @mongabay.com · 10/11/2025[COMMENTARY] Congolese traditional medicine, rooted in cultural heritage, is disappearing due to the dominance of modern medicine. In rural areas, traditional healers remain essential, yet their knowledge is largely undocumented and often undervalued. ** The views expressed are the author's.news.mongabay.comThe uncertain future of DRC’s traditional medicine, a heritage to save (commentary)Congolese traditional medicine is disappearing. Not due to a lack of usefulness, but due to a lack of space in an increasingly standardized medical world. Faced with the rise of modern medicine,… 0106
Reposted by Kasper HoffmannPenelope Anthias @penelopeanthias.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Really enjoyed acting as discussant for Durham Anthropology's 2025 Layton Dialogue today on Indigenous Knowledge and Climate Change: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, with brilliant speakers Prof. Beth Rose Middleton Manning and Prof. Jay Mistry www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...durham.ac.ukIndigenous Knowledge and Climate Change Layton Dialogue - Durham University 061
Reposted by Kasper HoffmannPatryk I. Labuda @pilabuda.bsky.social · 04/11/2025Statement of the ICC Office of the Prosecutor on the situation in El-Fasher, North Darfur www.icc-cpi.int/news/stateme...icc-cpi.intStatement of the ICC Office of the Prosecutor on the situation in El-Fasher, North DarfurThe Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court expresses its profound alarm and deepest concern over recent reports emerging from El-Fasher about mass killings, rapes, and other crim... 063
Reposted by Kasper HoffmannHaroon Akram-Lodhi @ahakram-lodhi.bsky.social · 29/10/2025"The wealthiest 0.1% emit an average of 2.2 tonnes of CO2 every day, equivalent to the weight of a rhinoceros or an SUV. A citizen of Somalia burns off just 82 grams of CO2 each day, barely the mass of a single tomato or half a cup of rice." www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comAmerica’s super-rich are running down the planet’s safe climate spaces, says OxfamData shows wealthiest 0.1% of the US burn carbon at 4,000 times the rate of the world’s poorest 10% 065
Reposted by Kasper HoffmannGeography at Durham @geogdurham.bsky.social · 14/10/2025Our colleague @penelopeanthias.bsky.social will be speaking next month @camunigeography.bsky.social on the topic of 'Infrastructural affects and (contested) hydrocarbon futures in Bolivia': 082
Reposted by Kasper HoffmannMyfanwy James @myfanwyvjames.bsky.social · 08/10/2025Inspired by the fabulous work of @gillianmathys.bsky.social @kasperhoffmann.bsky.social @denistull.bsky.social @judithverweijen.bsky.social @rogermacginty.bsky.social and many others not on here 121
Reposted by Kasper HoffmannTim Longman 🏳️🌈 @timlongman.bsky.social · 20/09/2025Well, this is reassuring. Light at the end of the tunnel? 142
Reposted by Kasper HoffmannKristof Titeca @kristoftiteca.bsky.social · 03/09/2025I've written about the difficulties challenges in the various #DRC peace initiatives, and the bleak outlook. 062
Kasper Hoffmann @kasperhoffmann.bsky.social · 04/09/2025🌍Proud to share our new article in Land Use Policy: “Everyday Property-Making: Negotiating Land Rights, Precarity and Public Authority in Urban Congo” 📎 doi.org/10.1016/j.la... #Property #Land #DRCongo #PublicAuthority #Precarity @crg-ugent.bsky.social @roskildeuni.bsky.social @ucph.bsky.socialdoi.orgRedirecting 021
Reposted by Kasper HoffmannFrontier Myanmar @frontiermyanmar.bsky.social · 13/08/2025AFP | One of Myanmar’s most conflict-ravaged states has witnessed a “dramatic rise in hunger” after United States aid cuts pushed by President Donald Trump during a punishing civil war, the World Food Programme said Tuesday.frontiermyanmar.netRakhine State sees 'dramatic' hunger rise after aid cutbacksOne of Myanmar's most conflict-ravaged states has witnessed a "dramatic rise in hunger" after United States aid cuts pushed by President Donald Trump during a punishing civil war, the World Food Progr... 048
Reposted by Kasper HoffmannWarwick Anderson @wombatscholar.bsky.social · 08/08/2025So sad, Callon was such an important figure in STS. Who can forget those scallops? I met him once at the École des Mines, Bruno Latour introduced us, around 1990 - that was it. I wish I'd gotten to know him, too late now - yet the scallops and ANT live on #STS @4sweb.bsky.social @aussts.bsky.social 1234
Reposted by Kasper HoffmannYvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social · 23/07/2025Funny piece. It's actually stunning how incompetent people can end up influencing African policy just because they cultivate proximity with decision-making circles. Paris has its Phams, tooafricasacountry.comThe grift tankIn Washington’s think tank ecosystem, Africa is treated as a low-stakes arena where performance substitutes for knowledge. The result: unqualified actors shaping policy on behalf of militarists, lobbyists, and frauds. 062
Reposted by Kasper HoffmannGillian Mathys @gillianmathys.bsky.social · 21/07/2025And now the book is officially out! 2157
Reposted by Kasper HoffmannMongabay @mongabay.com · 13/07/2025Fishing is an important food production system that's most vulnerable to climate change, and yet governments lack data to help fishers adapt. To address that gap, the global research partnership CGIAR recently launched its Asia Digital Hub.news.mongabay.comA new data hub helps small-scale fishers adapt to climate changeRoughly 40% of the global fish catch comes from small-scale fisheries. It’s one of the food production systems most vulnerable to climate change, and governments are lacking data to help fishers… 0142
Reposted by Kasper HoffmannGillian Mathys @gillianmathys.bsky.social · 27/06/2025My book Fractured Pasts @universitypress.cambridge.org was officially launched today. Grateful for everyone who attended, and thanks to everyone who contributed in big and small ways. You can order it here www.cambridge.org/core/books/f... and you can get a 20% discount at checkout using FPLKB2025. 043
Reposted by Kasper HoffmannJustin Pearce @justinpearce.bsky.social · 15/06/2025In Luanda for the launch of this edited volume on #Angola after Dos Santos, produced in record time in Portuguese & English with chapters by Angolan & foreign scholars. Both versions in the link. My chapter is on the politics of public memory 50 years after independence. www.cmi.no/publications...cmi.noAngola after dos Santos: An anthology on continuity and changeAs Angola celebrates its 50th anniversary as an independent nation, it is timely to provide an assessment of the state of political, s... 0173
Reposted by Kasper HoffmannDenis Tull @denistull.eurosky.social · 26/05/2025This is your once in a life time chance to work with top scholars on a super important topic! 043
Reposted by Kasper HoffmannVincent Foucher @vincentfoucher.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Very important, this. News do not show up naturally, they are allowed (or disallowed) by a variety of social processes. When it comes to violence in the Lake Chad Basin, there is good reason to suspect it is seriously underestimated even in the best data bases. 177
Reposted by Kasper HoffmannDVB English News @dvbenglish.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Aung Naing Soe, a journalist and documentary filmmaker from Burma living and working in exile, joined the DVB Newsroom to discuss the new book he co-authored with Joe Freeman called Frontline Poets: The literary rebels taking on Myanmar’s military. Read more: english.dvb.no/resistance-a... 033
Reposted by Kasper HoffmannNew Left Review @newleftreview.bsky.social · 09/05/2025'The DRC – born under Belgian colonial rule, remade as a Cold War theatre, now shaped by external financial flows – remains deprived of anything resembling real sovereignty.' Ben Radley & Nicholas Fairwood contextualise the conflict in the Congo: newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...newleftreview.orgBen Radley & Nicholas Fairwood, Colonial Legacies — SidecarUnderstanding the DRC. 0107
Reposted by Kasper HoffmannPatrick Marques @pmarques35.bsky.social · 11/05/2025[1/8] @justinebrabant.bsky.social et Joseph Confavreux s'entretiennent avec Gilles Dorronsoro (Université Paris 1/CESSP), politiste spécialiste des guerres civiles. Dans Le Plus Grand des Maux, il analyse les logiques politiques, sociales et internationales de ces conflits. #HGGSP #civilwarmediapart.frGilles Dorronsoro : « Poutine est un idéologue qui ne terminera pas sa guerre par des accords économiques »Spécialiste de l’Afghanistan et de la Syrie, le chercheur analyse dans son nouveau livre les dynamiques des guerres civiles contemporaines. Il constate qu’en la matière, « la politique étrangère occi… 154
Reposted by Kasper HoffmannHoward French @hofrench.bsky.social · 08/05/2025A much more complicated history than most people imagine. A piece of mine following an interview with him: www.nytimes.com/1996/06/02/w...nytimes.comAn African Ex-Emperor Laments His Reputation (Published 1996) 0164
Reposted by Kasper HoffmannUniversiteit Antwerpen @uantwerpen.be · 28/04/2025Are Indigenous peoples always forest guardians? Or can they also become forest destroyers? Fergus O'Leary Simpson #UAntwerp explores the nuanced reality through the case study of the Batwa community in the Democratic Republic of Congo. @iobua.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...podcasts.apple.comIndigenous Forest Guardians or Destroyers? A More Nuanced Story — with Fergus O'Leary SimpsonPodcast Episode · Intertwined · 04/26/2025 · 39m 022
Reposted by Kasper HoffmannRosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Check out this fantastic post doc opportunity working with @judithverweijen.bsky.social ⬇️ 032
Reposted by Kasper HoffmannStuart Elden @stuartelden.bsky.social · 18/04/2025Roberto Casati, The Cognitive Life of Maps - @mitpress.bsky.social, 2024 (print and open access) direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon... review at NDPR by Ben Blumson ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/the-...direct.mit.eduThe Cognitive Life of MapsThe “mapness of maps”—how maps live in interaction with their users, and what this tells us about what they are and how they work.In a sense, maps are temp 0101
Reposted by Kasper HoffmannMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 09/04/2025'Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work.'timeshighereducation.comX’s dominance ‘over’ as Bluesky becomes new hub for researchData indicates more scholars turning to alternative social media site to post about their work after Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover 129174324387
Reposted by Kasper HoffmannHoward French @hofrench.bsky.social · 08/04/2025On the Ukraine model. www.ft.com/content/8b62...ft.comUS closes in on critical minerals deal with DR CongoTrump’s Africa adviser agrees ‘path forward’ to drive American mining investment as Tshisekedi government seeks to shore up support 041
Reposted by Kasper HoffmannWim Carton @wimcarton.bsky.social · 01/04/2025We've got a big book coming out on carbon removal and geoengineering in October. If you're interested in doing a review (hence in getting an advance copy) - send me a dm! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/790847... 76313
Reposted by Kasper HoffmannKoen Vlassenroot @kvlassen.bsky.social · 02/04/2025www.egmontinstitute.be/we-are-caugh...egmontinstitute.be"We Are Caught Between Violence and Famine" - Analysis of the Deepening Crisis Affecting Eastern DR Congo - Egmont InstituteRegional and international initiatives to end the war between M23/AFC and the Congolese government are multiplying, leading to mounting pressure on the belligerents to negotiate through sanctions and ... 032
Reposted by Kasper HoffmannJohan Varning Bendtsen @johanvbendtsen.bsky.social · 24/03/2025Tyrkiets demokratiske deroute? "Man har arresteret præsidentens største politiske rival – en taktik, som gør, at der lige nu tales om en russificering af tyrkisk politik," siger @hetavrojan.bsky.social på dagens forside af @kristeligt-dagblad.dk: www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk/udland/trods...kristeligt-dagblad.dkErdogans stramme greb om magten får tyrkerne på gaden: Der er ikke retfærdighed herFængslingen af Istanbuls populære borgmester, der af mange blev set som eneste reelle udfordrer til Tyrkiets præsident, har fået tyrkerne på gaden 232
Reposted by Kasper HoffmannMorten Scriver Andersen @mscriver.bsky.social · 24/03/2025Vi er så heldige at have en ekstremt vidende kapacitet om en af verdens mest oversete, men dramatiske konflikter lige nu. Så hvis du vil vide mere om hvad der sker i DR Congo lige nu, og hvorfor det sker. Lyt til Kasper her 👇 031
Reposted by Kasper HoffmannGlobalnyt @globalnyt.dk · 24/03/2025At det lille Rwanda fører krig i det store naboland DR Congo, hænger sammen med det rwandiske folkemord i 1994. Men at Rwandas allierede, M23, turde erobre to storbyer, hænger nok sammen med mere aktuelle begivenheder, mener Congo-ekspert @kasperhoffmann.bsky.social globalnyt.dk/forsker-nok-...globalnyt.dkForsker: Nok ikke tilfældigt, at Rwandas oprørsvenner angreb lige efter Trumps indsættelse | GlobalnytMillionbyerne Goma og Bukavu i den østlige del af Den Demokratiske Republik Congo blev i slutningen af januar indtaget af oprørsgruppen M23 med støtte fra n ... 022
Reposted by Kasper HoffmannMorten Scriver Andersen @mscriver.bsky.social · 10/03/2025Landets skarpeste studerende må da være på Bluesky? :) Kom i praktik på den lille globale og Københavns hyggeligste redaktion på Pile Allé 082
Kasper Hoffmann @kasperhoffmann.bsky.social · 24/03/2025Jeg har forsket i konflikterne i DR Congo i omkring 20 år. Derfor var jeg meget interesseret, da @globalnyt.dk inviterede mig til at lave en podcast om emnet. I sidste uge var jeg derinde for at diskutere emnet. Vi kom godt omkring det. Lyt med her: globalnyt.dk/forsker-nok-...globalnyt.dkForsker: Nok ikke tilfældigt, at Rwandas oprørsvenner angreb lige efter Trumps indsættelse | GlobalnytMillionbyerne Goma og Bukavu i den østlige del af Den Demokratiske Republik Congo blev i slutningen af januar indtaget af oprørsgruppen M23 med støtte fra n ... 072
Reposted by Kasper HoffmannDuncan Money @mininghistory.bsky.social · 18/03/2025My latest article in @thecontinent.org on the robust negotiations between the Sahel's new military rulers and international mining companies: 03318
Reposted by Kasper HoffmannKristof Titeca @kristoftiteca.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Some comments in @nytimes.com on Rwanda cutting ties with Belgium: "“Rwanda has flexed its muscles at any criticism and signaled, ‘We’re not afraid by sanctions; they’re not having any effect (..) But that strong reaction actually shows that it might have some effect” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/w...nytimes.comRwanda Cuts Ties With Belgium Over Congo Conflict and E.U. SanctionsBelgium, Rwanda’s former colonial ruler, pushed for the European Union to impose sanction against Rwandan officials over their role in invading eastern Congo and plundering its mineral wealth. 032
Reposted by Kasper HoffmannRasmus Hundsbæk Pedersen @landaffairs.bsky.social · 14/03/2025New postdoc position on political economy with state-business relations in Ukraine as a case. It is a shared position between DIIS and Copenhagen Business School www.cbs.dk/cbs/jobs-paa...cbs.dkPostdoc in Political Economy at CBS | CBS - Copenhagen Business SchoolCopenhagen Business School invites applications for a postdoctoral position in Political Economy with a focus on Ukraine. The postdoc has a duration 3½ years (42 months), which includes nine months of teaching at CBS. The postdoc is based on a collaboration with the Danish Institute of International 012
Reposted by Kasper HoffmannKristof Titeca @kristoftiteca.bsky.social · 11/03/20254 fully-funded PhD positions to work on climate resilience among at-risk populations in #Uganda and #Mozambique (smallholders & refugees) at @w-u-r.bsky.social and @erasmusuniversity.bsky.social: climares.nl/vacancies/climares.nl 1710