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European International Studies Association (EISA) @europeanisa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

📣 The Call for Proposals for EWIS 2027 in Bordeaux are now open! 💡The theme is: Boundaries across Scales: Power, Territory, and Spatial Imaginaries 🔗 buff.ly/nIIpwKv 🗓️ Read submission instructions carefully and submit a workshop proposal by 23 November 2026!

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Stefan C. Aykut @stefanaykut.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

📚 Heute erscheint „Die Klimamutation“ bei Campus. In Zeiten von Rechtsruck und Kriegen scheint Klima im Hintergrund. Andere Themen bestimmen Schlagzeilen und Umfragen. Aber die Klimafrage ist nicht verschwunden. Sie verändert die Bedingungen, unter denen wir leben, wirtschaften, Politik machen.

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Aleksandra Spalinska @alexspalinska.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Thrilled that my book, "Neomedievalism in International Relations: Scattering the International, Elucidating the Empire", has been selected as the IR Book of the Week" by @profpaulpoast.bsky.social! Looking forward to more discussions on medievalism, modernity, the international and empire in IR!

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Laura J. Shepherd @drljshepherd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I'm not at all sure BlueSky functions in the same way as the old space (in the good times) but I'll give this a try anyway... Folks who are thinking about attending BISA 2027: anyone keen to collaborate on a panel or roundtable (or some other kind of event) on neurodiversity in academia?

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Academic Cat Wearing Glasses

Alt: White floofy cat wearing glasses

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Volt Europa @volteuropa.org · 14/09/2026

Today is the official launch of the European Citizens' Initiative on the Right to Housing: sign here right-to-housing.eu 💜

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Right to Housing! Now and Forever

The European Citizens' Initiative for affordable homes on a livable planet. Signature collection starts September 2026 - August 2027.

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Nicolai Gellwitzki @ngellwitzki.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

How does masculinity shape the 2024 US presidential election and Trump’s foreign policy? If you are interested in this quesiton, read our new open access article with @veronicabarfucci.bsky.social and Deborah Faudoa Rodriguez in @isq-jrnl.bsky.social. academic.oup.com/isq/article/...

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From Domestic Contestation to Alpha Male Foreign Policy: Phantasies of Masculinity and the US Self

Abstracts. How does masculinity inform the 2024 US presidential election and subsequent US foreign policy? To address this question, we develop the concept

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Leonore (Lee) Carpenter @leecarpenter.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

In case you are an academic who is currently being gaslit into believing that you're a caveman who wants their students to be jobless if you resist allowing AI in your classrooms... I present to you Berkeley Law's response, which can be summarized as "Fuck off directly into the sun."

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Artificial Intelligence Policy

Effective Summer 2026 Purpose Future lawyers may need to use artificial intelligence (“AI”) fluently. But the current state of the technology requires that AI use be coupled with the cognitive […]

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Volt Europa @volteuropa.org · 14/08/2026

2/2 www.wearethe1million.eu 💜💪

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Volt Europa @volteuropa.org · 10/08/2026

INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY 🚨 Volt Europa is hiring interns to work with our Co-Presidents or in the General Secretary's Office. Six months, full-time, remote. Real political projects across 30+ countries. NL or BE residency required. Want to know more? Visit volteuropa.org/vacancies-traineeships

A vertical social media graphic with a white background at the top and a large photograph filling the lower two thirds. Across the top, in very large bold purple capitals, the headline reads "WE ARE HIRING". Beneath it, in smaller bold purple text, is the line "Join the Volt team as an intern to our Co-Presidents or General Secretaries". The photograph below shows a large crowd of people gathered outdoors on a riverbank in Bratislava, with the castle and a bridge visible on the hill behind them across the water. Many are holding flags, including several European Union flags, a purple Volt flag, a rainbow Pride flag, and various national and regional flags. At the front of the group, people hold up a Slovak flag and a long purple banner reading "Europe. United." with a circle of gold stars. Several people wear purple Volt t-shirts. Overlaid in white bold text across the bottom of the photograph is the line "Paid. Full-time. Remote."

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FragDenStaat @fragdenstaat.de · 23/07/2026

❗Alexander Dobrindt will das IFG abschaffen – und FragDenStaat gleich mit❗ Ein Papier aus dem BMI zeigt: die „Reform”-Pläne fürs Informationsfreiheitsgesetz gehen weiter als bisher bekannt. Mit einer „Identifizierungspflicht“ soll FragDenStaat ausgeschaltet werden. fragdenstaat.de/artikel/poli...

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Neue Pläne im Innenministerium: Dobrindt will FragDenStaat ausschalten

Die Bundesregierung will das Informationsfreiheitsgesetz faktisch abschaffen. Interne Dokumente zeigen jetzt: Der Plan zielt explizit darauf, Anfragen über FragDenStaat unmöglich zu machen.

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Dr Jeremy Walker @jeremywalker.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Fuck AI. Mass destruction & climate disaster for what? Deepfake porn, plagiarism robots, automated extreme RW slopaganda, pointless summaries of internet searches top 5 hits, enshittification of truth based social infrastructure (law, welfare, education) ubiquitous authoritarian mass surveillance.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 01/07/2026

NEW BLOG FOR YOU Google's energy consumption numbers in their new climate report are mind-blowing. 2 years ago they flipped from linear to exponential growth, and their climate impact is blowing out, too. A WILD testament to the obscene bloat and waste of GenAI: ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/g...

a chart showing google's rising energy consumption - huge, and rising faster than ever before

Google's total energy consumption more than new zealand

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Stephanie Christine Winkler @scwinkler.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Publication alert 🥳 Our article "Decoding the New Cold War" is out in Geopolitics (open access!). Everyone talks about the New Cold War, but what kind of animal is it? Concept, analogy, process? And does it matter? Yes, we argue! Find out more here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Mel Andrews @bayesianboy.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

When utilized in literature review, LLMs consistently 1. fail to mention female authors in female-led literatures, 2. insist that men are more influential or more heavily cited when this is contradicted by objective citation counts, and 3. attribute women’s work to hallucinated male scholars.

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Charlotte Weatherill @ckweatherill.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Wondering what I could contribute to Virtual BISA, as I've not really got anything at the right stage to share. If anyone is interested in teaming up for a submission, now's the time to reach out. (By email, I refuse to do age verification.)

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BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Come and join our Postgraduate Network and first-timers meet up at #BISA2026 🎉 A great way to meet and network with fellow first-timers, postgraduates and ECRs in a relaxed and welcoming environment! 🌟 Sponsored by the PGN on Tuesday 2 June at The Mesmerist 👉 ow.ly/hRLL50Z5239

Brighton Pier in England, a popular travel destination and iconic landmark on a sunny day.

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Dr Natalie Jester @nataliejester.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

We at @cawpbisa.bsky.social are hugely excited to be holding a symposium titled '(En)countering violence: critical approaches to studying and representing violence, and dangerous and disposable subjects'. EoI deadline is 19 June, to be held 9 and 10 September in London - full details below!

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Call for papers: (En)countering violence: critical approaches to studying and representing violence, and dangerous and disposable subjects- Critical Alternatives for World Politics (CAWP) | BISA

- Critical Alternatives for World Politics (CAWP) Working Group

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robin celikates @robin-c.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

neben den neuen Repressionen gegen die Opposition wurde per Mitternachtsdekret die Istanbuler Bilgi-Universität geschlossen, eine der letzten relativ unabhängigen akademischen Institutionen mit über 20.000 Studierenden bianet.org/haber/istanb...

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İstanbul Bilgi University shut down by presidential decree

The institution was one of Turkey's first private universities.

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Nina C. Krickel-Choi @nckc.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

"...the world being reduced to abstract and quantifiable calculations of individual gain. AI is simply the next stage, and logical corollary of, the commodification of everything. It reduces the qualitative richness of the world" 🔥👇 doi.org/10.1332/2635...

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How to be ‘anti-AI’ in the 21st century: overcoming the inevitability narrative

The general consensus appears to be that AI has the potential to provide solutions to most of society’s major problems, but not without introducing its own downsides, which need to be addressed in ord...

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Nina C. Krickel-Choi @nckc.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

I'll be presenting my ongoing work on security and Existentialism in the Anthropocene at the University of Tübingen next week! 🤗 🎉 Wednesday, 13 May, 4pm CET. Anyone can join - Zoom link below 👇

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Gëzim Visoka @gezimvisoka.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

📣 Call for Papers - Special issue on Peacemaking, Recognition, and the Politics of Statehood in Protracted Conflicts! We invite contributions that examine the relationship between peacemaking and recognition from multiple perspectives! See details below. Deadline: 30 June 2026!

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Nina C. Krickel-Choi @nckc.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

So happy that a paper from the special issue I edited on "Grappling with the climate crisis in IR" won the journal's best article award! Check it out!👇

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Ben O'Loughlin @benoloughlin.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

☺️@paulinesophieh.bsky.social and I won a prize for this article: www.ceeol.com/search/artic... Thanks to @michelpoiccard.bsky.social and the editorial team! Are you seeing actors use bad faith, for what, and do they get away with it?

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Nina C. Krickel-Choi @nckc.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

This European Citizen Initiative on the "suspension of the EU-Israel association agreement in view of Israel's violation of human rights" is nearing 1 mio signatures. 👀 Check it out if you haven't already 👇 citizens-initiative.europa.eu/initiatives/...

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Initiative detail | European Citizens' Initiative

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

So much AI propaganda about “saving time” is capitalist propaganda. You need to do things faster so you can make more money because work has been devalued and full-time jobs are harder to come by. But AI isn’t going to make YOU rich. It’s already devaluing the work and the jobs even more

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Dick Samuels @rjsamuels.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

All ten of our articles are freely available now: @ejisbisa.bsky.social. All new work on politicized captivity from @toddhall.bsky.social @daniellegilbert.bsky.social @minseonku.bsky.social @rogerpetersen1.bsky.social @profgustafsson.bsky.social Jade McGlynn, Simon Koschut, Barak Kushner,

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Institute of International Relations Prague @iirprague.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

The Czech Journal of International Relations is pleased to announce a call for papers for a special issue titled Small States in Turbulent Times, which is scheduled for publication in August 2027. For more information please visit: cjir.iir.cz/index.php/cj...

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Review of International Studies @risjnl.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

🎧 Reminder: RIS has a podcast! 🎧 We now have EIGHT episodes of the Review of International Studies podcast - well worth a listen, friends! buff.ly/CJdduct

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Andrew D Wilson @adw.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Wikipedia now has higher standards than all universities

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European Journal of International Security @ejisbisa.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

🚀🇷🇺 "Capturing the minds: The role of child deportation in maintaining Russian authority over Ukraine’s occupied territories" by @drjademcglynn.bsky.social & Anastasiia Romaniuk is our article of the month! 📚👉 Read, for free, here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Nina C. Krickel-Choi @nckc.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Call for special issue contributions on the theme of "Small states in turbulent times" - see below 👇

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Thomas Diez @thomasdiez.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

A world with #international #law is by no means perfect. But a world in which those who can do ignore international law is even worse. I am grateful to colleagues for initiating this open letter to the German government. verfassungsblog.de/stellungnahm...

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Stellungnahme zur deutschen Außenpolitik im Zuge der Angriffe der USA und Israels auf den Iran

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Charlotte Weatherill @ckweatherill.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Imperialism, war and violence are connected to climate change. But analysis needs to go deeper than just making an argument for detaching from fossil fuels. This endless violence is about who and what is valued, it's about US militarism, it's about white christian supremacy.

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Karl Gustafsson @profgustafsson.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

The 8th article from our special issue on captivity passions is out in @ejisbisa.bsky.social! Jade McGlynn and Anastasiia Romanyuk show how Russia's child deportations seek to pressure local families, disrupt Ukrainian identity and facilitate demographic restructuring. doi.org/10.1017/eis....

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Capturing the minds: The role of child deportation in maintaining Russian authority over Ukraine’s occupied territories | European Journal of International Security | Cambridge Core

Capturing the minds: The role of child deportation in maintaining Russian authority over Ukraine’s occupied territories

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Karl Gustafsson @profgustafsson.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

The 7th article in our special issue ‘Kidnapping politics: Captivity passions and international security’ is out in @ejisbisa.bsky.social. Barak Kushner explores how authoritarian states in 20th-century East Asia sought to reeducate captives for security reasons. doi.org/10.1017/eis....

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Political captives in East Asia: Thought reform and national security | European Journal of International Security | Cambridge Core

Political captives in East Asia: Thought reform and national security

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Zoë Jay @zoecharlottejay.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

if you think this or are acting upon it you don’t deserve an academic job. people who boast publicly about how they’re too lazy to do their own research and writing and by extension make it harder for anyone else to do it properly are scabs and should be shunned by any serious researchers

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Nina C. Krickel-Choi @nckc.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

"Users will skim AI summaries. The real science is the question, the pre-analysis plan, and the analysis." I'm sorry but don't you do your THINKING while READING and WRITING? Research questions don't appear out of nowhere!!! alexanderkustov.substack.com/p/academics-...

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Academics Need to Wake Up on AI

Ten theses for folks who haven't noticed the ground shifting under their feet

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Filip Ejdus @filipejdus.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Four more weeks to submit your proposals for this amazing conference!👇

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Minseon Ku @minseonku.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

My co-authored article with @nckc.bsky.social is published in @ejisbisa.bsky.social with #openaccess! We theorize captivity/kidnapping as a sovereignty violation, and states respond with emotional performativity to protect their dignity, constructing personhood. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The emotional politics of sovereignty: On dignity, state personhood, and kidnappings

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Nina C. Krickel-Choi @nckc.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

One of the best analyses of Israel's post-Oct 7 actions I have come across. Highly recommend!👇

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Filip Ejdus @filipejdus.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Call for Papers, Contesting Imperialism(s), CEEISA Annual Conference, Sarajevo 17-19 June 2026. Submit your papers or panels until March 2026! Program chairs: Aida Hozić and Dženeta Karabegović ceeisa2026.com

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P. Anh Nguyen @anhphnguyen.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

I’m very excited to share that my co-authored article with Todd Hall is now published in the @ejisbisa.bsky.social ! Many thanks to @profgustafsson.bsky.social and @rjsamuels.bsky.social for organising the special issue and for their guidance throughout the process. doi.org/10.1017/eis....

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Between power and powerlessness: Families and politicised captivity | European Journal of International Security | Cambridge Core

Between power and powerlessness: Families and politicised captivity

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Jelena Subotic @jelenasubotic.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

📚Book promotion day 📚 Here is a 30% discount code for my book AND the first chapter is ungated to read for free.

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