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Stanford Social Innovation Review @ssir.org · 07/10/2026

Many of Charlie Kirk's obituaries mentioned the same fact: At 18, he set out to build a conservative equal to MoveOn. Does that comparison hold up? What lessons about activism, organizing, and persuasion are found in comparing these orgs? New from @ninahall.bsky.social & @davekarpf.bsky.social

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Why Charlie Kirk Didn’t Build a ‘MoveOn of the Left’ (SSIR)

The Turning Point USA founder's obituaries invoked his desire to build a conservative MoveOn. What he built instead is revealing about the structure, strategies, and outcomes of political advocac...

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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

New, in @ssir.org: @ninahall.bsky.social and I think through the structural asymmetries between digital activist organizations on the left and the right. (…I know that isn’t a very click-friendly description, but trust me it’s a very interesting piece.) ssir.org/articles/ent...

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Why Charlie Kirk Didn’t Build a ‘MoveOn of the Left’ (SSIR)

The Turning Point USA founder's obituaries invoked his desire to build a conservative MoveOn. What he built instead is revealing about the structure, strategies, and outcomes of political advocac...

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ninahall.bsky.social @ninahall.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

#sensingtheclimate Festival starts in Bologna tmrw! @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social UniBo & Le Serre. Check it out here serramadre.art/produzioni/f... Looking forward to hosting Frans Timmermans, Joanne Yao & more!

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ninahall.bsky.social @ninahall.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Emma Bonino, a radical Italian politician died on Friday. She successfully campaigned to legalize abortion and divorce. Spoke at Bologna @jhu.edu in 1999 as Member of the European Commission for Consumer Policy, EC Humanitarian Office and Fisheries. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...

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ninahall.bsky.social @ninahall.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Programme is live for Festival of Ecological Imagination, October 7 - 12 in Bologna. "Sensing the Climate" @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social @Serra Madre @UniBo. Join us! Great speakers, artists, musicians, workshops and more! I'm hosting Frans Timmermans & Joanne Yao. serramadre.art/produzioni/f...

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Festival of Ecological Imagination 2026

Dal 7 al 12 ottobre, serra madre, in collaborazione con Johns Hopkins University SAIS Europe e Università di Bologna, ospita la seconda edizione di Sensing the Climate, il Festival of Ecological…

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ninahall.bsky.social @ninahall.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Great place to spend the day working, gorgeous @eui-eu.bsky.social garden. Thanks Firenze! @raffaelemstr.bsky.social

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ninahall.bsky.social @ninahall.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Wonderful to be at the last "Europe and the World" @eui-eu.bsky.social w/ @stephofmann.bsky.social & Charlie Rogers. Great discussion on what are intl organisations really?? Certainly got me thinking :)

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ninahall.bsky.social @ninahall.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Great fun taking my class to the Bologna comune yesterday to talk about local democracy. FYI - Putnam's classic work "Making Democracy Work" highlights Bologna (& Emilia Romagna): highest civic culture in Italy.

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ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Climate action 🤝 political left? Not necessarily. In a new ENSURED blog, @ninahall.bsky.social (@johnshopkinssais.bsky.social) challenges the idea that the far right is inherently anti-environment. In reality, Hall argues, it's far more complex. What does this mean for environmental governance? 👇

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Beyond Obstruction: Rethinking the Far Right and Climate Governance - Expert Blog | ENSURED

Far-right governments are often assumed to obstruct global climate cooperation – but the reality is far more complex. When and why do some far-right leaders engage with international environmental ins...

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ninahall.bsky.social @ninahall.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

📣 📣 The ISA IO Section welcomes nominations for Excom positions. Deadline 30 Jan 2026. Please apply for: -Secretary (1) -Member-at-Large (3) -Graduate Student Member-at-Large (1) The link to very brief application form is: lnkd.in/e3XDN_84 Thanks for sharing widely!

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This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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ninahall.bsky.social @ninahall.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

✨New article out in International Studies Review✨ NGOs are facing backlash, shrinking civic space & increased competition. Here I examine how NGOs can respond by adding new legal entities; or changing funding models. doi.org/10.1093/isr/...

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ninahall.bsky.social @ninahall.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

When Trump withdrew last week from South Pacific Environmental Programme (SPREP) China stepped up immediately. China is giving US$200,000, matching the US contribution. One of many implications of US withdrawal from Intl' Orgs. @raffaelemstr.bsky.social www.rnz.co.nz/internationa...

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China matches US contribution to Pacific environmental body a week after Trump pulls out

The funding announcement comes a little over week since President Trump withdrew from SPREP.

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ninahall.bsky.social @ninahall.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Neat to see "Beyond these Shores" a bk I edited on NZ foreign policy @ unity bks, local Wellington bookshop. Still available 5+ yrs after it came out! Great collaboration with @tekuaka.bsky.social

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ninahall.bsky.social @ninahall.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Last week Trump withdrew from 66 international orgs (formal and informal) & treaties. Here's a great analysis. It's common practice for donors to review intl' institutions. BUT never seen such a mass withdrawal. @raffaelemstr.bsky.social @borzyskowski.bsky.social share.google/eeZrt1pndwVf...

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Retreating from Internationalism

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ninahall.bsky.social @ninahall.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Final day of Winter School on AI & technology change. Students presented to Italian PM on UN Global Digital Compact. Great collaboration btw SAIS Europe & Uni of Bologna! 🙏 @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social @connect-unibo.bsky.social

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Manuela Moschella @manuelamoschella.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

So glad to see the Winter School on AI & Tech Change underway! 🌟 This is the second edition of this wonderful SAIS- @unibo.it collaboration - a project I’m truly proud of. Huge thanks to my amazing colleague @ninahall.bsky.social and our fantastic students for making this such an inspiring journey

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ninahall.bsky.social @ninahall.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

"Governing Digital China" Daniela Stockmann here @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social to share her new book at SAIS & UniBo Winter School on AI, and Technological Change. @connect-unibo.bsky.social

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ninahall.bsky.social @ninahall.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

*Winter School on AI & Tech Change gets going today.* @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social @connect-unibo.bsky.social 20 students from Uni of Bologna & SAIS Europe discussing how to regulate AI globally. Great collaboration w/ @manuelamoschella.bsky.social & Alice Matttoni

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ninahall.bsky.social @ninahall.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

**Deadline 15 Dec** for Workshop in Bologna, May 2026. @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social Submit your abstract on "Obstructionism in International Organisations" co-hosted w/ @borzyskowski.bsky.social Deets 👇

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ninahall.bsky.social @ninahall.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Thanks Geneva for a wonderful few days of conversations! Sad to hear extent & impact of massive cuts to #UN & #ICRC budgets. But woke this morning to fresh snow & these gorgeous clouds. @ninareiners.bsky.social @stephofmann.bsky.social

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ninahall.bsky.social @ninahall.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

NYT ripped into the Sierra Club for going woke (abandoning #climate campaign for DEI). Read @davekarpf.bsky.social on the actual challenge US #climate movement faces - esp. Erosion of democracy. @hanspeterschmitz.bsky.social davekarpf.substack.com/p/every-gene...

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Every generation gets to recreate the environmental movement to suit its own purposes

Some big-picture reactions to a recent NYT piece

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Harro van Asselt @harrovanasselt.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

In a new Nature Climate Change comment, we call for reflection on the role and purpose of #climatelitigation in light of unfortunate trends of challenges to judicial independence, deregulation & anti-climate litigation w/ @mer29-cam.bsky.social @highamian.bsky.social @ninahall.bsky.social

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ninahall.bsky.social @ninahall.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Zohran Mamdani's won NYC mayoralty. Worthwhile reading his dad's book "Neither Settler nor Native", Harvard. A fascinating account of how nation state intertwined with colonial state: making indigenous ppls "permanent minorities" share.google/Tqcv0mEtRjyO...

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Neither Settler nor Native — Harvard University Press

Prospect Top 50 Thinker of 2021British Academy Book Prize FinalistPROSE Award Finalist“Provocative, elegantly written.”—Fara Dabhoiwala, New York Review of Books“Demonstrates how a broad rethinking of...

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ninahall.bsky.social @ninahall.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

A BIG thanks again to @highamian.bsky.social for coordinating this & being corresponding author!

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ninahall.bsky.social @ninahall.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Reorienting #Climate litigation in a time of backlash, shrinking civic space & challenges to judicial independence Here's our take in Nature w/ Mette Eilstrup-Sangiovanni, Lisa Vanhala, Joana Setzer, Ian Higham & @harrovanasselt.bsky.social Great collaboration! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Reorienting climate litigation in a time of backlash - Nature Climate Change

Restrictions on civil society may drive climate activists to shift from protest to litigation. However, challenges to judicial independence, deregulation and anti-climate litigation mean that activist...

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Raffaele Mastrorocco @raffaelemstr.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Had such a great and productive time with these amazing people in Rapallo for the Exploratory Symposia @europeanisa.bsky.social ! Perhaps we’re smiling too much for discussing the Far-Right in International Politics, but how can you blame us considering our project’s progresses and that view!

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ninahall.bsky.social @ninahall.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

"Governing the End: The Making of Climate Change Loss & Damage" In London next Weds? Join this book launch of new brilliant work by Lisa Vanhala @ucl.ac.uk Looking fwd to it! @birshao.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/grand-challe...

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ninahall.bsky.social @ninahall.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

En route to Rapallo for #EISA working sessions. Thanks to Lisbeth Zimmerman & @raffaelemstr.bsky.social for getting us time in a wonderful place to write!

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ninahall.bsky.social @ninahall.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

That's right 👍 Bologna in May is fantastic!

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ninahall.bsky.social @ninahall.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

In London? I'm speaking on Far Right and Global Environmental Politics. Thurs 6 Nov 2-3pm @soasuni.bsky.social Please join! Deets below👇

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ninahall.bsky.social @ninahall.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Thanks to @stephofmann.bsky.social & the IR crew @eui-eu.bsky.social for wonderful feedback! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

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ninahall.bsky.social @ninahall.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

What a wonderful weekend of "Sensing the Climate" conversations and experiences at our Festival! Here are artists Mali Weil & Joanne Yao in Le Serre, Bologna. Thanks all volunteers & participants! @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social

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ninahall.bsky.social @ninahall.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Next Thurs 16 Oct I'll be @unileiden.bsky.social Hague Campus. Speaking on "Far Right and Global Environmental Politics" 17 - 18.30. Details 👇 please join & spread the word!

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Raffaele Mastrorocco @raffaelemstr.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Excited for #EISARapallo25 in a few weeks! With Prof. Lisbeth Zimmermann, @ninahall.bsky.social & others, we'll discuss the role & impact of the Far-Right in International Politics! And we're in great company! Programme's out now! eisa-net.org/wp-content/u... Thanks @europeanisa.bsky.social !!

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ninahall.bsky.social @ninahall.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

"If movies were people, whether foreign or Italian-born, Bologna is where they would choose to live" - New Yorker article on cinema festival in Bologna. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

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The Exacting Magic of Film Restoration

Each year, at a festival in Bologna, movies that were once lost or damaged come back to life.

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ninahall.bsky.social @ninahall.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Wonderful discussion this morning on how artists and academics listen to the living world. Joanne Yao & Mali Weil artist collective. #Sensing the #Climate @ Le Serre Bologna Festival of Ecological Imagination UniBo & @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social

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Emily Guskin @emgusk.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Most American Jews say Israel has committed war crimes www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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ninahall.bsky.social @ninahall.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Italy: National strike in solidarity w/ Palestine today. The second national strike in2 wks. Thousands of Italians taking to the streets. Here's Bologna getting ready this morning.

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ninahall.bsky.social @ninahall.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

And it's happening!! #Sensing the #climate festival at Serramadre, Bologna. First event: workshop on the floods which hit Bologna last year. Full program here: serramadre.art

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