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macvieira.bsky.social
Associate Prof. at University of Birmingham. Ph.D LSE
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Congrats Maysam on a stellar defense! It was a real pleasure engaging with your work. Huge thanks to Catarina Kinnvall and the colleagues at the Department of Political Science, Lund University, for the warm hospitality. www.svet.lu.se/en/article/m...

📢 New Article Alert! 📢 How does the notion of societal multiplicity in IR overlook the psychological impact of global hierarchies? Read more: @coco-journal.bsky.social #InternationalRelations #UnevenDevelopment #Psychoanalysis #SocietalMultiplicity doi.org/10.1177/0010...

Why do I have to spend so much of my supervision time helping final-year students unlearn the idea that their dissertations must follow a ‘methods, theory, results, discussion’ template?

Must self-identified great powers use aggression after events challenging their sense of greatness? See my new OA article in @risjnl.bsky.social: “Unravelling military aggression: Ontological insecurity, great power narcissism, and Japan’s international relations 1868–1971” tinyurl.com/ytstzyya

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Excellent, insightful and thought provoking presentation from @rita-abrahamsen.bsky.social and Michael Williams on their new book. Big thanks/Obrigado to @fromagehomme.bsky.social & @macvieira.bsky.social for organising #cedar

Submissions are open for the DPLST-LAC-ABRI Conference taking place at the University of São Paulo (USP), in São Paulo, Brazil, July 21-24, 2025. The deadline for applications is March 10, 2025. lnkd.in/eD2FgXVi

I’ll be chairing a fantastic seminar this coming Wednesday on an extremely timely topic. Please join us in person or online. Follow link to register. bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Edward Said wrote about the racist function of the label "terrorist" back in 1986 in this book review: www.thenation.com/article/arch... The book he was critiquing was "Terrorism: How the West Can Win", by Benjamin Netanyahu.

I've set up a new Starter Pack for colleagues in the School of Government at the University of Birmingham. Such a fantastic and diverse range of academics (and far more than I expected when I thought I'd procrastinate for just a few minutes setting this up...). 👇 go.bsky.app/U3UQxZf

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I wonder if they also regret voting for Brexit?

Snow fun at 7am.

Following the recent trend on Bluesky and in the hope that more of us will soon join the "good place," I’ve created a starter pack for those studying ontological (in)security in global politics 🤓 go.bsky.app/9v5z4jX

Looking forward to engaging with the Bluesky community! In the meantime, feel free to check out my latest publication with Martin Maitino in Global Studies Quarterly academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...