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Assist. Prof. of Technology and Governance @ethzurich.bsky.social ¦ PI @curateproject.bsky.social ¦ Editor-in-chief @jird-jour.bsky.social https://matthiasleese.com
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Automating security? The redesign of air passenger data connectivity across Europe, an op-ed by @ikkibop.bsky.social @matthiasleese.bsky.social @rosamundevb.bsky.social and Vanessa Ugolini policyreview.info/articles/new... #passenger #security

I can't over-emphasize how important the work of @melikamah.bsky.social and the other managing editors is to keep @jird-jour.bsky.social afloat!

Canadians and other snow folk! As part of a [email protected] stay at uOttawa, I will be giving a talk on data curation in international security contexts, building on findings from @curateproject.bsky.social Shout-out to @pmfrowd.bsky.social for hosting, all info here 👇 shorturl.at/pbXvp

Postdoc position available in @c-westermeier.bsky.social's new MPIfG research group "Technology and Sovereignty" can highly recommend Carola as both a scholar and a person 👉 career.mpifg.de/jobposting/7...

Few people talk about the new EU API regulations - but they are about to have significant effects on data sharing infrastructures. @ikkibop.bsky.social, @rosamundevb.bsky.social, Vanessa Ugolini and I explicate on why this is important in this Op-ed for @policyr.bsky.social 👉 shorturl.at/5x51O

Our annual report for the last year as well as the updated metrics available on our website cejiss.org/annual-reports cejiss.org/metrics

Two more days to apply!

Info Session Today 6pm CET: MA Digital Media and Society @unibremen.bsky.social 👩‍💻 Strong research focus 🌎 High level of international students (80%), fully taught in EN-language 🌇 Lively city 🤑 No tuition fees Deadline for Start OCT 2025 is March 15. zemki.uni-bremen.de/en/studies/m... #study

@dagmarvorlicek.bsky.social and I have written a short Editorial for the upcoming March issue of @jird-jour.bsky.social - the first issue that will we published under the new editorial team in case you'd like a free-to-access sneak peak: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

I literally have no idea how @dagmarvorlicek.bsky.social and I could run @jird-jour.bsky.social without @ajdah.bsky.social and the rest of the managing editors! 🙏

we talk about borders all the time, but how do citizens think about them? pretty cool article by my (former) @ethzurich.bsky.social colleagues @ronjasczepanski.bsky.social, @giorgiomalet.bsky.social and Jana Lipps based on survey research academic.oup.com/isq/article/...

This week, we are thrilled to introduce our new Associate Editor, Florian Weiler. He is an Associate Professor at CEU's Department of Public Policy (@weareceu.bsky.social). His recent academic work focuses on environmental issues and stakeholder strategies to influence policy processes.

Next in our❗️Meet the New Editors❗️series, we are excited to introduce our Associate Editor, @profonderco.bsky.social! He is a Professor of International Relations at Erasmus University Rotterdam and an Affiliate Researcher at Charles University Prague.

Things that happened today: IT guy walks past my new office, looks at my computer, frowns, comes back half an hour later with two new monitors that have waaaaaay better resolution than the old ones ❤️

How could computational power and interpretive expertise work together? Next in our 🏆 Top 10 of 2024 🏆 series is a joint piece by Scott Robert Patterson and Vincent Pouliot. The authors suggest a combined computational-interpretive method for ML-based text analysis. Read it here ▶️ rdcu.be/d9yHd

This week, we are thrilled to introduce our new Associate Editor, @birgitpoopuu.bsky.social! She is an Associate Professor of International Relations and co-director of the Central and Eastern European Security Hub (@securityhub.ee) at Tallinn University.

Introducing our new Associate Editor, @michelpoiccard.bsky.social! He is an Associate Professor of International Relations at the Metropolitan University in Prague and Editor-in-chief of the Czech Journal of International Relations (cjir.iir.cz).

Next in our❗️Meet the New Editors❗️series is our Associate Editor, @monikameislova.bsky.social. She is an Associate Professor at Masaryk University in Brno, CZ, a Visiting Professor at Aston University in Birmingham, UK, and the holder of the Jean Monnet Chair in EU Digital Diplomacy.

seems like Twitter is quickly losing whatever residual relevance it still had for the academic bubble...

PARISS will be at the EISA pan-european conference in Bologna this summer, with 5 panels. Do not hesitate to send your proposals! It is a great opportunity if you are thinking about submitting an article to our journal, which is now indexed in Scopus. See you in Italy!

In a couple weeks, I'll be talking about my current book project as part of the STS-MIGTEC Circle Series. In case you're as nerdy as me when it comes to information systems and data practices: come join the conversation :) Thu, 27 Feb 2025, 16:00-17:30 (CET) All info here: shorturl.at/IJFas

"Number 4 will shock you" 😅

First up in our❗️Meet the New Editors❗️series is our associate editor, Marko Lovec. He is an Associate Prof. of IR at the University of Ljubljana. His research interests include European integration, IPE, political theory, and Central and Eastern Europe ▶️ tinyurl.com/bdz889yc

My research group is moving to a new office space today. As it turns out, my entire professional existence fits into two small moving boxes... #paperless

Academia is increasingly affected by politics and war. The Central and Eastern European International Studies Association (CEEISA) stands in solidarity with colleagues and students facing violent attacks and restrictions on academic freedoms worldwide. Read our full statement: www.ceeisa.net/news

Hello 👋👋 We are the Journal of International Relations and Development, and we are happy to be here! Please follow, retweet, and stay tuned to meet our new editors and learn more about the journal over the coming weeks ▶️ www.palgrave.com/gp/journal/4...

CURATE has ditched Twitter and is now on bsky! We are a 5-year ERC StG project studying data quality and related practices in European security. The team applies several disciplinary perspectives (IR, STS, criminology) to understand how practitioners make and re-make data. curate-project.com

I suppose it was only a matter of time until housing became colonized by ideas of risk and calculation... This paper is absolutely worth a read 👇

the academic that walks into a meeting room in Brussels full of European law enforcement and counterterrorism professionals and as first order of business spills his hot coffee into his lap? yap, that's me 😅

not saying it's connected to my appointment, but ETH social sciences DID rise in the rankings 😇

JIRD is now officially on bsky! 👋 If you are working on matters of international relations and development, make sure to follow @jird-jour.bsky.social We are currently revising our comms strategy and will be regularly posting news about the latest articles, calls, etc.

deleting my Twitter account felt rather liberating today :)

it's temporary, but might still be interesting for someone in a transition phase

Critical data scholars planning to attend 4S in Seattle: I expect this will be a wonderful, intellectually exciting panel populated by wonderful humans. If it fits the scope of your work, get in touch with @nannathylstrup.bsky.social or Katie MacKinnon

2025 research goals be like

too many theoretical claims about AI, too little inquiries into actual use cases these days @laurajung.bsky.social and @abendsommer.bsky.social with an important empirical intervention 👇

@cejiss.bsky.social has a new call for thematic sections on populism in IOs - check it out here 👇 www.cejiss.org/populists-in...

me: I will read that PhD thesis I still need to evaluate over the holidays... the PhD thesis:

#criminology

definitely beats being arrested🙃

Lecturer: goes through exam technicalities multiple times in different sessions, runs a trial exam in class, puts all relevant info on slides, uploads slides to online learning platform. Student emails two days before the exam: "Hi, when and where is the exam? Can I bring notes?"

Twelve weeks, 290 slides, several sweat stains, and one pleasant evaluation later: I am officially done lecturing for the fall term 🥳

So much cheese.... This year, we decided to do the Technology and Governance research group Christmas Dinner traditional Swiss-style :)