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academic University of Manchester | #regions #security #gender #EUAfrica #FFP | RTs ≠ endorsement | views mine not employer's | Chair #UACES | Editor, Security Dialogue
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Commission’s new omnibus slashes green reporting to catch up with US

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Ya think?

Revealed: US firm running Guantánamo migrant jail accused over rights abuses. Corporate conglomerate Akima subject of critical audits and complaints over detainee treatment at facilities in US www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

🌟CAREER STARTERS 🌟 @akborum.bsky.social, Policy Leader Fellow for @eui-eu.bsky.social has shared his February list of internships, fellowships & entry positions in International Relations! Search the list here: www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work... @gnobisa.bsky.social @bisawarstudies.bsky.social

NEW VOICES IN CULTURAL RELATIONS PRIZE🌟 We are once again running our joint prize for masters students with the British Council! The nomination DEADLINE has been EXTENDED to 24 Feb Nominate here: bisa.ac.uk/members/awar... @ipegbisa.bsky.social @bisawarstudies.bsky.social @bisasee.bsky.social

Are you studying social science at university and wondering where your career will take you? Our careers hub has more info on where your degree could lead incl. interviews with social scientists sharing how they apply their social science skills in their day-to-day roles. ➡️ https://buff.ly/3PVQA89

so @isanet.bsky.social retreated from twitter ostensibly because 'toxic', so presumably can't see how many of us are outraged that it wouldn't let a BDS resolution be voted on; maybe stop calling yourselves "international" if you don't care for the views of the global majority?

Interesting read wonkhe.com/blogs/we-are...

"There is the appearance that UK Special Forces blocked the Afghan special forces applications because they were witnesses to the alleged UK war crimes currently being investigated in the Afghan inquiry," Martin said. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This month’s list of consultations & inquiries from the UK’s 4 legislatures & governments that require #socialscience evidence include consultations on copyright & #AI, community benefits from net zero energy, & social cohesion. Submit evidence in your area of expertise ➡️ https://buff.ly/3Q6PDK8

A great presentation by @rgwhitman.bsky.social „The UK and the War on Ukraine” Manchester Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence Seminar (co-sponsored by the Critical Global Politics Cluster) @tonihaastrup.bsky.social @uompol.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social

All done with the bxd place.

‼️Extended Deadline‼️ uaces.bsky.social has extended the deadline for proposals to our forthcoming conference in Liverpool. You now have until *6 February* We’ve got lots of themed tracks as well as the open track! Check it out ➡️ www.uaces.org/liverpool

Deadline #CfP for #UACES2025 has been extended to extended until 6 February 2025. The range of themed tracks is an excellent illustration of the interdisciplinary nature of #EuropeanStudies. For details go to www.uaces.org/liverpool @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social | @uaces.bsky.social

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Applications are open for REF 2029 sub-panel roles in Politics and International Studies. Chair applications can be submitted until 6 February and member applications until 28 April. We encourage diverse applicants! More info at the link below.

If it sounds like fascism, it should be called fascism (not "populist blitz") It's all there: outright racism and othering, authoritarianism, hierarchy, prophecy, purity etc And it's truly frightening www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The National Archives is looking for volunteers with an increasingly rare skill: Reading cursive.

So that progressive foreign policy thing is going well I see…

Bangladesh’s women turned a movement into an uprising, but then were pushed aside, write Muktadir Rashid and Maher Sattar.

Israeli forces have killed at least 82 people in Gaza, medical sources told Al Jazeera, including at least 30 people in Gaza City in the hours since Hamas and Israel announced they had reached a ceasefire agreement. 🔗: aje.io/gmd5u4

How much more evidence is needed? #EndTheGenocide

Systems Leadership: a qualitative systematic review of advice for policymakers By Paul Cairney and Claire Toomey, University of Stirling. This post summarises our pre-print in Open Research Europe. It is the second of a three-part series of articles on collaborative policymaking. Abstract ‘Systems…

This is not ok! This is the SoS for Health of the Labour Party

Happy New Year. Here’s to Peace in 2025

Happy Christmas/Hanukkah/End of year. Wishing all a restful season and hope for peace in the new year

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What use is a chamber full of ‘female’ politicians who declare themselves feminists if they step over dead women’s bodies to do so? -Lola Olufemi, Feminism, Interrupted (2020, p. 27)

Claims of Hamas fighters in Gaza hospitals may have been exaggerated, says senior ICC prosecutor www.theguardian.com/law/2024/dec...

The big tech data operations in Africa don’t fill one with confidence. @thecontinent.bsky.social

🗳️ Women are not a demographic minority, but they are a minority in politics. Laura Sudulich, Siim Trumm & @makropoulos.bsky.social of @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social @strathpolir.bsky.social show how a significant gender resource gap remains a feature of contemporary parliamentary campaigns bit.ly/498OFWA

UKRI is recruiting a Director to lead work on R&D and Place. A great opportunity for an action-oriented leader who wants to tackle the many well-documented issues of the geography of R&D in the UK! careersportal.taleo.net/careersectio...

#EyesOnSudan

And yet should this happen in a LMIC imagine the wrath of ‘donors’ - here’s your rules based international order at work and soon to be ‘leader’ of the ‘free world’ 🤦🏾‍♀️ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This where we are now….gah

The Dutch government has decided to introduce border checks at its internal #Schengen borders with Germany, Belgium, as well as at airports. These will start in December and will initially last until June 2025. Why is this such an interesting development? 👇

I wrote the foreword for Runnymede's excellent report on Islamophobia, published today. www.runnymedetrust.org/publications...

We strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how: docs.bsky.app/docs/advance... #AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics