🌎 Russia’s war has pushed Ukrainians to rethink security not only as the state’s responsibility, but as something citizens do together. Yet, is Ukrainian civil society fighting for more than territory? ✍️ @bohdanakurylo.bsky.social for @lseblogs.bsky.social EUROPP blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

‘For Ukrainian civil society, security requires all three dimensions – military capacity to resist, freedom from authoritarian control and preservation of cultural identity – because each addresses a different facet of colonial domination’

Check out my latest for @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social

We would like to highlight the RTs: first, we will discuss the "Spaces, Relations and Struggles of Ukrainians in International Theory" with Bohdana Kurylo, Cornelia Baciu, Olena Snigyr, Mateusz Filary Szczepanik, Victoria Vdovychenko, Jochen Kleinshmidt, and me. Wednesday, 27 August at 11.00-12.30.

Very touched to receive an Excellence in Education Award at LSE. Huge thanks to @patricksturg.bsky.social & @lsemethodology.bsky.social for the nomination and support. Celebrating with Evita on stage 💛

What strikes me at International Studies conferences this year is how little is said about Ukraine. In a trend-driven academia, Ukraine has been relegated to an ‘anti-trend’ - too enduring, too inconvenient and displaced by flashier tragedies that check more theoretical boxes.

Russia murdered 3 more civilians in Sumy region, incl. a child. Six more suffered injuries Emergency services showed their battle after the attack on the Verkhnyosyrovatsk community, describing it as a "cynical attack caused large-scale destruction in the residential sector."

🤬 Moment of ballistic missile strike near the Odesa-Dnipro train: there are injured passengers, — local media.

Photographer: „do you want the BISA banner?“ - Me/ : „no we‘re enough“ (because, look who’s next to me!) What an honour to finally meet this absolutely brilliant mind I‘ve been admiring for over two years now @bohdanakurylo.bsky.social @mybisa.bsky.social #BISA2025

Happy to share my chapter on Zelenskyy's populist aesthetics of security in the Routledge Handbook of #Populism and #ForeignPolicy. Many thanks to editors @davidcadier.bsky.social, @achryssogelos.bsky.social & @sdestradi.bsky.social @lsemethodology.bsky.social www.routledge.com/Routledge-Ha...

📚 New 👉 "From individual to collective: Vernacular security and Ukrainian civil society in wartime" @bohdanakurylo.bsky.social‬ draws on a four-year study (2018–22) of civic engagement in wartime Ukraine, examining through a vernacular security lens journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Not every academic or journalist who's written something about Russia/Ukraine automatically becomes an expert on the region. It matters WHAT exactly they've written. Give voice to those for whom the war isn't just another keyword in their CV.

🇷🇺: We don't oppose 🇺🇦 Ukraine joining 🇪🇺 EU but we oppose democracy in Ukraine (which kinda prevents joining EU) Cannot keep the stories straight Russki? 🤦‍♂️

"...civil society groups’ discourse evolved to encompass emancipatory and societal security dimensions, emphasizing both freedom from authoritarian control and the preservation of Ukrainian national identity"

Though I've been Dr. Kurylo on paper for months now, my yesterday's graduation was truly magical in every way ✨️ #UCLGrad @uclssees.bsky.social

I'm so pleased to see this out - many congratulations indeed! It's a fantastic article, that deserves to be very widely read. I feel very proud to have it in the special issue.

Just out in @secdialogue.bsky.social My new article, "From individual to collective: Vernacular security and #Ukrainian civil society in wartime" - part of the special issue on the 20th anniversary of #VernacularSecurity doi.org/10.1177/0967...

My new article is out in @journalpolitics.bsky.social. “Security professionals and public opinion: legitimacy, publicity and brand identity”. It looks at the ways in which non elected security professionals, think about public opinion. Open access (1/2) journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

New in Advance Articles: Reframing Reflexivity: Collaborative Ethics, Collective Responsibility, and Learnings from Researching Russia’s War against Ukraine by Marnie Howlett (@marniehowlett.bsky.social) and Bohdana Kurylo (@bohdanakurylo.bsky.social) doi.org/10.1525/cpcs...

I will remember Pope Francis for his whitewashing of russia’s war on Ukraine

Happy Easter from Czechia! Loving every second of this wondrous place 🐣

In our brand new paper, @marniehowlett.bsky.social and I rethink the practice of reflexivity when researching conflicts and violence. Free access for the next 30 days: track.smtpsendmail.com/9032119/c?p=...

Thrilled to see my new article with @bohdanakurylo.bsky.social out in @cpcs.bsky.social!

Excited to share our new article "Reframing #Reflexivity: Collaborative Ethics, Collective Responsibility, and Learnings from Researching Russia's War against Ukraine" with @marniehowlett.bsky.social in @cpcs.bsky.social. DM us if you need a copy! online.ucpress.edu/cpcs/article...

A student just gifted me these adorable Chinese panda bookmarks with a note saying I'm 'the kindest teacher' he's ever had. My heart is absolutely melting! 🐼💝

📣 CALLING ALL PARTICIPANTS! @bohdanakurylo.bsky.social and I are organizing "Reimagining Security through Aesthetic Practice" roundtable at #EISAPEC25! If you're going to Bologna this summer and want to join this conversation, we'd love to hear from you! Details below ⬇️

📣 CALLING ALL PARTICIPANTS! @iremcihan.bsky.social and I are organizing "Reimagining Security through Aesthetic Practice" roundtable at #EISAPEC25. If you're going to Bologna this summer and want to join this conversation, we'd love to hear from you! Details below ⬇️

Each place I visit in Ukraine has an Alley of Glory. The Alley in Ternopil is particularly long. I took a one-minute overview for you. The price of freedom is incredibly high.

Thrilled to be chairing this panel 'Politics, Populism, Polarisation' with @pavolszalai.bsky.social, Marketa Boubinova, @drseanhanley.bsky.social, Adriana Svitkova & @timhaughton.bsky.social at the LSE Central European Conference today

Ukrainian refugees contributed an estimated $4 billion to Poland’s budget in 2024 In 2025, Polish medium and large companies plan to increase employment among workers from outside the European Union, particularly from Ukraine

We are coming out of this European Council determined. These are extraordinary times. They call for extraordinary measures. With REARM Europe, we'll equip our Union with the capabilities it needs to support Ukraine and defend itself ↓ europa.eu/!XQhQdX

The party of Putin gives gifts to the mothers of Russian invaders who were killed in Ukraine. The gift? A meat grinder.

The disastrous meeting between Trump and Zelensky at the White House last week is just a pretext to do what was already planned: cut off military aid to Ukraine and suspend intelligence-sharing. This looks like an incredibly cruel, wicked revenge against a country that did nothing but defend itself

Leaving #ISA2025 with this promise to myself: whatever stage of my career I reach, I'll always treat more junior scholars with respect and dignity. Having sometimes experienced the opposite, I'm determined no one else should feel that way.

#ISA2025 Conferencing is good. Sightseeing while conferencing in a dream city is even better 😉

#ISA2025 My favourite panel on #RussiaUkraineWar today at 4 pm (disclaimer: I'm a little biased!)

The real question is will the ‘america bad’ crowd now support Ukraine

russian killers attacked Ukraine last night with 267 drones. 267! putin doesn't want peace.

Spring has come to London!

🎵 The Sound of Resilience LSE Methodology Fellow @bohdanakurylo.bsky.social‬ is chairing a private discussion for students with Antytila, the renowned Ukrainian band that turned their music into a voice of resistance 📆 Tuesday 25 Feb from 6.30pm Sign up here to join 👉

If you're in London this Friday, come hear me speak at @lsemethodology.bsky.social. Details below 👇

📣 Do you write in a way that enables your readers to become reflexive about the things you are talking about? My new article "Writing as Social Practice: From Researchers’ to Readers’ Reflexivity" aims to develop a research program to address this question ⬇️ In #OA 1/ brill.com/view/journal...

What exactly is ontological (in)security? And what is ontological security's ethical, reparative, and transformative potential? In my new article in @internatltheory.bsky.social, I suggest drawing on Melanie Klein rather than Giddens to conceptualise these questions doi.org/10.1017/S175... 🧵👇

The hypocrisy of those in the West who claim to support oppressed people, but at the same time promote Russian colonialism by amplifying Russian culture is striking. Highly recommend reading this essay: “Why Russian literature must lose its innocence” open.substack.com/pub/efdavies...

Forcing Ukraine into an unjust peace would legitimise Russia's aggression as acceptable in international relations. By tolerating Russia's brazen violations of international law, its brutality and lies, democratic states betray not only Ukraine but their very reason for being.

My neighbourhood gets destroyed by Russian missiles so that other people in Europe get to have a peaceful and merry Christmas. Enjoy the celebrations guys, the (death) bill is on us!

"Russian society tends to understand its relation to postcolonialism only in terms of victimhood rather than the perpetuation of colonialism, despite being the most durable empire of all time, continuing foreign interventions long after losing its official empire status" 🔥

🇰🇷 South Korea has refused to sell weapons to Ukraine, the South Korean TV channel SBS reports. The main reason for the refusal was the legislation of South Korea, which prohibits the export of weapons to countries where wars are ongoing. This legislation doesn’t make sense🤷‍♀️

'Let's not make an enemy out of Russia' is a delusional argument that fails to account for how Russia itself sees the West: as its enemy with whom it is at war. The denial of this reality is a luxury that Western states are able to afford by outsourcing warfighting to Ukraine.

ICYMI: here's a starter pack for Nationalism studies, broadly defined. Reply or send me a dm if you'd like to be added! go.bsky.app/RdXe4y3