New #openaccess @risjnl.bsky.social article by @asmarkland.bsky.social out now! 🌟 'Whose age of anxiety? Provincialising ontological insecurity' @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org 📚 Read here 👉

New article published in @risjnl.bsky.social critiques the oft-repeated idea that 'we' are living in Age of Anxiety. I ask: who is the 'we'? A planetary we? Or an insecure (but provincial) Western-liberal subject? www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The racism here is so brazen. It screams 'how dare the brown people try to come here using a scheme we set up for white people'. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Getting a bit tired of the hypocrisy of political commentators who tweet-complain about the rise of a tech oligarchy FROM TWITTER/X. Put your money where your mouth is and stop using these platforms.

8 years ago now since I visited Sri Lanka, researching key civil society actors, their links to global advocacy networks, and their work fighting for justice and accountability for war crimes committed by the Sri Lankan military.

Important news reflecting shifting discourse in Aidland. This will likely cause division among humanitarians. Expect there to be blowback among employees in Global North: www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Last year I spent time researching aid practitioners in Geneva and beyond. Inspired by research in existential psychology, ontological insecurity and critical ethnographies of aid, I penned this article which is now out in Journal of Intervention & State building: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....