New article just published in the Journal of Global Security Studies on different critical strategies within vernacular discourse on security. The article's open access and free to read here academic.oup.com/jogss/articl...

So pleased to see the introduction to our special issue on #vernacularsecurity published in Security Dialogue! Coauthored with @michaellister.bsky.social & Akin Oyawale, the issue pushes vernacular security research into exciting new directions. Free to read here journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

**Call for contributors to the Elgar Concise Encyclopaedia of Terrorism Law** @jessieblackbourn.bsky.social, @drkatyvaughan.bsky.social and I are compiling a new Concise Encyclopaedia of Terrorism Law, to be published by Edward Elgar. So far we have commissioned over 100 entries with a fantastic

Thrilled to have a chapter in this new book, now published with @manchesterup.bsky.social. My chapter with @michaellister.bsky.social looks at UK security policies and priorities, including in relation to COVID, terrorism, and austerity.

New Publication with @leejarvis.bsky.social and @michaellister.bsky.social outlining the phenomenon that we have dubbed 'nominative laws'. The Article is available Open Access via the link below. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Great, balanced @politicalquarterly.bsky.social essay on the unhappy rise of laws named after victims onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

New article in @politicalquarterly.bsky.social w/ @michaellister.bsky.social & @apowelllaw.bsky.social on the naming of laws after exemplary victims of injustice. While opening space for addressing harm, such laws also, we argue, pose political & legal risks: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

What does proscribing Palestinian Action mean in practice? Can they just change the name? Legal expert @leejarvis.bsky.social explains:

MPs have voted in favour of legislation to proscribe group Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation. Today in The Bunker, @gavinesler.bsky.social sits down with @leejarvis.bsky.social to unpack what it really means to be proscribed. Listen here: linktr.ee/bunker_pod

Really pleased to talk about #proscription with @gavinesler.bsky.social on @bunkerpod.bsky.social: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

My @lborouniversity.bsky.social colleague (unfortunately not for much longer, he is leaving us for greener pastures 🥺) has published on @e-international.bsky.social this interesting commentary on the proscription of #PalestineAction @leejarvis.bsky.social www.e-ir.info/2025/06/27/p...

New piece with @timlegrand.bsky.social on the proposed proscription of Palestine Action: www.e-ir.info/2025/06/27/p...

Are you researching the role of emotions in #Masculinity?♂️ Make a submission to our upcoming special issue of Emotions and Society 📆 Abstract submission 15 Jul bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal... #EmoSoc SocSky #Sociology

Why do we see laws being named after victims of tragedy or crime? And why it might matter socially and politically? New piece with @michaellister.bsky.social & Alex Powell previews a forthcoming article in @politicalquarterly.bsky.social: politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/stop-in...

🚨 Become a BISA member today! 🚨 Membership includes online access to our journals, exclusive member discounts, eligibility to apply for funding and awards and so much more! 🎉 read more - www.bisa.ac.uk/become-a-mem... @leejarvis.bsky.social @juanitamarieelias.bsky.social @unamcgahern.bsky.social

We're hiring! Two tenure-track openings for Assistant Professors in Political Science or International Relations. Sharing = 🙏❤️ www.universiteitleiden.nl/vacatures/20...

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...

Critical Terrorism Studies - Lee Jarvis | 2024 Episode 15 What makes Critical Terrorism Studies critical? Prof. Lee Jarvis @leejarvis.bsky.social unpacks CTS’s ethical, reflexive, and interdisciplinary approach to studying terrorism and state power. #CriticalTerrorismStudies youtu.be/v6jA3Fb6FBQ

🚨NOMINATION DEADLINE EXTENDED! You now have until 11.59pm (UK time) Thur 24 April to nominate yourself for a BISA trustee position Available roles: Vice-Chair, EDI Officer, 4x trustee. Find out more: www.bisa.ac.uk/news/call-no... @julietdryden.bsky.social @leejarvis.bsky.social @risjnl.bsky.social

Academic blogging event📝 Mira Mookerjee and @zaraqadir.bsky.social are sharing what they've learnt from a year of running the @globalsouthshub.bsky.social blog! link 👉 buff.ly/gPgqqFf @simonrushton.bsky.social @unamcgahern.bsky.social @leejarvis.bsky.social

📚Just announced - our Susan Strange Best Book Prize shortlist of 3 excellent books 📚https://buff.ly/ukrRf2J Huge congratulations to all the authors! @profsophieharman.bsky.social @leejarvis.bsky.social @laramonteco.bsky.social @oxunipress.bsky.social @dukepress.bsky.social

🌐 MAJOR UPDATE: National Security and Defence Documents Dataset (1987-2024) v2.0 I'm excited to announce the release of version 2.0 of our comprehensive dataset on global security and defence policies! 📊

BISA AspIRing Scholars Fund🌟 Just launched - a fund that will be entirely dedicated to providing vital grants for PhD students and early-career academics - every contribution, big or small, makes a huge difference! buff.ly/ba1kXbR @nickcaddick.bsky.social @leejarvis.bsky.social @bisasee.bsky.social

He said it, hold him to it! 👇

Excellent new article by @michaellister.bsky.social in @politicsjournal.bsky.social on the importance of public opinion to security professionals. Check it out here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

1/4. New article alert! "Children's literature and/as political critique: Storying the violences of exclusionary politics" by Lee Jarvis & Nick Robinson examines how children's books critique practices of exclusion and banishment @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @leejarvis.bsky.social @sagepub.com

Delighted to see our new article published! In it, Nick Robinson and I explore the value of children's books as a site of critical engagement with world politics, focusing on the forcible exclusion of unwanted individuals. Open access and free to read here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

🚨Do you want to be a co-convenor? The BISA Emotions in Politics and IR working group is seeking applications for the position of co-convenor! Please send a CV and a short statement of interest (no more than a paragraph) to [email protected] until 28 February! Join us!

📢The #BISA2025 programme has been released & registration is open!! All submissions should have received an email notifying you about your status on the programme & details of registration/accommodation. Any queries email [email protected] @julietdryden.bsky.social @nickcaddick.bsky.social

Groups like Al Qaeda used to be the antithesis of older terrorisms like the IRA. Now they're often seen as equivalent. What's going on with our temporal imaginaries of terrorism? And why does it matter? New E-IR piece w/ Andrew Whiting & @michaellister.bsky.social: www.e-ir.info/2025/01/29/r...

New blog post about how we think about terrorism and time, with @leejarvis.bsky.social and Andy Whiting. Short thread: (1/n) www.e-ir.info/2025/01/29/r...

🚨New First View Article🚨 "Children’s games and global politics: Masculinity, militarism, and the warrior hero" by Lee Jarvis is now available #OpenAccess! 📜➡️ buff.ly/4gytMqA

COVID-19 and the Limits of Critical Security Theory: Securitization, Cosmopolitanism, and Pandemic Politics Journal of Global Security Studies @profjackholland.bsky.social @leejarvis.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jogss/articl...

We've started getting abstracts in for our official BISA pre-workshop, Hubris in International Relations. Send us your abstract by close of 6 January. It'll be in Belfast in June. Details: www.bisa.ac.uk/news/call-pa...

Really pleased to see this article now published in @risjnl.bsky.social! It explores depictions of warrior heroism in games played by young children, and why these might be important for the everyday reproduction of global politics. The article's free to read here! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

If you would like to be the next Montague Burton Chair at @lseir.bsky.social pls apply! 👇

🎉 Call For Special Issue Proposals 🎉 We are now accepting proposals for our next special issue (Volume 52). Check out the guidelines here 👇 buff.ly/4itg21G

Are #HTS hijackers or sidekicks in #Syria? We show how the US divided good 'opposition' (sidekicks to the protagonist 'people') from bad (hijacker) 'extremists'. Re-writing will now be needed. On US foreign policy and narrative in Syria: academic.oup.com/isq/article/...

Really proud to be part of this excellent collection of articles. Thanks to the editors!

Our new special issue on 'What the War on Terror Leaves Behind' is now out! 9 amazing *open access* articles on topics including social policy, proscription, climate change, nuclear politics, monstrosity, coloniality, anarchism, securitisation, nuclear politics, & critical theory (Thread 1/12)

Is live Bluesky a thing? It is now! We’ll be bringing you updates from today’s Colonial Postcolonial Decolonial WG events in London all day today! Starting now with intros from conveners Sarah, @niharikaan.bsky.social and Catherine #bisacpd24 @uniwestminster.bsky.social

Fascinating new open access article from @leejarvis.bsky.social and @michaellister.bsky.social. They argue, in short, that we critical security/terrorism scholars told you so, but that converging with the mainstream raises questions for the critical project. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

NEW: Why do we always think crime is rising, even when it isn’t? This week I looked at one of the big data mysteries. Britain is 2/3 less violent than the 1990s; thefts were higher pre-lockdown Why, then, doesn’t it feel like it? 1/8 @thetimes.com 🔗 www.thetimes.com/article/b63d...

Great to work with @leejarvis.bsky.social on this. It’s part of a special issue ‘What the War on Terror Leaves Behind’, which has some awesome papers. Thanks to the brilliant special issue editors @htoros.bsky.social @fr33palest1ne.bsky.social @leejarvis.bsky.social

Delighted to see this now out & open access in EJIS. The article explores what happens when seemingly critical ideas around counterterrorism achieve wider currency. Coauthored with @michaellister.bsky.social, huge thanks to the reviewers & editors. Check it out here: doi.org/10.1017/eis....

📢📢📢New article out! On violence and insecure #migration status in Globalization and Health journal: read it here rdcu.be/d1gTT Reporting of violence victimization should never result in immigration enforcement. Everyone deserves to be free from violence. W/ Annie Bunce, Hannah Manzur & Natalia Lewis

We often worry about the wrong things. People killed annually by Sharks 10 Elephants 100 Hippos 500 Snails 10,000 Dogs 25,000 Snakes 50,000 People 475,000 Mosquitoes 725,000 🧪

#RPVSky In this post I show you how I did a LR of a then-new-to-me topic (hospital ethnography): Delving into an entirely new topic and doing a literature review, performed with an example (on hospital ethnography) www.raulpacheco.org/2021/03/delv...