🎉 Congratulations to Professor Milja Kurki on her Planetary Fellowship this autumn with the Panel for Planetary Thinking at Justus Liebig University in Giessen, Germany. Her current research focuses on planetary multispecies politics. www.uni-giessen.de/en/faculties...

It's Welcome Week - welcome to all new students and welcome back to those who are returning to continue their degrees! Happening today: postgraduate induction, welcome by the Head of Dept, welcome to international & exchange students, personal tutor meetings for freshers and a freshers' reception!

Freshers' weekend at @aberuni.bsky.social starts here - new students will have a range of induction and welcome activities over the weekend, and then from Monday morning we will start seeing them in the department for personal tutor meetings, orientation talks and social events. #welcomeweek

New publication - Marie Curie fellow @analispolitik.bsky.social has a new article out in the journal Development in Practice that places contemporary issues in the global political economy in the context of recent history, and centres Indonesia's approach. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

"Operation Wrath of God", the new book by our colleague @guttmannaviva.bsky.social continues to get attention from high profile media outlets - including a review in The Wall Street Journal www.wsj.com/world/middle...

Gewalt begegnen ohne Gewalt: Berit Bliesemann de Guevara, @interpolaber.bsky.social ist heute zu Besuch in Hamburg und berichtet aus dem Forschungsnetzwerk Creating Safer Space zu unarmed civilian protection. 14:30 bis 16:30 Uhr, SBB, Wendenstraße 493 www.sbb-hamburg.de/creating-saf...

Our colleague Professor Berit Bliesemann de Guevara will be giving a talk in Hamburg tomorrow all about the "Creating Safer Spaces" research project and network that she has been instrumental in developing! 👏👏👏 www.sbb-hamburg.de/creating-saf...

🧵 Collaborative research by Dr Elin Royles, Dr Carolyn Rowe (Aston University) and Dr Rachel Minto (Cardiff University) has been cited in a report recently-released by the Welsh Senedd. 1/3 business.senedd.wales/documents/s1...

Wishing everyone a good weekend with this photo taken by @equusonthebuses.bsky.social One more week until the start of term!

One of our Marie Curie Postdoctoral fellows, Dr Ahmad Umar, attended the @europeanisa.bsky.social in Bologna, presenting work from his research project on 'The Rise of Transregionalism in World Politics, 1989-2024' & speaking on a roundtable on 'International Relations of Indo-Pacific'.

Congratulations to our colleague Professor Berit Bliesemann de Guevara on her appointment to REF subpanel 19 (Politics and International Studies) 🎉 www.aber.ac.uk/en/news/arch...

Thanks to our colleague @guttmannaviva.bsky.social for this lovely Aber sunset - have a great weekend, everyone!

Our colleague Jana Wattenburg attended the @europeanisa.bsky.social conference in Bologna last week. She presented a paper on "Managing Feelings about Gender in Nuclear Professions", based on her recently-completed Marie Curie Global Postdoctoral Fellowship project "Women and the Bomb".

Congratulations to our colleague Anwen Elias & the rest of the team from Aberystwyth & Swansea Universities who will be funded by the ESRC to conduct the Welsh Election Study 2026, a 4 year project to collect data about political opinions & voting behaviour in Wales. www.aber.ac.uk/en/news/arch...

Our colleague @guttmannaviva.bsky.social's new book is getting lots of attention outside the academic community - it was reviewed in @thespectator1828.bsky.social in the 9 August issue. Well done, Aviva! 📚

This is one for Spanish speakers - our colleague Professor Berit Bliesemann de Guevara's (Un-)Stitching Gazes project has a podcast min-series! It explores the impact of the project in #Colombia. 1/2 (Link in the next post in the thread)

Over the summer, academics take the opportunity to make progress on their research, sometimes in the company of their pets. @gillianmcfadyen.bsky.social reports that her cat Michael has been doing sterling work supporting her research into coloniality and the refugee regime. 😹 #CatsOfBluesky

It's been a glorious summer day. Looking forward to another amazing Aber sunset - this photo courtesy of our colleague @guttmannaviva.bsky.social. Have a great weekend! #Aberystwyth

As we look forward to the start of a new academic year and the arrival of a new crop of students in September, it is a good time to repost this short video about student experience in the Department: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HgC...

Absolutely - a typical rookie mistake that would be leaked to all the teams if it happened in one of our departmental crisis simulations!

🗣️ Efforts to increase Welsh language use in workplaces need to be strengthened, according to a new report. More: tinyurl.com/2s4xafzy @interpolaber.bsky.social

Lots of important conversations have been provoked by Dr Lucy Taylor's latest book - The Global Politics of Welsh Patagonia. Lucy recently discussed the book at the National Eisteddfod - on a panel chaired by Huw Lewis at which Lucy Trotter also spoke about her recent book about Welsh Patagonia. 1/2

The @aberuni.bsky.social campus has been looking lovely over the past several days as we have been welcoming clearing applicants visiting Aber to find out more about the degree schemes and modules on offer, and about living and studying on the west coast of Wales.

Good luck to everyone getting their #alevelresults today. For those who haven't made their uni offers or who are thinking of making a change, there are places on our undergraduate degree schemes available through clearing. The @aberuni.bsky.social clearing helpline is open from 8am: 0800 121 4080

As the evening begins and we approach another Aberystwyth sunset, we wish everyone waiting for #alevelresults tomorrow the best of luck.

🖋 PUBLICATION! 🌟 'Translating sanctuary: Politics of solidarity in a bilingual and plurinational context' 👏 Congratulations to Dr Catrin Edwards and Dr Rhys Dafydd Jones on their new article in The Geographical Journal @thegj.bsky.social rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Mewn erthygl yn The Conversation, mae Dr Jenny Mathers yn trafod sylwadau diweddar cyn-brif weinidog Wcráin fod gormod o ymwneud gan y gorllewin yn ei sefydliadau ac yn archwilio a oes cyfiawnhad drostynt. Mwy: tinyurl.com/mwshhc5z @interpolaber.bsky.social @jgmaber.bsky.social

EVENT! 🌎 Interpol's Dr Lucy Taylor will be joining Dr Lucy Trotter at the @eisteddfod.cymru to discuss their recently published books on Y Wladfa / Patagonia 🔦 Catch their discussion exploring the significance of Y Wladfa today at 11am on Friday 8 August at the @aberuni.bsky.social stand

🌎In June the British Academy-funded CAMAMAZON project team visited Bonn for the 62nd meeting of the Subsidiary Bodies to the UNFCCC 🌿You can read more about their observations and experiences at the CAMAMAZON website: camamazon.aber.ac.uk/2025/07/17/t...

🎉Congratulations to our colleague @guttmannaviva.bsky.social - @waterstones.bsky.social has chosen her new book to be part of their summer discount. Get 25% off, this week only, using the code SUMMER25 in online orders #WPreorder #OperationWrath 📚 www.waterstones.com/book/operati...

🌟BISA at 50: Reflections and perspectives - Finding our voice and bridging the gap 🌟 w/ @assalakhettache.bsky.social - PhD student @interpolaber.bsky.social and chair of BISA PGN & Eve Harrison-Taylor - undergrad student @sheffielduni.bsky.social and BISA comms intern 📚 Read now 👉

My brilliant @interpolaber.bsky.social colleague, Dr Aviva Guttmann, has her new book on European and Israeli counter-terrorism operations reviewed in The Times today... www.thetimes.com/culture/book...

Dr Jan Ruzicka contributed to the Big Ask Article on Britain’s World: Council on Geostrategy on the following question: How should Britain and France cooperate to realise the Northwood Declaration? To read his responses to the question, see here: www.britainsworld.org.uk/p/the-big-as...

Three cheer for our 🌟InterPol Graduates 2025🌟 📷: @aberuni.bsky.social

Writing in The Conversation, Dr Gillian McFadyen explains that campaigners, academics and groups that support asylum seekers have long called for the UK to introduce “safe and legal routes”. More: tinyurl.com/5anb8hpb

The growing trend of people fleeing climate change has been discussed at a migration conference held here. 🔗 tinyurl.com/3u6xwxmd @catrineds.bsky.social @interpolaber.bsky.social

Last week, Aber Uni hosted the 4th International Migration & Mobility conference. @catrineds.bsky.social, a member of the organising committee opened the prestigious conference. Dr Katy Budge presented her forthcoming chapter 'Thinking from the border". Read more here: www.aber.ac.uk/en/news/arch...

Our @gillianmcfadyen.bsky.social had a new article in @uk.theconversation.com discussing Starmer's new 'one in one out policy' with France and what this means for safe and legal routes for refugees to the UK. #refugees #asylum #saferoutes

Dr Lucy Taylor just published an article with the Nation Cymru on Indigenous oppression in Patagonia today and its historic links to the Welsh Community. A powerful story…you can read it here: nation.cymru/feature/indi...

Brilliant workshop on Lego Serious Play by Dr Anwen Elias– introducing Lego Serious Play as method for engaging people, getting them thinking differently, & having different kinds of conversations. Great to see how Lego can be used in research, teaching, meetings and more. A very inspiring morning!

Writing in @uk.theconversation.com, @jgmaber.bsky.social has a new piece discussing how Putin and other world leaders have implemented policies aimed at encouraging higher birth rates among women. Read more here: theconversation.com/russia-is-pa...

We’re gearing up for our Open Day tomorrow! There’s still time to register and come visit us and learn more about our range of degrees, teaching style, modules, and what we can be offering you! For more details and registration, see here: www.aber.ac.uk/en/study-wit... #LoveAber #CaruAber

Dr @guttmannaviva.bsky.social has been speaking with German radio WDR 5 this week, discussing Iranian intelligence and its use of “disposable agents” to plan attacks in Germany. For our Deutsch students and speakers, you can listen in here: www1.wdr.de/mediathek/au...

Want to learn more about our department? Then come visit us on 5th July for our Open Day and learn more about our range of degrees, teaching style, modules, and what we can be offering you! For more details and registration, see here: www.aber.ac.uk/en/study-wit... #LoveAber #CaruAber

Interested in a degree in International Relations, Politics, Military History or Intelligence & International Security? Come visit our 5 July Open Day & learn about our degrees and what we can be offering you! More details and registration here: www.aber.ac.uk/en/study-wit... #LoveAber #CaruAber

On Saturday Dr Katy Budge & a team of Interpol students and alumni hosted 'Celebrating Our Diverse Community' as part of #RefugeeWeek2025. At the heart of the day was the creation of the Aberystwyth Friendship Quilt! The event is part of the Creative Community project led by Katy and Dr Naji Bakhti

Dr Elin Royles has been researching in the National Library of Wales Collections, and she came across a 1974/5 edition of our student run journal - InterState! 50 years later, and still all too relevant. (and note, 15p per copy!)

Interested in a degree in International Politics? Then come join us for an online taster workshop with Dr Kamila Stullerova as she explores the Crisis of Liberalism- Monday 23rd June, 1-1:45PM. For more information and the registration link see here: www.channeltalent.co.uk/.../politics...

Our @gillianmcfadyen.bsky.social and Dr Arddun Arwyn (History Dept) are delighted to share their first digital story as part of the project, A Welsh Pathway to Peace: Digital Storytelling and Forced Migration. #peace #refugeeweek #https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brcuGpm2sC8

The lavender is out on campus… it must be nearly time for graduation! #LoveAber #CaruAber