How are youth in SE Europe moving from "Margins to Makers"? RECAS Fellow Aleksandra Bajde's project examines youth-led ecological imaginaries in Belgrade & Ljubljana. Her work shows how art & music reclaim democratic agency under precarity. recas.info/fellows/ #RECAS_SEE #YouthAgency #AcademicSky

First day as an Assoc. Prof. at @cas-see-uniri.bsky.social — complete with Bura, the most adorable office puppy. It feels a bit surreal to end my long chain of post-docs, but I'm happy and excited to work where I live and contribute to something more permanent. Also, have I mentioned the dog? 🤩

Postdoc position focusing on the visions of political change in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) at Charles University, Prague We are looking for candidates who either hold PhD degree or are finishing their doctoral studies to join the project’s team, starting between spring and fall 2026

Enrolment is open for the new English-taught Minor in Political Transformations at Uni Rijeka. We explore political change through the rule of law, IR, social theory, and engaged democracy, with a hands-on Challenge module. Apply by 31/01. Feel free to get in touch! uniri.hr/en/vijesti/e...

📣 Anyone working on creative methods in political research and attending @mybisa.bsky.social #BISA2026 next year? We are looking for another participant in our roundtable on zine-making and creative methods as part of @cawpbisa.bsky.social if it sounds like you - please get in touch ASAP!

CfP @pollenetwork.bsky.social 2026: Conservation without Liberal Reason: Unsustainable Virtues, Illiberal Technopolitics, and Residual Histories. Organizers: Jim Igoe & Bram Büscher More info: pollenpoliticalecology.network/pollen-2026/... We look forward to proposals & meeting in Barcelona!

🗓️ 14 Nov | 15:00–17:00 CET - Upcoming Pathways Forum, Far-right ecologies: what challenges for sustainability science? The webinar explores how far-right ecologisms are reshaping sustainability science. www.tickettailor.com/events/futur... #FutureEarth #PathwaysForum #SustainabilityScience

In her "Empire, Environment, and the Judson Legacy: Reflections from the first Central European History Convention in Vienna," Daša Ličen discusses the most exciting work at the July Convention that reframed thinking about power, empire, + money beyond the man-nature binary. cehc.hypotheses.org/270

I'm taking a wee break from work, but this article that I really enjoyed working on is published. It will be part of a great SI edited by Ivan Rajković and Jelena Vasiljević. I hope it contributes to the growing interest in human-nature politics in Yugoslavia.

We are very excited to share the CfP for the Pollen26 conference in Barcelona (29 June-3 July) and invite submissions to our panel: Political ecologies of wildfires in Mediterranean Climate Zones: Beyond the Firefighting Trap nomadit.co.uk/conference/p...

Burnout, inequality, digital overload, and climate precarity are reshaping how we live and work. Are we better workers when we're burned out, or has that become the "new normal"? Explore these and many other real-world challenges in our new UNIRI & YUFE Minor: Work and Wellbeing.

"Girlhood At War" made it home! Unlike anything I’ve written before, this book is a personal story about growing up during Serbia's war against Kosovo and about finding myself, at 14, translating for US NATO troops in its aftermath. (Yes, the young girl in these pictures is me.)

My article finally has an issue! A lot has changed in Serbia since I submitted this in 2021, but my point remains: young people are capable political actors who have their own ideas of what the future should look like.

We’re looking for nonfiction—of any length or form—that dives into the many meanings and manifestations of embodiment in and of the Balkans. Send us your pitches (50–100 words) by October 1 and join us for our first-ever Virtual Open House on September 24: www.womenwritethebalkans.com/specials

#Slovenia doesn't fuck around <3 #Croatia? Hello?! Anybody home? #ForeignPolicy #InternationalLaw

🔥🏟️ New article out: I am very happy that @felixanderl.bsky.social and my paper ”Dangerous arenas: why activists struggle for change in technocratic institutions“ has just been published in @jird-jour.bsky.social and that it’s open access! link.springer.com/article/10.1... 🧶👇🏼 1/

Apparently talking about embassies burning in the 1960s is far more triggering to some people than watching tens of thousands die on livestream (for almost two years) today. Please read the long version, someone actually emailed Milorad Dodik — I guess comic relief in a horrible situation? SFSN

Working on #EnvironmentalJustice topics in Central and Eastern Europe? Then you might want to send an abstract for the conference 'The Greyzone of the Green Transition' that I'm co-organizing with my colleagues from Sibiu next year in Romania (18-19 May 2026). Participation is free of charge!

Dear folks, Check out this list of books up for review, sign up and claim one! 📚🌿 It’s a brilliant way to read something great and get your name out there. #envhist #envhum

🚨Job Alert 🚨 🐕‍🦺 🐄🐎🐦‍⬛ Do you have project management skills & an interest in human-animal relations? We are recruiting a project manager role (5 years) for our new project (info in the 🧵) @sheffielduni.bsky.social 📆 deadline 30 June www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNO134/p...

Call for Papers: Eastern Marxisms. We are planning a special issue of Historical Materialism on Eastern Marxisms, the distinctive tradition of post-war critical and radical thought in East and Central Europe. Please take a look at the extended call, share with your networks and consider applying.

Interested in a British Academy post-doc in politics? Consider applying with us @livunipol.bsky.social. Deadline 16 July. Get in touch with me for all things Middle East and/or IPE. For other topics please check out... www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-a...

Israeli forces have boarded Madleen - the volunteer-crewed ship trying to break siege to deliver aid to starving people in Gaza - and abducted the crew. If you are a citizen of any country whose citizens are on board (France/Germany/Brazil/Sweden), please watch this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjMd...

#Academicfreedom & #freedomofspech are more important than ever in times of #genocide Statement on "Academic Freedom as a Prerequisite for Peace and Conflict Studies" by Working Group Critical Peace Research of the German Association for Peace and Conflict Studies (AFK) afk-web.de/wp-content/u...

I was interviewed by Miranda Melcher about my book for the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social. You can listen to the podcast in the link, and the book is available Open Access from @uofmpress.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/beyond-inter...

Colours of a summer storm #Shetland

📢We have an exciting offer for early-careers from CEE and scholars from the Global South. 👉We are able to offer 10 travel bursaries (5 × €500 for early-career scholars from CEE; 5 × €750 for scholars from the Global South) for our conference. See👇for information on how to apply and the conditions.

Wednesday, 16:45, Vienna and online!

#MSCA Postdoctoral #Fellowships 2025 – Call now open! 🚨 Are you a #postdoc looking to take the next big step in your #academic journey? The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 call is officially open - and we'd love to welcome you to the University of Vienna! 🏛️ More here: ⤵️

Yes, university expense systems are difficult to navigate. But have you tried submitting receipts from Serbia to UniWien? Good luck to me and our Serbian workshop participants I guess 😅

👉A gentle reminder (or a rough nudge?) for you to apply for our Call for Papers: due July 1st 2025. We are organizing a fabulous conference in January 2026 and want you to come! www.linkedin.com/posts/ceeshu...

With Father's Day approaching, I'd like to make space for complicated feelings unsuitable for best-dad school crafts. Last Halloween, I wrote about my father and how sometimes no relationship is the best one in given circumstances: www.womenwritethebalkans.com/essays/kinde...

I'm a huge fan of The Pitt and now re-watching ER to find many similar teaching moments. Thank you for this piece!

This week at the Department for Social and Cultural Anthropology in Vienna - MA student skillshare 💥💪

I usually don’t support working weekends, but this is day 2 of our writeshop on political ecologies of SEE and…. I’m loving it 🌱 With hard copies of graphic novels on BiH environmental struggles, thanks to Damir Arsenijević.

Join us May 15 at 12:00 PM (CET) for a CAS SEE Seminar with Balša Lubarda & RECAS Fellow Slađana Kavarić Mandić: “Exclusionary Environmentalisms – Coping with the Microfascist Predicament?” Zoom info: cas.uniri.hr/cas-see-semi...

If you like to hold/look/smell/read/display/annotate physical books, both paperback and hardcover copies of my book are now 50% off at @uofmpress.bsky.social. Of course, the electronic version is still free to read and download 🌱 press.umich.edu/Books/B/Beyo...

Over the last few months, I've been working with colleagues in BiH and @ecodiya.bsky.social on updating the #LandMatrix database on land deals in BiH. We also wrote a small report, now published! You can check out the database here: landmatrix.org/map/

My plan for this year was to post more about readings that help me think. I was a bit slow, but here goes. This week, a great article by @asantonova.bsky.social and Arvid van Dam on the environment and EU integration (in ES & BG) is helping me think through politics of land and landscape. Link 👇

🙌Our team is overjoyed to announce the 1st International Conference of the Central and Eastern European Security Hub, titled "Between Peripheries: Critical-Relational Security from CEE and the Global South." Call for papers out May 6th. More info: securityhub.ee/news/announc...

Fascinating photographs of everyday life in Montenegro in 1920, taken by the American Red Cross. Humanitarian spectacularism at its finest. Source: www.loc.gov/search/?in=&...

We are looking for a PhD student who wants to rethink Historical International Relations/the History of the Social Sciences from Latin America! Fully funded position with an interdisciplinary supervisory team (Ian Merkel, Konstantin Mierau and myself): www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3505...

And we are starting! Great papers and wonderful hosts @matesuba.bsky.social @livunipol.bsky.social @mybisa.bsky.social @bisasee.bsky.social

Big day on Thursday! I'm very excited to see such a diverse list of paper topics, very much looking forward to the discussion.

If you are an academic wanting to support academics under attack in Serbia, this is the place to sign. forms.office.com/pages/respon...