Obviously concerning on many levels but I've not stopped laughing at 'gorillas by night' all morning 'Gorillas by Night' Literary fiction NYT list Indie band name Oscar-nominated Jane Goodall (rip) biopic that just makes it about her and forgets about the gorillas (set in undefined African country)

Fundamentally, if you were designing a refugee policy that annoyed everyone, then I'm not sure you could do much worse than still accepting refugees but turning them into a permanently precarious underclass.

New article alert with Dr Thia Sagherian-Dickey @coco-journal.bsky.social! We examine how children are raised in protracted conflict, how it offers civilians agency in transmitting protective strategies, and pathways (and pitfalls) to conflict transformation. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Excited to share my blogpost for @civilwarpaths.bsky.social Fellowship on the complex entanglements between business, conflict, and human rights! I discuss how corporations integrate the 'cost' of conflict into their ventures, despite dangerous consequences for civilians on the ground.

Our brilliant Peace Studies students came from all over the world to spend a very thought-provoking week speaking with experts and peacebuilders working across Northern Ireland. Thank you to the Quakers Peace Studies Trust (QPST) for making our Annual Peace Studies Visit possible!

🚨 La Agencia Nacional de Minería (ANM) pretende renovar por 30 años la explotación de la mina El Roble (Carmen de Atrato, Chocó). Los socios, Ático Mining y la familia del exgobernador Aníbal Gaviria, fueron condenados a pagar $119 mil millones por regalías no liquidadas.

Indie Bookshop Appreciation Sale! Show local businesses your love (and tell Bezos to stick it on a rocket ship)

Excited to discuss!

Applications are open for the 2025-26 Aziz Foundation Masters Scholarships. 📣 Full-fee scholarships for British Muslims to advance in their careers and bring positive change to their communities and beyond. Please share with your networks! Find out more and apply before 20 June: bit.ly/41iNb8w

Yesterday, the department's Global Security Research Group held an informal workshop to discuss a number of fascinating research projects spanning rich archival work, deep ethnographies and quantitative modelling. Particularly great to see our PhD students showcasing the evolution of their projects!

***New Open Access Publication!*** In this India Review article co-authored with Ben Holt, we develop a new typology capturing variation in state-rebel conflict across Northeast India www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Excited to share new research from one of our colleagues! Dr Clara Voyvodic @cvoyvodic.bsky.social has two papers out on armed groups and rebel authority in Colombia. Clara’s work explores the intersections of conflict, development, and non-state governance. www.bradford.ac.uk/staff/cvoyvo...

🚨 New Research Alert! 🚨 with @annetteidler.bsky.social How do violent non-state actors (VNSAs) shape the fate of massive infrastructure projects? Our new article in International Studies Quarterly reveals the hidden forces behind global megaprojects. 🧵👇 👉 academic.oup.com/isq/article/...

Our research university leaders are totally failing us in the authoritarian moment. Not even trying to loudly & publicly defend the project of academia or the institutions. Just choosing a combination of “keep our heads down” & anticipatory compliance. Shamefully inadequate to the moment.

The Department of Peace Studies and International Development is now on BlueSky!

Kicking off 2025 with a new paper from the eternally-absent-from-social-media but wonderful coauthor Jose Gutierrez! In this paper we explore how communities in rural Colombia used their experiences of rebel order to evaluate and renegotiate the entry of new armed groups.

1. Here's why I'll never use AI to assist my research or writing: A. I don't want to know exactly what I'm looking for. I mean that when I start researching a topic, I want to remain open to its contradictions and paradoxes, and to the unexpected paths that might lead off it. 🧵

Inaugural post: I'm pleased to present my new article "The Fog of War" where I examine how conflict narratives, often used by elites, mislead or undermine efforts to identify developmental violence and suppression against civilians.