📚 The ongoing #war in #Sudan and its consequences for the civilian population are a recurring topic of discussion within the ABI team and a subject of numerous publications. We therefore recommend:

Okay, fantastic opportunity here! #BeyondTheSpectrum is a free creative writing project run by and for autistic people, but open to any neurodivergent person who thinks it's right for them. They currently have three FREE workshops and groups running for adults in #Lincolnshire 1/…

Folks, get off of Academia[.]edu. Delete your accounts. Put your work on a faculty webpage, on hcommons, on your own webpage. But not on Academia[.]edu. www.academia.edu/terms

Do you have a lot of annoying admin tasks or household chores you need to accomplish, but never seem to find the time for? Then may I suggest: setting aside a day to do nothing but write, you will be amazed at how many such tasks you can accomplish.

✨📣 Very happy that our article with @martijnmos.bsky.social "Opportunity beckons: the anti-gender movement at the European Parliament" is out @ifjpglobal.bsky.social. You can find it open access here: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/NNB93...

📢 CfP alert! Our section “Bridging Boundaries: The State of the Art in Empirical Gender and Politics Research” at #ECPG26 is now open for submissions! @dariusribbe.bsky.social and I are super excited to chair this section! More info here: ecpr.eu/Events/Event... @ecprgender.bsky.social

Something academics and researchers can do to politically contribute, if not already, is create more political ed in the form of lectures, like in a class. Cuz a lot of the educational videos available to the public have bad politics or misinformation. And the good political stuff is often a panel.

You can't buy hope, but you can buy a new notebook and that's basically the same thing

Transgender studies professor Dr. Susan Stryker tears Gavin Newsom a new one while accepting the Transgender Legacy Award from the California state legislature 🔥🔥🔥 @susanstryker.bsky.social

We need a return to analog culture: handwritten letters, seeing films in the cinema, reading books, in-person visits, time in the outdoors. We weren't meant to spend our whole lives online. The joys of tangible living are something no one can take from you.

If you’re someone who still reads for pleasure, you are a marvel. If you’re able to unplug from all the chaos of our entertainment culture and disappear into the warmth and solace of a book, that is a rare gift and I’m very glad to know you.

Swedish Defence University advertises two postdoc positions focused on narrative geopolitics, or how emotional and widely circulated narratives shape international security, great power relations & geostrategic rivalry. fhs.varbi.com/en/what:job/... fhs.varbi.com/en/what:job/... Deadline: 31 Aug

📣 Out on #FirstView 📣 For our upcoming issue on #feministforeignpolicy, @karolinefaerber.bsky.social & @erdfraeuleinma.bsky.social analyze how Germany 🇩🇪 represents, negotiates and reproduces its colonial past in their FFP. polisky gendersky buff.ly/Y9B4uMH

Here a video of my keynote at the recent 50th Anniversary #BISA2025 conference in Belfast. I am more writer than speaker, so this was a challenge. But I am grateful for the invitation and glad I did it for - and with - Emma Hutchison. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBWg...

Good morning, I've written a piece about the prime minister. I spoke to several dozen sources, including government insiders, former legal colleagues and campaigners to ask: what happened to Keir Starmer the heroic human rights lawyer? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Do they not...use a VPN for doing their job, working between their constituency and Westminster? Because if not I have concerns

Just popped in here to say thanks for a close reading of my book and this kind review essay written by three independent researchers based in Kashmir. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Feminist foreign policies talk equality, but local feminist peacebuilders still face donor scepticism, unstable funding & political pushback. Without structural change, FFPs risk perpetuating the problems they claim to solve. 📝 Our new piece in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S174...

🚨New Article🚨 “Hierarchies of Violence, Victimhood, and Remedy in the Pursuit of Women’s Rights After War” by Marie Berry, Milli Lake, Sinduja Raja, & Soraya Zarook Read OPEN ACCESS here: academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...

So in other fun news, my employer recently instituted a new “international working” policy, which imposes draconian restrictions on the ability of staff to travel abroad for personal reasons. Highlights include: any plans to work from out of the UK, even out of term time, are generally disallowed

What can a feminist perspective on visuals depicting grieving mothers tell us about their transformative potential? In her article, @agarwalamya.bsky.social reflects on the significance of art in reinforcing gendered scripts of motherhood as well as creative forms of resistance. 📄 👉 rdcu.be/eraGf

Our next panels are covering everything from Constructing World Politics, Perspectives on Foreign Policy & Diplomacy, to IR pedagogy, and Violence, Conflict, & Culture @agarwalamya.bsky.social @nickcaddick.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social @misradevika03.bsky.social #VirtualBISA2025

After an insightful day, Prof. H. Farrand Carrapico (@NorthumbriaUni) is discussing Brexit Negotiations as part of our panel 'The Global Politics of Britain' Huge thank you to the IR students of @sheffielduni.bsky.social! #VirtualBISA2025 @monikameislova.bsky.social @simonrushton.bsky.social

Our #VirtualBISA2025 Day 2 afternoon panels have been great so far! Giorgio Shani and @misradevika03.bsky.social have been presenting on both Global IR and Latin America as part of our 'Dialogues in Non-Western IR' panel @agarwalamya.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social

🎬Prof. Swati Parashar's thought-provoking lecture "Rethinking the #coloniality & #violence of #famines in the #Global South" is out on video, providing additional references for further research & teaching 🌍: youtu.be/AM21TSwbULU?... thanks so much also to host & moderator @agarwalamya.bsky.social!

It was wonderful to be a part of AMICA’s 30 year anniversary and learn about their excellent work on women’s rights in violence affected contexts. Great evening and excellent space for academics and practitioners to imagine a feminist future together. And it was a full house on a Friday night!🌟

Cynthia Enloe - inspiring in so many different ways 🌟

This form was created to facilitate the sharing of invitation codes for "Global South" scholars who may not have the same network privileges as scholars in the "Global North". Scholars who are geographically located in the "Global South" will be given priority. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Building on the theme of next year's BISA conference, @rkrystalli.bsky.social, @nataliejester.bsky.social and I are putting together a roundtable on the broad theme of disability, illness and IR (exact framing TBC). If you're interested in participating please get in touch! conference.bisa.ac.uk