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Looking forward to facilitating this conversation next week between three of my favourite scholars. Register below from this online event.

Join us virtually on 29th April 9-10:30(AEST) for an event on 'Youth Peace Expertise'. I’ll present findings from my DECRA on #YPS & whose expertise 'counts' in peace & security. Then be in convo w the fab Siobhan McEvoy-Levy & Prime Ragandang Register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/62a765...

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THIS!: “For a young person*, [two years is] not really enough time to get into a project & make progress, produce results & really build a career,” said Aidan Sims, a distinguished prof of mathematics at the Uni of Wollongong. *ECR (career stage, not age) www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Very pleased that my article on compromise in the institutionalising of youth peace advocacy now has an issue number in Globalizations! Glad to hear it has been of interest and use to people already, I hope it might resonate with others also! It’s Open Access here: doi.org/10.1080/1474...

The world is on fire, so the least we can do is to stop and think about how we can be careful and inclusive in our own backyard (in this case our disciplines). An ‘excellent conference experience’ is one that makes it easy for our precarious colleagues, students and friend to attend.

Missed getting this last year, so obligatory ISA book photo with excellent co-editor @hmberents.bsky.social #ISA2025 @brisunipress.bsky.social

Amidst *gestures at the world* everything, I am grateful to see colleagues & friends. And to find myself in the book hall at the same time as co-conspirator/ co-editor @jmarshallbeier.bsky.social for this photo of our @brisunipress.bsky.social book! bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/children-chi...

Our new book Story Tech was published today! Read for free at this link: www.fulcrum.org/concern/mono... Or buy for 30% off at lnkd.in/d--pyyiq using the code UMS25 😁

Our article is available in the new issue of @ispjournal.bsky.social. Very grateful to have had the chance to do this work with this fabulous team

New issue of @ispjournal.bsky.social & in it our article on care-full research now has pg #s! In it @caltinmollica.bsky.social, Hayley Payne, Casey Odger-Jewell, & Savannah Spalding & I reflects on lessons a youth-led, adult-supported project can offer Intl Studies broadly doi.org/10.1093/isp/...

Out on 28 March! There are chapters about communities, Indigenous people, veterans and PTSD, depathologisation of trans health and much more. We are having a little online launch on the evening of 31 March so if you’re interested please DM me for details.

My piece on an eventful 2024 in Solomon Islands, and looking toward what 2025 might bring for @eastasiaforum.bsky.social @anudpa.bsky.social

Proofs for the book I have co-edited with Natalie Ann Hendry, 'Critical Mental Health in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand: Social and Historical Perspectives' are here! It will be published on 28 March by Palgrave. link.springer.com/book/9783031...

Canberra people! @juliacoffey.bsky.social and I will be there Feb 17 and 18. On Monday we are presenting in the ANU Sociology seminar series on "Young people, platform practices & dimensions of the data gaze". Can register for in person or zoom here: sociology.cass.anu.edu.au/events/young... 1/3

Great analysis from Anna Naupa here on rebuilding public trust in parliament after (another) snap election in Vanuatu (including the importance of a strong opposition)

What to Watch for in 2025. My excellent friend @hmberents.bsky.social invited me to reflect on one thing I will be paying attention to around the YPS agenda. Spoiler: I'm most concerned with what we owe youth after a decade of promises. Follow the link below to read all the brilliant reflections.

Here it is: a tribute to Emma Hutchison, my amazing wife and research collaborator. I hope it does justice to the brilliant scholar and the remarkable person she was. Sorry it took me a while after Emma’s passing to gather enough strength to honour her. www.rolandbleiker.com/tribute-to-e...

After three tough years and a case of burnout it has been excellent to disconnect and explore Tanzania. With four more weeks left of adventures I’m signing off completely until 2025! Happy holidays folks, please enjoy some of my favourite pictures from Tanzania

🌍✨ Marking 9 years of #UNSCR2250, I reflect on the resilience of young peacebuilders & the transformative potential of the #YPS agenda. Its impact depends on how we confront power, question legacies & invest in change. Read more⤵️ #Youth4Peace #YouthPeaceSecurity 🔗 www.linkedin.com/pulse/reflec...

Our Special Issue ‘Reimagining Transitional Justice’ is starting to take shape. Read this excellent paper by Güneş Daşli and @emmamurphy.bsky.social online first now and stay tuned for more papers in early 2025.

Yesterday @drljshepherd.bsky.social & I ran the 5th (!) annual Making Space workshop for ECR women & gender diverse international studies scholars in Australia. It remains a highlight of my year, a wonderful supportive space, w honest generous reflections from mentors & mentors alike …

Just in time for the APSA conference in Perth next week! Looking forward to seeing so many great papers 😁

I'm excited to announce the launch of the Youth, Peace & Security #YPS Database: an online, searchable resource library of docs related to the agenda! 🔹Visit: ypsdb.org 🟡Read some launch-day reflections: theypsobserver.substack.com/p/announcing... 🥳Thrilled this is now live & hope it is of use!

I’m so happy for my brilliant friend @hmberents.bsky.social who has just released this wonderful and important database into the world! An important archival space for all those interested in #YPS.

Dipping my toe in here to let my - very few - followers know that our new edited book, Power and Influence in the Pacific Islands: Understanding Statecraftiness, has just been published Open Access: www.routledge.com/Power-and-In...

Academic friends, please share widely and encourage eligible new colleagues to apply: Critical Studies on Security Early Career Outstanding Research Article Award.

Excited to use my first post on this platform to announce that my book ‘Agency and Ownership in Reconciliation’ is now available in paperback. Get it via the link: sunypress.edu/Books/A/Agen.... You can get 30% off until November 30, 2024 with the code NBN1024

My fellow co-editors aren't on bsky (yet!), but I'm thrilled we have signed the contract for the book 'Youth Leading Change: Emerging Sites of Knowledge in Peace and Conflict' featuring youth scholar-practitioners! Publication next year, in time for the 10th anniversary of #YPS!