I've been a bit quieter than usual these past months because @astra.bsky.social and I have been going deep into what we are calling End Times Fascism. The research has been bleak, I won't lie, but it's also been inspiring.

My article on regenerative research was included in this Frontiers ebook on Activating Academia for an Era of Colliding Crises. It's all open access: www.frontiersin.org/research-top...

122 experts in the peace and security sector: Sweden does not live up to its international obligation to prevent genocide in Gaza. www.dagensarena.se/opinion/sver...

In his recent article, just attributed to the latest issue of Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, PhD candidate Alexandre Raffoul explores conceptual issues in the typology of ethnic power-sharing – and proposes ways to "reassemble" the framework more productively: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Since the lough is back in the (national) news, here's the blog version of my co-authored @politicalquarterly.bsky.social article from earlier in the year. #LoughNeagh

My article "Unstable Concepts, Unresolved Controversies" was attributed to an issue. It explores how conceptual issues emerged as consociationalism and centripetalism were brought together under the label power-sharing – and proposes ways to address these issues. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

In Syre, we write about the recent motion by the Swedish Association and Anthropologists (SANT) supporting an academic boycott of Israel. We urge colleagues to use professional associations and unions to ask for ethical universities during a genocide. tidningensyre.se/2025/11-juni...

Academics for Palestine Uppsala: "Thinking, Hanna Arendt contended, requires making oneself receptive to others' existence and suffering. Our main concern with Ylva Söderfeldt's opinion piece is that it erases the most affected: the Palestinians" www.tidningencurie.se/debatt/vi-ma...

My study of conceptual issues in the literature on power-sharing, consociationalism, and centripetalism (with recommandations on how to enhance conceptual clarity) was published in Nationalism and Ethnic Politics. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

To understand how power-sharing performs, we have to understand how it is performed - or at least that's what I argue here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

Uppsala University promoted research stays in Israel at the exact moment Israel was intensifying its genocide in Gaza. Scandalous, but not surprising - write 90 staff members and students: www.unt.se/debatt/artik...

To understand how power-sharing performs, we have to understand how it is performed - or at least that's what I argue here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

UNICEF “deeply alarmed” about the rising number of killed and injured Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank, says Edouard Beigbeder, the NGO's Middle East and North Africa regional director. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/abglxx

Now is the time to organize and FIGHT BACK. Make time. Educate yourself. Dare to feel uncomfortable. Focus on action—not words. Show the flexibility required for coalition building. Rediscover the joy of doing things together. Amplify the voiceless. Empower those around you. Connect. Care. Love.

Decarbonisation threatens the very structure of intl order, founded on fossil-fuelled economic growth and interdependence Can Climate action survive geopolitical fragmentation? Can it thrive on a tightrope? @picharbonnier.bsky.social interview on War Ecology greeneuropeanjournal.eu/if-you-want-...

Uppsala university staff to their direction: Enough with empty words. It's time to take seriously our valid concerns about research ethics and our university's implication in what is internationally considered a likely genocide. www.aftonbladet.se/debatt/a/25b...

260+ Professors, PhD students and other employees at Uppsala University signed our letter asking university leadership to cut ties with Israeli universities. These universities are deeply involved in an ongoing genocide. It's time to act courageously. www.aftonbladet.se/debatt/a/rPV...

250+ anställda: "Uppsala universitet måste avsluta sina samarbeten med israeliska universitet" www.aftonbladet.se/debatt/a/rPV...

Bluesky seems to gain a new life (yay!), and I haven't introduced myself here. So let me start with my work on ethnic power-sharing in Burundi.

"During Cop29, the picture of Azerbaijan reported by the media will be a whitewashed and greenwashed version that the regime is desperate to portray. But make no mistake – it is a repressive state accused of ethnic cleansing" - Greta Thunberg www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

As people are leaving X and joining Bluesky instead, here is a starter pack of peace and conflict researchers for all new users ⤵️ go.bsky.app/7o8tZt2

Important new piece: I have worked with a team to gather some testimonies from Palestinians in Northern Gaza. The accusations are horrific. They include women and children being targeted. Families being purposefully separated. And more. Please read. LINK: eladnehorai.substack.com/p/testimony-...

We live in a «Don’t look up!» (the atmosphere), «Don’t look down!»(the ecosystems), «Don’t look at Palestine!», «Don’t look at Libanon!»«Don’t look at Ukraine!», «Don’t look at Sudan!» world! Instead, it’s all about «Look at the economy!» and «Look at the growth!» The definition of self deceit(s).

New UNEP emissions gap report highlights a "massive gap between rhetoric and reality" and calls for a "quantum leap" in ambition to deliver Paris goals, as the world is way off-track today. I cover the details over at @CarbonBrief: www.carbonbrief.org/...

I've been in some really distressing meetings lately that I can't say much about publicly right now, so instead I'll just share some articles about fascism, free speech, and universities. From Jason Stanley in 2018: www.chronicle.com/article/fasc...

Fighting fossil fuels and stopping the #GazaGenocide are linked issues which is why there is now a Boycott Chevron campaign. Glad to see a few climate groups (shout out to OGAN & Oil Change!) are connecting the dots. Climate justice > petrofascism #ClimateSky actionnetwork.org/letters/boyc...

Our article “Exploratory hypothesis tests can be more compelling than confirmatory hypothesis tests” is now fully published. Open access: doi.org/10.1080/0951... #PhilSci #Psychology #MetaSci 🧪

As damage from Milton emerges, another day to ponder how literally no major economies have climate policies in place that are compatible with the Paris Agreement

Palestinians aren't "caught in the middle" of anything. They are the target. In Gaza, in the West Bank, and in Lebanon. Their expulsion, ethnic cleansing, and killing is not a "consequence"--it's been the aim as we've seen throughout this past year. Call out narratives that routinize our slaughter.

I can't believe it. A spot of good news and sound policy in 2024. - UK hands sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius. #polscisky

The marching orders are out. Ben Gvir in a threat to Netanyahu: If a temporary ceasefire is signed Otzma Yehudit (his party - AB) won’t be committed to the coalition. If it becomes permanent we resign the government. ———————————- War for war’s sake

Haaretz reports that top military officials and Netanyahu's advisors are seriously discussing the expulsion of all civilians from north Gaza and placing a complete siege on that territory (aka the Eiland plan), allowing no food or fuel to go through.

"To strengthen our democracy and the educational institutions that depend on it, we must learn to practice freedom better." A great essay in the @nytimes.com about the right way to deal with campus protests come Fall semester. www.nytimes.com/2024/09/02/o...

"Dr Maya Wind är i Sverige för att berätta om sin nya bok och om vad svenska universitetsanställda kan göra för att motarbeta de israeliska universitetens förtryck av palestinier. Hennes svar ekar i de återupptagna studentprotesterna – akademisk bojkott nu." www.aftonbladet.se/kultur/a/Pp5...

"We need to acknowledge that net zero and now overshoot are becoming used to argue that nothing fundamental needs to change in our energy intensive societies." theconversation.com/the-overshoo...