Monday 15th December 2025 is the final closing date for submissions to our Early-Career Paper Prize 2026. Last-minute submissions are very welcome! files.taylorandfrancis.com/economy-and-...

in this new publication @ncrm.ac.uk, Adrian Millican, Fanni Toth (both SGIA researchers) and Andrew Hamilton, disability rights activist and one of our students in politics & IR, offer insights into teaching statistics to visually impaired students durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/49191...

Wondering what it’s like to study on SGIA’s MSc in Defence, Development and Diplomacy? Hear directly from recent graduate, John Loudon. durham-student.org/studying-def...

📢We have kicked off todays @astropoliticswg.bsky.social workshop at Durham University! ☄️We started the day with an introduction on the intersection between space and international politics from James Osborne, director of Durham's Space Research Centre (SPARC) 🪡Follow this thread for more

Ferran Perez Mena, our assistant professor in international relations of East Asia, joins BRI dialogue to discuss transnational elite connections between Chinese and Western non-state actors and their impact on world politics. www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-Np...

We were honoured to host Former Ambassador James Watt for an insightful and engaging talk. Drawing on his distinguished diplomatic career, he offered a nuanced reflection on the challenges and opportunities shaping the Middle East’s political landscape. @sgiadurham.bsky.social

The 2025 Ann Lambton Memorial Lecture was held 12th Nov by @imeisdurham.bsky.social and BIPS who hosted her Former Majesty’s ambassador to Iran, Qatar and Yemen, Mr. Nicholas Hopton. The title: "A British Diplomatic Perspective on Iran’s Position & Policies in the Middle East Since 7 October 2023"

Join us on 1 December 2025 at 17:00 for the Annual Ambassadorial Lecture: “Kuwait’s Priorities in a Changing Middle East” delivered by His Excellency Bader A. Almunayekh, Ambassador of the State of Kuwait to the UK. Location: WB-2003, The Waterside Building, Durham. @sgiadurham.bsky.social

Join us on 4 December at 17:00 for a talk by James Watt, former ambassador and now partner at Ambassador Partnership LLP: “Two Years on from 7 October: What Future Awaits the Middle East?” All welcome. Hosted by Durham Diplomatic Society and IMEIS, Durham University. @sgiadurham.bsky.social

Join us for a guest lecture by @kevinyangmx.bsky.social on the grassroots Marxists in the 1978-81 Chinese democracy movement! 📅 Thursday 11 December 2025 🕔 11:00 - 12:30 📍 TLC039 (Teaching and Learning Centre)

Dipping back into my academic identity for the @sochistorywar.bsky.social conference at the ZMSBw in Potsdam. As far as conference premises go, this is quite a nice one! I’m looking forward to presenting tomorrow on Giulio Douhet and Future War - apt for a history conference! @sgiadurham.bsky.social

Happy to share this piece on ethnography in political science: doi.org/10.1017/S153...

Institute for Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies (IMEIS) Wednesday 26th November 2025 4 – 5pm, Online “Islam in Russia: Formations of Tolerance”

Our final monthly pick for November is the #OpenAccess article "Counter-Conduct and the Everyday: Anthropological Engagements with Philosophy" by @olgademetriou.bsky.social (@sgiadurham.bsky.social). Be sure to give it a read! #CounterConduct #Greece #Cyprus www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🚨new open-access article!🚨 what do drastically different representations of the Paris Olympic opening ceremony on Chinese social media tell us about competing narratives of civilization & transversal alignment in digital reactionary politics? academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...

🚨In this PiRM Episode: @pmkuhn.bsky.social is joined by @cjfinlay.bsky.social, who draws on his essay "Beware the Boomerang Effect" to dissect the profound legal and ethical challenges posed by "assassination as policy". open.spotify.com/episode/3BRc...

🎙️In this episode, @omarhgallego.bsky.social discusses public opinion and perceptions of migration, the recent migration policies of UK parties, and the politics behind them. open.spotify.com/episode/4NwR...

Read the latest review of Jessica Begon's book, Disability Through the Lens of Justice (OUP 2023), by Sara Purinton. "Begon’s theory marks a significant contribution to the philosophical literature on disability and to political philosophy. ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/disa... @oxfordacademic.bsky.social

Another banger! Carla studies the most depraved neoliberal writings so you don't have to. This is a must read.

Dr William Plowright from our @sgiadurham.bsky.social reflects on Ahmed al-Sharaa’s remarkable transformation from former jihadist to political leader welcomed at the White House. Read more: www.durham.ac.uk/research/cur... @uk.theconversation.com #Syria

✨PHD FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AT DURHAM UNI✨ Funding is available from NINE DTP, China Scholarship Council, and Transformative Humanities. For more info visit our website: www.durham.ac.uk/.../research... Join the Information session on 28th Nov, 12-1pm here: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...

Congratulations to Adam Lovett, an assistant professor in political theory at SGIA, for being shortlisted for the Royal Institute of Philosophy's book prize in interdisciplinary philosophy! @triphilosophy.bsky.social

In this new paper, Renu Singh, an assistant professor in comparative politics at SGIA, and co-authors Pengyu Zhu, Zining Wang, and Xinying Tan investigate how China's multi-level EV policies enabled "technology leapfrogging" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🚨NEW PiRM Episode: @pmkuhn.bsky.social is joined by is joined by Prof. Ilan Baron, Professor in International Political Theory at SGIA, for a conversation on anti-Semitism, Israel, and the problem of proxy representation open.spotify.com/episode/2HCj...

My new article with @econsocjournal.bsky.social on Gary Becker's analyses on suicide is out! I use Becker's assertion that ‘Most (if not all!) deaths are to some extent suicides’ to reflect on how the late Chicago School framed death and mortality as a choice, thus normalising mortality inequality

it was a great pleasure to host @alybatt.bsky.social at Durham yesterday - thank you to everyone who came! And go buy a copy of Free Gifts 📘

Thanks so much to @lordsukspacecom.parliament.uk for inviting me to share my expertise in person on UK space policy and strategy - their report "The Space Economy: Act Now or Lose Out" is now available: publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld5901/ld... @sgiadurham.bsky.social Some thoughts below:

we had a full room attendance for today's lecture by @alybatt.bsky.social on her @princetonupress.bsky.social book Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature. thanks all for coming! @jackcopley.bsky.social

Apply for a PhD in Politics at Durham University! 📚🌍 For information on areas of supervision visit our PGR website: www.durham.ac.uk/departments/... And please attend our Information Session on Tuesday 4th November, 2- 3 p.m.: durhamuniversity.zoom.us/j/9324280697... We hope to see you there 👋

happening today!

in this op-ed with @globalpolicy.bsky.social, Jutta Bakonyi and Anne Flaspöler from SGIA introduce two papers exploring the experiences of civilians and peacekeepers in #Somalia and the #DRC. #peacekeeping www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/30/10/2...

🚨NEW PiRM Episode: @pmkuhn.bsky.social is joined by @aliceellafinden.bsky.social, who draws on her research to discuss the political implications of deploying the concepts 'terrorism' and 'counterterrorism' in the context of the Gaza conflict and UK domestic politics

Coming up in Vienna: Professor John C. Williams from SGIA will give a public lecture at the Diplomatische Akademie Wien on Algorithms and Accountability: AI, War, and the Politics of Immunity. 🗓 Monday 10 November 🕓 18:30 📍 Human Rights Space www.da-vienna.ac.at/en/Events

Thanks very much to Bertelsmann for publishing my very short piece on Golden Dome, space-based interceptors, and Trump’s fantasies if a nuclear missile shield. @sgiadurham.bsky.social

If you're in the north east, come along!

“When Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro describes the Trump administration’s actions [against alleged drug boats] as an “act of tyranny,” he is not far from the truth“—my new article for @carnegiecouncil.org. www.ethicsandinternationalaffairs.org/online-exclu... #Venezuela #JustWarTheory #Trump

🎉 Save the date! Join us for a conversation with Alyssa Battistoni @alybatt.bsky.social on her brilliant new book Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature @princetonupress.bsky.social 🗓 Monday 3rd November 🕓 14:00–15:30 📍 Room IM102 (Al Qassimi)

Many thanks to the folks at FutureSpace in Vienna, and the opportunity to share my latest research work on 'The Perils of Periodising Astropolitics: Towards a Global Space Age'. Thanks also the audience for tuning in and asking great questions! futurespace-project.eu

super excited to join the team convening this newly launched working group🎉. come meet us for a chat about all things critical, creative, and "on the margins"

🚨NEW PiRM Episode: Peaceful by Design? The Return of Political Violence in Democracies. In this episode, @pmkuhn.bsky.social digs into the paradox at the heart of democracy: why systems built on peaceful disagreement are seeing rising levels of aggression. open.spotify.com/episode/6hgM...

Thanks to RFE/RL for the interview on Chinese space intelligence support to the Russian military in Ukraine. Details are scant but I hope it's useful context for thinking about the mundanity (but probably valuable) ISR support the Russians are getting from the Chinese. w/ @julianasuess.bsky.social

Durham Women in Politics is excited to invite you to the fabulous first event of the year, a coffee morning at the Student Union Building from 1 pm to 3 pm on Thursday, the 16th of October ✨ We look forward to seeing you there! 🙌☕

🎧 Just dropped: In this new episode of Politics in the Rearview Mirror, @pmkuhn.bsky.social speaks to Dr David Andersen and Dr Neil Visalvanich to unpack the mechanics and meaning of the US government shutdown open.spotify.com/episode/4i6l...

This academic year, Dr Alex Neads from DGSi will be undertaking a Jean Monnet visiting fellowship at the EUI's Robert Schuman Centre @eui-schuman.bsky.social in Florence - find out more about his research here

Thinking about a Master’s in Politics, IR, or Public Policy? Join @ resulumit.bsky.social online for an Insights Session to learn about our postgraduate programmes at SGIA. 📅 15 Oct 2025 | 🕚 11:00–11:45 (UK) 💻 On Teams | Free to join 🔗 Book here www.durham.ac.uk/visit-us/ope...

Coming in 2026 in paperback - Original Sin: Power, Technology and War in Outer Space! With @hurstpublishers.bsky.social @sgiadurham.bsky.social Get all your international political space history and strategy at even greater value! www.hurstpublishers.com/catalogues/s...

We are launching a new Undergraduate Network for IR and Foreign Policy with British Foreign Policy Group 🎉 For undergrads across the UK interested in IR, diplomacy, and foreign policy 🌟 Join our first meeting to find out more about the network 👉 https://ow.ly/4nNu50X8uR7

Read Professor Ilan Zvi Baron's essay 'Antisemitism, Israel and the Problem with no Easy Solution' on @duckofminerva.bsky.social duckofminerva.substack.com/p/antisemiti...

Out Now! Volume 16, Issue 4, October 2025 www.globalpolicyjournal.com/journal-issu...