Marcelo Valença and I have a new piece out in @contextointl.bsky.social Contexto Internacional: “Addressing Maritime Aphasia in IR" We argue that IR has acknowledged the ocean’s importance but grounds it in land-based ontologies, stripping the ocean of its own www.scielo.br/j/cint/a/qcy...

🚨 New publication Alert 🚨 Why do political actors label micro-political events as driven by fear or hate? In my new article in IPS, I argue these labels are key to the politics of emotion & (de)securitisation dynamics🔗 academic.oup.com/ips/article/... @uoypolitics.bsky.social 🧵👇

Have your parents accidentally gone on holiday with conspiracy theorists? Mine have and they let me write about it in Critical Studies on Security! Help! My parents are normies: family friends, GPS, and the World Economic Forum www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🚨New publication‼️ 📝Writing for the #USAPP BLOG from Phelan Centre I argue that Irish American diaspora has continued to exert its lobbying and community-building influence from across the Atlantic, keeping much in touch with Northern Irish politics and issues of peace and justice. t.co/5sgwhJJBpv

You know how the far-right is pretty big right now? Well I've got a 🚨New Publication🚨 on interpreting far-right ideologies! Fantasy and the figure: ideological bodies in the Nordic Resistance Movement is #OpenAccess in @ejir.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

What links Trump’s pledges to rename the Gulf of Mexico, rechristen Mount Denali, and ‘take back’ the Panama Canal? With insights from ontological security and neuroscience, I explore how US imperial ambitions still resonate through the emotional appeal of sea power in Trump’s inaugural speech 🌊

📢 New Article Alert! 📢 How does the notion of societal multiplicity in IR overlook the psychological impact of global hierarchies? Read more: @coco-journal.bsky.social #InternationalRelations #UnevenDevelopment #Psychoanalysis #SocietalMultiplicity doi.org/10.1177/0010...

What exactly is ontological (in)security? And what is ontological security's ethical, reparative, and transformative potential? In my new article in @internatltheory.bsky.social, I suggest drawing on Melanie Klein rather than Giddens to conceptualise these questions doi.org/10.1017/S175... 🧵👇

Still time to register for our online seminar of our @ecpr.bsky.social Network on Statehood, Sovereignty & #Conflict this Wednesday, 1800 GMT: 'The agency of #Armenia and #Georgia in-between #Russia and the #EU' by Dr Louise Amoris with Prof Tracey German as discussant. ecpr.eu/Events/307?s...

Can’t wait for this event with my friends @ngellwitzki.bsky.social @charlieprice.bsky.social and @bscarvalho.bsky.social who happen to be great researchers and everyone should come and here them discuss the article 😊

Due to a withdrawl, there is now an opening for a paper presentation in an #ISA2025 panel on statehood and conflict. ✉️ me a title, a 200-word abstract and 5 keywords at [email protected] by Friday November 29 1200 UK time. And feel free to share with your networks. #conflictsky #polscisky

I’ll be chairing a fantastic seminar this coming Wednesday on an extremely timely topic. Please join us in person or online. Follow link to register. bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

We are delighted to announce that the Emotions in Politics and IR (EPIR) @mybisa.bsky.social Working Group is now officially on Bluesky 😊 Stay tuned for a Starter Pack on Emotions in Politics & IR coming soon!

📢 ‼️Call for Papers: Join us for an in-depth workshop on Ontological Security in Europe convened by Marco Vieira, @georgekyris.bsky.social and me 🗓️ Workshop Date: 20Feb '24 I Abstracts due: 13Jan '24 📍University of Birmingham Questions? DM, or email me 👇🏼