Delighted to see this article, co-authored with @profjackholland.bsky.social, is now out! 'Ontological Security beyond Binaries' makes original contributions to debates on Ontological Security and brOthering; moving beyond identity binaries in Genocide Studies; and theorising IS genocidal violence.

Great to see this piece written with Lewis Eves, Gilsun Jeong, and Nandor Revesz is now out. Our focus groups produced some really interesting findings on overlooked factors driving students' AI use and how this relates to broader societal and institutional trends.

Just before Xmas, Laura C and I had career firsts: 2 PhD students successfully defended their theses on the same day, passing their vivas. Very many congrats to Dr Laura Rose Brown and Dr Charles Gray! And very many thanks to the internals (Louise and Olaf) and externals (Catherine and Kyle)

A recording of my lecture is now available here. In the missing first 5m, Professor Berry tells the potted history of my rise from 2Cs and a D at A Level, to a Desmond from Nottingham Trent, then from Wollongong (MA) to toil at Aberystwyth, to finally graduating with a PhD from Loughborough in 2008.

Out now! New edited book “New Directions in Vernacular Security” with Palgrave. Great working with @leejarvis.bsky.social & @akinoyawale.bsky.social to bring it together. Great contributions-from Rohingya refugee camps, to military self help books & more in between link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

#POLI3097 A discussions with Dan about the US and intelligence liaison.

BISA at 50: Take a look back at our first ever BISA conference with Professor Jack Holland 🌟 What notable events were taking place on the world stage at that time? And are they still relevant in IR today? 🎉 Read here now 👉 https://ow.ly/RqvL50Xqolq @julietdryden.bsky.social

#POLI3097 Very Relevant to this week's discussions on Intelligence Liaison

##POLI1017 Relevant to our discussions about the role of NGOs, institutions, and norms

#POLI1017 Relevant for our future discussions on gender and the Syrian Civil War

#POLI1017 For an update on events in Syria since the fall of Assad and the nature of recent clashes - relevant to some of the discussions we had this week.

#POLI3097 Some of the witness statements from the investigation into Chinese intelligence activities in the UK

#POLI3097 A deep dive on continued sectarian division in Syria and it's impacts, particularly on the Alawite community

#POLI3097 Nested threads about the complicated history of secret intelligence in Finland which touches on the blurred boundaries between state and private intelligence and the intricate relationships between domestic and international politics.

#POLI1017 A summary of an analysis of Russia's issues with military mobilisation from a Russian perspective. Highlights importance of gender relations and blurred boundaries between international politics and 'politics in the home'.

So pleased to see the introduction to our special issue on #vernacularsecurity published in Security Dialogue! Coauthored with @michaellister.bsky.social & Akin Oyawale, the issue pushes vernacular security research into exciting new directions. Free to read here journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

🔊LISTEN to our podcast episode launching the ASPIRE network, talking on things #SoTL and our launch on June 9th. @jeremymoulton.bsky.social @jillianterry.bsky.social @sudhirselvaraj.bsky.social @mlebourdon.bsky.social

#POL41910 #POL42060 Highly relevant for our discussions this week on peace processes and post-conflict violence

#POL42060 On gendered inseecurity/it's in the context of natural disasters

#POL41910 Relevant to our first week's discussion on how we understand 'politics'

#POL41910 #POL42060 Relevant to discussions on the securitisation of non-traditional security threats and the limits of what we might categorise as 'Political Violence'

#POL42060 Relevant to last week's discussion on ontological security and its implications for Security Studies

#POL42060 Relevant to our future discussions on climate and security

#POL42060 Relevant to our discussions both on the securitisation of migration and what it means to be 'a state'

#POL41910 #POL42060

#POL42060 This report and thread is directly relevant to our discussions this week and the Cohn reading.

#POL41910 #POL42060 This might be a handy place to find any more podcast recommendations.

#POL41910 This is a handy thread for those interested in far right extremist movements.

#POL41910 #POL42060 This report is directly relevant to our discussions this week on gender, international security, and political violence.

Excited to share that my latest research has been published in the Critical Studies on Terrorism Journal! www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

After almost a decade of thinking, researching and writing... this came in the post today. 🤓 🥂

Are #HTS hijackers or sidekicks in #Syria? We show how the US divided good 'opposition' (sidekicks to the protagonist 'people') from bad (hijacker) 'extremists'. Re-writing will now be needed. On US foreign policy and narrative in Syria: academic.oup.com/isq/article/...

IR Question of the Week: Why is the War in Syria so important to international politics? 🧵

HBO's The Wire is rightly lauded for its vivid & realistic depiction of urban decay. But you might not notice that under the surface it is also a subtle exposition on Mohist & Legalist challenges to Confucian orthodoxy as witnessed during China's turbulent Warring States era …

Delighted to see this now out & open access in EJIS. The article explores what happens when seemingly critical ideas around counterterrorism achieve wider currency. Coauthored with @michaellister.bsky.social, huge thanks to the reviewers & editors. Check it out here: doi.org/10.1017/eis....

Hey folks! So in light of the new followers (love you all <3) and the fact many of you likely followed me because I study extremism and the far-right, let's do a book thread! These are some of the best books for building an understanding of the far-right. Also most are available as audiobooks! 🧵 1/

Very happy to see my new article on Paschasius of Dumium and the Iberian translation of the Apophthegmata patrum published (open access) in Al-Masaq. Features Atlantic-Mediterranean connectivity, Evagrius Ponticus, and a crocodile. doi.org/10.1080/0950...

‘The permanency of mass atrocities & fallacy of never again?’, open access in @bjpir.bsky.social w/ Euan Raffle, Ben Willis & @rji95.bsky.social Through interdisciplinary research we explore the evolution of the term ‘never again’ & five real world problems journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...