Alvina Hoffmann
@alvinahoffmann.bsky.social
Lecturer in Diplomatic Studies at SOAS, University of London | international political sociology of human rights struggles | writing a book on human rights elites at the UN
📣 Experts in a Turbulent World – online version out now! 🌍 There's lots of talk of turbulence, disorder, polycrisis. One way in which int'l org.s seek to understand global problems in a complex world is to mobilise experts. But experts are specialists, not generalists. 1/5
📢The IPS Section is now welcoming nominations for the 2027 IPS Book Award! 📚 To nominate or self-nominate a book, please email the award chair, Renata Summa, at r.de.figueiredo.summa@rug.nl Books must be received by September 1st, 2026. For more information: www.isanet.org/Programs/Awa...
The UN’s special rapporteurs are experts charged with a singular mandate: to monitor the world’s worst human rights abuses. An Essay by @alvinahoffmann.bsky.social
A fragile crown jewel: the UN’s human rights experts | Aeon Essays
The UN’s special rapporteurs are experts charged with a singular mandate: to monitor the world’s worst human rights abuses
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The IPS Section is now welcoming nominations for the 2027 IPS Distinguished Scholar Award! Nominations must be emailed to the chair Renata de Figueiredo Summa at r.de.figueiredo.summa@rug.nl by June 2nd, 2026 #ISA2027
My book “The Technocratic International” now has a cover — out this summer! global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Master’s students and PhD candidates, your favorite Russian human rights media project, OVD-Info, is taking submissions for an award recognizing scholarly research on state repression, surveillance mechanisms, and censorship in contemporary Russia. ovd.info/en/oi-prize-...
OVD-Info Prize 2026—Call for Submissions | ОВД-Инфо
International Award for Master’s and PhD Research on Repression, Surveillance and Censorship in Contemporary RussiaРусская версия
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Thanks so much to Jan for his brilliant organisation and editorial skills to bring this to life! I cannot wait to see the copy out. Very happy to have contributed a chapter on UN human rights fact finding missions
Jan Eijking@janeijking.com · 7mo ago📚 Out with OUP this summer: "Experts in a Turbulent World" 📚 An edited volume that connects historical and contemporary perspectives on the role of experts in international organisations. 1/3 👇 #HistIR global.oup.com/academic/pro...
I’ll be presenting my ongoing research on human rights experts and the making of a vocation tonight at the Oxford Refugee Studies Centres, 5-6pm, followed by a reception. Hope to see some of you there! www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/events/human...
Human rights elites at the United Nations: Felix Ermacora and the first human rights fact finding missions (1967-1993)
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Extremely excited for this, and what a beautiful poster design! I’ll be speaking on the United Nations panel with amazing speakers, including @drmargottudor.bsky.social ❤️
Margot Tudor@drmargottudor.bsky.social · 10mo agoInterested in the transitory nature of academia and how this shapes scholarship on internationalism? Come along to our virtual conference, 'Blind Spots and Buzzwords in Internationalism' on 5th and 6th Nov 👁️. Get your tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/blind-spot...
Interested in the transitory nature of academia and how this shapes scholarship on internationalism? Come along to our virtual conference, 'Blind Spots and Buzzwords in Internationalism' on 5th and 6th Nov 👁️. Get your tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/blind-spot...
Please join us next week for the LSE launch of Kerry Goettlich's terrific new book, 'From Frontiers to Borders', with an all-star panel of @aysezarakol.bsky.social, Joanne Yao, and Edward Keene. Weds 29 Oct. 6.30pm. No registration necessary. All welcome. Details below www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
From Frontiers to Borders: How colonial technicians created modern territoriality
6.30pm Weds 29 Oct | Kerry Goettlich, Eddie Keene, Joanne Yao, Ayşe Zarakol | Free public event at LSE
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Kerry Goettlich’s book launch at LSE, 29 October, 6.30-8pm in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House. With Edward Keene, Joanne Yao and Ayșe Zarakol www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
From Frontiers to Borders: How colonial technicians created modern territoriality
6.30pm Weds 29 Oct | Kerry Goettlich, Eddie Keene, Joanne Yao, Ayşe Zarakol | Free public event at LSE
lse.ac.uk
The IPS Section is now welcoming nominations for positions at the 2026/2027 IPS Committee! Self nominations are encouraged. Our deadline is October 22nd, 2025 #isa2026
Join us at 11am for the pre-launch of Kerry Goettlich’s “From Frontiers to Borders” - with brilliant interventions from Jef Huysmans, Or Rosenboim, Jens Steffek & Ole Jacob Sending. Belmeloro - Aula Q www.cambridge.org/core/books/f...
Come and join us at 11am in Belmeloro Aula E. I’ve been so excited for this panel since we conceived of it in February. “Global Perspectives on International Human Rights: Who Writes the Script(s)?”
Absolutely mind-blown! 🤯 What an honour to receive this prize. Enormous thanks to the prize committee, everyone who helped sharpen the argument & my incredible interlocutors in Crimea for whom the struggle for human rights continues.
European International Studies Association (EISA)@europeanisa.bsky.social · 12mo ago🏆 We are pleased to announce @alvinahoffmann.bsky.social as the author of the Best Article in the European Journal of International Relations. Congratulations! 👏 Honorable mention to Alexander Cooley, John Heathershaw, Ricardo Soares De Oliveira 🔗 buff.ly/hqpQJSz
Reviewed the excellent “Erased” by @whitproject.bsky.social together with Geertje Bol @whpt.bsky.social in the @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social #HistIR lareviewofbooks.org/article/an-a...
An Active Project of Exclusion | Los Angeles Review of Books
Geertje Bol and Jan Eijking review “Erased: A History of International Thought Without Men,” by Patricia Owens.
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We’re so excited to welcome Kerry to our department and to celebrate the publication of his fantastic book with @universitypress.cambridge.org!!!
Stuart Elden@stuartelden.bsky.social · last yr.Kerry Goettlich, From Frontiers to Borders: How Colonial Technicians Created Modern Territoriality - Cambridge University Press, August 2025 www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...
On 9 July, the US imposed sanctions on special rapporteur Francesca Albanese. Below I provide a brief context of this unprecedented attack against this body of experts.
The Conversation UK@uk.theconversation.com · last yr.UN special rapporteurs provide pro bono advice and expertise on vital latters of international law.
@risjnl.bsky.social #openaccess article by @alvinahoffmann.bsky.social out NOW 🎉 'The plural professional: How UN human rights experts construct their independence' @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org 🌎 Read the key arguments by Alvina 👉 buff.ly/hZ7PzXa DOI 👉 buff.ly/7e8KsT6
The plural professional: How UN human rights experts construct their independence
Alvina Hoffmann discusses the key points from her new RIS article.
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✨ Our forum “Challenges and Opportunities for Transnational Advocacy” is out #openaccess in International Studies Review ✨ 👓: academic.oup.com/isr/article/... @ninahall.bsky.social
⏰ We’re two weeks from the deadline to submit nominations for the 2026 IPS Graduate Student Paper Award! Nominate now!
IPS Section@isaipssection.bsky.social · last yr.Are you a graduate student who presented at the 2025 ISA in Chicago? If you were part of a panel sponsored or co-sponsored by the IPS section, consider applying to the 2026 IPS Graduate Student Paper Award! Self-nominations are encouraged!
“Silence is not an option”: UN Special Procedures’ Coordination Committee condemns US sanctions on Francesca Albanese” www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
“Silence is not an option”: UN Special Procedures’ Coordination Committee condemns US sanctions on Francesca Albanese
GENEVA – The Coordination Committee of the Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council today strongly condemned the US Government’s sanctions on Francesca Albanese, the Special Rapporteur on the si...
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DEADLINE EXTENDED to June 11th, 2025! We understand that many people may not wish to travel to Columbus next March, for a range of valid reasons. Thus, the IPS Section is accepting alternative formats for the 2026 Distinguished Scholar Award Panel.
IPS Section@isaipssection.bsky.social · last yr.The IPS Section is now welcoming nominations for the 2026 IPS Distinguished Scholar Award! Nominations must be emailed to the Section Chair, Philippe Frowd at pfrowd@uottawa.ca by June 2nd, 2025 #ISA2026
👉Deadline reminder! Submit your abstracts for the annual @dvpw.bsky.social critical security studies section conference by 7 June at the latest. Link to the official CfP: www.dvpw.de/fileadmin/us... We are looking forward to your proposals and please share widely - thanks!
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Matthias Leese@matthiasleese.bsky.social · last yr.🚨Call for Papers🚨 "Ten years of critical security studies: Taking stock" - annual conference of the critical security studies section at the @dvpw.bsky.social Dresden, 6-7 Nov 2025 all info in the picture
The IPS Section is now welcoming nominations for the 2026 IPS Book Award! To nominate or self-nominate a book, please email the award panel chair Philippe M. Frowd (pfrowd@uottawa.ca). Books must be received by September 1st, 2025. For further information, access: www.isanet.org/Programs/Awa...
A week from now! Looking forward to share some initial findings on Felix Ermacora and UN human rights fact finding at @eui-eu.bsky.social on 29 May at 10am.
Alvina Hoffmann@alvinahoffmann.bsky.social · last yr.Really excited to present my ongoing book project on human rights elites at the UN at the International Relations Working Group at @eui-eu.bsky.social on 29 May (10:00 - 12:00 CEST). Even more excited to have the brilliant @jemtseva.bsky.social as disussant. www.eui.eu/events?id=57...
