Over the past two months, Coercive In/Justice postdoctoral researcher Lucía Poveda Galeano has been conducting fieldwork in Colombia, meeting and speaking with women from indigenous, Afro-descendant, and peasant communities about their lived experiences of coercive control in daily life.

Meet our newest team member, PhD Researcher, Caitlin Williscroft. Caitlin is a peace, security and women’s rights specialist with 15 years of experience leading UN and NGO initiatives internationally. Welcome, Caitlin, to the @ucdschooloflaw.bsky.social community & our @erc.europa.eu project!

The ReSTS report is now online, including 1️⃣insights from UCD researchers centring trauma-sensitivity and wellbeing for themselves and participants, 2️⃣recommendations for researchers and other stakeholders, and 3️⃣an archive of resources: coerciveinjustice.com/academic-pub...

This spring, our team has been busy workshopping an applied phenomenological methodology to help make visible the coercive harms that women experience and study how these harms impact conflict, justice and transitions. @erc.europa.eu @aislingswaine.bsky.social @ucdschooloflaw.bsky.social

In the lead-up to #IWD, WIRI spotlight Aisling Swaine, Professor of Peace, Security & International Law. Her @coerciveinjustice.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu funded research expands understanding of women’s experiences of conflict harm & bridges scholarship, policy & practice. #WomenInResearch

Out now: new report about safety and trauma-sensitivity in challenging research! Led by our @erc.europa.eu project team's @cjnicoson.bsky.social and @aislingswaine.bsky.social, @ucdschooloflaw.bsky.social and colleagues, with support from UCD ReCLAIM and Wellcome. Access at➡️ acesse.one/UCDRESTS

New article: “Conflict-Related Coercive Control: A Framework for Understanding Women’s Experiences of Group-Based Coercive Control in Conflict-Affected Settings”. Find @aislingswaine.bsky.social's @erc.europa.eu research in @vawjournal.bsky.social @sagepub.com: doi.org/10.1177/1077....

Last week, we welcomed Dr Tina Skinner, @uniofbath.bsky.social, who trained us on fostering researcher wellbeing. This is part of a wider effort our @erc.europa.eu project is helping lead at UCD: “Fostering Safety and Trauma Sensitivity for Researchers Undertaking Emotionally Challenging Research.”

Tuesday, 1pm @aislingswaine.bsky.social joins the All Ireland Network on Sexual Violence to share @erc.europa.eu project insights: ‘Understanding group-based strategic coercive control: Women's Experiences of Contemporary Paramilitarism in Northern Ireland’. Email ainsvr2023@gmail.com to register!

As part of events to mark International Day Against Violence Against Women, yesterday Prof. @aislingswaine.bsky.social, presented at the 'Domestic Abuse in the Northern Ireland Context: Why Here? Why us? Why Now? What Next?' conference organised by the Western Health and Social Care Trust in NI.

Catch @aislingswaine.bsky.social this PM at @liverpooluni.bsky.social, joining 'A Feminist Politics of Radical Hope in a Time of Oppression' - presenting on conflict-related coercive control. Thanks to hosts & organising committee, & to @erc.europa.eu for supporting the Coercive In/Justice project!

PI Prof @aislingswaine.bsky.social and postdoc @cjnicoson.bsky.social presented about ‘continuums of violence’ in #WPS. Thanks, @dcu-irgs.bsky.social and @dcu-conflict.bsky.social for hosting us as at the October conference 'Conflict, gender and human security – Where are we? Where are we going?'

Reflecting on 25 years of #UNSCR1325 and #WPS, Prof @aislingswaine.bsky.social writes about the 'daily experiences of harm' that still remain invisible in much of the global debate about conflict-related violence against women. New on The Morrigan Blog, dflw.ie/recognising-... @erc.europa.eu

Recognising Diffuse and Cumulative Harm in Post-Conflict Settings - Doing Feminist Legal Work

The most pronounced critique directed at the United Nations Security Council’s (UNSC) Women, Peace and Security agenda (WPS) over its 25-year trajectory has

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Last week, @aislingswaine.bsky.social shared about our @erc.europa.eu project's novel contributions to studying gender-based violence through the phenomenon of ‘coercive control’. Check out the recording now! Thank you @danielasuarezv.bsky.social and Queen's University Belfast for hosting!

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🎥 The recording is now available! If you missed “Behind the Lines: Gender-Based Violence Within Armed Groups and the Politics of Victimhood in Colombia & Northern Ireland”, watch the discussion here 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tgqt...

Today project PI Professor @aislingswaine.bsky.social presented her paper 'Expanding Understanding of Women’s Experiences of both Intimate and Group-based Coercive Control in Conflict-Affected contexts' at the @ecdv2025.bsky.social conference.

Last week’s British Society for Phenomenology Conference featured a keynote from Prof @aislingswaine.bsky.social, Assoc Prof Danielle Petherbridge & Dr Charlotte Knowles: "Phenomenological Explorations of Coercive Control and Complicity" - discussion on our phenomenological research and methodology!

Last week, we co-hosted the British Society for Phenomenology's annual conference, ‘Lifeworlds in Crisis: Applying Phenomenology’ - 3 days & nearly 100 people giving fantastic keynotes, panel discussions, and book presentations! 🤩 Thank you to everyone who took part and helped make it possible!

Meet one of our #CoerciveInJustice #postdocs, Lucía Poveda Galeano. Lucía researches sociology & anthropology of the violent conflict in Colombia. She has over 20 years of humanitarian, peacebuilding, and development work and more. coerciveinjustice.com/the-research...

Professor @aislingswaine.bsky.social will be appearing as part of this special panel focusing on phenomenology, coercive control and complicity at this years British Society for Phenomenology International Conference 2025 being hosted at @ucdschooloflaw.bsky.social.

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Charlotte Knowles - Danielle Petherbridge - Aisling Swaine Special Keynote Plenary: “Phenomenological Explorations of Coercive Control & Complicity” #BSP2025UCD: ‘Lifeworlds in Crisis: Applying #Phenomenology’ 27/28/29 August - Dublin Registration Open Now sites.google.com/view/licdubl...

🔔 PhD applications due 27 March 5pm (Ireland)! 2 scholarships to join us at @ucdschooloflaw.bsky.social starting Sept 2025. Both PhDs will develop distinctive studies on coercive control in relation to transitional justice. Details and apply at: coerciveinjustice.com/research-imp...

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COERCIVE IN/JUSTICE (GENCOERCTRL) PROJECT TWO ERC DOCTORAL SCHOLARSHIPS 2025 Two doctoral scholarships are available as part of an ERC-funded project Gender, Conflict and Coercive Control: A Femini…

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#CfP #BSP2025 ✨Special panel on Phenomenology and Armed Conflict, Coercion and Violence✨ Abstracts invited from across disciples, perspectives, practitioners & researchers. @thebsp.org.uk @ucdschooloflaw.bsky.social @ucdphilosophy.bsky.social Deadline 21 March: coerciveinjustice.com/research-imp...

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On Monday 3rd March, Prof Aisling Swaine will be on the panel at a very special event being organised by UCD School of Law ‘Reportage and Reform: Human Rights, Conflict & Displacement’ – Panel with award-winning journalist Sally Hayden. Please register to attend: www.eventbrite.com/e/reportage-...

Who is behind the #CoerciveInJustice project? Meet Professor @aislingswaine.bsky.social! She has decades of humanitarian experience & researches conflict-related violence against women. Find out why she was named 1 of the world’s 100 Most Influential People in Global Gender

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Aisling Swaine, Principal Investigator Aisling is Professor of Peace, Security and International Law at the Sutherland School of Law, University College Dublin. Her research focuses on conflict-rel…

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🔔Calling all prospective PhD students! We are recruiting for 2 PhD positions to join the #CoerciveInJustice team at @ucdschooloflaw.bsky.social starting Sept 2025. Deadline to apply 27 March. ⏰ Scholarship and application details at coerciveinjustice.com/research-imp...

Join our team: 2 PhD positions

COERCIVE IN/JUSTICE (GENCOERCTRL) PROJECT TWO ERC DOCTORAL SCHOLARSHIPS 2025 Two doctoral scholarships are available as part of an ERC-funded project Gender, Conflict and Coercive Control: A Femini…

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We are excited to announce – with the British Society for Phenomenology (BSP), UCD School of Philosophy, and UCD Centre for Ethics in Public Life, #CoerciveInJustice is hosting the 2025 BSP conference: 27 – 29 August. Find out more here: sites.google.com/view/licdubl... #CfP #BSP2025 #CRVAW

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#CoerciveInJustice is now online! 🛜 Check out our new website: www.coerciveinjustice.com to learn about the research project, meet the team, and catch up on all the latest news and events.

Coercive In/Justice #ERC research project is the first transnational and empirically driven study of its kind - developing new theoretical and methodological frames to study the gendered phenomenon of #CoerciveControl in #ConflictRelatedViolence and #TransitionalJustice: coerciveinjustice.com