Gorton and Denton by-election result: GRN: 40.7% (+27.5) REF: 28.7% (+14.7) LAB: 25.4% (-25.3) CON: 1.9% (-6.0) LDEM: 1.8% (-2.1) Green GAIN from Labour.
Daniela Lai
@danielalai.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in IR. Working on some combination of feminist IPE, transitions, steel, socioeconomic/post-war justice. Occasionally research methods. My views, etc... She/her/hers
My favourite bit about ethnonationalist Matt Goodwin complaining that he lost to Muslim sectarianism is that Muslims voted for a party led by a gay Jewish man. Sectarianism eh.
📣 Abstract submission for workshops at #EWIS2026 is now open! 🗓️ All abstracts must be submitted via our online system by 11 February 2026 🔗 Please read the submission guidelines carefully on our website: eisa-net.org/ewis-2026/ab...
What is the arms trade, and how does it shape our world? In our first @europeanisa.bsky.social Voices episode of 2026, I talk to the indomitable @annastavrianakis.bsky.social to explore this question and much more… voices-the-eisa-podcast.podigee.io/39-new-episode
What is...the Arms Trade?
What is the arms trade, and how does it shape our world? In our first episode of 2026, we explore why scholars of international relations should pay closer attention to the arms trade, and what its dy...
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So good to see this coming out soon - thanks to Aida and Jacqui's amazing work!
Aida A. Hozic@hozic.bsky.social · 9mo agoComing soon in RIPE Series in Global Political Economy - War Economy: Gendered Circuits of Violence and Capital, co-edited with Jacqui True. More at: www.routledge.com/War-Economy-...
Hey peeps. I’ve started a Substack. I’ll be writing about politics and my research (with the odd piece on football)
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OnlineFirst - "Infinitely recyclable? Scraps and disarticulations in the steelmaking green transition" by Daniela Lai: #steel #disarticulations #greentransition #steelmaking #politicaleconomy journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Very happy to share that my article "Infinitely recyclable? Scraps and disarticulations in the steelmaking green transition" was just published in Environment and Planning A. This is truly made in @europeanisa.bsky.social, written in 2024 for EWIS and then revised for PEC! doi.org/10.1177/0308...
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🚨Hiring a fully funded (3.5 years) PhD for the @ldnsocmedobs.bsky.social to research social media and politics. Candidates should have quantitative/computational skills and/or be interested in content curation/moderation. UK home candidates only unfortunately. www.royalholloway.ac.uk/media/hquftp...
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Making War Safe for Capitalism: The World Bank, IMF, and the Conflict in Ukraine has finally been released! Please ask your local or university library to get it! You can also use my author code (BUP50) if you'd really like to get it epub or hard-copy bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/making-war-s...
Steel mills, markets and war: mapping gendered circuits of violence, by @danielalai.bsky.social
Steel mills, markets and war: mapping gendered circuits of violence
Steelmaking has come back to the forefront of discussions around war, in the context of the global political and economic reconfigurations brought about by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Despite ...
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Very happy to have this article out with RIPE: Steel mills, markets and war: mapping gendered circuits of violence www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Nice to have landed back in the UK as it confirms its sure and steady decline into authoritarianism
Greetings from #EWIS2025 where @europeanisa.bsky.social president @besteisleyen.bsky.social gives an overview of the grants EISA has been able to give out as part of our redistributive policies
The original title of this article, straight out of 2003, was that Israel's attack has a "real chance of bringing about regime change" in Iran. With not a hint of criticism.
How the dismantling of Iran’s regional proxies paved way for Israel’s attack
Netanyahu has been systematically and successfully weakening his regional foes, now Tehran is in the crosshairs
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🎉 The full programme for #EWIS2025 is now available on our website: bit.ly/3TcCKjh 🇵🇱 We look forward to seeing many of you in Krakow next month...
"diverted" is when the 75 bus goes through an alternative route due to roadworks, not when a boat is seized in international waters
The Associated Press@apnews.com · last yr.BREAKING: A Gaza-bound aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg and other activists has been diverted to Israel, Israel's Foreign Ministry says.
Heartened to see that close to 900 fellow academics and educators have already signed our letter in support of trans rights, trans wellbeing & trans inclusion, and against essentialist, anti-scientific, racialised & regressive views of womanhood. Please do read, share & sign! tinyurl.com/mud7va29
Not In Our Name - Feminist Academics and Educators Speak Out - with signatures
To co-sign the statement, fill in this form: https://forms.gle/oDYgnobrMiScaMEt5 Not In Our Name: Feminist Academics and Educators Speak Out Against Transphobia We are non-trans feminist academics...
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Caroline Dodds Pennock@carolinepennock.bsky.social · last yr.I am proud to be a signatory to this letter speaking out in support of our trans siblings in the face of the current appalling assault on their rights and safety. If you are a feminist academic or educator please do read, share and consider signing. #transrightsarehumanrights #CisWithTheT