Matthias Leese
@matthiasleese.bsky.social
Assist. Prof. of Technology and Governance @ethz.ch ¦ PI @curateproject.bsky.social ¦ Editor-in-chief @jird-jour.bsky.social https://matthiasleese.com
🚨Publication alert 🚨 My latest article has now been published in ESTS. The paper explicates the creative labor required to reconcile incompatible informational logics in contemporary policing by retracing how crime analysts turn narrative reports into analyzable data. tinyurl.com/4w24mbjz (OA)
The final 2025 issue of @jird-jour.bsky.social comes packed with great articles - and it will also be the last of its kind, as the journal transitions to a new publication model. Read for yourself 👇
Journal of International Relations and Development@jird-jour.bsky.social · 8mo ago🎉 Our December Issue is out 🎉 It also marks a turning point, since from 2026 onwards, we will move to continuous article publishing. 👉 Read more about what this means in this editorial by @ajdah.bsky.social and @matthiasleese.bsky.social: rdcu.be/eSvK8
🚨Publication alert🚨 My latest article is now out in IPS. The paper analyzes how the EU tries to make its internal security databases more trustworthy. I argue that “trust in data” is not natural or automatic but something that is actively built through political priorities and technical practices.
Last time I was at the @eui-eu.bsky.social was - checks personal archives - twelve years ago 😵 Now I feel old. But at least the view is as stunning as I remembered 🖤
🚨Deadline reminder🚨 The @jird-jour.bsky.social editorial board is looking forward to receiving your SI/SC proposals by 30 October at the latest 💥 All info below 👇
Journal of International Relations and Development@jird-jour.bsky.social · 10mo ago📚 Want to publish a guest-edited Special Issue or Special Collection with us? 📆 Don’t miss the submission deadline for this year’s annual call on 30 October 2025! 👉 You can find more information on how to prepare your proposal here: link.springer.com/journal/4126...
It's page-proof time 💥 Looking very much forward to the publication of the latest paper from the @curateproject.bsky.social in @estsjournal.bsky.social ❤️
🤖 How does JIRD approach the issue of AI and academic publishing? 🤖 👉 In their editorial, @matthiasleese.bsky.social & @ajdah.bsky.social explicate our AI policy and call on all authors and reviewers to make use of AI tools sensibly and responsibly. 📄 Read it here: rdcu.be/eGCFt
At @jird-jour.bsky.social, we have implemented a new AI policy that clarifies what is allowed and what is not. In the latest editorial, @ajdah.bsky.social and I introduce this policy, discuss what is at stake, and explicate our rationale as editors. Read it as open access here: lnkd.in/eB-p4GNB
For the annual team hike of the ETH Zurich Technology and Governance research group, this year we tackled the famous five lakes route at Pizol. And after two years of bad weather luck, this time we caught a magnificent day ☀️ I believe it's safe to say that the entire team had fun 😊
As editors-in-chief, @dagmarvorlicek.bsky.social and I are extremely proud that @jird-jour.bsky.social is now for the first time ever ranked in Q1 of International Relations journals 💥 Clearly, we owe this to our predecessors, as we only took over in January 2025 - but good news is good news ❤️
Journal of International Relations and Development@jird-jour.bsky.social · last yr.Thinking about publishing with JIRD? Now you have all the more reason to do so! According to this year’s Journal Citation Reports, we are 🏆 in Q1 🏆 with an Impact Factor of 2.5, 🏆 ranking 28th out of 169 in International Relations. 📄 👉 Submit your article with us here: shorturl.at/GdAUM
@europeanisa.bsky.social PEC 2025 program is out: c-in.floq.live/event/eisape... It's going to be a couple of super intense, fun, and presumably veeeeeery hot days in Bologna - looking forward to seeing everyone and catching up 👌
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🚨Publication alert🚨 We compare national quantum technology governance strategies with expert insights, showing that while both emphasize innovation and infrastructure, national frameworks underplay critical ethical, societal, and security concerns. Full OA: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Thanks to all of our colleagues who showed so much support for @jird-jour.bsky.social by agreeing to join the International Advisory Board ❤️
Journal of International Relations and Development@jird-jour.bsky.social · last yr.We are thrilled to announce updates to our International Advisory Board! Its members will support us in promoting JIRD as a relevant forum for scholarship on global politics and development while maintaining our regional roots. You can find a complete list of the board here: tinyurl.com/mpwcjj5u
couldn't have asked for a smarter and nicer group of humans - thanks to everyone for coming zu Zurich and sharing your work! w/ Bernd Kasparek, Stefanie Büchner, Stefania Milan, @nannathylstrup.bsky.social, @robkitchin.bsky.social, @heimstaedt.bsky.social, Margo Boenig-Liptsin, @ikkibop.bsky.social
CURATE Project@curateproject.bsky.social · last yr.The CURATE team is meeting up with an amazing group of interdisciplinary scholars in Zurich for a two-day workshop to reflect on human-data interactions. The weather and the view are on our side - and so are the draft papers 😍
Open call for a Full Professorship (W3) for Sociology with a Focus on Theoretical Sociology and Epistemology; key areas: materialist theory in the line of the Frankfurt School and/or global critical theories @goetheuni.bsky.social, Germany Deadline: 11 July 2025 berufungsportal.uni-frankfurt.de
👉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
Excited to embark on this relaunch alongside @francakappes.bsky.social , Victoria Motta, and Carolina Futuro! Shout-out to @matthiasleese.bsky.social , Klaus Dingwerth, and Lucile Maertens, who first established the #DoingIPS network in 🇨🇭 👉 Call for Participation: forms.gle/6aMrVN8pHVVw...
DoingIPS Switzerland@ipsswitzerland.bsky.social · last yr.We are thrilled to announce the revival of the Swiss chapter of @doingips.bsky.social! Doing IPS Switzerland will host various activities, such as an annual transnational symposium and biannual PhD workshops. 👉 If you are interested in participating, please register here forms.gle/6aMrVN8pHVVw...
Curious about how planning systems are moving from paper to digital? Our new article charts 25 years of digital transformation in the Irish planning ecosystem, revealing how visioning, scaffolding and politics shape technology adoption. See: doi.org/10.1016/j.di...
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there's a lot of talk about the potential use of AI in border and migration management in this report, @laurajung.bsky.social & @abendsommer.bsky.social carefully and critically take stock of what is actually possible/going on and with what consequences 👇 tinyurl.com/59ts8b2m
in less diplomatic terms: we as editors have been fighting an uphill battle against a global corporation to get their shit together🤦♂️ this has been extremely frustrating, but we remain optimistic that things will change for the better soon...
Journal of International Relations and Development@jird-jour.bsky.social · last yr.🚨 JIRD is aware of the problems with the new submission system, and we are doing everything possible to resolve them. ⌛ We are currently waiting for Springer to fix the issues with their platform. ➡️ Our sincere apologies, and please don’t let this deter you from submitting your work to us!
we all fail rather frequently in different aspects of academic work - but we rarely talk about it check out this🔥@ispjournal.bsky.social forum on understanding, reflecting, and coping with failure @meibauir.bsky.social @ncrenic.bsky.social @jrodehaun.bsky.social academic.oup.com/isp/article/...
Forum: Dead-Ends, Disasters, Delays? Reflecting on Research Failure in International Studies and Ways to Avoid It
Abstract. This forum urges international relations (IR) practitioners to rethink the nature of both failure and success, and their own responsibility in bu
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Platforms, silos, interoperability - what's the deal with these database buzzwords? Check out this🔥new paper by @matthewarcher.bsky.social @louravn.bsky.social and @nannathylstrup.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
The political economy of platformed silos: Theorizing data storage reconfigurations in the age of interoperability capitalism - Matthew Archer, Louis Ravn, Nanna Bonde Thylstrup, 2025
Interoperability has become a prominent topic in contemporary discourses around digital infrastructures in fields as diverse as security, finance, health, and c...
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15% plagiarism is fine - predatory publishing emails hit differently 😅
🚨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
I might be biased but this seems like a good read for the upcoming Easter break 👌
Journal of International Relations and Development@jird-jour.bsky.social · last yr.🎉 Our March Issue is out! 🎉 It contains five original research articles on topics ranging from peace narratives in South Korea, populist diplomacy, and the role of sexuality in EU militarism to Azerbaijan's political economy and Sweden's NATO membership. 📚 Read here ➡️ shorturl.at/Avvv0
🚨Call for papers🚨 @jenshaelterlein.bsky.social and I are organizing a panel on "STS and International Security: Towards Convergence?" for the 2025 @sts-ch.bsky.social conference in Zurich (10-12 Sep) all panel info in the image; submit here: tinyurl.com/5dt72uxa please distribute widely!
View over Zurich old town and the lake/mountains from the rooftop terrace at the new office building. Feels almost Mediterranean 😎
