📢More jobs at SGIA! We are looking to appoint TWO exceptional scholars as Assistant Professor in International Relations @durham.ac.uk Closing Date: 06-Jan-2027 durham.taleo.net/careersectio...

📢We are hiring! We are looking to appoint THREE exceptional scholars as Assistant Professors in International Political Economy @durham.ac.uk Closing Date: 06-Jan-2027 durham.taleo.net/careersectio...

Three (!) permanent jobs going in political economy at @sgiadurham.bsky.social at the assistant professor level, in THIS political economy?! Deadline is 6 January 2027. durham.taleo.net/careersectio... #psjobs #psjminfo #poliscijobs

I'll present new work with Feline Freier and @mathiaspoertner.bsky.social on the effects of visa restrictions in South America at @refugeestudies.bsky.social (Oxford), Wed 4 Nov, 5pm. Open to all, in person. tinyurl.com/3xc8npuj @sgiadurham.bsky.social

My Rapid Response briefing on UK PNT and GNSS dependencies to UK Parliament’s POST is now online 👇 @sgiadurham.bsky.social post.parliament.uk/how-reliant-...

How reliant is the UK on other countries for critical space-based technologies?

The UK relies heavily on other countries for critical satellite technology services. How can it become more resilient?

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Important analysis of what visa bans signal, and why safe routes and international cooperation matter. @omarhgallego.bsky.social, Assistant Professor in Public Policy at @sgiadurham.bsky.social was on Times Radio yesterday. Listen to the interview from min 18'00: lnkd.in/eyw4uk5i

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9. That’s how many people the UK returned to Eritrea in 2025, according to Home Office data. So the Home Secretary’s threatened visa ban on Eritreans is mainly a signal. I discussed it with Henry Bonsu on Times Radio last night 🧵🎧

🎙️Three new episodes are out now! sgia-global-policy-podcast.podigee.io The SGIA & Global Policy Book podcast is back with new episodes featuring Anouk S. Rigterink, @mareikeschomerus.bsky.social, @aliceellafinden.bsky.social& Kodili Chukwuma 🎧 @sgiadurham.bsky.social @globalpolicy.bsky.social

SGIA & Global Policy Book podcast

This podcast showcases recent work by scholars from the School of Government and International Affairs (SGIA) at Durham University. Across episodes, SGIA researchers explain how cutting-edge research ...

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Our colleague @resulumit.bsky.social’s co-authored article, Legislator Dissent Does Not Affect Electoral Outcomes, has been selected by the British Journal of Political Science editors for their #EPOP2026 collection. The article is free to access until the end of September 2026. cup.org/4A8ytBK

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Out tomorrow: Episode 1 of our freshly relaunched podcast🎧 - in which Anouk Rigterink (Durham)& Mareike Schomerus (Busara, UChicago Harris) talk about their new book "Research Design in Politics and International Relations" (SAGE 2026). Tune in! #AcademicPodcast #SGIA #GlobalPolicyBook #SAGE #IR

🎙️ Coming up this Friday! The podcast - a collaboration between @sgiadurham.bsky.social & @globalpolicy.bsky.social - showcases recently published books by scholars from SGIA. Stay tuned!🎧 #SGIA #DurhamUniversity #GlobalPolicy #AcademicPodcast #Politics #InternationalRelations #Books

What does rebuilding look like after years of war? Professor Bahar Baser from @sgiadurham.bsky.social and colleagues from @bicc.de share first-hand reflections from a journey through Syria's cities, exploring resilience, recovery and the challenges of a fragile peace 👉 bit.ly/3UCQIza

Read this powerful first-hand account of travel through Syria's shattered cities that explores the realities of post-conflict recovery, refugee return, reconstruction and resilience theconversation.com/journeying-t... by SGIA professor Bahar Baser, Osman Bahadir Dincer, and Zeynep Sahin Mencütek

Journeying through Syria’s shattered cities as they move from war to peace

Researchers travelled across Damascus, Rural Damascus, Aleppo and Raqqa observing firsthand how Syrians are navigating the country’s transition.

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My piece on political economy of decarbonizing cement w/ @phenomenalworld.bsky.social A 'senior industry figure I spoke to said[:] “I mean, how are you going to get somebody to lend you money for the investments required if you aren’t making any money in your core business?”' tinyurl.com/c2f9z35s

Jack Copley | Cement's Stubborn Emissions

Fierce competition and overcapacity crises are impeding efforts to decarbonize cement production

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📢Applications are open for the 2027 Mohamed Ali Foundation Fellowship 🎓Find more about the fellowship programme and the application process here: www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...

📢WE ARE HIRING📢 We are recruiting an Assistant Professor with research and teaching expertise in Comparative Politics, whose work uses quantitative research methods and has a regional focus on Africa, Asia, Latin America or the Middle East. Apply here durham.taleo.net/careersectio...

Get to know new BISA trustee Alice Finden (Durham University) 🌟 Learn about her research background, her areas of research and the benefits of being part of a working group as a previous convenor of Critical Terrorism Studies Working Group 🎉 Read the full article here 👉 : https://ow.ly/YT5I50ZyOKO

In discussion: Alice Finden

New trustee Alice Finden discusses her career journey, trusteeship and the benefits of working groups.

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🚨New Article🚨 In their latest paper, Ferhat Cagri Aras and Bahar Baser focus on India’s evolving diaspora governance policy under the Modi government. It shows how state mechanisms help to create ideologically filtered political spaces beyond national borders. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The saffron diaspora: Hindutva mobilization and state-led diaspora governance in the United Kingdom

In line with the neoliberal trends in global politics, home states started showing more interest in harnessing their diasporas for economic, political and cultural benefits. For illiberal home stat...

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In NLR 159: Rentier Regimes Jack Copley (@jackcopley.bsky.social) assessesTimothy Mitchell’s conceptualization of capital as capture of the future. newleftreview.org/issues/ii159...

My new article with @mihjournal.bsky.social is at long last in orbit. It explores how the neoliberal fantasy machine has used space colonisation to wish away the problem of environmental limits and revive the legitimation of private property.

In 'Easting the West', @chenchenzhang.net stares into the abyss of digital reactionary discourse in China, showing how the Chinese right appropriates the language of postcoloniality to reproduce racial and civilisational hierarchies and justify exclusion. A conversation with @clydewang.bsky.social.

Easting the West: A Conversation with Chenchen Zhang | Made in China Journal

At a time when right-wing populism appears to be rampaging through global politics, studies about its discourses and strategies remain thin and even marginal in the field of international relations. T...

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Dr Bleddyn Bowen, Co-Director of our Space Research Centre, and PhD researcher Scott Mackie look at the UK’s new defence investment plan and say it’s disappointing that it is unclear on its long-term plan for space. Discover more 👉 www.durham.ac.uk/research/cur... @sgiadurham.bsky.social

I joined forces with my PhD student Scott Mackie to put together some thoughts on what the Defence Investment Plan means for the UK's military posture in space. @sgiadurham.bsky.social theconversation.com/new-uk-defen...

New UK defence plan fails to deliver on space, despite the military’s growing reliance on satellite systems

New defence spending offers little clarity on the future direction of military space.

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Check out our colleague Javier Moreno Zacarés's contribution to the latest issue of New Left Review on dynamics of American capitalism newleftreview.org/issues/ii159...

Javier Moreno Zacarés, Dynamics of American Capitalism, NLR 159, May–June 2026

Following his widely praised Ages of American Capitalism, Jonathan Levy’s The Real Economy proposes a theoretical counterpart, grounding a concept of capital in a fusion of Smith, Keynes, Freud, Deleu...

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@sgiadurham.bsky.social is #hiring! We're looking for a political theorist to work in a one year full-time teaching position teaching position. Applications close at midnight on Tuesday 14th July. Please contact Beth Kahn at elizabeth.kahn@durham.ac.uk if you have any questions. lnkd.in/ec2mYsEE

🚨New Article🚨 Kodili Henry Chukwuma's new paper in @thirdworldq.bsky.social conceptualises terrorism trials as opaque shows, highlighting the ambivalent reproduction of law and order. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Opaque trials: prosecuting terrorist suspects in Nigeria

This article examines the prosecution of Boko Haram suspects in Nigeria through an analysis of official reports and court documents from the so-called Kainji trials. Moving beyond dominant narrativ...

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We have ranked 85th in the QS World University Rankings 2027! Professor Karen O’Brien, our Vice-Chancellor and Warden, said: “To rise nine places to 85th in the QS World University Rankings is a tremendous achievement, in an outstanding year.” www.durham.ac.uk/discover/qs-world-university-rankings/

📚Introduction free to download📚 It's the official release day of my book and OUP has made the Introduction chapter free to read. academic.oup.com/book/62722/c... Take a look if you're interested in... why do I want to study ideas of 'the west' from without, why do I want to theorize the postliberal

Introduction: Constructing the West from the East

Abstract. This book is positioned at the intersection of two lines of inquiry: the co-production of hierarchical difference in world politics and reading t

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🎉 Congratulations to Will Plowright on receiving "Honourable Mention for Early Career Teaching" from @mybisa.bsky.social for adopting a trauma-informed approach to teaching humanitarian crisis through roleplaying.

Pleased to share a new article from @jeremyjschmidt.bsky.social and I, published in @politicalgeography.bsky.social. In the paper we make sense of a rise in water weaponisation by extending ideas of ambient vulnerability. Open access and available here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Congratulations to Professor Clive Jones on his contribution to the award-winning documentary Al-Mutahari: The Roots of the Yemen-Israel Conflict, which has received a 2026 Telly Award in the documentary short-form category. @sgiadurham.bsky.social www.tellyawards.com/winners/2026...

Al-Mutahari: The Roots of the Yemen–Israel Conflict | DNR - 2026 Bronze Winner - Telly Awards

Al-Mutahari: The Roots of the Yemen–Israel Conflict | DNR, 2026 Bronze Telly Awards General Winner for Documentary: Short Form (Under 40 Minutes)

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