On today's episode of Knowing Animals, I speak to @jandutkiewicz.bsky.social about Feed the People (2026, @basicbooksgroup.bsky.social, with Gabriel Rosenberg). We discuss food systems, UPFs, animal ag, and more. Available below or in usual podcast places! knowinganimals.libsyn.com/episode-252-...

Now out online: my attempt at addressing the "big question"--the ontology of space for IR--via the philosophy of Watsuji Tetsuro. rdcu.be/fuc4D

My department is hiring a lecturer or senior lecturer in philosophy. It's an open call in terms of research specialization, but we're keen to hire someone whose teaching/research speaks to PPE in some way. This is a great job in a great department. Please help me spread the word!

Loughborough International Relations, Politics and History@irph.bsky.social · 3w ago

JOB KLAXON! We're looking to hire a lecturer or senior lecturer in philosophy. This is a permanent, full-time teaching-and-research position. The deadline for applications is 26 August. Further details below. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSG697/l...

JOB KLAXON! We're looking to hire a lecturer or senior lecturer in philosophy. This is a permanent, full-time teaching-and-research position. The deadline for applications is 26 August. Further details below. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSG697/l...

Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Loughborough University

Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...

jobs.ac.uk

🚨 My review, with Caroline Kennedy-Pipe, of #Mearsheimer's article on 'War and International Politics' (International Security, 49/4, 2025) for @h-diplo.bsky.social Jervis Forum. Read it here: issforum.org/articlerevie... #realism #war #grandstrategy #power #IR #geopolitics @irph.bsky.social

Jervis Forum Article Review 197: Kennedy-Pipe and Waldman on Mearsheimer, “War and International Politics”

H-Diplo | Robert Jervis International Security Studies Forum Article Review 197 John F. Mearsheimer, “War and International Politics,” International Security 49:4 (Spring 2025): 7-36, https://doi.org/

issforum.org

Warm congratulations to Prakash Rote, one of IRPH's doctoral researchers, who has passed his viva with minor corrections! Prakash’s thesis—(Counter)Terrorism: Vernacular Perspectives of Counterterrorism Practitioners in India—was examined by Michael Lister, Tim Oliver and Catherine Kennedy-Pipe.

We welcome applications from competitive early-career scholars for the MSCA postdoctoral fellowships. (Scheme details linked.) If you are interested, reach out to a potential supervisor comfortably in advance of the internal deadline of 3 July.

MSCA opens €399 million call for Postdoctoral Fellowships

Postdoctoral Fellowships offer researchers holding a PhD the opportunity to acquire new skills through advanced training and international, interdisciplinary, and inter-sectoral mobility.

marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu

It's great to have this brilliant chapter on Individualist Anarchists in the United States by former @irph.bsky.social PhD Shane Little in the second edition of the Palgrave Handbook of Anarchism.

Shane Little@shanealittle.bsky.social · last mo.

Super excited that my chapter on the US individualist anarchists has been published in the second edition of the Palgrave Handbook of Anarchism. Check it out below and big thanks and congrats to @msadams.bsky.social link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

We welcome applications from competitive early-career scholars for the British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship scheme in our areas of research expertise! (Scheme details linked.) If you are interested, reach out to a potential supervisor comfortably in advance of the internal deadline of 15 July.

Postdoctoral Fellowships

The British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships is a three year award made to an annual cohort of outstanding early career researchers in the humanities or social sciences.

thebritishacademy.ac.uk

📢 Call for Papers – Workshop on Obstacles to Civilian-Based Defence, Loughborough University, 22-24 March 2027 👉 www.linkedin.com/posts/alexan...

#militarisation #nonviolent #defence | Alexandre Christoyannopoulos

📢 Call for Papers – Workshop on Obstacles to Civilian-Based Defence, Loughborough University, 22-24 March 2027   The Ukraine conflict has led to a spectacular escalation of #militarisation and heighte...

linkedin.com

🎙Enjoying roundtable on "Waging #war, making #peace" with @rogermacginty.bsky.social, @giuliapiccolino.bsky.social, Aaron Edwards, Claire Smith, and Mary Kaldor at #BISA2026 panel at 1:15pm: conference.bisa.ac.uk

Is International Studies ready for what comes next? New thinking, new directions

The BISA conference is renowned for being inclusive, diverse and friendly. We bring together a worldwide community of specialists to discuss, promote and develop international studies.

conference.bisa.ac.uk

🚨 New Open-Access Paper 🚨 Citizens' assemblies are pitched as one way to break the gridlock on climate policy. But does the public actually want them calling the shots?

We are delighted to share that IRPH's Güneş Daşlı has published her first monograph, Transitional Justice Without Transition: Grassroots Struggles in the Kurdish Conflict in Turkey, with Palgrave Macmillan. Congratulations, Güneş! link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

I'm in the Huffington Post today, talking about veganism and the left/right divide in politics. 'My worry is that in all this effort to tie veganism to this or that political position, or to treat "vegan" as a kind of slur against one’s political opponents, the real losers will be animals.'

HuffPost@huffpost.com · 2mo ago

Experts unpack why conservatives tend to eschew anyone who rebukes meat (which Talarico hasn't even fully done).

🗞️New piece from me in @wagingnv: The “#Hitler question” should never justify #war 👉 wagingnonviolence.org/2026/05/hitl...

The “Hitler question” should never justify war

The argument that only war could have stopped the Nazis rests on shaky assumptions and simplifications that need to be challenged.

wagingnonviolence.org

We're very pleased to share the new website of our Centre for Security Studies! The Centre is directed by @giuliapiccolino.bsky.social, and connects with researchers from across the University to analyse security challenges through an interdisciplinary lens. www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/pol...

🎙It was great to present paper on #Tolstoy's #anarcho-#pacifism at Uniwersytet Jana Długosza w Częstochowie conference on "Law in Culture and Pop Culture" earlier this morning

We're pleased to share that Loughborough University will soon offer undergraduate study in English and History, co-taught between IRPH and our friends at @lboroenglish.bsky.social. The first English and History cohort will start in September 2027. Details below! www.lboro.ac.uk/study/underg...

Loughborough University is advertising a Sanctuary Scholarship scheme open to doctoral researchers applying to work in IRPH. Further details below. www.lboro.ac.uk/study/postgr...

Huge congratulations to IRPH's Tengjin Bian, who passed her doctoral viva with minor corrections! Tengjin's thesis, 'Bodies in flux: Posthuman drag and performers in the digital age', was examined by Deborah Harty and Nicola McCartney and was supervised by Catherine Rees and IRPH's Rachael Grew.

I’m delighted to share that I have received an Early Career Fellowship Grant from the Royal Historical Society! This support will allow me to finalise the book proposal for my project: 'Creeds of Kinship: Anna Kingsford, Henry Salt, and the Animals that Shaped Modern Ethics'.

Would you like to work in IRPH? We're hiring a University Teacher in Philosophy to start in September 2026. Applications are due by 8 June. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRN776/u...

University Teacher in Philosophy at Loughborough University

Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...

jobs.ac.uk

I'm very excited to share that I'm part of the editorial team for the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of Animal Politics, along with Matt Perry (@mattwperry.bsky.social), Sara Van Goozen (@drsvg.bsky.social), Steve Cooke (@stevecooke.org), Alasdair Cochrane, and Angie Pepper. Watch this space!

Matt Perry@mattwperry.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Brilliant news to share! Just heard from OUP that our proposal has been accepted to co-edit an "Oxford Handbook of Animal Politics" featuring over 40 commissioned chapters surveying the field. Co-editors @drsvg.bsky.social, @stevecooke.org, @joshmilburn.bsky.social, Alasdair Cochrane & Angie Pepper

Kamikaze dolphins... Yes, they're a thing. Listen to Dr Josh Milburn (@joshmilburn.bsky.social), on BBC Radio 5, explain what they have to do with Donald Trump's war in Iran. From 43:24 👇 bit.ly/4f1lE3Z

Tony Livesey - 05/05/2026 - BBC Sounds

Tony Livesey with late night conversation and in-depth interviews.

bit.ly

If anyone fancies staying up late, I'm going to be on Radio 5 this evening at around 11 talking about 'kamikaze dolphins' in the Strait of Hormuz.

The latest issue of IFLScience's magazine Curiosity contains an interview with me about the ethics of training animals to be spies. '...turning cats into recording devices potentially makes cats (all cats) into legitimate military targets ... All cats are thus put at risk by this programme.'

IFLScience@iflscience.com · 3mo ago

www.iflscience.com/do-other-ani...

I’m on my way home from the third CARMA conference, where I was part of a panel on cellular agriculture and fashion. Highlights include some fascinating poster presentations on pet food, growth media, and in vitro hypertrophy.

New from IRPH doctoral researcher Daniel Santos (writing with Raquel da Silva): 'Between Support and Critique: A Social Media Analysis of Public Discourse on Nonviolent Climate Sit-ins in Portugal'.

Between Support and Critique: A Social Media Analysis of Public Discourse on Nonviolent Climate Sit-ins in Portugal

Climate activism has surged worldwide, with nonviolent sit-ins playing a central role in demanding urgent policy action. In Portugal, these protests have garnered significant attention, raising que...

tandfonline.com

New from IRPH's Güneş Daşlı: 'Exploring Relational Agency in Collective Mobilisation for Justice: The Saturday Mothers Movement in Turkey' in The Cambridge Handbook of Victim Engagement in Transitional Justice. www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...

📢Delighted to announce new article (with Daniel Santos) in @joppower.bsky.social discussing 4 ways in which '#violence' & '#nonviolence' are #contested terms in resistance: doi.org/10.1080/2158...