Being queer means being the target of violence. Every queer person knows this. It's deeply engraved in who we are. We live with it every day of our lives. Not because of terrorism but because it is structurally enshrined in our "free" societies. Violence against queer people is not an exception ...

Our forum on ”The Politics of Repair in a Broken World“ is out in @geopoliticsjournal.bsky.social! With @delfrothe.bsky.social, @tasniemanwar.bsky.social, @debbielisle.bsky.social, Nathaniel O‘Grady and Matthew Gravlin. @europeanisa.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The Politics of Repair in a Broken World

Much of the world is currently bearing witness to major transformations to the liberal-modern geopolitical order that has defined it for some time. Amid this crisis, an array of new political orien...

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To apply, please send the following by 20 August 2026 to doingips.switzerland@gmail.com: - A short abstract (max. 250 words) - A provisional paper title - Your academic CV - Please indicate clearly which panel your paper is intended for. And don’t hesitate to get in touch with any questions!

✨ Join us in Zurich this November! CfP: DoingIPS Switzerland Symposium 🗓 2–3 Nov 2026 | ETH Zurich Theme: What Keeps the World Turning? Attending to Care, Maintenance, and Repair in Global Politics 🔗 Full CfP: drive.google.com/file/d/14Z_Z...

How should we conceptualize history & human agency in the climate crisis? Join us for this panel discussion on Forces of History w/ Alyssa Battistoni, Dipesh Chakrabarty, Lillian Cicerchia, Maeve Cooke, and Massimiliano Tomba, Rahel Jaeggi & myself. Juli 8, 6-8pm bUm Paul-Lincke-Ufer 21, Berlin

We have a new article out: ”Theorising the violence-resistance-nexus in the context of Gaza: towards a situated research perspective“, co-authored with Jannis Grimm and @hfranzki.bsky.social: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Open access!

Theorising the violence-resistance-nexus in the context of Gaza: towards a situated research perspective

Divergent, often implicit, concepts of violence shape judgements about what counts as legitimate resistance or illegitimate harm, and about which actors and grievances become visible. Against this ...

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We have a new article out: ”Theorising the violence-resistance-nexus in the context of Gaza: towards a situated research perspective“, co-authored with Jannis Grimm and @hfranzki.bsky.social: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Open access!

Theorising the violence-resistance-nexus in the context of Gaza: towards a situated research perspective

Divergent, often implicit, concepts of violence shape judgements about what counts as legitimate resistance or illegitimate harm, and about which actors and grievances become visible. Against this ...

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Yesterday, I had the pleasure to host @amenzel.bsky.social (@ifshhamburg.bsky.social) for a paper making-off in my seminar, explaining that academic knowledge production is rarely linear and doesn’t look like Claude imagines it, but contingent, depending on resources, chance and power relations.

Sichtbarkeit für Kurd:innen hat mit Selbstbestimmung und Würde zu tun. Wieso das so ist, schreibe ich in diesem Text zu Deniz Undav and beyond 🍀 www.freitag.de/autoren/der-...

The Berlin Social Science Center (@wzb.bsky.social) is looking for a new director for the study of international relations. The director will establish and lead a new research research department. I am happy to chat with interested candidates. www.wzb.eu/en/jobs/dire...

Link: bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/triggerpoints - for the free download click the "Open Access" button. @steffenmau.bsky.social @thomaslux.bsky.social @brisunipress.bsky.social @mpips.bsky.social

Trigger Points

Trigger Points - Inequality and Political Polarization in Contemporary Society; Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Is society really polarized? This book explores key conflicts...

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Our book Trigger Points is now out in open access. Huge thanks to Mike Savage for a terrific foreword and to Michèle Lamont, Silja Häusermann and Daniel Ziblatt for their kind words. Link below: @mikesavagelse.bsky.social @mlamont.bsky.social @siljahausermann.bsky.social @dziblatt.bsky.social

I started a project on genocide denial three years ago, puzzled by why Serbian government was increasingly more aggressive in its denial of Srebrenica genocide (and other atrocities) at great reputational and material cost. 1) Out in EJIR now, on that question: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

What makes or breaks revisionist states? Ontological security and historical revisionism in Serbia - Maja Davidović, 2026

While state revisionism is well studied in International Relations, historical revisionism as a form of state revisionism has received significantly less attent...

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Join us on 8th July at bUm to discuss Critical Peace Studies – Contemporary, Transnational Perspectives! Mahdis is giving a keynote and then we’re going to have plenty of time for debate on the panel and informal exchange afterwards! Translation to German is available. www.bpb.de/veranstaltun...

Out today - Workers and the World: Fighting Ecological Crisis from Within by Lorenzo Feltrin "A handbook and treatise, this is a treat for trade union organisers, militant environmentalists and connoisseurs of operaismo alike." - Andreas Malm

Workers and the World

Workers are not doomed to be merely the victims of environmental devastation. As Lorenzo Feltrin shows, they can be key actors in preventing it. Because labour supports an unsustainable system of endl...

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We have a new article out in @gsqjournal.bsky.social! @laurakotzur.bsky.social and I trace two strands of transformative justice genealogically and, building on @katforrester.bsky.social, use ”Liberal and Liberationist Transformative Justice“ as a heuristic. academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...

Liberal and Liberationist Transformative Justice

Abstract. Transformative justice is a concept that has gained prominence in both academic and public discourse. However, there are different understandings

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Ich begleite gerade das forschungsjournal.de bei einem Generationswechsel in der Redaktion. Das Journal wird seit 1988 von einem ehrenamtlichen Team produziert. Zum Teil sind es noch dieselben Menschen. Jetzt sucht die Redaktion Leute, die Lust haben, das Forschungsjournal neu zu denken.

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Das Forschungsjournal widmet sich Fragestellungen der Demokratisierung, der sozialwissenschaftlichen Bewegungsforschung und der politischen Soziologie

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We have a new article out in @gsqjournal.bsky.social! @laurakotzur.bsky.social and I trace two strands of transformative justice genealogically and, building on @katforrester.bsky.social, use ”Liberal and Liberationist Transformative Justice“ as a heuristic. academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...

Liberal and Liberationist Transformative Justice

Abstract. Transformative justice is a concept that has gained prominence in both academic and public discourse. However, there are different understandings

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Keine Scham mehr beim @spiegel.de

Recht während Gaza überfälliger Schwerpunkt in der Kritischen Justiz großer Dank an @isafei.bsky.social und @barskanmaz.bsky.social für diese wichtige Intervention ihre Einleitung kann man hier lesen: www.inlibra.com/de/document/...

#OpenAccess from @risjnl.bsky.social - Governance by indicators and the re-politicisation of expertise - https://cup.org/467WBaf - @pauldavidbeaumont.bsky.social & Ole Jacob Sending #FirstView

María Cárdenas and I are looking for participants + papers for a panel proposal on "Fascist backlashes and conviviality in times of crises" for @europeanisa.bsky.social PEC 2026 in Lisbon. See our abstract below. Please send us your ideas until 10 February!

💭☀️ @amenzel.bsky.social and I are looking for participants for a roundtable on ”Imaginaries, Struggles, and Practices of/for Progressive Politics“ to be proposed for @europeanisa.bsky.social PEC 2026 in Lisbon. See our abstract below and if you’re interested, send us your ideas until 10 February! 👇🏼

💭☀️ @amenzel.bsky.social and I are looking for participants for a roundtable on ”Imaginaries, Struggles, and Practices of/for Progressive Politics“ to be proposed for @europeanisa.bsky.social PEC 2026 in Lisbon. See our abstract below and if you’re interested, send us your ideas until 10 February! 👇🏼

One year ago, on the 140th anniversary of the Berlin conference in 1885, @mariamsalehi.bsky.social and I hosted a workshop on reparative research with researchers and scholar-activists. Co-authored by all participants, we are very excited to share our discussions and visions in this working paper!

📝 We have a new working paper out! You can read ”Towards an Agenda for Reparative Research“ here: refubium.fu-berlin.de/bitstream/ha... The paper synthesizes the discussions of our workshop @interactfu.bsky.social last year. Thanks to all our participants for co-authoring!

"From trust to trusting: Bringing a practice perspective to bear on trust research in IR" Just out with @coco-journal.bsky.social! The article explores how ideas from practice theory can improve our understanding of trust in IR. @normativeorders.bsky.social @prif.org @trust-ir.bsky.social 1/3

From trust to trusting: Bringing a practice perspective to bear on trust research in International Relations - Tobias Wille, 2025

In this analytical essay, I aim to advance the debate on trust in International Relations (IR) by clarifying how trust can be understood in practice-theoretical...

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I very much look forward to making sense of current developments re ‚USA, Venezuela and the Politics of force‘ with our four excellent guests and my colleague @mariamsalehi.bsky.social this afternoon @interactfu.bsky.social. Join us in person or online: www.interact.fu-berlin.de/News/convers...