Great place to spend the day working, gorgeous @eui-eu.bsky.social garden. Thanks Firenze! @raffaelemstr.bsky.social
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Associate Prof of International Relations, Johns Hopkins, SAIS Europe. IR, NGOs, IOs, advocacy, and climate change Recent bk: https://www.cambridge.org/it/universitypress/subjects/earth-and-environmental-science/climatology-and-climate-change/climate-acti
Wonderful to be at the last "Europe and the World" @eui-eu.bsky.social w/ @stephofmann.bsky.social & Charlie Rogers. Great discussion on what are intl organisations really?? Certainly got me thinking :)
Great fun taking my class to the Bologna comune yesterday to talk about local democracy. FYI - Putnam's classic work "Making Democracy Work" highlights Bologna (& Emilia Romagna): highest civic culture in Italy.
Climate action 🤝 political left? Not necessarily. In a new ENSURED blog, @ninahall.bsky.social (@johnshopkinssais.bsky.social) challenges the idea that the far right is inherently anti-environment. In reality, Hall argues, it's far more complex. What does this mean for environmental governance? 👇
Beyond Obstruction: Rethinking the Far Right and Climate Governance - Expert Blog | ENSURED
Far-right governments are often assumed to obstruct global climate cooperation – but the reality is far more complex. When and why do some far-right leaders engage with international environmental ins...
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📣 📣 The ISA IO Section welcomes nominations for Excom positions. Deadline 30 Jan 2026. Please apply for: -Secretary (1) -Member-at-Large (3) -Graduate Student Member-at-Large (1) The link to very brief application form is: lnkd.in/e3XDN_84 Thanks for sharing widely!
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✨New article out in International Studies Review✨ NGOs are facing backlash, shrinking civic space & increased competition. Here I examine how NGOs can respond by adding new legal entities; or changing funding models. doi.org/10.1093/isr/...
When Trump withdrew last week from South Pacific Environmental Programme (SPREP) China stepped up immediately. China is giving US$200,000, matching the US contribution. One of many implications of US withdrawal from Intl' Orgs. @raffaelemstr.bsky.social www.rnz.co.nz/internationa...
China matches US contribution to Pacific environmental body a week after Trump pulls out
The funding announcement comes a little over week since President Trump withdrew from SPREP.
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Neat to see "Beyond these Shores" a bk I edited on NZ foreign policy @ unity bks, local Wellington bookshop. Still available 5+ yrs after it came out! Great collaboration with @tekuaka.bsky.social
Last week Trump withdrew from 66 international orgs (formal and informal) & treaties. Here's a great analysis. It's common practice for donors to review intl' institutions. BUT never seen such a mass withdrawal. @raffaelemstr.bsky.social @borzyskowski.bsky.social share.google/eeZrt1pndwVf...
Retreating from Internationalism
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Final day of Winter School on AI & technology change. Students presented to Italian PM on UN Global Digital Compact. Great collaboration btw SAIS Europe & Uni of Bologna! 🙏 @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social @connect-unibo.bsky.social
So glad to see the Winter School on AI & Tech Change underway! 🌟 This is the second edition of this wonderful SAIS- @unibo.it collaboration - a project I’m truly proud of. Huge thanks to my amazing colleague @ninahall.bsky.social and our fantastic students for making this such an inspiring journey
@ninahall.bsky.social · 8mo ago*Winter School on AI & Tech Change gets going today.* @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social @connect-unibo.bsky.social 20 students from Uni of Bologna & SAIS Europe discussing how to regulate AI globally. Great collaboration w/ @manuelamoschella.bsky.social & Alice Matttoni
"Governing Digital China" Daniela Stockmann here @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social to share her new book at SAIS & UniBo Winter School on AI, and Technological Change. @connect-unibo.bsky.social
*Winter School on AI & Tech Change gets going today.* @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social @connect-unibo.bsky.social 20 students from Uni of Bologna & SAIS Europe discussing how to regulate AI globally. Great collaboration w/ @manuelamoschella.bsky.social & Alice Matttoni
**Deadline 15 Dec** for Workshop in Bologna, May 2026. @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social Submit your abstract on "Obstructionism in International Organisations" co-hosted w/ @borzyskowski.bsky.social Deets 👇
@ninahall.bsky.social · 10mo agoCome to Bologna in May 2026 for Workshop on *Obstructionism in International Organizations* @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social Co-organized w/ @borzyskowski.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk Submit by Dec 15👇 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Please spread the word 🙏
Thanks Geneva for a wonderful few days of conversations! Sad to hear extent & impact of massive cuts to #UN & #ICRC budgets. But woke this morning to fresh snow & these gorgeous clouds. @ninareiners.bsky.social @stephofmann.bsky.social
NYT ripped into the Sierra Club for going woke (abandoning #climate campaign for DEI). Read @davekarpf.bsky.social on the actual challenge US #climate movement faces - esp. Erosion of democracy. @hanspeterschmitz.bsky.social davekarpf.substack.com/p/every-gene...
Every generation gets to recreate the environmental movement to suit its own purposes
Some big-picture reactions to a recent NYT piece
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In London? Come along tonight "Governing the End" Lisa Vanhala's new book on #climate loss and damage. 18.30 @ucl.ac.uk www.ucl.ac.uk/grand-challe...
Join our book launch: Governing the End: The Making of Climate Change Loss & Damage
UCL Grand Challenge are hosting an event for the launch of Professor Lisa Vanhala's (PVP to the Grand Challenge theme of Climate Crisis) new book, Governing the End: The Making of Climate Change Loss ...
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@ninahall.bsky.social · 9mo ago"Governing the End: The Making of Climate Change Loss & Damage" In London next Weds? Join this book launch of new brilliant work by Lisa Vanhala @ucl.ac.uk Looking fwd to it! @birshao.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/grand-challe...
In a new Nature Climate Change comment, we call for reflection on the role and purpose of #climatelitigation in light of unfortunate trends of challenges to judicial independence, deregulation & anti-climate litigation w/ @mer29-cam.bsky.social @highamian.bsky.social @ninahall.bsky.social
Check out this new research paper "Reorienting climate litigation in a time of backlash" in @nature.com by @mer29-cam.bsky.social, @ninahall.bsky.social, Lisa Vanhala, Joana Setzer, @highamian.bsky.social & @harrovanasselt.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reorienting climate litigation in a time of backlash - Nature Climate Change
Restrictions on civil society may drive climate activists to shift from protest to litigation. However, challenges to judicial independence, deregulation and anti-climate litigation mean that activist...
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Zohran Mamdani's won NYC mayoralty. Worthwhile reading his dad's book "Neither Settler nor Native", Harvard. A fascinating account of how nation state intertwined with colonial state: making indigenous ppls "permanent minorities" share.google/Tqcv0mEtRjyO...
Neither Settler nor Native — Harvard University Press
Prospect Top 50 Thinker of 2021British Academy Book Prize FinalistPROSE Award Finalist“Provocative, elegantly written.”—Fara Dabhoiwala, New York Review of Books“Demonstrates how a broad rethinking of...
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Reorienting #Climate litigation in a time of backlash, shrinking civic space & challenges to judicial independence Here's our take in Nature w/ Mette Eilstrup-Sangiovanni, Lisa Vanhala, Joana Setzer, Ian Higham & @harrovanasselt.bsky.social Great collaboration! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reorienting climate litigation in a time of backlash - Nature Climate Change
Restrictions on civil society may drive climate activists to shift from protest to litigation. However, challenges to judicial independence, deregulation and anti-climate litigation mean that activist...
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Had such a great and productive time with these amazing people in Rapallo for the Exploratory Symposia @europeanisa.bsky.social ! Perhaps we’re smiling too much for discussing the Far-Right in International Politics, but how can you blame us considering our project’s progresses and that view!
@ninahall.bsky.social · 9mo agoEn route to Rapallo for #EISA working sessions. Thanks to Lisbeth Zimmerman & @raffaelemstr.bsky.social for getting us time in a wonderful place to write!
"Governing the End: The Making of Climate Change Loss & Damage" In London next Weds? Join this book launch of new brilliant work by Lisa Vanhala @ucl.ac.uk Looking fwd to it! @birshao.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/grand-challe...
En route to Rapallo for #EISA working sessions. Thanks to Lisbeth Zimmerman & @raffaelemstr.bsky.social for getting us time in a wonderful place to write!
In London? I'm speaking on Far Right and Global Environmental Politics. Thurs 6 Nov 2-3pm @soasuni.bsky.social Please join! Deets below👇
Come to Bologna in May 2026 for Workshop on *Obstructionism in International Organizations* @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social Co-organized w/ @borzyskowski.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk Submit by Dec 15👇 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Please spread the word 🙏
Call for Papers Obstructionism in International Organizations
Date: May 20-22 2026 Location: SAIS Europe, Bologna, Italy Hosts: Nina Hall (Johns Hopkins University, SAIS Europe) & Inken von Borzyskowski (University of Oxford) Aim: This workshop will bring toge...
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Huge CONGRATS to @hahrie.bsky.social for winning a McCarthur Genius Grant! Fantastic news! hub.jhu.edu/2025/10/08/h...
Johns Hopkins political scientist Hahrie Han receives MacArthur genius grant
Han, who studies political organizing and collective action and who has led the university's SNF Agora Institute since 2019, among 22 individuals to receive coveted MacArthur Foundation recognition
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What a wonderful weekend of "Sensing the Climate" conversations and experiences at our Festival! Here are artists Mali Weil & Joanne Yao in Le Serre, Bologna. Thanks all volunteers & participants! @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social
