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Claudia Aradau

@cearadau.bsky.social

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everything 'politics out of security', professor of international politics, Algorithmic reason: The new government of self and other (2022)

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Colin Yeo @colinyeo.bsky.social · Aug 7

New from Free Movement: Trading in human lives: unpacking the UK/European transfer scheme | Basma Kamel freemovement.org.uk/trading-in-h...

Trading in human lives: unpacking the UK/European transfer scheme - Free Movement

Yesterday, the government introduced a new Appendix UK/European Applicant Transfer Scheme to the immigration rules and below we consider the implication of

freemovement.org.uk

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Ben O'Loughlin @benoloughlin.bsky.social · Aug 6

My book series with @andrewhoskins.bsky.social - we're getting good proposals and welcome more:
www.intellectbooks.com/ai-politics

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European International Studies Association (EISA) @europeanisa.bsky.social · Aug 6

🏆 We are pleased to announce @alvinahoffmann.bsky.social as the author of the Best Article in the European Journal of International Relations. Congratulations!

👏 Honorable mention to Alexander Cooley, John Heathershaw, Ricardo Soares De Oliveira

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Best article in EJIR 2025. Congratulations to Alvina Hoffmann for the article 'What makes a spokesperson? Delegation and symbolic power in Crimea'.

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David A. Welch @davidawelch.bsky.social · Aug 2

What should Global IR try to be, and where should it go? Read the exchange in IT, hot off the press!

International Theory @internatltheory.bsky.social · Jul 31

#OpenAccess -

Reply to ‘How (not) to advance Global IR: a rejoinder’ - cup.org/45b9yPh

- Michael Barnett & @aysezarakol.bsky.social

#FirstView

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International Theory @internatltheory.bsky.social · Jul 31

#OpenAccess -

How (not) to advance Global IR: a rejoinder - cup.org/3U5QLQk

"Our engagement with the evolving debates in Global IR seeks to fulfil the promise of a more global and diverse discipline."

- Yong-Soo Eun, Peter Marcus Kristensen & Deepshikha Shahi

#FirstView

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BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · Jul 16

Our Susan Strange Best Book Prize 2025 winner was Shirin M. Rai @uniofwarwick for her book 'Depletion: The Human Costs of Caring' @OxUniPress 🌟

Judges said: 'the book embodies the highest possible scholarly standards within our field' 📚

Read more 👉 buff.ly/Rvd09Wk

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Claudia Aradau @cearadau.bsky.social · Jul 10

Many congratulations, @lucreziac.bsky.social!

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Lucrezia Canzutti @lucreziac.bsky.social · Jul 9

🎉 Excited to see my article ‘Absent Tech: Data, Violence and (Non)Credibility at the EU Borders’ out in International Migration! Based on research from the ERC project 'Security Flows' @cearadau.bsky.social

Open access: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Ruji Auethavornpipat @ruji-aue.bsky.social · Jul 7

Beyond thrilled to have my new article on ‘radical contestion’ published in @risjnl.bsky.social!

Open access: doi.org/10.1017/S026...

Please feel free to share further 😊

@cambup-polsci.cambridge.org

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SOMO - Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations @somoamsterdam.bsky.social · Jul 7

Can genAI start-ups really challenge #BigTech's dominance? 🧐

🔎 We analysed 12 start-ups' value chains and what we found is clear:

They're highly dependent on Big Tech companies, particularly Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Nvidia.

Read our full analysis: www.somo.nl/the-real-win...

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Digital Futures Institute @ King's College London @kings-dfi.bsky.social · Jul 3

🛡️ Join us online on 23 July at 7 pm for a panel discussion on the Digital Futures of Security, where leading experts will explore how emerging technologies are reshaping the global security landscape.

Featuring Tony Reeves (Deloitte), @cearadau.bsky.social & @lucavigano68.bsky.social.

Register ⤵️

Digital Futures of Security

Leading experts explore how emerging technologies are reshaping the global security landscape.

www.kcl.ac.uk

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DoingIPS @doingips.bsky.social · Jun 11

The Call for Papers for next year's *8th edition* of the London-based DoingIPS PhD Seminar Series is now live at www.doingips.org/news-events/.... We welcome PhD students from all disciplines who work on IPS, broadly conceived. Please help us share far and wide!!

Doing IPS, PhD seminar series 2025/26: Call for papers | Deadline: 8 July 2025 — DoingIPS

Aims Into its 8th year, the ‘Doing IPS’ PhD Seminar Series introduces graduate students to research inspired by International Political Sociology’s (IPS) commitment to challenge methodological and c...

www.doingips.org

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Claudia Aradau @cearadau.bsky.social · Jun 6

Fab read on solidarities from below, the Roma, the war in Ukraine and the 'right to have claims'. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10..... Do read and share

The claim to have rights, and the right to have claims − transnational solidarity of Roma in the face of the war in Ukraine

Russian full-scale military aggression against Ukraine in 2022 entailed mass departures of people fleeing the war-torn country. The arrival of forced migrants to Poland was met by an unprecedented ...

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Claudia Aradau @cearadau.bsky.social · May 5

#AI fellowships across all disciplines at King’s College London. Deadline 19 May 2025 @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social.

www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/111205-...

King's AI+ Academic Fellowships

www.kcl.ac.uk

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Claudia Aradau @cearadau.bsky.social · May 5

The full issue is available here www.tandfonline.com/toc/fgeo20/3.... Several articles are #openaccess. Get in touch if you cannot access a text you might like to read.

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Anna Schjøtt @annaschjoett.bsky.social · May 5

✨The first two papers in our Topical Collection on the 'Politics of Machine Learning Evaluation' are out in Digital Society!

The collection is edited together with @dluitse.bsky.social and Tobias Blanke, with the great support of Digital Society and Federica Russo.
link.springer.com/collections/...

Politics of Machine Learning Evaluation

Is the data good enough for training purposes? Does the model perform accurately enough? Is the error rate low enough? Such questions of ‘good enough’ are at ...

link.springer.com

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Ben O'Loughlin @benoloughlin.bsky.social · Apr 24

Invitation to potential authors - AI Politics: new book series by @intellectbooks.bsky.social / @uchicagopress.bsky.social edited by @andrewhoskins.bsky.social & I. View the full call here>>
www.intellectbooks.com/asset/2536/a...

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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · Apr 10

We are thrilled to welcome @cearadau.bsky.social to our Convention. Her expertise on the ethical – and political – dimensions of AI is essential for our understanding of the challenges and opportunities presented by this rapidly evolving technology. #Humanists2025
humanists.uk/2025/04/10/p...

Professor of International Politics Claudia Aradau to speak at Humanists UK Convention 2025 AI panel

Professor Claudia Aradau, a leading expert on the ethical implications of artificial intelligence, will speak at a panel on AI and Society at Humanists UK Convention 2025, taking place from 13–15 June...

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Kim TallBear @kimtallbear.bsky.social · Mar 6

A dear feminist science studies mentor passed on March 5. Have a good journey Sandra Harding. ❤️

Harding was UCLA Distinguished Professor Emerita of Education and Gender Studies, former Director of the Center for the Study of Women.

Link is an oral history interview with Sandra on her career.

Oral history interview with Sandra Harding

Sandra Harding was born in San Francisco, California, the first of five children born to Lloyd and Constance Harding. Her father's struggle to find work during the Great Depression led the family to L...

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Claudia Aradau @cearadau.bsky.social · Dec 11

A few days left to submit your abstracts for the International Theory early-career workshop at #ISA2025.

International Theory @internatltheory.bsky.social · Dec 6

DEADLINE: 15th of December 2024

Call for Abstracts - International Theory #ISA2025 Pre-Conference Workshop

A day-long workshop in advance of the @isanet.bsky.social annual conference for early-career and underrepresented scholars who work on international theory.

Find out more - cup.org/4dX9x3R

International Theory ISA 2025 Pre-Conference Workshop Call for Abstracts graphic

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International Theory @internatltheory.bsky.social · Dec 6

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Bonnie Honig @bonniehonig.bsky.social · Mar 9

My article on Performativity has just been posted at Political Concepts. It is a set piece for my new book “Wordplay” which I hope to finish this summer. And this is the illustration that accompanies the essay: you’ll have to read the essay to find out why :)

Image of an ancient torture device known as the Phaleric Bull

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Review of International Studies @risjnl.bsky.social · Feb 9

CALL FOR SPECIAL ISSUES!

As we celebrate RIS@50, we invite proposals for a 2025 special issue. Submissions should make an original contribution to IR research.

Deadline 22 March! Apply Here ▶️ buff.ly/3PB5jna

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Poya Pakzad @ppkzd.bsky.social · Dec 13

Bayat to Habermas: "My concern here is not about how to judge “Israel’s actions” from a legal perspective, but how to fathom this moral coldness and indifference you exhibit in the face of such staggering devastation. How many more lives should perish before they become worthy of attention?"

Juergen Habermas Contradicts His Own Ideas When It Comes to Gaza

One of the world’s most influential philosophers has weighed in on the war in Gaza. A Middle East scholar tells him why he’s wrong

newlinesmag.com

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prof toni haastrup @tonihaastrup.bsky.social · Nov 15

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk...

Rwanda asylum plan unlawful, UK Supreme Court rules - BBC News

The Supreme Court's decision is a huge blow to the government's flagship migration policy.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Free Movement @freemovement.bsky.social · Nov 14

Post-Brexit, there has been a huge increase in the number of worker visas issued and an associated increase in the number of people who are being exploited.

Our write up of a new report from Work Rights Centre:

freemovement.org.uk/increasing-n...

Increasing numbers of sponsored migrant workers are being exploited in the UK - Free Movement

A new report comes with a stark warning: “As the number of sponsored migrant workers rises every quarter, the issue of migrant labour exploitation is only likely to increase”. Work Rights Centre, ...

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Marysia Zalewski @profemzed.bsky.social · Nov 9

Just published! 😊

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Margot Tudor @drmargottudor.bsky.social · Oct 23

So delighted to have been awarded an honorable mention for the ISA PEACE Best Female Scholar Book Award for 'Blue Helmet Bureaucrats'!! Paperback out next Spring 💫 check out the book here: tinyurl.com/yj9xe5ab

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Claudia Aradau @cearadau.bsky.social · Oct 22

With the latest from Slovenia www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Claudia Aradau @cearadau.bsky.social · Oct 22

The fiction of Schengen and the not—so-temporary ‘temporary reintroduction of border controls’ with many variations on (in)securitisation home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/system/files...

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