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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · 16d

New publication from PAIS' Akinyemi Oyawale!

Akin, with Prof. Lee Jarvis (University of Adelaide) and Prof. Michael Lister (Oxford Brookes), examines vernacular security in Security Dialogue.

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Lee Jarvis @leejarvis.bsky.social · 19d

New article just published in the Journal of Global Security Studies on different critical strategies within vernacular discourse on security. The article's open access and free to read here academic.oup.com/jogss/articl...

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Lee Jarvis @leejarvis.bsky.social · 26d

So pleased to see the introduction to our special issue on #vernacularsecurity published in Security Dialogue! Coauthored with @michaellister.bsky.social & Akin Oyawale, the issue pushes vernacular security research into exciting new directions. Free to read here journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Michael Lister @michaellister.bsky.social · Aug 27

* I guess if we’re being technical, Farage massively exacerbated the economic malaise, which dates back (at least) to the financial crisis. But the fundamental point is that no Brexit equals a relatively better economy

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Michael Lister @michaellister.bsky.social · Aug 27

Completely agree Alex. But there’s also something weird and twisted that the reason so many people are up for the fascism thing that Farage is selling, is the economic malaise that Farage himself has caused via Brexit.

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Lee Jarvis @leejarvis.bsky.social · Jul 23

Thrilled to have a chapter in this new book, now published with @manchesterup.bsky.social. My chapter with @michaellister.bsky.social looks at UK security policies and priorities, including in relation to COVID, terrorism, and austerity.

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Lee Jarvis @leejarvis.bsky.social · Jul 14

New article in @politicalquarterly.bsky.social w/ @michaellister.bsky.social & @apowelllaw.bsky.social on the naming of laws after exemplary victims of injustice. While opening space for addressing harm, such laws also, we argue, pose political & legal risks: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Matthew Holehouse @matthewholehouse.bsky.social · Jul 14

Great, balanced @politicalquarterly.bsky.social essay on the unhappy rise of laws named after victims onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Michael Lister @michaellister.bsky.social · Jul 14

Great working with @apowelllaw.bsky.social and @leejarvis.bsky.social on this piece about the increasing prevalence of naming laws after specific people. Open Access at the link 👇

Cllr Dr Alex Powell @apowelllaw.bsky.social · Jul 14

New Publication with @leejarvis.bsky.social and @michaellister.bsky.social outlining the phenomenon that we have dubbed 'nominative laws'. The Article is available Open Access via the link below.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Stop in the Law of the Name! Nominative Lawmaking, Populism and Justice

Nominative laws—laws named after particular victims of violence or injustice such as Martyn's Law, Sarah's Law and Awaab's Law—have become increasingly prominent in the UK. In this article, we offer ...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Cllr Dr Alex Powell @apowelllaw.bsky.social · Jul 14

New Publication with @leejarvis.bsky.social and @michaellister.bsky.social outlining the phenomenon that we have dubbed 'nominative laws'. The Article is available Open Access via the link below.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Stop in the Law of the Name! Nominative Lawmaking, Populism and Justice

Nominative laws—laws named after particular victims of violence or injustice such as Martyn's Law, Sarah's Law and Awaab's Law—have become increasingly prominent in the UK. In this article, we offer ...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Lee Jarvis @leejarvis.bsky.social · Jul 3

Really pleased to talk about #proscription with @gavinesler.bsky.social on @bunkerpod.bsky.social: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Trial and terror: What actually happens when a group is 'proscribed'?

Podcast Episode · The Bunker – News without the nonsense · 03/07/2025 · 18m

podcasts.apple.com

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Michael Lister @michaellister.bsky.social · Jul 2

After that Government (Partygate! Truss!!!) and that campaign, (D-Day????) you could even say winning under 34% of the vote is not exactly god-like genius…

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Lee Jarvis @leejarvis.bsky.social · Jun 27

New piece with @timlegrand.bsky.social on the proposed proscription of Palestine Action: www.e-ir.info/2025/06/27/p...

Proscribing Palestine Action: Questions and Issues for the UK

The freedom of association is a fundamental tenet of liberalism, and interfering with it can evoke authoritarianism.

www.e-ir.info

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Michael Lister @michaellister.bsky.social · Jun 23

Really enjoyed working with @leejarvis.bsky.social and @apowelllaw.bsky.social on this. Full article in @politicalquarterly.bsky.social soon!

Lee Jarvis @leejarvis.bsky.social · Jun 23

Why do we see laws being named after victims of tragedy or crime? And why it might matter socially and politically? New piece with @michaellister.bsky.social & Alex Powell previews a forthcoming article in @politicalquarterly.bsky.social: politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/stop-in...

Stop in the Law of the Name! Nominative Lawmaking, Populism, and Justice

Naming of a law after a person – nominative lawmaking - appears to be something of a growing trend in the UK.

politicalquarterly.org.uk

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Lee Jarvis @leejarvis.bsky.social · Jun 23

Why do we see laws being named after victims of tragedy or crime? And why it might matter socially and politically? New piece with @michaellister.bsky.social & Alex Powell previews a forthcoming article in @politicalquarterly.bsky.social: politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/stop-in...

Stop in the Law of the Name! Nominative Lawmaking, Populism, and Justice

Naming of a law after a person – nominative lawmaking - appears to be something of a growing trend in the UK.

politicalquarterly.org.uk

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Michael Lister @michaellister.bsky.social · Jun 21

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Dr Bohdana Kurylo @bohdanakurylo.bsky.social · May 16

Just out in @secdialogue.bsky.social

My new article, "From individual to collective: Vernacular security and #Ukrainian civil society in wartime" - part of the special issue on the 20th anniversary of #VernacularSecurity

doi.org/10.1177/0967...

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Politics Journal @politicsjournal.bsky.social · Mar 25

1/3. We're excited to announce the publication of our latest article: "Security Professionals and Public Opinion: Legitimacy, Publicity, and Brand Identity", by Michael Lister!
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
@sagepub.com

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Michael Lister @michaellister.bsky.social · Mar 24

Based on interviews with UK counterterrorism security professionals it argues that public opinion does matter for such “securocrats”, albeit in different ways for public and private actors. It draws from a wider project covered in my recent book:
www.routledge.com/Public-Opini... (2/2)

Public Opinion and Counter-Terrorism: Security and Politics in the UK

This book examines the ways in which the views of the public inhabit the counter-terrorism policy space, with a focus on the UK case. Drawing insights from Critical Terrorism Studies, Critical Securi...

www.routledge.com

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Michael Lister @michaellister.bsky.social · Mar 24

My new article is out in @journalpolitics.bsky.social. “Security professionals and public opinion: legitimacy, publicity and brand identity”. It looks at the ways in which non elected security professionals, think about public opinion. Open access (1/2)

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Review of International Studies @risjnl.bsky.social · Mar 18

In our latest issue, Chris Hesketh elucidates on the concept of ‘coloniality of space’ in the context of Latin America. It's #OpenAccess and free to read!

📄 👉 buff.ly/UcyGmZk

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Lee Jarvis @leejarvis.bsky.social · Jan 30

Groups like Al Qaeda used to be the antithesis of older terrorisms like the IRA. Now they're often seen as equivalent. What's going on with our temporal imaginaries of terrorism? And why does it matter? New
E-IR piece w/ Andrew Whiting & @michaellister.bsky.social: www.e-ir.info/2025/01/29/r...

Reflecting on Terrorism’s Temporalities After the Southport Attacks

The question over what ‘terrorism’ means has divided and confounded researchers, as well as policymakers and citizens, since the term’s emergence.

www.e-ir.info

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Michael Lister @michaellister.bsky.social · Jan 30

You can see this in the different ways in UK & US debates which periodise contemporary terrorism differently-as new in the UK but as connected to older violences in the US-to mobilise support for different counterterrorism agendas. (end)

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Michael Lister @michaellister.bsky.social · Jan 30

So what’s going on here? We argue that attempts to periodise terrorism-as old, or new-represent political attempts to mobilise terrorism’s pasts and presents in order to support particular projects, causes and goals. (4/n)

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Michael Lister @michaellister.bsky.social · Jan 30

For scholars of terrorism this forces a double take. In the early 2000s Al-Qaeda were seen as representatives of a new kind of terrorism, but one that was underpinned by *non*-political aims and *fragmented* organisation-the very opposite of the characteristics imputed by Starmer. (3/n)

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Michael Lister @michaellister.bsky.social · Jan 30

Last week Starmer gave a speech about the Southport murders. In it he claimed Britain faces a new kind of terrorism, contrasting the ideologically diverse kind of violence that Axel Rudakubana represents, with “highly organised groups with clear political intent… like Al-Qaeda” (2/n)

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Michael Lister @michaellister.bsky.social · Dec 9

Really proud to be part of this excellent collection of articles. Thanks to the editors!

Lee Jarvis @leejarvis.bsky.social · Dec 9

Our new special issue on 'What the War on Terror Leaves Behind' is now out! 9 amazing *open access* articles on topics including social policy, proscription, climate change, nuclear politics, monstrosity, coloniality, anarchism, securitisation, nuclear politics, & critical theory (Thread 1/12)

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Lee Jarvis @leejarvis.bsky.social · Dec 9

The special issue's final piece, by @michaellister.bsky.social & me, asks what happens to critical security thinking when its ideas and arguments achieve (or appear to achieve) wider currency: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... (Thread, 11/12)

Critical security research and the war on terror: From the margins to the mainstream? | European Journal of International Security | Cambridge Core

Critical security research and the war on terror: From the margins to the mainstream?

www.cambridge.org

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Lee Jarvis @leejarvis.bsky.social · Dec 9

Our new special issue on 'What the War on Terror Leaves Behind' is now out! 9 amazing *open access* articles on topics including social policy, proscription, climate change, nuclear politics, monstrosity, coloniality, anarchism, securitisation, nuclear politics, & critical theory (Thread 1/12)

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Andrew W Neal @andrewwneal.bsky.social · Dec 5

Fascinating new open access article from @leejarvis.bsky.social and @michaellister.bsky.social. They argue, in short, that we critical security/terrorism scholars told you so, but that converging with the mainstream raises questions for the critical project.

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Critical security research and the war on terror: From the margins to the mainstream? | European Journal of International Security | Cambridge Core

Critical security research and the war on terror: From the margins to the mainstream?

www.cambridge.org

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