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Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS) @friasunifreiburg.bsky.social · Aug 14

The CAT initiative offers teams of #EarlyCareerResarchers (3-5 members) short stays at FRIAS or other European Institutes for Advanced Studies. Deadline: 14 October 2025.
More information: uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...

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Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS) @friasunifreiburg.bsky.social · Aug 21

#CallforApplications #CfA for researchers from #Africa:
Apply for our fellowship programme 2026/27.
Deadline: 12 September 2025, 13:00 (CET)
uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...

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Afrique XXI @afriquexxi.bsky.social · Sep 3

Le 11 novembre, l’ #Angola fête les 50 ans de son indépendance. L’occasion pour certains de demander la réhabilitation de personnalités et de mouvements pour leur rôle dans la guerre contre le colon portugais... Quitte à s'arranger avec l’histoire.
📌 #Portugal #colonialisme #USA #MPLA #UNITA #FNLA

En Angola, un cinquantenaire de l'indépendance sur fond de polémiques historiques - Histoire

Le 11 novembre, l’Angola fêtera les cinquante ans de son indépendance. Depuis le début de cette année, des commémorations ont lieu dans tout le pays. L’occasion pour certains de demander la (…)

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Femke van Zeijl @femkevanzeijl.bsky.social · Aug 26

Great article by @senayboztas.bsky.social about what's really created the housing crisis in the Netherlands: the perks of the house possessing class and decades of neoliberal neglect of the social housing market. Pity it isn't in a Dutch paper. | @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Amsterdam’s squatter wars are back – and wealthy Dutch homeowners have only themselves to blame | Senay Boztas

Those already on the property ladder are fuelling a shameful disparity. Until they wake up, the krakers will keep coming, says journalist Senay Boztas

www.theguardian.com

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Corinna Jentzsch @corinnajentzsch.com · Aug 26

Vacancy in French: hhttps://www.lam.sciencespobordeaux.fr/recrutement-contrat-postdoctoral-usages-regulations-violence-djhadiste-et-contre-insurecctionnelle/

Team members include @vincentfoucher.bsky.social @emorier.bsky.social @yguichaoua.bsky.social

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Corinna Jentzsch @corinnajentzsch.com · Aug 26

Job Alert! We're still looking for a **Post-Doctoral researcher for our Governing Jihad in Africa Project**, with a focus on violence and counter-violence:

- 3 years
- based in Paris/Bordeaux
- starting date: Jan 2026
- deadline: 15 Sept 2025

Vacancy (English): drive.google.com/file/d/1oLPb...

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Emile Chabal @emile-chabal.bsky.social · Mar 31

Some observations about the Marine Le Pen verdict:

1) WOW. They really went for it: prison term (w/electronic tag) and 5 years of ineligibility. That's almost exactly what the prosecutors asked for, so she's seriously guilty.

2) Will this halt the progress of the far-right in France? No. But... 1/

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Eric Morier-Genoud @emorier.bsky.social · Jan 30

𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐨 𝐞𝐬𝐭á 𝐂𝐚𝐛𝐨 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐠𝐚𝐝𝐨?
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"𝐓𝐞𝐧𝐬õ𝐞𝐬 𝐩ó𝐬-𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬 𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚çã𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐦 𝐂𝐚𝐛𝐨 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐠𝐚𝐝𝐨"

𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫 𝟑𝟎: 4 de fevereiro de 2025 15h00

Poderá se inscrever neste evento através do link: shorturl.at/r0oPj

AfroLuso AfricanJihad #Mozambique #CaboDelgado

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Howard French @hofrench.bsky.social · Jan 30

People are sleeping on this story—wrongly. Used to be that international media actually dispatched people to cover African events like these, shaping up to be another round of continental war. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

Rwanda-backed rebels seize control of Congo’s Goma after violent clashes

After a lightning offensive, M23 rebels now control Goma, a large city in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Enzo Nussio @enzonussio.bsky.social · Jan 17

Closing in two weeks:

2 open positions in my new consolidator project "Decades of Peace" at the University of Zurich @ipz.bsky.social funded by @snsf-ch.bsky.social, focusing on Latin America.

PhD position: ipz.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:e32a...

Postdoc position: ipz.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:94e1...

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Corinna Jentzsch @corinnajentzsch.com · Jan 14

Thanks, Adam! There will be a PostDoc position on the Sahel advertised next year, so look out for news on this project

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Corinna Jentzsch @corinnajentzsch.com · Jan 14

JOB ALERT: I have two vacancies for fully-funded, 4 year PhD positions in my European Research Council Project “Countering Jihadi Insurgencies in Africa”; one on Nigeria, one on Mozambique. Closing date for applications 15 March 2025, start in Sept. 2025

www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/vacancies...

PhD Positions in Political Science/Conflict Studies/African Studies (two full-time positions)

PhD Positions in Political Science/Conflict Studies/African Studies (two full-time positions, each 1.0 fte)The Institute of Political Science of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences invites ...

www.universiteitleiden.nl

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Afrique XXI @afriquexxi.bsky.social · Jan 10

English version of our piece on the deployment of Kenyan policemen in Haiti. Outcomes are... mixed

In Haiti, Kenyan police officers between anger and powerlessness

By offering to lead the Multinational Security Support Mission in Haiti, a decision that was badly received by the population, Nairobi has taken a major political risk. Faced with powerful gangs (…)

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Rachel Savage @rachelmsavage.bsky.social · Jan 9

Mozambique opposition leader Venâncio Mondlane has arrived back in the country after his self-imposed exile. He definitely knows how to make an entrance.

If anyone knows what book he is holding, let me know - my best guess is a Bible?

web.facebook.com/watch/live/?...

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Tom Theuns @tomtheuns.bsky.social · Dec 2

Fantastic book presentation by @vtsagkr.bsky.social of ‘Radicalisation and Crisis Management’ (Springer) with @dafnoukos.bsky.social and Arjen Boin at @leidensocial.bsky.social

link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

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Sebastian van Baalen @sebastianvanbaalen.se · Dec 4

Very excited to have joined @bubaimrana.bsky.social's PhD supervision team (alongside @janakrause.bsky.social @corinnajentzsch.com). Imrana does really impressive research on civilian agency in the Boko Haram insurgency. Follow him, and check out his 🏆 award-winning paper ⤵️

doi.org/10.1093/isag...

Civilian Protection Payment and the Escalation of Violence against Civilians in Northwestern Nigeria

Abstract. How do civilian protection payments to militias affect the dynamics of communal conflict? Building on the literature on communal conflict, civili

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Remco Breuker 🟥 @remcobreuker.bsky.social · Dec 2

Met je "maar netto wordt er meer geïnvesteerd in het hoger onderwijs." Stelletje oplichters. "Sinds 2000 is de overheidsfinanciering per student in Nederland met 25% afgenomen. In diezelfde periode verdubbelde het aantal studenten en groeide de onderzoekslast." www.scienceguide.nl/2024/12/oeso...

OESO waarschuwt Nederland voor onderfinanciering van hoger onderwijs - ScienceGuide

Sinds 2000 is de overheidsfinanciering per student in Nederland met 25 procent afgenomen. In diezelfde periode verdubbelde het aantal studenten en groeide de onderzoekslast. Vooral STEM-opleidingen he...

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Sebastian van Baalen @sebastianvanbaalen.se · Nov 19

🏆 Cedric Smith Prize 2025: Submit your best peace & conflict research (max 14k words) for a chance to win the Conflict Research Society's prestigious award. Open to PhD students/early grads (after 1 Sep 2024). Deadline: 31 Jan 2025.

conflictresearchsociety.org/cedric-smith...

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CRS | Cedric Smith Prize

The CRS welcomes submissions for the Cedric Smith Prize 2019 which is a peace research prize awarded for the best piece of peace and conflict research by a student

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UppsalaPeaceConflict @uupeace.bsky.social · Nov 29

The application for Claude Ake Visiting Chair 2025 is open!
We invite senior African scholars to apply for a 3-month scholarship in Uppsala. Scholars awarded the Chair pursue their own research while contributing to activities at our dep. and the Nordic Africa Institute.👉 nai.uu.se/opportunitie...

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jenniferhodge.bsky.social @jenniferhodge.bsky.social · Nov 27

📣 Attention all peace and conflict scholars and practitioners! The call for the Conflict Research Society Annual Conference 2025 is out! Get your paper, panel and workshop submissions in by 17th January 😀

conflictresearchsociety.org/call-for-pap...

Call for papers 2025 - CRS

Call for papers 2025 CRS

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Femke van Zeijl @femkevanzeijl.bsky.social · Nov 27

Lusophone Africa's Gen X joining the choir of discontent: in Luanda, Angola, thousands of people took to the streets to protest against hunger, poverty and unemployment. Echoing the sentiment of Mocambican protesters, they say they're fed up with MPLA's 49 years rule. www.rfi.fr/pt/%C3%A1fri...

Em Luanda, milhares marcham por uma "Angola livre da fome" e dizem "hoje é FRELIMO, amanhã é MPLA"

Em Luanda, milhares de pessoas saíram às ruas, este sábado 23 de Novembro, para protestar contra a situação de fome no país, a pobreza e o desemprego entre outros. Muata Sebastião, secretário-geral do...

www.rfi.fr

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Kennedy Wandera @kennedywandera.bsky.social · Nov 27

Mozambique's 🇲🇿 opposition leader, Venâncio Mondlane, asked people to drive and leave their cars on main roads to turn the streets into “parking lots” throughout the day.

Roads in Maputo, the capital, were blocked and public transport interrupted at the start of a fresh round of three-day protests.

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Tim Ruback @profruback.bsky.social · Sep 21

I've started a list of PoliSky Sub-feeds. If you know of one (or started one) that should be added, please re-skeet the feed announcement and @profruback.bsky.social when you do. I'll add it ASAP.

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

(@maaikeverbruggen.bsky.social, @profmusgrave.bsky.social )

PoliSky Sub-Feed List

Sheet1 PoliSky Sub-Feed List (list maintained by @profruback.bsky.social -- @ me with a reskeet of the feed announcement and I'll add it ASAP) Topic / Subfield / Speciality,Feed Name (click to view),...

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Sigrid Weber @swebera.bsky.social · Dec 6

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Finn Klebe @finnklebe.bsky.social · Dec 6

Only 2 days left to apply for our UCL Conflict & Change PhD Workshop!! 📢 Send in your abstracts by 8th December! We hope to see you in March in London. 🙂 Some travel funds are available! Apply here conflictandchange.org/phdworkshop2...

PhD workshop - call for papers — Conflict & Change

conflictandchange.org

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Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social · Oct 23

The news is now public: @emorier.bsky.social (QUB), Vincent Foucher (CNRS), @corinnajentzsch.com (Leiden) and I (BICC) are the recipients of an ORA8 research grant! We are delighted. Three years of exciting research ahead. Stay tuned, notably if you'd like to do a postdoc with us

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