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Andreu Casas @andreucasas.bsky.social · 10d

🚨Hiring a fully funded (3.5 years) PhD for the @ldnsocmedobs.bsky.social to research social media and politics. Candidates should have quantitative/computational skills and/or be interested in content curation/moderation. UK home candidates only unfortunately. www.royalholloway.ac.uk/media/hquftp...

www.royalholloway.ac.uk

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Daniela Lai @danielalai.bsky.social · 10d

Congratulations Elliot! 🙌

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Elliot Dolan-Evans @therealelliotde.bsky.social · 11d

Making War Safe for Capitalism: The World Bank, IMF, and the Conflict in Ukraine has finally been released! Please ask your local or university library to get it! You can also use my author code (BUP50) if you'd really like to get it epub or hard-copy
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/making-war-s...

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Daniela Lai @danielalai.bsky.social · 11d

Join us in Izmir next July for #EWIS2026!

European International Studies Association (EISA) @europeanisa.bsky.social · 11d

📣 The call for workshop proposals for #EWIS2026 in Izmir is now open!

🗓️ Deadline: 24 November 2025

🔗 More info here: buff.ly/HG9Jyqu

1-3 July 2026. 13th European Workshops in International Studies. Izmir University of Economics, Turkey.

EWIS 2026 local hosts. 1-3 July 2026. 13th European Workshops in International Studies. Izmir University of Economics, Turkey. Serhun Al. Izmir University of Economics. Local Organizer. Umut Can Adisönmez. Izmir University of Economics. Programme Co-Chair.

Daniela Lai @danielalai.bsky.social · Sep 9

www.rainews.it/video/2025/0...

Flotilla: "Ecco l'istante in cui la Family Boat è stata colpita dall'alto"

La missione umanitaria afferma di essere stata attaccata da un drone in acque tunisine e pubblica un video. Le autorità locali smentiscono

www.rainews.it

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Daniela Lai @danielalai.bsky.social · Aug 28

Thank you!

Daniela Lai @danielalai.bsky.social · Aug 28

Thank you Beste! Very happy to start my term as President of the @europeanisa.bsky.social here at #EISAPEC25

Beste İşleyen @besteisleyen.bsky.social · Aug 27

And my role as the President of the EISA has come to an end. Happy to pass it to Daniela Lai @danielalai.bsky.social

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Daniela Lai @danielalai.bsky.social · Aug 2

Happy news! Many congratulations Ellie!

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Review of International Political Economy @ripejournal.bsky.social · Jul 21

Steel mills, markets and war: mapping gendered circuits of violence, by @danielalai.bsky.social

Steel mills, markets and war: mapping gendered circuits of violence

Steelmaking has come back to the forefront of discussions around war, in the context of the global political and economic reconfigurations brought about by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Despite ...

www.tandfonline.com

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Daniela Lai @danielalai.bsky.social · Jul 9

Very happy to have this article out with RIPE:
Steel mills, markets and war: mapping gendered circuits of violence www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

www.tandfonline.com

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Daniela Lai @danielalai.bsky.social · Jul 4

Thank you Polly! The plan is to sleep for the whole weekend

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Daniela Lai @danielalai.bsky.social · Jul 4

Also raise your hand if you
organised #EWIS2025 and then missed most of it because of tonsillitis 🙋 (secondary point compared to the fact I live in a country that thinks direct action is more dangerous than than committing genocide)

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Daniela Lai @danielalai.bsky.social · Jul 4

Nice to have landed back in the UK as it confirms its sure and steady decline into authoritarianism

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Polly Pallister-Wilkins @pollypw.bsky.social · Jul 2

Greetings from #EWIS2025 where @europeanisa.bsky.social president @besteisleyen.bsky.social gives an overview of the grants EISA has been able to give out as part of our redistributive policies

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Daniela Lai @danielalai.bsky.social · Jun 15

The original title of this article, straight out of 2003, was that Israel's attack has a "real chance of bringing about regime change" in Iran. With not a hint of criticism.

How the dismantling of Iran’s regional proxies paved way for Israel’s attack

Netanyahu has been systematically and successfully weakening his regional foes, now Tehran is in the crosshairs

www.theguardian.com

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Daniela Lai @danielalai.bsky.social · Jun 11

EISA statement on attacks to higher education funding across Europe

European International Studies Association (EISA) @europeanisa.bsky.social · Jun 11

📣 The EISA Governing Board has issued a statement regarding attacks to higher education funding

🔗 Read the full statement here: bit.ly/43Gh8C9

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European International Studies Association (EISA) @europeanisa.bsky.social · Jun 9

🎉 The full programme for #EWIS2025 is now available on our website: bit.ly/3TcCKjh

🇵🇱 We look forward to seeing many of you in Krakow next month...

EWIS 2025 graphic reads: #EWIS2025. 12th European Workshops in International Studies. Hybrid, Liminal, Ambiguous? International Politics 'In-between'. 2-4 July 2025. Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland.

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Daniela Lai @danielalai.bsky.social · Jun 9

"diverted" is when the 75 bus goes through an alternative route due to roadworks, not when a boat is seized in international waters

The Associated Press @apnews.com · Jun 9

BREAKING: A Gaza-bound aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg and other activists has been diverted to Israel, Israel's Foreign Ministry says.

A Gaza-bound aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg and other activists has been diverted to Israel

Israel’s Foreign Ministry says a Gaza-bound aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg and other activists has been diverted to Israel.

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Caroline Dodds Pennock @carolinepennock.bsky.social · Apr 30

Heartened to see that close to 900 fellow academics and educators have already signed our letter in support of trans rights, trans wellbeing & trans inclusion, and against essentialist, anti-scientific, racialised & regressive views of womanhood. Please do read, share & sign! tinyurl.com/mud7va29

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Katarina Kušić @katkusic.bsky.social · Apr 30

Over the last few months, I've been working with colleagues in BiH and @ecodiya.bsky.social on updating the #LandMatrix database on land deals in BiH. We also wrote a small report, now published! You can check out the database here: landmatrix.org/map/

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Daniela Lai @danielalai.bsky.social · Apr 25

Took me a while to find time to read this, but I'm glad I did www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

The rise of end times fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor

The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them

www.theguardian.com

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Daniela Lai @danielalai.bsky.social · Apr 24

My thoughts on the government intervention to save British Steel

LSE British Politics and Policy blog @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social · Apr 24

💡New! The Government’s argument for stepping in to save Scunthorpe’s British Steel leaned heavily was about economic security. But @danielalai.bsky.social argues too much focus on security obstructs the many other challenges that buttressing steelmaking poses.

blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

blogs.lse.ac.uk

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Beste İşleyen @besteisleyen.bsky.social · Apr 17

Many @europeanisa.bsky.social colleagues have received phishing emails from me.

Do not reply to these emails, delete them and report as spam.

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Daniela Lai @danielalai.bsky.social · Apr 11

Sharing the PSA Teaching and Learning conference call for abstracts! It's at Royal Holloway this year, send your abstracts by 17 April to Nat and Lyn: full info at the link! www.psa.ac.uk/specialist-g...

Call for Papers Political Studies Association Teaching and Learning Network Conference | The Political Studies Association (PSA)

Theme: Teaching Well4th-5th September 2025 This year’s PSA TLN annual conference will take place on Thursday 4th and Friday 5th of September at Royal Holloway, University of London, in Egham, Surrey. ...

www.psa.ac.uk

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Daniela Lai @danielalai.bsky.social · Mar 31

This is us now. Happy days in UK HE!

Chris Hanretty @chanret.bsky.social · Mar 31

Sector update: my employer (Royal Holloway) today announces a voluntary severance scheme.

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