Leonardo Bandarra
leocbandarra.bsky.social
Leonardo Bandarra
@leocbandarra.bsky.social
Senior Researcher at Uni Duisburg-Essen / @inef-duisburg.bsky.social
@VeSPoTec | Director METO | PhD Uni Göttingen & GIGA | Alma Mater UnB
#Nuclear #WMD 🇧🇷🇩🇪🌈🕊️
@patnabuco.bsky.social, our colleagues from NSI and I are organizing an exhibition on children and nuclear anxiety next month in Sheffield, UK. Curious? More info below. 👇👇
@vespotec.bsky.social @inef-duisburg.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Para a bolha lusófana, amanhã estarei falando sobre verificação na minha alma máter, com base no meu artigo que publiquei sobre a RPBI há uns meses. Infos abaixo:
🔗 Transmissão ao vivo: youtube.com/live/JMcjEVb...
📄 Artigo: doi.org/10.1590/0034...

@inef-duisburg.bsky.social @vespotec.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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I was a guest on the IISS podcast "The Arms Control Primer" w/ @bollfrass.bsky.social & former @iaeaorg.bsky.social DG Hans Blix. We covered some lessons of the Iraq case for nuclear nonproliferation & verification. Check out the new episode: www.iiss.org/podcasts/arm...
October 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Happy to be in Moroni, Comoros, invited by the NGO Salam and the Governor of Ngazidja for the Journey de la Paix and the launch of the Institute Salam! Check out soon, if you are interested in peace research in East Africa and the Middle East! @inef-duisburg.bsky.social @vespotec.bsky.social
September 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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One thing became clear: technical peace and conflict research benefits from an interdisciplinary approach 🕊️.

Next year's conference is already on our radar – we hope to meet you and more there again (2/2) 🎉

@peasec.de @prif.org @ifshhamburg.bsky.social @cntrarmscontrol.org @fz-juelich.de
September 18, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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It's #ThrowbackThursday - the perfect time to look back at last week's SPS 2025 conference. 😌

An inspiring World Café on future research agendas on #nonproliferation, #armscontrol and #disarmament, followed by 2 days of insightful presentations from both the natural and social sciences. 🎓 (1/2)
September 18, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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🚨 Only 19 days to go! 🚨
Join us in Aachen, Germany for the SPS Conference on Technical Peace & Conflict Research 🕊️

🌍 Interdisciplinary insights
🤖 Emerging technologies
🛡️ Arms control & verification
💡 And so much more

Be part of the conversation and register now!
👇 More info below 👇
🔥 Register now: 4th Interdisciplinary Conference on Technical Peace Research – SPS ’25!

📅 September 10–12, 2025
📍Aachen, Germany
🔍 Focus: verification, risks posed by conventional arms and WMDs, role of emerging technologies, ...

👉 Register here: sps.peasec.de/sps25/
SPS’25 – Science Peace Security: Interdisciplinary Conference Series on Technical Peace Research
sps.peasec.de
August 22, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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🔥 Register now: 4th Interdisciplinary Conference on Technical Peace Research – SPS ’25!

📅 September 10–12, 2025
📍Aachen, Germany
🔍 Focus: verification, risks posed by conventional arms and WMDs, role of emerging technologies, ...

👉 Register here: sps.peasec.de/sps25/
SPS’25 – Science Peace Security: Interdisciplinary Conference Series on Technical Peace Research
sps.peasec.de
August 7, 2025 at 9:09 AM
August 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
📢 Publication Alert
I'm pleased to share that my latest (open-access) article is now available on RPBI. In this piece, I examine the evolution of discussions on nuclear verification in Brazil and Argentina from the 1960s to the 1990s.
🔍 Check out here: doi.org/10.1590/0034...
“A verification cotton” between crystals: the Discussions about Regional Nuclear Verification Mechanisms in South America and the Creation of the Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control ...
Abstract The Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials (ABACC)...
doi.org
July 28, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Pluto never gave up:)
June 1, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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🚨 Exciting news: a new SALAM workshop is coming! This spring, explore “Nuclear Politics in and with the MENA Region” with cutting-edge contributions from across the region and beyond. Dive into the evolving dynamics of nuclear diplomacy, deterrence, and energy in the Middle East
April 7, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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We are happy to welcome @carmenwunderlich.bsky.social at the INEF! Carmen's research focuses on on global norm dynamics and (non-)state practices of contestation in the Global South.

Further information👉 shorturl.at/U6P7U
After a wonderful 1,5 years at University of Freiburg, where I substituted the Chair of International Relations, I’m happy to share that I have started a new position as Senior Researcher at the Institute for Development & Peace at University of Duisburg-Essen. Looking forward to this new adventure!
April 3, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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Die erste Nuclear Verification Winter School an der UDE bot 20 Teilnehmenden die Gelegenheit, Vorträge von renommierten Expert:innen zu verschiedenen Themen der nuklearen Verifikation zu hören und das erlernte Wissen in interaktiven Übungen und Simulationen zu erproben.
March 21, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Great to see my book in this year's @isanet.bsky.social conference! Check it out!
March 6, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Hey nuclear bubble - if you are also in NY for the #TPNW, come to our @WMDfreeME side event this afternoon:
March 6, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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@cambridgecria.bsky.social has just published an article of @leocbandarra.bsky.social that is part of our forthcoming SI on "The Complexity of Nuclear (Dis)Ordering". The SI's introductory article by @carmenwunderlich.bsky.social and yours truly is available here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
February 18, 2025 at 6:42 AM
📢 Publication alert

I am happy to share that, after a relatively long peer-review process, my article, "(Re-)ordering from the Periphery: Hierarchy Complexes and Agency in the Global Nuclear Order," has finally been published in the Cambridge Review of International Affairs!
February 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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We are accepting special issue proposals! We welcome proposals relating to any area of global and international studies as well as interdisciplinary scholarship. For more info, contact us or follow the link below 👇
1. [email protected]
2. www.tandfonline.com/action/journ...
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November 27, 2024 at 12:11 PM
(reposting from the other network)

I am happy to announce that my Book " Constructing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime: The Participation Puzzle" is finally out!

It is available at:

link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Constructing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime: The Participation Puzzle
This book proposes focuses on a usually neglected group of states - countries that possess advanced nuclear capabilities but no weapons.
link.springer.com
December 4, 2024 at 11:14 AM
👇🏽 great opportunity for those interested in nuclear disarmament research with amazing people in Frankfurt. Check Out
🚨 4️⃣ positions to be filled! Join us in Frankfurt/Darmstadt for exciting work in #nuclear arms control, nonproliferation and disarmament at the crossroads of #science and policy! DLs mid-December and later, vary per position. Working language English. And we move into new fancy office spaces! 🚨
November 27, 2024 at 9:39 AM