On 24 September, submissions will open for #BISA2026 in Brighton ☀️🌊 View the #callforpapers on @mybisa.bsky.social's website and submit all of your War Studies abstracts for consideration! conference.bisa.ac.uk/call-papers-0

@jamespattonrogers.bsky.social

Can defence innovation succeed without putting people first?

In this #DefenceinDepth article ‪@tarazammit.bsky.social‬ questions whether the UK’s newly released #StrategicDefenceReview side-lines personnel and culture in favour of tech-driven priorities.

Read it here: www.kcl.ac.uk/the-strategi...

📝 The #StrategicDefenceReview: Innovation Without the People?

With AFCAS figures showing that only 42% of Service personnel “are satisfied with their Service life in general," things have to change. My #SDR analysis in #DefenceinDepth:
www.kcl.ac.uk/the-strategi...

@warstudieskcl.bsky.social

📚 I just found out that a review I wrote for @iajournal.bsky.social on The Women Behind the Few by @sarahloumiller.bsky.social & Forgotten Warriors by Sarah Percy has been listed in the #NATO Library Guide on Women, Peace and Security #WPS! 🥹 natolibguides.info/women/articles

🚨‪ @bisawarstudies.bsky.social‬ upcoming event! 🚨

🌎 The future of NATO 🌎

11 June both online & @lborouniversity.bsky.social‬

Register now 👉 buff.ly/MCKMVPf

‪ @tarazammit.bsky.social‬
@jamespattonrogers.bsky.social
@patrickbury.bsky.social

So far, lots on updating & repairing military homes -which is crucially important & overdue- but nothing much on culture, integration or addressing retention issues beyond pay increases. My research shows this won't be sufficient to meet needs of personnel so keen to see what's in the SDR on this

📣 Watching #Defence Secretary John Healey's Commons statement on the #SDR and am intrigued by the announcement to increase to 76,000 Full-time Regulars in the #BritishArmy - interested to see what will be done to get there and how current personnel will be better supported in the process

With only two weeks to go, I’m really looking forward to taking part in the Future Maritime Leaders’ Simulation at the First Sea Lord’s Sea Power Conference 2025 🌊 Many thanks to the team at the @congeostrategy.bsky.social for the opportunity! #SPC2025

Excited to be back in Cambridge (thankfully not to do any assignments this time…) for the Centre for Military Women’s Research Conference at @angliaruskin.bsky.social 📚 The theme is military women’s health & well-being - a topic close to my heart & I’m really looking forward to the presentations 👏

🌊 I’m very excited to have been accepted into the @congeostrategy.bsky.social’s Maritime Leaders Programme, part of their #SeaPowerLaboratory! Yesterday was a great start to the programme feat. a panel on policymaking and a policy workshop on defence spending. Looking forward to the next session 📚

📣 Get those abstracts in! This is going to be a great opportunity to learn about successful publishing strategies in the field of War and Security Studies. We can't wait to hear from you and to see everyone at #BISA2025 in Belfast soon ⏰

@warstudieskcl.bsky.social @defenceresnet.bsky.social

Huge thanks to the Women's Inclusive Network DE&S for inviting me to speak as part of their #IWD programme! 👏

My talk 'Making Defence Work for Women' focused on topics like the importance of exploring policy versus practice & empathy as a moral & operational imperative 📣

@warstudieskcl.bsky.social

Perhaps, but you still have to crew a navy for the next 20 to 30 years, a period in which a lot can happen. And then the human burden doesn't necessarily disappear after you build a fleet of autonomous ships.
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Note to self: do not, I repeat, do NOT read newspaper comment sections late on a Friday afternoon.

Instead, remind oneself about events featuring important research on women in defence 👇
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@sarahloumiller.bsky.social @warstudieskcl.bsky.social

Great to be back @rusi.bsky.social for the annual RUSI-EDG Debate 🎤 Even better to get a bit of respite and watch this year rather than taking part!! Good luck to the teams 👏

@bisawarstudies.bsky.social announced their #BISA2025 keynote speaker!

Esteemed Professor Michael Cox will deliver a keynote titled ‘Belfast Days: Teaching War - Living Peace, 1972-1995’.

👉 www.bisa.ac.uk/news/bisa202...

@lseir.bsky.social @jamespattonrogers.bsky.social @patrickbury.bsky.social

"Gender equity isn't just a matter for a few passionate women to address. It's a matter of knowledge" - Frida Linehagen

I had a fantastic time chairing today's panel b/w Women in #Defence UK & Femme Defence on pursuing #genderequity across defence. Huge thanks to our panellists for their insights 👏

I'm really looking forward to chairing this session on Monday with Women in Defence UK & Femme Defence on how we can support gender equity across #defence 🤝 For more information and to register, check out the link below 👀 (code: WIDGUEST)

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/beyond-bor...

It's great to connect here with so many fantastic researchers!

A bit about me:

📚PhDing in War Studies
🧠Interested in military service, #ontosec & making service better for service personnel
🤝Volunteers w/ Women in Defence UK, @rusi.bsky.social NextGen, @mybisa.bsky.social War Studies & CWGC

Reporting for duty 🫡

Here’s a starter kit with PhD and ECR voices on all things strategic studies/ security studies, without a specific geographic scope.

I’m still building it, so if you know PhDs/ ECRs actively posting (or are one), tag them or drop me a line.

go.bsky.app/LZVjKTP

Amazing, thanks for setting this up Gesine!

After being obsessed with this subject for ages, to find my name listed here was such a fantastic surprise! If you're interested in #ontologicalsecurity and #insecurity, check out the starter pack below 👇