Florian Weigand
@weigand.bsky.social
Co-Director, Centre on Armed Groups I Research Associate, LSE & IHEID I ✏️📚: Waiting for Dignity (http://bit.ly/3DY2QhB) I Conflict & Transnational Crime I Handbook of Smuggling
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📢 Ep1 of S2 of #BeyondComplianceInConversation podcast out now - "Civilian Protection & the Legacies of the War in Afghanistan" #Afghanistan #Conflict #IHL
With hosts
@katharinefortin.bsky.social
&
@weigand.bsky.social
🎧 Listen on our website: bit.ly/48ng7Rx
Also on Spotify and ApplePodcasts.
With hosts
@katharinefortin.bsky.social
&
@weigand.bsky.social
🎧 Listen on our website: bit.ly/48ng7Rx
Also on Spotify and ApplePodcasts.
November 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM
📢 Ep1 of S2 of #BeyondComplianceInConversation podcast out now - "Civilian Protection & the Legacies of the War in Afghanistan" #Afghanistan #Conflict #IHL
With hosts
@katharinefortin.bsky.social
&
@weigand.bsky.social
🎧 Listen on our website: bit.ly/48ng7Rx
Also on Spotify and ApplePodcasts.
With hosts
@katharinefortin.bsky.social
&
@weigand.bsky.social
🎧 Listen on our website: bit.ly/48ng7Rx
Also on Spotify and ApplePodcasts.
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🙏 Help us shape the next season of the 𝗕𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲: 𝗜𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 podcast - complete our quick survey 👉 bit.ly/BCC-podcast-...
🎧 And in case you missed it, listen to Season 1 on our website: bit.ly/BCC-website-podcast
Also on Spotify and ApplePodcasts.
🎧 And in case you missed it, listen to Season 1 on our website: bit.ly/BCC-website-podcast
Also on Spotify and ApplePodcasts.
September 8, 2025 at 10:05 AM
🙏 Help us shape the next season of the 𝗕𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲: 𝗜𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 podcast - complete our quick survey 👉 bit.ly/BCC-podcast-...
🎧 And in case you missed it, listen to Season 1 on our website: bit.ly/BCC-website-podcast
Also on Spotify and ApplePodcasts.
🎧 And in case you missed it, listen to Season 1 on our website: bit.ly/BCC-website-podcast
Also on Spotify and ApplePodcasts.
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War is changing, and the law hasn't yet caught up.
Listen to my conversation with @katharinefortin.bsky.social @weigand.bsky.social and @peasantpedant.bsky.social about this and more:
Listen to my conversation with @katharinefortin.bsky.social @weigand.bsky.social and @peasantpedant.bsky.social about this and more:
📢 Ep12 of #BeyondComplianceInConversation podcast out now - "Civilian Agency in the Digital Realm" #Ukraine #DigitalRealm #ConflictDynamics #IHL
With hosts
@katharinefortin.bsky.social
&
@weigand.bsky.social
🎧 Listen on our website: bit.ly/4eQZ6RF
Also on Spotify and ApplePodcasts.
With hosts
@katharinefortin.bsky.social
&
@weigand.bsky.social
🎧 Listen on our website: bit.ly/4eQZ6RF
Also on Spotify and ApplePodcasts.
July 14, 2025 at 3:39 PM
War is changing, and the law hasn't yet caught up.
Listen to my conversation with @katharinefortin.bsky.social @weigand.bsky.social and @peasantpedant.bsky.social about this and more:
Listen to my conversation with @katharinefortin.bsky.social @weigand.bsky.social and @peasantpedant.bsky.social about this and more:
How are civilians in Ukraine exercising agency in the digital realm? And what are the consequences?
Find out more in a new episode of 'Beyond Compliance: In Conversation' (@katharinefortin.bsky.social) and listen to our two fantastic guests: @oonahathaway.bsky.social & @peasantpedant.bsky.social 👇
Find out more in a new episode of 'Beyond Compliance: In Conversation' (@katharinefortin.bsky.social) and listen to our two fantastic guests: @oonahathaway.bsky.social & @peasantpedant.bsky.social 👇
📢 Ep12 of #BeyondComplianceInConversation podcast out now - "Civilian Agency in the Digital Realm" #Ukraine #DigitalRealm #ConflictDynamics #IHL
With hosts
@katharinefortin.bsky.social
&
@weigand.bsky.social
🎧 Listen on our website: bit.ly/4eQZ6RF
Also on Spotify and ApplePodcasts.
With hosts
@katharinefortin.bsky.social
&
@weigand.bsky.social
🎧 Listen on our website: bit.ly/4eQZ6RF
Also on Spotify and ApplePodcasts.
July 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
How are civilians in Ukraine exercising agency in the digital realm? And what are the consequences?
Find out more in a new episode of 'Beyond Compliance: In Conversation' (@katharinefortin.bsky.social) and listen to our two fantastic guests: @oonahathaway.bsky.social & @peasantpedant.bsky.social 👇
Find out more in a new episode of 'Beyond Compliance: In Conversation' (@katharinefortin.bsky.social) and listen to our two fantastic guests: @oonahathaway.bsky.social & @peasantpedant.bsky.social 👇
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📢 Listen to Ep10 of #BeyondComplianceInConversation podcast- "Strengthening Civilian Protection" #IHL #SouthSudan #CivilianProtection
With hosts @katharinefortin.bsky.social & @weigand.bsky.social
🎧 Listen on our website: bit.ly/s1-ep10-podc...
Also on Spotify and ApplePodcasts.
With hosts @katharinefortin.bsky.social & @weigand.bsky.social
🎧 Listen on our website: bit.ly/s1-ep10-podc...
Also on Spotify and ApplePodcasts.
June 2, 2025 at 1:27 PM
📢 Listen to Ep10 of #BeyondComplianceInConversation podcast- "Strengthening Civilian Protection" #IHL #SouthSudan #CivilianProtection
With hosts @katharinefortin.bsky.social & @weigand.bsky.social
🎧 Listen on our website: bit.ly/s1-ep10-podc...
Also on Spotify and ApplePodcasts.
With hosts @katharinefortin.bsky.social & @weigand.bsky.social
🎧 Listen on our website: bit.ly/s1-ep10-podc...
Also on Spotify and ApplePodcasts.
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For those working on border governance:
Centre Experts @maxgallien.bsky.social, Shalaka Thakur & Co-Director @weigand.bsky.social offer a valuable analysis in @foreignpolicy.com on what border walls actually achieve - and what they don’t 👇
Centre Experts @maxgallien.bsky.social, Shalaka Thakur & Co-Director @weigand.bsky.social offer a valuable analysis in @foreignpolicy.com on what border walls actually achieve - and what they don’t 👇
Since the end of the Cold War, the number of border walls and fences around the world has sextupled. But do they actually work?
In this piece for @foreignpolicy.com, Shalaka Thakur, @weigand.bsky.social and I draw on our research and share some scepticism
foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/23/b...
In this piece for @foreignpolicy.com, Shalaka Thakur, @weigand.bsky.social and I draw on our research and share some scepticism
foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/23/b...
Do Good Fences Actually Make Good Neighbors?
The number of border walls worldwide has surged since the end of the Cold War.
foreignpolicy.com
May 28, 2025 at 8:52 AM
For those working on border governance:
Centre Experts @maxgallien.bsky.social, Shalaka Thakur & Co-Director @weigand.bsky.social offer a valuable analysis in @foreignpolicy.com on what border walls actually achieve - and what they don’t 👇
Centre Experts @maxgallien.bsky.social, Shalaka Thakur & Co-Director @weigand.bsky.social offer a valuable analysis in @foreignpolicy.com on what border walls actually achieve - and what they don’t 👇
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Since the end of the Cold War, the number of border walls and fences around the world has sextupled. But do they actually work?
In this piece for @foreignpolicy.com, Shalaka Thakur, @weigand.bsky.social and I draw on our research and share some scepticism
foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/23/b...
In this piece for @foreignpolicy.com, Shalaka Thakur, @weigand.bsky.social and I draw on our research and share some scepticism
foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/23/b...
Do Good Fences Actually Make Good Neighbors?
The number of border walls worldwide has surged since the end of the Cold War.
foreignpolicy.com
May 27, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Since the end of the Cold War, the number of border walls and fences around the world has sextupled. But do they actually work?
In this piece for @foreignpolicy.com, Shalaka Thakur, @weigand.bsky.social and I draw on our research and share some scepticism
foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/23/b...
In this piece for @foreignpolicy.com, Shalaka Thakur, @weigand.bsky.social and I draw on our research and share some scepticism
foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/23/b...
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Myanmar’s People’s Defence Forces rely on much more than donations.
Our latest report offers a rare and detailed look at how #PDFs are raising funds through taxes, resource sales and more. Find out what is working and what challenges lie ahead:
www.armedgroupscentre.org/reports-and-...
Our latest report offers a rare and detailed look at how #PDFs are raising funds through taxes, resource sales and more. Find out what is working and what challenges lie ahead:
www.armedgroupscentre.org/reports-and-...
Centre on Armed Groups — Funding the People's Defense Forces in Myanmar
This report examines how Myanmar’s anti-coup resistance movement is being financed, offering a comprehensive analysis of how the People’s Defence Forces (PDFs) sustain themselves economically. D...
www.armedgroupscentre.org
May 22, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Myanmar’s People’s Defence Forces rely on much more than donations.
Our latest report offers a rare and detailed look at how #PDFs are raising funds through taxes, resource sales and more. Find out what is working and what challenges lie ahead:
www.armedgroupscentre.org/reports-and-...
Our latest report offers a rare and detailed look at how #PDFs are raising funds through taxes, resource sales and more. Find out what is working and what challenges lie ahead:
www.armedgroupscentre.org/reports-and-...
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We work where few can. Now it’s easier to see how.
Explore our newly updated site for real-world research, practical tools, and global insight on armed groups.
www.armedgroupscentre.org
Explore our newly updated site for real-world research, practical tools, and global insight on armed groups.
www.armedgroupscentre.org
Centre on Armed Groups
The Centre on Armed Groups supports efforts to reduce violence and end armed conflict. We do this through conducting innovative research, creating safe spaces for dialogue, and providing advice.
www.armedgroupscentre.org
May 20, 2025 at 1:33 PM
We work where few can. Now it’s easier to see how.
Explore our newly updated site for real-world research, practical tools, and global insight on armed groups.
www.armedgroupscentre.org
Explore our newly updated site for real-world research, practical tools, and global insight on armed groups.
www.armedgroupscentre.org
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How do ordinary people navigate relationships with competing authorities during armed conflict? Read the new JOGSS article to discover how civilians in Myanmar use different forms of Bourdieu’s capital to exercise agency and engage with armed actors.
🔗 Open access: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
🔗 Open access: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
May 1, 2025 at 8:34 AM
How do ordinary people navigate relationships with competing authorities during armed conflict? Read the new JOGSS article to discover how civilians in Myanmar use different forms of Bourdieu’s capital to exercise agency and engage with armed actors.
🔗 Open access: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
🔗 Open access: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
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We have made a starter pack for people working on/ interested in armed groups, civil war scholarship, armed groups and international law and non-international armed conflicts. Please join! go.bsky.app/24KvoKz
April 10, 2025 at 11:44 AM
We have made a starter pack for people working on/ interested in armed groups, civil war scholarship, armed groups and international law and non-international armed conflicts. Please join! go.bsky.app/24KvoKz
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📢 Ep9 of #BeyondComplianceInConversation podcast out now - "Gender & Civilian Agency" #Women #India #ManipurState #ConflictDynamics #IHL
With hosts @katharinefortin.bsky.social & @weigand.bsky.social
🎧 Listen on our website: bit.ly/s1-ep9-podcast
Also on Spotify and ApplePodcasts.
With hosts @katharinefortin.bsky.social & @weigand.bsky.social
🎧 Listen on our website: bit.ly/s1-ep9-podcast
Also on Spotify and ApplePodcasts.
April 4, 2025 at 5:04 PM
📢 Ep9 of #BeyondComplianceInConversation podcast out now - "Gender & Civilian Agency" #Women #India #ManipurState #ConflictDynamics #IHL
With hosts @katharinefortin.bsky.social & @weigand.bsky.social
🎧 Listen on our website: bit.ly/s1-ep9-podcast
Also on Spotify and ApplePodcasts.
With hosts @katharinefortin.bsky.social & @weigand.bsky.social
🎧 Listen on our website: bit.ly/s1-ep9-podcast
Also on Spotify and ApplePodcasts.
Much food for thought after a productive workshop on armed group taxation at @unu-wider.bsky.social with a fantastic crowd, @apvjustino.bsky.social, @maxgallien.bsky.social, @ashleyajackson.bsky.social, @tbandulairwin.bsky.social, @yguichaoua.bsky.social, @jessietrudeau.bsky.social and many more.
Spent the last two days in deep conversation about tax and conflict with this brilliant group in Helsinki, @unu-wider.bsky.social. More on our meeting and work here! www.wider.unu.edu/event/tax-co...
March 30, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Much food for thought after a productive workshop on armed group taxation at @unu-wider.bsky.social with a fantastic crowd, @apvjustino.bsky.social, @maxgallien.bsky.social, @ashleyajackson.bsky.social, @tbandulairwin.bsky.social, @yguichaoua.bsky.social, @jessietrudeau.bsky.social and many more.
Had the privilege to review @maxgallien.bsky.social's absolutely fantastic new book 'Smugglers and States: Negotiating the Maghreb at Its Margins' @columbiaup.bsky.social. Please contact me if you can't access the review - or, simply, just get his book: doi.org/10.1111/deve...
Smugglers and States: Negotiating the Maghreb at Its Margins by Max Gallien, New York, NY, Columbia University Press, 2024, xiv + 346 pp.
Click on the article title to read more.
doi.org
March 28, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Had the privilege to review @maxgallien.bsky.social's absolutely fantastic new book 'Smugglers and States: Negotiating the Maghreb at Its Margins' @columbiaup.bsky.social. Please contact me if you can't access the review - or, simply, just get his book: doi.org/10.1111/deve...
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M23’s resurgence is just one piece of a much larger regional crisis.
Centre Fellow @ethuin.bsky.social explains the dynamics at play in the #EasternCongo in our latest rapid insight piece: www.armedgroupscentre.org/m23drc-vogel
Centre Fellow @ethuin.bsky.social explains the dynamics at play in the #EasternCongo in our latest rapid insight piece: www.armedgroupscentre.org/m23drc-vogel
Centre on Armed Groups — The M23 crisis in the DRC
www.armedgroupscentre.org
February 9, 2025 at 12:52 PM
M23’s resurgence is just one piece of a much larger regional crisis.
Centre Fellow @ethuin.bsky.social explains the dynamics at play in the #EasternCongo in our latest rapid insight piece: www.armedgroupscentre.org/m23drc-vogel
Centre Fellow @ethuin.bsky.social explains the dynamics at play in the #EasternCongo in our latest rapid insight piece: www.armedgroupscentre.org/m23drc-vogel
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‼️ Hiring ‼️
Two (!) positions in my group at @ipz.bsky.social in Zurich
📣 1 postdoc position (3+3 years)
📣 1 PhD position (3,5 years)
Application deadline in early March.
Job ads & details:
tinyurl.com/3p6yhptk
We are an international and friendly department with excellent working conditions
Two (!) positions in my group at @ipz.bsky.social in Zurich
📣 1 postdoc position (3+3 years)
📣 1 PhD position (3,5 years)
Application deadline in early March.
Job ads & details:
tinyurl.com/3p6yhptk
We are an international and friendly department with excellent working conditions
January 21, 2025 at 9:46 AM
‼️ Hiring ‼️
Two (!) positions in my group at @ipz.bsky.social in Zurich
📣 1 postdoc position (3+3 years)
📣 1 PhD position (3,5 years)
Application deadline in early March.
Job ads & details:
tinyurl.com/3p6yhptk
We are an international and friendly department with excellent working conditions
Two (!) positions in my group at @ipz.bsky.social in Zurich
📣 1 postdoc position (3+3 years)
📣 1 PhD position (3,5 years)
Application deadline in early March.
Job ads & details:
tinyurl.com/3p6yhptk
We are an international and friendly department with excellent working conditions
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Putting together an #Afghanistan scholars starter pack! Please join in go.bsky.app/N4wTQqc
December 3, 2024 at 7:58 AM
Putting together an #Afghanistan scholars starter pack! Please join in go.bsky.app/N4wTQqc
Always worth attending the CRS Annual Conference - and this time it's on legitimacy! 👇
🚨 Don’t miss your chance to present at the CRS Annual Conference 2025!
📍 Location: University of Kent
🗓️ Dates: 17-19 September 2025
🖋️ Deadline: Submit abstracts by 31 January 2025
Take part in shaping the future of peace and conflict research!
📍 Location: University of Kent
🗓️ Dates: 17-19 September 2025
🖋️ Deadline: Submit abstracts by 31 January 2025
Take part in shaping the future of peace and conflict research!
December 3, 2024 at 8:21 AM
Always worth attending the CRS Annual Conference - and this time it's on legitimacy! 👇
In case you'd like to get Waiting for Dignity: Legitimacy and Authority in Afghanistan (shorturl.at/BUnBd) or any of the other fantastic @columbiaup.bsky.social books for at least 50% off, today is your day 👇
December 2, 2024 at 12:17 PM
In case you'd like to get Waiting for Dignity: Legitimacy and Authority in Afghanistan (shorturl.at/BUnBd) or any of the other fantastic @columbiaup.bsky.social books for at least 50% off, today is your day 👇
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I had good fun talking about civilian agency and everyday peace during conflict with Kieran Mcevoy Katharine Fortin and @weigand.bsky.social
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S1 EP7: Victimhood & Everyday Peace
Beyond Compliance: In Conversation · Episode
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December 2, 2024 at 8:03 AM
I had good fun talking about civilian agency and everyday peace during conflict with Kieran Mcevoy Katharine Fortin and @weigand.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/3J4B...
and
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
open.spotify.com/episode/3J4B...
and
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
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Explore the knowledge and expertise behind our work. This #StarterPack brings you closer to the Centre’s Experts, offering ongoing insights on conflict, armed groups, and peacebuilding from across the globe
go.bsky.app/UkyRJUS
go.bsky.app/UkyRJUS
December 1, 2024 at 7:43 AM
Explore the knowledge and expertise behind our work. This #StarterPack brings you closer to the Centre’s Experts, offering ongoing insights on conflict, armed groups, and peacebuilding from across the globe
go.bsky.app/UkyRJUS
go.bsky.app/UkyRJUS
What role did civilians play during the conflict and peace process in Northern Ireland? A fascinating conversation with Kieran McEvoy & @rogermacginty.bsky.social in a new episode of our Beyond Compliance podcast (@katharinefortin.bsky.social, @armedgroups.bsky.social): shorturl.at/CjrpC
S1 EP7: Victimhood & Everyday Peace - Beyond Compliance: In Conversation
What role did civilians play during the conflict and peace process in Northern Ireland? How does agency relate to victimhood and transitional justice? And how can people contribute to ‘everyday’ peace...
beyond-compliance-in-conversation.buzzsprout.com
November 30, 2024 at 9:41 AM
What role did civilians play during the conflict and peace process in Northern Ireland? A fascinating conversation with Kieran McEvoy & @rogermacginty.bsky.social in a new episode of our Beyond Compliance podcast (@katharinefortin.bsky.social, @armedgroups.bsky.social): shorturl.at/CjrpC
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Thanks @katharinefortin.bsky.social @weigand.bsky.social & @justin-schon.bsky.social for including me in this discussion of civilian agency, decision-making, and displacement dynamics during armed conflict for the Beyond Compliance Consortium: beyond-compliance-consortium.org/s1-ep5-decis...
November 11, 2024 at 10:44 PM
Thanks @katharinefortin.bsky.social @weigand.bsky.social & @justin-schon.bsky.social for including me in this discussion of civilian agency, decision-making, and displacement dynamics during armed conflict for the Beyond Compliance Consortium: beyond-compliance-consortium.org/s1-ep5-decis...
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Back from a vacation, so now I will belatedly share this podcast episode that I participated in with @mararevkin.bsky.social , @weigand.bsky.social , and @katharinefortin.bsky.social on civilian agency and decision-making during armed conflict. Thanks for including me!
Thanks @katharinefortin.bsky.social @weigand.bsky.social & @justin-schon.bsky.social for including me in this discussion of civilian agency, decision-making, and displacement dynamics during armed conflict for the Beyond Compliance Consortium: beyond-compliance-consortium.org/s1-ep5-decis...
November 18, 2024 at 5:03 AM
Back from a vacation, so now I will belatedly share this podcast episode that I participated in with @mararevkin.bsky.social , @weigand.bsky.social , and @katharinefortin.bsky.social on civilian agency and decision-making during armed conflict. Thanks for including me!