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Lucrecia Garcia Iommi @lucreciagiommi.bsky.social · Aug 6

This Serrat song based on the words of the poet Antonio Machado meant the world to me in difficult times- good luck tomorrow! youtu.be/xCCfFvRkQlg?...

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YouTube video by Rebeca Villa

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Antje Wiener @antjewiener.bsky.social · Jul 25

🥁🥁 New preprint on ‚Deep Contestation‘ 👇🏻👇🏻

Wiener, Antje, Dealing with Sources, Substance and Effects of Deep Contestation: Quod Omnes Tangit as a Heuristic (May 31, 2025). Available at SSRN: ssrn.com/abstract=536... or dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...

Dealing with Sources, Substance and Effects of Deep Contestation: Quod Omnes Tangit as a Heuristic

As we grapple with sources and dynamics of deep contestation this chapter turns to the Liberal International Order's (LIO) capacity to warrant institutions for

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Nina Reiners @ninareiners.bsky.social · Jul 21

✨ Our forum “Challenges and Opportunities for Transnational Advocacy” is out #openaccess in International Studies Review ✨

👓: academic.oup.com/isr/article/...

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Journal Article
Challenges and Opportunities for Transnational Advocacy Open Access
Nina Hall , Nina Reiners , Soumita Basu , Suparna Chaudhry , Laura Henry , Peace A Medie , Lisa Mcintosh Sundstrom , Andrea Vilán , Kelebogile Zvobgo
International Studies Review, Volume 27, Issue 3, September 2025, viaf015, https://doi.org/10.1093/isr/viaf015

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newenglandada.adata.org @newenglandada.adata.org · Jul 16

Meet Tripp, a senior at Fairfield University studying Political Science and someone with cerebral palsy. Learn about how he talks with a speech disability, best communication practices, and how the ADA can help him navigate school and work environments. Call: 1-800-949-4232 Web: newenglandada.org.

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Lucrecia Garcia Iommi @lucreciagiommi.bsky.social · Jul 5

Hi! Many great books out there but from the top of my mind two "recent" books that helped me understand global governance, specifically in areas I'm interested in, are Sulivan's The Law of the List and Clements' The Justice Factory

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Lucrecia Garcia Iommi @lucreciagiommi.bsky.social · Jul 3

I had the pleasure to review The Justice Factory: Management practices at the ICC (academic.oup.com/ia/article-a...) for IA (@iajournal.bsky.social). Richard ‪Clements' (@riclements.bsky.social‬) pathbreaking book is a must read for those interested in the ICC and global governance more generally .

The justice factory: management practices at the International Criminal Court

In The justice factory, Richard Clements explores the relationship between global justice and management discourses that permeate the International Crimina

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Antje Wiener @antjewiener.bsky.social · Jun 26

Isn‘t this beautiful?
Something to look forward to a& put to use later this year.
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Lucrecia Garcia Iommi @lucreciagiommi.bsky.social · May 14

I tried to calibrate my enthusiasm. Really. It is just a TV show. But I couldn’t.
Best Star Wars content since Empire Strikes back. Can’t wait for the pod!

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Phil Orchard @philorchard.bsky.social · May 7

The Oxford Handbook on Norm Research in International Relations, edited by @sassangholiagha.bsky.social, @antjewiener.bsky.social, and myself, now has a webpage (and a cover!) and will be out in November.

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Lucrecia Garcia Iommi @lucreciagiommi.bsky.social · May 2

Very excited to see this volume out. I was fortunate to contribute with a chapter on norm withdrawal as a type of contestation in a context norm collisions. Thank you,
@flavialucenti.bsky.social‬, C. Ducci, @carmenwunderlich.bsky.social
& J. Lantis for all your work as editors.

Flavia Lucenti, PhD @flavialucenti.bsky.social · May 2

We're thrilled to announce the release of our edited volume, "Contestation in Prism: The Evolution of Norms and Norm Clusters in Contemporary Global Politics".
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Contestation in Prism

This volume analyzes the complex dynamics of international norm contestation and explores how norms adapt and withstand challenges in different settings.

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Flavia Lucenti, PhD @flavialucenti.bsky.social · May 2

Chapter 8 – @lucreciagiommi.bsky.social discusses norm withdrawal describing it as a type of contestation that leads states to prioritise certain norms over others. Norm clusters can mitigate the negative impact of norm withdrawal on the contested norms, but also amplify contestation 9/

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Flavia Lucenti, PhD @flavialucenti.bsky.social · May 2

We're thrilled to announce the release of our edited volume, "Contestation in Prism: The Evolution of Norms and Norm Clusters in Contemporary Global Politics".
👉 link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Contestation in Prism

This volume analyzes the complex dynamics of international norm contestation and explores how norms adapt and withstand challenges in different settings.

link.springer.com

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Global Constitutionalism @globcon.bsky.social · Mar 19

📢 On First View 'The Taliban, Afghan constitutionalism and modern Islamic law states: renegotiating the balance of religious and secular law' by Emilia Justyna Powell and Josh Paldino

The Taliban, Afghan constitutionalism and modern Islamic law states: renegotiating the balance of religious and secular law | Global Constitutionalism | Cambridge Core

The Taliban, Afghan constitutionalism and modern Islamic law states: renegotiating the balance of religious and secular law

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · Feb 22

Brilliant front page

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Simon Frankel Pratt @simonpratt.bsky.social · Jan 23

Excited to see that my article with Mark Shirk, 'Immunity Outsourcing in Atlantic Conquest and Extraction', is now available in Security Studies. We introduce a eco-centric view of security to explain the emergence of anti-piracy norms. Summary to follow 1/4 Link: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Immunity Outsourcing in Atlantic Conquest and Extraction

Disease was an important part of the creation and eventual decline of piracy in ways significant to the broader process of imperial conquest and extraction. By contracting military tasks to private...

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Lucrecia Garcia Iommi @lucreciagiommi.bsky.social · Jan 9

My department is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in political theory with expertise in critical theory. Come work with us!
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Assistant Professor, Political Theory

Job Description: The Department of Politics at the College of Arts and Sciences at Fairfield University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in political theory with expertise i...

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Lucrecia Garcia Iommi @lucreciagiommi.bsky.social · Jan 9

In the reading list!
Many paths of change in international law academic.oup.com/ia/article-a...

The many paths of change in international law

Understanding change in international law requires more interdisciplinary efforts, and this book offers a roadmap for scholars interested in this pursuit.

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Ethan “Spooky Docket Entry🧙‍♂️” Jacobs 🇺🇦 @ejacobslaw.com · Jan 8

LA fires are a good reminder that the only difference between me and any refugee is luck.

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Jelena Subotic @jelenasubotic.bsky.social · Dec 5

I'm on the committee of APSA International Relations Theory section Nuno P. Monteiro Best Dissertation Award. Dissertations submitted in the last 2 calendar years are eligible. Nominations due 3/31/25.
More information here: www.apsanet.org/section53 Submit away!

Section53 - American Political Science Association (APSA)

International Relations Theory (Section 53) The purpose of this section is to promote scholarship, mentoring, and teaching in International Relations

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Lucrecia Garcia Iommi @lucreciagiommi.bsky.social · Nov 21

In addition to its impact on the current situation, this decision has the potential to transform the delegitimizing narrative around the ICC and its work. Surveying reactions now with particular interest in the global south.

www.nytimes.com/live/2024/11...

ICC Issues Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant: Israel-Hamas War Live Updates

The International Criminal Court rejected Israel’s challenges to its jurisdiction, and also issued a warrant for a top Hamas official. Its chief prosecutor had sought the arrests for war crimes in Gaz...

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Lucrecia Garcia Iommi @lucreciagiommi.bsky.social · Nov 4

Thrilled to have reviewed 2 remarkable new contributions to the study of norm contestation for @IAJournal_CH Contesting the world and International norm disputes academic.oup.com/ia/article-a...

International norm disputes: the link between contestation and norm robustness, Contesting the world: norm research in theory and practice

In the past 20 years, scholars of norms within International Relations (IR) have observed the prevalence of conflict over convergence regarding norms, thei

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Lucrecia Garcia Iommi @lucreciagiommi.bsky.social · Mar 7

Happy to share my review of @gadinsky.bsky.social and Jan Aart Scholte's excellent edited volume "Polycentrism: how governing works today" for @IAJournal_CH If you are interested in an interdisciplinary approach to global governance, I highly recommend it. academic.oup.com/ia/article/1...

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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · Feb 28

I don’t think Americans are as hostile to immigration as recent polling suggests, but I also don’t think Americans appreciate just how much the U.S. economy has benefited from the recent influx of immigrants. Welcome to the hill I’ll die on. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/the-politi...

The Politics and Policy of Immigration Redux

Let's talk about another poll and another story about immigration!

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Duck of Minerva @duckofminerva.bsky.social · Jan 16

International relations scholars. If you have something to say, want to do an explainer, what have you, we are open for guest submissions. www.duckofminerva.com/contribute

Contribute

Visit the post for more.

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APSA @apsa.bsky.social · Nov 27

Please share and apply to the APSA Ralph Bunche Summer Institute, an annual, intensive 5-wk program designed to introduce the world of doctoral study in political science to undergrad students from under-represented racial and ethnic groups. Deadline: Jan. 22
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Apply to the APSA Ralph Bunche Summer Institute (RBSI), an annual, intensive 5-wk program designed to introduce the world of doctoral study in political science to undergrad students from under-represented racial and ethnic groups.

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