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Matthias Leese @matthiasleese.bsky.social · 14d

It's page-proof time 💥

Looking very much forward to the publication of the latest paper from the @curateproject.bsky.social in @estsjournal.bsky.social ❤️

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Journal of International Relations and Development @jird-jour.bsky.social · 22d

🤖 How does JIRD approach the issue of AI and academic publishing? 🤖

👉 In their editorial, @matthiasleese.bsky.social & @ajdah.bsky.social explicate our AI policy and call on all authors and reviewers to make use of AI tools sensibly and responsibly.

📄 Read it here: rdcu.be/eGCFt

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Matthias Leese @matthiasleese.bsky.social · 22d

At @jird-jour.bsky.social, we have implemented a new AI policy that clarifies what is allowed and what is not. In the latest editorial, @ajdah.bsky.social and I introduce this policy, discuss what is at stake, and explicate our rationale as editors.

Read it as open access here: lnkd.in/eB-p4GNB

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Matthias Leese @matthiasleese.bsky.social · Aug 8

For the annual team hike of the ETH Zurich Technology and Governance research group, this year we tackled the famous five lakes route at Pizol.

And after two years of bad weather luck, this time we caught a magnificent day ☀️

I believe it's safe to say that the entire team had fun 😊

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Matthias Leese @matthiasleese.bsky.social · Aug 6

congratulations!

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Matthias Leese @matthiasleese.bsky.social · Jul 3

As editors-in-chief, @dagmarvorlicek.bsky.social and I are extremely proud that @jird-jour.bsky.social is now for the first time ever ranked in Q1 of International Relations journals 💥

Clearly, we owe this to our predecessors, as we only took over in January 2025 - but good news is good news ❤️

Journal of International Relations and Development @jird-jour.bsky.social · Jun 23

Thinking about publishing with JIRD? Now you have all the more reason to do so!

According to this year’s Journal Citation Reports, we are
🏆 in Q1
🏆 with an Impact Factor of 2.5,
🏆 ranking 28th out of 169 in International Relations.

📄 👉 Submit your article with us here: shorturl.at/GdAUM

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Matthias Leese @matthiasleese.bsky.social · Jul 3

@europeanisa.bsky.social PEC 2025 program is out: c-in.floq.live/event/eisape...

It's going to be a couple of super intense, fun, and presumably veeeeeery hot days in Bologna - looking forward to seeing everyone and catching up 👌

c-in.floq.live

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Matthias Leese @matthiasleese.bsky.social · Jun 26

🚨Publication alert🚨

We compare national quantum technology governance strategies with expert insights, showing that while both emphasize innovation and infrastructure, national frameworks underplay critical ethical, societal, and security concerns.

Full OA: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Matthias Leese @matthiasleese.bsky.social · Jun 26

from an editorial perspective, there are a few scenarios to explain this admittedly shitty experience: maybe there was a change in the editorial team? maybe the other paper had in fact been sitting in the pipeline for an extended time? maybe a different editor gave the desk reject?

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Matthias Leese @matthiasleese.bsky.social · Jun 20

Thanks to all of our colleagues who showed so much support for @jird-jour.bsky.social by agreeing to join the International Advisory Board ❤️

Journal of International Relations and Development @jird-jour.bsky.social · May 22

We are thrilled to announce updates to our International Advisory Board!

Its members will support us in promoting JIRD as a relevant forum for scholarship on global politics and development while maintaining our regional roots.

You can find a complete list of the board here: tinyurl.com/mpwcjj5u

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Matthias Leese @matthiasleese.bsky.social · Jun 12

@fhofmann.bsky.social, Sophie Bettex, @marcschuilenburg.bsky.social, Mareile Kaufmann, Vasilis Argyriou, Fredrik Schade

on picture duty: Mattéo Bard

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Matthias Leese @matthiasleese.bsky.social · Jun 12

couldn't have asked for a smarter and nicer group of humans - thanks to everyone for coming zu Zurich and sharing your work!

w/ Bernd Kasparek, Stefanie Büchner, Stefania Milan, @nannathylstrup.bsky.social, @robkitchin.bsky.social, @heimstaedt.bsky.social, Margo Boenig-Liptsin, @ikkibop.bsky.social

CURATE Project @curateproject.bsky.social · Jun 12

The CURATE team is meeting up with an amazing group of interdisciplinary scholars in Zurich for a two-day workshop to reflect on human-data interactions.

The weather and the view are on our side - and so are the draft papers 😍

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Sarah Mühlbacher @samuehlbach.bsky.social · Jun 10

Open call for a Full Professorship (W3) for Sociology with a Focus on Theoretical Sociology and Epistemology; key areas: materialist theory in the line of the Frankfurt School and/or global critical theories

@goetheuni.bsky.social, Germany

Deadline: 11 July 2025

berufungsportal.uni-frankfurt.de

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Matthias Leese @matthiasleese.bsky.social · Jun 3

@kawezel.bsky.social @delfrothe.bsky.social @jkleinschmidt.bsky.social

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Matthias Leese @matthiasleese.bsky.social · Jun 3

👉Deadline reminder!

Submit your abstracts for the annual @dvpw.bsky.social critical security studies section conference by 7 June at the latest.

Link to the official CfP: www.dvpw.de/fileadmin/us...

We are looking forward to your proposals and please share widely - thanks!

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Fabian Hofmann (he/him) @fhofmann.bsky.social · Jun 2

Excited to embark on this relaunch alongside @francakappes.bsky.social , Victoria Motta, and Carolina Futuro!

Shout-out to @matthiasleese.bsky.social , Klaus Dingwerth, and Lucile Maertens, who first established the #DoingIPS network in 🇨🇭

👉 Call for Participation: forms.gle/6aMrVN8pHVVw...

DoingIPS Switzerland @ipsswitzerland.bsky.social · May 26

We are thrilled to announce the revival of the Swiss chapter of @doingips.bsky.social‬!

Doing IPS Switzerland will host various activities, such as an annual transnational symposium and biannual PhD workshops.

👉 If you are interested in participating, please register here forms.gle/6aMrVN8pHVVw...

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Matthias Leese @matthiasleese.bsky.social · May 26

more good stuff coming our way from @josipovicivo.bsky.social

Ivan Josipovic @josipovicivo.bsky.social · May 26

Out now! My latest article in JEMS @tandfresearch.bsky.social Special thanks to @matthiasleese.bsky.social and @ethz.ch for hosting me during my fieldwork phase in 2023

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Matthias Leese @matthiasleese.bsky.social · May 26

fantastic, congrats @josipovicivo.bsky.social 🥳

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Matthias Leese @matthiasleese.bsky.social · May 21

new issue of JIRD coming up ❤️

Journal of International Relations and Development @jird-jour.bsky.social · May 19

Pssst! 🤫👋

Curious about the topics that JIRD’s June Issue will cover?

🔎 We offer you a sneak peek into our article production with a first view of the upcoming cover page. Stay tuned for more…

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Juliette Davret @juliettedavret.bsky.social · May 19

Curious about how planning systems are moving from paper to digital? Our new article charts 25 years of digital transformation in the Irish planning ecosystem, revealing how visioning, scaffolding and politics shape technology adoption.
See: doi.org/10.1016/j.di...

Redirecting

doi.org

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Matthias Leese @matthiasleese.bsky.social · May 16

there's a lot of talk about the potential use of AI in border and migration management

in this report, @laurajung.bsky.social & @abendsommer.bsky.social carefully and critically take stock of what is actually possible/going on and with what consequences

👇
tinyurl.com/59ts8b2m

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Matthias Leese @matthiasleese.bsky.social · May 15

in less diplomatic terms: we as editors have been fighting an uphill battle against a global corporation to get their shit together🤦‍♂️

this has been extremely frustrating, but we remain optimistic that things will change for the better soon...

Journal of International Relations and Development @jird-jour.bsky.social · May 15

🚨 JIRD is aware of the problems with the new submission system, and we are doing everything possible to resolve them.

⌛ We are currently waiting for Springer to fix the issues with their platform.

➡️ Our sincere apologies, and please don’t let this deter you from submitting your work to us!

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Matthias Leese @matthiasleese.bsky.social · May 12

we all fail rather frequently in different aspects of academic work - but we rarely talk about it

check out this🔥@ispjournal.bsky.social forum on understanding, reflecting, and coping with failure

@meibauir.bsky.social @ncrenic.bsky.social @jrodehaun.bsky.social

academic.oup.com/isp/article/...

Forum: Dead-Ends, Disasters, Delays? Reflecting on Research Failure in International Studies and Ways to Avoid It

Abstract. This forum urges international relations (IR) practitioners to rethink the nature of both failure and success, and their own responsibility in bu

academic.oup.com

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Matthias Leese @matthiasleese.bsky.social · May 9

Platforms, silos, interoperability - what's the deal with these database buzzwords?

Check out this🔥new paper by @matthewarcher.bsky.social @louravn.bsky.social and @nannathylstrup.bsky.social

journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

The political economy of platformed silos: Theorizing data storage reconfigurations in the age of interoperability capitalism - Matthew Archer, Louis Ravn, Nanna Bonde Thylstrup, 2025

Interoperability has become a prominent topic in contemporary discourses around digital infrastructures in fields as diverse as security, finance, health, and c...

journals.sagepub.com

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Matthias Leese @matthiasleese.bsky.social · May 7

15% plagiarism is fine - predatory publishing emails hit differently 😅

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