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Max Lesch @maxlesch.bsky.social · 19d

Thank you, Adam! Will do :)

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Adam Kochanski @adamkochanski.bsky.social · 20d

Hun Joon Kim (Korea University) and I are co-editing a special of Journal of Contemporary East Asian Studies on "#NormContestation and the Politics of #TransitionalJustice in East and Southeast Asia." Please send us your 250-word abstract by Oct 15. CfP below 👇https://www.adamkochanski.com/jceas-cfp

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Max Lesch @maxlesch.bsky.social · 20d

Thank you, Mathis!

Max Lesch @maxlesch.bsky.social · 20d

This week, I’ve started a new position as Assistant Professor at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs. I’m excited to open this new chapter at @unileiden.bsky.social !

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CWS - Center for War Studies @cwswarstudies.bsky.social · Aug 22

📣NEW: "Right(s) practice: normative competence negotiation in the struggles over human rights protection in AMISOM" by our colleague @chiara-defranco.bsky.social & Linnéa Gelot just published in Journal of International Relations and Development
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Right(s) practice: normative competence negotiation in the struggles over human rights protection in AMISOM - Journal of International Relations and Development

This article examines the interplay of power and norm contestation in the AU–EU strategic partnership, focusing on struggles over human rights protection in the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISO...

link.springer.com

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Max Lesch @maxlesch.bsky.social · Aug 26

Very much looking forward to #EISAPEC25 and our standing section ‘International Practices’ organized together with @profbode.bsky.social
Come and join us for nine wonderful panels and roundtables—all happening at Palazzo Hercolani! 🏛️👇

@europeanisa.bsky.social

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Siena Anstis @sanstis.bsky.social · Jul 3

This looks like a great opportunity to work with @ninareiners.bsky.social 🎓. Being a PhD student at UiO (at least in my experience...so far!) equals an exceptional work/life balance, interesting work, committed colleagues, and snow & lakes nearby -- a pretty unique balance in academia these days.

Two PhD fellow positions in ERC-project “Private Law Firms as Transnational Advocates (PROBONO)"  (283702) | University of Oslo

Job title: Two PhD fellow positions in ERC-project “Private Law Firms as Transnational Advocates (PROBONO)"  (283702), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, September 15, 2025

www.jobbnorge.no

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Nele Kortendiek @nkortendiek.bsky.social · May 22

Very happy to have had the opportunity to write this short blog about my book 📖

Can IOs govern without proper mandates and policies? The answer is yes! Check it out below 👇🏽

Nele Kortendiek @nkortendiek.bsky.social · May 15

multilateralism.sipa.columbia.edu/news/migrati...

Migration and Asylum: Can International Organizations Govern Without Proper Mandates and Policies? | International Organization and United Nations Studies Specialization (IOUNS)

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Julia Emtseva @jemtseva.bsky.social · May 21

The workshop is over, everyone is relieved and hopefully regenerated. It was so nice to see everyone doing a great job, with so many interesting projects! It was a pleasure and privilege to host you and learn from all of you! And here are some more pics

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Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · May 21

Meeting friends and heroes at the EUI workshop “Shifting Powers, Shifting Roles:
The Present and Future of International Institutions”.

Brilliant keynote discussions by @monicahakimi.bsky.social, Tony Anghie, @sarahnou.bsky.social.

Also a great setting to discuss de-dollarisation and int’l law!

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Anastasia Prokhorova @anaprokhorov.bsky.social · May 20

Kudos to @jemtseva.bsky.social, @maxlesch.bsky.social and others at @eui-eu.bsky.social for organizing this fantastic interdisciplinary workshop on the present and future of int’l institutions & bringing together critical legal and IR scholars.

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Nina Reiners @ninareiners.bsky.social · May 12

Looking forward to #ESIL2025 in ✨Berlin✨ and to chairing Agora 5: Actors of Reconstruction!

11-13 September 2025
www.esil2025.de

Panel programme ESIL2025

Chair: Associate Professor Nina Reiners, University of Oslo

Speakers:
Dr. Klara Polackova van der Ploeg, University of Nottingham, “Reconceptualizing Legal
Personality for Normative Inclusion: Conduct-based International Law”

Dr. Elsa Tsioumani, University of Liege, Dr. Bartek Goldmann, University of Trento, and
Professor Louisa Parks, University of Trento, “On the Reconstruction of International
Environmental Law: Indigenous Peoples in the Convention on Biological Diversity”

Taylor Kate Woodcock, TMC Asser Institute, The Hague, “Arguing AI: Big Tech and Legal
Reasoning in the Military Domain"

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Nina Reiners @ninareiners.bsky.social · Apr 29

✨ Finally out - thanks to Maryam and Sigrid! Great pleasure to be part of this collaborative project and see the edited volume "A Relational Approach to NGOs in Global Politics: Beyond Cooperation and Competition" available open access ✨

My chapter: academic.oup.com/book/59913/c...

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Juanita Uribe @uribejuanita.bsky.social · Apr 18

Great to see this volume out! Grateful to have contributed a chapter, and many thanks to the editors Negar Mansouri & Daniel R. Quiroga Villamarin @drqv.bsky.social for bringing it all together.

www.cambridge.org/core/books/w...

Ways of Seeing International Organisations

Cambridge Core - Public International Law - Ways of Seeing International Organisations

www.cambridge.org

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Holger Niemann @holgerniemann.bsky.social · Apr 11

Thrilled to announce that @gadinsky.bsky.social and I have an article out that deals with all your questions about normativity, practices, ordering, and global protest (though it may not answer them all). We hope you'll find it interesting, so let us know what you think! 👇

Review of International Studies @risjnl.bsky.social · Apr 10

🚨New First View Article🚨

"‘Normativity in practice: Ordering through enactment, learning, and contestation in global protests " by Frank Gadinger and Holger Niemann is now available #OpenAccess!

📄 ➡️ buff.ly/cZUCe3B

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Frank Gadinger @gadinsky.bsky.social · Apr 12

Very happy to see this published 😁 why do we need to think about the normative element in practices? Sounds like a difficult question, but it is highly relevant for all IR scholars 💥 @holgerniemann.bsky.social and I show how we can explore the normativity in practices like protesting. Open access!

Holger Niemann @holgerniemann.bsky.social · Apr 11

Thrilled to announce that @gadinsky.bsky.social and I have an article out that deals with all your questions about normativity, practices, ordering, and global protest (though it may not answer them all). We hope you'll find it interesting, so let us know what you think! 👇

Review of International Studies @risjnl.bsky.social · Apr 10

🚨New First View Article🚨

"‘Normativity in practice: Ordering through enactment, learning, and contestation in global protests " by Frank Gadinger and Holger Niemann is now available #OpenAccess!

📄 ➡️ buff.ly/cZUCe3B

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Stephanie Hofmann @stephofmann.bsky.social · Apr 4

If you are interested in how the research programs on power transition, regime complexity & international order can speak to one another, then this forum could be of interest to you. Great contributions from Laura Gómez-Mera, @tgutner.bsky.social, Matias Margulis ..

academic.oup.com/isr/article/...

Introducing Organizational (Dis)Entanglements: How Scholarship on Regime Complexity and Power Dynamics Helps Make Sense of International Order-Making

Abstract. Scholars and pundits focusing on the changing international order and its possible fragmentation often pay little attention to the manifold relat

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Emily K. M. Scott @emilykmscott.bsky.social · Apr 2

In this new article 📖 ✍️, @adamkochanski.bsky.social, Jennifer Welsh, and I talk ALL about localization, and kick off the Localization in World Politics Special Forum! Dive in open access @gsqjournal.bsky.social #OxfordUniversityPress @isanet.bsky.social 1/

doi.org/10.1093/isag...

Localization in World Politics: Bridging Theory and Practice

Abstract. This Introduction and Special Forum highlight the importance of localization for the study of world politics, both as a theoretical concept in in

doi.org

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Frédéric Mérand @fredericmerand.bsky.social · Apr 2

With @marylou-h.bsky.social and @aobendiek.bsky.social, we tried to read as much as possible on « fields » in international political sociology. Here’s our synthesis, along with several other contributions collected by Stacie Goddard, George Lawson and OJ Sending

global.oup.com/academic/pro...

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Kseniya Oksamytna @kseniyaoksamytna.bsky.social · Apr 2

Here's a summary of our book, "United Nations Peacekeeping and the Politics of Authoritarianism" (Oxford University Press, 2025), which we published last month with stellar colleagues Sarah von Billerbeck, @oisintansey.bsky.social & @birtegippert.bsky.social!

Daniel Naujoks @danielnaujoks.bsky.social · Apr 1

🚨New on Multilateralism in Action🚨
In 𝑼𝑵 𝑷𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝑬𝒏𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑯𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑨𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒎? Sarah von Billerbeck, @birtegippert.bsky.social, @kseniyaoksamytna.bsky.social & @oisintansey.bsky.social show that UN peacekeeping activities can enable authoritarian activities 🇺🇳🫡🪖

A short 🧵—🔗below

UN Peacekeepers as Enablers of Host State Authoritarianism? | International Organization and United Nations Studies Specialization (IOUNS)

multilateralism.sipa.columbia.edu

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Aarie Glas @aglas.bsky.social · Apr 2

Pleased to share a new #OpenAccess CUP Element w @stevenbernstein.bsky.social & Marion Laurence! We engage recent norm+practice lit to offer an account of change+continuity in global politics. We hope it appeals to students & scholars of norms, practice, governance, and more!

Link: cup.org/4iYggy0

Norms, Practices, and Social Change in Global Politics

Cambridge Core - International Relations and International Organisations - Norms, Practices, and Social Change in Global Politics

cup.org

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Max Lesch @maxlesch.bsky.social · Apr 1

Thank you 🙏🏼

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Max Lesch @maxlesch.bsky.social · Apr 1

Thank you, Julia :)

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Max Lesch @maxlesch.bsky.social · Mar 31

📚 And our book “International Norm Disputes”, co-authored with Lisbeth Zimmermann, @ndeitelhoff.bsky.social, Antonio Arcudi, and @antonpeez.bsky.social, received an Honourable Mention as runner-up for the Best Book Award, also from the Int'l Law Section. Read it here: academic.oup.com/book/46746

International Norm Disputes: The Link between Contestation and Norm Robustness

Abstract. This book is an in-depth comparative study about when and why international norms decline when they are contested. It presents central findings o

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Max Lesch @maxlesch.bsky.social · Mar 31

I missed #ISA2025, but I’m very happy that these two awards still made their way to Florence ✨

My paper on the politics of UN Security Council procedure and Mexico’s resistance against expansive self-defence claims in Article 51 letters won the Best Paper Award from the International Law Section!

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