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Sebastian Larsson @olovsebastian.bsky.social · 14d

Idag signerar jag och 121 andra kloka kolleger följande upprop för att Sveriges regering ska agera för att stoppa folkmordet i Gaza. Läs och sprid.
www.dagensarena.se/opinion/sver...

Sverige lever inte upp till internationella åtaganden att förhindra folkmord | Dagens Arena

Det är vårt ansvar att yttra oss, skriver 122 experter.

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Sebastian Larsson @olovsebastian.bsky.social · 20d

"DECLARATION OF CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION – No academia as usual during Israeli occupation, apartheid and genocide in Palestine"

Consider signing here: uppsaladeclaration.se/european-dec...

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Sebastian Larsson @olovsebastian.bsky.social · Sep 5

'The Military Academy as a Civilizing Institution' now available in AF&S vol. 51 (4) with a proper reference: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

The Military Academy as a Civilizing Institution: A Historical Sociology of the Academization of Officer Education in Sweden - Sebastian Larsson, 2025

Throughout history, military officers’ standing in society has been maintained through the establishment and reforming of military academies. Gradually infusing...

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Sebastian Larsson @olovsebastian.bsky.social · Aug 30

The New Intelligence Studies section of the #EISAPEC25 had a wonderful time in Bologna. Thank you ALL dear colleagues who make this possible year after year!

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Sebastian Larsson @olovsebastian.bsky.social · Aug 25

NO CONFERENCING AS USUAL DURING GENOCIDE
Please read and spread the following message as we gather in Bologna this week #EISAPEC25

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Sebastian Larsson @olovsebastian.bsky.social · Aug 6

’Israel does the whole world a favour’, says Sweden’s Deputy Prime Minister. This is how our elected spokespersons speak of genocide, of deliberately starving children. Let it sink in. Whatever conception you might still have of Sweden as a ’humanitarian superpower’, forget it.

Sebastian Larsson @olovsebastian.bsky.social · Aug 5

Situationen i Gaza "visar hur moraliska självklarheter – som att barn förtjänar att leva snarare än att bombas – kan reduceras till ämnen för debatt. Här har argumentationen blivit ett hinder snarare än ett verktyg för att handla på god grund."

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DN Debatt. ”Barnen i Gaza hjälps inte av vår folkmordsdebatt”

DN Debatt. Att inte agera trots vetskap är inte försiktighet – det är ett svek, skriver två masterstudenter i praktisk filosofi vid Stockholms universitet.

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Sebastian Larsson @olovsebastian.bsky.social · Jun 9

Open PhD positions in War Studies (fully funded) at the Swedish Defence University. Spread the word!

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PhD students in War Studies

The Department of War Studies conducts research and education in the subject of War Studies. The department consists of about 160 employees and has about 1000 students and participants in commissioned

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Sebastian Larsson @olovsebastian.bsky.social · Jun 1

’Det är tydligt att regeringen är mer angelägen att påverka vissa myndigheter än andra. Att ingripa mot vapenexport och vapenimport … tycks inte vara en prioritet. Däremot kunde stödet från Sida till UNRWA … stoppas utan dröjsmål’ www.svd.se/a/Pp89Qb/sve...

”Vapenhandeln med Israel bör stoppas”

DEBATT. Israels våld i Gaza är urskillningslöst. Ändå har Sveriges regering ännu inte satt stopp för vapenhandeln med Israel. Men det är fullt möjligt, bara den politiska viljan finns, skriver Kerstin...

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Sebastian Larsson @olovsebastian.bsky.social · May 16

'Ibrahim pulls up a photo on his phone of his accommodation: a cramped space inside a temporary cabin housing six men, each allocated a single bed, the room a wash of white and grey. “It’s like prison,” Ibrahim says.'

Sebastian Larsson @olovsebastian.bsky.social · May 16

'Since the winning bidders were announced in January 2019, complaints about asylum accommodation have continued ... there are thousands of reports of self-harm and suicide among asylum accommodation residents every month.' www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/pol...

The asylum king

How one man has made millions from Britain’s broken immigration system. A joint investigation by Liberty Investigates and Prospect

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk

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Sebastian Larsson @olovsebastian.bsky.social · May 8

’Intelligence, insecurity and the international: new encounters between IR and intelligence scholarship’, King’s College London, 7–8 May.

Cheers for a wonderfully stimulating workshop folks, and thanks Hager for organising.

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Sebastian Larsson @olovsebastian.bsky.social · Apr 30

Journalism is not a crime, free Joakim Medin

via @mlsaturkey.org

Sebastian Larsson @olovsebastian.bsky.social · Apr 15

Late night rereading of C. W. Mills on power (The Sociological Imagination, p. 41)

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Sebastian Larsson @olovsebastian.bsky.social · Mar 25

Thanks everyone for your submissions! The EISA intelligence section will likely have a record attendance this year 🫶 Looking forward to seeing you in Bologna!

Sebastian Larsson @olovsebastian.bsky.social · Mar 24

✨ DEADLINE 2 DAY ✨

Sebastian Larsson @olovsebastian.bsky.social · Jan 21

📣 Thrilled to announce that our conference section New Intelligence Studies will be back for #EISAPEC25, this time as a standing section! Submit your abstracts on intelligence, surveillance, and its multiplicity of actors and practices, and we’ll see you in Bologna 25–29 Aug.

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Sebastian Larsson @olovsebastian.bsky.social · Mar 24

✨ DEADLINE 2 DAY ✨

Sebastian Larsson @olovsebastian.bsky.social · Jan 21

📣 Thrilled to announce that our conference section New Intelligence Studies will be back for #EISAPEC25, this time as a standing section! Submit your abstracts on intelligence, surveillance, and its multiplicity of actors and practices, and we’ll see you in Bologna 25–29 Aug.

Sebastian Larsson @olovsebastian.bsky.social · Mar 4

Happening in two weeks! @sannastrand.bsky.social visits the Swedish Defence University to give a talk on the return and reimagination of military conscription in Europe.

www.fhs.se/arkiv/kalend...

Öppen föreläsning: The return and reimagination of military conscription in Europe

The return and reimagination of military conscription in Europe – Open lecture with Dr. Sanna Strand

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Sebastian Larsson @olovsebastian.bsky.social · Feb 20

“If we only focus on disinformation from Russia, we forget that we have a lot of issues at home. Our populist parties in the Nordic countries do spread disinformation or conspiracy theories or benefit from others spreading it."

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Sebastian Larsson @olovsebastian.bsky.social · Feb 20

Happy to be a small part of this NordForsk funded research network in the coming years:

www.nordforsk.org/news/disinfo...

Disinformation is now part of mainstream politics

There was a time when disinformation and conspiracy theories mostly were associated with uneducated and marginalized people. Today, we are witnessing a shift, and it has now become a strategic tool al...

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Sebastian Larsson @olovsebastian.bsky.social · Feb 15

Thanks mate!

Sebastian Larsson @olovsebastian.bsky.social · Feb 15

Happy to share I've been promoted to Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in War Studies at @forsvarshogskolan.bsky.social. Thanks to dear colleagues and co-authors who've been an important part in making it possible! ✌️💖

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Sebastian Larsson @olovsebastian.bsky.social · Feb 1

Join my department! Assistant prof position with 50% research in war studies (broadly defined). Happy to answer any questions.

fhs.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

En eller flera biträdande lektorer i krigsvetenskap

Anställningen är placerad vid institutionen för krigsvetenskap i Stockholm. Beskrivning av ämnesområdet Krigsvetenskap är en samhällsvetenskap och dess centrala studieobjekt är krig och mil

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Sebastian Larsson @olovsebastian.bsky.social · Jan 21

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Abstract Submission Guidelines | EISA

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Sebastian Larsson @olovsebastian.bsky.social · Jan 21

📣 Thrilled to announce that our conference section New Intelligence Studies will be back for #EISAPEC25, this time as a standing section! Submit your abstracts on intelligence, surveillance, and its multiplicity of actors and practices, and we’ll see you in Bologna 25–29 Aug.

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Sebastian Larsson @olovsebastian.bsky.social · Jan 18

Felicidades Bernardino León-Reyes, now a doctor in sociology! A true pleasure to engage with your work on the limits of intelligence oversight.