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Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · Sep 8

🙏 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.

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Florian Weigand @weigand.bsky.social · Aug 8

Congratulations, @apvjustino.bsky.social!

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Oona Hathaway @oonahathaway.bsky.social · Jul 14

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:

Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · Jul 14

📢 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.

Text: Beyond Compliance: In Conversation, Armed Groups and International Law Podcast. Two round pictures of the guests and text S1 Ep12: Civilian Agency in the Digital Realm

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Florian Weigand @weigand.bsky.social · Jul 14

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 👇

Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · Jul 14

📢 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.

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Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · Jun 2

📢 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.

Text: Beyond Compliance: In Conversation, Armed Groups and International Law Podcast. Two round pictures of the guests and text S1 Ep10: Strengthening Civilian Protection

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Centre on Armed Groups @armedgroups.bsky.social · May 28

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 👇

Max Gallien @maxgallien.bsky.social · May 27

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...

Do Good Fences Actually Make Good Neighbors?

The number of border walls worldwide has surged since the end of the Cold War.

foreignpolicy.com

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Max Gallien @maxgallien.bsky.social · May 27

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...

Do Good Fences Actually Make Good Neighbors?

The number of border walls worldwide has surged since the end of the Cold War.

foreignpolicy.com

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Centre on Armed Groups @armedgroups.bsky.social · May 22

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-...

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

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Centre on Armed Groups @armedgroups.bsky.social · May 20

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

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

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Journal of Global Security Studies @journalofgss.bsky.social · May 1

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...

“The Journal of Global Security Studies” cover image appears on the left. The journal's homepage URL (https://academic.oup.com/jogss) and Bluesky handle (@journalofgss.bsky.social) are provided in white text on a navy blue background at the bottom of the image. The background of the image features a black-handled knife on a stainless steel cup resting on white snow. Overlaid on this are the article title and author names: “Agency during Armed Conflict: Everyday Life under Competing Authorities in Myanmar’s Rakhine State” by Florian Weigand, Riyad Anwar, Tony Neil, and Abellia Anggi Wardani.

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Katharine Fortin @katharinefortin.bsky.social · Apr 10

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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Beyond Compliance Consortium @beyond-comp-cons.bsky.social · Apr 4

📢 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.

Text: Beyond Compliance: In Conversation, Armed Groups and International Law Podcast. Two round pictures of the guests and text S1 Ep9: Gender & Civilian Agency

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Florian Weigand @weigand.bsky.social · Mar 30

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.

Tanya Bandula-Irwin @tbandulairwin.bsky.social · Mar 30

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...

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Florian Weigand @weigand.bsky.social · Mar 28

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

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Centre on Armed Groups @armedgroups.bsky.social · Feb 9

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 on Armed Groups — The M23 crisis in the DRC

www.armedgroupscentre.org

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Silja Häusermann @siljahausermann.bsky.social · Jan 21

‼️ 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

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Romain Malejacq @afghanopoly.bsky.social · Dec 3

Putting together an #Afghanistan scholars starter pack! Please join in go.bsky.app/N4wTQqc

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Florian Weigand @weigand.bsky.social · Dec 3

Always worth attending the CRS Annual Conference - and this time it's on legitimacy! 👇

Conflict Research Society @thecrs.bsky.social · Dec 2

🚨 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!

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Florian Weigand @weigand.bsky.social · Dec 2

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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Roger Mac Ginty @rogermacginty.bsky.social · Dec 2

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...

S1 EP7: Victimhood & Everyday Peace

Beyond Compliance: In Conversation · Episode

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Centre on Armed Groups @armedgroups.bsky.social · Dec 1

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

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Florian Weigand @weigand.bsky.social · Nov 30

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

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Mara Revkin @mararevkin.bsky.social · Nov 11

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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Justin Schon, PhD @justin-schon.bsky.social · Nov 18

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!

Mara Revkin @mararevkin.bsky.social · Nov 11

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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