Allison McCulloch
@allimcculloch.bsky.social
Political Science, travel, dogs. Not in that order.
Editor-in-chief, Nationalism & Ethnic Politics
Editor-in-chief, Nationalism & Ethnic Politics
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Gender, Peace, and Power-Sharing
Gender, Peace, and Power-Sharing examines the rise of two powerful norms in international conflict resolution and post-conflict governance: power-sharing as ...
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Our book now has a cover and a preorder link! In it, @drsiobhanbyrne.bsky.social and I trace the rise of the WPS agenda & power-sharing as conflict resolution norms, chart their intersections, and reckon with the possible decline of both norms utpdistribution.com/978104980435...
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Solidarity with @lufappul.bsky.social as they wrap up a third week on the picket lines in the Sudbury cold!
Solidarité avec l’APPUL alors qui terminent une troisième semaine de piquetage dans le froid de Sudbury!
Solidarité avec l’APPUL alors qui terminent une troisième semaine de piquetage dans le froid de Sudbury!
February 6, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Solidarity with @lufappul.bsky.social as they wrap up a third week on the picket lines in the Sudbury cold!
Solidarité avec l’APPUL alors qui terminent une troisième semaine de piquetage dans le froid de Sudbury!
Solidarité avec l’APPUL alors qui terminent une troisième semaine de piquetage dans le froid de Sudbury!
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Alex Pretti was an ICU nurse serving veterans. He died trying to protect protestors being assaulted. A group of anonymous & masked men fired chemicals into his face, beat him, disarmed him, and shot him in broad daylight in front of witnesses. Then his government smeared him & defended his murder.
January 24, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Alex Pretti was an ICU nurse serving veterans. He died trying to protect protestors being assaulted. A group of anonymous & masked men fired chemicals into his face, beat him, disarmed him, and shot him in broad daylight in front of witnesses. Then his government smeared him & defended his murder.
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Join us on Saturday, February 14, for PeaceRep Iraq's final conference, 'Reframing Iraq: Power, Politics, and Paths to Inclusion'.
@lsemiddleeast.bsky.social @peacerep.bsky.social
www.lse.ac.uk//middle-east...
@lsemiddleeast.bsky.social @peacerep.bsky.social
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January 14, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Join us on Saturday, February 14, for PeaceRep Iraq's final conference, 'Reframing Iraq: Power, Politics, and Paths to Inclusion'.
@lsemiddleeast.bsky.social @peacerep.bsky.social
www.lse.ac.uk//middle-east...
@lsemiddleeast.bsky.social @peacerep.bsky.social
www.lse.ac.uk//middle-east...
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"I’m going to pause here just to review: an institution that purports to be a university has told a philosophy professor he is forbidden from teaching Plato."
surreal times
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
surreal times
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Texas A&M Bans Plato - Daily Nous
Drop the race and gender material from your course and the Plato readings, or teach a different course. You have a day to decide. That's a paraphrase of what Martin Peterson, professor of philosophy a...
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January 7, 2026 at 10:36 AM
"I’m going to pause here just to review: an institution that purports to be a university has told a philosophy professor he is forbidden from teaching Plato."
surreal times
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
surreal times
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
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We're organising an @ipsa.org Research Committees Colloquium in Bolzano/Bozen in June 2026, to be hosted by @euracminorities.bsky.social and @autonomyexperience.bsky.social. We welcome papers on all aspects of politics of and in ethnically plural societies. sites.google.com/view/ipsarc1...
rc14.ipsa.org - Bolzano/Bozen 2026
Image credit: Eurac Research | Marion Lafogler
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September 12, 2025 at 7:22 AM
We're organising an @ipsa.org Research Committees Colloquium in Bolzano/Bozen in June 2026, to be hosted by @euracminorities.bsky.social and @autonomyexperience.bsky.social. We welcome papers on all aspects of politics of and in ethnically plural societies. sites.google.com/view/ipsarc1...
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Some thoughts on what Trump has done in Venezuela and what it might mean for US national security. Caveat: not a Latin America scholar so this is focused on US policy. Clearly huge consequences for Venezuela that others can address.
First, despite the buildup, I didn't think Trump would do it.
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First, despite the buildup, I didn't think Trump would do it.
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January 3, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Some thoughts on what Trump has done in Venezuela and what it might mean for US national security. Caveat: not a Latin America scholar so this is focused on US policy. Clearly huge consequences for Venezuela that others can address.
First, despite the buildup, I didn't think Trump would do it.
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First, despite the buildup, I didn't think Trump would do it.
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Even if Trump’s attack on Venezuela and kidnapping of Maduro somehow led to a positive impact on Venezuela’s future, it would not make these actions by the United States legal, moral or wise.
Normalising and legitimising this behaviour endangers all countries - democracies and dictatorships alike.
Normalising and legitimising this behaviour endangers all countries - democracies and dictatorships alike.
January 3, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Even if Trump’s attack on Venezuela and kidnapping of Maduro somehow led to a positive impact on Venezuela’s future, it would not make these actions by the United States legal, moral or wise.
Normalising and legitimising this behaviour endangers all countries - democracies and dictatorships alike.
Normalising and legitimising this behaviour endangers all countries - democracies and dictatorships alike.
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Bowing to reality, the French government has abandoned plans to hold a referendum on 15 March for a new political statute for New Caledonia. My report for Islands Business looks at shifting French policy, which has divided legislatures in Paris and Noumea.
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France delays New Caledonia referendum
BOWING to reality, the French government has abandoned plans to hold a referendum on March 15 to consider a new political statute.
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December 18, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Bowing to reality, the French government has abandoned plans to hold a referendum on 15 March for a new political statute for New Caledonia. My report for Islands Business looks at shifting French policy, which has divided legislatures in Paris and Noumea.
islandsbusiness.com/news-break/f...
islandsbusiness.com/news-break/f...
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‘No water, no life’: Iraq’s Tigris River in danger of disappearing
‘No water, no life’: Iraq’s Tigris River in danger of disappearing
Unless urgent action is taken life will be fundamentally altered for the ancient communities who live on its banks
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:04 AM
‘No water, no life’: Iraq’s Tigris River in danger of disappearing
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may I recommend writing a book review? it's fast, it's useful, it's a good thing to do. if it's an academic review, just look up the book review editor for a journal where you'd like to publish and pitch a review of a book that came out in the last few years or is forthcoming
December 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
may I recommend writing a book review? it's fast, it's useful, it's a good thing to do. if it's an academic review, just look up the book review editor for a journal where you'd like to publish and pitch a review of a book that came out in the last few years or is forthcoming
Our book now has a cover and a preorder link! In it, @drsiobhanbyrne.bsky.social and I trace the rise of the WPS agenda & power-sharing as conflict resolution norms, chart their intersections, and reckon with the possible decline of both norms utpdistribution.com/978104980435...
Gender, Peace, and Power-Sharing
Gender, Peace, and Power-Sharing examines the rise of two powerful norms in international conflict resolution and post-conflict governance: power-sharing as ...
utpdistribution.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Our book now has a cover and a preorder link! In it, @drsiobhanbyrne.bsky.social and I trace the rise of the WPS agenda & power-sharing as conflict resolution norms, chart their intersections, and reckon with the possible decline of both norms utpdistribution.com/978104980435...
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📌𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝘁! 📌
🇱🇧 🇮🇶 Under what conditions are 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿-𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 established, and when are they effective?
🔓 Read the #openaccess article by @allimcculloch.bsky.social Soeren Keil, Eduardo Wassim Aboultaif and Sahar Ammar here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...
#power #agreement #Lebanon #Iraq
🇱🇧 🇮🇶 Under what conditions are 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿-𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 established, and when are they effective?
🔓 Read the #openaccess article by @allimcculloch.bsky.social Soeren Keil, Eduardo Wassim Aboultaif and Sahar Ammar here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...
#power #agreement #Lebanon #Iraq
December 8, 2025 at 9:37 AM
📌𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝘁! 📌
🇱🇧 🇮🇶 Under what conditions are 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿-𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 established, and when are they effective?
🔓 Read the #openaccess article by @allimcculloch.bsky.social Soeren Keil, Eduardo Wassim Aboultaif and Sahar Ammar here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...
#power #agreement #Lebanon #Iraq
🇱🇧 🇮🇶 Under what conditions are 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿-𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 established, and when are they effective?
🔓 Read the #openaccess article by @allimcculloch.bsky.social Soeren Keil, Eduardo Wassim Aboultaif and Sahar Ammar here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...
#power #agreement #Lebanon #Iraq
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Thrilled to publish this exceptional collection on Syria a year after Assad
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POMEPS Studies 57: Syria After Assad - Project on Middle East Political Science
Many developments during the past year have given rise to a host of crucial questions about the future of Syria and the Syrian people. To explore them, the Project on Middle East Political Science (PO...
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December 8, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Thrilled to publish this exceptional collection on Syria a year after Assad
pomeps.org/pomeps-studi...
pomeps.org/pomeps-studi...
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Today, we honour the lives of those murdered at Polytechnique Montreal in 1989 and all people impacted by gender-based violence. CAUT remembers them and reaffirms its commitment to fight gender-based violence, hatred and misogyny.
Read our full statement: www.caut.ca/news/caut-ma...
Read our full statement: www.caut.ca/news/caut-ma...
December 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Today, we honour the lives of those murdered at Polytechnique Montreal in 1989 and all people impacted by gender-based violence. CAUT remembers them and reaffirms its commitment to fight gender-based violence, hatred and misogyny.
Read our full statement: www.caut.ca/news/caut-ma...
Read our full statement: www.caut.ca/news/caut-ma...
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@inclusivepeaceora.bsky.social colleagues were among those who gave evidence to the NI Affairs Committee on the gov’s approach to Legacy reform.
committees.parliament.uk/publications...
@feargalc.bsky.social
@neophytosloizides.bsky.social
@aimeejaysmith.bsky.social
@warwickpais.bsky.social
committees.parliament.uk/publications...
@feargalc.bsky.social
@neophytosloizides.bsky.social
@aimeejaysmith.bsky.social
@warwickpais.bsky.social
committees.parliament.uk
December 1, 2025 at 11:05 PM
@inclusivepeaceora.bsky.social colleagues were among those who gave evidence to the NI Affairs Committee on the gov’s approach to Legacy reform.
committees.parliament.uk/publications...
@feargalc.bsky.social
@neophytosloizides.bsky.social
@aimeejaysmith.bsky.social
@warwickpais.bsky.social
committees.parliament.uk/publications...
@feargalc.bsky.social
@neophytosloizides.bsky.social
@aimeejaysmith.bsky.social
@warwickpais.bsky.social
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In honour of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, I'm sharing my new op-ed for The Conversation on the harms of online misogyny targeting women in public life, especially when amplified by political leaders.
#polisky #gendersky
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#polisky #gendersky
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‘Quiet, piggy’ and other slurs: Powerful men fuel online abuse against women in politics and media
Gender-based violence in politics has democratic costs, diminishing diverse voices and expertise in public office.
theconversation.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:33 PM
In honour of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, I'm sharing my new op-ed for The Conversation on the harms of online misogyny targeting women in public life, especially when amplified by political leaders.
#polisky #gendersky
theconversation.com/quiet-piggy-...
#polisky #gendersky
theconversation.com/quiet-piggy-...
We've just launched a new policy brief series, evaluating the Dayton Agreement at 30. A partnership between @inclusivepeaceora.bsky.social and the Forum of Federations, our first brief examines public opinions on constitutional reform options in BiH. Read it here: www.forumfed.org/collection/f...
Federalism, Power-sharing, and Citizen Inclusion: Evaluating the Dayton Agreement at 30 Archives - Forum of Federations
Policy Brief Series November 21, 2025, marks 30 years since an agreement to end the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina was reached. The Dayton Agreement established an uneasy peace as well as a complex con...
www.forumfed.org
November 23, 2025 at 9:11 PM
We've just launched a new policy brief series, evaluating the Dayton Agreement at 30. A partnership between @inclusivepeaceora.bsky.social and the Forum of Federations, our first brief examines public opinions on constitutional reform options in BiH. Read it here: www.forumfed.org/collection/f...
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A Brandon University panel discussion on bail reform will give people a chance to hear directly from experts who are working in or studying the system, BU chair and professor of political science Kelly Saunders says. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb
BU panel of experts to tackle ins, outs of bail reform
A Brandon University panel discussion on bail reform will give people a chance to hear directly from experts who are working in or studying the system, BU chair and professor of political science…
www.brandonsun.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A Brandon University panel discussion on bail reform will give people a chance to hear directly from experts who are working in or studying the system, BU chair and professor of political science Kelly Saunders says. www.brandonsun.com/local/2025/1... #bdnmb
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This issue includes articles by our colleague, Dr Dawn Walsh @dawnwalsh.bsky.social , and our former PhD student, Dr Emma Murphy @emmamurphy.bsky.social , including:
"Gender quota adoption for commissions in post-conflict societies" by Dawn Walsh and Emma Murphy
journals.sagepub.com/toc/ipsa/46/5
"Gender quota adoption for commissions in post-conflict societies" by Dawn Walsh and Emma Murphy
journals.sagepub.com/toc/ipsa/46/5
IPSR Special Issue: Inclusion and Commissions in Peace Processes
www.ipsa.org/na/news/ipsr...
www.ipsa.org/na/news/ipsr...
November 19, 2025 at 10:16 AM
This issue includes articles by our colleague, Dr Dawn Walsh @dawnwalsh.bsky.social , and our former PhD student, Dr Emma Murphy @emmamurphy.bsky.social , including:
"Gender quota adoption for commissions in post-conflict societies" by Dawn Walsh and Emma Murphy
journals.sagepub.com/toc/ipsa/46/5
"Gender quota adoption for commissions in post-conflict societies" by Dawn Walsh and Emma Murphy
journals.sagepub.com/toc/ipsa/46/5
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Bosnia’s Serb entity names an interim president after separatist Milorad Dodik is barred from politics by a state court.
Bosnia’s Republika Srpska installs temporary president as Dodik steps aside
Bosnia’s Serb entity names an interim president after separatist Milorad Dodik is barred from politics by a state court.
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October 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Bosnia’s Serb entity names an interim president after separatist Milorad Dodik is barred from politics by a state court.
Excited to see this out in the world, now available open access
🚨 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲! 🚨
🇱🇧🇮🇶𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿-𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 between adoptability and durability insights from 𝗟𝗲𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗿𝗮𝗾
🔓Read the new #openaccess article by @allimcculloch.bsky.social, Soeren Keil, Eduardo Wassim Aboultaif and Sahar Ammar 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...
#Iraq #Lebanon #power
🇱🇧🇮🇶𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿-𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 between adoptability and durability insights from 𝗟𝗲𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗿𝗮𝗾
🔓Read the new #openaccess article by @allimcculloch.bsky.social, Soeren Keil, Eduardo Wassim Aboultaif and Sahar Ammar 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...
#Iraq #Lebanon #power
Power-sharing between adoptability and durability insights from Lebanon and Iraq
Under what conditions do power-sharing agreements come into being? Once agreed, how might an agreement’s perceived acceptability affect its ability to deliver functional governance and durable peac...
doi.org
October 10, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Excited to see this out in the world, now available open access
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Thank you to @allimcculloch.bsky.social and @jonathanarlow.bsky.social for joining me on the @psaireland.bsky.social panel today! #APSA2025
(Side note: one person using she/her pronouns, one using they/them, and one using he/him—do we get some kind of award for absolutely nailing gender balance?)
(Side note: one person using she/her pronouns, one using they/them, and one using he/him—do we get some kind of award for absolutely nailing gender balance?)
September 14, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Thank you to @allimcculloch.bsky.social and @jonathanarlow.bsky.social for joining me on the @psaireland.bsky.social panel today! #APSA2025
(Side note: one person using she/her pronouns, one using they/them, and one using he/him—do we get some kind of award for absolutely nailing gender balance?)
(Side note: one person using she/her pronouns, one using they/them, and one using he/him—do we get some kind of award for absolutely nailing gender balance?)
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September 14 deadline is approaching 🚨
Excited to be co-organizing an APSA MENA Methods Workshop on "Participatory and Engaged Research in the MENA" with @apsamena.bsky.social colleagues @separkinson.bsky.social, @ammars.bsky.social and Lara Khattab at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies. ECRs & practitioners, apply by 9/14.
2026 APSA MENA Methods Workshop
APSA is pleased to announce a Call for Applications from early-career scholars who would like to participate in a 4-day workshop titled, "Participatory and Engaged Research in the MENA Region."
Organ...
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September 5, 2025 at 10:19 AM
September 14 deadline is approaching 🚨
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EDITORIAL: The BDO final report should be of serious concern to Minister Cable, incoming university president Dr. Christine Cnossen and the current members of the Brandon University Board of Governors. www.brandonsun.com/opinion/2025... #bdnmb #mbpoli
Opinion: Botched BU project begs for comprehensive review
In its final report to Brandon University over the failure of the “Renew BU” Enterprise Resource Planning implementation project with Florida-based computer firm Anthology, BDO Canada pointed to…
www.brandonsun.com
September 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
EDITORIAL: The BDO final report should be of serious concern to Minister Cable, incoming university president Dr. Christine Cnossen and the current members of the Brandon University Board of Governors. www.brandonsun.com/opinion/2025... #bdnmb #mbpoli