Alvina Hoffmann
@alvinahoffmann.bsky.social
Lecturer in Diplomatic Studies at SOAS, University of London | international political sociology of human rights struggles | writing a book on human rights elites at the UN
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The plural professional: How UN human rights experts construct their independence | Review of International Studies | Cambridge Core
The plural professional: How UN human rights experts construct their independence
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My latest article on my current research project on UN special rapporteurs is finally out with @risjnl.bsky.social!
I develop the notion of the plural professional, or actors who practice several professions at the same time & not necessarily harmoniously.
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I develop the notion of the plural professional, or actors who practice several professions at the same time & not necessarily harmoniously.
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I’ll be presenting my ongoing research on human rights experts and the making of a vocation tonight at the Oxford Refugee Studies Centres, 5-6pm, followed by a reception. Hope to see some of you there!
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Human rights elites at the United Nations: Felix Ermacora and the first human rights fact finding missions (1967-1993)
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October 29, 2025 at 11:32 AM
I’ll be presenting my ongoing research on human rights experts and the making of a vocation tonight at the Oxford Refugee Studies Centres, 5-6pm, followed by a reception. Hope to see some of you there!
www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/events/human...
www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/events/human...
Extremely excited for this, and what a beautiful poster design!
I’ll be speaking on the United Nations panel with amazing speakers, including @drmargottudor.bsky.social ❤️
I’ll be speaking on the United Nations panel with amazing speakers, including @drmargottudor.bsky.social ❤️
Interested in the transitory nature of academia and how this shapes scholarship on internationalism? Come along to our virtual conference, 'Blind Spots and Buzzwords in Internationalism' on 5th and 6th Nov 👁️. Get your tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/blind-spot...
October 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Extremely excited for this, and what a beautiful poster design!
I’ll be speaking on the United Nations panel with amazing speakers, including @drmargottudor.bsky.social ❤️
I’ll be speaking on the United Nations panel with amazing speakers, including @drmargottudor.bsky.social ❤️
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Interested in the transitory nature of academia and how this shapes scholarship on internationalism? Come along to our virtual conference, 'Blind Spots and Buzzwords in Internationalism' on 5th and 6th Nov 👁️. Get your tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/blind-spot...
October 6, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Interested in the transitory nature of academia and how this shapes scholarship on internationalism? Come along to our virtual conference, 'Blind Spots and Buzzwords in Internationalism' on 5th and 6th Nov 👁️. Get your tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/blind-spot...
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Please join us next week for the LSE launch of Kerry Goettlich's terrific new book, 'From Frontiers to Borders', with an all-star panel of @aysezarakol.bsky.social, Joanne Yao, and Edward Keene. Weds 29 Oct. 6.30pm. No registration necessary. All welcome. Details below
www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
From Frontiers to Borders: How colonial technicians created modern territoriality
6.30pm Weds 29 Oct | Kerry Goettlich, Eddie Keene, Joanne Yao, Ayşe Zarakol | Free public event at LSE
www.lse.ac.uk
October 21, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Please join us next week for the LSE launch of Kerry Goettlich's terrific new book, 'From Frontiers to Borders', with an all-star panel of @aysezarakol.bsky.social, Joanne Yao, and Edward Keene. Weds 29 Oct. 6.30pm. No registration necessary. All welcome. Details below
www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
Kerry Goettlich’s book launch at LSE, 29 October, 6.30-8pm in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House. With Edward Keene, Joanne Yao and Ayșe Zarakol
www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
From Frontiers to Borders: How colonial technicians created modern territoriality
6.30pm Weds 29 Oct | Kerry Goettlich, Eddie Keene, Joanne Yao, Ayşe Zarakol | Free public event at LSE
www.lse.ac.uk
October 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Kerry Goettlich’s book launch at LSE, 29 October, 6.30-8pm in the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House. With Edward Keene, Joanne Yao and Ayșe Zarakol
www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
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The IPS Section is now welcoming nominations for positions at the 2026/2027 IPS Committee! Self nominations are encouraged. Our deadline is October 22nd, 2025 #isa2026
September 29, 2025 at 8:41 PM
The IPS Section is now welcoming nominations for positions at the 2026/2027 IPS Committee! Self nominations are encouraged. Our deadline is October 22nd, 2025 #isa2026
Join us at 11am for the pre-launch of Kerry Goettlich’s “From Frontiers to Borders” - with brilliant interventions from Jef Huysmans, Or Rosenboim, Jens Steffek & Ole Jacob Sending.
Belmeloro - Aula Q
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Belmeloro - Aula Q
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August 28, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Join us at 11am for the pre-launch of Kerry Goettlich’s “From Frontiers to Borders” - with brilliant interventions from Jef Huysmans, Or Rosenboim, Jens Steffek & Ole Jacob Sending.
Belmeloro - Aula Q
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Belmeloro - Aula Q
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Come and join us at 11am in Belmeloro Aula E. I’ve been so excited for this panel since we conceived of it in February.
“Global Perspectives on International Human Rights:
Who Writes the Script(s)?”
“Global Perspectives on International Human Rights:
Who Writes the Script(s)?”
August 27, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Come and join us at 11am in Belmeloro Aula E. I’ve been so excited for this panel since we conceived of it in February.
“Global Perspectives on International Human Rights:
Who Writes the Script(s)?”
“Global Perspectives on International Human Rights:
Who Writes the Script(s)?”
Absolutely mind-blown! 🤯 What an honour to receive this prize. Enormous thanks to the prize committee, everyone who helped sharpen the argument & my incredible interlocutors in Crimea for whom the struggle for human rights continues.
🏆 We are pleased to announce @alvinahoffmann.bsky.social as the author of the Best Article in the European Journal of International Relations. Congratulations!
👏 Honorable mention to Alexander Cooley, John Heathershaw, Ricardo Soares De Oliveira
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👏 Honorable mention to Alexander Cooley, John Heathershaw, Ricardo Soares De Oliveira
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August 6, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Absolutely mind-blown! 🤯 What an honour to receive this prize. Enormous thanks to the prize committee, everyone who helped sharpen the argument & my incredible interlocutors in Crimea for whom the struggle for human rights continues.
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Reviewed the excellent “Erased” by @whitproject.bsky.social together with Geertje Bol @whpt.bsky.social in the @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social #HistIR lareviewofbooks.org/article/an-a...
An Active Project of Exclusion | Los Angeles Review of Books
Geertje Bol and Jan Eijking review “Erased: A History of International Thought Without Men,” by Patricia Owens.
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August 5, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Reviewed the excellent “Erased” by @whitproject.bsky.social together with Geertje Bol @whpt.bsky.social in the @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social #HistIR lareviewofbooks.org/article/an-a...
So happy and excited for Kerry! 🤩
Kerry Goettlich, From Frontiers to Borders: How Colonial Technicians Created Modern Territoriality - Cambridge University Press, August 2025
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www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...
July 30, 2025 at 6:38 AM
So happy and excited for Kerry! 🤩
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We’re so excited to welcome Kerry to our department and to celebrate the publication of his fantastic book with @universitypress.cambridge.org!!!
Kerry Goettlich, From Frontiers to Borders: How Colonial Technicians Created Modern Territoriality - Cambridge University Press, August 2025
www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...
www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...
July 25, 2025 at 9:17 AM
We’re so excited to welcome Kerry to our department and to celebrate the publication of his fantastic book with @universitypress.cambridge.org!!!
On 9 July, the US imposed sanctions on special rapporteur Francesca Albanese. Below I provide a brief context of this unprecedented attack against this body of experts.
UN special rapporteurs provide pro bono advice and expertise on vital latters of international law.
The US has sanctioned UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese – here’s why she’s the wrong target
UN special rapporteurs provide pro bono advice and expertise on vital latters of international law.
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July 25, 2025 at 8:53 AM
On 9 July, the US imposed sanctions on special rapporteur Francesca Albanese. Below I provide a brief context of this unprecedented attack against this body of experts.
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@risjnl.bsky.social #openaccess article by @alvinahoffmann.bsky.social out NOW 🎉
'The plural professional: How UN human rights experts construct their independence' @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org 🌎
Read the key arguments by Alvina 👉 buff.ly/hZ7PzXa
DOI 👉 buff.ly/7e8KsT6
'The plural professional: How UN human rights experts construct their independence' @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org 🌎
Read the key arguments by Alvina 👉 buff.ly/hZ7PzXa
DOI 👉 buff.ly/7e8KsT6
The plural professional: How UN human rights experts construct their independence
Alvina Hoffmann discusses the key points from her new RIS article.
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July 24, 2025 at 8:00 AM
@risjnl.bsky.social #openaccess article by @alvinahoffmann.bsky.social out NOW 🎉
'The plural professional: How UN human rights experts construct their independence' @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org 🌎
Read the key arguments by Alvina 👉 buff.ly/hZ7PzXa
DOI 👉 buff.ly/7e8KsT6
'The plural professional: How UN human rights experts construct their independence' @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org 🌎
Read the key arguments by Alvina 👉 buff.ly/hZ7PzXa
DOI 👉 buff.ly/7e8KsT6
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✨ Our forum “Challenges and Opportunities for Transnational Advocacy” is out #openaccess in International Studies Review ✨
👓: academic.oup.com/isr/article/...
@ninahall.bsky.social
👓: academic.oup.com/isr/article/...
@ninahall.bsky.social
July 21, 2025 at 12:13 PM
✨ Our forum “Challenges and Opportunities for Transnational Advocacy” is out #openaccess in International Studies Review ✨
👓: academic.oup.com/isr/article/...
@ninahall.bsky.social
👓: academic.oup.com/isr/article/...
@ninahall.bsky.social
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⏰ We’re two weeks from the deadline to submit nominations for the 2026 IPS Graduate Student Paper Award!
Nominate now!
Nominate now!
Are you a graduate student who presented at the 2025 ISA in Chicago?
If you were part of a panel sponsored or co-sponsored by the IPS section, consider applying to the 2026 IPS Graduate Student Paper Award! Self-nominations are encouraged!
If you were part of a panel sponsored or co-sponsored by the IPS section, consider applying to the 2026 IPS Graduate Student Paper Award! Self-nominations are encouraged!
July 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
⏰ We’re two weeks from the deadline to submit nominations for the 2026 IPS Graduate Student Paper Award!
Nominate now!
Nominate now!
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“Silence is not an option”: UN Special Procedures’ Coordination Committee condemns US sanctions on Francesca Albanese”
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“Silence is not an option”: UN Special Procedures’ Coordination Committee condemns US sanctions on Francesca Albanese
GENEVA – The Coordination Committee of the Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council today strongly condemned the US Government’s sanctions on Francesca Albanese, the Special Rapporteur on the si...
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July 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
“Silence is not an option”: UN Special Procedures’ Coordination Committee condemns US sanctions on Francesca Albanese”
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
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DEADLINE EXTENDED to June 11th, 2025!
We understand that many people may not wish to travel to Columbus next March, for a range of valid reasons. Thus, the IPS Section is accepting alternative formats for the 2026 Distinguished Scholar Award Panel.
We understand that many people may not wish to travel to Columbus next March, for a range of valid reasons. Thus, the IPS Section is accepting alternative formats for the 2026 Distinguished Scholar Award Panel.
The IPS Section is now welcoming nominations for the 2026 IPS Distinguished Scholar Award! Nominations must be emailed to the Section Chair, Philippe Frowd at pfrowd@uottawa.ca by June 2nd, 2025 #ISA2026
June 4, 2025 at 3:46 PM
DEADLINE EXTENDED to June 11th, 2025!
We understand that many people may not wish to travel to Columbus next March, for a range of valid reasons. Thus, the IPS Section is accepting alternative formats for the 2026 Distinguished Scholar Award Panel.
We understand that many people may not wish to travel to Columbus next March, for a range of valid reasons. Thus, the IPS Section is accepting alternative formats for the 2026 Distinguished Scholar Award Panel.
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👉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!
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!
June 3, 2025 at 9:00 AM
👉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!
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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The IPS Section is now welcoming nominations for the 2026 IPS Book Award! To nominate or self-nominate a book, please email the award panel chair Philippe M. Frowd (pfrowd@uottawa.ca). Books must be received by September 1st, 2025.
For further information, access: www.isanet.org/Programs/Awa...
For further information, access: www.isanet.org/Programs/Awa...
May 23, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The IPS Section is now welcoming nominations for the 2026 IPS Book Award! To nominate or self-nominate a book, please email the award panel chair Philippe M. Frowd (pfrowd@uottawa.ca). Books must be received by September 1st, 2025.
For further information, access: www.isanet.org/Programs/Awa...
For further information, access: www.isanet.org/Programs/Awa...
A week from now! Looking forward to share some initial findings on Felix Ermacora and UN human rights fact finding at @eui-eu.bsky.social on 29 May at 10am.
Really excited to present my ongoing book project on human rights elites at the UN at the International Relations Working Group at @eui-eu.bsky.social on 29 May (10:00 - 12:00 CEST). Even more excited to have the brilliant @jemtseva.bsky.social as disussant.
www.eui.eu/events?id=57...
www.eui.eu/events?id=57...
Human rights elites at the United Nations: Felix Ermacora’s travelogues of the first UN human rights fact finding missions (1967-1993)
This International Relations Working Group session features a presentation by Dr. Alvina Hoffmann (SOAS University of London) who will present a draft chapter of her book manuscript on human rights el...
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May 22, 2025 at 9:34 AM
A week from now! Looking forward to share some initial findings on Felix Ermacora and UN human rights fact finding at @eui-eu.bsky.social on 29 May at 10am.
It was a pleasure to write this blog post on UN special rapporteurs for the Oxford Martin Programme on Changing Global Orders.
changingglobalorders.web.ox.ac.uk/article/uns-...
changingglobalorders.web.ox.ac.uk/article/uns-...
The UN’s Human Rights Elites: Who Are the Special Rapporteurs?
changingglobalorders.web.ox.ac.uk
May 22, 2025 at 8:30 AM
It was a pleasure to write this blog post on UN special rapporteurs for the Oxford Martin Programme on Changing Global Orders.
changingglobalorders.web.ox.ac.uk/article/uns-...
changingglobalorders.web.ox.ac.uk/article/uns-...
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‘Adults are going hungrier to keep children better fed. The most vulnerable – infants, pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers and others needing special diets – are already starving.’
Alex de Waal on famine in Gaza, from the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ma...
Alex de Waal on famine in Gaza, from the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ma...
Alex de Waal | Starvation in Gaza
Twice already during this war, the people of Gaza have pulled back from the brink of categorical famine – both times...
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May 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
‘Adults are going hungrier to keep children better fed. The most vulnerable – infants, pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers and others needing special diets – are already starving.’
Alex de Waal on famine in Gaza, from the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ma...
Alex de Waal on famine in Gaza, from the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ma...
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"[ICC prosecutor Karim Khan] has lost access to his email [as a result of Microsoft cancelling], and his bank accounts [in UK] have been frozen (...) the US sanctions are hampering work on a broad array of investigations, not just the Israeli one."
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Trump's sanctions on ICC prosecutor have halted tribunal's work
Nearly three months ago, U.S. President Donald Trump slapped sanctions on the International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor, Karim Khan
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May 15, 2025 at 6:56 AM
"[ICC prosecutor Karim Khan] has lost access to his email [as a result of Microsoft cancelling], and his bank accounts [in UK] have been frozen (...) the US sanctions are hampering work on a broad array of investigations, not just the Israeli one."
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
Really excited to present my ongoing book project on human rights elites at the UN at the International Relations Working Group at @eui-eu.bsky.social on 29 May (10:00 - 12:00 CEST). Even more excited to have the brilliant @jemtseva.bsky.social as disussant.
www.eui.eu/events?id=57...
www.eui.eu/events?id=57...
Human rights elites at the United Nations: Felix Ermacora’s travelogues of the first UN human rights fact finding missions (1967-1993)
This International Relations Working Group session features a presentation by Dr. Alvina Hoffmann (SOAS University of London) who will present a draft chapter of her book manuscript on human rights el...
www.eui.eu
May 7, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Really excited to present my ongoing book project on human rights elites at the UN at the International Relations Working Group at @eui-eu.bsky.social on 29 May (10:00 - 12:00 CEST). Even more excited to have the brilliant @jemtseva.bsky.social as disussant.
www.eui.eu/events?id=57...
www.eui.eu/events?id=57...