Security & Space (May 2026) has a website! This edited volume is all about how social spaces shape the ways in which security is experienced & understood. My chapter: "Space, Ontological Security, & Christo & Jeanne-Claude's, Wrapped Reichstag (1995)."

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I'm honored to appear in the Journal of International Political Theory in a series on "Global Crises and Utopian Hope." My article: "Children and their 'Right to be Heard': On a Child-Friendly Politics in an Age of Polycrisis." 

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A short 🧵 on my piece —

I'm honored to appear in the Journal of International Political Theory in a series on "Global Crises and Utopian Hope." My article: "Children and their 'Right to be Heard': On a Child-Friendly Politics in an Age of Polycrisis." 

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

A short 🧵 on my piece —

🚨Border Patrol arrested two firefighters who were actively fighting a wildfire at the time.

When the other members of the crew asked for a chance to say goodbye, a Border Patrol agent told the crew member “you need to get the f*ck out of here. I’m going to make you leave.”

Félicitations à Yann Allard-Tremblay, membre de la Première Nation huronne-wendat, et chercheur du Centre de recherche en éthique, pour la parution de son livre chez Oxford University Press.
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A reminder that I am always looking for more to add to this list of online and open access collections of radical historical documents. Over 900 collections now listed (and more on the way).

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My new open-access article in International Political Sociology is about “visual politics”, a growing subfield of International Relations. It considers how visual politics is structured to ignore race and racism and why it shouldn’t. academic.oup.com/ips/article/...

If only we had studies on autism and vaccines using nationally-complete healthcare data showing no association between the two.

Like, uh, this one from Denmark.

With everything happening in the world, it is very nice to see Maurits de Jongh's recent review of my book. I'm so very grateful of his thoughtful engagement with my ideas and approach. Much to continue reflecting upon!

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They comprehend neither beauty nor sorrow; understand neither empathy nor compassion, reject complexity and nuance. To create in any medium, to test hypotheses in the lab, to report the empirical reality, to challenge one's own assumptions, to teach others...is to rebel against them.

Took the little ones to the Los Angeles Zoo this morning and saw this magnificent fellow having a snack right up against the glass. Mixed feelings about such places but he was so captivating.

If you need a break from the news, perhaps the following—as "written" by my three-year-old son and me—will help lighten your mood. Many thanks to the editor, Katherine McDaniel, of Synkroniciti Magazine (Volume 7, no. 1) for including our work. For a copy, see: synkroniciti.com/the-magazine...

What an awesome call and keynotes! And 13 years?!

We are excited to announce our Call for Papers #CfP for the 13th Graduate Conference in International Political Theory at the University of St Andrews, 22-23 May, 2025.

Our keynotes are:
David Owen @artsofdenial.bsky.social
Lisa Tilley @tilley101.bsky.social
Jason Ralph @jasonralph.bsky.social

Many thanks for to @petrock.bsky.social for sharing my latest bit of 'dada', nano-(non)sense with the world. My one-liner is now live @dadakuku.bsky.social ...

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Found in the wild – many congratulations to @samantharhill.bsky.social 👏🙌

Many thanks to Daniel Philpott for reviewing my book. I'm so very grateful for his close reading—and positive review—of my work. And he's right—there is more to be said about the relationship between justice and forgiveness. Something to address next time :)

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