Corinna Jentzsch
@corinnajentzsch.com
Political Violence, Civil War, African Politics, Security Studies, Fieldwork Ethics, Gender | Political Scientist @Leiden University | Author of "Violent Resistance: Militia Formation and Civil War in Mozambique" (https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108936026)
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The CAT initiative offers teams of #EarlyCareerResarchers (3-5 members) short stays at FRIAS or other European Institutes for Advanced Studies. Deadline: 14 October 2025.
More information: uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...
More information: uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...
August 14, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The CAT initiative offers teams of #EarlyCareerResarchers (3-5 members) short stays at FRIAS or other European Institutes for Advanced Studies. Deadline: 14 October 2025.
More information: uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...
More information: uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...
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#CallforApplications #CfA for researchers from #Africa:
Apply for our fellowship programme 2026/27.
Deadline: 12 September 2025, 13:00 (CET)
uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...
Apply for our fellowship programme 2026/27.
Deadline: 12 September 2025, 13:00 (CET)
uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...
August 21, 2025 at 8:57 AM
#CallforApplications #CfA for researchers from #Africa:
Apply for our fellowship programme 2026/27.
Deadline: 12 September 2025, 13:00 (CET)
uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...
Apply for our fellowship programme 2026/27.
Deadline: 12 September 2025, 13:00 (CET)
uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...
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Le 11 novembre, l’ #Angola fête les 50 ans de son indépendance. L’occasion pour certains de demander la réhabilitation de personnalités et de mouvements pour leur rôle dans la guerre contre le colon portugais... Quitte à s'arranger avec l’histoire.
📌 #Portugal #colonialisme #USA #MPLA #UNITA #FNLA
📌 #Portugal #colonialisme #USA #MPLA #UNITA #FNLA
En Angola, un cinquantenaire de l'indépendance sur fond de polémiques historiques - Histoire
Le 11 novembre, l’Angola fêtera les cinquante ans de son indépendance. Depuis le début de cette année, des commémorations ont lieu dans tout le pays. L’occasion pour certains de demander la (…)
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September 3, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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Great article by @senayboztas.bsky.social about what's really created the housing crisis in the Netherlands: the perks of the house possessing class and decades of neoliberal neglect of the social housing market. Pity it isn't in a Dutch paper. | @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Amsterdam’s squatter wars are back – and wealthy Dutch homeowners have only themselves to blame | Senay Boztas
Those already on the property ladder are fuelling a shameful disparity. Until they wake up, the krakers will keep coming, says journalist Senay Boztas
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August 26, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Great article by @senayboztas.bsky.social about what's really created the housing crisis in the Netherlands: the perks of the house possessing class and decades of neoliberal neglect of the social housing market. Pity it isn't in a Dutch paper. | @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Job Alert! We're still looking for a **Post-Doctoral researcher for our Governing Jihad in Africa Project**, with a focus on violence and counter-violence:
- 3 years
- based in Paris/Bordeaux
- starting date: Jan 2026
- deadline: 15 Sept 2025
Vacancy (English): drive.google.com/file/d/1oLPb...
- 3 years
- based in Paris/Bordeaux
- starting date: Jan 2026
- deadline: 15 Sept 2025
Vacancy (English): drive.google.com/file/d/1oLPb...
August 26, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Job Alert! We're still looking for a **Post-Doctoral researcher for our Governing Jihad in Africa Project**, with a focus on violence and counter-violence:
- 3 years
- based in Paris/Bordeaux
- starting date: Jan 2026
- deadline: 15 Sept 2025
Vacancy (English): drive.google.com/file/d/1oLPb...
- 3 years
- based in Paris/Bordeaux
- starting date: Jan 2026
- deadline: 15 Sept 2025
Vacancy (English): drive.google.com/file/d/1oLPb...
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Some observations about the Marine Le Pen verdict:
1) WOW. They really went for it: prison term (w/electronic tag) and 5 years of ineligibility. That's almost exactly what the prosecutors asked for, so she's seriously guilty.
2) Will this halt the progress of the far-right in France? No. But... 1/
1) WOW. They really went for it: prison term (w/electronic tag) and 5 years of ineligibility. That's almost exactly what the prosecutors asked for, so she's seriously guilty.
2) Will this halt the progress of the far-right in France? No. But... 1/
March 31, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Some observations about the Marine Le Pen verdict:
1) WOW. They really went for it: prison term (w/electronic tag) and 5 years of ineligibility. That's almost exactly what the prosecutors asked for, so she's seriously guilty.
2) Will this halt the progress of the far-right in France? No. But... 1/
1) WOW. They really went for it: prison term (w/electronic tag) and 5 years of ineligibility. That's almost exactly what the prosecutors asked for, so she's seriously guilty.
2) Will this halt the progress of the far-right in France? No. But... 1/
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𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐨 𝐞𝐬𝐭á 𝐂𝐚𝐛𝐨 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐠𝐚𝐝𝐨?
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"𝐓𝐞𝐧𝐬õ𝐞𝐬 𝐩ó𝐬-𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬 𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚çã𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐦 𝐂𝐚𝐛𝐨 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐠𝐚𝐝𝐨"
𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫 𝟑𝟎: 4 de fevereiro de 2025 15h00
Poderá se inscrever neste evento através do link: shorturl.at/r0oPj
AfroLuso AfricanJihad #Mozambique #CaboDelgado
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"𝐓𝐞𝐧𝐬õ𝐞𝐬 𝐩ó𝐬-𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬 𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚çã𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐦 𝐂𝐚𝐛𝐨 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐠𝐚𝐝𝐨"
𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫 𝟑𝟎: 4 de fevereiro de 2025 15h00
Poderá se inscrever neste evento através do link: shorturl.at/r0oPj
AfroLuso AfricanJihad #Mozambique #CaboDelgado
January 30, 2025 at 2:16 PM
𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐨 𝐞𝐬𝐭á 𝐂𝐚𝐛𝐨 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐠𝐚𝐝𝐨?
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"𝐓𝐞𝐧𝐬õ𝐞𝐬 𝐩ó𝐬-𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬 𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚çã𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐦 𝐂𝐚𝐛𝐨 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐠𝐚𝐝𝐨"
𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫 𝟑𝟎: 4 de fevereiro de 2025 15h00
Poderá se inscrever neste evento através do link: shorturl.at/r0oPj
AfroLuso AfricanJihad #Mozambique #CaboDelgado
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"𝐓𝐞𝐧𝐬õ𝐞𝐬 𝐩ó𝐬-𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬 𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚çã𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐦 𝐂𝐚𝐛𝐨 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐠𝐚𝐝𝐨"
𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫 𝟑𝟎: 4 de fevereiro de 2025 15h00
Poderá se inscrever neste evento através do link: shorturl.at/r0oPj
AfroLuso AfricanJihad #Mozambique #CaboDelgado
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People are sleeping on this story—wrongly. Used to be that international media actually dispatched people to cover African events like these, shaping up to be another round of continental war. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
Rwanda-backed rebels seize control of Congo’s Goma after violent clashes
After a lightning offensive, M23 rebels now control Goma, a large city in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
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January 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
People are sleeping on this story—wrongly. Used to be that international media actually dispatched people to cover African events like these, shaping up to be another round of continental war. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
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Closing in two weeks:
2 open positions in my new consolidator project "Decades of Peace" at the University of Zurich @ipz.bsky.social funded by @snsf-ch.bsky.social, focusing on Latin America.
PhD position: ipz.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:e32a...
Postdoc position: ipz.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:94e1...
2 open positions in my new consolidator project "Decades of Peace" at the University of Zurich @ipz.bsky.social funded by @snsf-ch.bsky.social, focusing on Latin America.
PhD position: ipz.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:e32a...
Postdoc position: ipz.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:94e1...
January 17, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Closing in two weeks:
2 open positions in my new consolidator project "Decades of Peace" at the University of Zurich @ipz.bsky.social funded by @snsf-ch.bsky.social, focusing on Latin America.
PhD position: ipz.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:e32a...
Postdoc position: ipz.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:94e1...
2 open positions in my new consolidator project "Decades of Peace" at the University of Zurich @ipz.bsky.social funded by @snsf-ch.bsky.social, focusing on Latin America.
PhD position: ipz.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:e32a...
Postdoc position: ipz.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:94e1...
JOB ALERT: I have two vacancies for fully-funded, 4 year PhD positions in my European Research Council Project “Countering Jihadi Insurgencies in Africa”; one on Nigeria, one on Mozambique. Closing date for applications 15 March 2025, start in Sept. 2025
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/vacancies...
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/vacancies...
PhD Positions in Political Science/Conflict Studies/African Studies (two full-time positions)
PhD Positions in Political Science/Conflict Studies/African Studies (two full-time positions, each 1.0 fte)The Institute of Political Science of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences invites ...
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January 14, 2025 at 9:12 AM
JOB ALERT: I have two vacancies for fully-funded, 4 year PhD positions in my European Research Council Project “Countering Jihadi Insurgencies in Africa”; one on Nigeria, one on Mozambique. Closing date for applications 15 March 2025, start in Sept. 2025
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/vacancies...
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/vacancies...
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English version of our piece on the deployment of Kenyan policemen in Haiti. Outcomes are... mixed
In Haiti, Kenyan police officers between anger and powerlessness
By offering to lead the Multinational Security Support Mission in Haiti, a decision that was badly received by the population, Nairobi has taken a major political risk. Faced with powerful gangs (…)
afriquexxi.info
January 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
English version of our piece on the deployment of Kenyan policemen in Haiti. Outcomes are... mixed
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Mozambique opposition leader Venâncio Mondlane has arrived back in the country after his self-imposed exile. He definitely knows how to make an entrance.
If anyone knows what book he is holding, let me know - my best guess is a Bible?
web.facebook.com/watch/live/?...
If anyone knows what book he is holding, let me know - my best guess is a Bible?
web.facebook.com/watch/live/?...
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January 9, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Mozambique opposition leader Venâncio Mondlane has arrived back in the country after his self-imposed exile. He definitely knows how to make an entrance.
If anyone knows what book he is holding, let me know - my best guess is a Bible?
web.facebook.com/watch/live/?...
If anyone knows what book he is holding, let me know - my best guess is a Bible?
web.facebook.com/watch/live/?...
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Fantastic book presentation by @vtsagkr.bsky.social of ‘Radicalisation and Crisis Management’ (Springer) with @dafnoukos.bsky.social and Arjen Boin at @leidensocial.bsky.social
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
December 2, 2024 at 3:17 PM
Fantastic book presentation by @vtsagkr.bsky.social of ‘Radicalisation and Crisis Management’ (Springer) with @dafnoukos.bsky.social and Arjen Boin at @leidensocial.bsky.social
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Very excited to have joined @bubaimrana.bsky.social's PhD supervision team (alongside @janakrause.bsky.social @corinnajentzsch.com). Imrana does really impressive research on civilian agency in the Boko Haram insurgency. Follow him, and check out his 🏆 award-winning paper ⤵️
doi.org/10.1093/isag...
doi.org/10.1093/isag...
Civilian Protection Payment and the Escalation of Violence against Civilians in Northwestern Nigeria
Abstract. How do civilian protection payments to militias affect the dynamics of communal conflict? Building on the literature on communal conflict, civili
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December 4, 2024 at 8:26 AM
Very excited to have joined @bubaimrana.bsky.social's PhD supervision team (alongside @janakrause.bsky.social @corinnajentzsch.com). Imrana does really impressive research on civilian agency in the Boko Haram insurgency. Follow him, and check out his 🏆 award-winning paper ⤵️
doi.org/10.1093/isag...
doi.org/10.1093/isag...
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Met je "maar netto wordt er meer geïnvesteerd in het hoger onderwijs." Stelletje oplichters. "Sinds 2000 is de overheidsfinanciering per student in Nederland met 25% afgenomen. In diezelfde periode verdubbelde het aantal studenten en groeide de onderzoekslast." www.scienceguide.nl/2024/12/oeso...
OESO waarschuwt Nederland voor onderfinanciering van hoger onderwijs - ScienceGuide
Sinds 2000 is de overheidsfinanciering per student in Nederland met 25 procent afgenomen. In diezelfde periode verdubbelde het aantal studenten en groeide de onderzoekslast. Vooral STEM-opleidingen he...
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December 2, 2024 at 12:16 PM
Met je "maar netto wordt er meer geïnvesteerd in het hoger onderwijs." Stelletje oplichters. "Sinds 2000 is de overheidsfinanciering per student in Nederland met 25% afgenomen. In diezelfde periode verdubbelde het aantal studenten en groeide de onderzoekslast." www.scienceguide.nl/2024/12/oeso...
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🏆 Cedric Smith Prize 2025: Submit your best peace & conflict research (max 14k words) for a chance to win the Conflict Research Society's prestigious award. Open to PhD students/early grads (after 1 Sep 2024). Deadline: 31 Jan 2025.
conflictresearchsociety.org/cedric-smith...
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CRS | Cedric Smith Prize
The CRS welcomes submissions for the Cedric Smith Prize 2019 which is a peace research prize awarded for the best piece of peace and conflict research by a student
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November 19, 2024 at 7:15 AM
🏆 Cedric Smith Prize 2025: Submit your best peace & conflict research (max 14k words) for a chance to win the Conflict Research Society's prestigious award. Open to PhD students/early grads (after 1 Sep 2024). Deadline: 31 Jan 2025.
conflictresearchsociety.org/cedric-smith...
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The application for Claude Ake Visiting Chair 2025 is open!
We invite senior African scholars to apply for a 3-month scholarship in Uppsala. Scholars awarded the Chair pursue their own research while contributing to activities at our dep. and the Nordic Africa Institute.👉 nai.uu.se/opportunitie...
We invite senior African scholars to apply for a 3-month scholarship in Uppsala. Scholars awarded the Chair pursue their own research while contributing to activities at our dep. and the Nordic Africa Institute.👉 nai.uu.se/opportunitie...
November 29, 2024 at 9:46 AM
The application for Claude Ake Visiting Chair 2025 is open!
We invite senior African scholars to apply for a 3-month scholarship in Uppsala. Scholars awarded the Chair pursue their own research while contributing to activities at our dep. and the Nordic Africa Institute.👉 nai.uu.se/opportunitie...
We invite senior African scholars to apply for a 3-month scholarship in Uppsala. Scholars awarded the Chair pursue their own research while contributing to activities at our dep. and the Nordic Africa Institute.👉 nai.uu.se/opportunitie...
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📣 Attention all peace and conflict scholars and practitioners! The call for the Conflict Research Society Annual Conference 2025 is out! Get your paper, panel and workshop submissions in by 17th January 😀
conflictresearchsociety.org/call-for-pap...
conflictresearchsociety.org/call-for-pap...
Call for papers 2025 - CRS
Call for papers 2025 CRS
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November 27, 2024 at 9:08 AM
📣 Attention all peace and conflict scholars and practitioners! The call for the Conflict Research Society Annual Conference 2025 is out! Get your paper, panel and workshop submissions in by 17th January 😀
conflictresearchsociety.org/call-for-pap...
conflictresearchsociety.org/call-for-pap...
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Lusophone Africa's Gen X joining the choir of discontent: in Luanda, Angola, thousands of people took to the streets to protest against hunger, poverty and unemployment. Echoing the sentiment of Mocambican protesters, they say they're fed up with MPLA's 49 years rule. www.rfi.fr/pt/%C3%A1fri...
Em Luanda, milhares marcham por uma "Angola livre da fome" e dizem "hoje é FRELIMO, amanhã é MPLA"
Em Luanda, milhares de pessoas saíram às ruas, este sábado 23 de Novembro, para protestar contra a situação de fome no país, a pobreza e o desemprego entre outros. Muata Sebastião, secretário-geral do...
www.rfi.fr
November 27, 2024 at 4:32 PM
Lusophone Africa's Gen X joining the choir of discontent: in Luanda, Angola, thousands of people took to the streets to protest against hunger, poverty and unemployment. Echoing the sentiment of Mocambican protesters, they say they're fed up with MPLA's 49 years rule. www.rfi.fr/pt/%C3%A1fri...
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Mozambique's 🇲🇿 opposition leader, Venâncio Mondlane, asked people to drive and leave their cars on main roads to turn the streets into “parking lots” throughout the day.
Roads in Maputo, the capital, were blocked and public transport interrupted at the start of a fresh round of three-day protests.
Roads in Maputo, the capital, were blocked and public transport interrupted at the start of a fresh round of three-day protests.
November 27, 2024 at 4:28 PM
Mozambique's 🇲🇿 opposition leader, Venâncio Mondlane, asked people to drive and leave their cars on main roads to turn the streets into “parking lots” throughout the day.
Roads in Maputo, the capital, were blocked and public transport interrupted at the start of a fresh round of three-day protests.
Roads in Maputo, the capital, were blocked and public transport interrupted at the start of a fresh round of three-day protests.
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I've started a list of PoliSky Sub-feeds. If you know of one (or started one) that should be added, please re-skeet the feed announcement and @profruback.bsky.social when you do. I'll add it ASAP.
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(@maaikeverbruggen.bsky.social, @profmusgrave.bsky.social )
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PoliSky Sub-Feed List
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PoliSky Sub-Feed List
(list maintained by @profruback.bsky.social -- @ me with a reskeet of the feed announcement and I'll add it ASAP)
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September 21, 2023 at 3:19 PM
I've started a list of PoliSky Sub-feeds. If you know of one (or started one) that should be added, please re-skeet the feed announcement and @profruback.bsky.social when you do. I'll add it ASAP.
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(@maaikeverbruggen.bsky.social, @profmusgrave.bsky.social )
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Only 2 days left to apply for our UCL Conflict & Change PhD Workshop!! 📢 Send in your abstracts by 8th December! We hope to see you in March in London. 🙂 Some travel funds are available! Apply here conflictandchange.org/phdworkshop2...
PhD workshop - call for papers — Conflict & Change
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December 6, 2023 at 1:01 PM
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The news is now public: @emorier.bsky.social (QUB), Vincent Foucher (CNRS), @corinnajentzsch.com (Leiden) and I (BICC) are the recipients of an ORA8 research grant! We are delighted. Three years of exciting research ahead. Stay tuned, notably if you'd like to do a postdoc with us
October 23, 2024 at 10:27 AM
The news is now public: @emorier.bsky.social (QUB), Vincent Foucher (CNRS), @corinnajentzsch.com (Leiden) and I (BICC) are the recipients of an ORA8 research grant! We are delighted. Three years of exciting research ahead. Stay tuned, notably if you'd like to do a postdoc with us
Mozambique's elections for president & parliament are taking place today, follow the live blog below for updates, for background and overview of candidates for president, read this: www.zitamar.com/high-turnout...
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October 9, 2024 at 12:32 PM
Mozambique's elections for president & parliament are taking place today, follow the live blog below for updates, for background and overview of candidates for president, read this: www.zitamar.com/high-turnout...
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We're hiring a full professor of international relations at the institute of Political Science at Leiden University! Please spread the word and get in touch with questions.
www.universiteitleiden.nl/vacatures/20...
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Full Professor (Universitair Hoogleraar) of International Relations
Full Professor (Universitair Hoogleraar) of International Relations (38 hours a week) What you will doThe Institute of Political Science of Leiden University is looking for candidates for appointment ...
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July 17, 2024 at 8:28 AM
We're hiring a full professor of international relations at the institute of Political Science at Leiden University! Please spread the word and get in touch with questions.
www.universiteitleiden.nl/vacatures/20...
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www.universiteitleiden.nl/vacatures/20...
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