Tiina Hyyppä
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Tiina Hyyppä
@hyyppati.bsky.social
Doctoral researcher Univ Helsinki, civil wars, civilian agency, rebel governance, political violence, Syria. Member of board of NSMES and editorial board of Babylon.
Nyt allekirjoituksia jo yli 1000 🙌 Huomiseen klo 18 asti aikaa allekirjoittaa.
May 20, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Arvioitani Israelin iskuista Syyriaan Kaisa Rautaheimon jutussa.

www.hs.fi/maailma/art-...
Lähi-itä | Israel iskee syvälle Syyriaan – Mistä on kyse?
Israel sanoo iskevänsä Syyriaan puolustaakseen maan druusivähemmistöä. Tutkijan mukaan tästä tuskin on kyse.
www.hs.fi
May 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM
It was a pleasure to talk about 🇸🇾 Syria, my research on civil governance and Daraya with Jasmin Paananen and Anu Leinonen for Lähi-itä NYT podcast. Find out more discussion in Finnish below 👇

open.spotify.com/episode/1ipd...
Sisällissotaa tutkimassa – siviilit ja taistelijat Syyriassa
Lähi-itä NYT · Episode
open.spotify.com
April 30, 2025 at 9:08 AM
My review of Good Rebel Governance by Dipali Mukhopadhyay and Kimberly Howe is out at #ISR! It’s a great book with really interesting data from surveys USAID had conducted with Syrians in Syria during the war.
academic.oup.com/isr/article-...
Review of Good Rebel Governance: Revolutionary Politics and Western Intervention in Syria
In Good Rebel Governance, Mukhopadhyay and Howe ask how rebel rulers become authoritative and how foreign intervention promoting “good governance” affects
academic.oup.com
April 30, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Beyond thrilled to receive funding for two years of post doc and to continue my research on civil governance during conflicts 🤩

It’s not too many of us researching civil wars or Syria in Finland so very grateful to be able to continue the work 🙏

#kulttuurirahastontuella
February 14, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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Tosi hyvää Syyria-keskustelua A-studiossa, varsinkin Nada Kettusen ja @hyyppati.bsky.social osuus.
Syyrian vallankumous ravisuttaa Lähi-itää | A-studio
Syyrian vallankumous mullistaa valtasuhteita Lähi-idässä. Tilannetta analysoimassa Lähi-idän tutkimuksen professori Hannu Juusola Helsingin yliopistosta sekä everstiluutnantti Juha Mäkelä Puolustusvoi...
areena.yle.fi
December 9, 2024 at 8:56 PM
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I first heard about Yemenis being recruited under false pretences in August.

Reporting from the FT shows this is systematic human trafficking. Yemeni recruit says they were forcibly taken from the airport, shots fired when they refused to sign enlistment contracts…all facilitated by the Houthis.
November 24, 2024 at 5:23 PM
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From 2025 BJPolS will be a fully #OpenAccess title which means new articles are published as Gold Open Access under a Creative Commons licence.

You can find your open access options here - cup.org/4hWjxxI

And in 2025 BJPolS will publish continuously (no issues).
November 24, 2024 at 6:04 PM
Hyvä artikkeli - melkeinpä oikaisu aiempaan uutisointiin - Amsterdamin mellakoista. Ongelma on että se julkaistaan viikkoja tapahtumien jälkeen ja iso osa on jo luonut kuvan Amsterdamin tapahtumista. Arabi-vastaisia huutoja oli omassa somessani jo

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Amsterdamin väkivalta | Kun jalkapallofanit pääsivät kotiin Tel Aviviin, pilkkalaulu Gazan kuolleista lapsista raikui taas – Mitä mellakoissa todella tapahtui?
Amsterdamin marraskuun alun yhteenotoissa moni asia oli samaan aikaan totta: israelilaisia vastaan tehtiin antisemitistisiä hyökkäyksiä, ja Maccabi Tel Avivin jalkapallofanit terrorisoivat amsterdamil...
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November 22, 2024 at 6:43 AM
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Israel is conducting an ever-escalating shadow war against UNRWA, and their newest laws spell a disaster in the context of a catastrophe.
Israel Has Escalated Its Shadow War Against UNRWA. What Happens Now? – PRIO Blogs
On 4 November, the Israeli Foreign Ministry cancelled the agreement the country signed with UNRWA in 1967. A week earlier, the Knesset had passed legislation banning UNRWA from operating in Israel and...
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November 20, 2024 at 9:25 AM
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Check the new issue of the APSR. All papers are open access until the end of the month: bsky.app/profile/apsr...
The November issue of the APSR is now available online!

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
November 19, 2024 at 11:53 AM
menasky
The NSMES next Middle East Conference takes place in Oslo in September 2025. Hope to see many of you there!
Making my debut here with a reminder that the deadline for submitting your panel and paper proposals for next year’s Nordic Conference on Middle Eastern is coming up December 15. Please help us spread the word! Full cfp: nsmes.org/Thirteenth-N...

Hope to see you in Oslo next year!
November 19, 2024 at 10:39 AM
The NSMES next Middle East Conference takes place in Oslo in September 2025. Hope to see many of you there!
Making my debut here with a reminder that the deadline for submitting your panel and paper proposals for next year’s Nordic Conference on Middle Eastern is coming up December 15. Please help us spread the word! Full cfp: nsmes.org/Thirteenth-N...

Hope to see you in Oslo next year!
November 19, 2024 at 10:39 AM
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As people are leaving X and joining Bluesky instead, here is a starter pack of peace and conflict researchers for all new users ⤵️

go.bsky.app/7o8tZt2
November 9, 2024 at 11:18 AM
It was a pleasure to talk to high school students about Syria and the US foreign policy in the region - great questions by students!
November 18, 2024 at 1:41 PM
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As many new followers have joined this, I have a free book on the syrian insurgency, explaining why jihadis took over and transformed
academic.oup.com/book/57951?s... for those who dont have the time, i also did an AI generated podcast that is surprisingly good

m.youtube.com/watch?v=dS5Z...
November 18, 2024 at 9:22 AM
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We have a new 2-year postdoc position at Leiden University in the Netherlands. Peace and Conflict and Latin America focussed. Please share widely among your networks. www.universiteitleiden.nl/vacatures/20...
Post-Doc: Manifesting Mandates: Navigating Ambiguity in UN Special Political Missions
Post-Doc: Manifesting Mandates: Navigating Ambiguity in UN Special Political Missions (1.0fte)The Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) wishes to appoint a full-time Post-Doctoral researcher...
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November 18, 2024 at 10:19 AM
University of Helsinki’s response to student’s demands:

▶️ Exchange programs to Israel suspended and commenced after ethical reviews

▶️ Academic collaboration not suspended

▶️ No investments at the moment in Israeli companies

▶️ Committed to contributing to rebuilding higher education postwar
May 21, 2024 at 5:20 PM
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Polisky Dictatorsky!
We are accepting submissions for our Fall 2024 season of online workshops until May 31! We welcome presentations by early-career scholars studying authoritarian political regimes regardless of their methodological approaches. Find more information at: apsg.work/cfp/
Call for Papers Fall 2024!
The Authoritarian Political Systems Group is pleased to announce a Call for Papers. We are accepting submissions for our new season of online workshops taking place from 10 September 2024 to 17 Decemb...
apsg.work
May 13, 2024 at 9:49 AM
This is such an important collection on the war on #Gaza, academic freedom and the war’s wider repercussions.

“Put bluntly, Gaza no longer exists.” Thank you @abuaardvark.bsky.social 🙏

#Cease_fire_In_Gaza_Now
April 19, 2024 at 12:05 PM
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My book "Violent Resistance: Militia Formation and Civil War in Mozambique" (doi.org/10.1017/9781...) is now available #OpenAccess Go and check it out!

polisky Afripolsky conflictsky AfroLuso
Violent Resistance
Cambridge Core - African Government, Politics and Policy - Violent Resistance
doi.org
April 8, 2024 at 1:24 PM
Uusin Maailmanpolitiikan arkipäivää -jakso käsittelee sotarikoksista tuomitsemista. Kommentoimassa Mazen Darwishin ohella Syyrian ja Gazan tilannetta.

areena.yle.fi/1-68245737?u...
Tuliko sotarikoksista uusi normaali? | Maailmanpolitiikan arkipäivää
Useassa meneillään olevassa sodassa ja konfliktissa sodan oikeussäännöistä ei piitata. Venäjä iskee Ukrainassa toistuvasti siviilikohteisiin, Israelia syytetään kansanmurhasta Gazassa. Ohjelmassa kuu...
areena.yle.fi
April 6, 2024 at 7:38 AM
Scholasticide
April 5, 2024 at 1:03 PM
Lähi-itä kadoksissa? Mitä uutisotsikoiden takana tapahtuu? Tätä Fimen kurssia suosittelen kaikille, jotka haluavat ymmärtää tapahtumia paremmin. Vapaasti suoritettavissa netissä.

www.lahi-itakurssit.fi?fbclid=IwAR0...
www.lahi-itakurssit.fi
April 4, 2024 at 12:14 PM
Sharing this thread as I got a lot of good recommendations on the militarization of the Syrian uprising, possibly of use to civil war and reb gov people more broadly.

menasky conflictsky
Syria folks, what do you think is the best piece on the militarization of the Syrian uprising? Does not have to be an academic text.

menasky
April 4, 2024 at 8:29 AM