Marshall Beier
@jmarshallbeier.bsky.social
Researching imagined childhood as a social technology of governance and the everyday militarization of children’s lives; International Relations; Critical Security Studies. Professor, Department of Political Science, McMaster University. marshallbeier.com
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Call for Papers 📢
Special Issue on "Towards a Responsible AI in the Military? The Politics of Ethics of AI-enabled Weapons" in Critical Military Studies
Keydates:
Abstracts - December 12, 2025
Full papers - June 1, 2026
Publication ~ mid-2027
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Special Issue on "Towards a Responsible AI in the Military? The Politics of Ethics of AI-enabled Weapons" in Critical Military Studies
Keydates:
Abstracts - December 12, 2025
Full papers - June 1, 2026
Publication ~ mid-2027
meaningfulhumancontrol.de/wp-content/u...
Critical Military Studies
Critical Military Studies publishes research on the critical aspects of military power and operations, institutions and international relations.
www.tandfonline.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Call for Papers 📢
Special Issue on "Towards a Responsible AI in the Military? The Politics of Ethics of AI-enabled Weapons" in Critical Military Studies
Keydates:
Abstracts - December 12, 2025
Full papers - June 1, 2026
Publication ~ mid-2027
meaningfulhumancontrol.de/wp-content/u...
Special Issue on "Towards a Responsible AI in the Military? The Politics of Ethics of AI-enabled Weapons" in Critical Military Studies
Keydates:
Abstracts - December 12, 2025
Full papers - June 1, 2026
Publication ~ mid-2027
meaningfulhumancontrol.de/wp-content/u...
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The use of drones in armed conflicts has increased dramatically since 2020.
Lauren Spink writes that urgent, collective action is needed to reduce civilian harm and suffering from drone attacks around the world.
www.justsecurity.org/123474/drone...
Lauren Spink writes that urgent, collective action is needed to reduce civilian harm and suffering from drone attacks around the world.
www.justsecurity.org/123474/drone...
Drones are Changing How Wars Harm Civilians
Drones are rapidly changing war. Without global action, their use will lead to greater civilian harm and expand human suffering in conflict.
www.justsecurity.org
November 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The use of drones in armed conflicts has increased dramatically since 2020.
Lauren Spink writes that urgent, collective action is needed to reduce civilian harm and suffering from drone attacks around the world.
www.justsecurity.org/123474/drone...
Lauren Spink writes that urgent, collective action is needed to reduce civilian harm and suffering from drone attacks around the world.
www.justsecurity.org/123474/drone...
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Are you going to #BISA2026? @drswhite.bsky.social, @jmarshallbeier.bsky.social Katie Hodgkinson and I have two CPFs for your consideration:
Roundtable: "Integrating a youth lens across Intl Studies".
Panel: "Shaping the intl through a lens of accountability to children & young ppl"
Roundtable: "Integrating a youth lens across Intl Studies".
Panel: "Shaping the intl through a lens of accountability to children & young ppl"
October 20, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Are you going to #BISA2026? @drswhite.bsky.social, @jmarshallbeier.bsky.social Katie Hodgkinson and I have two CPFs for your consideration:
Roundtable: "Integrating a youth lens across Intl Studies".
Panel: "Shaping the intl through a lens of accountability to children & young ppl"
Roundtable: "Integrating a youth lens across Intl Studies".
Panel: "Shaping the intl through a lens of accountability to children & young ppl"
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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."
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
A short 🧵 on my piece —
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A short 🧵 on my piece —
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October 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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 —
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
A short 🧵 on my piece —
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🔔Call for Papers🔔
Graduate Panel: Including Indigenous Nations in International Relations
Two participants will be selected and paired with an expert from the Indo-Pacific to discuss their work. This is an opportunity to gain mentorship in conference presentation and writing.
>>> bit.ly/4gWF5Kj
Graduate Panel: Including Indigenous Nations in International Relations
Two participants will be selected and paired with an expert from the Indo-Pacific to discuss their work. This is an opportunity to gain mentorship in conference presentation and writing.
>>> bit.ly/4gWF5Kj
October 2, 2025 at 4:14 PM
🔔Call for Papers🔔
Graduate Panel: Including Indigenous Nations in International Relations
Two participants will be selected and paired with an expert from the Indo-Pacific to discuss their work. This is an opportunity to gain mentorship in conference presentation and writing.
>>> bit.ly/4gWF5Kj
Graduate Panel: Including Indigenous Nations in International Relations
Two participants will be selected and paired with an expert from the Indo-Pacific to discuss their work. This is an opportunity to gain mentorship in conference presentation and writing.
>>> bit.ly/4gWF5Kj
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#DYK War zones are breeding grounds for drug-resistant infections. Gaza, Syria, Yemen, Ukraine: collapsed health systems + chaotic antibiotic use = antimicrobial resistance exploding. Militarism isn’t just killing people. It’s killing the medicines that could save them.
How Human Conflict Accelerates Antimicrobial Resistance | ASM.org
War and conflict accelerate antimicrobial resistance (AMR) due to the spread of infections and misuse of antibiotics. Addressing the challenges presented by AMR requires international coordination.
buff.ly
September 24, 2025 at 1:03 PM
#DYK War zones are breeding grounds for drug-resistant infections. Gaza, Syria, Yemen, Ukraine: collapsed health systems + chaotic antibiotic use = antimicrobial resistance exploding. Militarism isn’t just killing people. It’s killing the medicines that could save them.
"Rights Education and the Children's University," now published in vol. 24, no. 4 of the Journal of Human Rights. For those without institutional access, please contact me for the e-offprint link.
Rights education and the children’s university
This article approaches children’s university programs as engaged forms of rights education allied with efforts toward democratic inclusion of children. To the extent they produce opportunities for...
www.tandfonline.com
September 22, 2025 at 1:47 PM
"Rights Education and the Children's University," now published in vol. 24, no. 4 of the Journal of Human Rights. For those without institutional access, please contact me for the e-offprint link.
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121 charities have urged the government to bring children's rights in England in line with Scotland & Wales.
The changes, in 2 proposed amendments to the Children’s Wellbeing & Schools Bill include placing a statutory duty on ministers to protect children’s rights.
www.cypnow.co.uk/content/news...
The changes, in 2 proposed amendments to the Children’s Wellbeing & Schools Bill include placing a statutory duty on ministers to protect children’s rights.
www.cypnow.co.uk/content/news...
‘Put children’s rights at heart of UK law’, urge campaigners - CYP Now
"Landmark moves" to bring England into line with Scotland and Wales on children’s rights are being urged by a coalition of 121 charities and organisations.
www.cypnow.co.uk
September 19, 2025 at 7:26 PM
121 charities have urged the government to bring children's rights in England in line with Scotland & Wales.
The changes, in 2 proposed amendments to the Children’s Wellbeing & Schools Bill include placing a statutory duty on ministers to protect children’s rights.
www.cypnow.co.uk/content/news...
The changes, in 2 proposed amendments to the Children’s Wellbeing & Schools Bill include placing a statutory duty on ministers to protect children’s rights.
www.cypnow.co.uk/content/news...
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The effort to keep schools safe from mass shooters has ballooned into a multibillion-dollar industry. Companies are selling school districts assurance with high-tech products.
The school shooting industry is worth billions — and it keeps growing
The effort to keep schools safe from mass shooters has ballooned into a multibillion-dollar industry. Companies are selling school districts assurance with high-tech products.
n.pr
September 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The effort to keep schools safe from mass shooters has ballooned into a multibillion-dollar industry. Companies are selling school districts assurance with high-tech products.
September 12, 2025 at 12:35 PM
National Atomic Testing Museum (Las Vegas) rebranded as The Atomic Museum in 2022 and has been positioning itself as a Las Vegas attraction.
Exhibits, Museums, and Historic Facilities
This page provides details on exhibits, museums, historic facilities and public tours affiliated with the Department of Energy.
www.energy.gov
September 11, 2025 at 3:49 PM
National Atomic Testing Museum (Las Vegas) rebranded as The Atomic Museum in 2022 and has been positioning itself as a Las Vegas attraction.
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from banal militarism to "cute" militarism
CCTV has a montage of cute small children watching the military parade yesterday, netizens saying this is "the best patriotic education."
There really isn't any national security topic state media hasn't tried levering cuteness into to make it more appealing.
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There really isn't any national security topic state media hasn't tried levering cuteness into to make it more appealing.
mbd.baidu.com/newspage/dat...
September 4, 2025 at 6:30 AM
from banal militarism to "cute" militarism
McMaster Children and Youth University: Upcoming events
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September 6, 2025 at 1:08 PM
McMaster Children and Youth University: Upcoming events
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Research WITH young people! CJPH @cjphrcsp.bsky.social now requires authors to describe how young people are involved in research that affects them. VOICE youth #JaynaLingLunny & faculty @memacdonald.bsky.social @francocarnevale.bsky.social promoted this policy! Our editorial doi.org/10.17269/s41...
Announcing a new authorship policy at CJPH: Consideration of young people in research - Canadian Journal of Public Health
Canadian Journal of Public Health -
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August 21, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Research WITH young people! CJPH @cjphrcsp.bsky.social now requires authors to describe how young people are involved in research that affects them. VOICE youth #JaynaLingLunny & faculty @memacdonald.bsky.social @francocarnevale.bsky.social promoted this policy! Our editorial doi.org/10.17269/s41...
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Children grieve too! In this paper, we contest views of children as immature, used to justify their exclusion from discussions about death. This exclusion breaches children’s participation rights. We propose a rethinking that recognizes young people as active moral agents. doi.org/10.1177/0030...
Re-Imagining Childhood Grief: Children as Active Agents in a Transactional Process - Ceilidh Eaton Russell, Meg Chin, Georg Bollig, Cheryl-Anne Cait, Franco A. Carnevale, Jody Chrastek, Bianca Lavorgn...
Bereavement during childhood impacts children’s wellbeing and biopsychosocial development. Research examining impacts and outcomes of childhood bereavement and ...
doi.org
August 20, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Children grieve too! In this paper, we contest views of children as immature, used to justify their exclusion from discussions about death. This exclusion breaches children’s participation rights. We propose a rethinking that recognizes young people as active moral agents. doi.org/10.1177/0030...
Ratified by every UN member state except the US, though the US has signed it.
Convention on the Rights of the Child
Find out about the world’s most widely ratified human rights treaty in history
www.unicef.org
August 13, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Ratified by every UN member state except the US, though the US has signed it.
"This matters because children are themselves a vulnerable group, with few individual rights, and little autonomy. ... When we treat dislike for vulnerable humans as a personality quirk, a temperament issue...we set the stage for a society that abdicates its duty to care for the next generation."
Children's Spaces With No Children
Have we lost our very minds?
www.the-pom.com
August 7, 2025 at 11:09 AM
"This matters because children are themselves a vulnerable group, with few individual rights, and little autonomy. ... When we treat dislike for vulnerable humans as a personality quirk, a temperament issue...we set the stage for a society that abdicates its duty to care for the next generation."
Newly published...
Rights education and the children’s university
This article approaches children’s university programs as engaged forms of rights education allied with efforts toward democratic inclusion of children. To the extent they produce opportunities for...
doi.org
July 30, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Newly published...
Happy to share that my project, ‘Childhood and Public Memory: Place, Presence, and Everyday Pedagogies of Remembrance,’ has been funded by a SSHRC (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada) Insight Grant. Brief project description here: marshallbeier.com/research/
July 14, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Happy to share that my project, ‘Childhood and Public Memory: Place, Presence, and Everyday Pedagogies of Remembrance,’ has been funded by a SSHRC (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada) Insight Grant. Brief project description here: marshallbeier.com/research/
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Work in a museum in the Midlands?
Come along to Museum Development Midlands' free, online Coffee and Connect session on 9 July - our Head of Programmes Laura will share how to make your museum more welcoming & accessible to families using our Manifesto ⭐
Come along to Museum Development Midlands' free, online Coffee and Connect session on 9 July - our Head of Programmes Laura will share how to make your museum more welcoming & accessible to families using our Manifesto ⭐
Coffee and Connect - Kids in Museums
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June 24, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Work in a museum in the Midlands?
Come along to Museum Development Midlands' free, online Coffee and Connect session on 9 July - our Head of Programmes Laura will share how to make your museum more welcoming & accessible to families using our Manifesto ⭐
Come along to Museum Development Midlands' free, online Coffee and Connect session on 9 July - our Head of Programmes Laura will share how to make your museum more welcoming & accessible to families using our Manifesto ⭐
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Seeking contributions for a volume on gender & national security. Proposal for July 15 / FFP/WPS & Natsec, mainstreaming, gender backlash, theoretical reflections, country case studies, etc. all welcome.
drive.google.com/file/d/14lPN...
drive.google.com/file/d/14lPN...
CALL FOR PROPOSALS.pdf
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June 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Seeking contributions for a volume on gender & national security. Proposal for July 15 / FFP/WPS & Natsec, mainstreaming, gender backlash, theoretical reflections, country case studies, etc. all welcome.
drive.google.com/file/d/14lPN...
drive.google.com/file/d/14lPN...
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I am absolutely delighted to announce that my first book, Girls, Power and International Development: Agency and Activism in the Global North and South, was published last week with @brisunipress.bsky.social
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Girls, Power and International Development
Girls, Power and International Development - Agency and Activism in the Global North and South; Drawing on focus groups with United Nations’ Girl Up members from the UK, US and Malawi, this book demon...
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk
June 3, 2025 at 11:01 AM
I am absolutely delighted to announce that my first book, Girls, Power and International Development: Agency and Activism in the Global North and South, was published last week with @brisunipress.bsky.social
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/girls-power-...
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/girls-power-...
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“#Canada has the opportunity to once again take a leadership role in disarmament by actively supporting the negotiation of a legally binding treaty prohibiting and regulating the use of ‘killer robots’ or #AutonomousWeapons systems.”
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#WPSAdvice: Killer robots: a new frontier for Canada to advance WPS
By Charlotte Akin, Programmes & Outreach Lead and Sasha Imbleau, Stop Killer Robots, with research contributions from Rosa Lee With more than 120 active armed conflicts raging globally, opportu…
wpsn-canada.org
June 4, 2025 at 1:09 PM
“#Canada has the opportunity to once again take a leadership role in disarmament by actively supporting the negotiation of a legally binding treaty prohibiting and regulating the use of ‘killer robots’ or #AutonomousWeapons systems.”
wpsn-canada.org/2025/05/29/w...
wpsn-canada.org/2025/05/29/w...