Matthias Leese
@matthiasleese.bsky.social
Assist. Prof. of Technology and Governance @ethz.ch ¦ PI @curateproject.bsky.social ¦ Editor-in-chief @jird-jour.bsky.social
https://matthiasleese.com
https://matthiasleese.com
Last time I was at the @eui-eu.bsky.social was - checks personal archives - twelve years ago 😵
Now I feel old. But at least the view is as stunning as I remembered 🖤
Now I feel old. But at least the view is as stunning as I remembered 🖤
October 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Last time I was at the @eui-eu.bsky.social was - checks personal archives - twelve years ago 😵
Now I feel old. But at least the view is as stunning as I remembered 🖤
Now I feel old. But at least the view is as stunning as I remembered 🖤
🚨Deadline reminder🚨
The @jird-jour.bsky.social editorial board is looking forward to receiving your SI/SC proposals by 30 October at the latest 💥
All info below 👇
The @jird-jour.bsky.social editorial board is looking forward to receiving your SI/SC proposals by 30 October at the latest 💥
All info below 👇
📚 Want to publish a guest-edited Special Issue or Special Collection with us?
📆 Don’t miss the submission deadline for this year’s annual call on 30 October 2025!
👉 You can find more information on how to prepare your proposal here: link.springer.com/journal/4126...
📆 Don’t miss the submission deadline for this year’s annual call on 30 October 2025!
👉 You can find more information on how to prepare your proposal here: link.springer.com/journal/4126...
October 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM
🚨Deadline reminder🚨
The @jird-jour.bsky.social editorial board is looking forward to receiving your SI/SC proposals by 30 October at the latest 💥
All info below 👇
The @jird-jour.bsky.social editorial board is looking forward to receiving your SI/SC proposals by 30 October at the latest 💥
All info below 👇
It's page-proof time 💥
Looking very much forward to the publication of the latest paper from the @curateproject.bsky.social in @estsjournal.bsky.social ❤️
Looking very much forward to the publication of the latest paper from the @curateproject.bsky.social in @estsjournal.bsky.social ❤️
September 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
It's page-proof time 💥
Looking very much forward to the publication of the latest paper from the @curateproject.bsky.social in @estsjournal.bsky.social ❤️
Looking very much forward to the publication of the latest paper from the @curateproject.bsky.social in @estsjournal.bsky.social ❤️
Reposted by Matthias Leese
🤖 How does JIRD approach the issue of AI and academic publishing? 🤖
👉 In their editorial, @matthiasleese.bsky.social & @ajdah.bsky.social explicate our AI policy and call on all authors and reviewers to make use of AI tools sensibly and responsibly.
📄 Read it here: rdcu.be/eGCFt
👉 In their editorial, @matthiasleese.bsky.social & @ajdah.bsky.social explicate our AI policy and call on all authors and reviewers to make use of AI tools sensibly and responsibly.
📄 Read it here: rdcu.be/eGCFt
September 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM
🤖 How does JIRD approach the issue of AI and academic publishing? 🤖
👉 In their editorial, @matthiasleese.bsky.social & @ajdah.bsky.social explicate our AI policy and call on all authors and reviewers to make use of AI tools sensibly and responsibly.
📄 Read it here: rdcu.be/eGCFt
👉 In their editorial, @matthiasleese.bsky.social & @ajdah.bsky.social explicate our AI policy and call on all authors and reviewers to make use of AI tools sensibly and responsibly.
📄 Read it here: rdcu.be/eGCFt
At @jird-jour.bsky.social, we have implemented a new AI policy that clarifies what is allowed and what is not. In the latest editorial, @ajdah.bsky.social and I introduce this policy, discuss what is at stake, and explicate our rationale as editors.
Read it as open access here: lnkd.in/eB-p4GNB
Read it as open access here: lnkd.in/eB-p4GNB
September 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
At @jird-jour.bsky.social, we have implemented a new AI policy that clarifies what is allowed and what is not. In the latest editorial, @ajdah.bsky.social and I introduce this policy, discuss what is at stake, and explicate our rationale as editors.
Read it as open access here: lnkd.in/eB-p4GNB
Read it as open access here: lnkd.in/eB-p4GNB
For the annual team hike of the ETH Zurich Technology and Governance research group, this year we tackled the famous five lakes route at Pizol.
And after two years of bad weather luck, this time we caught a magnificent day ☀️
I believe it's safe to say that the entire team had fun 😊
And after two years of bad weather luck, this time we caught a magnificent day ☀️
I believe it's safe to say that the entire team had fun 😊
August 8, 2025 at 6:54 AM
For the annual team hike of the ETH Zurich Technology and Governance research group, this year we tackled the famous five lakes route at Pizol.
And after two years of bad weather luck, this time we caught a magnificent day ☀️
I believe it's safe to say that the entire team had fun 😊
And after two years of bad weather luck, this time we caught a magnificent day ☀️
I believe it's safe to say that the entire team had fun 😊
As editors-in-chief, @dagmarvorlicek.bsky.social and I are extremely proud that @jird-jour.bsky.social is now for the first time ever ranked in Q1 of International Relations journals 💥
Clearly, we owe this to our predecessors, as we only took over in January 2025 - but good news is good news ❤️
Clearly, we owe this to our predecessors, as we only took over in January 2025 - but good news is good news ❤️
Thinking about publishing with JIRD? Now you have all the more reason to do so!
According to this year’s Journal Citation Reports, we are
🏆 in Q1
🏆 with an Impact Factor of 2.5,
🏆 ranking 28th out of 169 in International Relations.
📄 👉 Submit your article with us here: shorturl.at/GdAUM
According to this year’s Journal Citation Reports, we are
🏆 in Q1
🏆 with an Impact Factor of 2.5,
🏆 ranking 28th out of 169 in International Relations.
📄 👉 Submit your article with us here: shorturl.at/GdAUM
July 3, 2025 at 9:32 AM
As editors-in-chief, @dagmarvorlicek.bsky.social and I are extremely proud that @jird-jour.bsky.social is now for the first time ever ranked in Q1 of International Relations journals 💥
Clearly, we owe this to our predecessors, as we only took over in January 2025 - but good news is good news ❤️
Clearly, we owe this to our predecessors, as we only took over in January 2025 - but good news is good news ❤️
@europeanisa.bsky.social PEC 2025 program is out: c-in.floq.live/event/eisape...
It's going to be a couple of super intense, fun, and presumably veeeeeery hot days in Bologna - looking forward to seeing everyone and catching up 👌
It's going to be a couple of super intense, fun, and presumably veeeeeery hot days in Bologna - looking forward to seeing everyone and catching up 👌
c-in.floq.live
July 3, 2025 at 9:22 AM
@europeanisa.bsky.social PEC 2025 program is out: c-in.floq.live/event/eisape...
It's going to be a couple of super intense, fun, and presumably veeeeeery hot days in Bologna - looking forward to seeing everyone and catching up 👌
It's going to be a couple of super intense, fun, and presumably veeeeeery hot days in Bologna - looking forward to seeing everyone and catching up 👌
🚨Publication alert🚨
We compare national quantum technology governance strategies with expert insights, showing that while both emphasize innovation and infrastructure, national frameworks underplay critical ethical, societal, and security concerns.
Full OA: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
We compare national quantum technology governance strategies with expert insights, showing that while both emphasize innovation and infrastructure, national frameworks underplay critical ethical, societal, and security concerns.
Full OA: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
June 26, 2025 at 3:26 PM
🚨Publication alert🚨
We compare national quantum technology governance strategies with expert insights, showing that while both emphasize innovation and infrastructure, national frameworks underplay critical ethical, societal, and security concerns.
Full OA: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
We compare national quantum technology governance strategies with expert insights, showing that while both emphasize innovation and infrastructure, national frameworks underplay critical ethical, societal, and security concerns.
Full OA: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Thanks to all of our colleagues who showed so much support for @jird-jour.bsky.social by agreeing to join the International Advisory Board ❤️
We are thrilled to announce updates to our International Advisory Board!
Its members will support us in promoting JIRD as a relevant forum for scholarship on global politics and development while maintaining our regional roots.
You can find a complete list of the board here: tinyurl.com/mpwcjj5u
Its members will support us in promoting JIRD as a relevant forum for scholarship on global politics and development while maintaining our regional roots.
You can find a complete list of the board here: tinyurl.com/mpwcjj5u
June 20, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Thanks to all of our colleagues who showed so much support for @jird-jour.bsky.social by agreeing to join the International Advisory Board ❤️
couldn't have asked for a smarter and nicer group of humans - thanks to everyone for coming zu Zurich and sharing your work!
w/ Bernd Kasparek, Stefanie Büchner, Stefania Milan, @nannathylstrup.bsky.social, @robkitchin.bsky.social, @heimstaedt.bsky.social, Margo Boenig-Liptsin, @ikkibop.bsky.social
w/ Bernd Kasparek, Stefanie Büchner, Stefania Milan, @nannathylstrup.bsky.social, @robkitchin.bsky.social, @heimstaedt.bsky.social, Margo Boenig-Liptsin, @ikkibop.bsky.social
The CURATE team is meeting up with an amazing group of interdisciplinary scholars in Zurich for a two-day workshop to reflect on human-data interactions.
The weather and the view are on our side - and so are the draft papers 😍
The weather and the view are on our side - and so are the draft papers 😍
June 12, 2025 at 6:49 AM
couldn't have asked for a smarter and nicer group of humans - thanks to everyone for coming zu Zurich and sharing your work!
w/ Bernd Kasparek, Stefanie Büchner, Stefania Milan, @nannathylstrup.bsky.social, @robkitchin.bsky.social, @heimstaedt.bsky.social, Margo Boenig-Liptsin, @ikkibop.bsky.social
w/ Bernd Kasparek, Stefanie Büchner, Stefania Milan, @nannathylstrup.bsky.social, @robkitchin.bsky.social, @heimstaedt.bsky.social, Margo Boenig-Liptsin, @ikkibop.bsky.social
Reposted by Matthias Leese
Open call for a Full Professorship (W3) for Sociology with a Focus on Theoretical Sociology and Epistemology; key areas: materialist theory in the line of the Frankfurt School and/or global critical theories
@goetheuni.bsky.social, Germany
Deadline: 11 July 2025
berufungsportal.uni-frankfurt.de
@goetheuni.bsky.social, Germany
Deadline: 11 July 2025
berufungsportal.uni-frankfurt.de
June 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Open call for a Full Professorship (W3) for Sociology with a Focus on Theoretical Sociology and Epistemology; key areas: materialist theory in the line of the Frankfurt School and/or global critical theories
@goetheuni.bsky.social, Germany
Deadline: 11 July 2025
berufungsportal.uni-frankfurt.de
@goetheuni.bsky.social, Germany
Deadline: 11 July 2025
berufungsportal.uni-frankfurt.de
👉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!
Reposted by Matthias Leese
Excited to embark on this relaunch alongside @francakappes.bsky.social , Victoria Motta, and Carolina Futuro!
Shout-out to @matthiasleese.bsky.social , Klaus Dingwerth, and Lucile Maertens, who first established the #DoingIPS network in 🇨🇭
👉 Call for Participation: forms.gle/6aMrVN8pHVVw...
Shout-out to @matthiasleese.bsky.social , Klaus Dingwerth, and Lucile Maertens, who first established the #DoingIPS network in 🇨🇭
👉 Call for Participation: forms.gle/6aMrVN8pHVVw...
We are thrilled to announce the revival of the Swiss chapter of @doingips.bsky.social!
Doing IPS Switzerland will host various activities, such as an annual transnational symposium and biannual PhD workshops.
👉 If you are interested in participating, please register here forms.gle/6aMrVN8pHVVw...
Doing IPS Switzerland will host various activities, such as an annual transnational symposium and biannual PhD workshops.
👉 If you are interested in participating, please register here forms.gle/6aMrVN8pHVVw...
June 2, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Excited to embark on this relaunch alongside @francakappes.bsky.social , Victoria Motta, and Carolina Futuro!
Shout-out to @matthiasleese.bsky.social , Klaus Dingwerth, and Lucile Maertens, who first established the #DoingIPS network in 🇨🇭
👉 Call for Participation: forms.gle/6aMrVN8pHVVw...
Shout-out to @matthiasleese.bsky.social , Klaus Dingwerth, and Lucile Maertens, who first established the #DoingIPS network in 🇨🇭
👉 Call for Participation: forms.gle/6aMrVN8pHVVw...
more good stuff coming our way from @josipovicivo.bsky.social
Out now! My latest article in JEMS @tandfresearch.bsky.social Special thanks to @matthiasleese.bsky.social and @ethz.ch for hosting me during my fieldwork phase in 2023
May 26, 2025 at 4:22 PM
more good stuff coming our way from @josipovicivo.bsky.social
new issue of JIRD coming up ❤️
Pssst! 🤫👋
Curious about the topics that JIRD’s June Issue will cover?
🔎 We offer you a sneak peek into our article production with a first view of the upcoming cover page. Stay tuned for more…
Curious about the topics that JIRD’s June Issue will cover?
🔎 We offer you a sneak peek into our article production with a first view of the upcoming cover page. Stay tuned for more…
May 21, 2025 at 9:13 AM
new issue of JIRD coming up ❤️
Reposted by Matthias Leese
Curious about how planning systems are moving from paper to digital? Our new article charts 25 years of digital transformation in the Irish planning ecosystem, revealing how visioning, scaffolding and politics shape technology adoption.
See: doi.org/10.1016/j.di...
See: doi.org/10.1016/j.di...
Redirecting
doi.org
May 19, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Curious about how planning systems are moving from paper to digital? Our new article charts 25 years of digital transformation in the Irish planning ecosystem, revealing how visioning, scaffolding and politics shape technology adoption.
See: doi.org/10.1016/j.di...
See: doi.org/10.1016/j.di...
there's a lot of talk about the potential use of AI in border and migration management
in this report, @laurajung.bsky.social & @abendsommer.bsky.social carefully and critically take stock of what is actually possible/going on and with what consequences
👇
tinyurl.com/59ts8b2m
in this report, @laurajung.bsky.social & @abendsommer.bsky.social carefully and critically take stock of what is actually possible/going on and with what consequences
👇
tinyurl.com/59ts8b2m
May 16, 2025 at 1:55 PM
there's a lot of talk about the potential use of AI in border and migration management
in this report, @laurajung.bsky.social & @abendsommer.bsky.social carefully and critically take stock of what is actually possible/going on and with what consequences
👇
tinyurl.com/59ts8b2m
in this report, @laurajung.bsky.social & @abendsommer.bsky.social carefully and critically take stock of what is actually possible/going on and with what consequences
👇
tinyurl.com/59ts8b2m
in less diplomatic terms: we as editors have been fighting an uphill battle against a global corporation to get their shit together🤦♂️
this has been extremely frustrating, but we remain optimistic that things will change for the better soon...
this has been extremely frustrating, but we remain optimistic that things will change for the better soon...
🚨 JIRD is aware of the problems with the new submission system, and we are doing everything possible to resolve them.
⌛ We are currently waiting for Springer to fix the issues with their platform.
➡️ Our sincere apologies, and please don’t let this deter you from submitting your work to us!
⌛ We are currently waiting for Springer to fix the issues with their platform.
➡️ Our sincere apologies, and please don’t let this deter you from submitting your work to us!
May 15, 2025 at 12:19 PM
in less diplomatic terms: we as editors have been fighting an uphill battle against a global corporation to get their shit together🤦♂️
this has been extremely frustrating, but we remain optimistic that things will change for the better soon...
this has been extremely frustrating, but we remain optimistic that things will change for the better soon...
we all fail rather frequently in different aspects of academic work - but we rarely talk about it
check out this🔥@ispjournal.bsky.social forum on understanding, reflecting, and coping with failure
@meibauir.bsky.social @ncrenic.bsky.social @jrodehaun.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/isp/article/...
check out this🔥@ispjournal.bsky.social forum on understanding, reflecting, and coping with failure
@meibauir.bsky.social @ncrenic.bsky.social @jrodehaun.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/isp/article/...
Forum: Dead-Ends, Disasters, Delays? Reflecting on Research Failure in International Studies and Ways to Avoid It
Abstract. This forum urges international relations (IR) practitioners to rethink the nature of both failure and success, and their own responsibility in bu
academic.oup.com
May 12, 2025 at 8:16 AM
we all fail rather frequently in different aspects of academic work - but we rarely talk about it
check out this🔥@ispjournal.bsky.social forum on understanding, reflecting, and coping with failure
@meibauir.bsky.social @ncrenic.bsky.social @jrodehaun.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/isp/article/...
check out this🔥@ispjournal.bsky.social forum on understanding, reflecting, and coping with failure
@meibauir.bsky.social @ncrenic.bsky.social @jrodehaun.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/isp/article/...
Platforms, silos, interoperability - what's the deal with these database buzzwords?
Check out this🔥new paper by @matthewarcher.bsky.social @louravn.bsky.social and @nannathylstrup.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Check out this🔥new paper by @matthewarcher.bsky.social @louravn.bsky.social and @nannathylstrup.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
The political economy of platformed silos: Theorizing data storage reconfigurations in the age of interoperability capitalism - Matthew Archer, Louis Ravn, Nanna Bonde Thylstrup, 2025
Interoperability has become a prominent topic in contemporary discourses around digital infrastructures in fields as diverse as security, finance, health, and c...
journals.sagepub.com
May 9, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Platforms, silos, interoperability - what's the deal with these database buzzwords?
Check out this🔥new paper by @matthewarcher.bsky.social @louravn.bsky.social and @nannathylstrup.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Check out this🔥new paper by @matthewarcher.bsky.social @louravn.bsky.social and @nannathylstrup.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
15% plagiarism is fine - predatory publishing emails hit differently 😅
May 7, 2025 at 12:11 PM
15% plagiarism is fine - predatory publishing emails hit differently 😅
🚨Call for Papers🚨
"Ten years of critical security studies: Taking stock" - annual conference of the critical security studies section at the @dvpw.bsky.social
Dresden, 6-7 Nov 2025
all info in the picture
"Ten years of critical security studies: Taking stock" - annual conference of the critical security studies section at the @dvpw.bsky.social
Dresden, 6-7 Nov 2025
all info in the picture
May 6, 2025 at 10:27 AM
🚨Call for Papers🚨
"Ten years of critical security studies: Taking stock" - annual conference of the critical security studies section at the @dvpw.bsky.social
Dresden, 6-7 Nov 2025
all info in the picture
"Ten years of critical security studies: Taking stock" - annual conference of the critical security studies section at the @dvpw.bsky.social
Dresden, 6-7 Nov 2025
all info in the picture
I might be biased but this seems like a good read for the upcoming Easter break 👌
🎉 Our March Issue is out! 🎉
It contains five original research articles on topics ranging from peace narratives in South Korea, populist diplomacy, and the role of sexuality in EU militarism to Azerbaijan's political economy and Sweden's NATO membership.
📚 Read here ➡️ shorturl.at/Avvv0
It contains five original research articles on topics ranging from peace narratives in South Korea, populist diplomacy, and the role of sexuality in EU militarism to Azerbaijan's political economy and Sweden's NATO membership.
📚 Read here ➡️ shorturl.at/Avvv0
April 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I might be biased but this seems like a good read for the upcoming Easter break 👌
🚨Call for papers🚨
@jenshaelterlein.bsky.social and I are organizing a panel on "STS and International Security: Towards Convergence?" for the 2025 @sts-ch.bsky.social conference in Zurich (10-12 Sep)
all panel info in the image; submit here: tinyurl.com/5dt72uxa
please distribute widely!
@jenshaelterlein.bsky.social and I are organizing a panel on "STS and International Security: Towards Convergence?" for the 2025 @sts-ch.bsky.social conference in Zurich (10-12 Sep)
all panel info in the image; submit here: tinyurl.com/5dt72uxa
please distribute widely!
April 14, 2025 at 12:57 PM
🚨Call for papers🚨
@jenshaelterlein.bsky.social and I are organizing a panel on "STS and International Security: Towards Convergence?" for the 2025 @sts-ch.bsky.social conference in Zurich (10-12 Sep)
all panel info in the image; submit here: tinyurl.com/5dt72uxa
please distribute widely!
@jenshaelterlein.bsky.social and I are organizing a panel on "STS and International Security: Towards Convergence?" for the 2025 @sts-ch.bsky.social conference in Zurich (10-12 Sep)
all panel info in the image; submit here: tinyurl.com/5dt72uxa
please distribute widely!