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ninahall.bsky.social
@ninahall.bsky.social
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Associate Prof of International Relations, Johns Hopkins, SAIS Europe.
IR, NGOs, IOs, advocacy, and climate change
Recent bk: https://www.cambridge.org/it/universitypress/subjects/earth-and-environmental-science/climatology-and-climate-change/climate-acti
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ninahall.bsky.social @ninahall.bsky.social · Sep 26
Thrilled to be co-hosting the "Sensing the Climate" festival next week in Bologna. Please join us!!

Wonderful line up of artists, musicians, performers, & films.
Hosted in glasshouses in public gardens: Giardini Margherita.

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Festival of Ecological Imagination
Dal 1 al 6 ottobre, serra madre, in collaborazione con Johns Hopkins University SAIS Europe e Università di Bologna, inaugura Sensing the Climate, la prima edizione del nuovo Festival of Ecological…
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In London? Come along tonight "Governing the End" Lisa Vanhala's new book on #climate loss and damage. 18.30 @ucl.ac.uk

www.ucl.ac.uk/grand-challe...
November 5, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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In a new Nature Climate Change comment, we call for reflection on the role and purpose of #climatelitigation in light of unfortunate trends of challenges to judicial independence, deregulation & anti-climate litigation

w/ @mer29-cam.bsky.social @highamian.bsky.social @ninahall.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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Check out this new research paper "Reorienting climate litigation in a time of backlash" in @nature.com by @mer29-cam.bsky.social, @ninahall.bsky.social, Lisa Vanhala, Joana Setzer, @highamian.bsky.social & @harrovanasselt.bsky.social

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reorienting climate litigation in a time of backlash - Nature Climate Change
Restrictions on civil society may drive climate activists to shift from protest to litigation. However, challenges to judicial independence, deregulation and anti-climate litigation mean that activist...
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November 3, 2025 at 2:36 PM
ninahall.bsky.social
Zohran Mamdani's won NYC mayoralty. Worthwhile reading his dad's book "Neither Settler nor Native", Harvard.

A fascinating account of how nation state intertwined with colonial state: making indigenous ppls "permanent minorities"

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Neither Settler nor Native — Harvard University Press
Prospect Top 50 Thinker of 2021British Academy Book Prize FinalistPROSE Award Finalist“Provocative, elegantly written.”—Fara Dabhoiwala, New York Review of Books“Demonstrates how a broad rethinking of...
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November 5, 2025 at 10:53 AM
ninahall.bsky.social
Reorienting #Climate litigation in a time of backlash, shrinking civic space & challenges to judicial independence

Here's our take in Nature w/ Mette Eilstrup-Sangiovanni, Lisa Vanhala, Joana Setzer, Ian Higham & @harrovanasselt.bsky.social Great collaboration!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reorienting climate litigation in a time of backlash - Nature Climate Change
Restrictions on civil society may drive climate activists to shift from protest to litigation. However, challenges to judicial independence, deregulation and anti-climate litigation mean that activist...
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November 2, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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Had such a great and productive time with these amazing people in Rapallo for the Exploratory Symposia @europeanisa.bsky.social !

Perhaps we’re smiling too much for discussing the Far-Right in International Politics, but how can you blame us considering our project’s progresses and that view!
October 31, 2025 at 9:43 AM
ninahall.bsky.social
"Governing the End: The Making of Climate Change Loss & Damage"

In London next Weds? Join this book launch of new brilliant work by Lisa Vanhala @ucl.ac.uk

Looking fwd to it! @birshao.bsky.social

www.ucl.ac.uk/grand-challe...
October 30, 2025 at 11:20 AM
ninahall.bsky.social
Buongiorno Rapallo! #EISA what a spot!!
October 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
ninahall.bsky.social
En route to Rapallo for #EISA working sessions.

Thanks to Lisbeth Zimmerman & @raffaelemstr.bsky.social for getting us time in a wonderful place to write!
October 26, 2025 at 6:45 AM
ninahall.bsky.social
In London? I'm speaking on Far Right and Global Environmental Politics. Thurs 6 Nov 2-3pm @soasuni.bsky.social

Please join! Deets below👇
October 24, 2025 at 9:59 AM
ninahall.bsky.social
Come to Bologna in May 2026 for Workshop on *Obstructionism in International Organizations* @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social

Co-organized w/ @borzyskowski.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk

Submit by Dec 15👇
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Please spread the word 🙏
Call for Papers Obstructionism in International Organizations
Date: May 20-22 2026 Location: SAIS Europe, Bologna, Italy Hosts: Nina Hall (Johns Hopkins University, SAIS Europe) & Inken von Borzyskowski (University of Oxford) Aim: This workshop will bring toge...
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October 24, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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Thanks to @stephofmann.bsky.social & the IR crew @eui-eu.bsky.social for wonderful feedback!
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October 14, 2025 at 7:34 PM
ninahall.bsky.social
Huge CONGRATS to @hahrie.bsky.social for winning a McCarthur Genius Grant! Fantastic news!

hub.jhu.edu/2025/10/08/h...
Johns Hopkins political scientist Hahrie Han receives MacArthur genius grant
Han, who studies political organizing and collective action and who has led the university's SNF Agora Institute since 2019, among 22 individuals to receive coveted MacArthur Foundation recognition
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October 13, 2025 at 8:00 AM
ninahall.bsky.social
What a wonderful weekend of "Sensing the Climate" conversations and experiences at our Festival!

Here are artists Mali Weil & Joanne Yao in Le Serre, Bologna.

Thanks all volunteers & participants! @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 5:31 AM
ninahall.bsky.social
Next Thurs 16 Oct I'll be @unileiden.bsky.social Hague Campus.

Speaking on "Far Right and Global Environmental Politics" 17 - 18.30.

Details 👇 please join & spread the word!
October 9, 2025 at 5:28 AM
ninahall.bsky.social
What a scoop! Defence documents from five eyes meeting 👁️ left at a charity shop. Detail deepening military alliance to counter China.

Uncovered by investigative journalist Nicky Hager.

newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/09/s...
Secret defence notes pointing to sensitive China preparation left at op shop
The National-led government has been avoiding questions about whether it is joining in preparations for a US military confrontation with China. A series of Official Information Act requests on this su...
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October 9, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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Excited for #EISARapallo25 in a few weeks!

With Prof. Lisbeth Zimmermann, @ninahall.bsky.social & others, we'll discuss the role & impact of the Far-Right in International Politics!

And we're in great company! Programme's out now!
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Thanks @europeanisa.bsky.social !!
October 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
ninahall.bsky.social
"If movies were people, whether foreign or Italian-born, Bologna is where they would choose to live"

- New Yorker article on cinema festival in Bologna.

www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The Exacting Magic of Film Restoration
Each year, at a festival in Bologna, movies that were once lost or damaged come back to life.
www.newyorker.com
October 4, 2025 at 1:48 PM
ninahall.bsky.social
Wonderful discussion this morning on how artists and academics listen to the living world. Joanne Yao & Mali Weil artist collective.

#Sensing the #Climate
@ Le Serre Bologna
Festival of Ecological Imagination
UniBo & @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social
October 4, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Most American Jews say Israel has committed war crimes

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
October 4, 2025 at 1:04 PM
ninahall.bsky.social
Italy: National strike in solidarity w/ Palestine today. The second national strike in2 wks.

Thousands of Italians taking to the streets. Here's Bologna getting ready this morning.
October 3, 2025 at 7:41 AM
ninahall.bsky.social
And it's happening!! #Sensing the #climate festival at Serramadre, Bologna.

First event: workshop on the floods which hit Bologna last year.

Full program here:
serramadre.art
October 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
ninahall.bsky.social
In two wks I'll be Leiden University, speaking at the Hague campus Thurs Oct 16 (17.00 - 18.30). Please join!
@unileiden.bsky.social
@johnshopkinssais.bsky.social

www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
LUCIR Seminar: The Far Right and Global Environmental Politics
The electoral success of far-right parties appears to threaten many international environmental organizations. These parties question the legitimacy of international institutions and are more likely t...
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October 1, 2025 at 10:36 AM
ninahall.bsky.social
Today Sensing the Climate, Festival of Ecological Transition starts w/ a film 🌳 "Il codice del Bosco" 🌳
Join us!!
@johnshopkinssais.bsky.social
@connect-unibo.bsky.social

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October 1, 2025 at 6:58 AM
ninahall.bsky.social
Salvini's big project is to build a bridge from mainland Italy to Messina, Sicilia.

Fascinating pamphlet arguing why: so domestic animals can more easily cross the straits!!

This bridge is problematic for many rsns (costs, environmental, earthquake).

@fgenovese.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 9:18 AM