Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies
@sjms.bsky.social
An online, open access journal publishing both high quality research and valuable practice-oriented studies relevant to the military profession (www.sjms.nu)
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The Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies (SJMS) is an online, open access journal publishing both high quality research and valuable practice-oriented studies relevant to the military profession. ...
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We are SJMS, an online, open-access journal in the multidisciplinary field of military studies. Our journal is Scopus-indexed, and we don't charge for publishing.
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We are SJMS, an online, open-access journal in the multidisciplinary field of military studies. Our journal is Scopus-indexed, and we don't charge for publishing.
We are here to promote our authors' work and seek new submissions.
Learn more 👇
#milsky #polsky #civmilsky
ARTICLE ALERT! The Relationship Between Civilian and Military Leaders in Norway – Gap or Convergence? by Trygve Gulbrandsen. Read it open access, as always in SJMS: sjms.nu/articles/10.... #Civ-mil
The Relationship Between Civilian and Military Leaders in Norway – Gap or Convergence? | Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies
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October 30, 2025 at 1:26 PM
ARTICLE ALERT! The Relationship Between Civilian and Military Leaders in Norway – Gap or Convergence? by Trygve Gulbrandsen. Read it open access, as always in SJMS: sjms.nu/articles/10.... #Civ-mil
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Submission no. 500 at the Journal of Scandinavian Military Studies (SJMS) landed this morning!
We publish in the field of military studies: multidisciplinary, practice‑relevant, with Scandinavian roots and a global scope
All open access
Learn more about @sjms.bsky.social: sjms.nu/articles/10....
We publish in the field of military studies: multidisciplinary, practice‑relevant, with Scandinavian roots and a global scope
All open access
Learn more about @sjms.bsky.social: sjms.nu/articles/10....
October 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Submission no. 500 at the Journal of Scandinavian Military Studies (SJMS) landed this morning!
We publish in the field of military studies: multidisciplinary, practice‑relevant, with Scandinavian roots and a global scope
All open access
Learn more about @sjms.bsky.social: sjms.nu/articles/10....
We publish in the field of military studies: multidisciplinary, practice‑relevant, with Scandinavian roots and a global scope
All open access
Learn more about @sjms.bsky.social: sjms.nu/articles/10....
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Learn more about publishing in @sjms.bsky.social!
@sjasmith.bsky.social (editor of @defencestudies.bsky.social) and I had a pleasant chat about publishing in Military Studies with Queen's University's On Defence and Security Podcast series
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@sjasmith.bsky.social (editor of @defencestudies.bsky.social) and I had a pleasant chat about publishing in Military Studies with Queen's University's On Defence and Security Podcast series
www.queensu.ca/cidp/podcast...
Publishing On Defence and Security | Centre for International and Defence Policy
Oct 9, 2025 | Podcast | Watch/listen to Episode 1 of 'Publishing On Defence and Security'. Listen on Youtube, Apple Podcasts and Spotify
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October 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Learn more about publishing in @sjms.bsky.social!
@sjasmith.bsky.social (editor of @defencestudies.bsky.social) and I had a pleasant chat about publishing in Military Studies with Queen's University's On Defence and Security Podcast series
www.queensu.ca/cidp/podcast...
@sjasmith.bsky.social (editor of @defencestudies.bsky.social) and I had a pleasant chat about publishing in Military Studies with Queen's University's On Defence and Security Podcast series
www.queensu.ca/cidp/podcast...
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Today, we discussed research in classified or restricted environments with 25 engaged PhD students. A few reflections:
1️⃣ Even in classified or restricted military environments, meaningful and ethical research is possible, though not without trade-offs.
1️⃣ Even in classified or restricted military environments, meaningful and ethical research is possible, though not without trade-offs.
September 16, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Today, we discussed research in classified or restricted environments with 25 engaged PhD students. A few reflections:
1️⃣ Even in classified or restricted military environments, meaningful and ethical research is possible, though not without trade-offs.
1️⃣ Even in classified or restricted military environments, meaningful and ethical research is possible, though not without trade-offs.
New SJMS-article on mid-range national security policymaking in Sweden. Read it open access, free to read and share! sjms.nu/articles/10....
Quietly Transformative: Analysing Norm-Dynamics in Swedish Security Policymaking in the Absence of Crises | Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies
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August 28, 2025 at 8:55 AM
New SJMS-article on mid-range national security policymaking in Sweden. Read it open access, free to read and share! sjms.nu/articles/10....
Article alert: "Emotion Regulation Difficulties, Aggression, and PTSD Symptoms in Danish Treatment-Seeking Veterans" by Ask Elklit and Natache Hedegaard Dahl. Read it open access and free to share and read! doi.org/10.31374/sjm...
Emotion Regulation Difficulties, Aggression, and PTSD Symptoms in Danish Treatment-Seeking Veterans | Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies
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August 8, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Article alert: "Emotion Regulation Difficulties, Aggression, and PTSD Symptoms in Danish Treatment-Seeking Veterans" by Ask Elklit and Natache Hedegaard Dahl. Read it open access and free to share and read! doi.org/10.31374/sjm...
ARTICLE ALERT to everyone interested in the use and misuse of the concept of human security: "Operationalizing Human Security in NATO: The Blurring of Police and Military Boundaries and the Rise of Stability Policing" by Ayfer Genc Yilmaz (link in comment). #CIVMILSKY
August 7, 2025 at 1:23 PM
ARTICLE ALERT to everyone interested in the use and misuse of the concept of human security: "Operationalizing Human Security in NATO: The Blurring of Police and Military Boundaries and the Rise of Stability Policing" by Ayfer Genc Yilmaz (link in comment). #CIVMILSKY
HOW TO COMPREHEND RUSSIAN ACTIVITY IN THE ARCTIC? Read this newly published, highly relevant SJMS-article by Karsten Friis continuing a discussion in the journal on the understanding of Russian activity in the Arctic (see links in comments): sjms.nu/articles/10....
Arctic Spillover? Military Signalling in the European Arctic Before and After the Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine | Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies
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June 6, 2025 at 8:31 AM
HOW TO COMPREHEND RUSSIAN ACTIVITY IN THE ARCTIC? Read this newly published, highly relevant SJMS-article by Karsten Friis continuing a discussion in the journal on the understanding of Russian activity in the Arctic (see links in comments): sjms.nu/articles/10....
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We at @sjms.bsky.social not only have the nicest notebooks, but we also:
-Want your manuscripts in the broad field of military studies
-Exclusively publish open-access articles
Read more here: sjms.nu
#CivMilSky
-Want your manuscripts in the broad field of military studies
-Exclusively publish open-access articles
Read more here: sjms.nu
#CivMilSky
April 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
We at @sjms.bsky.social not only have the nicest notebooks, but we also:
-Want your manuscripts in the broad field of military studies
-Exclusively publish open-access articles
Read more here: sjms.nu
#CivMilSky
-Want your manuscripts in the broad field of military studies
-Exclusively publish open-access articles
Read more here: sjms.nu
#CivMilSky
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🔔 New article: Mission command in a multinational context.
🧵on NATO's challenges in moving from describing mission command in written doctrine to actual practice.
The article is based on 33 interviews with commanders and senior staff officers. Open access @sjms.bsky.social: sjms.nu/articles/10....
🧵on NATO's challenges in moving from describing mission command in written doctrine to actual practice.
The article is based on 33 interviews with commanders and senior staff officers. Open access @sjms.bsky.social: sjms.nu/articles/10....
April 22, 2025 at 5:43 AM
🔔 New article: Mission command in a multinational context.
🧵on NATO's challenges in moving from describing mission command in written doctrine to actual practice.
The article is based on 33 interviews with commanders and senior staff officers. Open access @sjms.bsky.social: sjms.nu/articles/10....
🧵on NATO's challenges in moving from describing mission command in written doctrine to actual practice.
The article is based on 33 interviews with commanders and senior staff officers. Open access @sjms.bsky.social: sjms.nu/articles/10....
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🔔 New article: Mission command in #NATO.
Mission command is challenging within national forces. The challenges multiply in NATO’s multinational setting. We identify the key friction points and offer ways to address them.
Our 🇸🇪/🇩🇰 venture is open access @sjms.bsky.social
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Mission command is challenging within national forces. The challenges multiply in NATO’s multinational setting. We identify the key friction points and offer ways to address them.
Our 🇸🇪/🇩🇰 venture is open access @sjms.bsky.social
sjms.nu/articles/10....
April 16, 2025 at 1:09 PM
🔔 New article: Mission command in #NATO.
Mission command is challenging within national forces. The challenges multiply in NATO’s multinational setting. We identify the key friction points and offer ways to address them.
Our 🇸🇪/🇩🇰 venture is open access @sjms.bsky.social
sjms.nu/articles/10....
Mission command is challenging within national forces. The challenges multiply in NATO’s multinational setting. We identify the key friction points and offer ways to address them.
Our 🇸🇪/🇩🇰 venture is open access @sjms.bsky.social
sjms.nu/articles/10....
ARTICLE ALERT (open access and in Danish): Integration of Offensive Cyber Operations (OCO) into Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) strategy in the Danish Defence by Morten Bjerregaard Hansen. sjms.nu/articles/10....
Integration af OCO teknologisk, organisatorisk og doktrinært i MDO | Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies
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March 7, 2025 at 1:55 PM
ARTICLE ALERT (open access and in Danish): Integration of Offensive Cyber Operations (OCO) into Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) strategy in the Danish Defence by Morten Bjerregaard Hansen. sjms.nu/articles/10....
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Response letters in #academia: a guide. And your inputs are welcome.
You worked hard to write that manuscript. It has now been returned with feedback from the editor and further detailed comments from the anonymous reviewers.
Now what?
A short editor's 🧵in part inspired by #ISA2025 discussions.
You worked hard to write that manuscript. It has now been returned with feedback from the editor and further detailed comments from the anonymous reviewers.
Now what?
A short editor's 🧵in part inspired by #ISA2025 discussions.
patrick star from spongebob squarepants is holding a hammer and a saw and says now what .
ALT: patrick star from spongebob squarepants is holding a hammer and a saw and says now what .
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March 3, 2025 at 1:47 PM
NEW ARTICLE in SJMS - analysing the Russian threat perception before the invasion in 2022: "Russian Forecasting and Pre-emption: The Prelude to the Invasion of Ukraine" by Amund Osflaten. Open access and free to download and share! sjms.nu/articles/10....
Russian Forecasting and Pre-emption: The Prelude to the Invasion of Ukraine | Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies
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February 24, 2025 at 7:49 AM
NEW ARTICLE in SJMS - analysing the Russian threat perception before the invasion in 2022: "Russian Forecasting and Pre-emption: The Prelude to the Invasion of Ukraine" by Amund Osflaten. Open access and free to download and share! sjms.nu/articles/10....
Deadline approaching: March 1st. Don't miss the call for abstract deadline for the second NATO in the Nordics conference in September in Oslo!
February 18, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Deadline approaching: March 1st. Don't miss the call for abstract deadline for the second NATO in the Nordics conference in September in Oslo!
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Intelligence and National Security is now on BlueSky!
Our latest edition, Vol 39, No 7, 2024 is available here:
www.tandfonline.com/toc/fint20/3...
Follow this account for the latest news from the Journal!
Our latest edition, Vol 39, No 7, 2024 is available here:
www.tandfonline.com/toc/fint20/3...
Follow this account for the latest news from the Journal!
Intelligence and National Security
Volume 39, Issue 7 of Intelligence and National Security
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February 9, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Intelligence and National Security is now on BlueSky!
Our latest edition, Vol 39, No 7, 2024 is available here:
www.tandfonline.com/toc/fint20/3...
Follow this account for the latest news from the Journal!
Our latest edition, Vol 39, No 7, 2024 is available here:
www.tandfonline.com/toc/fint20/3...
Follow this account for the latest news from the Journal!
Are you a PhD student in military studies, intelligence, or a similar field where classified data might be an issue?
This workshop in September, co-hosted with @forsvaretshogskole.bsky.social, may be of interest.
It's free, and you'll also get to participate in the NATO in the Nordics conference.
This workshop in September, co-hosted with @forsvaretshogskole.bsky.social, may be of interest.
It's free, and you'll also get to participate in the NATO in the Nordics conference.
Hvordan forske og publisere på temaer som er omgitt av hemmelighold?
@sjms.bsky.social og Forsvarets høgskole inviterer PhD-studenter til workshop.
www.forsvaret.no/forskning/ar...
@sjms.bsky.social og Forsvarets høgskole inviterer PhD-studenter til workshop.
www.forsvaret.no/forskning/ar...
Research in Classified Environments
Methodological Challenges and Publication Strategies.
PhD workshop, SJMS/NDUC conference NATO in the Nordics 2025.
www.forsvaret.no
February 6, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Are you a PhD student in military studies, intelligence, or a similar field where classified data might be an issue?
This workshop in September, co-hosted with @forsvaretshogskole.bsky.social, may be of interest.
It's free, and you'll also get to participate in the NATO in the Nordics conference.
This workshop in September, co-hosted with @forsvaretshogskole.bsky.social, may be of interest.
It's free, and you'll also get to participate in the NATO in the Nordics conference.
We are excited to announce that we will co-organise a PhD workshop on research in classified environments in mid-September, just before the NATO in the Nordics conference.
This workshop is for students who work with data that may be classified or could raise security concerns.
Bonus: It's free
This workshop is for students who work with data that may be classified or could raise security concerns.
Bonus: It's free
Research in Classified Environments
Methodological Challenges and Publication Strategies.
PhD workshop, SJMS/NDUC conference NATO in the Nordics 2025.
www.forsvaret.no
January 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
We are excited to announce that we will co-organise a PhD workshop on research in classified environments in mid-September, just before the NATO in the Nordics conference.
This workshop is for students who work with data that may be classified or could raise security concerns.
Bonus: It's free
This workshop is for students who work with data that may be classified or could raise security concerns.
Bonus: It's free
ARTICLE ALERT: "Navigating Collaboration: Understanding Civil-Military Interactions in Swedish Total Defence From a Security Network Perspective" by Peter Tillberg, Lotta Victor Tillberg and Joakim Berndtsson. Open access and free to read! sjms.nu/articles/10....
#CivMilSky
#CivMilSky
January 29, 2025 at 7:23 AM
ARTICLE ALERT: "Navigating Collaboration: Understanding Civil-Military Interactions in Swedish Total Defence From a Security Network Perspective" by Peter Tillberg, Lotta Victor Tillberg and Joakim Berndtsson. Open access and free to read! sjms.nu/articles/10....
#CivMilSky
#CivMilSky
NEW ARTICLE on logistics: "Transformation in European Defence Supply Chains as Ukraine Conflict Fuels Demand" by Roland Hellberg and Martin Lundmark. sjms.nu/articles/10....
January 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM
NEW ARTICLE on logistics: "Transformation in European Defence Supply Chains as Ukraine Conflict Fuels Demand" by Roland Hellberg and Martin Lundmark. sjms.nu/articles/10....
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You will get very rich and direct data over a cup of coffee.
However, issues with protecting informants arise when they speak off the cuffs, and operational security is added in military settings.
Five of us 'insiders' have shared our approaches via @sjms.bsky.social: sjms.nu/articles/10....
However, issues with protecting informants arise when they speak off the cuffs, and operational security is added in military settings.
Five of us 'insiders' have shared our approaches via @sjms.bsky.social: sjms.nu/articles/10....
January 4, 2025 at 12:23 PM
You will get very rich and direct data over a cup of coffee.
However, issues with protecting informants arise when they speak off the cuffs, and operational security is added in military settings.
Five of us 'insiders' have shared our approaches via @sjms.bsky.social: sjms.nu/articles/10....
However, issues with protecting informants arise when they speak off the cuffs, and operational security is added in military settings.
Five of us 'insiders' have shared our approaches via @sjms.bsky.social: sjms.nu/articles/10....
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"Constructing 'Society’s Soldiers': Identity Work, (Total) Defence Willingness and the Swedish Home Guard"
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@sjms.bsky.social
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Constructing “Society’s Soldiers”: Identity Work, (Total) Defence Willingness and the Swedish Home Guard | Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies
The Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies (SJMS) is an online, open access journal publishing both high quality research and valuable practice-oriented studies relevant to the military profession. ...
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January 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
"Constructing 'Society’s Soldiers': Identity Work, (Total) Defence Willingness and the Swedish Home Guard"
@sjms.bsky.social
sjms.nu/articles/10....
@sjms.bsky.social
sjms.nu/articles/10....
NEW ARTICLE on the construction of the idea of a "Society's Soldier" in the Swedish Home Guard: sjms.nu/articles/10....
Constructing “Society’s Soldiers”: Identity Work, (Total) Defence Willingness and the Swedish Home Guard | Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies
The Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies (SJMS) is an online, open access journal publishing both high quality research and valuable practice-oriented studies relevant to the military profession. ...
sjms.nu
January 3, 2025 at 11:12 AM
NEW ARTICLE on the construction of the idea of a "Society's Soldier" in the Swedish Home Guard: sjms.nu/articles/10....
Ever wondered what the numbers say about the economic consequences of military service? Economist Peter Bäckström has studied the long-term labour market consequences for Swedish veterans deployed to Bosnia in the 1990s. Listen in this podcast episode of SJMS Talks. open.spotify.com/episode/55u2...
Individual and Societal Consequences of Military Service with Peter Bäckström – What Would Milton Friedman Say?
SJMS Talks · Episode
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December 19, 2024 at 1:19 PM
Ever wondered what the numbers say about the economic consequences of military service? Economist Peter Bäckström has studied the long-term labour market consequences for Swedish veterans deployed to Bosnia in the 1990s. Listen in this podcast episode of SJMS Talks. open.spotify.com/episode/55u2...
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CONFERENCE NEWS: The second NATO in the NORDICS conference is hosted in Oslo 2025. Please spread the news! sjms.nu/conference
December 9, 2024 at 2:39 PM
CONFERENCE NEWS: The second NATO in the NORDICS conference is hosted in Oslo 2025. Please spread the news! sjms.nu/conference