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Tara Zammit
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📚PhDing @warstudieskcl.bsky.social
🧠Interested in military service experiences & integration
🤝Leadership Team @ WID UK, Ambassador @rusinextgen.bsky.social, PG Rep @bisawarstudies.bsky.social, Maritime Leaders Programme Fellow @congeostrategy.bsky.social
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bisawarstudies.bsky.social
On 24 September, submissions will open for #BISA2026 in Brighton ☀️🌊 View the #callforpapers on @mybisa.bsky.social's website and submit all of your War Studies abstracts for consideration! conference.bisa.ac.uk/call-papers-0

@jamespattonrogers.bsky.social
Call for papers
The call for papers for the BISA 2026 conference taking place in Brighton in June 2026.
conference.bisa.ac.uk
September 15, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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dsdkings.bsky.social
Can defence innovation succeed without putting people first?

In this #DefenceinDepth article ‪@tarazammit.bsky.social‬ questions whether the UK’s newly released #StrategicDefenceReview side-lines personnel and culture in favour of tech-driven priorities.

Read it here: www.kcl.ac.uk/the-strategi...
The Strategic Defence Review: Innovation Without the People?
In this Defence in Depth article, Tara Zammit questions whether the Strategic Defence Review delivers meaningful innovation—or overlooks the people and culture needed to sustain it.
www.kcl.ac.uk
July 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
tarazammit.bsky.social
📝 The #StrategicDefenceReview: Innovation Without the People?

With AFCAS figures showing that only 42% of Service personnel “are satisfied with their Service life in general," things have to change. My #SDR analysis in #DefenceinDepth:
www.kcl.ac.uk/the-strategi...

@warstudieskcl.bsky.social
The Strategic Defence Review: Innovation Without the People?
In this Defence in Depth article, Tara Zammit questions whether the Strategic Defence Review delivers meaningful innovation—or overlooks the people and culture needed to sustain it.
www.kcl.ac.uk
July 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
tarazammit.bsky.social
📚 I just found out that a review I wrote for @iajournal.bsky.social on The Women Behind the Few by @sarahloumiller.bsky.social & Forgotten Warriors by Sarah Percy has been listed in the #NATO Library Guide on Women, Peace and Security #WPS! 🥹 natolibguides.info/women/articles
NATO Library: Women, Peace and Security: Articles
This LibGuide is intended to provide a few starting points to assist you with your research on issues related to women, peace and security, in particular within the NATO context.
natolibguides.info
June 10, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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mybisa.bsky.social
🚨‪ @bisawarstudies.bsky.social‬ upcoming event! 🚨

🌎 The future of NATO 🌎

11 June both online & @lborouniversity.bsky.social‬

Register now 👉 buff.ly/MCKMVPf

‪ @tarazammit.bsky.social‬
@jamespattonrogers.bsky.social
@patrickbury.bsky.social
The future of NATO- War Studies | BISA
- War Studies Working Group
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June 5, 2025 at 12:02 PM
tarazammit.bsky.social
📣 Watching #Defence Secretary John Healey's Commons statement on the #SDR and am intrigued by the announcement to increase to 76,000 Full-time Regulars in the #BritishArmy - interested to see what will be done to get there and how current personnel will be better supported in the process
June 2, 2025 at 4:14 PM
tarazammit.bsky.social
With only two weeks to go, I’m really looking forward to taking part in the Future Maritime Leaders’ Simulation at the First Sea Lord’s Sea Power Conference 2025 🌊 Many thanks to the team at the @congeostrategy.bsky.social for the opportunity! #SPC2025
congeostrategy.bsky.social Council on Geostrategy @congeostrategy.bsky.social · Apr 28
There’s just 2️⃣ weeks to go until the First Sea Lord’s Sea Power Conference 2025!

Prof. Alessio Patalano, @warstudieskcl.bsky.social and our Associate Fellow, introduces the Future Maritime Leaders’ Simulation 💡

Find out more 👇
www.geostrategy.org.uk/sea-power-co...

#SPC2025 #FMLS2025
Introduction to the Future Maritime Leaders' Simulation
YouTube video by Council on Geostrategy
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April 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
tarazammit.bsky.social
Excited to be back in Cambridge (thankfully not to do any assignments this time…) for the Centre for Military Women’s Research Conference at @angliaruskin.bsky.social 📚 The theme is military women’s health & well-being - a topic close to my heart & I’m really looking forward to the presentations 👏
April 23, 2025 at 8:41 AM
tarazammit.bsky.social
🌊 I’m very excited to have been accepted into the @congeostrategy.bsky.social’s Maritime Leaders Programme, part of their #SeaPowerLaboratory! Yesterday was a great start to the programme feat. a panel on policymaking and a policy workshop on defence spending. Looking forward to the next session 📚
congeostrategy.bsky.social Council on Geostrategy @congeostrategy.bsky.social · Apr 17
Yesterday, we hosted the first Maritime Leaders' Programme event at The Army and Navy Club!

⚓ We were delighted to be joined by @c21st-sailor.bsky.social, Associate Director, #SeaPowerLaboratory, Baroness Stuart, @houseoflords.parliament.uk, and James Waller, @houseofcommons.parliament.uk
April 17, 2025 at 3:59 PM
tarazammit.bsky.social
📣 Get those abstracts in! This is going to be a great opportunity to learn about successful publishing strategies in the field of War and Security Studies. We can't wait to hear from you and to see everyone at #BISA2025 in Belfast soon ⏰

@warstudieskcl.bsky.social @defenceresnet.bsky.social
April 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
tarazammit.bsky.social
Huge thanks to the Women's Inclusive Network DE&S for inviting me to speak as part of their #IWD programme! 👏

My talk 'Making Defence Work for Women' focused on topics like the importance of exploring policy versus practice & empathy as a moral & operational imperative 📣

@warstudieskcl.bsky.social
March 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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shashj.bsky.social
Perhaps, but you still have to crew a navy for the next 20 to 30 years, a period in which a lot can happen. And then the human burden doesn't necessarily disappear after you build a fleet of autonomous ships.
bsky.app/profile/shas...
shashj.bsky.social Shashank Joshi @shashj.bsky.social · Jan 17
"Admiral Sir Ben Key, the head of the navy, is understood not to have asked for more sailors in his submission to the review, believing that in 20 to 30 years destroyers and frigates will be autonomous." www.thetimes.com/uk/defence/a...
Military numbers unlikely to increase after defence review
Budgetary and recruitment constraints will affect the size of the armed forces but a ‘homeland defence force’ could result in greater co-operation with emergency services
www.thetimes.com
January 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
tarazammit.bsky.social
Note to self: do not, I repeat, do NOT read newspaper comment sections late on a Friday afternoon.

Instead, remind oneself about events featuring important research on women in defence 👇
internationalbcc.digitickets.co.uk/category/610...

@sarahloumiller.bsky.social @warstudieskcl.bsky.social
Buy Book Festival Tickets online - International Bomber Command Centre
View Book Festival from International Bomber Command Centre.
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January 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM
tarazammit.bsky.social
Great to be back @rusi.bsky.social for the annual RUSI-EDG Debate 🎤 Even better to get a bit of respite and watch this year rather than taking part!! Good luck to the teams 👏
December 19, 2024 at 5:18 PM
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mybisa.bsky.social
@bisawarstudies.bsky.social announced their #BISA2025 keynote speaker!

Esteemed Professor Michael Cox will deliver a keynote titled ‘Belfast Days: Teaching War - Living Peace, 1972-1995’.

👉 www.bisa.ac.uk/news/bisa202...

@lseir.bsky.social @jamespattonrogers.bsky.social @patrickbury.bsky.social
December 18, 2024 at 10:01 AM
tarazammit.bsky.social
"Gender equity isn't just a matter for a few passionate women to address. It's a matter of knowledge" - Frida Linehagen

I had a fantastic time chairing today's panel b/w Women in #Defence UK & Femme Defence on pursuing #genderequity across defence. Huge thanks to our panellists for their insights 👏
December 2, 2024 at 1:23 PM
tarazammit.bsky.social
I'm really looking forward to chairing this session on Monday with Women in Defence UK & Femme Defence on how we can support gender equity across #defence 🤝 For more information and to register, check out the link below 👀 (code: WIDGUEST)

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/beyond-bor...
Beyond Borders: Uniting Women in Defence - UK-Sweden Cultural Dialogue
Let's come together online to celebrate and empower women in defence from the UK and Sweden, breaking down borders and building connections!
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 29, 2024 at 12:56 PM
tarazammit.bsky.social
It's great to connect here with so many fantastic researchers!

A bit about me:

📚PhDing in War Studies
🧠Interested in military service, #ontosec & making service better for service personnel
🤝Volunteers w/ Women in Defence UK, @rusi.bsky.social NextGen, @mybisa.bsky.social War Studies & CWGC
November 25, 2024 at 11:44 AM
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gesineweber.bsky.social
Reporting for duty 🫡

Here’s a starter kit with PhD and ECR voices on all things strategic studies/ security studies, without a specific geographic scope.

I’m still building it, so if you know PhDs/ ECRs actively posting (or are one), tag them or drop me a line.

go.bsky.app/LZVjKTP
November 21, 2024 at 7:07 PM
tarazammit.bsky.social
After being obsessed with this subject for ages, to find my name listed here was such a fantastic surprise! If you're interested in #ontologicalsecurity and #insecurity, check out the starter pack below 👇
ngellwitzki.bsky.social Nicolai Gellwitzki @ngellwitzki.bsky.social · Nov 18
Following the recent trend on Bluesky and in the hope that more of us will soon join the "good place," I’ve created a starter pack for those studying ontological (in)security in global politics 🤓
go.bsky.app/9v5z4jX
November 19, 2024 at 2:47 PM