Akin Oyawale PhD.
akinoyawale.bsky.social
Akin Oyawale PhD.
@akinoyawale.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in International Security @Warwick
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Out now! New edited book “New Directions in Vernacular Security” with Palgrave. Great working with @leejarvis.bsky.social & @akinoyawale.bsky.social to bring it together. Great contributions-from Rohingya refugee camps, to military self help books & more in between

link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
New Directions in Vernacular Security Research
This book provides a fresh perspective on vernacular security, featuring diverse case studies and unique sources to enrich your understanding.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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Read about the PAIS Warwick students who took part in the BISA climate simulation at Chatham House #climatesin warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/pais...
Chatham House Climate Simulation
warwick.ac.uk
December 9, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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A real pleasure to work with @leejarvis.bsky.social @akinoyawale.bsky.social, the @secdialogue.bsky.social editorial team and all the excellent contributors to this volume: Joseph Downing, Nicole George, Sarai B. Aharoni, Amalia Sa’ar, @bohdanakurylo.bsky.social, Nick Vaughan-Williams & Hannah Owens
Out now! A new special issue from @secdialogue.bsky.social with an excellent line-up of contributors to mark 20 years of vernacular security research! Guest edited by @leejarvis.bsky.social @michaellister.bsky.social & Akinyemi Oyawale journals.sagepub.com/toc/SDI/curr...
November 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Leadership update at BISA: Juanita Elias is the new Chair! She’s focused on:

Growing membership with new networks for Post-92 institutions
Embedding EDI across all areas
Representing International Studies in key national frameworks like the REF

Watch her video to learn more - buff.ly/R0M4y1X
October 8, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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New publication from PAIS' Akinyemi Oyawale!

Akin, with Prof. Lee Jarvis (University of Adelaide) and Prof. Michael Lister (Oxford Brookes), examines vernacular security in Security Dialogue.

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
September 24, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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So pleased to see the introduction to our special issue on #vernacularsecurity published in Security Dialogue! Coauthored with @michaellister.bsky.social & Akin Oyawale, the issue pushes vernacular security research into exciting new directions. Free to read here journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
September 14, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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Akin has authored an article titled The state, Boko Haram and vernacular security: Gendering terrorism and counterterrorism in Nigeria, which he co-edited with Lee Jarvis and Michael Lister. You can read the article here (Open Access): journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
July 31, 2025 at 7:00 AM