Andy Aydın-Aitchison
@andy8chi.bsky.social
Criminologist. Former Lada driver. Atrocity crimes | democracy | police | Bosnia & Herzegovina | ex-Yu | family history | other people's cats... (he/him)
Idle hands draw social theorists poorly on a digital egg.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7463-1302
Idle hands draw social theorists poorly on a digital egg.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7463-1302
‘War is a banal platform for sociopaths and
people blinded by power… As a feminist, I despise these structures’ Jasmila Žbanić
A day to reflect on the lives ended and scarred through war and the violent pursuit of power.
My grandfather seated to right, in a sombre, posed picture during WWI.
people blinded by power… As a feminist, I despise these structures’ Jasmila Žbanić
A day to reflect on the lives ended and scarred through war and the violent pursuit of power.
My grandfather seated to right, in a sombre, posed picture during WWI.
November 11, 2025 at 10:33 AM
‘War is a banal platform for sociopaths and
people blinded by power… As a feminist, I despise these structures’ Jasmila Žbanić
A day to reflect on the lives ended and scarred through war and the violent pursuit of power.
My grandfather seated to right, in a sombre, posed picture during WWI.
people blinded by power… As a feminist, I despise these structures’ Jasmila Žbanić
A day to reflect on the lives ended and scarred through war and the violent pursuit of power.
My grandfather seated to right, in a sombre, posed picture during WWI.
A shadowy flight into the dangerous world of a man who does not exist. Michel Foucault, a young loner on a crusade, to champion the cause of the innocent, the helpless, the powerless. In a world of social control operating through discursive practices…
I have found it: the most ‘80s-Ass Book Cover of All Time
November 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
A shadowy flight into the dangerous world of a man who does not exist. Michel Foucault, a young loner on a crusade, to champion the cause of the innocent, the helpless, the powerless. In a world of social control operating through discursive practices…
The man has so little in his life to talk about, he even bores tunnels
November 10, 2025 at 9:42 PM
The man has so little in his life to talk about, he even bores tunnels
All kinds of uses, in fact
November 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
All kinds of uses, in fact
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Hey #criminology, #sociology, #sensory, #prison #AcademicSky #Crimsky - I'm talking as part of the BSC prisons research network relaunch seminar series on Tuesday 25th, 1pm on "The Senses in Prison: Bridging Research, Policy and Practice". Here's the link: www.eventbrite.com/e/new-direct...
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November 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Hey #criminology, #sociology, #sensory, #prison #AcademicSky #Crimsky - I'm talking as part of the BSC prisons research network relaunch seminar series on Tuesday 25th, 1pm on "The Senses in Prison: Bridging Research, Policy and Practice". Here's the link: www.eventbrite.com/e/new-direct...
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Our new article, “Social Embeddedness, Multiplexity, and Criminal Collaboration within the Sinaloa Cartel,” is published in the Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency.
And it's #Openacces #research
And it's #Openacces #research
November 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Our new article, “Social Embeddedness, Multiplexity, and Criminal Collaboration within the Sinaloa Cartel,” is published in the Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency.
And it's #Openacces #research
And it's #Openacces #research
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These examples of harm caused by AI show so clearly how the traditional focus on crime within criminology falls short and why a shift is needed to focus on harm #rhizomaticharm journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Dr Ougrin says the transcripts appear to show ChatGPT encouraging an exclusive relationship that marginalises family and other forms of support, which are vital in protecting young people from self-harm and suicidal ideation. www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
I wanted ChatGPT to help me. So why did it advise me how to kill myself? - BBC News
ChatGPT wrote a woman a suicide note and another AI chatbot role-played sexual acts with children, BBC finds.
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
These examples of harm caused by AI show so clearly how the traditional focus on crime within criminology falls short and why a shift is needed to focus on harm #rhizomaticharm journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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This Wednesday 12 November at @qubcriminology.bsky.social and @ICCJ we have📣 @nicolacarr.bsky.social from @tcddublin.bsky.social.
✨ do join us!
The talk on Exploring Crime and Punishment is in the Law School at 1 pm.
✨ do join us!
The talk on Exploring Crime and Punishment is in the Law School at 1 pm.
November 9, 2025 at 9:58 AM
This Wednesday 12 November at @qubcriminology.bsky.social and @ICCJ we have📣 @nicolacarr.bsky.social from @tcddublin.bsky.social.
✨ do join us!
The talk on Exploring Crime and Punishment is in the Law School at 1 pm.
✨ do join us!
The talk on Exploring Crime and Punishment is in the Law School at 1 pm.
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And we've made it! But if you want a printed copy of the book please keep pledging - we can increase the print run and with the funds we also hope to add a fancier foiled cover to the print run too!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/soc...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/soc...
‘Rhynie, A Powerful Place of Pictland’: Printed Version
An opportunity to be part of history. Help us print a nationally important book that will transform our understanding of the Picts.
www.kickstarter.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:03 AM
And we've made it! But if you want a printed copy of the book please keep pledging - we can increase the print run and with the funds we also hope to add a fancier foiled cover to the print run too!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/soc...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/soc...
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So happy to see this published! Led by the one and only Eva Magdalena Stambøl, we position three decades of global criminology research and the largely overlooked but important Global South agency in resisting, adapting and challenging models of justice. Kjersti Lohne Tobias Berger
Travelling Justice and Global Criminology
This chapter examines how justice norms and crime control models travel around the world, and the Global South’s role in global, supranational, and transnational criminology. We argue that the G...
link.springer.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:52 AM
So happy to see this published! Led by the one and only Eva Magdalena Stambøl, we position three decades of global criminology research and the largely overlooked but important Global South agency in resisting, adapting and challenging models of justice. Kjersti Lohne Tobias Berger
This could work for lower league Scottish football.
November 8, 2025 at 10:20 PM
This could work for lower league Scottish football.
We will be welcoming our Professorial Fellow Mark Findlay back to Edinburgh to talk on his recent book, Governing the Metaverse.
26 November, 1615 hrs (GMT/UTC), in person, MacLaren Stuart Room, Law School, Old College, Edinburgh
www.law.ed.ac.uk/news-events/...
26 November, 1615 hrs (GMT/UTC), in person, MacLaren Stuart Room, Law School, Old College, Edinburgh
www.law.ed.ac.uk/news-events/...
Governing the Metaverse: Law Order and Freedom in Digital Space | Edinburgh Law School
www.law.ed.ac.uk
November 7, 2025 at 9:40 AM
We will be welcoming our Professorial Fellow Mark Findlay back to Edinburgh to talk on his recent book, Governing the Metaverse.
26 November, 1615 hrs (GMT/UTC), in person, MacLaren Stuart Room, Law School, Old College, Edinburgh
www.law.ed.ac.uk/news-events/...
26 November, 1615 hrs (GMT/UTC), in person, MacLaren Stuart Room, Law School, Old College, Edinburgh
www.law.ed.ac.uk/news-events/...
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One of the clearest signs of #ToxicManagerialism in #HigherEducation is when senior managers perceive their institutions fiscally rather than epistemically.
This is where ideology trumps function.
Result = cuts with minimal short-term monetary benefit but cause long-term harm
#UCUStrikes
This is where ideology trumps function.
Result = cuts with minimal short-term monetary benefit but cause long-term harm
#UCUStrikes
a white house with a black roof and a fallen tree in front of it
ALT: a white house with a black roof and a fallen tree in front of it
media.tenor.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:00 AM
One of the clearest signs of #ToxicManagerialism in #HigherEducation is when senior managers perceive their institutions fiscally rather than epistemically.
This is where ideology trumps function.
Result = cuts with minimal short-term monetary benefit but cause long-term harm
#UCUStrikes
This is where ideology trumps function.
Result = cuts with minimal short-term monetary benefit but cause long-term harm
#UCUStrikes
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It's always sad to see a church sold, but maybe this piece will encourage a few new readers of A Scots Quair
@asls.org.uk
www.bbc.com/news/article...
@asls.org.uk
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Sunset Song: Church that inspired Grassic Gibbon novel up for sale
Arbuthnott Church inspired Lewis Grassic Gibbon and is for sale for offers over £45,000.
www.bbc.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM
It's always sad to see a church sold, but maybe this piece will encourage a few new readers of A Scots Quair
@asls.org.uk
www.bbc.com/news/article...
@asls.org.uk
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Sometimes, I ask myself, 'how do these people sleep at night?'
The answer usually comes back, 'very comfortably between premium sheets on an expensive mattress.'
The answer usually comes back, 'very comfortably between premium sheets on an expensive mattress.'
November 6, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Sometimes, I ask myself, 'how do these people sleep at night?'
The answer usually comes back, 'very comfortably between premium sheets on an expensive mattress.'
The answer usually comes back, 'very comfortably between premium sheets on an expensive mattress.'
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We're hiring an outstanding Assistant Professor whose core research is in the field of cultural sociology with demonstrable expertise in the sociology of #culture and #technology.
📅 Applications close Sunday 30 November 2025.
➡️ jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
📅 Applications close Sunday 30 November 2025.
➡️ jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
October 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
We're hiring an outstanding Assistant Professor whose core research is in the field of cultural sociology with demonstrable expertise in the sociology of #culture and #technology.
📅 Applications close Sunday 30 November 2025.
➡️ jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
📅 Applications close Sunday 30 November 2025.
➡️ jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
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The U.N. Security Council recently extended the EU’s peacekeeping mission in #Bosnia for another year, even as the U.S. position may be shifting to support Russia-backed hardliners.
Kurt Bassuener writes the EU must act fast to stem further backsliding:
www.justsecurity.org/123981/un-ex...
Kurt Bassuener writes the EU must act fast to stem further backsliding:
www.justsecurity.org/123981/un-ex...
U.N. Extension of Troops in Bosnia Obscures Debate
The EU should firm up its policy on supporting Bosnia toward EU membership with democratic governance to assure long-term stability.
www.justsecurity.org
November 5, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The U.N. Security Council recently extended the EU’s peacekeeping mission in #Bosnia for another year, even as the U.S. position may be shifting to support Russia-backed hardliners.
Kurt Bassuener writes the EU must act fast to stem further backsliding:
www.justsecurity.org/123981/un-ex...
Kurt Bassuener writes the EU must act fast to stem further backsliding:
www.justsecurity.org/123981/un-ex...
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And now, a physical metaphor for "LLMs can be just as good as human writers and artists!"
(And I know, I shared it twice. But it's just that nice!)
(And I know, I shared it twice. But it's just that nice!)
November 5, 2025 at 1:28 PM
And now, a physical metaphor for "LLMs can be just as good as human writers and artists!"
(And I know, I shared it twice. But it's just that nice!)
(And I know, I shared it twice. But it's just that nice!)
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Out tomorrow
We take you behind the scenes at a recent People’s Tribunal for the Women of Afghanistan where Afghan women testified about discrimination, humiliation and torture, living under the Taliban regime.
We take you behind the scenes at a recent People’s Tribunal for the Women of Afghanistan where Afghan women testified about discrimination, humiliation and torture, living under the Taliban regime.
November 5, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Out tomorrow
We take you behind the scenes at a recent People’s Tribunal for the Women of Afghanistan where Afghan women testified about discrimination, humiliation and torture, living under the Taliban regime.
We take you behind the scenes at a recent People’s Tribunal for the Women of Afghanistan where Afghan women testified about discrimination, humiliation and torture, living under the Taliban regime.
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My chapter w/ @natasamav.bsky.social ‘Accountability for violations of civil and political rights: redress within and beyond the penal frame’ is published in the Research Handbook on Accountability for Human Rights Violations.
DM me if you'd like a copy!
www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap/b...
DM me if you'd like a copy!
www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap/b...
November 3, 2025 at 12:02 PM
My chapter w/ @natasamav.bsky.social ‘Accountability for violations of civil and political rights: redress within and beyond the penal frame’ is published in the Research Handbook on Accountability for Human Rights Violations.
DM me if you'd like a copy!
www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap/b...
DM me if you'd like a copy!
www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap/b...
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Edinburgh skyline from Holyrood Park. Unique picture drawing on wood using pyrography art. £350
Made by my son James and I… www.etsy.com/shop/edinbur...
Made by my son James and I… www.etsy.com/shop/edinbur...
November 1, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Edinburgh skyline from Holyrood Park. Unique picture drawing on wood using pyrography art. £350
Made by my son James and I… www.etsy.com/shop/edinbur...
Made by my son James and I… www.etsy.com/shop/edinbur...
Hijinks and frighteners
October 31, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Hijinks and frighteners
Happy halloween from the Scottish Lowlands!
Oidhche Shamhna shona dhut!
Oidhche Shamhna shona dhut!
October 31, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Happy halloween from the Scottish Lowlands!
Oidhche Shamhna shona dhut!
Oidhche Shamhna shona dhut!
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When in the woods, best beware of dead man's fingers lurking there.
Reaching up above the ground, a creepy fungi to be found.
Happy Halloween everyone.
Photo: Sheringham Park by Rob Coleman
Reaching up above the ground, a creepy fungi to be found.
Happy Halloween everyone.
Photo: Sheringham Park by Rob Coleman
October 31, 2025 at 8:08 AM
When in the woods, best beware of dead man's fingers lurking there.
Reaching up above the ground, a creepy fungi to be found.
Happy Halloween everyone.
Photo: Sheringham Park by Rob Coleman
Reaching up above the ground, a creepy fungi to be found.
Happy Halloween everyone.
Photo: Sheringham Park by Rob Coleman
