CIRR | Centre for International Relations Research at Groningen
@cirr-ug.bsky.social
Research unit of the Department of International Relations & International Organization (IRIO) at the University of Groningen's @facultyofartsug.bsky.social | www.rug.nl/let/cirr | cirr@rug.nl
Current Director: Inanna Hamati-Ataya @berytia.bsky.social
Current Director: Inanna Hamati-Ataya @berytia.bsky.social
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Centre for International Relations Research (CIRR)
The Centre for International Relations Research (CIRR) at the University of Groningen brings together a group of nearly 50 scholars, including doctoral and...
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CIRR is a unique community of researchers exploring the complexity of world politics across a wide spectrum of disciplinary and methodological perspectives. Follow us for updates on our projects and events. Get in touch (cirr@rug.nl) for talks, collaborations, and more | www.rug.nl/let/cirr
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1/8 An overview of a recent print issue, a forum on "Women’s International Thought: Towards a New Canon" (@universitypress.cambridge.org, 2022) eds. @whitproject.bsky.social, Katharina Rietzler, Kimberley Hutchings, & @sarahcdunstan.bsky.social - the forum was guest ed by @rosariolopez.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 6:36 AM
1/8 An overview of a recent print issue, a forum on "Women’s International Thought: Towards a New Canon" (@universitypress.cambridge.org, 2022) eds. @whitproject.bsky.social, Katharina Rietzler, Kimberley Hutchings, & @sarahcdunstan.bsky.social - the forum was guest ed by @rosariolopez.bsky.social
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In our annual Russia and Eurasia issue, Agha Bayramov (@cirr-ug.bsky.social) details the Caspian ecological crisis and the region's green energy ambitions.
The Emerging Green Energy Corridor in the Caspian Region
The Caspian–European Union Green Energy Corridor is a strategic initiative to bolster energy security and diversification in a tense geopolitical climate. The corridor hinges on large-scale renewable ...
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October 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
In our annual Russia and Eurasia issue, Agha Bayramov (@cirr-ug.bsky.social) details the Caspian ecological crisis and the region's green energy ambitions.
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Also in our new issue: Agha Bayramov (@cirr-ug.bsky.social) on Caspian green energy ambitions, Catherine Wanner on dispossession and resilience in Ukraine, and J. Eugene Clay on late Soviet spiritualism.
Volume 124 Issue 864 | Current History | University of California Press
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September 29, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Also in our new issue: Agha Bayramov (@cirr-ug.bsky.social) on Caspian green energy ambitions, Catherine Wanner on dispossession and resilience in Ukraine, and J. Eugene Clay on late Soviet spiritualism.
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Happy to share this term-card for History and Theory of IR colloquium (org by G. Marques Pedro and A. Nohr, @facultyofartsug.bsky.social @cirr-ug.bsky.social).
Patricia Owens on Erased, Alanna O'Malley on the invisible UN, Carmen Chas on intl law, and more - not to be missed for those in NL!
Patricia Owens on Erased, Alanna O'Malley on the invisible UN, Carmen Chas on intl law, and more - not to be missed for those in NL!
September 23, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Happy to share this term-card for History and Theory of IR colloquium (org by G. Marques Pedro and A. Nohr, @facultyofartsug.bsky.social @cirr-ug.bsky.social).
Patricia Owens on Erased, Alanna O'Malley on the invisible UN, Carmen Chas on intl law, and more - not to be missed for those in NL!
Patricia Owens on Erased, Alanna O'Malley on the invisible UN, Carmen Chas on intl law, and more - not to be missed for those in NL!
Thank you so much for your wonderful talk, Patricia! Staff and students were delighted to meet you and celebrate the publication of Erased. We hope to host you again soon and look forward to your next project!
On the train from Amsterdam to Groningen tonight for the first of three September "Erased" tour dates.
Will speak to their very cool "Group on the History and Theory of International Relations" tomorrow afternoon @cirr-ug.bsky.social @berytia.bsky.social @jcostalopez.bsky.social
Will speak to their very cool "Group on the History and Theory of International Relations" tomorrow afternoon @cirr-ug.bsky.social @berytia.bsky.social @jcostalopez.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Thank you so much for your wonderful talk, Patricia! Staff and students were delighted to meet you and celebrate the publication of Erased. We hope to host you again soon and look forward to your next project!
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Looking forward to welcome @siculovevo.bsky.social tomorrow at the HTIR Colloquium in Groningen.
Come and learn about the fascinating history of oceanic pollution and environmentalism!
@facultyofartsug.bsky.social @cirr-ug.bsky.social
Come and learn about the fascinating history of oceanic pollution and environmentalism!
@facultyofartsug.bsky.social @cirr-ug.bsky.social
May 19, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Looking forward to welcome @siculovevo.bsky.social tomorrow at the HTIR Colloquium in Groningen.
Come and learn about the fascinating history of oceanic pollution and environmentalism!
@facultyofartsug.bsky.social @cirr-ug.bsky.social
Come and learn about the fascinating history of oceanic pollution and environmentalism!
@facultyofartsug.bsky.social @cirr-ug.bsky.social
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Join us (online/in person) on 16 April to discuss Social Theory & the Promises of Post-Hegemonic Knowledge w/ the authors/eds of 3 fantastic new books in our Global Epistemics series w/ Rowman & Littlefield (Bloomsbury) edited by @berytia.bsky.social. Info & registration here: tinyurl.com/nonhege
Social Theory and the Promises of Post-Hegemonic Knowledge - gloknos
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April 8, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Join us (online/in person) on 16 April to discuss Social Theory & the Promises of Post-Hegemonic Knowledge w/ the authors/eds of 3 fantastic new books in our Global Epistemics series w/ Rowman & Littlefield (Bloomsbury) edited by @berytia.bsky.social. Info & registration here: tinyurl.com/nonhege
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And here is our final term of History and Theory of International History colloquia @facultyofartsug.bsky.social
With the early summer arriving in Groningen, we have plenty of talks to think together and let the sunshine in...
All welcome - See you there!
With the early summer arriving in Groningen, we have plenty of talks to think together and let the sunshine in...
All welcome - See you there!
April 7, 2025 at 9:13 AM
And here is our final term of History and Theory of International History colloquia @facultyofartsug.bsky.social
With the early summer arriving in Groningen, we have plenty of talks to think together and let the sunshine in...
All welcome - See you there!
With the early summer arriving in Groningen, we have plenty of talks to think together and let the sunshine in...
All welcome - See you there!
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👏 Out in the journal Politics in open access: CIRR member Julia Costa Lopez @jcostalopez.bsky.social with Katharine Millar's @drkmillar.bsky.social paper on Conspiratorial Medievalism: History & Hyperagency in the Far-Right Knights Templar Security Imaginary 👇 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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March 31, 2025 at 1:44 PM
👏 Out in the journal Politics in open access: CIRR member Julia Costa Lopez @jcostalopez.bsky.social with Katharine Millar's @drkmillar.bsky.social paper on Conspiratorial Medievalism: History & Hyperagency in the Far-Right Knights Templar Security Imaginary 👇 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Including a chapter by our colleague Xavier Guillaume, with Nicolas Lemay-Hébert on 'The Game of Everyday Resistance' 👏
I don't know if the world really needs more academic handbooks, but the Oxford Handbook of International Political Sociology does have some really excellent chapters. global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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March 31, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Including a chapter by our colleague Xavier Guillaume, with Nicolas Lemay-Hébert on 'The Game of Everyday Resistance' 👏
Including a chapter by our colleague Xavier Guillaume, with Nicolas Lemay-Hébert on 'The Game of Everyday Resistance' 👏
I don't know if the world really needs more academic handbooks, but the Oxford Handbook of International Political Sociology does have some really excellent chapters. global.oup.com/academic/pro...
global.oup.com
March 31, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Including a chapter by our colleague Xavier Guillaume, with Nicolas Lemay-Hébert on 'The Game of Everyday Resistance' 👏
👏 Out in the journal Politics in open access: CIRR member Julia Costa Lopez @jcostalopez.bsky.social with Katharine Millar's @drkmillar.bsky.social paper on Conspiratorial Medievalism: History & Hyperagency in the Far-Right Knights Templar Security Imaginary 👇 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
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March 31, 2025 at 1:44 PM
👏 Out in the journal Politics in open access: CIRR member Julia Costa Lopez @jcostalopez.bsky.social with Katharine Millar's @drkmillar.bsky.social paper on Conspiratorial Medievalism: History & Hyperagency in the Far-Right Knights Templar Security Imaginary 👇 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Out now in Open Access: Our colleague Yuleng Zeng's paper with Brad Epperly in the Journal of Law & Courts
The Demand for Insurance: Incorporating the Severity of Losing Office into the Insurance Model of Judicial Independence | Journal of Law and Courts | Cambridge Core
The Demand for Insurance: Incorporating the Severity of Losing Office into the Insurance Model of Judicial Independence
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March 25, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Out now in Open Access: Our colleague Yuleng Zeng's paper with Brad Epperly in the Journal of Law & Courts
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🎉 Out now in open access: CIRR member Andreas Aagaard Nøhr and Rune Gram Hagel Jensens' Critical Review of Jes Adoplphsen's Problemer i Videnskab in the Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education journals.aau.dk/index.php/pb...
A Critical Review of Jes Adolphsen's Problemer i Videnskab: En Erkendelsesteoretisk Begrundelse for Problemorientering (1992)
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March 26, 2025 at 7:43 AM
🎉 Out now in open access: CIRR member Andreas Aagaard Nøhr and Rune Gram Hagel Jensens' Critical Review of Jes Adoplphsen's Problemer i Videnskab in the Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education journals.aau.dk/index.php/pb...
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🎉 Out now (open access) in Progress in Economic Geography: CIRR member Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn and Ludovico Rella's paper on AI-blockchain intersections and their implications for labour and value 👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A stack made in heaven? Exploring AI-blockchain intersections and their implications for labour and value
How have socio-technical practices in blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) communities shaped one another and society more widely? This article…
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March 26, 2025 at 7:54 AM
🎉 Out now (open access) in Progress in Economic Geography: CIRR member Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn and Ludovico Rella's paper on AI-blockchain intersections and their implications for labour and value 👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Out now in the Italian Political Science Review (open access): CIRR member Matteo Casiraghi's paper with Tiziana Corda 👇
The party politics of diplomatic engagements: evidence from Italy | Italian Political Science Review / Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica | Cambridge Core
The party politics of diplomatic engagements: evidence from Italy
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March 25, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Out now in the Italian Political Science Review (open access): CIRR member Matteo Casiraghi's paper with Tiziana Corda 👇
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📣 Call for Papers: Graduate Symposium - Doing International Political Sociology @doingips.bsky.social organised by our PhD students @kawezel.bsky.social & Federico Petris in Groningen 4-5 June 2025. A fantastic opportunity to present your work! Deadline 4 April 👇 www.rug.nl/research/ico...
Graduate symposium – Doing International Political Sociology
International Political Sociology (IPS) has now established itself as an interdisciplinary approach to International Relations that problematizes the...
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March 28, 2025 at 6:07 AM
📣 Call for Papers: Graduate Symposium - Doing International Political Sociology @doingips.bsky.social organised by our PhD students @kawezel.bsky.social & Federico Petris in Groningen 4-5 June 2025. A fantastic opportunity to present your work! Deadline 4 April 👇 www.rug.nl/research/ico...
📣 Call for Papers: Graduate Symposium - Doing International Political Sociology @doingips.bsky.social organised by our PhD students @kawezel.bsky.social & Federico Petris in Groningen 4-5 June 2025. A fantastic opportunity to present your work! Deadline 4 April 👇 www.rug.nl/research/ico...
Graduate symposium – Doing International Political Sociology
International Political Sociology (IPS) has now established itself as an interdisciplinary approach to International Relations that problematizes the...
www.rug.nl
March 28, 2025 at 6:07 AM
📣 Call for Papers: Graduate Symposium - Doing International Political Sociology @doingips.bsky.social organised by our PhD students @kawezel.bsky.social & Federico Petris in Groningen 4-5 June 2025. A fantastic opportunity to present your work! Deadline 4 April 👇 www.rug.nl/research/ico...
🎉 Out now (open access) in Progress in Economic Geography: CIRR member Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn and Ludovico Rella's paper on AI-blockchain intersections and their implications for labour and value 👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A stack made in heaven? Exploring AI-blockchain intersections and their implications for labour and value
How have socio-technical practices in blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) communities shaped one another and society more widely? This article…
www.sciencedirect.com
March 26, 2025 at 7:54 AM
🎉 Out now (open access) in Progress in Economic Geography: CIRR member Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn and Ludovico Rella's paper on AI-blockchain intersections and their implications for labour and value 👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🎉 Out now in open access: CIRR member Andreas Aagaard Nøhr and Rune Gram Hagel Jensens' Critical Review of Jes Adoplphsen's Problemer i Videnskab in the Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education journals.aau.dk/index.php/pb...
A Critical Review of Jes Adolphsen's Problemer i Videnskab: En Erkendelsesteoretisk Begrundelse for Problemorientering (1992)
| Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education
journals.aau.dk
March 26, 2025 at 7:43 AM
🎉 Out now in open access: CIRR member Andreas Aagaard Nøhr and Rune Gram Hagel Jensens' Critical Review of Jes Adoplphsen's Problemer i Videnskab in the Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education journals.aau.dk/index.php/pb...
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Out now in Open Access: Nazanin Zadeh-Cummings & her collaborators examine how insights from the transitional justice literature can be applied to North Korea, where the political system prevents grassroots, participatory approaches to accountability, truth-telling, commemoration and reconciliation.
Participatory Transitional Justice as Anticipatory Project: North Korea, Diasporas and Uncertain Futures
ABSTRACT∞. This article examines how insights from the transitional justice literature can be applied to North Korea, where the political system prevents g
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March 25, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Out now in Open Access: Nazanin Zadeh-Cummings & her collaborators examine how insights from the transitional justice literature can be applied to North Korea, where the political system prevents grassroots, participatory approaches to accountability, truth-telling, commemoration and reconciliation.
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Today in Groningen! Don't miss Jill Massino's talk at the HTIR Chair Group's Colloquium if you're around 👇 @antoniofdo.bsky.social
March 25, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Today in Groningen! Don't miss Jill Massino's talk at the HTIR Chair Group's Colloquium if you're around 👇 @antoniofdo.bsky.social
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If you missed the launch of the Sustainability Technology (SusTech) Group our CIRR colleague Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn recently launched at the Rudolph Agricola School for Sustainable Development, watch it here!
Video Recording | Launch of RAS Sustainable Technology Research Group
YouTube video by Rudolf Agricola School for Sustainable Development
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March 25, 2025 at 10:17 AM
If you missed the launch of the Sustainability Technology (SusTech) Group our CIRR colleague Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn recently launched at the Rudolph Agricola School for Sustainable Development, watch it here!
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Congrats to Beate Jahn & Sebastian Schindler & their authors for this superb Encyclopedia of IR. Delighted to see CIRR members @jcostalopez.bsky.social (Benchmark dates); Filipe dos Reis (State), @berytia.bsky.social (Behaviouralism) & many CIRR collaborators 👏 | www.elgaronline.com/display/book...
March 25, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Congrats to Beate Jahn & Sebastian Schindler & their authors for this superb Encyclopedia of IR. Delighted to see CIRR members @jcostalopez.bsky.social (Benchmark dates); Filipe dos Reis (State), @berytia.bsky.social (Behaviouralism) & many CIRR collaborators 👏 | www.elgaronline.com/display/book...
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Book Launch talk today - come one and all, to hear fascinating histories from below on everyday socialism in Eastern Europe.
@facultyofartsug.bsky.social
@facultyofartsug.bsky.social
Today in Groningen! Don't miss Jill Massino's talk at the HTIR Chair Group's Colloquium if you're around 👇 @antoniofdo.bsky.social
March 25, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Book Launch talk today - come one and all, to hear fascinating histories from below on everyday socialism in Eastern Europe.
@facultyofartsug.bsky.social
@facultyofartsug.bsky.social