Douglas Guilfoyle
@djag2.bsky.social
Professor of International Law and Security, UNSW Canberra. ARC Future Fellow. International law & maritime security. Posting in a personal capacity. He/him.
No meetings, mostly a (too rare) writing day. So I rocked up to the office in an eighth Doctor adjacent outfit. (It’s got to the point where I can now come into work in a home-made green velvet frock coat and my colleagues don’t even comment.)
November 17, 2025 at 7:30 AM
No meetings, mostly a (too rare) writing day. So I rocked up to the office in an eighth Doctor adjacent outfit. (It’s got to the point where I can now come into work in a home-made green velvet frock coat and my colleagues don’t even comment.)
Academic selfie at 50
November 14, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Academic selfie at 50
The week so far in academic selfies
November 13, 2025 at 6:46 AM
The week so far in academic selfies
Frank’s Beach, solitude. End of a lovely day.
November 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Frank’s Beach, solitude. End of a lovely day.
Writing retreat: view at the end of Day 2, and an echidna!
November 5, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Writing retreat: view at the end of Day 2, and an echidna!
Barlings Beach: not a bad setting for a short writing retreat.
November 4, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Barlings Beach: not a bad setting for a short writing retreat.
Academic selfie: it’s been a week, time to head home.
October 31, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Academic selfie: it’s been a week, time to head home.
Academic selfie: remember how you dress sends a message not only about who you are but who you want to be! (Dress for the job you want!) My message is:
… kindly Edwardian time traveller.
… kindly Edwardian time traveller.
October 30, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Academic selfie: remember how you dress sends a message not only about who you are but who you want to be! (Dress for the job you want!) My message is:
… kindly Edwardian time traveller.
… kindly Edwardian time traveller.
Academic selfie: chillier in Canberra today, so broke out this autumnal favourite. Forehead still healing.
October 29, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Academic selfie: chillier in Canberra today, so broke out this autumnal favourite. Forehead still healing.
Academic selfie: in late after a terrific “resilient Australia” UNSW Canberra Republic event. And my forehead stitches held! PSA: get any suspicious skin lumps and bumps checked!
October 28, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Academic selfie: in late after a terrific “resilient Australia” UNSW Canberra Republic event. And my forehead stitches held! PSA: get any suspicious skin lumps and bumps checked!
Academic selfie and PSA: if you zoom in, at the top of my forehead you will see something that looks like a large pimple. It was a squamous cell carcinoma which has now been removed. If you are a white middle-aged Australian, remember to get a skin check!
October 27, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Academic selfie and PSA: if you zoom in, at the top of my forehead you will see something that looks like a large pimple. It was a squamous cell carcinoma which has now been removed. If you are a white middle-aged Australian, remember to get a skin check!
Academic selfie: cravat just barely visible, and the new check trousers I sewed myself.
October 24, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Academic selfie: cravat just barely visible, and the new check trousers I sewed myself.
Academic selfie: lunch with @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social !
October 23, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Academic selfie: lunch with @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social !
I am back from leave! Which means the return of the academic selfie. Earlier in the week it was briefly cool enough to wear my new check wool ensemble, but now we are back to more summery temperatures.
October 16, 2025 at 7:39 AM
I am back from leave! Which means the return of the academic selfie. Earlier in the week it was briefly cool enough to wear my new check wool ensemble, but now we are back to more summery temperatures.
Academic selfie: very pleased with my new trouser and waistcoat set. Made from fabric I found at Weft and Warp and run up by Hoa Lu tailoring, two fine Canberra businesses.
October 3, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Academic selfie: very pleased with my new trouser and waistcoat set. Made from fabric I found at Weft and Warp and run up by Hoa Lu tailoring, two fine Canberra businesses.
Academic selfie: dressed for the launch of the new UNSW Canberra initiative “world in transition“. The lovely tie was a gift from former @bluesecprogram.bsky.social scholar Su Wai Mon in Singapore.
October 1, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Academic selfie: dressed for the launch of the new UNSW Canberra initiative “world in transition“. The lovely tie was a gift from former @bluesecprogram.bsky.social scholar Su Wai Mon in Singapore.
Family of kangaroos spotted on a weekend walk in the Aranda bushland.
September 30, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Family of kangaroos spotted on a weekend walk in the Aranda bushland.
Academic selfie: first day in the office wearing my self-made Oxford bags, and some favourite shoes.
September 30, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Academic selfie: first day in the office wearing my self-made Oxford bags, and some favourite shoes.
Academic selfie: yesterday, spring has sprung
September 29, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Academic selfie: yesterday, spring has sprung
Adventures in sewing: made my first pair of (Oxford bags style) trousers.
September 28, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Adventures in sewing: made my first pair of (Oxford bags style) trousers.
Another photo with my panel
September 18, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Another photo with my panel
Me speaking at the NUS CIL workshop on submarine cables and pipelines yesterday.
September 18, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Me speaking at the NUS CIL workshop on submarine cables and pipelines yesterday.
Academic selfie: presenting on law of naval warfare and submarine cables at the NUS Centre for International Law workshop on protection of submarine cables.
September 17, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Academic selfie: presenting on law of naval warfare and submarine cables at the NUS Centre for International Law workshop on protection of submarine cables.
In Singapore with the inestimable @cbueger.bsky.social - getting the IR/IL maritime security band back together
September 16, 2025 at 12:43 PM
In Singapore with the inestimable @cbueger.bsky.social - getting the IR/IL maritime security band back together