Iris Volg
@irisv.bsky.social
Rådgiver Evalueringsavdeling Norec
Associated Researcher TraCe/Goethe University Frankfurt
civil conflict | peace negotiations | nonviolent action | development cooperation | quantitative methods
(views are my own)
Associated Researcher TraCe/Goethe University Frankfurt
civil conflict | peace negotiations | nonviolent action | development cooperation | quantitative methods
(views are my own)
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For months, Mohamed Khamis Douda shared accounts of what life was like under siege. He was killed when RSF fighters finally took the Darfur city, raising fears activists and civil society figures are being hunted down
@kaamilahmed.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
@kaamilahmed.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
He told the world what was happening in El Fasher. Then they sought him out. How Sudan lost ‘a true hero of the war’
For months, Mohamed Khamis Douda shared accounts of what life was like under siege. He was killed when RSF fighters finally took the Darfur city, raising fears activists and civil society figures are ...
www.theguardian.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:40 PM
For months, Mohamed Khamis Douda shared accounts of what life was like under siege. He was killed when RSF fighters finally took the Darfur city, raising fears activists and civil society figures are being hunted down
@kaamilahmed.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
@kaamilahmed.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Die enorme Kraft, wenn Menschenmassen gemeinsam schweigen. Ich bin wirklich beeindruckt von diesem Protest und dem langen Atem der Mobilisierung. Das ist ein Funke Hoffnung in dieser politisch doch sehr bedrückenden Welt.
Nachdem die Namen der Opfer verlesen wurden, erhallte die Stille.
#Serbien
(In der letzten Aufnahme sieht man das vermeintliche Ende der Menschenmenge. Es ist aber so, dass noch unzählige Menschen nach Freiräumen (aus Sicherhheitsgründen?) in der Straße weiter hinten oder in Parallelstraßen stehen.)
#Serbien
(In der letzten Aufnahme sieht man das vermeintliche Ende der Menschenmenge. Es ist aber so, dass noch unzählige Menschen nach Freiräumen (aus Sicherhheitsgründen?) in der Straße weiter hinten oder in Parallelstraßen stehen.)
November 1, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Die enorme Kraft, wenn Menschenmassen gemeinsam schweigen. Ich bin wirklich beeindruckt von diesem Protest und dem langen Atem der Mobilisierung. Das ist ein Funke Hoffnung in dieser politisch doch sehr bedrückenden Welt.
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The russian occupiers announced the completion of the "reconstruction" of the Mariupol Drama Theater — the very one they bombed in Mar 2022, when hundreds of people w/ kids were sheltering inside.
In Dec, they plan to reopen it and stage russian plays literally on the blood and bones of Ukrainians.
In Dec, they plan to reopen it and stage russian plays literally on the blood and bones of Ukrainians.
November 1, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The russian occupiers announced the completion of the "reconstruction" of the Mariupol Drama Theater — the very one they bombed in Mar 2022, when hundreds of people w/ kids were sheltering inside.
In Dec, they plan to reopen it and stage russian plays literally on the blood and bones of Ukrainians.
In Dec, they plan to reopen it and stage russian plays literally on the blood and bones of Ukrainians.
Gleder meg til å begynne i ny jobb hos NOREC på mandag!
Looking forward to start my new Job in the Evaluation Department at NOREC!
Looking forward to start my new Job in the Evaluation Department at NOREC!
October 31, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Gleder meg til å begynne i ny jobb hos NOREC på mandag!
Looking forward to start my new Job in the Evaluation Department at NOREC!
Looking forward to start my new Job in the Evaluation Department at NOREC!
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Can voluntary gender quotas shift views on women in politics? Vladimir Chlouba’s study of Namibia’s SWAPO finds that a 50/50 quota increased women’s belief in equal political access—without backlash from men, reshaping perceptions of leadership.
Read more here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Read more here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Seeing is believing: Voluntary gender quotas change female leadership stereotypes - Vladimir Chlouba, 2025
Can gender quotas voluntarily adopted by political parties alter stereotypical views about women in politics? This article examines Namibia’s SWAPO, an electora...
journals.sagepub.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Can voluntary gender quotas shift views on women in politics? Vladimir Chlouba’s study of Namibia’s SWAPO finds that a 50/50 quota increased women’s belief in equal political access—without backlash from men, reshaping perceptions of leadership.
Read more here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Read more here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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We are hiring a PhD student to join us at the @hertiesecurity.bsky.social (start Sept. 2026)!
If you want to conduct research on topics related to digital authoritarianism, state repression, contentious politics or social movements online, then this job might be for you!
If you want to conduct research on topics related to digital authoritarianism, state repression, contentious politics or social movements online, then this job might be for you!
October 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
We are hiring a PhD student to join us at the @hertiesecurity.bsky.social (start Sept. 2026)!
If you want to conduct research on topics related to digital authoritarianism, state repression, contentious politics or social movements online, then this job might be for you!
If you want to conduct research on topics related to digital authoritarianism, state repression, contentious politics or social movements online, then this job might be for you!
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Jamaica is responsible for less than 0.03% of global CO₂ emissions but faces almost unimaginable loss and damage in coming days at the hands of wealthy nations.
It's heartbreaking and utterly damning.
It's heartbreaking and utterly damning.
Hurricane Melissa is forecast to strengthen into a rare Category 5 hurricane, threatening Jamaica with potentially catastrophic flash floods and landslides: https://cnn.it/47sseLE
Hurricane Melissa forecast to become a rare Category 5 tonight, seek shelter now in Jamaica | CNN
Melissa rapidly intensified going into Sunday morning and is now a Category 4 hurricane with 140 mph winds. The US National Hurricane Center expects it to strengthen into a rare Category 5 hurricane o...
www.cnn.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Jamaica is responsible for less than 0.03% of global CO₂ emissions but faces almost unimaginable loss and damage in coming days at the hands of wealthy nations.
It's heartbreaking and utterly damning.
It's heartbreaking and utterly damning.
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PRIO is hiring!
Specifically, we're looking for two post-docs for the project
"Rituals in combatant-to-civilian transformation”, led by my excellent colleague Júlia Palik
More information here:
www.prio.org/about/career...
www.prio.org/about/career...
Specifically, we're looking for two post-docs for the project
"Rituals in combatant-to-civilian transformation”, led by my excellent colleague Júlia Palik
More information here:
www.prio.org/about/career...
www.prio.org/about/career...
October 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
PRIO is hiring!
Specifically, we're looking for two post-docs for the project
"Rituals in combatant-to-civilian transformation”, led by my excellent colleague Júlia Palik
More information here:
www.prio.org/about/career...
www.prio.org/about/career...
Specifically, we're looking for two post-docs for the project
"Rituals in combatant-to-civilian transformation”, led by my excellent colleague Júlia Palik
More information here:
www.prio.org/about/career...
www.prio.org/about/career...
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October 17, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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Was können wir aus dem autoritären Playbook von Ungarn, Polen, Italien & den USA für Deutschland lernen? Dieser Frage sind Victoria Gulde & ich beim TTRex nachgegangen. Eine ausführliche Analyse folgt - hier schon mal 8 Schlüsse für demokratische Zivilgesellschaft, um erfolgreich entgegenzuhalten.
October 15, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Was können wir aus dem autoritären Playbook von Ungarn, Polen, Italien & den USA für Deutschland lernen? Dieser Frage sind Victoria Gulde & ich beim TTRex nachgegangen. Eine ausführliche Analyse folgt - hier schon mal 8 Schlüsse für demokratische Zivilgesellschaft, um erfolgreich entgegenzuhalten.
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as a Map Guy I feel obliged to comment on Columbus Day: Columbus was a monster, even by the standards of his time and, relevant to my purposes, was a crappy geographer. He thought going West to Asia was possible because he had a laughably incorrect estimate of the circumference of the globe.
October 13, 2025 at 3:08 PM
as a Map Guy I feel obliged to comment on Columbus Day: Columbus was a monster, even by the standards of his time and, relevant to my purposes, was a crappy geographer. He thought going West to Asia was possible because he had a laughably incorrect estimate of the circumference of the globe.
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Bassam Aramin ist Palästinenser, Rami Elhanan Israeli. Beide haben ihre Töchter an den Nahostkonflikt verloren. Wie bleiben sie Freunde, trotz allem?
Versöhnung in Israel und Palästina: „Ich entdeckte den Menschen, wo ein Feind sein sollte“
Bassam Aramin ist Palästinenser, Rami Elhanan Israeli. Beide haben ihre Töchter an den Nahostkonflikt verloren. Wie bleiben sie Freunde, trotz allem?
taz.de
October 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Bassam Aramin ist Palästinenser, Rami Elhanan Israeli. Beide haben ihre Töchter an den Nahostkonflikt verloren. Wie bleiben sie Freunde, trotz allem?
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Die breite zivilgesellschaftliche Ablehnung der #Chatkontrolle & der Protest der letzten Tage haben offenbar Wirkung gezeigt. Die Bundesregierung stimmt auch unter Schwarz-Rot einer anlasslosen Chatkontrolle in der EU nicht zu. Vom Tisch ist das Thema aber noch nicht. netzpolitik.org/2025/protest...
Protest wirkt: Bundesregierung ist gegen „anlasslose Chatkontrolle“
Die breite zivilgesellschaftliche Ablehnung der Chatkontrolle und der Protest der letzten Tage haben offenbar Wirkung gezeigt. Die Bundesregierung stimmt auch unter Schwarz-Rot einer anlasslosen Chatk...
netzpolitik.org
October 8, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Die breite zivilgesellschaftliche Ablehnung der #Chatkontrolle & der Protest der letzten Tage haben offenbar Wirkung gezeigt. Die Bundesregierung stimmt auch unter Schwarz-Rot einer anlasslosen Chatkontrolle in der EU nicht zu. Vom Tisch ist das Thema aber noch nicht. netzpolitik.org/2025/protest...
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"If we lose hope, we're doomed."
We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.
We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.
October 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"If we lose hope, we're doomed."
We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.
We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.
Excited to share that our article on "Negotiating Difficult Issues with Little Fervour? Why Peace Processes in Territorial Conflicts Tend to Produce Incomplete Outcomes" has now been published by ISQ 🎉
doi.org/10.1093/isq/...
doi.org/10.1093/isq/...
Negotiating Difficult Issues with Little Fervour? Why Peace Processes in Territorial Conflicts Tend to Produce Incomplete Outcomes
Abstract. There is widespread consensus in peace research that territorial conflicts are more enduring and difficult to settle than non-territorial conflic
doi.org
October 1, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Excited to share that our article on "Negotiating Difficult Issues with Little Fervour? Why Peace Processes in Territorial Conflicts Tend to Produce Incomplete Outcomes" has now been published by ISQ 🎉
doi.org/10.1093/isq/...
doi.org/10.1093/isq/...
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💪💪💪
The Pro-European PAS party has secured 51 seats, an absolute majority in Moldova’s parliament.
A good result and a slap in the face for Putin.
A good result and a slap in the face for Putin.
September 28, 2025 at 9:59 PM
💪💪💪
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Read this. Seriously, read it.
The Trump regime is declaring open season on its critics - NGOs, philanthropists, activists. They will be harassed, arrested, jailed. The silencing effect on others who might speak out will be huge.
This is authoritarianism.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
The Trump regime is declaring open season on its critics - NGOs, philanthropists, activists. They will be harassed, arrested, jailed. The silencing effect on others who might speak out will be huge.
This is authoritarianism.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence
NATIONAL SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM/NSPM-7 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
www.whitehouse.gov
September 26, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Read this. Seriously, read it.
The Trump regime is declaring open season on its critics - NGOs, philanthropists, activists. They will be harassed, arrested, jailed. The silencing effect on others who might speak out will be huge.
This is authoritarianism.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
The Trump regime is declaring open season on its critics - NGOs, philanthropists, activists. They will be harassed, arrested, jailed. The silencing effect on others who might speak out will be huge.
This is authoritarianism.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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At the Department of Political Science (University of Amsterdam, @uva-fmg.bsky.social), we are looking for a new Assistant Professor to join our team. Interested? You can find all details and apply here: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies....
Vacancy — Assistant Professor in Political Science
The Department of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam invites applications for one and possibly two tenure-track Assistant Professor (Universitair Docent) positions in Political Science w...
werkenbij.uva.nl
September 25, 2025 at 1:14 PM
At the Department of Political Science (University of Amsterdam, @uva-fmg.bsky.social), we are looking for a new Assistant Professor to join our team. Interested? You can find all details and apply here: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies....
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Wenn es im Gute-Laune-Radio in Österreich plötzlich einen 7 minütigen Monolog des Moderators über Autokratie und den Wert der Demokratie gibt und wie die USA kein demokratischer Verbündeter mehr sind, dann sollten alle wissen wie ernst es ist. Ging jetzt schnell, aber das ist unsere Realität.
September 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Wenn es im Gute-Laune-Radio in Österreich plötzlich einen 7 minütigen Monolog des Moderators über Autokratie und den Wert der Demokratie gibt und wie die USA kein demokratischer Verbündeter mehr sind, dann sollten alle wissen wie ernst es ist. Ging jetzt schnell, aber das ist unsere Realität.
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We're hiring an Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science ❗
📚 jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Apply before 26 October to join an internationally outstanding group of social science methodologists 🌎
📚 jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Apply before 26 October to join an internationally outstanding group of social science methodologists 🌎
September 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
We're hiring an Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science ❗
📚 jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Apply before 26 October to join an internationally outstanding group of social science methodologists 🌎
📚 jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Apply before 26 October to join an internationally outstanding group of social science methodologists 🌎
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The last political column I was allowed to write in the @washingtonpost.com was a criticism of Obama.
His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful.
Now he is tweeting in support of me.
This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*.
Or used to work.
His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful.
Now he is tweeting in support of me.
This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*.
Or used to work.
September 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The last political column I was allowed to write in the @washingtonpost.com was a criticism of Obama.
His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful.
Now he is tweeting in support of me.
This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*.
Or used to work.
His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful.
Now he is tweeting in support of me.
This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*.
Or used to work.
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Die GEW Bayern hat einen Leitfaden zu Abschiebungen von Schüler*innen und Auszubildenden veröffentlicht.
Darin finden sich rechtliche Informationen für Beschäftigte in Bildung und Ausbildung.
Alle Infos und Download 👇
www.gew-bayern.de/presse/detai...
Darin finden sich rechtliche Informationen für Beschäftigte in Bildung und Ausbildung.
Alle Infos und Download 👇
www.gew-bayern.de/presse/detai...
GEW Bayern veröffentlicht aktualisierten Leitfaden zu Abschiebungen von Schüler*innen und Auszubildenden: Hilfreiche rechtliche Informationen für alle Beschäftigten in Bildung und Ausbildung
Die Absicht der Regierung, die Zahl der Abschiebungen deutlich zu erhöhen, führt wieder dazu, dass die Polizei junge Menschen auch aus Schulen und Betrieben zur Abschiebung holt. Schul- und Betriebsle...
www.gew-bayern.de
September 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Die GEW Bayern hat einen Leitfaden zu Abschiebungen von Schüler*innen und Auszubildenden veröffentlicht.
Darin finden sich rechtliche Informationen für Beschäftigte in Bildung und Ausbildung.
Alle Infos und Download 👇
www.gew-bayern.de/presse/detai...
Darin finden sich rechtliche Informationen für Beschäftigte in Bildung und Ausbildung.
Alle Infos und Download 👇
www.gew-bayern.de/presse/detai...
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Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
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Reminder that 100,000 people marched for Trans Pride in London earlier this year, but because they weren't violent fascists, there was minimal press coverage, unlike the Nazis today.
https://www.them.us/story/london-trans-pride-march-turnout-record-uk-transphobia
https://www.them.us/story/london-trans-pride-march-turnout-record-uk-transphobia
London’s Trans Pride March Just Shattered Its Turnout Record
Organizers say it was the largest transgender rights march in the world.
www.them.us
September 13, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Reminder that 100,000 people marched for Trans Pride in London earlier this year, but because they weren't violent fascists, there was minimal press coverage, unlike the Nazis today.
https://www.them.us/story/london-trans-pride-march-turnout-record-uk-transphobia
https://www.them.us/story/london-trans-pride-march-turnout-record-uk-transphobia
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“I cannot take the books with me. If there is anyone who can save them, let him come. It would break my heart to see them burn, for I have placed my heart within them, and my heart will burn with them."
- Dr Ezzideen Shehab writes from Gaza 2-14-2025
- Dr Ezzideen Shehab writes from Gaza 2-14-2025
“I must write this down before the night devours me.
My father’s friend, a poet and a guardian of words, the son of a family that owns the oldest library in Gaza, that sacred house where history and imagination slept together like weary brothers… he is leaving.
Yes. Leaving.
He is fleeing Gaza City”
My father’s friend, a poet and a guardian of words, the son of a family that owns the oldest library in Gaza, that sacred house where history and imagination slept together like weary brothers… he is leaving.
Yes. Leaving.
He is fleeing Gaza City”
September 14, 2025 at 7:49 AM
“I cannot take the books with me. If there is anyone who can save them, let him come. It would break my heart to see them burn, for I have placed my heart within them, and my heart will burn with them."
- Dr Ezzideen Shehab writes from Gaza 2-14-2025
- Dr Ezzideen Shehab writes from Gaza 2-14-2025