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Central and Eastern European Security Hub is a research center at Tallinn University deploying critical relational theories to study security in CEE. https://securityhub.ee
🤝We are building bridges with the broader academic and student community in #Estonia.
💡Our Co-Director and HoD Benjamin Klasche led a workshop on "Critical-Relational approaches to security and peace in CEE" for a selected group of #TartuUniversity students.
Read more 👇
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💡Our Co-Director and HoD Benjamin Klasche led a workshop on "Critical-Relational approaches to security and peace in CEE" for a selected group of #TartuUniversity students.
Read more 👇
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🤝We are building bridges with the broader academic and student community in #Estonia.
✨This last Saturday, our Co-Director and HoD Benjamin Klasche was invited by the University of Tartu Internationa...
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October 7, 2025 at 7:21 AM
🤝We are building bridges with the broader academic and student community in #Estonia.
💡Our Co-Director and HoD Benjamin Klasche led a workshop on "Critical-Relational approaches to security and peace in CEE" for a selected group of #TartuUniversity students.
Read more 👇
shorturl.at/MjecL
💡Our Co-Director and HoD Benjamin Klasche led a workshop on "Critical-Relational approaches to security and peace in CEE" for a selected group of #TartuUniversity students.
Read more 👇
shorturl.at/MjecL
🥳Immensely excited about our conference "Between Peripheries" in January 2026 (22-25). For those accepted, please fill in your registration by the 10th of October.
You can find the preliminary program of the conference👇
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You can find the preliminary program of the conference👇
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October 1, 2025 at 6:48 AM
🥳Immensely excited about our conference "Between Peripheries" in January 2026 (22-25). For those accepted, please fill in your registration by the 10th of October.
You can find the preliminary program of the conference👇
lnkd.in/d5FvkuZh
You can find the preliminary program of the conference👇
lnkd.in/d5FvkuZh
🤔Ever wondered how small states exercise their agency in time of economic and security dependency?
💡Well, Niklas Klein Nielsen and @anderswivel.bsky.social have some answers for you in their new blog post for our website.
Check it out 👇
securityhub.ee/blog/scandin...
💡Well, Niklas Klein Nielsen and @anderswivel.bsky.social have some answers for you in their new blog post for our website.
Check it out 👇
securityhub.ee/blog/scandin...
Scandinavian Reactions to the Second Trump Presidency: A Way Forward for Small State Agency? - CEEShub - Central and Eastern European Security Hub
Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office as the 47th President of the United States disrupted traditional pillars of US foreign policy and created a new geopolitical reality for NATO-allies. The Scandi...
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September 18, 2025 at 6:49 AM
🤔Ever wondered how small states exercise their agency in time of economic and security dependency?
💡Well, Niklas Klein Nielsen and @anderswivel.bsky.social have some answers for you in their new blog post for our website.
Check it out 👇
securityhub.ee/blog/scandin...
💡Well, Niklas Klein Nielsen and @anderswivel.bsky.social have some answers for you in their new blog post for our website.
Check it out 👇
securityhub.ee/blog/scandin...
Best wishes from our team for the new school year! Happy Knowledge Day!
We have some updates for you 👇
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We have some updates for you 👇
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🥳🎉The CEEShub team congratulates the 1st of September to all the academics, students, teachers, administrative and support staff. Happy Knowledge Day!
We have some updates for you!
1. Department of ...
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September 1, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Best wishes from our team for the new school year! Happy Knowledge Day!
We have some updates for you 👇
www.linkedin.com/posts/ceeshu...
We have some updates for you 👇
www.linkedin.com/posts/ceeshu...
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Can including far right parties in government reduce their electoral appeal? The fabulous @anninahermes.bsky.social will show today #epsa2025 that this strategy does not work @epsanet.bsky.social @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social
Very excited to present my paper with @heikekluever.bsky.social on the consequences of far-right parties in government at #EPSA2025 on Friday!
🗓️ Friday 4:50-6:30
📍 Room 0A.06 | Panel P10-S253
🗓️ Friday 4:50-6:30
📍 Room 0A.06 | Panel P10-S253
June 26, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Can including far right parties in government reduce their electoral appeal? The fabulous @anninahermes.bsky.social will show today #epsa2025 that this strategy does not work @epsanet.bsky.social @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social
📢Five more days to go until our CfP deadline!
It will be a 💥conference.
- No registration fee
- Lunch and coffee breaks covered
- A free cultural program (i.e., sauna!)
- Scholar/activist workshops
- Several travel bursaries for scholars from CEE and GS
securityhub.ee/news/between...
It will be a 💥conference.
- No registration fee
- Lunch and coffee breaks covered
- A free cultural program (i.e., sauna!)
- Scholar/activist workshops
- Several travel bursaries for scholars from CEE and GS
securityhub.ee/news/between...
“Between Peripheries”: CEEShub’s Inaugural Conference - CEEShub - Central and Eastern European Security Hub
Submit your abstract to “Between Peripheries,” a conference on CEE–Global South security, postcolonial IR, and critical peace studies.
securityhub.ee
June 26, 2025 at 7:50 AM
📢Five more days to go until our CfP deadline!
It will be a 💥conference.
- No registration fee
- Lunch and coffee breaks covered
- A free cultural program (i.e., sauna!)
- Scholar/activist workshops
- Several travel bursaries for scholars from CEE and GS
securityhub.ee/news/between...
It will be a 💥conference.
- No registration fee
- Lunch and coffee breaks covered
- A free cultural program (i.e., sauna!)
- Scholar/activist workshops
- Several travel bursaries for scholars from CEE and GS
securityhub.ee/news/between...
We have had a fantastic week at @mybisa.bsky.social #BISA2025 in #Belfast.
To explore what our team has been up to, see 👇
shorturl.at/i47GR
To explore what our team has been up to, see 👇
shorturl.at/i47GR
🎊What a week at #BISA2025 in #Belfast! | CEEShub at Tallinn University
🎊What a week at #BISA2025 in #Belfast!
🙌Members of IR department from Tallinn University presented on a variety of fascinating topics. We are very proud to have had strong representation in Belfast, ...
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June 23, 2025 at 7:38 AM
We have had a fantastic week at @mybisa.bsky.social #BISA2025 in #Belfast.
To explore what our team has been up to, see 👇
shorturl.at/i47GR
To explore what our team has been up to, see 👇
shorturl.at/i47GR
👉While our team are attending @mybisa.bsky.social #BISA2025, we wanted to remind you of our Call for Papers, which runs until July 1st.
This is a fantastic opportunity for anyone working in IR and on critical and relational security.
❗More here: shorturl.at/48IOy
This is a fantastic opportunity for anyone working in IR and on critical and relational security.
❗More here: shorturl.at/48IOy
👉While our team are attending #BISA2025, celebrating its 50th anniversary, we wanted to remind you of our Call for Papers, which runs until July 1st. | CEEShub at Tallinn University
👉While our team are attending #BISA2025, celebrating its 50th anniversary, we wanted to remind you of our Call for Papers, which runs until July 1st.
This is a fantastic opportunity for anyone worki...
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June 20, 2025 at 9:13 AM
👉While our team are attending @mybisa.bsky.social #BISA2025, we wanted to remind you of our Call for Papers, which runs until July 1st.
This is a fantastic opportunity for anyone working in IR and on critical and relational security.
❗More here: shorturl.at/48IOy
This is a fantastic opportunity for anyone working in IR and on critical and relational security.
❗More here: shorturl.at/48IOy
This has been an intense, funny, and above all educational week.
MSCA Grant Writing Workshop participants learned about the different application components, such as Excellence and Impact, and how to maximize their value-added.
Thank you to the experts and our participants!
shorturl.at/fT4Ek
MSCA Grant Writing Workshop participants learned about the different application components, such as Excellence and Impact, and how to maximize their value-added.
Thank you to the experts and our participants!
shorturl.at/fT4Ek
🎊This past week has been intense, funny, and above all educational! | CEEShub at Tallinn University
🎊This past week has been intense, funny, and above all educational! Our MSCA Grant Writing Workshop participants learned about the different application components, such as Excellence and Impact, and ...
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June 13, 2025 at 9:26 AM
This has been an intense, funny, and above all educational week.
MSCA Grant Writing Workshop participants learned about the different application components, such as Excellence and Impact, and how to maximize their value-added.
Thank you to the experts and our participants!
shorturl.at/fT4Ek
MSCA Grant Writing Workshop participants learned about the different application components, such as Excellence and Impact, and how to maximize their value-added.
Thank you to the experts and our participants!
shorturl.at/fT4Ek
⭐Our #MSCA workshop, preparing participants to successfully run for the European and/or Global Fellowships is running very well.
💡Today, a session by Professor Maria Mälksoo on Impact and Implementation sections.
Fantastic sessions ahead! 🙌
💡Today, a session by Professor Maria Mälksoo on Impact and Implementation sections.
Fantastic sessions ahead! 🙌
June 10, 2025 at 9:13 AM
⭐Our #MSCA workshop, preparing participants to successfully run for the European and/or Global Fellowships is running very well.
💡Today, a session by Professor Maria Mälksoo on Impact and Implementation sections.
Fantastic sessions ahead! 🙌
💡Today, a session by Professor Maria Mälksoo on Impact and Implementation sections.
Fantastic sessions ahead! 🙌
📢In anticipation of our Call for Papers deadline (July 1st, see via the link), we have a fantastic new blog by SACHIHO FUNABASHI (船橋 幸穂) on "Japan's Contextual and Relational Peace" that you should go read immediately. 👇
shorturl.at/7bhvr
shorturl.at/7bhvr
Japan’s Contextual and Relational Peace - CEEShub - Central and Eastern… | CEEShub at Tallinn University
📢In anticipation of our Call for Papers deadline (July 1st, see further 👇!), we have a fantastic new blog by SACHIHO FUNABASHI (船橋 幸穂) on "Japan's Contextual and Relational Peace" that y...
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June 9, 2025 at 11:42 AM
📢In anticipation of our Call for Papers deadline (July 1st, see via the link), we have a fantastic new blog by SACHIHO FUNABASHI (船橋 幸穂) on "Japan's Contextual and Relational Peace" that you should go read immediately. 👇
shorturl.at/7bhvr
shorturl.at/7bhvr
📢We have an exciting offer for early-careers from CEE and scholars from the Global South.
👉We are able to offer 10 travel bursaries (5 × €500 for early-career scholars from CEE; 5 × €750 for scholars from the Global South) for our conference.
See👇for information on how to apply and the conditions.
👉We are able to offer 10 travel bursaries (5 × €500 for early-career scholars from CEE; 5 × €750 for scholars from the Global South) for our conference.
See👇for information on how to apply and the conditions.
👉A gentle reminder (or a rough nudge?) for you to apply for our Call for Papers: due July 1st 2025. We are organizing a fabulous conference in January 2026 and want you to come!
www.linkedin.com/posts/ceeshu...
www.linkedin.com/posts/ceeshu...
Announcing “Between Peripheries”: CEEShub’s Inaugural Conference - CEEShub… | CEEShub at Tallinn University
❗It's the time of the week for us to remind you about this exciting Call for Papers! We are organizing a fantastic conference in January 2026 and want you to contribute. 📢Deadline for the CfP: Jul...
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June 2, 2025 at 8:13 AM
📢We have an exciting offer for early-careers from CEE and scholars from the Global South.
👉We are able to offer 10 travel bursaries (5 × €500 for early-career scholars from CEE; 5 × €750 for scholars from the Global South) for our conference.
See👇for information on how to apply and the conditions.
👉We are able to offer 10 travel bursaries (5 × €500 for early-career scholars from CEE; 5 × €750 for scholars from the Global South) for our conference.
See👇for information on how to apply and the conditions.
Fantastic thoughts about small states 👇
📢Small states and middle-powers have little coercive power, but their #leadership styles can make them influential international agenda-setters in the #UN. 🎉New article doi.org/10.1093/fpa/... in @fpajrnl.bsky.social Maybe of interest to the @fpa-isa.bsky.social and @securityhub.ee communities.
May 30, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Fantastic thoughts about small states 👇
👉A gentle reminder (or a rough nudge?) for you to apply for our Call for Papers: due July 1st 2025. We are organizing a fabulous conference in January 2026 and want you to come!
www.linkedin.com/posts/ceeshu...
www.linkedin.com/posts/ceeshu...
Announcing “Between Peripheries”: CEEShub’s Inaugural Conference - CEEShub… | CEEShub at Tallinn University
❗It's the time of the week for us to remind you about this exciting Call for Papers! We are organizing a fantastic conference in January 2026 and want you to contribute. 📢Deadline for the CfP: Jul...
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May 27, 2025 at 7:09 AM
👉A gentle reminder (or a rough nudge?) for you to apply for our Call for Papers: due July 1st 2025. We are organizing a fabulous conference in January 2026 and want you to come!
www.linkedin.com/posts/ceeshu...
www.linkedin.com/posts/ceeshu...
📢Our Co-Director and Researcher @birgitpoopuu.bsky.social Poopuu has recently attended a conference 'Reimagining PEACE 2025,' held at the Flemish Peace Institute in Brussels 🇧🇪.
Birgit co-runs WG2 (Feminist Peace) #COST project 'Peace Research.' @eliseferon.bsky.social
More info: shorturl.at/R0Ll4
Birgit co-runs WG2 (Feminist Peace) #COST project 'Peace Research.' @eliseferon.bsky.social
More info: shorturl.at/R0Ll4
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📢Our Co-Director and Researcher Dr Birgit Poopuu has recently attended a conference 'Reimagining PEACE 2025,' held at the Flemish Peace Institute in Brussels 🇧🇪.
🎊This was a kick-off confere...
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May 26, 2025 at 12:03 PM
📢Our Co-Director and Researcher @birgitpoopuu.bsky.social Poopuu has recently attended a conference 'Reimagining PEACE 2025,' held at the Flemish Peace Institute in Brussels 🇧🇪.
Birgit co-runs WG2 (Feminist Peace) #COST project 'Peace Research.' @eliseferon.bsky.social
More info: shorturl.at/R0Ll4
Birgit co-runs WG2 (Feminist Peace) #COST project 'Peace Research.' @eliseferon.bsky.social
More info: shorturl.at/R0Ll4
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The Swedish Defence University advertises a postdoc focused on ”narrative geopolitics” - or how widespread and emotionally charged narratives influence international security, great power relations, and geostrategic rivalry. Deadline August 31:
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Postdoc with a focus on narrative geopolitics
Description The postdoctoral position is part of the interdisciplinary research environment on narrative geopolitics, established with funding from the Swedish Armed Forces. The role involves interdis
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May 23, 2025 at 10:06 AM
The Swedish Defence University advertises a postdoc focused on ”narrative geopolitics” - or how widespread and emotionally charged narratives influence international security, great power relations, and geostrategic rivalry. Deadline August 31:
fhs.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
fhs.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Our very own @anderswivel.bsky.social published this fantastic article recently in Small States and Territories.
Go give it a read! 👇
securityhub.ee/research/why...
Go give it a read! 👇
securityhub.ee/research/why...
Why small states offer answers to important questions in international relations: Rethinking power and agency - CEEShub - Central and Eastern European Security Hub
Highlights Studying small states is important for answering big and important questions in international relations, such as ‘what is power?’ and ‘what is agency?’. Small state agency is best understoo...
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May 23, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Our very own @anderswivel.bsky.social published this fantastic article recently in Small States and Territories.
Go give it a read! 👇
securityhub.ee/research/why...
Go give it a read! 👇
securityhub.ee/research/why...
✨Reposting this wonderful announcement regarding the Call for Papers for our "Between Peripheries" conference.
❗Please share and apply.
Deadline: July 1st.
❗Please share and apply.
Deadline: July 1st.
❗Our Call for Papers (Abstracts) is officially out! 1/2
👉Please follow the link below and click on the 'Call for Papers Open until 1 July 2025' hyperlink to fill out the information and upload your abstracts.
✨Call for Papers link: securityhub.ee/news/announc...
👉Please follow the link below and click on the 'Call for Papers Open until 1 July 2025' hyperlink to fill out the information and upload your abstracts.
✨Call for Papers link: securityhub.ee/news/announc...
Announcing “Between Peripheries”: CEEShub’s Inaugural Conference - CEEShub - Central and Eastern European Security Hub
Submit your abstract to “Between Peripheries,” a conference on CEE–Global South security, postcolonial IR, and critical peace studies.
securityhub.ee
May 21, 2025 at 9:02 AM
✨Reposting this wonderful announcement regarding the Call for Papers for our "Between Peripheries" conference.
❗Please share and apply.
Deadline: July 1st.
❗Please share and apply.
Deadline: July 1st.
We are incredibly proud of our researcher Timothy Anderson, who won a fantastic award last week at @eui-eu.bsky.social for his paper - 'Civilizational Citizenship: Geopolitics and the Remaking of Belonging in Estonia.'
For more info, please see the link 👇
www.linkedin.com/posts/ceeshu...
For more info, please see the link 👇
www.linkedin.com/posts/ceeshu...
🙌We are incredibly proud of our researcher Timothy Anderson who just last… | CEEShub at Tallinn University
🙌We are incredibly proud of our researcher Timothy Anderson who just last week won the prestigious GLOBALCIT - Rainer Bauböck 2025 Essay Award on the Global State of Citizenship. The award was present...
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May 16, 2025 at 8:26 AM
We are incredibly proud of our researcher Timothy Anderson, who won a fantastic award last week at @eui-eu.bsky.social for his paper - 'Civilizational Citizenship: Geopolitics and the Remaking of Belonging in Estonia.'
For more info, please see the link 👇
www.linkedin.com/posts/ceeshu...
For more info, please see the link 👇
www.linkedin.com/posts/ceeshu...
❗Our Call for Papers (Abstracts) is officially out! 1/2
👉Please follow the link below and click on the 'Call for Papers Open until 1 July 2025' hyperlink to fill out the information and upload your abstracts.
✨Call for Papers link: securityhub.ee/news/announc...
👉Please follow the link below and click on the 'Call for Papers Open until 1 July 2025' hyperlink to fill out the information and upload your abstracts.
✨Call for Papers link: securityhub.ee/news/announc...
Announcing “Between Peripheries”: CEEShub’s Inaugural Conference - CEEShub - Central and Eastern European Security Hub
Submit your abstract to “Between Peripheries,” a conference on CEE–Global South security, postcolonial IR, and critical peace studies.
securityhub.ee
May 6, 2025 at 8:55 AM
❗Our Call for Papers (Abstracts) is officially out! 1/2
👉Please follow the link below and click on the 'Call for Papers Open until 1 July 2025' hyperlink to fill out the information and upload your abstracts.
✨Call for Papers link: securityhub.ee/news/announc...
👉Please follow the link below and click on the 'Call for Papers Open until 1 July 2025' hyperlink to fill out the information and upload your abstracts.
✨Call for Papers link: securityhub.ee/news/announc...
Important work
In this latest Policy Brief, DIIS researcher Astrid Andersen discusses whether Denmark and Greenland can learn from Norway's recent work on acknowledging the history, culture, and rights of its indigenous people and national minorities 👇 www.diis.dk/en/node/27639/
Perhaps Norway's truth and reconciliation process holds the answers to a reconciliation process between Greenland and Denmark
The histories of Norway, Sweden and Finland also contain a long list of abuses and injustices committed by the state against Indigenous peoples and national minorities. In recent years, all three coun...
www.diis.dk
May 2, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Important work
🙌We are so proud of our students!
✨Our MA student, Hans Kristjan, wrote a post "A soldier’s reflection: What if we focused on humanity, instead of national interests?" for #CEEShub, reflecting on the politics of security as a soldier in the #EstonianDefenceForces.
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✨Our MA student, Hans Kristjan, wrote a post "A soldier’s reflection: What if we focused on humanity, instead of national interests?" for #CEEShub, reflecting on the politics of security as a soldier in the #EstonianDefenceForces.
securityhub.ee/blog/a-soldi...
A soldier’s reflection: What if we focused on humanity, instead of national interests? - CEEShub - Central and Eastern European Security Hub
This blog post is based on an exceptional student assignment for the course “Perspectives on Global Security” taught in the International Relations MA program at Tallinn University. Hans’ assignment w...
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April 30, 2025 at 11:34 AM
🙌We are so proud of our students!
✨Our MA student, Hans Kristjan, wrote a post "A soldier’s reflection: What if we focused on humanity, instead of national interests?" for #CEEShub, reflecting on the politics of security as a soldier in the #EstonianDefenceForces.
securityhub.ee/blog/a-soldi...
✨Our MA student, Hans Kristjan, wrote a post "A soldier’s reflection: What if we focused on humanity, instead of national interests?" for #CEEShub, reflecting on the politics of security as a soldier in the #EstonianDefenceForces.
securityhub.ee/blog/a-soldi...
🙌Our team is overjoyed to announce the 1st International Conference of the Central and Eastern European Security Hub, titled "Between Peripheries: Critical-Relational Security from CEE and the Global South."
Call for papers out May 6th.
More info:
securityhub.ee/news/announc...
Call for papers out May 6th.
More info:
securityhub.ee/news/announc...
Announcing “Between Peripheries”: CEEShub’s Inaugural Conference - CEEShub - Central and Eastern European Security Hub
Submit your abstract to “Between Peripheries,” a conference on CEE–Global South security, postcolonial IR, and critical peace studies.
securityhub.ee
April 28, 2025 at 7:19 AM
🙌Our team is overjoyed to announce the 1st International Conference of the Central and Eastern European Security Hub, titled "Between Peripheries: Critical-Relational Security from CEE and the Global South."
Call for papers out May 6th.
More info:
securityhub.ee/news/announc...
Call for papers out May 6th.
More info:
securityhub.ee/news/announc...
Very interesting
Now out and #openaccess in Geopolitics: More-Than-Human Geopolitics: How Fishing Shapes Cross-Border Relations in the Gulf of Saint-Malo by Karst Berkenbosch, Arie Stoffelen & Federica Bono @federicabono.bsky.social
Download and read for free:
Download and read for free:
www.tandfonline.com
April 24, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Very interesting
📢 We have some exciting reads for you!
1. Our Researcher, Dr @louiseridden.bsky.social, recently published her article "Protection through Vulnerability: A Gendered Analysis of Unarmed Civilian Protection" in the Journal of Pacifism and Nonviolence. Link here: doi.org/10.1163/2772...
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1. Our Researcher, Dr @louiseridden.bsky.social, recently published her article "Protection through Vulnerability: A Gendered Analysis of Unarmed Civilian Protection" in the Journal of Pacifism and Nonviolence. Link here: doi.org/10.1163/2772...
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Protection through Vulnerability: A Gendered Analysis of Unarmed Civilian Protection
Abstract Unarmed civilian protection (ucp) is a nonviolent method of civilian-to-civilian protection and civilian self-protection. Without the use of weapons, ucp instrumentalises nonviolent bodies in...
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April 22, 2025 at 8:27 AM
📢 We have some exciting reads for you!
1. Our Researcher, Dr @louiseridden.bsky.social, recently published her article "Protection through Vulnerability: A Gendered Analysis of Unarmed Civilian Protection" in the Journal of Pacifism and Nonviolence. Link here: doi.org/10.1163/2772...
1/2
1. Our Researcher, Dr @louiseridden.bsky.social, recently published her article "Protection through Vulnerability: A Gendered Analysis of Unarmed Civilian Protection" in the Journal of Pacifism and Nonviolence. Link here: doi.org/10.1163/2772...
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