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Nina C. Krickel-Choi

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Postdoc at Lund University | Visiting Fellow at the European University Institute IR theory, security studies, climate change imaginaries, existentialism, IR in East Asia. Also esports. She/Her

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Nina C. Krickel-Choi @nckc.bsky.social · Mar 14

📢So happy that every piece of the 🔥Special Issue “Grappling with the climate crisis in IR” is out now! 🥳🥳🥳

It's published by CJIR, all open access, and you can find the contributions here 🤗: cjir.iir.cz/index.php/cj...

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Recent Contributions Published Ahead of Print | Czech Journal of International Relations

cjir.iir.cz

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Charlotte Weatherill @ckweatherill.bsky.social · 5d

Another Call for Papers for #BISA2026 (3rd-5th June, Brighton), this time for a panel I'm organising with @tom-cb.bsky.social. Deadline 24th Oct.

Gender and resistance in environmental politics: This panel will explore how gender relates to resistance against env harm AND resistance to transition.

We are putting out this Call for Papers for BISA2026 in search of people who are researching the connection between gender and resistance in the field of environmental politics.
This call comes at a time of (at least) two forms of gendered resistance:
1. Growing resistance to measures that combat climate change and environmental destruction, a form of resistance that is often masculinised
2. Ongoing resistance against environmental destruction, a form of resistance that is both discursively constructed as feminine and that manifests as a form of burden that is often borne by women and other marginalised peoples
Against a backdrop of the target of 1.5 degrees warming looking increasingly unlikely, and a ‘green’ transition currently reliant on new geographies of environmental and human harm and exploitation, any meaningful progress towards global environmental targets is stalling. Resistance to these forms of harm and efforts to transition away from fossil fuels are at a critical juncture. At the same time, there is a surging right-wing politics globally, part of which acts as a defence of industry and environmental harm. This form of resistance is directed at transition itself.
We invite papers which explore the intersections of gender and resistance in relation to environment or climate politics. Approaches might include ecofeminism, political ecology, and feminist political economy.
Some papers which participants might engage with:
• Petro-masculinity: Fossil fuels and authoritarian desire (Daggett, 2018)
• Feminist approaches to environmental politics (Lawrence et al, 2025)
• ‘Gender and climate change’: from impacts to discourses (MacGregor, 2010)
• Colonial erasures in gender and climate change solutions (Resurrección, 2024)
Please send your 200 word abstracts to t.n.brookes@keele.ac.uk and weatherillck@outlook.com by 24th October along with your name, affiliation, career stage and geographical location.

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Ben Rosher @benrosher.bsky.social · 14h

Hello. Does anybody have any good recommendations for introductory literature on sanctuary cities? Particularly in relation to human rights or in the city’s relation to the state.

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Nina C. Krickel-Choi @nckc.bsky.social · 1d

📢Call for Abstracts📢
Bianca Naude and I are looking to put together a panel on state personhood for #BISA2026!

We are looking for new conceptualizations of state personhood, new critiques, as well as reflections on relevant post-2004 disciplinary and political developments!✨

@mybisa.bsky.social

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Ebony Young @ebonyyoung.bsky.social · 4d

Call for Papers! Excited to be putting together a panel on more-than-human and posthuman IR for the BISA 2026 conference. Deadline Fri 24 Oct - details below. Please reach out with any queries

A screenshot of the Call for Papers - please message me for the text version

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Institute of International Relations Prague @iirprague.bsky.social · 8d

🚨 We are hiring: Postdoctoral Researcher!

📝 How to apply:
Send your motivation letter, CV, research outline, 2 academic texts + referees ➡️ [email protected] & [email protected]
📅 Deadline: 12 October 2025

You can find more information on: iir.cz/postdoctoral...

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ISPP @polpsyispp.bsky.social · 13d

ISPP Small Grants are back for 2026! 💡 $50k total available; request up to $5k for research or network/workshop projects. Open to current ISPP members. Proposals due Dec 1, 2025. Selection uses a lottery among proposals that meet all criteria. Apply: ispp.org/funding/smal...

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Nina C. Krickel-Choi @nckc.bsky.social · 14d

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Matthew Scarborough 𓀀 @mattitiahu.bsky.social · 14d

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Alejandro Tirado Castro @atiradocastro.bsky.social · 14d

💫📣Call for collaborators!

Are you attending #ECPG2026 in Newcastle? I'm am organizing a panel on social media, influencers, & the manosphere, and their intersections with gender, feminism, & sexism.

✏️ If you are working on this topic, I’d love to hear from you! DMs open or contact me by mail.

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Department of Political Science, Radboud University Nijmegen @radboudpol.bsky.social · 15d

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Warwick History Post-Doc Club @post-doc-club.bsky.social · 15d

Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month

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Nina C. Krickel-Choi @nckc.bsky.social · 21d

Came across this timely piece of research 👇
"What does free speech have to do with Palestinian liberation? On resisting genocidal epistemicide"

doi.org/10.1080/0143...

What does free speech have to do with Palestinian liberation? On resisting genocidal epistemicide

In this article, I argue that epistemicide exists in relation to genocide as scholasticide exists in relation to war: it attempts to erase not just educational institutions in their current state, ...

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interactFU.bsky.social @interactfu.bsky.social · 21d

New Study Indicates High Levels of Self-Censorship and Perceived Restrictions for Scholars Specialized in the Middle East since October 7, 2023.

Official @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social press release: www.fu-berlin.de/en/presse/in...

New Study Indicates High Levels of Self-Censorship and Perceived Restrictions for Scholars Specialized in the Middle East

Almost 85 percent of respondents say they have seen an increased threat to academic freedom since October 7, 2023 / Early-career researchers are particularly affected

www.fu-berlin.de

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International Theory @internatltheory.bsky.social · 23d

#OpenAccess -

‘The Conduct of Inquiry’ in ontological security studies: scientific methodologies and their implications - https://cup.org/4pwr7CD

- Lukas Grundsfeld

#FirstView

Promotional graphic for a new issue of "International Theory" featuring a world map in the background.

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Ben Sanderson @benmsanderson.bsky.social · 23d

Sorry, but disagree with @hausfath.bsky.social here. You open Pandora's box, you ain't closing it again. We've already seen with Paris that well intentioned international agreements do not translate into physical reality and SRM governance is a much harder problem. Zero is the only safe level. /1

Zeke Hausfather @hausfath.bsky.social · 23d

I have a new @nytimes.com guest essay w/ @davidkeith.bsky.social about sunlight reflection. We note its not a solution for climate change and at best a band aid to treat systems, and suggest if its ever done it should only be to replace the cooling from air pollution today:

Opinion | A Responsible Way to Cool the Planet

A small, carefully scaled geoengineering program could compensate for the loss of cooling as we eliminate sulfur pollution.

www.nytimes.com

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Review of International Studies @risjnl.bsky.social · 22d

"This ontological insecurity is both inside and outside of state, making ontological security for some while unmaking it for others."

Check out Alexandria Innes's article in our latest issue 51(4)!

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 22d

this is a very sharp piece on why it makes no sense to run universities as if they are businesses. They're not businesses.

www.afr.com/work-and-car...

The net result is the worst of both worlds. Universities invoke the rhetoric of business discipline, but they lack the governance structures that give that discipline bite. They operate without the checks that private ownership provides, yet subject staff and students to the cost-cutting and efficiency drives that profit-maximising firms pursue. The result is waste at the top and insecurity at the bottom.

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Sebastian Larsson @olovsebastian.bsky.social · 26d

"DECLARATION OF CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION – No academia as usual during Israeli occupation, apartheid and genocide in Palestine"

Consider signing here: uppsaladeclaration.se/european-dec...

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Charlotte Weatherill @ckweatherill.bsky.social · 26d

I feel like putting together a Loss and Damage panel I think. Time to think about it still, but feel free to reach out if you want in.

BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · 26d

Reminder that our #BISA2026 call & homepage is OPEN NOW - we can't wait to see you in Brighton! 🎉

🌟 Our call for papers is here with submissions for papers opening on the 24th of September - buff.ly/MzLS1aT

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Delf Rothe @delfrothe.bsky.social · 28d

❓ What is security in an age of catastrophic climate change?

📖 Our special issue "Critical Climate Security" in Geoforum provides new concepts, approaches, and methodologies for rethinking the climate-security nexus from a critical perspective. www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

Geoforum | Critical Climate Security | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier

What is security in an age of catastrophic climate change? What conceptual, and critical, tools do we need to come to terms with the unequal geographies of climate insecurity in their temporal, spatia...

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International Studies Association @isanet.bsky.social · Sep 10

The #Academic #Job search can be overwhelming, requiring a mix of strategy, #Networking, and preparation. Visit ISA's new Job Search center for strategies on tackling your search, insights and tips on the process, and links to job boards! buff.ly/AWvRJvg #ISAResourceLibrary

Resource Library: Academic job search. Background: Woman typing on laptop

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Stephanie Christine Winkler @scwinkler.bsky.social · Sep 5

On 18 Sept, Stockholm University hosts Barry Buzan for a keynote on “The New Cold War and Trump 2.0”.
16:00–17:00, Albano Building 1, Room Pärlan.

Free & open to all – registration appreciated: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-new-co...

The New Cold War and Trump 2.0 - Prof Barry Buzan keynote address [English]

Get ready for a heated discussion on the current geopolitical climate and the impact of Trump's presidency with a world-leading scholar

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Anna Meier @annameier.bsky.social · Sep 2

Conversations in academia about non-academic job pathways are improving (in that they're happening at all), but I did meet some grads this summer who said they'd never talked to someone who'd left before, so if that's you & you want to know what the shift is like, I'd be thrilled to chat!

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Stephanie Christine Winkler @scwinkler.bsky.social · Aug 26

On my way to #EISA2025 in Bologna ✈️ Excited to share work, join great discussions & see old + new friends!

Joining “Teaching Concepts in IR” & “Decoding the ‘New Cold War’.” The latter kicks off a bigger project, bringing different perspectives on the Cold War together. More soon, watch this space👀

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Marcus Nicolson @mnicolson.bsky.social · Aug 21

Hi - I'm fundraising for Doctors Without Borders to provide clean water in Gaza where over 80% of water infrastructure has been destroyed. To learn more about the campaign please click here : www.justgiving.com/team/ultracy...

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Jan Daniel @horalistani.bsky.social · Aug 13

Two broadly defined area studies academic #jobs at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University (Prague):

"The ideal candidate will employ comparative methodologies and actively engage in disciplinary debates within area studies on critical current events from a comparative perspective"

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