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New publication from PAIS' Akinyemi Oyawale!

Akin, with Prof. Lee Jarvis (University of Adelaide) and Prof. Michael Lister (Oxford Brookes), examines vernacular security in Security Dialogue.

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by Lee Jarvis — Reposted by Michael Lister

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New article just published in the Journal of Global Security Studies on different critical strategies within vernacular discourse on security. The article's open access and free to read here academic.oup.com/jogss/articl...
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by Lee Jarvis — Reposted by Michael Lister

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So pleased to see the introduction to our special issue on #vernacularsecurity published in Security Dialogue! Coauthored with @michaellister.bsky.social & Akin Oyawale, the issue pushes vernacular security research into exciting new directions. Free to read here journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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by Michael Lister

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* I guess if we’re being technical, Farage massively exacerbated the economic malaise, which dates back (at least) to the financial crisis. But the fundamental point is that no Brexit equals a relatively better economy
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by Michael Lister

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Completely agree Alex. But there’s also something weird and twisted that the reason so many people are up for the fascism thing that Farage is selling, is the economic malaise that Farage himself has caused via Brexit.
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by Lee Jarvis — Reposted by Michael Lister

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Thrilled to have a chapter in this new book, now published with @manchesterup.bsky.social. My chapter with @michaellister.bsky.social looks at UK security policies and priorities, including in relation to COVID, terrorism, and austerity.
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by Lee Jarvis — Reposted by Michael Lister

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New article in @politicalquarterly.bsky.social w/ @michaellister.bsky.social & @apowelllaw.bsky.social on the naming of laws after exemplary victims of injustice. While opening space for addressing harm, such laws also, we argue, pose political & legal risks: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Reposted by Michael Lister, Lee Jarvis

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Great, balanced @politicalquarterly.bsky.social essay on the unhappy rise of laws named after victims onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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by Michael Lister

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Great working with @apowelllaw.bsky.social and @leejarvis.bsky.social on this piece about the increasing prevalence of naming laws after specific people. Open Access at the link 👇
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Cllr Dr Alex Powell @apowelllaw.bsky.social · Jul 14
New Publication with @leejarvis.bsky.social and @michaellister.bsky.social outlining the phenomenon that we have dubbed 'nominative laws'. The Article is available Open Access via the link below.

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Stop in the Law of the Name! Nominative Lawmaking, Populism and Justice
Nominative laws—laws named after particular victims of violence or injustice such as Martyn's Law, Sarah's Law and Awaab's Law—have become increasingly prominent in the UK. In this article, we offer ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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Reposted by Michael Lister, Lee Jarvis

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New Publication with @leejarvis.bsky.social and @michaellister.bsky.social outlining the phenomenon that we have dubbed 'nominative laws'. The Article is available Open Access via the link below.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Stop in the Law of the Name! Nominative Lawmaking, Populism and Justice
Nominative laws—laws named after particular victims of violence or injustice such as Martyn's Law, Sarah's Law and Awaab's Law—have become increasingly prominent in the UK. In this article, we offer ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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by Lee Jarvis — Reposted by Michael Lister

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Really pleased to talk about #proscription with @gavinesler.bsky.social on @bunkerpod.bsky.social: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Trial and terror: What actually happens when a group is 'proscribed'?
Podcast Episode · The Bunker – News without the nonsense · 03/07/2025 · 18m
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by Michael Lister

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After that Government (Partygate! Truss!!!) and that campaign, (D-Day????) you could even say winning under 34% of the vote is not exactly god-like genius…
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by Lee Jarvis — Reposted by Michael Lister

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New piece with @timlegrand.bsky.social on the proposed proscription of Palestine Action: www.e-ir.info/2025/06/27/p...
Proscribing Palestine Action: Questions and Issues for the UK
The freedom of association is a fundamental tenet of liberalism, and interfering with it can evoke authoritarianism.
www.e-ir.info
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by Michael Lister

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Really enjoyed working with @leejarvis.bsky.social and @apowelllaw.bsky.social on this. Full article in @politicalquarterly.bsky.social soon!
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Lee Jarvis @leejarvis.bsky.social · Jun 23
Why do we see laws being named after victims of tragedy or crime? And why it might matter socially and politically? New piece with @michaellister.bsky.social & Alex Powell previews a forthcoming article in @politicalquarterly.bsky.social: politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/stop-in...
Stop in the Law of the Name! Nominative Lawmaking, Populism, and Justice
Naming of a law after a person – nominative lawmaking - appears to be something of a growing trend in the UK.
politicalquarterly.org.uk
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by Lee Jarvis — Reposted by Michael Lister

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Why do we see laws being named after victims of tragedy or crime? And why it might matter socially and politically? New piece with @michaellister.bsky.social & Alex Powell previews a forthcoming article in @politicalquarterly.bsky.social: politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/stop-in...
Stop in the Law of the Name! Nominative Lawmaking, Populism, and Justice
Naming of a law after a person – nominative lawmaking - appears to be something of a growing trend in the UK.
politicalquarterly.org.uk
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by Michael Lister

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Reposted by Michael Lister, Lee Jarvis

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Just out in @secdialogue.bsky.social

My new article, "From individual to collective: Vernacular security and #Ukrainian civil society in wartime" - part of the special issue on the 20th anniversary of #VernacularSecurity

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1/3. We're excited to announce the publication of our latest article: "Security Professionals and Public Opinion: Legitimacy, Publicity, and Brand Identity", by Michael Lister!
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by Michael Lister

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Based on interviews with UK counterterrorism security professionals it argues that public opinion does matter for such “securocrats”, albeit in different ways for public and private actors. It draws from a wider project covered in my recent book:
www.routledge.com/Public-Opini... (2/2)
Public Opinion and Counter-Terrorism: Security and Politics in the UK
This book examines the ways in which the views of the public inhabit the counter-terrorism policy space, with a focus on the UK case. Drawing insights from Critical Terrorism Studies, Critical Securi...
www.routledge.com
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by Michael Lister

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My new article is out in @journalpolitics.bsky.social. “Security professionals and public opinion: legitimacy, publicity and brand identity”. It looks at the ways in which non elected security professionals, think about public opinion. Open access (1/2)

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Reposted by Michael Lister

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In our latest issue, Chris Hesketh elucidates on the concept of ‘coloniality of space’ in the context of Latin America. It's #OpenAccess and free to read!

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by Lee Jarvis — Reposted by Michael Lister, Jack Holland

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Groups like Al Qaeda used to be the antithesis of older terrorisms like the IRA. Now they're often seen as equivalent. What's going on with our temporal imaginaries of terrorism? And why does it matter? New
E-IR piece w/ Andrew Whiting & @michaellister.bsky.social: www.e-ir.info/2025/01/29/r...
Reflecting on Terrorism’s Temporalities After the Southport Attacks
The question over what ‘terrorism’ means has divided and confounded researchers, as well as policymakers and citizens, since the term’s emergence.
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by Michael Lister

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You can see this in the different ways in UK & US debates which periodise contemporary terrorism differently-as new in the UK but as connected to older violences in the US-to mobilise support for different counterterrorism agendas. (end)
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by Michael Lister

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So what’s going on here? We argue that attempts to periodise terrorism-as old, or new-represent political attempts to mobilise terrorism’s pasts and presents in order to support particular projects, causes and goals. (4/n)
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by Michael Lister

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For scholars of terrorism this forces a double take. In the early 2000s Al-Qaeda were seen as representatives of a new kind of terrorism, but one that was underpinned by *non*-political aims and *fragmented* organisation-the very opposite of the characteristics imputed by Starmer. (3/n)
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by Michael Lister

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Last week Starmer gave a speech about the Southport murders. In it he claimed Britain faces a new kind of terrorism, contrasting the ideologically diverse kind of violence that Axel Rudakubana represents, with “highly organised groups with clear political intent… like Al-Qaeda” (2/n)
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by Michael Lister — Reposted by Lee Jarvis

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Really proud to be part of this excellent collection of articles. Thanks to the editors!
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Lee Jarvis @leejarvis.bsky.social · Dec 9
Our new special issue on 'What the War on Terror Leaves Behind' is now out! 9 amazing *open access* articles on topics including social policy, proscription, climate change, nuclear politics, monstrosity, coloniality, anarchism, securitisation, nuclear politics, & critical theory (Thread 1/12)
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by Lee Jarvis — Reposted by Michael Lister, Richard Jackson

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The special issue's final piece, by @michaellister.bsky.social & me, asks what happens to critical security thinking when its ideas and arguments achieve (or appear to achieve) wider currency: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... (Thread, 11/12)
Critical security research and the war on terror: From the margins to the mainstream? | European Journal of International Security | Cambridge Core
Critical security research and the war on terror: From the margins to the mainstream?
www.cambridge.org
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by Michael Lister — Reposted by Lee Jarvis, Richard Jackson, Simon Mabon , and 1 more

leejarvis.bsky.social
Our new special issue on 'What the War on Terror Leaves Behind' is now out! 9 amazing *open access* articles on topics including social policy, proscription, climate change, nuclear politics, monstrosity, coloniality, anarchism, securitisation, nuclear politics, & critical theory (Thread 1/12)
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Reposted by Michael Lister, Lee Jarvis

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Fascinating new open access article from @leejarvis.bsky.social and @michaellister.bsky.social. They argue, in short, that we critical security/terrorism scholars told you so, but that converging with the mainstream raises questions for the critical project.

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Critical security research and the war on terror: From the margins to the mainstream? | European Journal of International Security | Cambridge Core
Critical security research and the war on terror: From the margins to the mainstream?
www.cambridge.org
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