📢Delighted to announce new article (with Daniel Santos) in @joppower.bsky.social discussing 4 ways in which '#violence' & '#nonviolence' are #contested terms in resistance: doi.org/10.1080/2158...
Deadline THIS WEEK for a three-year postdoctoral position in political theory in my department.
Dr Anthony Kevins (@avkevins.bsky.social) from our International Relations dept (@irph.bsky.social) and Communication and Culture research group (@lborocrcc.bsky.social) talks North American politics with @newsweek.com.
Read more: 👇
bit.ly/41xGtMK
I was recently interviewed about the ethics of using animals as 'biodrones' for the Spanish newspaper El Español. You can read the article below.
www.elespanol.com/enclave-ods/...
The Feminist Miscarriage Project (@miscarriageproject.bsky.social), co-led by IRPH's Dr Victoria Browne and University College London's Professor Susie Kilshaw, is now on Instagram! Given them a follow to stay up-to-date with the project.
www.instagram.com/feministmisc...
📣 New Publication! 📣
Delighted my new #openaccess article on ‘Strategic Saints and Sinners’ is out in @IAJournal_CH
It explores the strategic implications of cynical self-interest in war.
Abstract in thread👇Please share/repost!
#strategy #war @irph.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/ia/advance-a...
Job alert! Loughborough University is advertising a three-year Research Associate position in Political Theory as part of the Leverhulme Trust-funded project, ‘The Right to Liveability: An Ethical Assessment’ (managed by Dr. Guy Aitchison).
Details here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQW886/r...
JOB! We are offering a THREE YEAR postdoc/research associate role in political theory as part of the Leverhulme-funded (@leverhulme.ac.uk) project The Right to Liveability: An Ethical Assessment, led by Dr Guy Aitchison. Further details below.
Deadline: 23 April 2026
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQW886/r...
Charlie, a Part C student in IRPH, is running the London Marathon in support of the Teenage Cancer Trust, which supported him after he was diagnosed with cancer last year. You can support Charlie by donating below.
www.justgiving.com/page/charlie...
📝New article from ARG member @msadams.bsky.social and his @irph.bsky.social colleague Rakesh Ankit. 'Anarchism and the "Fascination with Empire": George Woodcock in India, 1964-1985' was published in the International Review of Social History.
It's available open access here: bit.ly/4qWdBI5
Perhaps of interest to anyone want to work with the Anarchism Research Group @anarchismresgroup.bsky.social IRPH is also the home of the journal Anarchist Studies. @anarchiststudies.bsky.social
My contribution to the literature on emotions in IR--using Watsuji's philosophy to think about emotions as a function of space.
Part of a special issue on Emotions in Japan's Foreign Policy.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
To learn more about PhDs in IRPH, see www.lboro.ac.uk/study/postgr...
We have multiple studentships available right now. For more details, see www.lboro.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Close deadline!
I can support competitive candidates in my research areas, including (among others) animals in ethics and politics.
If you're interested in this scheme, reach out ASAP. But I'm always happy to talk to prospective candidates with other sources of funding, including self-funding.
New from 'What Our Students Say': James, who graduated with a degree in History in 2025.
'I feel I’ve really grown as a person, thanks to my time at the University. ... If you’re considering Loughborough, my only advice is YES!'
lboro.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/what-our-students-say/james-jessop
Watched this brilliant play based on the research that our @elhistorioso.bsky.social carried out in the #BBC archives. It tells about #LGBTQ+ people in 1950s England and the bigotry that dominated British society www.lboro.ac.uk/arts/whats-o... @lborouniversity.bsky.social @irph.bsky.social
New paper: 'Children (and animals) in Nozick's political philosophy', which I co-authored with Arabella Fisher, in @crispp.bsky.social.
It's part of a special issue marking (over) 50 years of Nozick's Anarchy, State, and Utopia, edited by Fabian Wendt.
Available open access below.
📣 Next month, come along to Clair Quentin's (@clairq.bsky.social) book launch and learn the answer to the question: "Is Capital Alive?", with @joshmilburn.bsky.social and Chandni Dwarkasing
More details below 👇
This week, over 150 Part C students presented at the IRPH Dissertation Conference. Attached are just four title slides (from Mia Rose Tanswell, Niam Bhattacharya, Joshua Ryan, and Amelia Henley) giving a tiny sample of the range of topics we explored together.
New from IRPH's Professor Ali Bilgic: 'Ontological (in)security after truth: Disinformation as affective technology', just published in Cooperation and Conflict.
Nice to see this article published in International Review of Social History @irsh-iisg.bsky.social. Written with my @irph.bsky.social colleague Rakesh Ankit. 'Anarchism and the "Fascination with Empire": George Woodcock in India, 1964-1985'.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Your Voice, Your Impact.
These are some of the major changes that we in IRPH have made this year in response to student feedback.
Publication alert!
Take a look at the newly published Oxford University Press book Why Political Theory Needs Social Science, edited by Alice Baderin and David Miller. Chapter 9, 'Using Interviews in the Political Philosophy of Resistance', is by IRPH's Dr Guy Aitchison.
New in Loughborough's 'What our students say' series: Andres Arcones, who graduated in 2025, tells us about his experiences studying for a BA in History at Loughborough.
'Learning with academic experts who have a real passion and curiosity for their subject was incredibly cool.'
What Thucydides Could Really Teach Trump
“Athens did not fall because it lacked power; power changed Athens”
#realism #geopolitics #Thucydides #War #restraint #Pericles #power #strategy #alliances #Trump #narrative #nato #hubris #melos
I'll be presenting at this conference on animals and philosophy in Reading in May. You can register to attend for free at the link below!
May interest someone wanting to work with the Anarchism Research Group (@anarchismresgroup.bsky.social). IRPH is also the home of the journal Anarchist Studies. @anarchiststudies.bsky.social
IRPH's Dr Duncan Depledge, Dr Tamiris Santos (@tamispsantos.bsky.social), and Dr Tom Hobson have a paper in Contemporary Security Policy's latest issue. You can read 'The UK Ministry of Defence, “Low-Carbon Warfare,” and the struggle to construct novel sociotechnical imaginaries of future war' now.
💷👇Funding opportunity for doctoral research in my department. Get in touch if you're interested in submitting a proposal around #anarchism, #pacifism and/or #nonviolence.