Ook vrouwen die voor EU in Afghanistan werkten wachten nog op evacuatie Nog steeds wachten 30-40 Afghaanse oud-medewerkers van EUPOL Afghanistan op evacuatie, ondanks EU-afspraken. Tot deze groep behoren ook vrouwen, Argos heeft met een paar van hun gepraat. Ontdek hun ve...

“Hun schrijnende situatie toont het gebrek aan goede afstemming tussen EU-lidstaten tijdens buitenlandse missies," zegt Romain Malejacq, universitair hoofddocent conflictstudies (Radboud Universiteit). argos.vpro.nl/artikelen/oo...

Living Up to Popular Expectations during Intervention: Filling Voids and Confronting Spoilers in the Central African Republic and Beyond The scholarly consensus has moved from asking if to how peacekeeping can be successful. Nevertheless, from Afghanistan to Mali, popular dissatisfaction is bringing international interventions to a ...

So 😁 to have 🆕 article in fav journal International Peacekeeping
🆓 access: doi.org/10.1080/1353...

In face of growing criticism, we have to tie intervention back to what matters most: people’s expectations. Case study CAR with some comp to South Sudan and Haiti.

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New article from me @risjnl.bsky.social on how civil wars fit with the concept of critical junctures (CJ) & how CJ framework might enrich civil wars research, w/special attention to issues of women's empowerment after war, engaging w/Aili Mari Tripp & @marieberry.bsky.social's pathbreaking work

Last call for the panel of @vincentfoucher.bsky.social & myself on African Jihadi groups at #ECAS2025 next June in Prague: deadline 15 December, register here: guarant.eu/ecasconferen...

PhD workshop - call for papers — Conflict & Change

The call for the UCL Conflict & Change PhD Workshop is out! ECRs working on IR, conflict and contentious politics are invited to apply by 8 December. London 24-25 February, 2025. Apply here: conflictandchange.org/phdworkshop2025

Whose side are you on? Balancing impartiality and proximity in the study of civil wars When conducting research and fieldwork on civil war, it is not only challenging to remain impartial or get physically and emotionally close to conflict participants, but it is especially difficult ...

My new article with Sarah Zukerman Daly was just published: "Whose Side Are You On? Balancing Impartiality and Proximity in the Study of Civil Wars" More details below, 50 free copies available here: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/HNVJR...

🚨 Don’t miss your chance to present at the CRS Annual Conference 2025!

📍 Location: University of Kent
🗓️ Dates: 17-19 September 2025
🖋️ Deadline: Submit abstracts by 31 January 2025

Take part in shaping the future of peace and conflict research!

Putting together an #Afghanistan scholars starter pack! Please join in go.bsky.app/N4wTQqc

📣 Attention all peace and conflict scholars and practitioners! The call for the Conflict Research Society Annual Conference 2025 is out! Get your paper, panel and workshop submissions in by 17th January 😀

conflictresearchsociety.org/call-for-pap...

🗓️ DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION ALERT! 🔔
Please don’t forget—December 1
CALL FOR PAPERS FOR SPECIAL ISSUE: ARMED ARCHIVES Studying Archives of non-state Armed Actors: Methodological challenges and new research avenues

For more details, click here 👉🏻 www.crg-ghent.be/https-www-li...

Hello! I thought a list of women scholars in conflict and security studies could be helpful! Let me know if you want to be added/removed! go.bsky.app/Np3NivX

For Rebel Groups, Marriage Is Actually a Critical Tool Most coverage of rebel marriages is sensationalistic and shallow, but armed groups use marriage for a range of purposes.

Great piece by @hilarymatfess.bsky.social showing us how rebel groups use marriage to recruit, regulate & rebel.

More on this in her book: In Love and At War: Marriage in Non-State Armed Groups (CUP)
www.worldpoliticsreview.com/armed-group-...

Starter pack to follow academics who write about reflexivity. It is still a small community, please don't hesitate to let me know if you publish about reflexivity and I add you to the pack!
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As I am on it, here is another still very embryonic list bringing together people interested in and posting about armed groups across types, contexts and places. Again, please do chime in with additional suggestions in replies.

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