🌍 SPIN is delighted to welcome Dr Tim Aistrope to the network! Tim is a Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Kent, exploring how conspiracy theories and popular culture shape understandings of global politics.

Read about his latest project: buff.ly/Y676Ll6

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👋 Please give a warm SPIN welcome to Susannah Lee, a 2025 SPIN Fellow this summer working with SPIN and the Gender Research Centre to explore gender, power, and secrecy in the context of the current challenges in UK and US politics.

Meet the network: buff.ly/clcQe2t

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Taking the Red Pill: Conspiracy Theories, Gender, and the ‘elusive epistemologies’ of the Manosphere In this article we analyse the gender politics of the anti-feminist "red pill" or Matrix conspiracy theory. Extending the work of Jaron Harambam and Stef Aupers on how conspiracy theorists legitimise…

🧠 New article by SPIN member @evanveeren.bsky.social‬, Elisabeth Moerking & Harvey Dryer explores conspiracy theories, gender and the ‘elusive epistemologies’ of the manosphere. Pre-pub version of Taking the Red Pill is now avail: buff.ly/TvaMZxN

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Feminist Counterpublics in Authoritarian China: Resisting Repressions While Excluding ‘Weak’ Women - SPIN Feminist Counterpublics in Authoritarian China: Resisting Repressions While Excluding ‘Weak’ Women   Earlier researchers of Chinese feminism have identified a...

🎉 Give a warm welcome to Yi Wang, who is joining the network as a 2025 SPIN Fellow. Yi is a PhD researcher in Sociology at Bristol, exploring gender, resistance, and feminist counterpublics in China. Details of Yi's PhD Prject: buff.ly/eURLmqF

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📚 The SPIN Spring 2025 newsletter is here! Catch up on our latest events, new publications, and welcome recent additions to the network. Read here: buff.ly/Fj5Yn2X

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HIF Global Joins SPIN HIF Global, through HIF EMEA, joins our Collaborative Innovation Network SPIN, enhancing efforts in sustainable energy. Known for production of e-Fuels, HIF specializes in renewable energy and CO₂ …

Welcome HIF Global to the SPIN Innovation Network! 🚀 Pioneers of e-Fuels (⚡ + ♻️ CO₂), Haru Oni demo 🇨🇱 producing e-Gasoline for Porsche 🏎️. Excited to accelerate e-Fuel adoption for a cleaner energy future! 🌱 #PowerToX #eFuels #SPINNetwork spin-together.ch/2025/04/30/h...

Event - SPIN Panel Session - Prof Clare Birchall: Online Conspiracism and Dr Theo Kindynis: Conspiracy Theories - SPIN March 19th 2025 – 15:00-16:00 (GMT+1), 10:00 (EST)   Professor Clare Birchall (King’s College) Dr Theo Kindynis (City University)  ...

SPIN Panel: Conspiracy Theories 🕵️‍♂️ Join us on March 19, 2025 (15:00 GMT) on Zoom for a discussion with Prof. Clare Birchall & @kindynis.bsky.social.

🔗 Panel Details: buff.ly/4k5aQSC
📩 Email secrecyresearch@gmail.com for the invite

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M is for Maze - SPIN As spatial form, mazes [1] are not only millennia-old but appear in cultures and religions across the world, often associated...

M is for Maze 🌀 What can a maze teach us about secrecy? @evanveeren.bsky.social examines mazes as metaphors & geographies of secrecy in SPIN’s A-Z series. Read at: https://buff.ly/3CQcZB0

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G is for (Secrecy) Games - SPIN Secrecy games, like Wittgensteinian language games, are an important feature of our social and political landscape. According to Karin Fierke,...

G is for (Secrecy) Games 🎲 How do secrecy games shape power? @evanveeren.bsky.social, based on work with SPIN colleagues, outlines how hiding & seeking drive political transformation. Part of SPIN’s A-Z of Secrecy & Ignorance. Read at: https://buff.ly/3X67G7q

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