Coercive In/Justice

Catch @aislingswaine.bsky.social this PM at @liverpooluni.bsky.social, joining 'A Feminist Politics of Radical Hope in a Time of Oppression' - presenting on conflict-related coercive control. Thanks to hosts & organising committee, & to @erc.europa.eu for supporting the Coercive In/Justice project!

@aislingswaine.bsky.social and @cjnicoson.bsky.social's paper questions how ‘continuum of violence’ helps understand violence against women in studying conflict and gender. They aim to enhance clarity on the meaning and use of continuums and explore implications of this for the #WPS agenda.

PI Prof @aislingswaine.bsky.social and postdoc
@cjnicoson.bsky.social presented about ‘continuums of violence’ in #WPS. Thanks, @dcu-irgs.bsky.social and @dcu-conflict.bsky.social for hosting us as at the October conference 'Conflict, gender and human security – Where are we? Where are we going?'

Recognising Diffuse and Cumulative Harm in Post-Conflict Settings - Doing Feminist Legal Work The most pronounced critique directed at the United Nations Security Council’s (UNSC) Women, Peace and Security agenda (WPS) over its 25-year trajectory has

Reflecting on 25 years of #UNSCR1325 and #WPS, Prof @aislingswaine.bsky.social writes about the 'daily experiences of harm' that still remain invisible in much of the global debate about conflict-related violence against women. New on The Morrigan Blog, dflw.ie/recognising-... @erc.europa.eu

Last week, @aislingswaine.bsky.social shared about our @erc.europa.eu project's novel contributions to studying gender-based violence through the phenomenon of ‘coercive control’. Check out the recording now!

Thank you @danielasuarezv.bsky.social and Queen's University Belfast for hosting!

The paper shared preliminary research from the @erc.europa.eu project, using phenomenology to extend our understanding of women's lived experience of fear, threat and harm between coercive control in intimate relationships and wider social control strategies of non-state armed actors.

#ecdv2025

Today project PI Professor @aislingswaine.bsky.social presented her paper 'Expanding Understanding of Women’s Experiences of both Intimate and Group-based Coercive Control in Conflict-Affected contexts' at the @ecdv2025.bsky.social conference.

Special thanks to the @thebsp.org.uk @ucdphilosophy.bsky.social, UCD Centre for Ethics in Public Life, @ucdschooloflaw.bsky.social, and @erc.europa.eu.

Last week’s British Society for Phenomenology Conference featured a keynote from Prof @aislingswaine.bsky.social, Assoc Prof Danielle Petherbridge & Dr Charlotte Knowles: "Phenomenological Explorations of Coercive Control and Complicity" - discussion on our phenomenological research and methodology!

Last week, we co-hosted the British Society for Phenomenology's annual conference, ‘Lifeworlds in Crisis: Applying Phenomenology’ - 3 days & nearly 100 people giving fantastic keynotes, panel discussions, and book presentations! 🤩

Thank you to everyone who took part and helped make it possible!

Meet one of our #CoerciveInJustice #postdocs, Lucía Poveda Galeano.

Lucía researches sociology & anthropology of the violent conflict in Colombia. She has over 20 years of humanitarian, peacebuilding, and development work and more.
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Professor @aislingswaine.bsky.social will be appearing as part of this special panel focusing on phenomenology, coercive control and complicity at this years British Society for Phenomenology International Conference 2025 being hosted at @ucdschooloflaw.bsky.social.

Join our team: 2 PhD positions COERCIVE IN/JUSTICE (GENCOERCTRL) PROJECT TWO ERC DOCTORAL SCHOLARSHIPS 2025 Two doctoral scholarships are available as part of an ERC-funded project Gender, Conflict and Coercive Control: A Femini…

🔔 PhD applications due 27 March 5pm (Ireland)! 2 scholarships to join us at @ucdschooloflaw.bsky.social starting Sept 2025.

Both PhDs will develop distinctive studies on coercive control in relation to transitional justice. Details and apply at: coerciveinjustice.com/research-imp...

BSP|UCD|2025 - Call for Abstracts CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

#CfP #BSP2025 ✨Special panel on Phenomenology and Armed Conflict, Coercion and Violence✨ Abstracts invited from across disciples, perspectives, practitioners & researchers. @thebsp.org.uk @ucdschooloflaw.bsky.social @ucdphilosophy.bsky.social

Deadline 21 March: coerciveinjustice.com/research-imp...

On Monday 3rd March, Prof Aisling Swaine will be on the panel at a very special event being organised by UCD School of Law

‘Reportage and Reform: Human Rights, Conflict & Displacement’ – Panel with award-winning journalist Sally Hayden.

Please register to attend:
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Meet the team Aisling Swaine, Principal Investigator Aisling is Professor of Peace, Security and International Law at the Sutherland School of Law, University College Dublin. Her research focuses on conflict-rel…

Who is behind the #CoerciveInJustice project? Meet Professor @aislingswaine.bsky.social! She has decades of humanitarian experience & researches conflict-related violence against women. Find out why she was named 1 of the world’s 100 Most Influential People in Global Gender

Join our team: 2 PhD positions COERCIVE IN/JUSTICE (GENCOERCTRL) PROJECT TWO ERC DOCTORAL SCHOLARSHIPS 2025 Two doctoral scholarships are available as part of an ERC-funded project Gender, Conflict and Coercive Control: A Femini…

🔔Calling all prospective PhD students! We are recruiting for 2 PhD positions to join the #CoerciveInJustice team at @ucdschooloflaw.bsky.social starting Sept 2025. Deadline to apply 27 March. ⏰ Scholarship and application details at coerciveinjustice.com/research-imp...

BSP|UCD|2025 - Call for Abstracts CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

We are excited to announce – with the British Society for Phenomenology (BSP), UCD School of Philosophy, and UCD Centre for Ethics in Public Life, #CoerciveInJustice is hosting the 2025 BSP conference: 27 – 29 August. Find out more here: sites.google.com/view/licdubl... #CfP #BSP2025 #CRVAW

#CoerciveInJustice is now online! 🛜 Check out our new website: www.coerciveinjustice.com to learn about the research project, meet the team, and catch up on all the latest news and events.

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Coercive In/Justice #ERC research project is the first transnational and empirically driven study of its kind - developing new theoretical and methodological frames to study the gendered phenomenon of #CoerciveControl in #ConflictRelatedViolence and #TransitionalJustice: coerciveinjustice.com