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Dean Cooper-Cunningham

@whereisdean.bsky.social

Assistant Professor at the University of Copenhagen. I research the visual, the body, sex(uality), gender, and their place in international politics. Recent work focuses mostly on queering peace & security. I run a lot. Scottish. He/Him ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ

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โ€œWe live on a floating rock, just get on with itโ€ ๐Ÿ’€

28.07.2025 08:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿคก๐Ÿคก๐Ÿคก

07.07.2025 19:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Had the pleasure of thinking with and being probed by these wonderful minds as part of the #EWIS2025 opening sessions. Maybe there is some hope in these transitional, liminal timesโ€ฆ

02.07.2025 16:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hope we cross paths, Gustav! Have been reading some of your work lately :)

02.07.2025 16:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿคก๐Ÿคก๐Ÿคก

12.03.2025 19:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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In case you ever feel like a waste of space whose job is bullshitโ€ฆ

Jokes aside, how does shit always seem to float (into power)?

12.03.2025 19:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Could you post the signup link here?

06.03.2025 08:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Asked DALL-E to give me Moo Deng but Christmassyโ€ฆ didnโ€™t expect a recipe ๐Ÿฆ›๐Ÿ†˜

24.12.2024 09:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Instead of listing my publications, as the year draws to an end, I want to shine the spotlight on the commonplace assumption that productivity must always increase. Good research is disruptive and thinking time is central to high quality scholarship and necessary for disruptive research.

20.12.2024 11:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1156    ๐Ÿ” 376    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 21    ๐Ÿ“Œ 57

The Amnesty International report was damning.

19.12.2024 14:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Are you doing simulations in IR? Consider using ChatGPT to help you design and run gameified learning exercises. It reduces time & resources, works as a sparring partner, and can be fully randomised. I wrote about this for the pedagogical course I took at Copenhagen Uni: curis.ku.dk/ws/portalfil...

11.12.2024 17:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ“ฏ๐Ÿ“ฏ

23.11.2024 21:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m in โœจ

23.11.2024 20:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Listening to BBC Radio 4 this morning and in light of the revelations from the UK Covid inquiry about senior civil servantsโ€™ communications during the pandemic, itโ€™s very clear that many of the UKโ€™s political leadership are incompetent donkeys who canโ€™t formulate independent arguments ๐Ÿซ

01.11.2023 08:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Hand holding a hard copy of the journal International Affairs.

Hand holding a hard copy of the journal International Affairs.

Hard copies of my article with @whereisdean.bsky.social just arrived! It's on Queering the Responsibility to Protect and the need to integrate queer perspectives and persecution into research policy and practice on R2P. Article Open Access here! academic.oup.com/ia/article/9...

27.10.2023 03:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Paper also available in Spanish here: static-curis.ku.dk/portal/files...

The paper is coauthored by folks who attended a public workshop in London in August 2023. We are proud of the outcome document and hope it signals the intention of civil society to work with outgoing and incoming IE SOGIs

18.10.2023 12:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Come join us in NYC on 23 Oct for the launch of our paper 'Queer Peace and Security: Recommendations to the United Nations Independent Expert on SOGI' ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€โšง๏ธ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ณ

Register: eventbrite.com/e/queer-peace-โ€ฆ

Paper: https://static-curis.ku.dk/portal/files/369349432/Queer_Peace_Design_Report_v3_single_page.pdf

18.10.2023 12:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A front cover for a booklet titled Queer Peace and Security: Recommendations to the United Nations, independent expert on sexual orientation and gender identity. The cover is gradient coloured white to pink from left to right and the text is bold and black with the title.

A front cover for a booklet titled Queer Peace and Security: Recommendations to the United Nations, independent expert on sexual orientation and gender identity. The cover is gradient coloured white to pink from left to right and the text is bold and black with the title.

Reviewing the final proofs for the outcome document of a truly collaborative venture. This one is something Iโ€™m really proud of and super excited to deliver ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€โšง๏ธ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ more soonโ€ฆ

08.10.2023 19:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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