Is Blue Sky popular with academics because you publish something and nobody reads it?
09.11.2025 12:22 β π 6 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0@profjackholland.bsky.social
Work = Professor. IR, security, terrorism. US, UK, Australia (so, AUKUS). Discourse, culture, narrative etc. Pro-Dean Research. Edit BJPIR. Own views. https://profjackholland.com Life = Dad, mainly. Like Arsenal, running, beer, and 90's guitars
Is Blue Sky popular with academics because you publish something and nobody reads it?
09.11.2025 12:22 β π 6 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Lots of great #AUKUS research in @austjia.bsky.social, including a great forthcoming SI which will house this paper
31.10.2025 09:06 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0European responses to the Russia-Ukraine war - the whole special issue is now available here:
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This weekend is the LAST WEEKEND for #BISA2026 conference submissions! π¨
Is International Studies ready for what comes next? New thinking, new directions π
Make sure to submit your papers now π https://conference.bisa.ac.uk/call-papers-0
VisitBrighton Simon Rushton @julietdryden.bsky.social
#Trump on #Rudd: "I don't like you and I probably never will"
Brutal.
#Trump on #AUKUS: "full steam ahead".
20.10.2025 16:17 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Conference social media card with the BISA logo, #BISA2026, Brighton, UK, 3-5 June, submission deadline: 3 November, conference.bisa.ac.uk
π We are OPEN now for abstract, roundtable and panel submissions for #BISA2026 π
'Is International Studies ready for what comes next? New thinking, new directions' π
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Been very impressed with the standard of papers and panels at #apsa2025 - happy to chat if youβre keen to submit to @bjpir.bsky.social
Vancouver is also lovely - from flying in over the mountains to watching seaplanes taking off outside the conference
Brutal jet lag making the 8am panels easy!
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π Our #BISA2026 call and homepage is OPEN NOW π
Have a look at our call for papers down below - submissions for papers open on the 24th of September π
We are so excited - more here π conference.bisa.ac.uk
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Iβll be presenting tomorrow at 14.00 on Xi Jinpingβs Global Security Initiative and then at 16.00 Iβm on a Global IR panel talking about my forthcoming OUP book, Securing China: Worlding Security Studies #EISAPEC2025 come join!
27.08.2025 09:44 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Ordering breakfast in Bologna #EISAPEC2025
26.08.2025 13:52 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Strong opening panel at #EISAPEC2025!
26.08.2025 11:42 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I am excited to share that I'll be presenting three times next week as part of the @europeanisa.bsky.social Pan European Conference. Please reach out if you're an IR or Security Studies scholar with an interest in race and IR or anticolonial theory. It'll be my first time there #EISAPEC2025
19.08.2025 12:26 β π 9 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0π£ Have you heard? The BJPIR has achieved a new Impact Factor of 3.4!
This achievement is also reflected in our rankings:
π 14th out of 169 in International Relations
π 36th out of 322 in Political Science
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BJPIR is 14th in IR
Thanks to a great team
Will have a beer to celebrate
The British Journal of Politics and International Relations (BJPIR) has achieved an outstanding score of 3.4 for its impact factor for 2024! π₯³ It also achieved a ranking of 14/169 in the International Relations category, and 36/322 in Political Science π
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#BJPIR #Impact
π Nominations close tonight!π
Last chance to submit your applications to serve on the BISA Executive Committee 2025.
Deadline - 11.59pm (UK time) TONIGHT.
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In Oxford today to visit a few libraries. Enjoying the guidance of previous readers!
14.04.2025 10:14 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0BISA AspIRing Scholars Fundπ
Just launched - a fund that will be entirely dedicated to providing vital grants for PhD students and early-career academics - every contribution, big or small, makes a huge difference! buff.ly/ba1kXbR
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07.04.2025 20:04 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0BISA at 50: Reflections and perspectives part 2 just released w/ @profjackholland.bsky.social π
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Huge thank you to all our contributors - we are massively grateful!
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IN NEW ISSUE: Enactors of the State: @profjackholland.bsky.social & Natalie Higham-James examine the everyday coproduction of security in the prevention of radicalisation. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/1XMno5B
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π£ New BJPIR article out now!
'Reframing internationalism and patriotism: The Labour Party and the UkraineβRussia war' by Jasper Miles
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π Trending in BJPIR this week
'Vulnerable research: Reflexivity, decolonisation, and climate politics' by @ckweatherill.bsky.social
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πSHORTLIST ANNOUNCEMENT π
We are thrilled to announce our 2025 L.H.M Ling Outstanding First Book Prize 2025 shortlist!
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Come join us! Funded PhD project on popular culture and US foreign policy, supervised by Dr Ryan O'Connor, @dranthonymay.bsky.social, and myself @mybcu.bsky.social Further details here: www.bcu.ac.uk/research/our...
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π Don't miss this BJPIR article out now!
'Zeitenwende as a foreign policy identity crisis: Germany and the travails of adaptation after Russiaβs invasion of Ukraine' by Tobias Bunde
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π Trending in BJPIR this week
'Imaginaries of trauma and victimhood: The role of the βChina threatβ in Trumpβs populism of the privileged' by Alexandra Homolar and Juan Alberto Ruiz Casado
π Find the #OpenAccess article here: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13691481241259383