Stephanie Hofmann

Looking forward to giving a talk on The Struggle for European Sovereignty and meeting the good people of @eui-sps.bsky.social. Merci à @stephofmann.bsky.social et au @eui-schuman.bsky.social pour l’accueil!

Balloonomania! Disruptive Technologies, War, and the Amnesia of the Moment - Frederik Carl Windfeld, 2025 Contemporary discussions over emergent and disruptive technologies in military affairs are often framed in futurist and existential terms. The article theorises...

⏳ Excited to share my new piece, published in @millennjournal.bsky.social! I explore how imagined futures of emergent and disruptive tech loop back to shape present-day politics of war - and how the early history of military ballooning (1783-1907) shows us this recursive logic at work.

🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳 big congratulations Dr. Lepeu 🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾

A New Season for Respect the Marble Introducing "Etched in Marble: Conversations with Writers" & "Sunday Writer's Digest"

My Substack on writing, Respect the Marble is back! 🎉

I’ll be launching several new things this autumn, outlined here: catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/a-new-seas...

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The roundtable contributions catalyze this research agenda: @yoramhaftel.bsky.social & @stephofmann.bsky.social claim that the decline thesis underestimates the durability of FIGOs and that institutional density enables states to substitute one FIGO for another.

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#OpenAccess from Ethics & International Affairs -

Under Cover: Substituting Formal IOs during Hard Times - https://cup.org/4oSMcHi

- @yoramhaftel.bsky.social & @stephofmann.bsky.social‬

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🚨 Very excited to share that the call for papers for the EPSS annual conference in Belfast 2026 is live.

🔝 Lots of innovation to enrich the way we exchange ideas in political science in Europe.

🙏🏼 Sharing is caring!

My article on the stakes around mis/disinformation controversies is finally out at @poppublicsphere.bsky.social.
It is the product of my work at @eui-schuman.bsky.social with support from @stephofmann.bsky.social and inspiration from @cip.uw.edu.

⭐NEWLY published: "Challenges and Opportunities for Transnational Advocacy" in ISR #openaccess

Fantastic collaboration w/ @ninareiners.bsky.social
@kellyzvobgo.bsky.social @andreavilan.bsky.social @lisasundstrom.bsky.social @peacemedie.bsky.social @sch-ir.bsky.social Laura Henry & Soumita Basu 🙏

𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙙𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙢 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙚?

🎥 Watch co-directors of the #GIFI project Patryk Pawlak & @stephofmann.bsky.social reflect on the key takeaways from the most recent conference hosted at @eui-eu.bsky.social🔗 loom.ly/2Hu4q5A

Summer School of the Standing Group on International Relations European Consortium for Political Research

ECPR SGIR did it again. Super exciting summer school ecpr.eu/Events/334 in September with speakers such as Jan-Aart Scholte, Sarah Bermeo, Carla Costa, and @kseniyaoksamytna.bsky.social. Highly recommend.

So much looking forward to reading more about this research

What does digital authoritarianism look like in one of the world’s most connected regions?

In conversation with @stephofmann.bsky.social, co-Director for the #GIFI project, Associate Professor @marcowenjones.bsky.social explores the digital ecosystem in the Gulf states.

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Grateful for the opportunity to present our draft w. @stephofmann.bsky.social & @raffaelemstr.bsky.social on ad hoc coalitions #AHCs in and across time. More food for thought on the politics of ADHOCISM and other alternative forms of global governance 💭

NATO’s Internship Programme is open for applications.

Apply now for 6-month PAID internships at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, starting in March or September 2026.  

Please spread the word!

Apply by 22 June: bit.ly/4kgHlMW

With 🇷🇺’s invasion of 🇺🇦, and in light of US administrations looking eastward and/or inward rather than westward, the questions of 𝙝𝙤𝙬, 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚, and 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙬𝙝𝙤𝙢 to organise European security and defence have reappeared on the agenda.

Read @stephofmann.bsky.social 's publication here 🔗 buff.ly/00QNwvl

JCMS is pleased to announce that from 2027, there will be two special issues published per year. 📚

We’re currently inviting proposals for the Spring and Autumn 2027 Special Issues.

For more details, see the full call: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...

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Transatlantic relations in the making - in certain and uncertain times. Thank you @mcopelov.bsky.social for helping to organize us :)

In this interview with @stephofmann.bsky.social, Co-director for the #GIFI project, Prof Milton Mueller (Internet Governance Project at Georgia Tech) reflects on the shift from domain name debates to broader digital governance challenges.
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Struggles over epistemic capital: Complex governance objects and the making of lethal autonomous weapons systems The regulation of lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS) has emerged as a salient and perplexing issue in global governance, especially in the UN GGE on LAWS. This article argues that contentions...

Just published in @cspjournal.bsky.social 💡💻⚖️
My article looks at how legal, technical, and military expertise condition the debate over defining and regulating lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS)—and how such “epistemic struggles" can produce political effects in global governance.

Join us on May 1 @uwmadison.bsky.social for our 2025 Jean Monnet 🇪🇺 Center Symposium, "Europe Amidst Uncertainty." We have <a lot> to discuss & a 💯 lineup of local scholars & Europe-based experts to discuss democracy, geopolitics, & the global economy.

Program/info: europe.wisc.edu/event/keynot...

This forum is one of the results from the 2023 Europe in the World "European security architectures and their implications: the past, present and future" workshop held at the EUI @eui-ggp.bsky.social

& more contributions by @susmonika.bsky.social Maria Giulia Amadio Viceré @goranagrgic.bsky.social Levan Kakhishvili @europraline.bsky.social John Helferich @michaelwilliams.bsky.social Andriy Tyushka @francesconicoli.bsky.social et al.

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@profonderco.bsky.social and Ulrich Kühn

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@olivierschmitt.bsky.social and Dominika Kunertova

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