Dr Lindsay Clark

Today's "I wish I had written that" is "Experimentation in humanitarian locations: UNCHR and biometric registration of Afghan refugees" by Katja Lindskov Jacobsen. Particularly love the clear and accessible analysis of STS contribution to IR. Definitely recommend!

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The Stuart Hall Essay Prize - Stuart Hall Foundation The second Stuart Hall Essay Prize is reopen to submissions, due by November 3, 2025 The Stuart Hall Foundation is pleased to invite submissions for the second Stuart Hall Essay Prize. Open to submiss...

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Today I've been enjoying a thought provoking article from geography. "Algorithmic epistemologies and methodologies: Algorithmic harm, algorithmic care and situated algorithmic knowledges" by @sophiamaalsen.bsky.social Has definitely challenged me to think differently. Would recommend!

‘Russia is targeting us deliberately’: how attacks on maternity hospitals fuelled a birth-rate crisis in Ukraine The Guardian has visited three frontline hospitals to hear from women who say they have been left fearful of childbirth after more than 80 attacks on maternity units since Russia’s full-scale invasion

We cannot stop talking about this: attacks on maternity units Ukraine, Gaza, Sudan...are deliberate tactics of conflict that target civilians.

I argue this in Sick of It - politicians decry some cases (Ukraine), ignore others, but can't claim not to know.

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Sussex named happiest university in the UK The University of Sussex has been ranked the happiest university in the UK in the Unifresher Happiest Universities 2026 Guide

There are various metrics through which Universities are judged, but I think its kind of lovely that @sussex.ac.uk has recently been named "Happiest" University :) staff.sussex.ac.uk/news/article...

Have you shown climate leadership? Are you interested in a scholarship to pursue a Masters at Sussex? Find out more for 2025 start: www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f... @sussex.ac.uk

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The body weaponized: War, sexual violence and the uncanny - Paul Kirby, 2020 It is today common to argue that rape is a weapon, tool or instrument of warfare. One implication is that armed groups marshal body parts for tactical and strat...

Given the subject matter I am not sure this counts as an 'article I wish I had written' but it most certainly one which we should read: 'The body weaponized: War, sexual violence and the uncanny' by @paulcinnamon.bsky.social‬

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Today's "Article I wish I had written" is: What does security look like? Exploring interpretive photography as method? by @jknyman.bsky.social and Adam Ferhani. www.cambridge.org/core/journal... Fab resource for anyone thinking about visual politics and methods.

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Dr. Strangelove is Back: Gender, Laughter, and AI in US Policy Discourses on the Development of Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems Lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS) are being developed and deployed in conflicts with lethal effects. These weapons systems act with limited human oversight and have the potential to radicall...

My somewhat quirky take on discourses of lethal autonomous weapons systems is now available and open access with War and Culture Studies www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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My first BSky 'I wish I had written that' is 'Gothic visibilities and IR: Uncanny icons, critical comics, and the politics of abjection in Aleppo' @frauvomdeich.bsky.social @fredwindfeld.bsky.social & Marius Hauge Hvithamar So good. Highly recommend! (I want to link it to Haunting, of course)

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Sussex to launch UK’s first climate justice undergraduate degree Sussex to launch UK’s first climate justice undergraduate degree: University announces new BA, after survey found most 14- to 18-year-olds want more rigorous climate change education The University of Sussex will introduce what it says is the UK’s first undergraduate degree focused on cli...

Sussex to launch UK’s first climate justice undergraduate degree: University announces new BA, after survey found most 14- to 18-year-olds want more rigorous climate change education The University of Sussex will introduce what it says is the UK’s first undergraduate degree focused on cli...

Written an awesome piece of international theory? Or know someone else who has? Nominations open for 2025 Sussex International Theory Prize for the best piece of innovative theoretical research in International Relations published in book form in 2024: www.sussex.ac.uk/research/cen... #inttheory #IR

Finally got organised and over to Bluesky :) Looking forward to restarting my occasional series "articles I wish I had written"! and hearing all your news #academic #academichatter