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Christine Andrä

@candrae.bsky.social

Assistant Professor of IR @ RUG Researching and teaching on war&peace, knowledge&politics, arts&crafts in IR Groningen/Bremen

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If the kids are older: I generally get to do what I want, in the way that I want to - but increasingly less so than I wish I did. Also, "doing what I want to do" is what I've done all the way through, but it took a lot of luck for this "strategy" (ahem) to work out and it was a really tough journey

22.01.2026 19:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

If the kids are younger: As a 9yo, I wanted to become a biologist and research endangered species in the Brazilian rainforest. I ended up in international politics/peace research instead, but got invited to Rio de Janeiro as guest professor and got to see a bit of the rainforest. No regrets. <3

22.01.2026 19:03 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

An meiner Fakultät in NL hatten wir im letzten Frühjahr auch volle Stellen für vier Jahre (und nicht wie früher Stipendien) für die Promotion ausgeschrieben. Leider wegen des hiesigen harten Sparkurses in diesem Umfang vermutlich erstmal zum letzten Mal. :-/

20.01.2026 18:30 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Call for Papers: Dutch IPS Series
Are you a PhD or early postdoc in (or associated with) the Netherlands engaging with themes in IPS? Then please send us your abstracts by 15 December 2025 to present your work, receive in-depth feedback, and become part of our supportive community!

18.11.2025 14:25 — 👍 8    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 2

Thanks @mariamsalehi.bsky.social - and hi @mnicolson.bsky.social, I'll send you a DM!

29.10.2025 13:47 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Politikwissenschaftliche Selbstreflexionen in Zeiten des Krieges Blog-Symposium

🆕 Wir starten heute mit unserem Blogsymposium „Politik-wissenschaftliche Selbstreflexionen in Zeiten des Krieges“. Den Auftakt geben Beiträge v. @hendrikpsimon.bsky.social, Alexander Libman, Claudia Brunner & Sabine Jaberg.
#PoWiundKrieg #Blogsymposium25 #polisky

Hier geht's zur Übersichtseite 👇.

27.10.2025 07:59 — 👍 15    🔁 12    💬 1    📌 0
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Groningen (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen & Hanze Hogeschool) staff and students against the cuts and in solidarity with rail way workers.

@fnvuniversiteiten.bsky.social @fnv.bsky.social @aob.nl @lsvb.bsky.social @woinactie.bsky.social

@rug.nl

10.06.2025 11:54 — 👍 18    🔁 5    💬 3    📌 0
Katarina Kušic, "Beyond International Intervention: Politics of Improvement in Serbia" (University of Michigan Press, 2025) - New Books Network

I was interviewed by Miranda Melcher about my book for the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social.

You can listen to the podcast in the link, and the book is available Open Access from @uofmpress.bsky.social

newbooksnetwork.com/beyond-inter...

04.06.2025 06:47 — 👍 6    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1
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The U.S. Military Emits More Carbon Dioxide Into the Atmosphere Than Entire Countries Like Denmark or Portugal - Inside Climate News This story originally appeared on the War Horse.  In the fall of 2018, Neta C. Crawford, a political science professor at Boston University, prepared to teach a class on climate change designed to hel...

If you’re worried about the impact of individual eating habits, just wait until you hear about the ecological impact of militaries

insideclimatenews.org/news/1801202...

04.06.2025 11:52 — 👍 683    🔁 214    💬 12    📌 6

Das kommt gleich auf meine Liste :)

07.05.2025 18:41 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Ich auch, und gerade habe ich zum ersten Mal seit sicherlich 25 Jahren an Gretchen Sackmeier gedacht. Danke!

07.05.2025 18:39 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

We're still looking for a PhD student! The basics: four years, fully funded, IR/History/Latin America. Applications are due 30 April! #IRSky

11.04.2025 10:34 — 👍 5    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

Ich habe das während der Diss mehrfach für Freunde mit Katze in Berlin gemacht. Am zu diesen Freunden und der Katze gehörenden Küchentisch habe ich richtig gut geschrieben und wenn ich spontan eine Pause brauchte, stand die Stadt zur Verfügung.

05.04.2025 07:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Noch eine Stimme für Amrum! Aus allen hier schon genannten Gründen.

05.04.2025 07:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

One week left to apply!

28.03.2025 06:09 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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PhD position Latin America as an Alternative Starting Point This fully-funded,

We are looking for a PhD student who wants to rethink Historical International Relations/the History of the Social Sciences from Latin America!

Fully funded position with an interdisciplinary supervisory team (Ian Merkel, Konstantin Mierau and myself): www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3505...

27.03.2025 10:53 — 👍 14    🔁 21    💬 0    📌 1
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We are delighted to announce @mark-gilks.bsky.social as the recipient of the Journal of War and Culture Studies 2024 prize for the Best Paper by an Early Career Scholar.

'The Aesthetic Influences of War: A Phenomenology of Tim Hetherington’s “Feedback Loop”’, stood out in a strong field.

26.03.2025 10:00 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 1
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PhD position Latin America as an Alternative Starting Point This fully-funded,

We are looking for a PhD student who wants to rethink Historical International Relations/the History of the Social Sciences from Latin America!

Fully funded position with an interdisciplinary supervisory team (Ian Merkel, Konstantin Mierau and myself): www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3505...

27.03.2025 10:53 — 👍 14    🔁 21    💬 0    📌 1

What can I say? I share the sentiment and have no solutions to offer

20.03.2025 11:25 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Job alert!
Fully-funded PhD @facultyofartsug.bsky.social, with myself, @karimeltaki.bsky.social and @bherborth.bsky.social on post-imperial geopolitical imaginations in/of the Arab world.

Please help spread the word among interested candidates!

Full details here: karimeltaki.com/phd-position...

17.03.2025 13:37 — 👍 45    🔁 49    💬 1    📌 5

You are not imagining this. At my Dutch university, we have a hiring freeze (with some exceptions) in anticipation of the budget cuts that the Dutch government has announced

20.03.2025 09:56 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
Protest sign that says Handen af van onze (Do)centen

Protest sign that says Handen af van onze (Do)centen

A crowd of protesters in Groningen with signs that say “I brought a tractor to show how angry we are” and a torn sign that says “onderwijs?” To signify the damage the budget cuts would do to education

A crowd of protesters in Groningen with signs that say “I brought a tractor to show how angry we are” and a torn sign that says “onderwijs?” To signify the damage the budget cuts would do to education

On strike today!

#Doehetniet

18.03.2025 12:49 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Groningen strikes

18.03.2025 11:30 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Solidarity with the University 🟥 #WOinActie #doehetniet

Liveblog RUG

De universiteit slaapt nog half, maar de eerste staker op het Harmonieplein heeft zich gemeld: Aletta Jacobs.
Anderen zijn in de Harmonie bezig met het maken van protestborden en delen flyers uit.

18.03.2025 07:06 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Flyer stating that I am going on strike today against the government's budget cuts on higher education.

Flyer stating that I am going on strike today against the government's budget cuts on higher education.

I am going on strike today to protest against the government's budget cuts on higher education. #DOEHETNIET

18.03.2025 08:58 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Liveblog: de RUG staakt tegen dreigende megabezuiniging De Rijksuniversiteit Groningen staakt dinsdag 18 maart vanwege de dreigende bezuinigingen in het hoger onderwijs. In dit liveblog volgen we de staking, uniek in de Groningse universitaire geschiedenis...

Vandaag staak ik - het is de beurt aan de @unigroningen.bsky.social en de @hanzehogeschool.bsky.social in de estafettestaking van het hoger onderwijs. De hele dag doet @ukrant.bsky.social verslag.
#DoeHetNiet @woinactie.bsky.social

ukrant.nl/marathonstak...

18.03.2025 06:22 — 👍 85    🔁 28    💬 2    📌 5
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En ook de derde dag van de estafettestaking in het Hoger Onderwijs, vandaag in Nijmegen, is een groot succes. Het rode vierkant van #WOinActie wappert aan de toren, en duizenden studenten, docenten, wetenschappers en sympathisanten protesteren tegen de aangekondigde bezuinigingen. #DoeHetNiet

13.03.2025 14:48 — 👍 70    🔁 27    💬 1    📌 1

Dutch universities go on strike - for the first time since anyone can remember. We protest the treatment and budget cuts of our extreme-right government. The strikers take turns - and Leiden university kicks off tomorrow. ✊🏼

09.03.2025 12:42 — 👍 756    🔁 294    💬 15    📌 23

Ach Mist.

07.03.2025 18:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Mit Lehne hatte ich den HAG Capisco probiert, von der Idee her sehr cool, aber leider für meine Anatomie irgendwie nicht passend

07.03.2025 18:43 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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