25 July 2022 How Iranian women use social media to narrate their struggle to the world How do women in Iran use social media as a form of digital activism?
12 July 2022 How weapons of mass destruction are supported through proliferation financing How does proliferation finance support illegal weapons development?
21 June 2022 How the EU politicises research and development in border security How does the politicisation of research and development affect border security?
13 June 2022 Paperwork, data and drudgery: the invisible work of asylum claims What does it mean for asylum seekers to have to provide data about their lives to be granted…
13 June 2022 ’Who Guards the Guardians?’ The problem of a civilian-controlled military in India How can we adjust the relationship between civilian and political control of the military in…
8 June 2022 Women in German foreign policy: A new research agenda Where are the women in German foreign policy?
8 June 2022 Parody or deadly serious commitment? Non-state armed groups upholding humanitarian standards in war How do non-state actors comply with humanitarian standards in armed conflict?
7 June 2022 Using cinema to present how torture may have been used in the search for Bin Laden How can cinema affect how people conceptualise and historicise American use of torture?
31 May 2022 How leaders understand and experience security threats What is going on in the heads and bodies of leaders when they perceive security threats?
7 Dec Astrostrategy to National Strategy: utilising the maritime strategic way of thinking 7 December 2022, 12:30 to 13:30 Dr James Smith explores how, in the 21st century and beyond, maritime strategic ways of thinking can help guide strategists, theorists and policymakers alike.
9 Nov Community Policing in Lebanon: between counterinsurgency and securitisation 9 November 2022, 12:30 to 13:30 Using Lebanon as a case study, Dr Francisco Mazzola examines the impact of community policing on human security
26 Oct Tactical NATO military logistics in major warfighting 26 October 2022, 12:30 to 13:30 Focusing on the Russo-Ukrainian war, Dr Ronald Ti discusses how the resilience of NATO military logistic systems has been degraded due to trends in modern warfare.
12 Oct A different kind of nuclear weapon: Russian abuse of Ukrainian nuclear power plants 12 October 2022, 12:30 to 13:30 Dr Ross Peel explores the events at the Zaporizhzhia power plant since Russian military forces took control.
28 Sep An extraordinary story of long-term homicide decline: Mexico in the 20th century 28 September 2022, 13:00 to 14:00 Raúl Zepeda Gil explains how Mexico has undergone a long process of pacification.
11 May Traces and Afterlives: Iranian Women's Digital Activism as Narration of Their Struggle 11 May 2022, 12:30 to 13:30 Ahou Koutchesfahani will explore the role of social media in furthering women’s rights discourse in the transnational Iranian public sphere.
27 Apr Maintaining International Security: the importance of Countering ‘Proliferation Finance’. 27 April 2022, 12:30 to 13:30 This discussion will address why countering proliferation finance is so important to maintaining international security.
6 Apr Decolonial Perspectives on African Women in Peace, Justice and Development 6 April 2022, 12:30 to 13:30 Dr Ilesanmi, Professor Dawuni and Professor Darkwah discuss the launch of the Palgrave Handbook of African Women’s Studies, a book that brings decolonial feminist perspectives to major African…
16 Mar Demystifying Academic Writing: A WIWIP and New Voices Roundtable 16 March 2022, 12:30 to 13:30 This roundtable seeks to demystify the writing process by drawing upon a diverse expertise and experiences of women academics and communications experts to explore different methods and practices…
9 Mar Surviving Democracy: Power-Sharing and the Politics of Police Reform in Tunisia 9 March 2022, 12:30 to 13:30 Using Tunisia as a case study, Onur Kara explores why some security forces are so successful in avoiding democratic reform.
23 Feb EDI Café Chat: Race and Imperialism in International Relations 23 February 2022, 12:30 to 13:30 In this EDI café chat we will be discussing in greater detail with the editors of the 100th anniversary special of International Affairs.
9 Feb The Language of Nuclear Security 9 February 2022, 12:00 to 13:00 Zenobia will explore the language of nuclear security to discuss the importance of documenting the cultural background of key nuclear security concepts. She argues that a more diverse and inclusive…
2 Feb Productive Violence: Identifying narratives used to legitimise abuse 2 February 2022, 12:30 to 13:30 Andrea Espinoza Carvajal will explore women's experience of gender-based violence to discuss productive violence, defined as violence inflicted upon others for a 'socially acceptable reason', using…
26 Jan Zero Dark Thirty at ten years: the power of cultural texts 26 January 2022, 12:30 to 13:30 As Zero Dark Thirty is approaching the tenth anniversary of its release in 2022, this discussion will consider how the film has performed as a political tool in that time.
19 Jan The interdependence of research and border politics 19 January 2022, 12:30 to 13:30 Clemens Binder addresses the interdependence between research politics and border politics and investigates how research programmes and projects are shaped by and simultaneously shape policies of…
8 Dec The origins of the ‘Five Eyes’ in Cold War Asia 8 December 2021, 12:30 to 13:30 David Schaefer explores the hidden origins of the world's most intimate intelligence sharing network
24 Nov Collecting, assembling, ordering: Borders, asylum, and the invisible labour of data 24 November 2021, 12:30 to 13:30 Dr Lucrezia Canzutti will use the concept of ‘invisible labour’ to examine the work asylum seekers perform to make a claim.
17 Nov Crisis governance and the illusion of white futurity 17 November 2021, 12:30 to 13:30 Laura Zuber discusses we need to fundamentally rethink basic epistemological assumptions about crises and their governance if we want to solve them.
10 Nov Non-Traditional Pathways in and out of Academia 10 November 2021, 12:30 to 13:30 A roundtable event as part of the New Voices in Global Security series discuss routes of academia
3 Nov The Struggle over the Anti-Coup Norm: Autocratic Norm Resistance and the 2021 Coup in Myanmar 3 November 2021, 14:30 to 15:30 Anna Plunkett discusses her recent paper which challenges Western efforts to promote universal democracy norms
27 Oct A foreign policy by women? Women civil servants in German foreign policymaking 27 October 2021, 12:30 to 13:30 Karoline Färber discusses the influence and role of women in the German Foreign Office.
13 Oct Artificial Intelligence at the EU borders: Ethical implications of technological and political worlds 13 October 2021, 12:30 to 13:30 Dr Ana Valdivia will explore how socio-technical systems are operating nowadays
6 Oct Rethinking ‘civilian’ control: Civil-military relations in India 6 October 2021, 15:00 to 16:00 Dr Saawani Raje-Byrne analyses civil-military relations in India over two decades
29 Sep Military honour and human dignity: Toward a new 'Law of Arms' 29 September 2021, 12:30 to 13:30 Francisco Lobo will explore the interplay between legal principles of the Law of Armed Conflict, including military necessity and humanity.
22 Sep Counterterrorism in North Africa: How different states respond to the challenge of violent extremism 22 September 2021, 12:30 to 13:30 Inga Trauthig will discuss counterterrorism and counter violent extremism policies and practices of five North African countries.
15 Sep What neuroscience and linguistics tell us about threat perception in International Relations? 15 September 2021, 12:30 to 13:30 Dr Eitan Oran explores how core systems of the brain and body shape perceptions of foreign military threats.
31 Mar War Crimes and Terrorism: Outlining Similarities and Differences by using Contemporary Libya as a Case Study Cancelled 31 March 2021, 12:30 to 13:30 A new voices seminar with Inga Trauthig
17 Mar The Women of War Studies, Part II 17 March 2021, 17:30 to 19:00 The second instalment of our interactive panel series, The Women of War Studies, featuring three distinguished women faculty members
17 Mar Britain and the Creation of the United Nations, 1939-1945 17 March 2021, 12:30 to 13:30 A new voices seminar with Andrew Ehrhardt
10 Mar The Power of Describing Identity in Diplomacy: Writing Subjects, Territory, Time, and Evil at the End of Gaddafi’s Libya 10 March 2021, 12:30 to 13:30 A new voices seminar with Pablo De Orellana
3 Mar EDI Café Chat: Addressing (dis)abilities and ableism in Teaching and Learning 3 March 2021, 12:30 to 13:30 EDI Café Chat with Miranda Melcher
17 Feb COVID-19 and Ontological Insecurities in Higher Education 17 February 2021, 12:30 to 13:30 A new voices EDI cafe with Toni Haastrup
10 Feb Emergency, Exception, and the Colonial Rule of Law in British India, 1800-1947 10 February 2021, 12:30 to 13:30 A new voices seminar with Mark Condos
27 Jan On Military Families and Everyday Life in the 1970s: Innovative Approaches to the Age of Political Violence in Argentina 27 January 2021, 12:30 to 13:30 A new voices seminar with Eleonora Natale
20 Jan Of Minds and Methods: The Global Governance of Public Opinion in the Middle East, Past and Present 20 January 2021, 12:30 to 13:30 A new voices seminar with Kiran Phull
9 Dec Gendering counterterrorism institutions 9 December 2020, 12:30 to 13:30 A new voices seminar with Sophia Patel
2 Dec Fetishizing the Tactical: how cultural practices, policy, and politics converge in US militarization 2 December 2020, 12:30 to 13:30 A new voices seminar with Jesse Crane-Seeber
25 Nov Female academics and the media 25 November 2020, 12:30 to 13:30 EDI café with guest speaker Brooke Rogers
18 Nov Blockchain in nuclear disarmament and arms control verification 18 November 2020, 12:30 to 13:30 A new voices seminar with Lyndon Burford
11 Nov Devices and borders in Europe: (Non)-knowledge production and security 11 November 2020, 12:30 to 13:30 A new voices seminar with Sarah Perret
4 Nov Publishing as an Early Career Researcher 4 November 2020, 12:30 to 13:30 EDI café with guest Critical Military Studies Editor Victoria Basham
28 Oct Small States and COVID-19: Challenges and Opportunities 28 October 2020, 12:30 to 13:30 A new voices seminar with Hilary Briffa
21 Oct Speaking like an expert: UN special rapporteurs as spokespersons of the universal 21 October 2020, 12:30 to 13:30 A new voices seminar with Alvina Hoffman
14 Oct Understanding alignment in China’s new era of International Relations 14 October 2020, 12:30 to 13:30 A new voices seminar with Abigail Grace
7 Oct The Insider Threat - Responding to Behavioural Indicators in Critical National Infrastructure Organisations 7 October 2020, 11:00 to 12:00 A new voices seminar with Alison Bell
30 Sep 50/50 Gender Submission Challenge for International Affairs 30 September 2020, 12:30 to 13:30 EDI Café with guest Professor and International Affairs Editor Professor Andrew Dorman