Michael Lister

Who cares what you think? Public voices, politics and security Join us for this open lecture with Professor Michael Lister, exploring the views, thoughts and experiences of "ordinary" people in politics.

I’m giving my inaugural lecture on 25th March, 6-7pm at Oxford Brookes University, entitled “Who cares what you think? Public voices, politics and security”. Tickets are free, book at the link below www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/who-cares-...

Today's news on a new 'Virginia's Law' after Virginia Giuffre is an important case of campaigning for rights in the name of victims of injustice. Here, @apowelllaw.bsky.social, @michaellister.bsky.social & I explore the socio-political contexts of this trend: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Beware! Here (might) be terrorists: Constructing the threat of terrorism in foreign travel advice - https://cup.org/3NM5xvD

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Vernacular Security Studies: Concepts, Cases, and Critiques This book covers new conceptual, methodological, and empirical issues that will progress debate on Vernacular Security Studies (VSS) and the value of studying ordinary articulations of (in)security. B...

Out today-and with 20% off! The latest in a series of collections on vernacular security I’ve co-edited with @akinoyawale.bsky.social and @leejarvis.bsky.social. Contains some great chapters by @andri-i.bsky.social @samarjit.bsky.social, Nils Bubandt and others. www.routledge.com/Vernacular-S...

After Nord Stream: four security dilemmas in critical maritime infrastructure protection Measures intended to protect critical marine infrastructure against persistent hybrid threats can generate unintended vulnerabilities and dilemmas. This ar

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New article out in International Affairs! 'After Nord Stream: four security dilemmas in critical maritime infrastructure protection' – open access.

How do efforts to protect pipelines, cables & wind farms paradoxically create new vulnerabilities?

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New Directions in Vernacular Security Research This book provides a fresh perspective on vernacular security, featuring diverse case studies and unique sources to enrich your understanding.

Out now! New edited book “New Directions in Vernacular Security” with Palgrave. Great working with @leejarvis.bsky.social & @akinoyawale.bsky.social to bring it together. Great contributions-from Rohingya refugee camps, to military self help books & more in between

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Just in time for your weekend: New blogposts on the
@secdialogue.bsky.social blog covering Vernacular security, Hezbollah's endurance and threat forecasting:

Security Dialogue special issue on a display shelf next to a Security Dialogue jubilee cup

Out now! A new special issue from @secdialogue.bsky.social with an excellent line-up of contributors to mark 20 years of vernacular security research! Guest edited by @leejarvis.bsky.social @michaellister.bsky.social & Akinyemi Oyawale journals.sagepub.com/toc/SDI/curr...

Good on you for saying this publicly. It’s a sad reflection of the state of Labour that saying it seems like an act of courage, when it so clearly should be Labour’s base position

A real pleasure to work with @leejarvis.bsky.social @akinoyawale.bsky.social, the @secdialogue.bsky.social editorial team and all the excellent contributors to this volume: Joseph Downing, Nicole George, Sarai B. Aharoni, Amalia Sa’ar, @bohdanakurylo.bsky.social, Nick Vaughan-Williams & Hannah Owens

Sure. I completely agree-it’s hideous and horrendous. And it needs all the pushback it deserves, moral and practical

They should also be asking basic questions about costs & economic impact. Aside from the hideous morality, this stuff is fairytale (nightmare) politics. If someone of the left proposed free laptops for all, they’d be immediately asked where the money comes from. This stuff should be no different

New publication from PAIS' Akinyemi Oyawale!

Akin, with Prof. Lee Jarvis (University of Adelaide) and Prof. Michael Lister (Oxford Brookes), examines vernacular security in Security Dialogue.

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New article just published in the Journal of Global Security Studies on different critical strategies within vernacular discourse on security. The article's open access and free to read here academic.oup.com/jogss/articl...

So pleased to see the introduction to our special issue on #vernacularsecurity published in Security Dialogue! Coauthored with @michaellister.bsky.social & Akin Oyawale, the issue pushes vernacular security research into exciting new directions. Free to read here journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

* I guess if we’re being technical, Farage massively exacerbated the economic malaise, which dates back (at least) to the financial crisis. But the fundamental point is that no Brexit equals a relatively better economy

Completely agree Alex. But there’s also something weird and twisted that the reason so many people are up for the fascism thing that Farage is selling, is the economic malaise that Farage himself has caused via Brexit.

Thrilled to have a chapter in this new book, now published with @manchesterup.bsky.social. My chapter with @michaellister.bsky.social looks at UK security policies and priorities, including in relation to COVID, terrorism, and austerity.

Great, balanced @politicalquarterly.bsky.social essay on the unhappy rise of laws named after victims onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

New article in @politicalquarterly.bsky.social w/ @michaellister.bsky.social & @apowelllaw.bsky.social on the naming of laws after exemplary victims of injustice. While opening space for addressing harm, such laws also, we argue, pose political & legal risks: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Great working with @apowelllaw.bsky.social and @leejarvis.bsky.social on this piece about the increasing prevalence of naming laws after specific people. Open Access at the link 👇

Trial and terror: What actually happens when a group is 'proscribed'? Podcast Episode · The Bunker – News without the nonsense · 03/07/2025 · 18m

Really pleased to talk about #proscription with @gavinesler.bsky.social on @bunkerpod.bsky.social: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

After that Government (Partygate! Truss!!!) and that campaign, (D-Day????) you could even say winning under 34% of the vote is not exactly god-like genius…

Proscribing Palestine Action: Questions and Issues for the UK The freedom of association is a fundamental tenet of liberalism, and interfering with it can evoke authoritarianism.

New piece with @timlegrand.bsky.social on the proposed proscription of Palestine Action: www.e-ir.info/2025/06/27/p...

Really enjoyed working with @leejarvis.bsky.social and @apowelllaw.bsky.social on this. Full article in @politicalquarterly.bsky.social soon!

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Just out in @secdialogue.bsky.social

My new article, "From individual to collective: Vernacular security and #Ukrainian civil society in wartime" - part of the special issue on the 20th anniversary of #VernacularSecurity

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1/3. We're excited to announce the publication of our latest article: "Security Professionals and Public Opinion: Legitimacy, Publicity, and Brand Identity", by Michael Lister!
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