Join the Centre for Fundamental Rights for a three-year fully funded PhD scholarship to research values in the areas of war and security, climate change, migration, and forced displacement, as part of the COLLISIONS project, led by Professor Violeta Moreno-Lax.
Apply: https://tinyurl.com/4mp9hbb8
ICYMI: “Many [Chilean law and society] scholars couldn’t maintain their research agenda under the dictatorship…many were exiled, and they were unable to foster the field from abroad.”
bit.ly/ChileLSA25
Have you developed your paper or session idea for the LSA 2026 Annual Meeting yet? Submissions close on October 21, 2025!
Theme: Sanctuary
Submission requirements: bit.ly/LSASF2026
Submit here (LSA Login Required): bit.ly/LSA2601
#CallForPapers #LSASF2026
Wonderful tributes from colleagues at Matrix chambers for Professor Conor Gearty.
Conor Gearty, a professor of human rights law at the LSE and a regular contributor to the 𝘓𝘙𝘉, has died at the age of 67.
In 2022, he wrote a piece for the paper on the UK Supreme Court; a follow-up will be published in a future issue.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
The news of Conor Gearty's death has just been announced and I'm not coping. He was a mentor and the pole star in my constitutional thinking. He was also a great friend and fantastic fun to be around. I'm heartbroken for Aoife and the children.
Today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show.
Trump Is Building His Own Paramilitary Force
The journalist @radleybalko.bsky.social explains the mechanisms Trump is using to create a personal army.
open.spotify.com/episode/3OTs...
youtu.be/UcTZ_en5FTM?...
I recently submitted a review chapter on Politics and Policing in Post-Communist Europe to editors. This thread highlights the excellent #OpenAccess scholarship I’ve been reading & citing (1/21)
#Criminology #Police
Super interesting, Andy. Thanks for sharing this!
LATEST | 600 Israeli ex-security officials appeal to Trump to end the war in Gaza
One perspective is often missing from research about why children spend so much time on screens: the kids’. So Lenore Skenazy, Zach Rausch, and Jonathan Haidt polled 500 children, who explained how childhood is changing—and how to make it better.
jacobin.com/2025/08/klei...
On the complex interdependence of building both abundance and socialism. The socialist
distributive ideal is from each according to their ability to each according to their need. So abundance is a prerequisite but must not be achieved through injustice or oppression
Nice one! Not available in Spotify.
Hey #Criminology
It lives!
29 chapters. 8 sections. 50+ authors. #ECRs to veterans. Wide range of themes/topics
It's been a labour of over 2 years, but it's forthcoming (release in January 2026)
#CriminalJustice
#Victimology
#Zemiology
#SensoryCriminology
www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
Now with contents, contributors and endorsements!!! www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
Congratulations to Netenyahu in managing to unite the Express and the Guardian in outrage.
La ONG B’Tselem rompe un tabú en Israel al acusar a su país de estar "cometiendo un genocidio" en Gaza
If you have to airdrop humanitarian aid, which is ineffective, expensive, and potentially deadly for starving people, into a territory your ally occupies, then one of two things is true:
1. That’s not really your ally.
2. You’re not actually interested in delivering humanitarian aid.
Really interesting fresh findings from Chile showing how exposure to repressive public order policing can have escalatory dynamics, particularly through the effect it has on groups not initially inclined to justify violence 👇
Such a great band that knows how to keep expanding that delicate crossover between afrobeat, highlife, jazz that they have achieved like few others. Haven't been able to listen to the full album though, just the preview tracks, because the digital release is...tomorrow!
Andrew Hill "Point of Departure" bluenote.lnk.to/AndrewHill-P...
The pianist's 1964 masterpiece featured a sextet of diverse players delivering thrilling performances of Hill’s extraordinary compositions including "Refuge" & "New Monestery."
One central observation across many chapters: reform requires alignment of researchers, NGOs, media, scandals, political will. Even then, success is rare. The book offers both lessons and some practical foundations for transformative change in policing practices. 3/3
The book examines 13 European countries and reveals a troubling pattern: while police stops face more scrutiny than ever, they remain largely unreformed - "a citadel under siege, but still standing." 2/3
Just published my review of "Police Stops: A Comparative European Perspective" in P&S - a fascinating look at why police stop powers remain so persistent despite their contested nature and limited crime control benefits 🧵1/3 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Happy Birthday Joe Chambers who is 83 years old today! The great drummer, percussionist & composer released his most recent Blue Note album “Dance Kobina” in 2023! Listen: JoeChambers.lnk.to/DanceKobina
Eric Dolphy was born on this day in 1928. A genius artist of startling originality, Dolphy possessed the revolutionary spirit of the avant-garde while keeping a foot firmly planted in the feeling of swing as heard on his 1964 Blue Note masterpiece "Out To Lunch!" bluenote.lnk.to/EricDolphy-O...
Warming up for next week's BBNG concert at @southbankcentre.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcQy...
New chapter! Gonzalo García-Campo and I examine police brutality in Santiago's La Legua neighborhood, drawing from our decade+ of work with victims. We analyze traditional accountability mechanisms and how police power operates in marginalized communities. www.routledge.com/Routledge-In...
York Law School is advertising an open funded full-time on-campus PhD position,with stipend + fee waiver at the home rate.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join an internationally renowned university and a vibrant law school, supervised by our fantastic academic staff.
Closing date May 31st.
Still plenty of time to submit your abstract to our Re-Imagining Counter-Terrorism Law Workshop.
We are also delighted to confirm that Prof Conor Gearty (LSE) will be giving the keynote address.
