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Tara Zammit

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๐Ÿ“šPhDing @warstudieskcl.bsky.social ๐Ÿง Interested in military service experiences & integration

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Call for papers The call for papers for the BISA 2026 conference taking place in Brighton in June 2026.

On 24 September, submissions will open for #BISA2026 in Brighton โ˜€๏ธ๐ŸŒŠ View the #callforpapers on @mybisa.bsky.social's website and submit all of your War Studies abstracts for consideration! conference.bisa.ac.uk/call-papers-0

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15.09.2025 11:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Strategic Defence Review: Innovation Without the People? In this Defence in Depth article, Tara Zammit questions whether the Strategic Defence Review delivers meaningful innovationโ€”or overlooks the people and culture needed to sustain it.

Can defence innovation succeed without putting people first?

In this #DefenceinDepth article โ€ช@tarazammit.bsky.socialโ€ฌ questions whether the UKโ€™s newly released #StrategicDefenceReview side-lines personnel and culture in favour of tech-driven priorities.

Read it here: www.kcl.ac.uk/the-strategi...

10.07.2025 16:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Strategic Defence Review: Innovation Without the People? In this Defence in Depth article, Tara Zammit questions whether the Strategic Defence Review delivers meaningful innovationโ€”or overlooks the people and culture needed to sustain it.

๐Ÿ“ The #StrategicDefenceReview: Innovation Without the People?

With AFCAS figures showing that only 42% of Service personnel โ€œare satisfied with their Service life in general," things have to change. My #SDR analysis in #DefenceinDepth:
www.kcl.ac.uk/the-strategi...

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10.07.2025 16:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
NATO Library: Women, Peace and Security: Articles This LibGuide is intended to provide a few starting points to assist you with your research on issues related to women, peace and security, in particular within the NATO context.

๐Ÿ“š I just found out that a review I wrote for @iajournal.bsky.social on The Women Behind the Few by @sarahloumiller.bsky.social & Forgotten Warriors by Sarah Percy has been listed in the #NATO Library Guide on Women, Peace and Security #WPS! ๐Ÿฅน natolibguides.info/women/articles

10.06.2025 15:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The future of NATO- War Studies | BISA - War Studies Working Group

๐Ÿšจโ€ช @bisawarstudies.bsky.socialโ€ฌ upcoming event! ๐Ÿšจ

๐ŸŒŽ The future of NATO ๐ŸŒŽ

11 June both online & @lborouniversity.bsky.socialโ€ฌ

Register now ๐Ÿ‘‰ buff.ly/MCKMVPf

โ€ช @tarazammit.bsky.socialโ€ฌ
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05.06.2025 12:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Excited to be back in Cambridge (thankfully not to do any assignments this timeโ€ฆ) for the Centre for Military Womenโ€™s Research Conference at @angliaruskin.bsky.social ๐Ÿ“š The theme is military womenโ€™s health & well-being - a topic close to my heart & Iโ€™m really looking forward to the presentations ๐Ÿ‘

23.04.2025 08:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐ŸŒŠ Iโ€™m very excited to have been accepted into the @congeostrategy.bsky.socialโ€™s Maritime Leaders Programme, part of their #SeaPowerLaboratory! Yesterday was a great start to the programme feat. a panel on policymaking and a policy workshop on defence spending. Looking forward to the next session ๐Ÿ“š

17.04.2025 15:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ“ฃ Get those abstracts in! This is going to be a great opportunity to learn about successful publishing strategies in the field of War and Security Studies. We can't wait to hear from you and to see everyone at #BISA2025 in Belfast soon โฐ

@warstudieskcl.bsky.social @defenceresnet.bsky.social

01.04.2025 13:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Huge thanks to the Women's Inclusive Network DE&S for inviting me to speak as part of their #IWD programme! ๐Ÿ‘

My talk 'Making Defence Work for Women' focused on topics like the importance of exploring policy versus practice & empathy as a moral & operational imperative ๐Ÿ“ฃ

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04.03.2025 15:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Great to be back @rusi.bsky.social for the annual RUSI-EDG Debate ๐ŸŽค Even better to get a bit of respite and watch this year rather than taking part!! Good luck to the teams ๐Ÿ‘

19.12.2024 17:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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@bisawarstudies.bsky.social announced their #BISA2025 keynote speaker!

Esteemed Professor Michael Cox will deliver a keynote titled โ€˜Belfast Days: Teaching War - Living Peace, 1972-1995โ€™.

๐Ÿ‘‰ www.bisa.ac.uk/news/bisa202...

@lseir.bsky.social @jamespattonrogers.bsky.social @patrickbury.bsky.social

18.12.2024 10:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 11 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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"Gender equity isn't just a matter for a few passionate women to address. It's a matter of knowledge" - Frida Linehagen

I had a fantastic time chairing today's panel b/w Women in #Defence UK & Femme Defence on pursuing #genderequity across defence. Huge thanks to our panellists for their insights ๐Ÿ‘

02.12.2024 13:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Reporting for duty ๐Ÿซก

Hereโ€™s a starter kit with PhD and ECR voices on all things strategic studies/ security studies, without a specific geographic scope.

Iโ€™m still building it, so if you know PhDs/ ECRs actively posting (or are one), tag them or drop me a line.

go.bsky.app/LZVjKTP

21.11.2024 19:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 23 ๐Ÿ” 11 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Amazing, thanks for setting this up Gesine!

21.11.2024 19:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

After being obsessed with this subject for ages, to find my name listed here was such a fantastic surprise! If you're interested in #ontologicalsecurity and #insecurity, check out the starter pack below ๐Ÿ‘‡

19.11.2024 14:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0