Jess Gifkins

@JessGifkins
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Deputy Head of School & Senior Lecturer, University of Technology Sydney. UN & Security: R2P, queering atrocity prevention, decision-making, legitimation practices & the UK at the UN. ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ

Have you made the move to Mastodon yet and are eager for others to join? So are we!๐ŸŽ‰

The EJIR is now registered and we'd love to see you there as well. Happy Tooting!
๐Ÿ”—@EuroJournIR

My department - Manchester University Politics - are recruiting two open permanent positions in International Relations. One at Lecturer level https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CVM159/lecturer-in-global-politics and one at Professor level https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CVM152/chair-in-global-politics It is a collegial department with a focus on critical IR.
Lecturer in Global Politics at The University of Manchester

Jobs.ac.uk
Last nights frost on dusk this evening ๐Ÿฅถ
I've made a new GenderPolitics list, please reply if you'd like me to add you! #gender #politics #polisci

Don't want to fly to an overseas conference but still want to meet other researchers in person? Consider hosting a conference satellite ๐Ÿ›ฐ๏ธ - we did it last summer.
I collected some lessons learned here:
https://marioangst.com/en/blog/posts/hub-lessons/
#flyless #ClimateAction #staygrounded #conference #academia

(older post from the bird site, but it's one of the cooler things I've done this year, so I wanted to share it with my new ๐Ÿฆฃ followers ๐Ÿ˜Š )

Mario Angst - Hosting a conference satellite for the first time - five lessons learned

If you want to see Mastodon at its best, strongly recommend these options:

 Android - Use apps Tusky or Fedilab

  iPhone/iPad - Use apps Metatext or Toot!

๐Ÿ’ป Computers - Log in through your server's website

Mastodon was designed for websites and third party apps. These are *still* the best ways to use Mastodon!

(Official app exists because new people were only looking for an official app in app stores, and giving up when they didn't find one. You don't need to use it!)

Saw this tree (spotted by @JessGifkins) in Sheffield that reminded us of why we chose to become academics. Sometimes what you become almost entirely obscures the way you envisaged it as a small tree. As academics, many of us let the job take over our identities and dreams, in our pursuit of excellence and recognition. Our identities and values may remain buried deep underneath those achievements.
I was explaining Mastodon to my wife and how it's different from other social media sites. I explained that I find it to be an inclusive, welcoming place. I explained that nearly everyone I follow is either gay or neurodiverse or trans or disabled. I explained that it's the first place I feel like I can actually really be myself and that people here are welcoming and supportive of me being myself. And that's why I've been so happy lately. She said "why don't you tell them that?" and I said ok!
#Introduction Finally a breather on #weekend to say #hello to old friends & new in #Fediverse (thnx @torstenkathke)!
I'm #Professor of #InternationalRelations & #President of a research institute in ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช (was teaching at #Oxford & #Cambridge before coming here - also have intellectual roots in ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ).
I work on #narratives #negotiations #WTO #multilateralism #India #GlobalSouth.
You can read more about my research & my lovely institute here: https://www.giga-hamburg.de/en/the-giga/team/narlikar-amrita .
Love #animals. Love #Poetry.
Prof. Dr. Amrita Narlikar

This week is Trans Awareness Week, a reminder to celebrate the trans and gender non-conforming members of our communities and learn how to better support them!

If you are trans/GnC, what do you want folks to know about your identity, struggles, joys?

I'd especially love to hear from the @queerornithology community about their experiences in bird research, but also folks in #science more broadly!

#trans #TransAwarenessWeek