Halvard Leira

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Research Professor at NUPI. Associate Editor EJIR and HJD. I do research on International Relations, in particular diplomacy, foreign policy and historical stuff.

Toots in English, Norwegian and occasionally in Møøse.

Halvard LeiraFeb 14, 2024
Shameless academic self-promotion. I just committed this with the incomparable @olikessler.bsky.social . Open access, references to GoT and Koselleck - what's not to like? https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09557571.2024.2315204
Halvard LeiraDec 4, 2023
Philip N CohenDec 4, 2023
Now you know: This is bad. Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births: Selected countries, 1990-2020
https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240068759
#publichealth #demography
Trends in maternal mortality 2000 to 2020: estimates by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group and UNDESA/Population Division

The report presents internationally comparable global, regional and country-level estimates and trends for maternal mortality between 2000 and 2020.

Halvard LeiraNov 22, 2023
elleNov 22, 2023
dear retailers this is not the year for hanging christmas trees upside down. there's too much war and we're all too fragile. these poor things look like they're being tortured by a bond villain for the code to santa's vault
Halvard LeiraAug 22, 2023
I'm really sorry. This site is not living up to its potential.
Halvard LeiraAug 21, 2023
Dorothée GoetzeAug 21, 2023
Checking proofs and especially English hyphenation of the #emdiplomacy handbook, I get more and more convinced that it's the same with English hyphenation as with the history of Schleswig-Holstein (according to prime minister Palmerston): Only three persons have understood it, one is dead; the second has gone mad; and the third one has forgotten all about so not to go mad.
Halvard LeiraAug 2, 2023
Show threadRita SingerAug 2, 2023
@academicchatter What's even worse: endnotes in PDFs that aren't hyperlinked and you get stuck in a scrolling contest rather than reading. UGH!
Halvard LeiraAug 2, 2023
Rita SingerAug 2, 2023

Can we once and for all settle this debate and agree that Endnotes were invented by sadists. They are the worst.

#SmallestSoapboxOfTheWorld @academicchatter

Halvard LeiraJun 6, 2023
Dr. John Barentine FRASJun 5, 2023

"We’re losing millions of euros of public money paying for the publication of studies that usually don’t contribute anything — like parrots, they only repeat what everyone already knew about."

https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2023-06-04/a-researcher-who-publishes-a-study-every-two-days-reveals-the-darker-side-of-science.html

#Academia #Science #Publishing

A researcher who publishes a study every two days reveals the darker side of science

Spain’s most prolific scientific academic — meat expert José Manuel Lorenzo — put his name on 176 papers last year, exposing an underworld of shady practices

EL PAÍS English
Halvard LeiraMay 25, 2023
Steve TorrenteMay 25, 2023
People think the professors are turning kids woke but I can't get my own mom to wear sunscreen in Florida.
Halvard LeiraMay 8, 2023
Alex PrichardMay 7, 2023
The reason Salah deserves to be in the top five Liverpool goal scorers beyond the goals he’s scored: he’s not a twat.