New article out on in @risjnl.bsky.social - I've looked at how #ontologicalsecurity can explain ways in which the state weaponises violence against migration women as part of the deterrent architecture of the #hostileenvironment in the UK --linked here www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
State violence against migrant women: Ontological security, threat, and legitimacy | Review of International Studies | Cambridge Core
State violence against migrant women: Ontological security, threat, and legitimacy
www.cambridge.org
February 27, 2025 at 7:45 AM
New article out on in @risjnl.bsky.social - I've looked at how #ontologicalsecurity can explain ways in which the state weaponises violence against migration women as part of the deterrent architecture of the #hostileenvironment in the UK --linked here www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
I'd argue #Bluesky provides two really important social functions for the #Left.
1. Reinforcement of #Progressive #OntologicalSecurity
2. Pushing the window of acceptable ideas to the left ( #OvertonWindow if you will) by providing a 'deviant' who is more 'left' than the observer.
1. Reinforcement of #Progressive #OntologicalSecurity
2. Pushing the window of acceptable ideas to the left ( #OvertonWindow if you will) by providing a 'deviant' who is more 'left' than the observer.
September 16, 2025 at 4:23 AM
I'd argue #Bluesky provides two really important social functions for the #Left.
1. Reinforcement of #Progressive #OntologicalSecurity
2. Pushing the window of acceptable ideas to the left ( #OvertonWindow if you will) by providing a 'deviant' who is more 'left' than the observer.
1. Reinforcement of #Progressive #OntologicalSecurity
2. Pushing the window of acceptable ideas to the left ( #OvertonWindow if you will) by providing a 'deviant' who is more 'left' than the observer.
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 👇
Following the recent trend on Bluesky and in the hope that more of us will soon join the "good place," I’ve created a starter pack for those studying ontological (in)security in global politics 🤓
go.bsky.app/9v5z4jX
go.bsky.app/9v5z4jX
November 19, 2024 at 2:47 PM
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 👇
Any #OntologicalSecurity researchers interested in normative dimensions and looking for a panel for #ISA2026? Let me or @jasonralph.bsky.social know - we have 1 and a half panels together, a couple of additional papers would permit the second 🤩 -(open image to see abstract)
May 27, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Any #OntologicalSecurity researchers interested in normative dimensions and looking for a panel for #ISA2026? Let me or @jasonralph.bsky.social know - we have 1 and a half panels together, a couple of additional papers would permit the second 🤩 -(open image to see abstract)
Full article: Notions of safety: observing cultural perspectives in a homeless youth hostel www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
This article is useful to anyone interested in #culturaldevelopment, #housing, #streetculture, #homelessness, #ethnography, #youthhomelessness & #ontologicalsecurity.
This article is useful to anyone interested in #culturaldevelopment, #housing, #streetculture, #homelessness, #ethnography, #youthhomelessness & #ontologicalsecurity.
Notions of safety: observing cultural perspectives in a homeless youth hostel
The preservation of a person’s ontological security plays a vital role in the cultural formation of social groups. Using ethnographic data, the following paper demonstrates how young people, who re...
www.tandfonline.com
January 4, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Full article: Notions of safety: observing cultural perspectives in a homeless youth hostel www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
This article is useful to anyone interested in #culturaldevelopment, #housing, #streetculture, #homelessness, #ethnography, #youthhomelessness & #ontologicalsecurity.
This article is useful to anyone interested in #culturaldevelopment, #housing, #streetculture, #homelessness, #ethnography, #youthhomelessness & #ontologicalsecurity.
Using #Trump as an illustrative case, this chapter gives IR scholars and security studies researchers essential tools to decode how (some) populists construct their worldview.
#ontologicalsecurity #Trumpism #emotions
#ontologicalsecurity #Trumpism #emotions
June 30, 2026 at 6:17 AM
Using #Trump as an illustrative case, this chapter gives IR scholars and security studies researchers essential tools to decode how (some) populists construct their worldview.
#ontologicalsecurity #Trumpism #emotions
#ontologicalsecurity #Trumpism #emotions
The article’s main arguments will hopefully be of interest to scholars of #militarism, #ontologicalsecurity, and commemoration of the First World War in Britain (especially the 2014-18 #WW1Centenary). Thanks again to the @risjnl.bsky.social team!
February 5, 2025 at 12:21 PM
The article’s main arguments will hopefully be of interest to scholars of #militarism, #ontologicalsecurity, and commemoration of the First World War in Britain (especially the 2014-18 #WW1Centenary). Thanks again to the @risjnl.bsky.social team!
#EWIS2024 in Istanbul: Apply now for our workshop on #Anxiety, #Identity and #CriticalProximity and let's investigate the many different ways in which people produce aternative world orders. DL 5 Feb! @europeanisa.bsky.social #ontologicalsecurity
eisa-net.org/ewis-2024
eisa-net.org/ewis-2024
January 22, 2024 at 2:52 PM
#EWIS2024 in Istanbul: Apply now for our workshop on #Anxiety, #Identity and #CriticalProximity and let's investigate the many different ways in which people produce aternative world orders. DL 5 Feb! @europeanisa.bsky.social #ontologicalsecurity
eisa-net.org/ewis-2024
eisa-net.org/ewis-2024
1/🔉Quick Intro post: I'm a postdoc researcher working at Eurac research in Bolzano, Italy. PhD studied at Glasgow Caledonian Uni on #migration #narratives in Scotland and the #ontologicalsecurity of young adult migrants in Glasgow.
Here is a quick blog overview of the project: tinyurl.com/54sw3x68
Here is a quick blog overview of the project: tinyurl.com/54sw3x68
Scotland and Immigration: Moving beyond political narratives of openness
Young adult migrants in Scotland experience racism and discrimination in their everyday lives. This makes it difficult to establish stable identities and to gain a sense of security in the new setting...
tinyurl.com
November 17, 2024 at 6:09 PM
1/🔉Quick Intro post: I'm a postdoc researcher working at Eurac research in Bolzano, Italy. PhD studied at Glasgow Caledonian Uni on #migration #narratives in Scotland and the #ontologicalsecurity of young adult migrants in Glasgow.
Here is a quick blog overview of the project: tinyurl.com/54sw3x68
Here is a quick blog overview of the project: tinyurl.com/54sw3x68
“Scholars of #internationalrelations call this #ontologicalsecurity, which holds that nations need a stable sense of #identity just as much as they need physical and economic #security. They will prioritize affirming that identity …” www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | What happens when a war is over identity, not strategy
The real conflict with Iran isn’t over nuclear facilities. It’s over who gets to be the hero.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 8, 2026 at 12:16 PM
“Scholars of #internationalrelations call this #ontologicalsecurity, which holds that nations need a stable sense of #identity just as much as they need physical and economic #security. They will prioritize affirming that identity …” www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
✅ (WS2) Constructing Subjectivities After the Liberal Order: Managing Anxiety Without Securitization of Identity?
@thomasdiez.bsky.social
#cfp #ontologicalsecurity #identity #othering
@thomasdiez.bsky.social
#cfp #ontologicalsecurity #identity #othering
January 18, 2024 at 4:40 PM
✅ (WS2) Constructing Subjectivities After the Liberal Order: Managing Anxiety Without Securitization of Identity?
@thomasdiez.bsky.social
#cfp #ontologicalsecurity #identity #othering
@thomasdiez.bsky.social
#cfp #ontologicalsecurity #identity #othering
How does #Taiwan use its relationship with #Somaliland to secure its #Identity on the world stage? This #study applies #OntologicalSecurity theory to explain why #DeFacto states pursue ties that offer narrative legitimacy rather than physical protection. saxafimedia.com/de-facto-dip...
De Facto Diplomacy: Taiwan’s Quest For Ontological Security In Somaliland | Saxafi Media
This paper analyzes Taiwan’s engagement with Somaliland through the lens of ontological security theory, arguing that de facto states pursue identity-affirming diplomacy beyond physical security needs...
saxafimedia.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:45 AM
How does #Taiwan use its relationship with #Somaliland to secure its #Identity on the world stage? This #study applies #OntologicalSecurity theory to explain why #DeFacto states pursue ties that offer narrative legitimacy rather than physical protection. saxafimedia.com/de-facto-dip...
3/ and using #ontologicalsecurity
'Racial Microaggressions and Ontological Security: Exploring the Narratives of Young Adult Migrants in Glasgow, UK'
www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclus...
'Racial Microaggressions and Ontological Security: Exploring the Narratives of Young Adult Migrants in Glasgow, UK'
www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclus...
Racial Microaggressions and Ontological Security: Exploring the Narratives of Young Adult Migrants in Glasgow, UK | Article | Social Inclusion
Marcus Nicolson
www.cogitatiopress.com
November 17, 2024 at 6:15 PM
3/ and using #ontologicalsecurity
'Racial Microaggressions and Ontological Security: Exploring the Narratives of Young Adult Migrants in Glasgow, UK'
www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclus...
'Racial Microaggressions and Ontological Security: Exploring the Narratives of Young Adult Migrants in Glasgow, UK'
www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclus...
Noticing more accounts on here that look like #Progressive #Bots. They have the standard set of AI generated sexy photos, but like and comment in a progressive way.
Currently not sure whether to encourage or ignore 🤷
They help in reinforcing #OntologicalSecurity as we see on X. But do we need?
Currently not sure whether to encourage or ignore 🤷
They help in reinforcing #OntologicalSecurity as we see on X. But do we need?
September 16, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Noticing more accounts on here that look like #Progressive #Bots. They have the standard set of AI generated sexy photos, but like and comment in a progressive way.
Currently not sure whether to encourage or ignore 🤷
They help in reinforcing #OntologicalSecurity as we see on X. But do we need?
Currently not sure whether to encourage or ignore 🤷
They help in reinforcing #OntologicalSecurity as we see on X. But do we need?