Sebastian Kaempf

New @HigheredH episode: ‘Mindfulness and how we can use it for student learning’ Our guest, Prof Karen Brounéus shows how we can integrate mindfulness exercises into our classrooms and how mindfulness can assist student learning: buzzsprout.com/813707/episode…

theguardian.com/us-news/2026/m… Interesting choice of movies: many of those were produced in close collaboration between the Pentagon and Hollywood studios, now used to signal to Iran.

Very excited to see Cian O'Driscoll's and my article 'Dressed to kill: the material ethics of war' out now in @EuroJournIR. It's open source so please check it out! journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

Encouraging students to take risks and experiment: This new @HigheredH podcast episode is all about taking risks, not just as teachers, but also for our students. Tune in to hear how our guest, A/Prof Helen Marshall (UQ), encourages risk taking: buzzsprout.com/813707/episode…

Reminder that RIS is now on Bluesky🦋 and @Linkedin. Be sure to find us there, as we adapt to the changing social media landscape!

New @HigheredH \episode: Integrating AI into our lectures, tutorials, and overall learning activities How can this be done? We talk to Dr Luke Zaphir (UQ), who points to a number of helpful ways in which we can take first steps in this direction: buzzsprout.com/813707/episode…

Thanks to our 2000 followers on LinkedIn! The social media landscape is changing, but we are happy to be growing our presence on LinkedIn to share your fantastic research. Follow Us ➡️ buff.ly/Qrbotfu

Tune into this conversation I recorded with my wonderful colleague and friend @rbleiker for the @RISjnl podcast: buzzsprout.com/2395572/episod…

Happy new year with a new episode 'Supporting Neurodivergence in the Classroom (Part II)’ With Dr Toby Boyson (Uni of New South Wales) and Ms Eliza Barry (Uni of Queensland), we talk about the values needed to support neurodivergent students: buzzsprout.com/813707/episode…

🚨New First View Article🚨 "Settler imperial ordering: Settler colonialism and the production of hierarchical sovereignties" by Federica Caso is now available #OpenAccess! 📄 ➡️ buff.ly/4h9qUla

@RISjnl has opened a call for special issue proposals 🌟 Inviting proposals to be published in a 2027 special edition 🎉 Deadline to submit: 3 Feb 2026 📚 Find out more information here 👉 bisa.ac.uk/news/call-spec… @SebKaempf @TheRealistHom @MMalksoo @CianODriscoll79 @CUP_PoliSci

We have a bumper crop of podcast episodes to catch up on, including this latest one with Dr. Katrina Lee-Koo about the 25th anniversary of the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda! 🎧👉 buff.ly/fvjcRFh

Here a video of Michael Barnett’s amazing Emma Hutchison Memorial Lecture on Mobilising Compassion. Comments by Bina D’Costa and Fiona Terry. Chaired by Katrina Lee Koo. Introduced by Heather Zwicker and myself. Thanks so much to everyone who came along. rolandbleiker.com/news/michael-b…

Do you have an original idea for a special issue? We want to hear from you! The RIS call for special issues for 2027 is now open! Find out more below ⤵️ buff.ly/HkRsObn

Psst, new Special Issue competition for @RISjnl just dropped. Guidelines here: www-cambridge-org.eux.idm.oclc.org/core/journals/… Deadline 3 February 2026. If you have a cool IR idea and a diverse (but cohesive) collection of topics and authors, send it our way! @MYBISA @EdinburghPIR

Are you an ECR with a paper in the works? A member of the BISA African and International Studies working group, or working in that space? We want to hear from you! Submit to our early career paper prize 🏆 📆 Deadline 👉 January 16, 2026 🚨 More Info 👉 buff.ly/cIOqnwG

The death of reading: bbc.com/audio/play/w3c…

War and the moral and legal attempts to regulate it have a long history. In our latest podcast, editor Seb Kaempf sits down with Dr Thomas Gregory to chat about his editors collection, which is now free to read! 🎧 👉 buff.ly/kuimTWZ 📚 👉 buff.ly/NZHc0uh

New episode: Supporting neurodiversity in the classroom: What learning challenges do neurodiverse students face? What simple adjustments can we as teachers make to support them? Al & Seb talk with researcher and advocate Brooke Szucs & student Eliza Barry buzzsprout.com/813707/episode…

🎉 🎧 New Podcast Episode 🎧 🎉 Our editor Seb Kaempf sat down with Professor Poppy S. Winanti to discuss 'global environmental issues'. She compiled an editor’s selection for us earlier this year! 🎧 Tune in ➡️ buzzsprout.com/2395572/episod…