James Fitzgerald

Latest article with NetLab, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro 🇧🇷 w/Rose Marie Santini and Débora Salles. The Extraction Ideology: Pro-agribusiness propaganda in times of climate emergency. @LawGovDCU @NetLabUFRJ @DCU_Research tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Last night, Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro called a vigil at his father's mansion. At 12:08 AM, Jair Bolsonaro tried to remove his ankle monitor. The Fed. Police, suspecting he planned to flee to an embassy, arrested him. Read my article on this below.

DCU's International Master in Security, Intelligence, and Strategic Studies (IMSISS) secures €4.6m in funding, this is the third iteration of the programme and will see it run from 2026 to 2032: dcu.ie/humanities-and…

Yes, indeed.

Brazilian lawmakers are debating a bill that would expand the definition of terrorism to include the activities of organised crime. Piece by Dr James Fitzgerald @jamesfitz2, Associate Prof of Security Studies @LawGovDCU, for @ConversationUK. Read here: launch.dcu.ie/3GbJdIu

My third of three pieces on the potential (re-)classification of organised crime as terrorism in Brazil. Published today in The Conversation. @LawGovDCU @NetLabUFRJ @ufrj @HumanitiesDCU @DCU theconversation.com/brazils-danger…

Hi everyone. Reactivating twitter to share this I was denied entry, detained, and deported from the USA at the end of last week because of my reporting on the Columbia student protests I arrived back in Melbourne on Sat 6am and had my phone handed back to me upon landing

Democracy in Latin America @Raul_L_Madrid's new book on the origins of democracy in South America has just been published - and we're lucky that it's open access. A highly recommended read. Open access: cambridge.org/core/services/…

Good question 😂! #NoKingsDay

I’m published today in @folha, Brazil’s paper of record. I argue against the motion that organised crime in Brazil be re-classified as ‘terrorism’. In the other ‘corner’, Cláudio Castro, the Governor of Rio de Janeiro, argues for the motion. @LawGovDCU @NetLabUFRJ @ufrj @DCU

The Onion never misses

Piketty has just discovered dependency theory ;)

New (Open Access) work! Wrote about how a "sacred geography" is shaped through sites, routes and neighbourhoods, and how one can read the recent outreach by Kerala BJP leaders to the Christian community. Thanks @SudhirSelvaraj @K_Bo_Nielsen @AW1010 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

My piece “Brazil’s Precarious Counterterrorism Project” is published today, in Português, in Outras Palavras (Other Words), as part of ongoing collaboration with @NetLabUFRJ: Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. @LawGovDCU @HumanitiesDCU outraspalavras.net/direita-assanh…

Our paper with Marie Santini and Débora Salles @NetLabUFRJ @LawGovDCU is trending in Communication. #OpenAccess The Extraction Ideology: Brazilian pro-agribusiness propaganda in times of climate emergency Read it here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Looking forward to presenting at this “International Workshop on Technology Justice For/From the Global South” tomorrow, at PUC-Minas, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Will be speaking about genealogies of (critical) terrorism studies and how it intersects with disinformation studies.

"Designing a Quality In-depth Interview Study: How Many Interviews Are Enough?" - In the field considerations do not rely on saturation but the quality of IDI completions as evaluated by these 8 reflective questions bit.ly/HowManyIDIs #totalqualityframework #qualitative

How is this not a complete and utter waste of our time?

Ordem e progresso 🇧🇷 nytimes.com/2025/03/26/wor…