Adam Humphreys
Associate Professor in International Relations and Head of Department, University of Reading. Causation, theory, war, foreign policy, and more. Dad to amazing soon-to-be-teenage twins. Generally trying to work life out.
- Reposted by Adam HumphreysFabulous discussion of a new benchmark text in the theory and methods of causal inquiry. Quizzed by data scientists, IR theorists, comparativists and policy-facing colleagues, Adam had compelling answers for us all. 👏🏻
- It was a pleasure to speak to Exeter SSI and @cais-exeter.bsky.social yesterday about my new book Causal Inquiry in International Relations (open access: fdslive.oup.com/www.oup.com/...). Thanks to @blagdendavid.bsky.social and @profalexp.bsky.social for organizing
- It was a pleasure to speak to Exeter SSI and @cais-exeter.bsky.social yesterday about my new book Causal Inquiry in International Relations (open access: fdslive.oup.com/www.oup.com/...). Thanks to @blagdendavid.bsky.social and @profalexp.bsky.social for organizing
- Reposted by Adam HumphreysI miss the world in which this was commonplace knowledge. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuOH...
- Reposted by Adam HumphreysAs @bsky.app thinks a book prize call is Spam.... 📢 We invite submissions for the 2025 Sussex International Theory Prize. Details below. Please share widely! 🚨 #IR #int-rel #IRTheory #internationalrelations #worldpolitics #internationalpolitics @mybisa.bsky.social @isanet.bsky.social
- Reposted by Adam HumphreysIf you've ever used the Polity data, read this from Monty Marshall. tl;dr Polity is coding recent US events as an executive self-coup and an adverse regime change.
- All too plausible :( www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
- Reposted by Adam HumphreysFriendly reminder to submit to our @europeanisa.bsky.social #EWIS25 workshop on deception in IR if you haven't yet! 👇
- I was delighted to talk earlier today to the School of Politics and International Relations, University of Kent, about my new book Causal Inquiry in International Relations, which is available free and open access: global.oup.com/academic/pro... Thanks for the great comments and questions!
- I'm delighted to share an interview with e-IR, in which I discuss my recent book Causal Inquiry in International Relations as well as themes from earlier work and broader trends in IR: www.e-ir.info/2025/01/07/i... Free digital copies of the book can be found here: fdslive.oup.com/www.oup.com/...
- Reposted by Adam HumphreysNeed holiday reading recommendations?📚 Good Victims: The Political as a Feminist Question by @rkrystalli.bsky.social Causal Inquiry in International Relations by @adamhumphreys.bsky.social & Hidemi Suganami More books from our members👉https://www.bisa.ac.uk/articles/latest-ir-autumn-book-round-2
- Reposted by Adam Humphreys#BISA AUTUMN book round up! 📚 Featuring the latest IR from our BISA members, inc.: @edmundsprof.bsky.social @adamhumphreys.bsky.social @rkrystalli.bsky.social + many more! See the list here👉 www.bisa.ac.uk/articles/lat... @brisunipress.bsky.social @york.ac.uk @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social
- Reposted by Adam HumphreysI gathered up my reading notes on the deeply fascist new book by Trump's Defense Secretary pick, Pete Hegseth, on my substack, Scenes from a Slow Civil War. I think I may rev that thing up again, too. Please consider subscribing. slowcivilwar.substack.com/p/the-pentag...
- Reposted by Adam HumphreysRussia academics: I need ONE more paper for a BISA panel by tomorrow! We have papers on Russian militarism, violence, identity...if you want to submit or have colleagues/grad students who are interested, please let them know asap! (And please share this post - we're up against a deadline)
