Matthias Leese
Assist. Prof. of Technology and Governance @ethz.ch ¦ PI @curateproject.bsky.social ¦ Editor-in-chief @jird-jour.bsky.social
https://matthiasleese.com
- 🚨Publication alert 🚨 My latest article has now been published in ESTS. The paper explicates the creative labor required to reconcile incompatible informational logics in contemporary policing by retracing how crime analysts turn narrative reports into analyzable data. tinyurl.com/4w24mbjz (OA)
- The final 2025 issue of @jird-jour.bsky.social comes packed with great articles - and it will also be the last of its kind, as the journal transitions to a new publication model. Read for yourself 👇
- 🚨Publication alert🚨 My latest article is now out in IPS. The paper analyzes how the EU tries to make its internal security databases more trustworthy. I argue that “trust in data” is not natural or automatic but something that is actively built through political priorities and technical practices.
- Last time I was at the @eui-eu.bsky.social was - checks personal archives - twelve years ago 😵 Now I feel old. But at least the view is as stunning as I remembered 🖤
- 🚨Deadline reminder🚨 The @jird-jour.bsky.social editorial board is looking forward to receiving your SI/SC proposals by 30 October at the latest 💥 All info below 👇
- 📚 Want to publish a guest-edited Special Issue or Special Collection with us? 📆 Don’t miss the submission deadline for this year’s annual call on 30 October 2025! 👉 You can find more information on how to prepare your proposal here: link.springer.com/journal/4126...
- It's page-proof time 💥 Looking very much forward to the publication of the latest paper from the @curateproject.bsky.social in @estsjournal.bsky.social ❤️
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- At @jird-jour.bsky.social, we have implemented a new AI policy that clarifies what is allowed and what is not. In the latest editorial, @ajdah.bsky.social and I introduce this policy, discuss what is at stake, and explicate our rationale as editors. Read it as open access here: lnkd.in/eB-p4GNB
- For the annual team hike of the ETH Zurich Technology and Governance research group, this year we tackled the famous five lakes route at Pizol. And after two years of bad weather luck, this time we caught a magnificent day ☀️ I believe it's safe to say that the entire team had fun 😊
- As editors-in-chief, @dagmarvorlicek.bsky.social and I are extremely proud that @jird-jour.bsky.social is now for the first time ever ranked in Q1 of International Relations journals 💥 Clearly, we owe this to our predecessors, as we only took over in January 2025 - but good news is good news ❤️
- Thinking about publishing with JIRD? Now you have all the more reason to do so! According to this year’s Journal Citation Reports, we are 🏆 in Q1 🏆 with an Impact Factor of 2.5, 🏆 ranking 28th out of 169 in International Relations. 📄 👉 Submit your article with us here: shorturl.at/GdAUM
- @europeanisa.bsky.social PEC 2025 program is out: c-in.floq.live/event/eisape... It's going to be a couple of super intense, fun, and presumably veeeeeery hot days in Bologna - looking forward to seeing everyone and catching up 👌
- 🚨Publication alert🚨 We compare national quantum technology governance strategies with expert insights, showing that while both emphasize innovation and infrastructure, national frameworks underplay critical ethical, societal, and security concerns. Full OA: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
- Thanks to all of our colleagues who showed so much support for @jird-jour.bsky.social by agreeing to join the International Advisory Board ❤️
- couldn't have asked for a smarter and nicer group of humans - thanks to everyone for coming zu Zurich and sharing your work! w/ Bernd Kasparek, Stefanie Büchner, Stefania Milan, @nannathylstrup.bsky.social, @robkitchin.bsky.social, @heimstaedt.bsky.social, Margo Boenig-Liptsin, @ikkibop.bsky.social
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- 👉Deadline reminder! Submit your abstracts for the annual @dvpw.bsky.social critical security studies section conference by 7 June at the latest. Link to the official CfP: www.dvpw.de/fileadmin/us... We are looking forward to your proposals and please share widely - thanks!
- 🚨Call for Papers🚨 "Ten years of critical security studies: Taking stock" - annual conference of the critical security studies section at the @dvpw.bsky.social Dresden, 6-7 Nov 2025 all info in the picture
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- more good stuff coming our way from @josipovicivo.bsky.social
- new issue of JIRD coming up ❤️
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- there's a lot of talk about the potential use of AI in border and migration management in this report, @laurajung.bsky.social & @abendsommer.bsky.social carefully and critically take stock of what is actually possible/going on and with what consequences 👇 tinyurl.com/59ts8b2m
- in less diplomatic terms: we as editors have been fighting an uphill battle against a global corporation to get their shit together🤦♂️ this has been extremely frustrating, but we remain optimistic that things will change for the better soon...
- we all fail rather frequently in different aspects of academic work - but we rarely talk about it check out this🔥@ispjournal.bsky.social forum on understanding, reflecting, and coping with failure @meibauir.bsky.social @ncrenic.bsky.social @jrodehaun.bsky.social academic.oup.com/isp/article/...
- Platforms, silos, interoperability - what's the deal with these database buzzwords? Check out this🔥new paper by @matthewarcher.bsky.social @louravn.bsky.social and @nannathylstrup.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
- 15% plagiarism is fine - predatory publishing emails hit differently 😅
- 🚨Call for Papers🚨 "Ten years of critical security studies: Taking stock" - annual conference of the critical security studies section at the @dvpw.bsky.social Dresden, 6-7 Nov 2025 all info in the picture
- I might be biased but this seems like a good read for the upcoming Easter break 👌
- 🎉 Our March Issue is out! 🎉 It contains five original research articles on topics ranging from peace narratives in South Korea, populist diplomacy, and the role of sexuality in EU militarism to Azerbaijan's political economy and Sweden's NATO membership. 📚 Read here ➡️ shorturl.at/Avvv0
- 🚨Call for papers🚨 @jenshaelterlein.bsky.social and I are organizing a panel on "STS and International Security: Towards Convergence?" for the 2025 @sts-ch.bsky.social conference in Zurich (10-12 Sep) all panel info in the image; submit here: tinyurl.com/5dt72uxa please distribute widely!
- View over Zurich old town and the lake/mountains from the rooftop terrace at the new office building. Feels almost Mediterranean 😎
- First issue of @jird-jour.bsky.social under our editorial tenure is live 💥 link.springer.com/journal/4126...
- Sunset over @uottawa.bsky.social as my research stay comes to an end 👌 The past weeks were so packed with guest-teaching, talks, workshops, and chats about research ideas, editorial work, and grant proposals over coffee, lunch, or drinks that I rarely had the time to stop and let it sink in.
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- excited about the first @jird-jour.bsky.social issue under our editorial tenure - good stuff coming soon :)
- more Ottawa adventures: will be discussing field research methods next week :)
- in light of the lack of significant writing progress, maybe I can TALK the book into existence? :)
- is it a river? is it a glacier? hard to tell. where I come from water tends to be fluid... 🤔 #ottawa
- look, it's yours truly. with a microphone! :)
- 🚨Publication alert🚨 I reflect on the notion of the algorithm in policing and criminal justice, part of the "Handbook of Digital Criminology" (OA: shorturl.at/lHufh) Shout-out to @heidimorklomell.bsky.social and Mareile Kaufmann for putting together a fantastic line-up and excellent editorial work
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- @dagmarvorlicek.bsky.social is also a wonderful human being and a capable drinking buddy 👌
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- happening next Wednesday! jetlag free, but contingent on me surviving Ottawa ice and snow until then :)
