Birte Julia Gippert
Reader in IR at the University of Liverpool. Specialises in peacekeeping, legitimacy, (de)legitimation of international organizations, democratization, Western Balkans.
- Looking forward to participating in this great event. Thanks for having me.
- Join us Monday at 3:30pm! ➡️The End of the Liberal World Order: Implications for the “Local Turn” in Peace and Security 🔴Featuring Dirk Druet, Eric Manton & @birtegippert.bsky.social 🔴Moderated by Katharina Coleman 🔴Chaired by Benjamin Zyla FSS 4004 or online >>> bit.ly/49serr3
- Thanks to the Politics Peace Conflict cluster and LJMU's LCCSPR for supporting both great events!
- Yesterday was a very busy day for our department and knowledge production! Thank you to everyone who attended the book launch for Dr @ndmlees.bsky.social and our offsite round table for the Dayton Peace Agreement which featured Dr @birtegippert.bsky.social at @ljmuofficial.bsky.social 📚👩⚖️⚖️
- Great opportunity
- #HIRING Ready to make an impact in nuclear policy? RUSI’s United Kingdom Project on Nuclear Issues (UKPONI) is hiring a Project Manager - help us build a dynamic, inclusive network of specialists shaping the future. Apply on our website and/or share with your network: bit.ly/3JdxWZH
- ⚡️Delighted to see my new article out in International Affairs! doi.org/10.1093/ia/i...
- Can we please hand this paper to all our main parties? ASAP!
- Radical right accommodation really does not work. New paper out with this exceptionally talented team @katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk doi.org/10.31235/osf...
- Reposted by Birte Julia Gippert📣 Book giveway to celebrate new academic year! “United Nations Peacekeeping and the Politics of Authoritarianism” (2025) co-authored with Sarah Von Billerbeck (@uor-research.bsky.social), @birtegippert.bsky.social & @oisintansey.bsky.social out with @oxfordacademic.bsky.social tinyurl.com/bp83aum7
- Reposted by Birte Julia GippertPlease share: by Sept 1, we solicit nominations for @isanet.bsky.social Karl Deutsch Award to recognize 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝟰𝟱, 𝗼𝗿 ≤𝟭𝟱 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 who have made significant contribution to the study of #𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 & #𝗣𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 🔗 www.isanet.org/Programs/Awa... #IR
- New article alert - with Theresa Squatrito. We show that negativity bias, a well-known principle of human cognition, shapes decisionmakers' choices in creating a new international institution. We illustrate this argument on the example of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers. share.google/krRwYzuDqzNd...
- Bosnia at a crossroads? My analysis in @theconversation.com on the recent secession threats by RS President Dodik: theconversation.com/bosnia-and-h...
- Reposted by Birte Julia GippertThree lectureships in IR at Oxford - appointments are fixed for 5 years: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNK960/d...
- What a great experience presenting out book findings to FCDO and MoD with my amazing colleagues @kseniyaoksamytna.bsky.social, @oisintansey.bsky.social, and Sarah von Billerbeck.
- It's been a pleasure presenting our book "United Nations Peacekeeping and the Politics of Authoritarianism" co-authored with @birtegippert.bsky.social, @oisintansey.bsky.social and Sarah von Billerbeck (@uor-research.bsky.social) to colleagues from Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office/HMG!
- Reposted by Birte Julia Gippert🇪🇺 9 May = #EuropeDay. But do you know why? On 9 May 1950, 75 years ago, Robert Schuman proposed the creation of the European Coal and Steel Community – the first step towards today’s EU. A bold vision of peace and unity that changed Europe forever. 🔗 Learn more: europa.eu/!PV8b7c
- Great to see our new book UN Peacekeeping and the Politics of Authoritarianism has an OUP discount code - AUFLY30 (via global.oup.com/academic).
- Not the time to read our new book, UN Peacekeeping and the Politics of Authoritarianism? Here's the argument on a nutshell!
- 🚨New on Multilateralism in Action🚨 In 𝑼𝑵 𝑷𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝑬𝒏𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑯𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑨𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒎? Sarah von Billerbeck, @birtegippert.bsky.social, @kseniyaoksamytna.bsky.social & @oisintansey.bsky.social show that UN peacekeeping activities can enable authoritarian activities 🇺🇳🫡🪖 A short 🧵—🔗below
- Reposted by Birte Julia GippertHere's a summary of our book, "United Nations Peacekeeping and the Politics of Authoritarianism" (Oxford University Press, 2025), which we published last month with stellar colleagues Sarah von Billerbeck, @oisintansey.bsky.social & @birtegippert.bsky.social!
- 🚨New on Multilateralism in Action🚨 In 𝑼𝑵 𝑷𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝑬𝒏𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑯𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑨𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒎? Sarah von Billerbeck, @birtegippert.bsky.social, @kseniyaoksamytna.bsky.social & @oisintansey.bsky.social show that UN peacekeeping activities can enable authoritarian activities 🇺🇳🫡🪖 A short 🧵—🔗below
- Still @ISA2025? Join us at 1.45pm for a Roundtable on Coercion in Peacebuilding. PDR 3, Hilton 3rd floor.
- Not sure what #ISA2023 panel to attend this afternoon? Join us for Reflections on Peacebuilding at 13.45 in the Chicago Hilton room 4K!
- Sorry, jetlag, #ISA2025
- Join us at #ISA2025 for two exciting Roundtables: - Reflections on Peacekeeping (SC43) - Use of Force in Peacekeeping (MB18)
- Reposted by Birte Julia GippertPlanning to be at #ISA2025? We’d love to see you at #JOGSS events! ✨ 🥂 Joint Reception 📅 2 March | 7:30 PM 📍 Waldorf, Hilton 📚 Meet the Editors Session 📅 3 March | 4:00–5:45 PM 📍 Room 4M, Hilton Join us for insightful conversations and a great time—see you there! 🎉
- Reposted by Birte Julia Gippert📌 We are now on BlueSky! 🌍✨ Stay tuned for the latest insights and cutting-edge research on global security. Follow us to keep up with the conversations shaping the future! #JOGSS
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- So excited to see our new book out - UN Peacekeeping and the Politics of Authoritarianism with amazing colleagues @oisintansey.bsky.social, @kseniyaoksamytna.bsky.social, and Sarah von Billerbeck!
- Great to see our new book out in the real world, with @birtegippert.bsky.social @kseniyaoksamytna.bsky.social and Sarah von Billerbeck. "United Nations Peacekeeping and the Politics of Authoritarianism" is now available here: academic.oup.com/book/59435 We hope you read and enjoy!
- Excited to see the Journal of Global Security Studies migrating to Bluesky. Watch the space!
- Reposted by Birte Julia GippertDelighted to join the new editorial team of Journal of Global Security Studies! Editors-in-Chief @jamespattison.bsky.social & Ulrich Petersohn. Associate Editors: (@birtegippert.bsky.social), Belgin San-Akca, Reed Wood and me. Find out more or submit an article: academic.oup.com/jogss?login=...
- The Journal of Global Security Studies is under new editorship. Looking forward to working with my amazing colleagues for the next five years - @jamespattison.bsky.social, Ulrich Petersohn, Belgin San-Akca, @drgholmes.bsky.social, and Reed Wood. Please send your submissions!
- 🎉🎉🎉 Our new book 'United Nations Peacekeeping and the Politics of Authoritarianism' with @oisintansey.bsky.social, @kseniyaoksamytna.bsky.social, and Sarah von Billerbeck is now available for pre-order and will be open access with Oxford University Press from February 2025 🎉🎉🎉 (1/5)
- Link: amazon.co.uk/dp/019289899X/ref=t… In this book, we ask what impact does UN peacekeeping have on the politics of authoritarianism in host countries? (2/5)
- Our book advances a theoretically innovative and empirically rich answer to this question: while the UN does not intentionally promote authoritarianism, it faces a number of constraints and dilemmas that give rise to what we call authoritarian enabling. (3/5)
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View full threadThis book illustrates these two mechanisms with four in-depth case studies of UN peacekeeping operations: UNTAC in Cambodia, MONUC/MONUSCO in the Democratic Republic of Congo, MINUSTAH in Haiti, and UNMIL in Liberia. (5/5)
- Reposted by Birte Julia GippertThe timing could not be worse. A deepening security and humanitarian crisis in Haiti may lead to thousands of Haitians fleeing by boat to Florida just as the new Trump administration takes power in Washington. open.substack.com/pub/globaldi...
- Politics at Liverpool is inviting applications for the UKRI-funded PhD or MA+PhD scholarships through the NWSSDTP. Open to UK and international students, fully funded, start date October 2025, application deadline 3rd February 2024. Seperate application for PhD in Politics at Liverpool needed!
- UK dilemma: funding the national health service or the royal family... choices, choices...
- Reposted by Birte Julia Gippert📣Job alert - interested in empirical research on IOs and global governance? #ECIB join us @unipotsdam for a 3-year post-doctoral research position (+max 3 years, 70% research)! Application deadline: 31/12/24. More information: tinyurl.com/e7py8brd
- Going by the incredible increase in followers, the 'X Exodus' must be more considerable than I thought! That, or the bots are fleeing too... can't blame them!
- 👉 Come and work with me! Apply for the ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowship Competition for October 2025 entry!!! 👉 The details and application paperwork can be found here: nwssdtp.ac.uk/pdf-scheme/
- Reposted by Birte Julia GippertThe SFB 138/Collaborative Research Centre "Dynamics of Security" still has a call open for visiting fellowships from the next winter term onwards, check it out, spread the word & apply 👇👇👇 (Deadline Saturday 15th of June) www.uni-marburg.de/de/sfb138/me...
- Courageous and well worded response by German academics to the government's attempts to limit academic freedom. We need constructive, respectful, and open debate given current political developments, shocking to see a supposedly liberal democracy try to suppress these.
- "Offene Stellungnahme zum Vorgehen der Bundesbildungsministerin angesichts des offenen Briefes Berliner Hochschullehrer:innen". Gerne unterschreiben #starkwatzinger tinyurl.com/5ewwrwnk
- At #BISA2024? Come to our panel on The Politics of International Criminal Law, at 16.45pm today! I'll present a co-authored paper on the Kosovo Specialist Chambers.
- #Polisky 👉 We are recruiting! Come and work with us at the Politics Department in Liverpool - 2 permanent lectureships (grade 7!) in Politics/IR. Deadline 21st June 2024. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DHY234/l...
- Job alert: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DHF151/l...
- What a great team to join as new editors for the Journal of Global Security Studies! Looking forward to working with you all!
- Delighted that our bid to edit the Journal of Global Security Studies has been successful, taking over in Jan 2025. Lead editors: James Pattison; Ulrich Petersohn. Assoc editors: Belgin San-Akca; Birte Gippert @birtegippert.bsky.social ; Georgina Holmes; Reed Wood.
- 👉 Post-docs, come and work with us! Politics@Liverpool is inviting applications for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowships. Contact us first directly, internal deadline 7th May 2024 for initial expressions of interest. Details see below: www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-a...
- PhD position on protest movements in Afghanistan. See below.
- Come work with me in a DFG funded position about protest movements in Afghanistan! I am hiring two Pre-Docs, for three years. Check it out, and spread the word! stellenangebote.uni-marburg.de/jobposting/9...
- If you're up early, come to our amazing ISA panel on IO Legitimation and Delegitimation!
- Reposted by Birte Julia Gippert📣Call for Papers out now! For our annual conference on “The Excessive Use of Force” (Oct 30 to Nov 1 in #Giessen) we look for contributions from #history, #SocialSciences, #PoliticalTheory, #InternationalRelations & #InternationalLaw. ⏰Deadline: May 15, 2024 www.trace-center.de/veranstaltun...
- Join us at Liverpool for a Roundtable on Consequences and Legacies of Peacebuilding with excellent participants: • Prof Thorsten Bonacker • Dr Werner Distler • Dr Amanda Cahill-Ripley • Dr Obert Hodzi • Dr Chelsea Johnson • Dr Ben Murphey • Dr Ian Madison 25th April, 5-7pm, Rendall Building, Room 2
- Thank you very much to my colleagues at PRIF, ISS, and KAIPTC for compiling the report on our author's workshop on “Coercion in Peacebuilding” that took place in Accra in November 2023. I am looking forward to our forthcoming book! For an initial overview: www.prif.org/fileadmin/HS...
- We invite applications for ESRC funded DTP places for Politics pathway. Deadline 26th Feb www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DFH410/e...
- We are seeking candidates for the competitive ESRC-funded PhD or MA+PhD scholarships through the NWSSDTP. Open to UK and international students, fully funded from October 2024, deadline 26th February 2024. Apply here: www.liverpool.ac.uk/study/postgr... . Details here: nwssdtp.ac.uk/how-to-apply/
- And now work a working link... Our article with @Kseniya_Oksamyt, @otansey, @SvBillerbeck is out in International Studies Quarterly - ‘Theorizing Decision-Making in International Bureaucracies: UN Peacekeeping Operations and Responses to Norm Violations’ academic.oup.com/isq/article/...
- 📢 Our article with @Kseniya_Oksamyt, @otansey, @SvBillerbeck is out in International Studies Quarterly - ‘Theorizing Decision-Making in International Bureaucracies: UN Peacekeeping Operations and Responses to Norm Violations’ #UN #Peacekeeping Open access https://doi.org/10.1093/isq/sqad (1/5)
- Why do peacekeeping operations – or different units and individuals in one operation – react differently when host country partners deviate from democratic norms? Based on over 200 interviews, we develop a conciliation-confrontation spectrum of UN officials’ responses. (2/5)
- We also develop a framework for understanding how UN peacekeeping operations decide where to locate their response on the conciliation-confrontation spectrum. We theorize: - individual - departmental - positional factors (3/5)
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View full threadWe’re thankful to all UN interviewees for their valuable insights 🙏 Check out the website of our @ESRC-funded ‘Democratization and UN Peacebuilding’ project for future publications! https://democratizationandpeacebuilding.org (5/5)
