Fellow International Relations, LSE | Researching conflict, critical peacebuilding, trauma, ideology, and Lacanian psychoanalysis in Northern Ireland, Colombia, and Latin America www.albertccano.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/albertccano.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/albertccano.bsky.social/post/3myttram43s22‼️ New open-access paper in the European Journal of International Relations (@ejir.bsky.social) The Politics of Civilian Suicidality in Liberal Peacebuilding: Theorising the Death Drive in International Relations Open access, so free to read 🔓 https://doi.org/10.1177/13540661261498604 🧵👇🏻 Thread (1/8)27 Oct 2026 08:42 +0000at://did:plc:42x2t27br2dnerkcp2wctxhr/app.bsky.feed.post/3myttram43s22https://bsky.app/profile/albertccano.bsky.social/post/3m63ectne222v🚨New publication🚨 📖‘We’re the Goodies—Lacanian Vernacular Peace: Ideology, Derry Girls, and Ontological (In)Security in Northern Ireland’. Chapter I n Jarvis, L., Lister, M., Oyawale, A. (eds) New Directions in Vernacular Security Research. 🔗doi.org/10.1007/978-3-… 🧵👇🏻20 Nov 2025 18:07 +0000at://did:plc:42x2t27br2dnerkcp2wctxhr/app.bsky.feed.post/3m63ectne222vhttps://bsky.app/profile/albertccano.bsky.social/post/3lkvvkfxkqs2i🚨📝 Some weeks ago it was Brexit’s 5th anniversary, and people have been stopping me on the street, grabbing me by the elbow, asking me But Albert, Brexit is shit, why don’t we talk about it? So I wrote a piece about it for @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social, using ontological security theory👇🏻 [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Mar 2025 19:01 +0000at://did:plc:42x2t27br2dnerkcp2wctxhr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkvvkfxkqs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/albertccano.bsky.social/post/3ljptwvrqhc2h🚨New publication‼️ 📝Writing for the #USAPP BLOG from Phelan Centre I argue that Irish American diaspora has continued to exert its lobbying and community-building influence from across the Atlantic, keeping much in touch with Northern Irish politics and issues of peace and justice. t.co/5sgwhJJBpv https://t.co/5sgwhJJBpv06 Mar 2025 15:51 +0000at://did:plc:42x2t27br2dnerkcp2wctxhr/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljptwvrqhc2h