Lecturer in Politics and IR @PoLIS_Bath | IR Theory | State Creation | Recognition | Sovereignty | Football | Left-Handedhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucaslitmanen.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucaslitmanen.bsky.social/post/3mqusj7be2c24I am very pleased to finally have this piece out in @millennjournal.bsky.social, together with Valentin Clavé-Mercier! https://doi.org/10.1177/03058298261455449 1/1017 Jul 2026 22:31 +0000at://did:plc:etnfltllxsf6fyoev5pqijne/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqusj7be2c24https://bsky.app/profile/lucaslitmanen.bsky.social/post/3mofmax5k2k26Reading this - both The Guardian's and OP's take - and just yelling CYCLING!!!! till I'm blue in the face...... [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Jun 2026 10:39 +0000at://did:plc:etnfltllxsf6fyoev5pqijne/app.bsky.feed.post/3mofmax5k2k26https://bsky.app/profile/lucaslitmanen.bsky.social/post/3mhxyu4p5ek2eJOB! My department at the @uniofbath.bsky.social is opening up TWO Lecturer positions in Environmental Politics (broadly defined)! I came to PoLIS at Bath a few years ago, and it has been such a great place to work. Make sure to apply! https://www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy.aspx?ref=ED1350426 Mar 2026 16:16 +0000at://did:plc:etnfltllxsf6fyoev5pqijne/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhxyu4p5ek2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/lucaslitmanen.bsky.social/post/3meghqony7k2jThanks @aspirenetwork.bsky.social for including me in such an important and interesting conversation last year! To be continued! [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Feb 2026 12:39 +0000at://did:plc:etnfltllxsf6fyoev5pqijne/app.bsky.feed.post/3meghqony7k2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucaslitmanen.bsky.social/post/3m37ywoet7c2nVery exciting to join the #BISAISA2025 conference in Newcastle last weekend! Thank you to the @aspirenetwork.bsky.social - especially Hillary Briffa and Chris Featherstone - for organising such a fun conversation on the challenges and opportunities of AI for teaching IR! Discussion to be continued!15 Oct 2025 10:11 +0000at://did:plc:etnfltllxsf6fyoev5pqijne/app.bsky.feed.post/3m37ywoet7c2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucaslitmanen.bsky.social/post/3lr6ha4rlg22cExcited to be back on King's College campus to attend the #aspirelaunch! 'Teaching-track jobs are so good that even men want to do them!' (Cathy Elliott)09 Jun 2025 13:10 +0000at://did:plc:etnfltllxsf6fyoev5pqijne/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr6ha4rlg22chttps://bsky.app/profile/lucaslitmanen.bsky.social/post/3lpmhnwhhyc2iReally insightful piece on the potential ramifications of a Trumpian foreign policy. 'For independence movements, the new rules of secession mean a more volatile and uncertain future.' [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 May 2025 16:04 +0000at://did:plc:etnfltllxsf6fyoev5pqijne/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpmhnwhhyc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/lucaslitmanen.bsky.social/post/3lik55r6qv22ePostgraduate study opportunity for Palestinian scholars at the University of Bath. https://www.bath.ac.uk/campaigns/higher-education-scholarships-for-palestinians-hespal/19 Feb 2025 15:54 +0000at://did:plc:etnfltllxsf6fyoev5pqijne/app.bsky.feed.post/3lik55r6qv22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/lucaslitmanen.bsky.social/post/3lft2ysh4pc2xClassic Dutch facetiousness combined with classic 'safe haven NZ' trope. Classic Rutte foot-in-mouth awkwardness too.16 Jan 2025 00:54 +0000at://did:plc:etnfltllxsf6fyoev5pqijne/app.bsky.feed.post/3lft2ysh4pc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucaslitmanen.bsky.social/post/3lchov63gr225Hard no to see a link between social media pile-ons on English Lit phds, and governments ending ALL hum/socsci funding...04 Dec 2024 08:03 +0000at://did:plc:etnfltllxsf6fyoev5pqijne/app.bsky.feed.post/3lchov63gr225https://bsky.app/profile/lucaslitmanen.bsky.social/post/3l3qdkrqmqz2bMany thanks to the team at @9dashline.bsky.social for allowing me to comment on Aotearoa's supposed recent 'turn' in foreign policy! https://www.9dashline.com/article/new-zealand-foreign-policy-from-independence-to-realism09 Sep 2024 16:38 +0000at://did:plc:etnfltllxsf6fyoev5pqijne/app.bsky.feed.post/3l3qdkrqmqz2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucaslitmanen.bsky.social/post/3kgwjsfpryt24It's real! My book on de facto statehood and classical realism is now available as a possible Christmas present ;)! Very exciting! https://www.routledge.com/A-Theory-of-De-Facto-States-Classical-Realism-and-Exceptional-Polities/Knotter/p/book/978036786129219 Dec 2023 21:56 +0000at://did:plc:etnfltllxsf6fyoev5pqijne/app.bsky.feed.post/3kgwjsfpryt24https://bsky.app/profile/lucaslitmanen.bsky.social/post/3kdjiglbihc2yThanks 9DASHLINE for allowing me to express my thoughts on last month's #nzpol elections in Aotearoa! https://www.9dashline.com/article/new-zealand-votes-for-change-but-to-what-end06 Nov 2023 13:10 +0000at://did:plc:etnfltllxsf6fyoev5pqijne/app.bsky.feed.post/3kdjiglbihc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/lucaslitmanen.bsky.social/post/3k7vjejp7rz2nExcited to see that my book is now available on pre-order! https://www.routledge.com/A-Theory-of-De-Facto-States-Classical-Realism-and-Exceptional-Polities/Knotter/p/book/9780367861292?fbclid=IwAR1z6EqkZJQ_rKxqsebNdO0puZm4qpujFxBUYkCc1mhhyiw_SlOerRHGfh4 It's a heavily edited outcome of my PhD dissertation, and has been a looong time in the making. I must thank everyone who has helped me getting the book out in the world. I hope that people will enjoy it!21 Sep 2023 09:19 +0000at://did:plc:etnfltllxsf6fyoev5pqijne/app.bsky.feed.post/3k7vjejp7rz2n