We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Lydia Morgan to our research network! 🌐

Dr Morgan is completing a monograph on 'State Secrecy in the Liberal Democratic State' & spearheading a multi-jurisdictional research project on Transparency in the Five Eyes Intelligence Sharing Network.

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Join @clare_Stevens86 and Dr. Elspeth Van Veeren #ucu for our next event on April 23rd at 3pm. Elspeth and Clare will discuss their new paper with @amhafel on ‘secrecy games’ and the ways in which secrecy is used, resisted and transformed through resistance. Details: wp.me/pb19Tu-PD

📢 We are pleased to share a recording of our latest SPIN event with @rorycormac (@nottspolitics) on his latest research, chaired by Claudia Hillebrand. FAKERS: Lessons from the Rise and Fall of Cold War (Counter-)Disinformation. Stream on our website: wp.me/pb19Tu-Pr

🎙️Please join us for SPIN’s next event: ‘Secrecy Games: Power and Resistance in Global Politics’, based on a new paper shortly to be published in RIS by @clare_Stevens86 Dr. Elspeth Van Veeren #ucu and @amhafel. April 23rd, 3pm. More details: wp.me/pb19Tu-PD

SPIN Labs is looking forwards to working with Compass Presents, creators of expanded cinema and interactive encounters. Keep an eye on our socials for further project details and visit their website for further details: compasspresents.com

SPIN Labs is delighted to be working with @oskarmccarthy and Dr Laura Bowler (Wells) on their latest creative collaboration. Stay tuned for further details!📢

Join us today as we host Rory Cormac to hear about his latest work on (counter-)disinformation.

SPINster @Nataliejester builds upon lisa stampnitzky 🤦🏻‍♀️’s theorisation of the grey area between what we know and what is socially and politically acknowledged in her new journal article to show how arms manufacturers engender militarisation. Read more here: (journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…).

We SPIN Research Network are delighted to welcome Rory Cormac tomorrow. Join us for a fascinating talk about (counter-)disinformation. ⬇️ Jrnl Intel & Nat Sec Women's Intelligence Network Society for Intelligence History Netherlands Intelligence Studies Association King's Centre for the Study of Intelligence (KCSI)

In the final phase of your PhD? Come and work with us! SPIN is happy to support Economic and Social Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 aopplications for work on secrecy and/or ignorance projects. Contact us for further details by the 14th of March.

🎙️We’re pleased to invite you to our next talk. Hear Rory Cormac (@NottsPolitics) reflect on ‘FAKERS: Lessons from the Rise and Fall of Cold War (Counter-)Disinformation.’ March 13th, 3pm (UK). Further details: wp.me/pb19Tu-Oa

Join us to hear from Rory Cormac on his latest research. FAKERS: Lessons from the Rise and Fall of Cold War (Counter-)Disinformation. Don't miss this fascinating talk, March 13th, 3pm (UK). Further details: wp.me/pb19Tu-Oa Nottingham Politics

In today's blog post, based on her article 'Secrecy's Subjects' in @ejintsec, Dr. Elspeth Van Veeren ( Dr. Elspeth Van Veeren #ucu ) looks at how security, secrecy, and identities are interconnected in multilayered ways. rb.gy/fczvgx

And a big hello back to the good people SPIN Research Network. If you’re interested in questions of secrecy, revelation, ignorance, and privacy then you should check out the work being done by this global network of scholars.

Say 'Hi!' to Jamie. Dr. Jamie Johnson Jamie Johnson is a Lecturer at Leicester University working in the emerging sub-field of 'scandology' - the politics of scandals and their 'revelations'. For more on Jamie's work (and for all links), visit: secrecyresearch.com/all-members/

ART OF SECRECY: Emily Graham, ‘Cash's Pit’ (2022) - SPIN-MPF Photo Commission 2022 exploring the role of secrecy in occupation and resistance movements: rb.gy/hk4f7 #artofsecrecy

SPIN A-Z: 'O is for Official Record' by Dr. Peter Finn and Dr. Robert Ledger. Explore the intricate world of official records and their impact on understanding governance. 🔍 Check out their contribution to our A-Z here: wp.me/pb19Tu-Kw

A sitting Prime Minister accepts a bet about deporting people. It's not enough that immigration precarity plays out so cruelly, but it must also be turned into spectacle so this 'bet' becomes the focus over the next year. Necropolitics as entertainment.