Responsibility Collective

26/03/2024

🎧 NEW EPISODE 🎧

This month, to celebrate , we spoke to Kristin Thue, Policy and Advocacy Coordinator for the APPG on Drones and Modern Conflict and Engagement Coordinator at the Employers' Initiative on Domestic Abuse.

Kristin talks to us about the overlaps in her two roles, women’s rights and international security, and the links between private and public violence, with broader implications for international security.

She also gives inspiring advice on breaking into the and fields (spoiler alert: it's not easy, but activism and putting your voice out there clearly and continuously can be a great start). And "having a conscious relationship with your weaknesses and what you still don't know - don't let that be the reason to not enter spaces we all belong in".

More in the episode👇 available on our website or on Spotify:

This month, to celebrate International Women’s Day, we spoke to Kristin Thue, Policy and Advocacy Coordinator for the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Modern Conflict and Communications and E…

18/03/2024

📌 NEW INTERVIEW 💬

We spoke with Evan Supple about the role of social movements in informing and enabling new ways of responding to the climate crisis, with a focus on global environmental grassroots movement Extinction Rebellion. Grounded in French philosopher Alain Badiou’s revolutionary political thought, Evan discusses the limits of liberal notions of responsibility, and explains why a more radical conception of responsibility is needed to foster emancipatory environmental politics. 🌏

Evan is a ballet dancer by career but continues to research and publish as an independent scholar. His research interests include German Idealism, Marxism, environmental politics, postcapitalist notions of change, and love. He holds a Master’s degree in Interdisciplinary Studies from Athabasca University, Canada.

Read the interview 👇

In this interview, Evan unpacks the role of social movements in informing and enabling new ways of responding to the climate crisis. Grounded in French philosopher Alain Badiou’s revolutionary poli…

11/02/2024

🎧 NEW EPISODE 🎧

Our first episode of 2024 is an interview with Paula Reisdorf from CorpWatch!

Paula talks to us about all things corporate responsibility, reporting on corporate behaviour, and advice on entering the corporate accountability field.

Paula is a researcher, journalist and activist currently working as Senior Researcher and Social Media Coordinator for CorpWatch, an organisation providing accurate and timely reporting on corporate behaviour to activists, policy makers and the public. Paula also runs the Corporate Accountability Job Board sharing open applications for jobs in the corporate accountability field.

The episode is available on Spotify and on our website 👇

For more episodes and interviews on Talking Responsibility visit: https://responsibilitycollective.wordpress.com/interviews/

In this interview, Paula talks to us about her research at CorpWatch, including their exciting Gulliver project, and her experience that led to her interest in corporate responsibility. Outside of …

21/09/2023

There's still time to submit a piece for our Special Issue on Responsibility! We welcome submissions from students and recent graduates from all fields engaging with questions of responsibility.

More info below and on our website ⬇️
https://responsibilitycollective.wordpress.com/calls-for-papers/
Submit at [email protected]

*CALL FOR PAPERS*: The world has become an increasingly hostile place: from military coups, war, famine, atrocities, diplomatic and political crises emerging in all corners of the globe. In this context, vacuums of accountability raise the moral and ethical question of responsibility and what that means in an international context. We want to hear your thoughts.

Are the growing threats posed by great power rivalry due to the inability of the UN Security Council to face these and amend its mechanisms? Are governments neglecting their obligations to the climate change emergency by dropping pledges, and is it too little too late? What can academics, practitioners and policy makers do? What can the youth do?

Write for us and submit at [email protected]. Info below and on our website ⬇️

https://responsibilitycollective.wordpress.com/calls-for-papers/

06/09/2023

Tune into our 🔊 *NEW EPISODE* of the Responsibility Collective Interview Series 🎧👇

📌 In this episode, Research Associate at the University of Sheffield, Dr Henry Staples, takes us through the highlights and challenges of his academic and professional journey - starting from an interest in land economy, living in a favela in Rio de Janeiro, and a PhD on the trajectories of members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerilla group in the wake of Colombia’s 2016 peace agreement. He talks about his research topics and recent publications on community participation in peacebuilding in Colombia and reintegration of former combatants, fieldwork experiences, and what responsibility means in the context of peace processes and his own research. Henry shares advice for researchers, students and young professionals pursuing careers or interested in the fields of peacebuilding and conflict resolution.

We'd love to hear what you think! 💥

To find out more about the Responsibility Collective Interview Series and platform visit: https://responsibilitycollective.wordpress.com/interviews/.

In this episode, Henry takes us through the highlights and challenges of his academic and professional journey – starting from an interest in land economy, several months living in a favela i…

25/08/2023

Welcoming Eleanor Smith as our new Associate Editor for the Interview and Podcast Series! Eleanor is a PhD student at King's College London looking at how nation states fulfil their obligations to prevent atrocities, how they differ and whether states' atrocity prevention strategies can be grouped into some kind of taxonomy.

If you’re a student, early to mid career researcher or practitioner interested in taking part in the series or have someone in mind, reach out to Eleanor!

Check out our Interview Series at https://responsibilitycollective.wordpress.com/interviews/ and team at https://responsibilitycollective.wordpress.com/who-we-are/.

25/08/2023

*CALL FOR PAPERS*: The world has become an increasingly hostile place: from military coups, war, famine, atrocities, diplomatic and political crises emerging in all corners of the globe. In this context, vacuums of accountability raise the moral and ethical question of responsibility and what that means in an international context. We want to hear your thoughts.

Are the growing threats posed by great power rivalry due to the inability of the UN Security Council to face these and amend its mechanisms? Are governments neglecting their obligations to the climate change emergency by dropping pledges, and is it too little too late? What can academics, practitioners and policy makers do? What can the youth do?

Write for us and submit at [email protected]. Info below and on our website ⬇️

https://responsibilitycollective.wordpress.com/calls-for-papers/

31/05/2023

🗣️ Deadline for applications is TODAY!

Please send your CV and cover letter to [email protected]

Are you our new associate editor?

We are looking for a student or young professional who is keen on exploring the notion of responsibility from a multidisciplinary perspective through written and spoken interviews.

The role is voluntary and involves taking a lead on our podcast and interviews series https://responsibilitycollective.com/interviews/

Please send your CV and cover letter to us at [email protected] by 31 May 2023!

03/05/2023

We're pleased to welcome James Joseph to the Responsibility Collective team! James is a researcher at Platform for Peace and Humanity on South Eastern Europe and the Balkan Region, and will soon be starting a PhD concentrating on the R2P and a new mechanism for intervention and post-intervention reconstruction. We look forward to James' contributions as Associate Editor!

https://responsibilitycollective.wordpress.com/who-we-are/

28/04/2023

Are you our new associate editor?

We are looking for a student or young professional who is keen on exploring the notion of responsibility from a multidisciplinary perspective through written and spoken interviews.

The role is voluntary and involves taking a lead on our podcast and interviews series https://responsibilitycollective.com/interviews/

Please send your CV and cover letter to us at [email protected] by 31 May 2023!