We cultivate an anti-colonial critique of the genealogy of social licence to open a conversation about its racialised & colonial logics. Thx to brilliant scholars who informed our analysis Lisa Tilley Maria Dyveke Styve Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui @DRX_ADunlap Negar Elodie Behzadi @geographista Zainab Mai-Bornu

Dr Zainab Mai-Bornu Zainab Mai-Bornu, Uni of Leicester; Professor Fidelis Allen, Uni of Port Harcourt, Nigeria; and Bridget Osakwe Bridget Osakwe, West Africa Network for Peacebuilding, Nigeria Online and Fielding Johnson Council Rooms - FJ CS R1, Fielding Johnson Building.

#TheGoodMothers: 'Disney+' groundbreaking drama tries to tell the stories of women in the mafia but important pieces of the puzzle are missing'. Read more from PoLIS - Bath's Professor Felia Allum for The Conversation 📺 ⤵️ bit.ly/43PMOT1

Telling people that attending conferences especially APSA will not change their career is untrue, misguided, unfair and not universally true. As a black, migrant, female student at a state school I needed all the networking I could get. Y’all are so privileged you have no idea.

Vulnerable #women are often recruited into #crime as bait. Are they perpetrators, victims, or both? Felia Allum joins #brlsi to explore the culture of #criminalgangs through the medium of #graphicart. #Feminism UN Women UK Tues 19 Sep 7:30 - 9pm 🎟£3– £6 brlsi.org/whatson/graphi…

EricaBaffelli Aura Di Febo The University of Manchester 私的京都産業大学 UTokyo | 東京大学 Paulina Kolata Ioannis Gaitanidis Religious Studies The issue also includes a book review by Zainab Mai-Bornu on a monograph from a different context - Nigeria. She reviews Rage and Carnage in the Name of God: Religious Violence in Nigeria by Abiodun Alao African Leadership Centre, published by Duke University Press tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

It was great having Dr Zainab Mai-Bornu Zainab Mai-Bornu with us on Friday to deliver PoLIS' annual Athena Swan lecture. An insightful talk on #gender and #conflict in the #NigerDelta and why women's voices matter.

Delighted to be part of this project. Academics from University of Leicester are set to join an innovative new international collaborative study to examine the network of risk factors... le.ac.uk/news/2024/febr…

So pleased that we can carry on talking about 'Mafia women' & their agency with CinemaItaliaUK 😎 In 2024 16-17 March Riverside Studios - London 23-24 April Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution - 🛁 Bath! There will be some great films & discussions! The Leverhulme Trust PoLIS - Bath University of Bath Enrico Cecconi

In Special issue #GreenCriminology Voices from #Africa Zainab Mai-Bornu Green criminology in the Niger Delta of Nigeria - Why African women’s voices matter #NigerDelta #gender #ecocide Annette Hübschle 🔗doi.org/10.5204/ijcjsd…

📢 The Wellcome-funded Protecting African youth who are Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET) against depression project have TWO RA/PhD positions available ⌛️ Advert closes midnight on 25 March 2024 👇 For more info and to apply jobs.ac.uk/job/DGM999/res…

What transforms the everyday person into a terrorist? 🤔 In our first episode of the season, we speak to psychologists and counter extremism experts on the allure of misinformed and violent narratives. 🌍 #MediaMinded explores the world of misinformation and propaganda. Now in

So far #organisedcrime has been presented as a male-only affair with women being overlooked. The 3 films to be shown Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution CinemaItaliaUK in Bath on 23-24 April will highlight the different aspects of women's agency in mafia contexts. Beware of the #malegaze! The Leverhulme Trust

We travelled to Nigeria to host a two part event helping equip people with the skills to combat violent extremism 🇳🇬 🙌 A massive thanks to the GEC @statedept and Zainab Mai-Bornu at the University of Leicester for making this event possible 👏 #podcast #MediaMinded #Nigeria

Congratulations to our wonderful colleagues Angela Muir and Dr Zainab Mai-Bornu on their promotion to Associate Professor! And to Dr Kellie Moss on her promotion to Senior Research Associate! College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities History at Leicester Centre for Regional and Local History Leicester Institute for Advanced Studies

Congratulations to everyone who graduated today! 👏👏👏#LeicesterGrad

Attending APSA and researching African politics? Do not miss the African Politics Conference Group's events! You can find more info on our website: afpol.org/blog/apsa-2024…