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/

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/

13/02/2023

Disasters raise a number of questions on responsibility, as the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria reminds us. Read our latest interview by Liam Bagshaw, discussing the relationship between disasters and international law.

We spoke with Liam Bagshaw about his research on international law and disaster risk, what it can tell us about responsibility, and why we should begin to think of disasters as more than ‘nat…

08/02/2023

🗣️ CALLS FOR INTERVIEWS: We love discussing and sharing your areas of research with others interested in . With upcoming interviews on disaster risk and post-conflict structures, we're eager to add to our ever growing interview series! If you’d like to be interviewed reach out to us at [email protected] or send us a dm!

Emily is a PhD candidate at Newcastle University, UK, researching how nuclear weapons are represented in contemporary popular culture. Her work understands popular culture as a site of nuclear poli…

02/02/2023

Learn more about popular culture as a site of nuclear politics in the everyday in our latest interview with Emily Faux, a PhD candidate and mentee for the EU’s Next Generation Initiative: ‘Young Women in Non-proliferation and Disarmament’.

Emily is a PhD candidate at Newcastle University, UK, researching how nuclear weapons are represented in contemporary popular culture. Her work understands popular culture as a site of nuclear poli…

08/12/2022

Join us for our latest instalment of the Interview Series! In a brand new podcast format, we interview Euan Raffle, an ESRC funded post-doctoral fellow at the University of Sheffield, about his academic interests, inspirations, research, and what responsibility means to him: https://responsibilitycollective.com/2022/12/07/euan-raffle-on-responsibility-in-academia-and-the-war-on-drugs/

14/09/2022

Read the latest piece on our blog page, Emma Milner's take on the role of big tech in mass atrocity prevention:

By Emma Milner The conversation on Big Tech’s power over speech should be extended to include the role of social media in instances of grave violence, specifically mass atrocities. It should discus…

10/06/2022

Read the latest addition to our interview series, an insightful conversation with Laura Collins about her key interest in the Central African Republic:

The Responsibility Collective reached out to Laura Collins to chat about her journey through academia so far, her thoughts on responsibility and her key interest in the Central African Republic. La…

08/03/2022

As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues with catastrophic impacts, we want to create space for Narratives with reflections, personal experiences, and firsthand accounts. Broadcast your voice, share your experience. We're listening. For more information:https://responsibilitycollective.com/cfc/

Broadcast your voice. Share your experience. Start the conversation. The Responsibility Collective’s Narratives includes two sections: Narratives on Responsibility and our rotating Calls…

03/03/2022

We are welcoming submissions analysing the notion of responsibility from a variety of disciplines for our special issue! For more information: https://responsibilitycollective.com/submit/

11/01/2022

We are still accepting submissions for our Special Issue! The deadline has been extended to 31 January. For more information please visit: https://responsibilitycollective.com/submissions-2/

27/12/2021

We hope everyone's enjoying the holiday season! As we approach the end of the year we'd like to remind you that we are accepting submissions for our Special Issue till 31 Dec. Please visit https://responsibilitycollective.com/submissions-2/ for more information.

11/11/2021

The Responsibility Collective is currently welcoming submissions for our next Special Issue concerned with responsibility from the perspective of different disciplines! If interested please visit: https://responsibilitycollective.com/submissions-2/.

25/10/2021

The Responsibility Collective is looking for a new associate editor! The role will include editing submissions and regularly communicating with authors and scholars to present excellent scholarship to our members. For more information please visit: https://responsibilitycollective.com

22/10/2021

We're pleased to welcome Sarah Bressàn to our advisory board! A research fellow at the Global Public Policy Institute and the co-founder of Better Think Tanking, we look forward to gaining new insights from Sarah!
https://responsibilitycollective.com/advisory-board/

We would like to thank all members of the Responsibility Collective’s Advisory Board for their support. Dr Simon Adams, Executive Director Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect / …

12/10/2021

Peer reviewer has recently conducted fascinating research concerning peace processes in Colombia. Discussing Columbia’s 2016 Peace Agreement, Dr. Staples highlights the societal processes essential for driving change. Read more at: https://www.civilwarpaths.org/2021/08/20/social-movements-colombia/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001671852030289X

Dr. Henry Staples is a former PhD student at the University of Sheffield and currently a Research Associate on the Improbable Dialogues project. He wrote his thesis on the negotiation and implementation of Colombia’s 2016 peace agreement. Here, Henry discusses the dynamics of societal participatio...

11/10/2021

We are excited to announce the launch of our new LinkedIn page! Follow us for information and updates on current and upcoming work of the Collective. By expanding to a new platform, we hope to connect with more young professionals and continue showcasing engaging and thought-provoking work concerned with responsibility. Follow us at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/responsibility-collective

Responsibility Collective | 3 followers on LinkedIn. Thinking about responsibility critically and collectively | Free online platform for students and young professionals, thinking about critically and collectively. Formerly know as R2P Student Journal.

18/08/2021

CALL FOR WRITERS!

Dear members of the Responsibility Collective,

There are currently a number of issues and topics in the news which demand our attention and raise crucial questions about responsibility. We would love to cover them on our online platform. We are looking for writers to submit blogs (essays/creative pieces/short articles) and narratives (personal accounts or viewpoints) on topics covered in the list below.

Please direct message or email us at [email protected] if you would like to write on any of these and we can help you through the submission process. The deadline for messaging us with your interest is Friday 3rd September 2021.

1. Afghanistan: What does the US & NATO withdrawal from Afghanistan mean for Afghan civilians, especially women? What responsibility do states, individuals, local and international organisations, humanitarian organisations among others have in mitigating the impacts of this withdrawal? What form should this responsibility take?
2. IPCC report: What are your initial thoughts? How has it been covered in the news? How might policymakers around the world react? Does anything stand out to you, if so, what? Where does individual vs collective responsibility sit here?
3. The earthquake and its aftermath in Haiti: What this means for civilians, and the wider responsibility of nations across the world. Who should be offering aid, why? What does this mean for the responsibility of individuals, as well as states?

If you’d like to submit a blog on any other topic, please get in touch to discuss further.

Blog submission guidelines: https://responsibilitycollective.wordpress.com/submit-a-blog-post/

Narratives submission guidelines: https://responsibilitycollective.wordpress.com/cfc/

Best wishes
The Editorial Team

What are we looking for? We are looking for excellent student essays, dissertation excerpts, short commentaries, analytical pieces and creative work for our Blog. We welcome submissions on a rollin…

30/07/2021

CALL FOR ARTICLES!

What does it mean to be responsible? Does this differ depending on the type of contemporary issue? Are we responsible, or instead ultimately failing to meet our obligations?

For our Annual Special Issue we welcome analytical and critical perspectives from a range of disciplines on how contemporary issues relate to the notion of responsibility.

Submit an analytical piece, short commentary, dissertation excerpt, student essay at: https://responsibilitycollective.com/submissions-2/.

Browse our previous Issues published under our previous title at: https://responsibilitycollective.com/previous-issues/.

The submission process in four short steps 01 Scope Familiarise yourself with our scope and aims. Look out for active calls for papers and read our previous issues. 02 Write Familiarise yourself wi…

29/07/2021

As part of our new platform, we are now hosting an interview and podcast series at the Responsibility Collective.

Our interview series includes written interviews and an interactive podcast series featuring individual career and educational journeys across multiple disciplines, as well as issues linked to responsibility. If anybody would like to feature on our podcast or get involved another way please feel free to email or message.

Stay tuned!

Read our past interviews at: https://responsibilitycollective.com/interviews/

28/07/2021

Want to submit a review or have your work featured on our platform?

On a rolling basis, Reviews of the Month invites reviews and commentaries of recent books and journal articles which raise questions about responsibility. If you are unsure of a book or article to review please get in touch to discuss some recommendations from our editorial team!

Find out more at: https://responsibilitycollective.com/book-reviews/