"I’ll tell you what happens with impossible promises..." It's 40 years since Neil Kinnock tore into Militant at the Labour Party conference. I joined David Runciman on @ppfideas.bsky.social to talk about Kinnock, Trotskyism & the legacy of THAT speech today. Enjoy! www.ppfideas.com/episodes/now...

Nouvel article sur le marasme économique, crise du capital, et revanche de la propriété étatique, écrit pour @positions-revue.bsky.social @campolis.bsky.social

📰Dr Holly Porter @cambridgegender.bsky.social has written an article for @jeasjournal.bsky.social titled 'Babies, buildings, and bones' examining the (im)materiality of love and homemaking after war. 🌍 Read the article now: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

@cambridgegender.bsky.social is excited to announce the speaker at this year's Juliet Mitchell Lecture will be Prof Lila Abu-Lughod discussing "Revisiting the Awkward Relationship of Feminism and Anthropology" 📆 15 October ⏰17.30 📍McCrum Theatre Register early: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-juliet...

🏆Huge congratulations to this year's R.A. Butler Prize winners. 1st prize to Lydia Davenport (Holmes Chapel Sixth Form), 2nd prize to Daniel Zhang (The Hotchkiss School) and 12 special commendations to students from 5 countries.👏 Thank you to all who entered. polis.cam.ac.uk/news/2025-ra...

I have a piece in the new Cultivate issue reflecting on intersectionality as a theoretical tool www.cultivatefeministjournal.com/issue-7-spac...

📢 Congratulations to @iliasalami.bsky.social whose book 'The Spectre of State Capitalism' has been shortlisted for two best book awards. 📘👏

📖Join us for the launch of "Can Deliberation Cure the Ills of Democracy?", the latest book by political scientist and author Professor James Fishkin. 📆Thurs 18 Sept 🕠5:30 - 7PM 📍Provost's Lodge, King’s College Register now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc... #Democracy @kingscollege.bsky.social

📖Join us for the launch of "Can Deliberation Cure the Ills of Democracy?", the latest book by political scientist and author Professor James Fishkin. 📆Thurs 18 Sept 🕠5:30 - 7PM 📍Provost's Lodge, King’s College Register now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc... #Democracy @kingscollege.bsky.social

NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! Today’s episode in Politics on Trial is about the most famous trial in literature and one that never actually takes place. David talks to writer and literary scholar Ian Ellison about Franz Kafka’s The Trial, first published in 1925. Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com

📚Dr Holly Porter @cambridgegender.bsky.social has written a book review of "In Love and at War" by @hilarymatfess.bsky.social in @civilwarsjournal.bsky.social. 📕In Love at War: cambridge.org/core/element... 📑Book Review: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Trump-Putin summit has brought the outline of a peace deal into view by Professor Marc Weller for inews. inews.co.uk/news/world/t...

How do federal and state governments drive innovation in the US? My new paper @cjres.bsky.social shows how the 'Polycentric Innovation State' with multi-level, place-based policies is reshaping regional growth in places like Michigan and Maine academic.oup.com/cjres/advanc...

Second year HSPS student Ismail, and surprise guest Astrid, explain a humanities course that is unique to Cambridge: Human, Social and Political Sciences (HSPS). youtu.be/hig5UOkDh68 This is just one of the ways to study politics at Cambridge. Learn more here: www.polis.cam.ac.uk/study-at-pol...

🏆🎉Congratulations to @absander.bsky.social , the winner of this year's Lisa Smirl PhD Prize for the best PhD thesis completed in the previous academic year. Read more: www.polis.cam.ac.uk/news/antoine...

📸We're thrilled to announce the winners of the POLIS PhD Fieldwork Photography Competition! Congratulations to: 🥇Amelia Amemate (Dela) 🥈Daniel Rincon Machon 🥉 Karen Dominguez Mendoza View the winning images here: www.polis.cam.ac.uk/news/announc...

Congratulations to Professor Duncan Kelly on his appointment as Professor of Politics. This marks a significant milestone in Professor Kelly's distinguished career at Cambridge, so please join us in congratulating him on his appointment. www.polis.cam.ac.uk/news/profess...

Our L.H.M. Ling Outstanding First Book Prize 2025 winner was Farhana Afrin Rahman @campolis.bsky.social for her book 'After the Exodus: Gender and Belonging in Bangladesh's Rohingya Refugee Camps' @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org 🎉 🌟 Read more - buff.ly/Rvd09Wk

✨ Another huge congratulations to Dr Farhana Afrin Rahman for winning the L.H.M. Ling Outstanding First Book Prize 2025 for her phenomenal book 'After the Exodus: Gender and Belonging in Bangladesh's Rohingya Refugee Camps'. 📕 www.cambridge.org/core/books/a... 🏆

🎙️What is the value of speaking other languages? "We're in a current geopolitical situation where we need to be able to speak other languages... & that works through things like soft power & diplomacy as well social cohesion, conflict resolution."— Wendy Bennett 🎧https://pod.fo/e/2fb7e1 #podcast

Exhibition extended! 🎉 We are happy to announce that we are extending Kirsten Laver's beautiful exhibition 'Admitting the Possibilities of Error' to 29 August 2025. The exhibition is open from 9am - 5pm on weekdays or by special appointment. Find out more at buff.ly/rd45heH

New blog on how the Renters’ Rights Bill could improve private renters’ mental health Private renters face mental health risks due to tenancy uncertainty. Marco Felici explores how banning "no fault” evictions in the UK’s Renters’ Rights Bill could help www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/renters...

📰New article by @haugejostein.bsky.social in Global Currents, a newsletter about international political economy, titled "Is China a climate champion? How the world's largest emitter is actually leading global decarbonization." www.theglobalcurrents.com/p/is-china-a... #China #ClimatePolicy

📢We're hiring a full-time postdoctoral research associate based in the Centre of Governance & Human Rights @cghrcambridge.bsky.social for 2 years to collaborate with Prof Sharath Srinivasan on 'Communication Technology and Contentious Politics'. Learn more: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51939/

📽️If you missed the Human, Social and Political Sciences (HSPS) talk this morning, there is a recording of a very similar talk by Dr Ella McPherson explaining more about the HSPS tripos. You can watch it on YouTube here: youtube.com/watch?v=argv... #CambridgeOpenDay @camsociology.bsky.social

📚We're off to a great start at this year's undergrad Open Day with a standing room only talk for our History and Politics Tripos with Prof Peter Sloman. Visit us in the Alison Richard Building, attend the HSPS talk in West Rd Concert Hall at 11am and the POLIS sample lecture at 2pm. Arrive early. 🧑‍🎓

NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! Today’s bad idea is one with a short history but a big reach. David talks to historian Gary Gerstle about how it was originally conceived, what its current vogue says about the times in which we live and whether this really is a polycrisis. Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com

BONUS EPISODE OUT NOW! David talks to historian of religion Alec Ryrie about his remarkable new book. Since WWII ‘not being a Nazi’ has become the benchmark of moral conduct. What has this meant for our understanding of good and evil? Join PPF+ for all our bonuses: www.ppfideas.com/join-ppf-plus

Delighted to share latest article "Gendered extractivism in Uganda: implications for Just Transitions" Effects include 1) more gender based violence, 2) restricted access to basic necessities 3) territorial dispossession. Thx to all interviewees & collaborators! OA iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

✏️ Call for papers Interdisciplinary perspectives on empire, colonialism, and anticolonialism This call for papers is aimed at presenters from across the arts, humanities, and social sciences at any stage of their career Submit by 30 August 2025 www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/47272...

💥 CRASSH at 25! Be part of our 2026 anniversary programme! Submit your ideas in response to our anniversary open calls for a special annual lecture and a series of funded half-day events on the theme of 'Knowledge in a Fractured World' buff.ly/MdzMVzX

📃We are delighted that Environmental Research Letters has published @tobiasmueller.bsky.social's article 'Gendered extractivism in Uganda: implications for just transitions'. You can read it here now: 🔗 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

🥳Congratulations to POLIS PhD student Abii-Tah Bih! She's won a Cambridge Students' Award for 'Contributions to Access & Widening Participation' for her incredible mentorship program for aspiring African postgrads.✨ #CambridgeSUAwards @cghrcambridge.bsky.social polis.cam.ac.uk/news/cambrid...

NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! For today’s episode in the history of bad ideas David talks to philosopher @shannonvallor.bsky.social about the myth that technology can be value free. Why do we let Silicon Valley get away with the idea that it’s never the fault of the tech? Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com

🎓 HUGE congratulations to all those who graduated last week! What a huge achievement, we couldn’t be prouder. 🥹 Enjoy your well-earned celebrations, and welcome to the global #CambridgeAlumni community! 🍾 📸Lloyd Mann

Check out a new article by our PhD student Leah Schmidt in Ms Magazine on Canada's response to the 'gender panic': msmagazine.com/2025/07/03/c...

My paper with M. Gatto on Fiscal Dominance w/ Debt Ceilings is now on RePEc. Rosso, B. & Gatto, M. (2025). Dynamics and Optimal Monetary-Fiscal Policy in Fiscally Dominant Economies with Occasionally Inflexible Monetary Authorities. MPRA Working Paper 125094. econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:pra:mp...

🎉Congratulations @thinkwoodist.bsky.social. Your promotion is very much deserved.

Wrote a new piece for @the-breakdown.bsky.social on how the Second Cold War is shaping the future climate and energy transition, including in developing countries www.break-down.org/post/a-green... @campolis.bsky.social @scwobservatory.bsky.social a few quotes in the thread below: 1/6

Dr Leah Downey (POLIS/ @stjohnscollege.bsky.social ) was the guest expert on @bbc5live.bsky.social 'Wake up to Money' programme on Friday 27 June, discussing everything from music sales to trade tariffs. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! Today’s bad idea is one that started out as satire and ended as a political slogan. David talks to historian of ideas Ben Jackson about meritocracy and its origins in Michael Young’s book The Rise of the Meritocracy published in 1958. Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com

New collection expertly edited by @johannespetry.bsky.social out with @brisunipress.bsky.social. I wrote an essay on Political Economy of International Financial Subordination: From Genesis to Varieties of Financial Statecraft bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/edcollbook/b... @campolis.bsky.social

NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! For today’s episode in the history of bad ideas David talks to cultural historian Tom Wright about charisma, a term that often feels essential for understanding modern politics but which ends up obscuring far more than it explains. Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com

BONUS EPISODE OUT NOW! In this bonus episode David & Dan @thehistoryguy.bsky.social‬ continue their conversation about the myth of the decisive battle by looking at some examples. Yarmuk, Stalingrad, Hastings, Trafalgar & more... Join PPF+ here for all our bonuses: www.ppfideas.com/join-ppf-plus

📢 New report from the Bennett Institute & the Web Science Institute, funded by @nuffieldfoundation.org, explores how AI can serve the public good—covering admin justice, place, public health & market failure. Based on 4 cross-sector workshops in 2024. www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/ai-for-...

Wrote a piece for @lpeblog.bsky.social "Historians may remember Trump 2.0 as the great accelerator of 21st-century state capitalism, a historically specific form of capitalism where the fusion of private and state capital reaches new heights" lpeproject.org/blog/state-c... @campolis.bsky.social

🎉🏆We're so incredibly proud of L.H.M. Ling Outstanding First Book Prize winner Dr Farhana Afrin Rahman who won for her exceptional book "After the Exodus: Gender and Belonging in Bangladesh's Rohingya Refugee Camps" (Cambridge University Press). #BISA2025

The Centre of Latin American Studies & the Centre of Development Studies are hiring a Research Associate in Latin American Development (Fixed Term) If you have a deep engagement with Latin America and Development Studies and the skills to carry out research, apply now: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51764/

Missed the Ellen McArthur Lectures delivered by Prof Thomas Piketty? The lectures showcased Piketty's unparalleled capacity to relate comparative historical research on economic history to urgent global public policy and political issues. ➡️Catch up now bit.ly/3HPK4is