Sure, never judge a book by its cover, but after three years of working on it, today I was moved to finally see the cover of my forthcoming book, featuring a painting by my late father in law, Paul Lysaker 🙏

Sure, never judge a book by its cover, but after three years of working on it, today I was moved to finally see the cover of my forthcoming book, featuring a painting by my late father in law, Paul Lysaker 🙏

⏰ CALL FOR PAPERS - EPSS PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP ON PLACE, POLITICS AND EVIDENCE-BASED POLICY ⏰ Submit by Weds 20 May! For all those interested in politics of geographic divides and keen to explore impact potential of their work. More info/submit here: shorturl.at/xS0iS @twanhuijsmans.bsky.social

We know what the vote flows are from extensive survey data. We *dont* know the turnout story. It’s mad to draw vote flow inferences from seat changes.

...and the lives of thousands of immigrants, who Labour are going to use as a punching bag, even more miserable

Yup. Cultural conflicts eat up the categories of "old" politics and spit them out as something completely different. @fraraffaelli.bsky.social and I have a paper about this 👇

🤔 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

We're hosting the 2nd Workshop for Elections, Public Opinion and Parties (EPOP) scholars based in the North of the UK. 🏛️University of York, 8-9 June 2026. 🚨 Submission deadline extended to 10/5- Please share! cc @psaepop.bsky.social @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social docs.google.com/document/d/1...

We're hosting the 2nd Workshop for Elections, Public Opinion and Parties (EPOP) scholars based in the North of the UK. 🏛️University of York, 8-9 June 2026. 🚨 Submission deadline extended to 10/5- Please share! cc @psaepop.bsky.social @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social docs.google.com/document/d/1...

The state of the "world-leading" university sector in the UK in 2026.

Deadline for submissions is tomorrow!!

Deadline for submissions is tomorrow!!

Plans to axe 600 jobs mooted at Nottingham to save £50 million www.timeshighereducation.com/news/plans-a...

📄 New paper with a fantastic MA student @jmschulte.bsky.social: When social democrats move right on migration, do voters actually follow? We study Olaf Scholz's radical shift on migration in Germany (October 2023).

Call for abstracts to our panel "Spatial inequalities across the life course and generations" at the LIVES International Research Days, Lausanne (4-5 Nov. 2026) Link: www.centre-lives.ch/en/appel/liv... Deadline: 31 May 2026 @lauisilva.bsky.social @agatatroost.bsky.social @haleymcavay.bsky.social

📢 New paper out in @AJPS_Editor with Christian Baehr & Fiona Bare: "Climate Exposure Drives Firm Political Behavior: Evidence from Earnings Calls and Lobbying Data" When & how do firms engage in climate politics? 🧵 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/ajps...

"Far-right parties may be internationally connected, but they operate from a fundamentally national perspective". euobserver.com/212812/last-...

One week left to apply!! 😮 Please share

One week left to apply!! 😮 Please share

The political psych conference is getting a refresh this year! Please consider presenting your work. Junior faculty -- this is an EXCELLENT opportunity to build your professional network. Abstracts are due this Friday.

*PSA Prize Winners* 🎉Congratulations to Dr Jeremy Moulton @jeremymoulton.bsky.social this year’s academic prize winner of Vicky Randall Prize for outstanding contributions to teaching & learning ➡️ buff.ly/dvOF0Sa

Remember when the BBC apologized for calling Reform UK "far right"? And how journos invented "hard right" for them? Well, one thing voters and experts can both agree on is that they are far/radical/extreme right - whichever term you prefer. They belong to that party family. Nothing mainstream.

We're hosting the 2nd Workshop for Elections, Public Opinion and Parties (EPOP) scholars based in the North of the UK. 🏛️University of York, 8-9 June 2026. 🚨 Submission deadline extended to 1/5- Please share! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

BBC shows evidence that the Greek police have been recruiting migrants to strip, rob, beat up, and sexually assault migrants in an effort to push them back into Turkey www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

We're hosting the 2nd Workshop for Elections, Public Opinion and Parties (EPOP) scholars based in the North of the UK. 🏛️University of York, 8-9 June 2026. 🚨 Submission deadline extended to 1/5- Please share! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

🚨 Just over two weeks left to submit your abstracts! We're hosting the 2nd Workshop for scholars of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties (EPOP) based in the North of the UK. 🏛️University of York, 8-9 June 2026. Theme: Inequality, Authoritarianism and the Future of Liberal Democracy Info below 👇

Very interesting read on the categorisation, data and measurement of race by @haleymcavay.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities...

To address ethnoracial inequality, important decisions must be made about categorisation, data and measurement. In our latest blog post, Haley McAvay argues that race-focused research, and the policies it informs, would benefit from a diversity of measurements. #LSEInequalitiesBlog

Very interesting read on the categorisation, data and measurement of race by @haleymcavay.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities...

🚨 NEW REPORT! 🚨 What is the state of the UK academic job market in politics, and what does this mean for the field and #highered? In a new @psaecn.bsky.social report, @lawrencemckay.bsky.social @williamlallen.bsky.social and I find worrying trends in job adverts and HESA data from 2012-25 #PSA26

The bleak trend in new openings in politics academic jobs should be clearly explained to prospective PhD applicants. Landing an academic job is much, much harder than it was a few years ago.

Only 99p on Kindle today: my eleventh novel, the imaginatively-named Number 11. (Which, in order to achieve better sales, I should really have called What a Carve Up 2: the Return of the Winshaws.) This is the one Ken Loach read and said he wouldn't film because 'I don't really do giant spiders'.

📣 Join our ERC LEARN Research Team at CRIS, Sciences Po, Paris, to investigate how major disruptive events affect children's educational development. Apply by 12 April: ⭐️Doctoral Researcher / PhD candidate www.google.com/url?q=https:... ⭐️Postdoctoral Researcher www.google.com/url?q=https:...

A stunning capacity for self-humiliation

A comparison of streaming rate payments by the band Public Service Broadcasting shows the deleterious impact of Spotify on artists www.patreon.com/posts/stream...

🚨Call for papers We invite submissions for the 2nd Workshop for Scholars of Elections, Public Opinion, and Parties (EPOP) based in Northern UK 🏛️ University of York, 8-9 June 2026 Theme: Inequality, Authoritarianism, and the Future of Liberal Democracy More info: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Last day to apply!

'Hey, look at #Denmark! Social Democrats can stay relevant and marginalise the #farright by becoming - get this! - a bit like the far right!' Parrotted by every medium, contemplated by every SD party, ridiculed by every political scientist.

🌀 ⚖️ How civil liberties were tested during the COVID-19 pandemic 🦠 @pavlosvas1.bsky.social, @haleymcavay.bsky.social, Sylvain Brouard & @mfoucault.bsky.social show the delicate balance between public health measures and individual freedoms

Why supporters of the Mahmood-Starmer settlement reforms need to own "MOSTLY from 5 to 15 year" - instead of [false] euphemism of "mostly 10" Keir Starmer's Labour govt propose to triple timeline esp for most black + brown migrants (but more rarely for those who are white) + quadruple for refugees.

The current "automatic" process involves succeeding in the Life in the UK and English language tests and paying 3000 pounds.

🚨Call for papers We invite submissions for the 2nd Workshop for Scholars of Elections, Public Opinion, and Parties (EPOP) based in Northern UK 🏛️ University of York, 8-9 June 2026 Theme: Inequality, Authoritarianism, and the Future of Liberal Democracy More info: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

and references, and gathering your travel history for five years, and ...

The current "automatic" process involves succeeding in the Life in the UK and English language tests and paying 3000 pounds.

This really is one of the best conferences to attend out there -very high quality presentations and a friendly, relaxed vibe!

Are we accurately interpreting election results? In our new paper, forthcoming in @ejprjournal.bsky.social, Tim Vlandas and I discuss the risks associated with drawing inferences about national level outcomes based on individual-level analyses- i.e. the 'atomistic fallacy'.

Paul McCartney and I now share the same citizenship!! 🇬🇧

🇬🇧 UK Poll of Polls: 15 March 2026 27% ➡️ Reform 19% 🌹 Labour 18% 🌳 Conservative 16% 🍃 Green 12% 🐥 Lib Dem 5% 👽 Other 3% ✖️ SNP

This is the default configuration of Samsung TV. GB News has bought prime spot. What this meant was that racist chat entered my front room yesterday ("foreign NHS workers can't speak English").at 6.30pm with my six year old listening. How can Ofcom just sit back and let this happen?

“a deliberate choice to stamp on the dreams of exceptional young people for a headline”. www.ft.com/content/4493...