Today Giovanni Martino, who is visiting from KU Leuven, will present his paper "Reparations for Colonial Legacies' at our Workshop in Political Theory -- we look forward to it!

Great session at our workshop in political theory today, discussing domination and normative orientation in Foucault's thought with Fabian Freyenhagen

🚨 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 👇

We look forward to welcoming Fabian Freyenhagen who will give a talk about “A Minimum of Domination”—The Overt Normative Orientation of Foucault’s Work' tomorrow at our Workshop in Political Theory!

“This book is one of the most important contributions to the literature on political liberalism yet published” Blain Neufeld @neufeld.bsky.social reviewing “Politicizing Political Liberalism” in Ethics. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... global.oup.com/academic/pro...

We are delighted to invite nominations (including self-nominations) for the 2026 BIAPT Early-Career and Mid-Career prizes! The deadline for nominations is May 22nd. Full details are below 👇 www.associationforpoliticalthought.ac.uk/biapt-prizes...

An excellent talk by Alex on "Strikes and the Ideological Bind of the Fair Contract"!

We look forward to welcoming Alex Gourevitch tomorrow (Brown University) to talk about "Strikes and the Ideological Bind of the Fair Contract". The event is hosted by @ycpt.bsky.social and @uoyphilosophy.bsky.social

We are looking forward to welcoming Alex Gourevitch in York next week for his talk about "Strikes and the Ideological Bind of the Fair Contract". A great event co-sponsored by our Centre and @uoyphilosophy.bsky.social

CfA: Theories of Public Reason -- 2026 MANCEPT WORKSHOPS Consider applying to this fantastic workshop convened by Gabriele Badano, Blain Neufeld, and Collis Tahzib Deadline 12 May 2026 philevents.org/event/show/1...

Great workshop session with Sameer Bajaj who is talking about his new work on containment, illiberal populism and political liberalism!

We look forward to welcoming Sameer Bajaj (University of Warwick) tomorrow at our workshop in political theory. He will discuss his paper "The Limits of Containment: Political Liberalism and Engagement with Illiberal Views”.

We look forward to welcoming Sameer Bajaj (University of Warwick) tomorrow at our workshop in political theory. He will discuss his paper "The Limits of Containment: Political Liberalism and Engagement with Illiberal Views”.

We are delighted to announce that the winner of this year's YCSJD Book Manuscript Workshop Award is Fabio Wolkenstein, with his book "Democratic Regressions: Subversions of Popular Rule and Paths to Recovery". We look forward to discussing this exciting new work in July!

Apply to the conference 'From Crisis to the Renewal of Community: Progress, Judgement, and the Return of History', which will take place at the University of York, 20th-21st of July 2026. You can find all information about when and how to apply here: crisisandcommunity.wordpress.com

It is such an honour to have our book shortlisted for this amazing prize: www.psa.ac.uk/news/mackenz...

FEW DAY LEFT to apply to the York Centre for Social Justice and Democracy (formerly known as York Centre for Political Theory) 2026 BOOK MANUSCRIPT WORKSHOP (DEADLINE Friday, 19 December 2025) Information can be found here: www.york.ac.uk/politics/cpt... @martinoneill.bsky.social

Corrado Fumagalli reviews Gabriele Badano and Alasia Nuti's "Politicizing Political Liberalism: On the Containment of Illiberal and Antidemocratic Views" at Contemporary Political Theory (1/3) link.springer.com/article/10.1...

We look forward to welcoming Fergus Green @fergusgreen.bsky.social at our workshop in political theory tomorrow to discuss his paper "The Wellbeing–Responsibility Theory"

Reminder: York Centre for Social Justice and Democracy (formerly known as York Centre for Political Theory) 2026 BOOK MANUSCRIPT WORKSHOP (DEADLINE Friday, 19 December 2025) Information can be found here: www.york.ac.uk/politics/cpt... APPLY and, please, circulate widely! @martinoneill.bsky.social

A fantastic session of our workshop in political theory today, with Josh Milburn @joshmilburn.bsky.social presenting his thought-provoking work on war for animals.

Excited to host Liam Shields @liamshields.bsky.social tomorrow at our York Workshop in Political Theory, with his paper 'What is Wrong with Severing a Grandparent-Grandchild Relationship?'

There has been a scary increase of racist and xenophobic verbal and physical attacks, racist graffiti and other forms of xenophobic vandalism in York over the last month, in connection with the Operation Raise the Colour. This must stop! If you are in York, do join the rally on the 4th October!

We have an amazing line-up of speakers for our Workshop in Political Theory this semester!

York Centre for Social Justice and Democracy (formerly known as York Centre for Political Theory) 2026 BOOK MANUSCRIPT WORKSHOP (DEADLINE Friday, 19 December 2025) Information can be found here: www.york.ac.uk/politics/cpt... APPLY and, please, circulate widely! @martinoneill.bsky.social

Shall we rely on the state in the fight against right-wing populism and the far-right? Gabriele Badano and I answer this question in our just published articles at IAI TV iai.tv/articles/cre...

Check out the new fantastic paper on 'ecological personhood' co-authored by Mónica Brito-Vieira and Sean Fleming, in early view at APSR! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

It was a pleasure to discuss @tomoshea.org’s Socialist Republicanism at our annual political theory book manuscript workshop.

Who can explain political theorists how to do public engagement better than Toby Buckle? Thanks @polphilpod.bsky.social for coming to York again!

Amazing discussion of Catherine Lu's stimulating work on seeing structural injustice yesterday at our workshop! @catherinelu.bsky.social

We’re looking forward to Catherine Lu’s talk tomorrow on “Seeing structural injustice: A tragic view” at our political theory workshop tomorrow! @catherinelu.bsky.social

Another stimulating session of our workshop in political theory today. Raf Geenens (KU Leuven) will talk about his paper 'From the Rights of Nature to the Nature of Rights'! @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social

Huge congratulations to Alasia Nuti @alasianuti.bsky.social who was awarded the 2025 Richard Rose Prize for an early career academic who made an outstanding contribution to advancing knowledge in political studies by the Political Studies Association (PSA)! @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

Super excited to be involved in organising this brilliant event in September - a two day workshop in Leicester on Forgotten Animals, with support from the SAP, come along if you can make it! #philsky #academicsky #animals @ycpt.bsky.social philevents.org/event/show/1...

PUBLICATION ALERT: Gabriele Badano's new exciting paper on values in science, public reason, and democracy link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Andrew Joseph Cohen reviews Gabriele Badano's and Alasia Nuti's "Politicizing Political Liberalism" for The Philosophical Quarterly": "a book that should be read by all political philosophers and theorists with any interest in the real world" academic.oup.com/pq/advance-a...

Our own Alfred Moore @alfredmoore.bsky.social will present his work on technocracy as practice at our workshop in political theory tomorrow! www.york.ac.uk/politics/peo...

We are delighted to host Steven Klein @stevenklein.bsky.social today at our workshop!

We are excited to have Tony Buckle (created and host of the amazing Political Philosophy Podcast) give a talk at our workshop tomorrow!

A new fantastic Call for Abstracts: Theories of Public Reason (MANCEPT 2025). Deadline 14 May 2025 philevents.org/event/show/1...

A very stimulating talk by Rossella De Bernardi on despair and climate change activism today at our workshop!

📢 Join us tomorrow for a York Political Theory Workshop where Rossella De Bernardi will be speaking about despair and the emotional culture of the climate movement Find out more here: https://buff.ly/3Cv1MFR

We are delighted to welcome Rossella De Bernardi back to York to present her new work on "Despair and the Emotional Culture of the Climate Movement" -- tomorrow at our workshop in political theory!

Spread the word! A funded PhD opportunity on consent under non-ideal conditions. To work with @hcarnegy.bsky.social, Stephen Holland, and AIMS!

We really look forward to Patricia Owens (@whitproject.bsky.social) talk tomorrow! An even run in collaboration with the International Studies Cluster at the @uoypolitics.bsky.social

We are delighted to announce that the winner of this year's YCPT Book Workshop Award is @constantartifice.bsky.social (Dr Tom O'Shea) for the manuscript "Socialist Republicanism". We received great applications and competition was fierce. Congratulations, Tom! We look forward to discussing your book

A new interesting review of Gabriele Badano and @alasianuti.bsky.social 's "Politicizing Political Liberalism"

Alasia Nuti discussing democratic backsliding with mark Pennington for the KCL Governance Podcast.

Alasia Nuti discussing her new book co-authored with Gabriele Badano at the New Books Network Podcast!