I published This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate in 2014. Lots of serious people explained that we didn't have time to tackle capitalism, climate was too important. Let the market fix it for us. The track record is 12 wasted years and a world on fire. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/c...

✅ WS Z - Middle Eastern Futures after October 7: Political imaginaries of national and regional orders 🔗 Find a full list of workshops and descriptions here: buff.ly/zIxO8WE

Check out Derek Edyvane's new post on 'The Page 99 Test' blog about his latest book, The Politics of Politeness: Citizenship, Civility, and the Democracy of Everyday Life. Find out what's on p. 99, and what it tells us about the book as a whole! page99test.blogspot.com/2025/11/dere...

Check out Derek Edyvane's new post on 'The Page 99 Test' blog about his latest book, The Politics of Politeness: Citizenship, Civility, and the Democracy of Everyday Life. Find out what's on p. 99, and what it tells us about the book as a whole! page99test.blogspot.com/2025/11/dere...

📣 I am delighted to announce our international conference “Facing Inequalities – Strategies for Change”, taking place on 6–7 November 2025 at the University of Graz.

#COP30 in Belém, Brazil is one week away. But what does the conference mean for the global south? ➡️ Simon Manda explores this in his blog written for the Priestley Centre: climate.leeds.ac.uk/a-global-sou... #GlobalSouth #ClimateJustice #UniOfLeeds

The End of the World - a participatory film co-led by Prof Rebecca Jarman - was shortlisted for the Louis Le Prince International Short Film Competition. See it Thursday at the Everyman: Exploring the Yungay landslide disaster in 1970, community and commemoration www.leedsfilm.com/whats-on/lou...

#BISA2026 submissions deadline is TODAY at 11:59pm 🌟 We cannot wait to see you all in Brighton as we look at the next 50 years in IR 🎉 Today is your final chance to get your submissions in 👉https://conference.bisa.ac.uk/call-papers-0 VisitBrighton Simon Rushton @julietdryden.bsky.social

Reminder: we're still looking for paper and panel proposals for our section "Feminist Theory: Between Hope and Disappointment". Interdisciplinary approaches and a wide range of contexts welcome! #cfp @mmrovlje.bsky.social @deryaozkaya.bsky.social

A few days left to apply! Have a look at the section description below and join us in Newcastle!

Did you go to @lightnightleeds.bsky.social last week? ✨ If you were on campus, you might’ve seen our carnival piece, Banyan 💃 Listen to @drbrionythomas.bsky.social, from our School of Mechanical Engineering, and Rhian Kempadoo-Millar, Creative Lead at Mango Arts, share the story behind Banyan 👇

We are looking for a chair of our new Department of AI and Society. The vision is to create a future where AI systems are built by society, for society. Please share widely. www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu/postings/58816

Boost your career with a postgraduate degree 🎓 Explore postgraduate study at Leeds at our Virtual Open Day on 29 November! Find out about funding, careers, accommodation, and what life’s really like as a postgrad student. 📅 Save the date and book your spot now! 🔗 https://bit.ly/4ntL8ry

#Fellowships: Academy in Exile invites 5 international scholars at risk for a 12-month fellowship. The fellowship opens up the opportunity to pursue a career in the humanities, social sciences, or law in a secure environment. @mellon.org 📍KWI Essen/ TU Dortmund ⏱️15 Nov 25 🔗 tinyurl.com/mwv3amzb

“Earth’s destruction is becoming our single biggest achievement.  Beyond inventions, works of art, music, and even trips to the moon, it is the annihilation of climate and biosphere which will be our ultimate legacy as a species” From my book IN THE GRIP OF NECROCAPITALISM

Another episode of Drag Race UK tonight. And of course, there's more Dragula Titans this week too. I wonder if anyone has ever written about whether drag reality TV shows are miniature legal systems, and applied queer theory to RPDR? HMMMMM?!?? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

What a fantastic evening at @lightnightleeds.bsky.social yesterday — full of striking, creative, and fun installations 💡 If you missed it, there’s still time to catch it tonight from 6–10pm. Check out some of the impressive light displays on campus and across the city 👇 www.lightnightleeds.co.uk

📖 Leeds Professor Richard Beardsworth states how #COP30 Brazil could help define the next decade of climate governance and argues Belém needs a disciplined package that turns headline ambition into executable policy. 👉 Read the full blog here: policyleeds.medium.com/cop30-in-bel...

There is still time to send your paper and panel proposals for the feminist theory section at the next ECPG in Newcastle. Have a look at the section description ⬇️

Leeds’ annual arts and light festival @lightnightleeds.bsky.social will be taking place across Leeds City Centre on Wednesday 22 and Thursday 23 October! Find out more ➡ www.lightnightleeds.co.uk This year there will be 16 installations and activities held on campus, here's some more information 👇

📢We are delighted to announce that we have kicked off todays event with our Contemporary Research on International Political Theory Working Group ! 👉We are joined by Prof Richard Jackson for a PG masterclass on Pacifism and critical international political theory in a time of genocide and war.

Congratulations to Leila Aboulela and Stella Gaitano, two writers honored with @englishpen.bsky.social's 2025 #PENPinterPrize. Aboulela named Gaitano as the 2025 Writer of Courage for Gaitano's active defense of freedom of expression. Read about their work: www.englishpen.org/posts/campai...

📢 OUT NOW: Global Tipping Points Report 2025 📢 💡 Researchers in Leeds - inc @viktoriaspaiser.bsky.social - have joined experts across the world warning Earth is reaching the first of many climate #TippingPoints that will cause catastrophic harm without urgent action www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...

"Asked what freedom felt like, [Alaa] said: “It is overwhelming. It is also comfortable and natural, and I am immediately fitting in with them, including witnessing three family fights in two days. The usual stuff." Don't miss this Guardian interview: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Our wonderful seminar series starts today at SOAS with Esmat Elhalaby, also Mai Taha & Nivi Manchanda as discussants 🫶

🎓 Apply now for ESRC White Rose DTP PhD studentships commencing Oct 26 @universityofleeds.bsky.social Application deadline: 21 Jan 2026 Open to UK & international applicants. Funding includes fees + stipend. Specialist awards available. 👉 Further info: bit.ly/471gXBM #Funding #PhD #Studentships

We are delighted to launch this year’s Pre-Doctoral Mentoring Scheme: ccpt.leeds.ac.uk/we-are-delig... The scheme aims to support candidates in pursuit of scholarship funding for doctoral study. Please share widely

We are delighted to launch this year’s Pre-Doctoral Mentoring Scheme: ccpt.leeds.ac.uk/we-are-delig... The scheme aims to support candidates in pursuit of scholarship funding for doctoral study. Please share widely

Announcing our #BISA2026 conference keynote as leading scholar Professor Kimberly Hutchings @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social 🎉 The title will be 'Violence and the Meaning of Peace’ and we are very excited! 🌟 Find out more 👉 buff.ly/c46i8zp @simonrushton.bsky.social @visitbrighton.bsky.social

🚨 New MSc: AI Ethics & Society 🤖💻AI is reshaping our world - but who decides how it's used? 📲Tackle real-world challenges & develop expertise in ethical, responsible AI. Designed for thinkers, changemakers & tech-aware professionals. Apply now for Oct 2026 start👉 bit.ly/3VTE8J5 #ethicalAI #MSc

💥 Today is the day 💥 🎉 Join us at our Leeds Institute for Societal Futures launch event - we want to know what YOU think are the biggest challenges to address in our 4 challenge areas. 🕒 3–5pm | 📍Great Hall, University of Leeds 🎫 Register bit.ly/46dcU54 @universityofleeds.bsky.social

📣 The call for workshop proposals for #EWIS2026 in Izmir is now open! 🗓️ Deadline: 24 November 2025 🔗 More info here: buff.ly/HG9Jyqu

Can New Yorkers have nice things? On October 14, join n+1 and the Center for Architecture for a conversation about the architecture and built environment of 21st-century urban social democracy. www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...

A thoughtful review of The Spectre of Capitalism in the journal Capital and Class journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

CCPT's programme of events for the coming term is now out! We're looking forward to the discussions at our upcoming research seminars.

Join us - launch event of Leeds Institute for Societal Futures. Bringing key stakeholders together to find solutions to some of society's most urgent challenges. 🗓️29/9/25, 3-5pm 📍University of Leeds 🔗Register bit.ly/46dcU54 #Leeds #InstituteForSocietalFutures #LISF societal.leeds.ac.uk

From David Adler aboard the Sumud Flotilla on why he and others are sailing to Gaza: UN "member-states continue to arm, aid, and abet the state of Israel in its expanding campaign of destruction, eviction, and annexation of the occupied Palestinian territories" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Sign up below for tickets to Professor Viktoria Spaiser's inaugural lecture! "Facing Accelerating Climate Change Threat: Exploring Future Trajectories, Surveying the Past and the Present" 🗓️ Wed 15 Oct | 🕓 16:00–17:00 📍 Liberty Building, University of Leeds www.tickettailor.com/events/fssev...

🎉 We are OPEN now for abstract, roundtable and panel submissions for #BISA2026 🎉 'Is International Studies ready for what comes next? New thinking, new directions' 🌎 Submit here! 👉 buff.ly/kK9oIlM @visitbrighton.bsky.social @simonrushton.bsky.social @julietdryden.bsky.social

Join us for the inaugural lecture of Professor @viktoriaspaiser.bsky.social Facing Accelerating Climate Change Threat 🗓️ 16:00–17:00, Wed 15 Oct 📍 Liberty Building, Uni of Leeds Explore climate tipping points & the power of collective action. All welcome! www.tickettailor.com/events/fssev...

Coming soon! Ioannis Ktistakis, Judge at the European Court of Human Rights, will speak at our famous annual Liberty Lecture, on the subject of climate change and human rights School of Law! ⏰ 5-6:30pm 🗓️ 1st October 📍 School of Law, Leeds For tickets and more 👇 tinyurl.com/3cjdvcrh

🌸 #ECPG26 @ecprgender.bsky.social Section seeking Papers ⤵️ 🌦️ Feminist Theory: Between Hope and Disappointment 🪑 @corinnepainter.bsky.social @mmrovlje.bsky.social @deryaozkaya.bsky.social ⌛👇 7 Nov buff.ly/3C2Xwn2 #Gender #Governance #PoliticalTheory #Sociology #Feminism

At Leeds Institute for Societal Futures - we have four challenge areas. 🎯 Polarisation, trust and social cohesion. Division is a choice, how do we choose connection instead? 🔗societal.leeds.ac.uk #Leeds #InstituteForSocietalFutures #LISF

Confirmed: Alaa Abd el-Fattah is finally free, at home, and with the family members who fought for years with their hearts, heads and entire bodies for this to happen. x.com/Monasosh/sta... #AlaaFreed

Alaa is PHYSICALLY FREE!! His sister Sanaa and his mom were still waiting outside of the prison for him when they got a call from Alaa letting them know that he was already home!

Professor Adrian Gallagher appeared on BBC Radio 4 over the weekend to discuss the United Nations on its 80th anniversary. Listen to the show here: 📻 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Happy first day of 2025/26 intro week for our new and returning @polisatleeds.bsky.social students! So delighted that the Uni of Leeds heron also returned to mark the occasion 🙌

علاء علي الاسفلت!!!! Alaa is HOME and FREE!!!

HUGE HUGE NEWS FROM EGYPT!! Egyptian President Sisi has issued a presidential pardon for activist and blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah.

This week, in person at @greshamcollege.bsky.social & online, Rachel Rosen & Eve Dickson discuss their new book #BorderingSocialReproduction, with Gargi Bhattacharyya & Shirin Rai. Hosted by @cnewf.bsky.social. Thursday 25th September, 6pm BST More info & registration at isrf.org/events/borde...