📌Call for Papers With @meganblom.bsky.social and @lgarciaportela.bsky.social, we are inviting submissions for a workshop on Justice in Climate Litigation, which will be hosted at the University of Manchester in the first week of September. Deadline: 11 May research.manchester.ac.uk/en/activitie...

Delighted that Sheffield won department of the year in the annual BPA prizes!! And fab to see colleagues @chongminglim.bsky.social and Jim Chamberlain getting recognition too. bpa.ac.uk/prizes2026/ #Philosophymatters #philsky

We already have ICE here on rainy fascist island. They are thugs out to terrorise communities. They 10000% operate racial profiling. FOI data for Sheffield shows the most common nationality of ICE arrestees is British, and only 9% of raids result in a removal. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

'Teaching-only staff at Sheffield Hallam University are set to be moved into a subsidiary firm, leaving research intensive scholars the only academics still being employed directly by the institution.' Utterly inequitable & betrays a fundamental misunderstanding of the teaching/research nexus. 1/3

Me at the LRB blog on the atrocious refugee policy of Mahmood and Starmer

Who today is influencing science a la Big Tobacco or Oil and Gas? In our new preprint we show how tech companies like Meta are capturing research on their product, using mechanisms that subtly (or not so subtly) shape what science gets produced

inviting bigots to bully you isn't a workable way of running a country (as the UK's last month shows) my latest with @liberalcurrents.com www.liberalcurrents.com/nobody-knows...

UK-based academic fed up of our sector's involvement in research and production of weapons that get used to kill innocent civilians? Here's a petition for you: ded1.co/how-we-do-it... #Philosophy #Philsky

The University of Sheffield is looking to recruit a Teaching Associate in Philosophy. The role is 0.5FTE for 22 months, starting Sept 1st 2025. Please share with anyone who might be interested and feel free to get in touch with questions. jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Teaching...

I recently co-authored & circulated (with @polphilpod.bsky.social ) an open letter against Starmer’s anti-immigrant rules & rhetoric. Over 100 of my UK-based colleagues signed it. Read the whole thing here: www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/starmer

I recently co-authored & circulated (with @alasianuti.bsky.social ) an open letter against Starmer’s anti-immigrant rules & rhetoric. Over 100 of my UK-based political academics & writers signed it. Read the whole thing here: www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/starmer

3 year post in Philosophy at Sheffield! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMH928/l... (post with added # for greater visibility...) #academicsky #philsky

New blogpost: Leif Wenar's criticisms of effective altruism Wenar published a piece in Wired last week criticizing effective altruism and proposing an alternative model. I think there are problems with his alternative.

The fundraising for the Ethics Lab is nearing 20% of the goal. Please consider making a contribution, and share our appeal widely! www.steunleiden.nl/project/ethi...

And another job being advertised here at Sheffield! This time for a Professor in History of Philosophy or Political Philosophy. As always, please share with all who might be interested - I'm happy to chat with anyone who'd like to find out more. philjobs.org/job/show/25557 #philsky

Sheffield is a great city and this is a great department. Quite the opportunity for someone!

Permanent lectureship in Political Philosophy being advertised here at Sheffield. Please share with anyone who might be interested! Happy to chat with those who would like to find out more: philjobs.org/job/show/25086 #philsky