damn. rip, mani

Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round

Guess that Labour won't be reviving this 2024 poster for a little while then. #budget

The second Global Tipping Points Report has been launched today. Please see our press release here: www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article... Find the full report here: global-tipping-points.org @gsiexeter.bsky.social #TippingPoints #COP30

New paper out with @dasalgon.bsky.social: “Far-Right Agenda Setting: How the Far Right influences the Political Mainstream” doi.org/10.1017/S1475676525100066 #openaccess in @ejprjournal.bsky.social🧵

Just deleted my academia.edu account after 17 (!) years -- the company's exploitative new terms of use are outrageous, and it's a shame such a blatant commercial sell-out is able to operate under the .edu top-level domain. If you are still on academia.edu, please consider deleting your account too.

He's already on the first- and third-year undergraduate Politics syllabus here at Cambridge, so perhaps we should add him to the second-year syllabus, too? #zombieuniversity #brains

Realise I'm late to this, but this really is an excellent piece of writing by Ian Dunt.

We are delighted to announce that the winner of the #BJPIR John Peterson Best Article Prize for 2024 is Johanna Rodehau-Noack for her article ‘Counting bodies, preventing war: Future conflict and the ethics of fatality numbers’. 🎉 Congratulations to Johanna!

Please share this thread. It is important that political scientists, in Europe and across the world, understand why EPSS exists and why we are encouraging people to attend our inaugural conference, in Belfast next June.

📣 Have you heard? The BJPIR has achieved a new Impact Factor of 3.4! This achievement is also reflected in our rankings: 📌 14th out of 169 in International Relations 📌 36th out of 322 in Political Science Thank you for your support! @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

I didn’t have a great deal of hope for this column, but it turned out to be a damn good read.

On taking my Dad to the cricket - and the public hitting the Tebbit test for six (2012) www.britishfuture.org/how-the-tebb...

Seven years since this gem on BBC News

Martin Wolf: According to the IMF, the trend growth of GDP per head in the UK had been 2.5 per cent a year from 1990 to 2007: then, between 2008 and 2025, it was just 0.7 per cent. on.ft.com/4lf4OyV The roots of the British malaise lie in a sick economy

Two medieval* gatehouses in York for rent, yours for half the price of a room in a houseshare in Hackney. May contain remnants of a Richard III museum. yorkmix.com/two-ancient-... *Never ask a historic British building its true age or how much was rebuilt by the Victorians

Big news. @leverhulme.ac.uk are investing £100m in blue skies research and doctoral scholarships, as set out here in @timeshighered.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/news/ps100-m...

JOB: Lecturership in Political Theory This is a full-time, fixed-term, 12-month post here in the School of Politics and International Studies at Leeds. Application deadline: 11 July. Come and join us! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNR708/l...

Some afternoon thoughts on UK politics and AI exposure and how it’s so different by geography politicalwhiteboard.substack.com/p/the-collar...

JOB: Lecturership in Political Theory This is a full-time, fixed-term, 12-month post here in the School of Politics and International Studies at Leeds. Application deadline: 11 July. Come and join us! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNR708/l...

JOB: Lecturer in the Politics of Climate Change This is a permanent post, based here in the School of Politics and International Studies at Leeds. Application deadline 30 June, so please spread the word! jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx... @polisatleeds.bsky.social

📝 New BJPIR article out now! 'Prudence from the left: Economic restraint and UK social democracy since 1945' by Colm Murphy (@colmpm.bsky.social‬) & Patrick Diamond ⬇️ Find the article in #OpenAccess here: buff.ly/QV4liQE @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

JOB: Lecturer in the Politics of Climate Change This is a permanent post, based here in the School of Politics and International Studies at Leeds. Application deadline 30 June, so please spread the word! jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx... @polisatleeds.bsky.social

Most literature reviews miss the point.
 Not because they’re sloppy. 
But because they treat the literature like a box to tick. In my latest Respect the Marble Post, I carve out a 6-step process to writing a meaningful lit review: catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/most-liter... 🧵

Very pleased to see my co-authored piece with Patrick Diamond for @bjpir.bsky.social published! We use the case of the UK since 1945 to show that fiscal orthodoxy, macroeconomic prudence, and even 'austerity' can, in certain conditions, be pursued by the left as well as right. But... (1/2)

With Reform UK making the headlines once again, here are a few thoughts from me on the Conservatives, Reform and the future of the right in Britain. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Just read Rob’s excellent preview of today’s elections, super useful primer of what to look out for as the results come in! Suspect we’ll be seeing a lot of Nigel Farage on our screens over the next few days…

If you are coming to the @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social conference next week, do join us on Weds for the @bjpir.bsky.social Roundtable @aurelmondon.bsky.social & @tilley101.bsky.social to discuss Maya Goodfellow's prize winning paper on 'Race, capital and the British migration–development nexus'

We're very excited about next week's Political Studies Association Conference @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social 🧵Here's a thread of the sessions run by the Local Politics & Governance Specialist Group Hopefully see you there! @peckersley.bsky.social @tjarnold.bsky.social

If you are coming to the @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social conference next week, do join us on Weds for the @bjpir.bsky.social Roundtable @aurelmondon.bsky.social & @tilley101.bsky.social to discuss Maya Goodfellow's prize winning paper on 'Race, capital and the British migration–development nexus'

The core trilma here remains the same - the govt needs to accept one of three things: high student migration, higher domestic student fees (or higher taxes to fund universities) or university bankruptcies. Those are the only options, given where we are. Pick one.

💡 There will be a roundtable discussion of the contribution and significance of this insightful article, featuring Dr Lisa Tilley (SOAS, London - @tilley101.bsky.social) and Dr Aurelien Mondon (University of Bath - @aurelmondon.bsky.social ).  ⬇️ Find the full paper here: buff.ly/gLFGti2 (2/3)

📣 BJPIR John Peterson Best Paper Prize Roundtable at the PSA Conference 2025! 📅 11.30-12.30, Wednesday 16 April 🖊️ The author of our most recent best paper prize winner, Dr Maya Goodfellow will present her paper: 'Race capital and the British migration–development nexus' (1/3)

One for observers of the British constitution - a really interesting paper here by Tom Nicholls on the need for a 'reverse Salisbury Convention' to guard against democratic backsliding. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Come work with us!! We're a research-intensive department, investing heavily in political behavior research—and we're a super-friendly bunch 😊. Happy to answer any questions if you're interested, and if not, please help us spread the word! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMK616/l...

The Constitution Unit’s new report is out today! If you’re interested in: 📜 parliament 💼 government 👑 the royal prerogative 📍 devolution & the future of the Union 🗳️ elections & public participation 👩‍⚖️ law, justice & the courts – then we have something for you.

I know my legions of Bluesky followers have been desperately awaiting the version of this paper with full volume, issue and page number details. So now go forth and cite with abandon without the need to include one of those painful doi thingys. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🚨 PSA25 KEYNOTE: ‘What next for the study of political representation? Shifting identities, culture wars & the quality of democracy’ Join us to hear from keynote speaker Professor Rosie Campbell at #PSA25. Register now: buff.ly/rtngDMa

I know my legions of Bluesky followers have been desperately awaiting the version of this paper with full volume, issue and page number details. So now go forth and cite with abandon without the need to include one of those painful doi thingys. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

I agree with pretty much all of this, but the parts on university travel agencies and rules are particularly well taken. academic.oup.com/brain/articl...

This guy, @albertburneko.bsky.social, is a genius. Please read his brilliant article on Elon Musk's deranged and morally repugnant Mars colonisation schtick. defector.com/neither-elon...

This is important both because of the issue but also because it shows Reform voters are not MAGA-style cultists - they do respond to events.

Asked if it thinks Trump is a Russian asset, Musk's Grok put's the likelihood at 75-85%.

We are recruiting a new Associate Editor for Communication to help us further enhance the visibility and impact of @regfedst.bsky.social within and beyond the academic community. The journal is expanding, offering exciting opportunities! Feel free to contact me if you have any questions! 👇

This, on the impact of the response to Covid on in-person teaching, attendance, and the pedagogical value of education as a collective social activity by @will-davies.bsky.social is very good. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This special issue marks 50 yrs of Local Government Studies. It is #openaccess. With guest editors @profcatdurose.bsky.social & @peckersley.bsky.social, the authors explore the evolution of #localgovernment research over half a century & look to emerging trends www.tandfonline.com/toc/flgs20/5...

So I see Matthew Goodwin lecturing the nation that ‘obviously it’s not ok to mislead people on your LinkedIn’. And yet, it would appear that the Chancellor is not the only person to get confused about their tenure in different roles…

Naga Munchetty, a @universityofleeds.bsky.social alumna, led a rallying cry against medical misogyny. Thanks to @hayton.bsky.social for organising a brilliant night and leading a great q&a. Plus thank you to Rachel Reeves for meeting with our amazing @polisatleeds.bsky.social students 🙌

This is not just breaking a taboo on a day where the Bundestag was supposed to remember the Holocaust, it will backfire for the Conservatives as the pandering to the far right has backfired for the Tories in Britain. A huge victory for the AfD. A dark day for Germany. Why do people never learn.

Here's a random question for academics. Do you think we're over-doing the whole 'advisory group/council/board' thing on every project/application? How many days can anyone realistically free up for all of these?!! Its quite absurd that everyone thinks all these meetings can actually take place.