We are extremely proud to share that Dr Joe Davidson, Vice-Chancellor's Independent Research Fellow here in IRPH, has won the @biapt.bsky.social Early Career Prize for his groundbreaking research and his contributions to the discipline of political theory. Great job, Joe; well deserved!

BIAPT is delighted to announce that its Mid-career prize for 2025 goes to Jemima Repo! Warm congratulations to her for huge contributions to gender theory, feminism, and biopolitics. Full statement below 👇 www.associationforpoliticalthought.ac.uk/biapt-mid-ca...

We are thrilled to announce that Joe Davidson is the winner of our BIAPT Early Career Prize for 2025! Joe’s work on utopia is just what the field needs at a time when political pessimism prevails. Full announcement below 👇 www.associationforpoliticalthought.ac.uk/biapt-early-...

The deadline for our Edinburgh conference has been extended to July 22nd. So there’s still ample time to submit something. Join us in Scotland!

The deadline for nominations for the Early and Mid-career prizes has been extended to June 6th. So there's still time to submit!

We're delighted to launch our CfP for our next conference, our first in Scotland. Join us in lovely Edinburgh, January 7th-9th. Submissions are open until July 17th. Full details below! 👇 www.associationforpoliticalthought.ac.uk/biapt-2026-i...

Just 4 more days left to nominate someone! If your marking is done and dusted then spare a few minutes to help a scholar you admire get the recognition they deserve.

My new book, The Way Out, is now available for pre-order! Written with my co-author Samuel Ritholtz, we ask what justice requires for LGBTQ refugees by centring the lives of queer and trans people experiencing displacement in the political theory of refuge. www.ucpress.edu/books/the-wa...

This is going to be really good!

We’re re-upping this to encourage more nominations. These prizes can give a huge boost to scholars in our field. When the dust settles after marking season, spare a moment to nominate someone (possibly even yourself?).

This great event is actually in July, not June. Apologies @jowolff.bsky.social for the typo!

If, like many of us, you’ve been impressed by @jowolff.bsky.social’s contributions to public philosophy over the years, then be sure to sign up for this event at @blavatnikschool.bsky.social in June. Details 👇 www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/events/publi...

Please consider nominating someone (even yourself?) for our BIAPT early and mid-career prizes.

Nominations are now open for BIAPT’s Early and Mid-career prizes. Please consider nominating someone’s whose contribution to our field you really value. Note that self-nominations *are* permitted. Deadline is May 23rd. Details 👇 www.associationforpoliticalthought.ac.uk?p=4842&previ...

Delighted 2 be a co-organiser of this workshop on pol-philosophy & public policy @ox.ac.uk & @blavatnikschool.bsky.social thx 2 @jowolff.bsky.social. www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/events/works... Please SIGN UP & COME ALONG if interested @biapt.bsky.social @psapolthought.bsky.social @ecpr-nptmethods.bsky.social

Can’t wait to present at this event in July. The Hastings impeachment was a massive event, and has left all subsequent impeachments in the shade. I’ll be examining Edmund Burke’s trial speeches uses ideas about injustice borrowed from Judith Shklar. www.worcester.ac.uk/about/academ...

Amen! Here's my proposal... www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...

Had a bracing conversation at @biapt.bsky.social 2025 on why political theorists should take political economy seriously.

You may indeed. It was an excellent— and excellently-organized and -managed— conference@ @biapt.bsky.social

Relaxing with the cats and an old episode of Top Chef after a busy few days at the York @biapt.bsky.social conference.

At least *someone* is getting to have a nap after a very successful (if I may say so myself!) BIAPT 2025 annual conference @biapt.bsky.social

Yesterday, I was formally presented with the 2024 Britain & Ireland Association for Political Thought (@biapt.bsky.social) Early-Career Prize, ‘in recognition of an outstanding contribution to research, teaching, and service in political thought’.

Final day at the @biapt.bsky.social political thought conference, starting with a terrific keynote by @ulasince.bsky.social on his new project 'Before the Colour Line" #BIAPT2025

RGCS @mcgill.ca at @biapt.bsky.social conference at the University of York. @maryjomacdonald.bsky.social (BA '17, RGCS Student Fellow alum, now postdoc at Jyväskylä) Daniel Lukac, PhD3 @shalmarr.bsky.social PhD2 @jacobtlevy.bsky.social faculty presentation titles in alt text

Currently at the BIAPT annual conference 2025 @biapt.bsky.social - about to present at a panel on animals and non-violence, with @joshmilburn.bsky.social, Hannah Battersby and Fred Matthews.

Very grateful to @camilavergara.bsky.social and @constantartifice.bsky.social for their comments on my book at @biapt.bsky.social

Great to have had Jacob Levy give the CRISPP BIAPT lecture once again

Second day of the @biapt.bsky.social political thought conference starting with a thought-provoking keynote by Sumi Madhok on anti-imperial epistemic justice and human rights!

Jacob Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social rocking the (literal!) after-dinner slot at @biapt.bsky.social #BIAPT2025

Strong showing of LSE political theorists at @biapt.bsky.social with @fwesteren.bsky.social, Paul Apostolidis @brunoleipold.com @stephaniewanga.bsky.social Anne Phillips & @sumimadhok.bsky.social

Off to York for the Britain and Ireland Association for Political Thought conference. It’s 7am and minus two degrees, but my scarf and @biapt.bsky.social hat match, so that’s something. #BIAPT2025

Looking forward to tomorrow’s BIAPT conference which takes place for the first time at the University of York. Our hashtag for the conference will be #BIAPT2025. Get yourselves some proper Yorkshire tea to warm your bones and settle in for some great scholarship and conversation!

We'll be at the BIAPT conference tomorrow in York, so come over to our book stand and say hello! @biapt.bsky.social

I'll be giving the @crispp.bsky.social CRISPP Lecture tomorrow night at the @biapt.bsky.social BIAPT conference: "An injustice which was no part of their intention." I've given the CRISPP Lecture once before, bringing my characteristically cheerful takes on politics to BIAPT... in January 2017.

Here’s a great fully funded doctorate opportunity at the LSE. The lucky recipient will get to work with Paul Apostolidis and the climate action charity Hope for the Future! Details below. Deadline is January 15th. www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...

Registration for BIAPT’s conference in lovely York is now open! See link below 👇 www.associationforpoliticalthought.ac.uk/conference/a...

Absolutely delighted to receive the BIAPT Mid-Career Prize @biapt.bsky.social. The award committee's statement is a gracious, thoughtful, and attentive rendering of the projects I have been trying to build over the years. Much obliged.

We are delighted to announce that Onur Ulas Ince has been awarded the BIAPT Mid-Career prize for 2024. Huge congratulations to him for his contributions to the study of empire, race, and political economy. Full statement below 👇 www.associationforpoliticalthought.ac.uk/biapt-mid-ca...

We are delighted to announce that Josh Milburn has won the 2024 BIAPT Early Career Prize. Josh is a pioneering scholar of animal rights and animal politics. Full announcement below 👇 www.associationforpoliticalthought.ac.uk/biapt-early-...

The deadline for proposals for our January conference in York is now extended to July 5th. I know it’s hard to think about a winter conference right now when we finally have some sun, but take a moment to submit something. You’ll be glad you did. Details 👇

The CfP for our Janaury conference is now live. Join is in York! This year’s plenary speakers are: Moya Lloyd (Essex), Ulas Ince (SOAS), @jacobtlevy.bsky.social (McGill), Sumi Madhok (LSE) and Nadia Urbinati (Columbia). Deadline June 27. www.associationforpoliticalthought.ac.uk/conference/a...

Political theorists, please consider taking a moment to nominate someone for our early and and mid career prizes. It can give a colleague a real boost. Deadline is May 24th. Details below 👇 www.associationforpoliticalthought.ac.uk/biapt-prizes...

A reminder that nominations for our BIAPT early and mid career prizes are now open. Deadline is May 24th. Details at this link: associationforpoliticalthought.ac.uk/biapt-prizes-2…

A reminder that nominations for our BIAPT early and mid career prizes are now open. Deadline is May 24th. Details at this link: associationforpoliticalthought.ac.uk/biapt-prizes-2…

BIAPT is pleased to announce that nominations for its early and mid-career prizes are now open. The deadline is May 24th. Details of the criteria and the procedure for nominating are below 👇

Call for Submissions: Res Publica Postgraduate Essay Prize. Details 👇 www.facebook.com/groups/50243...

Looking forward to our conference kicking off tomorrow in Cambridge. It promises to be the intellectual stimulation we all need to dispel the early January gloom. 😊

The Research Group on Constitutional Studies Lecture Series presents Emily Nacol University of Toronto Mississauga A "More Onerous Citizenship": Political Theory in Plague Time Thursday, January 18, 2024 4:30-6 pm Thomson House, @mcgillu.bsky.social registrater: www.facebook.com/events/11978...

Just five days left to register at the early bird rate! Get 2024 off to a good start by joining us in Cambridge.

Well, they’re a bit wrinkled because the delivery person left them on the doorstep in a torn package in the rain, but my Burke proofs are finally with me. I’m pretty damn chuffed with this one. Keep an eye out for it next year!