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!

Really look forward to this semester’s workshop in political theory!

This is a fantastic opportunity to receive feedback on a book manuscript! Apply and/or widely circulate!

This Fall semester at the University of Copenhagen (@ucph.bsky.social): a new edition of the Political Theory Seminars 🤓🪩 With @beckmanprof.bsky.social, @alasianuti.bsky.social and @j-benson.bsky.social y.social More information and registration: politicalscience.ku.dk/research/gro... #poltheory

My book exists! Discover the astonishing depths of my social awkwardness, as I grapple with the etiquette of everyday interaction. global.oup.com/academic/pro...

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...

this paper's quite sound generally, the covered my & @alasianuti.bsky.social open letter on immigration, for instance: bsky.app/profile/polp...

& here's the bigger open letter i wrote & organised with @alasianuti.bsky.social that over 200 politics academics signed www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/starmer

Rawls’s political liberalism is an invaluable resource to address contemporary political issues. Baldwin Wong reviews our book “Politicizing Political Liberalism” in Political Theory! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

I'm very proud to have organised this letter with @alasianuti.bsky.social - my understanding is it was discussed at a reasonably high level in the Labour party www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/starmer

How can political philosophers do public engagement in an effective way? Thanks to @polphilpod.bsky.social to explain that to political theorists at York today!

Read this fantastic paper!!

Thank you again to @alasianuti.bsky.social, everyone who signed, & everyone who helped by circulating it www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/starmer

UPDATE: my open letter against Starmer's anti-immigrant policies has now passed 200 UK politics academics signing

A week ago there was an open letter signed by politics researchers urging Keir Starmer to abandon his proposed anti-immigrant policies. With the support of the organizers, I've created the same petition but open to all academics. Read and sign the letter here: molliegerver.weebly.com/petition.html.

175 - I'll publish a revised list Monday with everyone who signed over the weekend The link is doing the rounds, but if you haven't seen it & want to be added, DM (or email) me or @alasianuti.bsky.social

Our open letter has been covered in @scotnational.bsky.social www.thenational.scot/news/2517016...

Was my pleasure to comment on our efforts to the press with @alasianuti.bsky.social , hopefully we represented the signatories well, OP post here bsky.app/profile/polp...

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 really look forward to this event next week!

I’m so honoured to have been 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 @ycpt.bsky.social

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

Incredibly generous review of our book “Politicizing Political Liberalism” by Andrew Joseph Cohen in The Philosophical Quarterly!

Thrilled to announce the ASPIRE Network, @aspirenetwork.bsky.social, and its upcoming launch event at King's on 9th June. ASPIRE is a UK-based network for teaching-track academics in Politics & IR. Learn more, register for the launch event, and join the network on our site: www.aspirenetwork.uk

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...

This looks such an interesting workshop!

Really looking forward to Steven Klein’s @stevenklein.bsky.social talk on a democratic theory of labour unions tomorrow!

Were hiring a two - year lecturer to cover teaching while I work on my grant project. Please do share!

Ludvig Beckman @beckmanprof.bsky.social reviewed our book on political liberalism and right-wing populism for Ethical Theory and Moral Practice link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Interested in defending, revising, or criticizing Public Reason (broadly understood)? Then please submit a proposal to this year's MANCEPT workshop (by 14 May 2025)! #philsky #philosophy #poltheory #polphil

This week I'm heading up to York to give a Royal Institute of Philosophy lecture on "women in philosophy" initiatives www.york.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Tony Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social will give a talk on “Trump in context: History and ideology” at our workshop in political theory tomorrow!

A great workshop at MANCEPt this year organised by Gabriele Badano and @neufeld.bsky.social

Apply to our fantastic MA Programme on Gender and Politics where you will explore the politics of gender and its dark side (and you’ll be able to take module in politics and gender studies! Please, circulate among your students! www.york.ac.uk/study/postgr...

Thrilled to see my new article in @pspolisci.bsky.social, published open access on first view today: ‘Student Choice in Assessment: Is There a Subject-Specific Case for Using Assessment Optionality in Political Science Education?’ www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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

What is the philosophical basis of European integration? My former PhD student Alec Dinnin on Ortega y Gasset's support of European unification as a response to World War II and an antidote to democracy, now out in MIH www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Tomorrow!!

For more on the philosophy of liberalism, specifically thinking about liberalism faced with an authoritarian populist threat. This interview with @alasianuti.bsky.social www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/ratpr

Please, circulate the call among your graduate students! A funded PhD position on consent under non-ideal circumstances to work with the fantastic @hcarnegy.bsky.social!

So excited about this event! And it’s happening tomorrow 💓

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

Heartbreaking to see how the ever increasing marketisation makes more and more UK Unis crumble. Staff and students pay the price. “Funding pressures do not respect prestige or status.” #AcademicSky www.theguardian.com/education/20...

New paper💡! My work on online dating, power and social institutions is now published in @apsrjournal.bsky.social! I provide a normative framework for what goes on in this part of the ‘digital sexual sphere’ and explore the role dating apps play in our societies. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

@andrewshorten.bsky.social reviewing our book at the @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social

Join us this March for a day conference on Structural Injustice at the University of Cambridge. We're celebrating our books on Structural Injustice with Jude Browne, @maevemckeown.bsky.social, @jowolff.bsky.social & other brilliant speakers. Registration link: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/structural...

I had a very stimulating conversation with Mark Pennington about political liberalism and democratic backsliding! csgs.kcl.ac.uk/podcast/podc...

It was fun to discuss “Politicizing political liberalism” with Morteza Hajizadeh for the New Books Network podcast newbooksnetwork.com/politicizing...

Journal Emancipations' latest issue is out -- The Critique of Capitalism Now scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/emancipation...