A major new (non-partisan and independent) assessment of Brexit. TLDR: it’s even worse than original estimations, that were casually dismissed by Brexiteers as ‘project fear’. The UK economy today is 6-8% smaller than it would have been without Brexit. policycommons.net/artifacts/36...

The International Association of Genocide Scholars, the main association of experts on genocide and mass violence, has just passed a resolution declaring that Israel’s actions in Gaza amount of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes. genocidescholars.org/wp-content/u...

I cannot more strongly recommend this post.

Really important research from The Policy Institute and the Higher Education Policy Institute: The UK public hugely underestimate both the economic importance of universities to the economy, and the levels of graduate satisfaction with university. www.kcl.ac.uk/news/public-...

Delighted that my article ‘The logic of idealization in political theory’, which substantially reformulates the debate over idealization and ideal/non-ideal theory, is now out in the latest American Journal of Political Science. Available open-access! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

We’re hiring 3 permanent (tenured) lecturers in the Department of Political Economy at King’s College London. These are ‘education pathway’ posts (in Economics, Research Methods, & Comparative Politics) 1/4 www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/117268-... www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/117209-... www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/117245-...

This is from a few weeks ago, but I really recommend this great column from Dr Lise Butler, at City St George’s University of London, on the lessons for the UK Labour Party from Canada. renewal.org.uk/2025/03/01/s...

3 new jobs in my department at King's College London @Kingspol_econ - 2 in Political Theory, and one in Politics, Philosophy and Economics. It's a great department. Details below! www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/108445-... www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/108485-...

For those who missed my last post - I’m excited to be speaking at the Cascade Institute tomorrow (Thursday) on ‘How Global Ideological Competition Drives Russia’s War in Ukraine’. 1pm Pacific/4pm East Coast/9pm UK/10pm W Europe. Join me on Zoom! Details below: cascadeinstitute.org/about/events/

Looking forward to speaking at the Cascade Institute in Victoria, Canada, on the 16th January on ‘How Ideological Competition Drives Russia’s War in Ukraine’! You can join in person or online! Full details below: cascadeinstitute.org/about/events/

I study mass killing, which includes genocides. @alexhinton.bsky.social @jleadermaynard.bsky.social @uungor.bsky.social @vukusiciva.bsky.social and @lucyjgaynor.bsky.social are on here and should fit as well.

Delighted to announce that my new article, 'The Logic of Idealization in Political Theory' has been published in the American Journal of Political Science! The article is open access! So anyone can read it for free here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Delighted to announce the publication of a new article, that I have co-authored with Nenad Tomasev and Iason Gabriel, on ‘Manifestations of Xenophobia in AI Systems’, out now (free to access) in AI & Society! Please check it out here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Thrilled, and honoured, by this hugely generous review of my book, Ideology and Mass Killing, by the great Professor Alex J Bellamy - one of world's foremost scholars of atrocities and humanitarianism. t.co/FdD2JE3gL1

Two great new job openings at Canada's Cascade Institute (where I sit on the scientific advisory board) in British Columbia: an Energy Systems Transformation Research Lead and Fellow. Do check them out: cascadeinstitute.org/est-team-lead/ cascadeinstitute.org/est-fellow/

A great new job in my department at King's College London! It's an amazing department and terrific political theory group. Check it out! t.co/9izN8Bgy8I

Ok, I need someone to explain this Tradle bombshell to me…

Great new job opportunity to work in the UK Parliament as a committee specialist on home affairs and justice - posting for anyone who might be interested: housesofparliament.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...

New post: to what extent do people in Gaza support Hamas? In which I look at some survey data: https://open.substack.com/pub/alexandreafonso/p/5-to-what-extent-do-gazans-support?r=ercs8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

I'm honoured to see this detailed and thoughtful review of my book, 'Ideology and Mass Killing', alongside the late great Lee Ann Fujii's amazing book 'Showtime: The Logic and Power of Violent Display', by the foremost scholar of Torture, Darius Rejali. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Do any international lawyers on here have thoughts on this more optimistic report on the possibility of transferring Russian sovereign assets (not just profits made off those assets, but the assets themselves) to Ukraine? rdi.org/wp-content/u...

Important read by William Hague in The Times: 'Hamas has set a trap that Israel must avoid'. www.thetimes.co.uk/article/hama...

Such an important read.

The morning pre-teaching read: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Only Brits will know what I'm asking about, but has anyone seen any good long-reads/podcasts on what has happened to HS2 (how the project has gone so over-budget etc.)? For non-Brits: this is the controversy over 'High Speed 2', a massive proposed, and now half cancelled, UK rail project.

We've known about this for some time, but this is still a key conclusion on the extensive use of torture by Russian forces in their occupation of Ukraine by the UN's Special Rapporteur on Torture: www.thetimes.co.uk/article/russ...

The House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee is currently accepting evidence for its inquiry on: "The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa". If you have relevant expertise, please consider submitting evidence! Details here: committees.parliament.uk/work/7869/th...

Two key UK Parliamentary calls for evidence are open, by the Foreign Affairs Committee ('Follow Up to Afghanistan Inquiry') and Defence Committee ('Defence in the Grey Zone'). Please engage if you have relevant expertise! committees.parliament.uk/work/7936/ committees.parliament.uk/work/7937/de...

'The Puzzles of State Extremism' Delighted to be giving this lecture at Vrije University Amsterdam tomorrow (21st September) at 3.30pm Central European Time! Please join - in person if you're in Amsterdam or online! Full details below: extremebeliefs.com/event/lectur...

In my work for the International Affairs Unit in Parliament, I'm reading a lot of on the War in Ukraine, and I thought I'd share the pieces I'd found most insightful over the last month. Check out: 'How the Ukraine Counteroffensive Can Still Succeed', TIME time.com/6300772/ukra...

Cool opportunity for grad students, activists, scholars or similar to work with the The Dangerous Speech Project, an organisation I'm a big supporter of, on different kinds of dangerous speech in the upcoming US Presidential Election cycle. Check it out! dangerousspeech.org/dangerous-sp...

Have now completed the exact duplication of my account from the other place in every detail…

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