🎉 Congratulations to PIRP's Janina Beiser-McGrath whose group, the PSA Autocracy and Regime Change Group, has just won the PSA's joint prize for Specialist Group of the Year! Janina is one of the group's convenors - a fantastic recognition for her and the whole community of scholars in the group.

New publication alert! In this article, Marco Guglielmo, and PIRP’s Ben O’Loughlin and Henry Snowball theorise the stakes of human–Generative AI communication. ijoc.org/index.php/ij...

📣🚨 New Briefing Paper Alert ! 📃 We are excited to announce the launch of our briefing paper on TikTok, Politics and Elections, co-produced with @wfd.org ➡️ www.wfd.org/tiktok-polit... 🧵[1/4]

Interested in the IMF’s role in climate policy? Dr Thomas Stubbs’ new co-authored book examines how climate change has become embedded within the IMF’s operations.

🎉 Many congratulations to former PIRP PhD student Matthew Polacko @mattpolacko.bsky.social for winning the 2025 EPSR Early Careers Prize for his article Who benefits from the social democratic march to the middle? ecpr.eu/news/news/de...

📣 New Publication Alert! In this article, Prof Jennifer Piscopo @jennpiscopo.bsky.social and her co-authors propose a new framework for analysing "feminists vs conservative" battles over abortion reform. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Dr Michael Bacon @michaelbacon.bsky.social speaks to the Telegraph about his experience of spending three years in psychoanalysis as a child. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/09...

🚨Hiring a fully funded (3.5 years) PhD for the @ldnsocmedobs.bsky.social to research social media and politics. Candidates should have quantitative/computational skills and/or be interested in content curation/moderation. UK home candidates only unfortunately. www.royalholloway.ac.uk/media/hquftp...

Today I presented work on the downfall of the European Commission led by Jacques Santer at @cont.europarl.europa.eu together with other experts. #Discharge #EUbudget cc: @rhulpir.bsky.social

📣 Congratulations to @andreucasas.bsky.social on winning a Future Leaders Fellowship from @ukri.org! As part of the project, Andreu launches the London Social Media Observatory @ldnsocmedobs.bsky.social, a multidisciplinary research centre for cutting-edge research on social media and politics!

Congratulations to Dr Daniela Lai @danielalai.bsky.social, who has been elected as President of the European International Studies Association @europeanisa.bsky.social for 2025-2027!

Dr Anthony Bruno has published a new book, Facticity and the Fate of Reason After Kant, with Oxford University Press! Available here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...

📣 One more day until the @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social Teaching and Learning Network Conference is taking place at Royal Holloway, organised by PIRP’s Lyn Johnstone and Nat Rutherford! www.psa.ac.uk/specialist-g...

A perfect occasion to read the Roadmap to Votes at 16 and the Pathways to Participation for Marginalised Young People report: hollodec.github.io/images/ssia_... www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

🚨 Launching: A Roadmap to Votes at 16 🚨 Kaat Smets and @jamessloam.bsky.social contributed to A Roadmap to Votes at 16 🗳️ - a report co-created with organisations, teachers, youth workers and young people to make Votes at 16 a success. 👉 Read the full report: docsend.com/view/9nnhamt...

Kaat Smets, @jamessloam.bsky.social and @ainebennett.bsky.social are today launching their report "Pathways to Participation for Marginalised Young People" in collaboration with Partnership for Young London and the Pan-London CiCC hollodec.github.io/images/ssia_...

Last month I was very pleased to host a Jean Monnet seminar in London on the democratic versus audit-based accountabilities within the EU's finances #EUbudget. Thanks to María-Luisa Sánchez-Barrueco, Andreea Hancu Budui, and Paul Stephenson for their papers. 1/2

Five of our 2nd-year undergraduates have recently completed a week's work experience in the House of Commons🧑‍⚖️ Each worked with a different select committee, they met MPs and the speaker of the house, and attended PMQs and OPQs Well done all!

Sharing a blog post by @rhulpir.bsky.social final year student @tayapanter.bsky.social on the % of MPs who are [active] on BlueSky v. X: hollodec.github.io/2025/06/26/b... Three key takeaways (1/n)

I am delighted to have been nominated for a @royalholloway.bsky.social Education Excellence Award. One of the comments from a nominating student said: 'From facilitating the greatest and most inspirational lectures and seminars... 1/2

In the Linen Hall library finishing prep for this roundtable and panel I am very excited to be on tomorrow at #BISA2025 If you're also in Belfast, come and join us! 🌈🎓

Students made thus website after a doing week-long workshop with @trillingual.bsky.social on social justice and journalism. Some powerful stories from our graduates, and incredible visuals as well well worth a read at - rtn.earth

Our PhD student Samer Jaber's latest analysis of the Israel-Palestine conflict is out now in @aljazeera.com www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

Last week, students embarked on an intensive week-long workshop on Social Justice Journalism led by @trillingual.bsky.social convened by @yoavgalai.bsky.social from PIRP. Students researched and wrote the articles, made the visuals and designed the website at: rtn.earth

Are they worth it? Democratic and audit-based accountabilities in the EU's finances. Workshop at Bedford Square, London, 19 June 2025: www.royalholloway.ac.uk/research-and... #EUbudget @uaces.bsky.social @rhulpir.bsky.social @royalholloway.bsky.social @euinuk.bsky.social

This is taking place tomorrow!

Students of Law and Social Science are taking part in a week-long workshop on social justice journalism led by @trillingual.bsky.social and PIRP’s @yoavgalai.bsky.social Watch this space for student work! visualwriting.org/sj/

The Visual Writing module is a research-led course on Political Visual Literacy designed and taught by @yoavgalai.bsky.social whose eye for design can be seen in the website! Yoav's work on Political Visual Literacy is published open-access here: academic.oup.com/ips/article/...

The in-person exhibition of student work from the Visual Writing module was a huge success and you can now see the students' work exhibited online: visualwriting.org/exhibition/ 🧑‍🎨🖼️

@michaelbacon.bsky.social 's new grant is featured in this month's issue of the @leverhulme.ac.uk newsletter 📰📰 Read the short piece here: www.flipsnack.com/leverhulmetr...

I am very grateful to @leverhulme.ac.uk for awarding me a Research Followship to research a project on psychoanalysis. @aeon.co @rhulpir.bsky.social @philosophyrhul.bsky.social @melaniekleintrust.bsky.social For details, please p. 5 of the Trust’s newsletter: www.flipsnack.com/leverhulmetr...

📢We're hiring!📢 Are you well versed in the history of political thought from the 17th C and contemporary Anglo-American political theory? We are hiring a 12-month, teaching-focused Lecturer in Political Theory - it could be you! jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Our students on the final-year visual writing module will be exhibiting a selection of their work Thursday 29th May at 5pm in the Chris Rumford Library in the McCrea Building Come along to meet the markers and enjoy their excellent work 🖼️🎨

Political Theory Lectureship @rhulpir.bsky.social jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Dr Roberto Buonamano who is visiting us from the University of Technology Sydney will be presenting "From the Exception to Form-of-Life: What Agamben's political ontology can tell us about human rights" 4-5:30pm on Friday 6th June in Room 1-02 in Senate House - we hope to see you there! 🧑‍🏫📚

Join @jbeisermcgrath.bsky.social and @jamessloam.bsky.social next Wednesday 21st May at 4pm BST/11am EDT for an online open event to learn more about the masters programmes at Royal Holloway 🖥️📚 All prospective students welcome, we will particularly be talking about coming to the UK from abroad 🌍🌎

This year's Magna Carta lecture "The rule of law in a changing world" is being given by Rt Hon Victoria Prentis KC on the 9th June at 6:15pm in the Windsor Auditorium 👩‍⚖️👩‍⚖️ Get your free ticket now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-rule-o...

Check out Antara's fascinating new article, an early version of which was presented at our research seminar back in 2023!

@cvtrc.bsky.social are setting up a new, interdisciplinary PGR network and invite any interested PGRs to join them on 2nd June for lunch! 🥪🍏 Email @katosborne5.bsky.social to register your interest

@michaelbacon.bsky.social writes in @psyche.co about what the philosophy of pragmatism can offer us in uncertain times 👓📰 psyche.co/ideas/to-res...

Join us and @genderrhul.bsky.social next Tuesday from 4:30 in McCrea 0-02 to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Gender Institute with a talk from founder and former PIRP Head of Department Laura Sjoberg - all staff and students welcome to the talk and refreshments afterwards!

Check out Yoav's critical new intervention in the field of visual politics out now in International Political Sociology!

@danielalai.bsky.social 's analysis of the UK government intervention to save British Steel and "economic security" for @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social : blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

Our friends at the Gender Institute have joined Bluesky, give them a follow at @genderrhul.bsky.social !

📣 Call for Papers 📣 The Conflict, Violence & Terrorism Research Centre is pleased to announce a one day Symposium on: 'Popular Culture and World Politics: Portraying War, Conflict, & Political Violence' 📅 24/07/25 at Stewart House, London ⏳ Submission deadline: 23/06/25. Full Call for Proposals 👇

First year PIRP student Amelie Abass won Young Campaigner of the Year this weekend at the 2025 Inspirational Youth Awards! A huge congratulations to Amelie 🥳🎉 #IYA25

On 4-5th September, the department is hosting the @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social Teaching and Learning Conference. If you’d like to present a paper on the theory or practice of teaching politics or international relations you can find all the information here: www.psa.ac.uk/specialist-g...