Looking forward to reading this: "Legitimation Strategies of Transnational Private Institutions: Evidence From the International Organization for Standardization" by Solveig Bjørkholt 👇

Very pleased to find these in the post this morning. Now available as a physical object!

Global shipping companies are one of the most under-appreciated actor types in international politics at the moment. "Danish shipping giant Maersk and Swiss-based MSC have taken over operations of two key ports on the Panama Canal after their Hong Kong-based operator was ejected last month"

Looks really interesting: “How empires emerge” by Morten Skumsrud Andersen #HistIR

#HistIR postdoc opportunity at ANU in Canberra Postdoctoral Fellow in International Relations on the Australian Research Council project “Humane Exclusion: How States Justify Excluding Refugees”, reporting to Prof Luke Glanville DL March 15th – details 👇

Early medievalists! Come join us at Magdalen College, Oxford: apply for this permanent job by 27 March. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQP650/t...

Wow Willie Colón! Responsible for some of the hottest, toughest dance music this country has produced. (Also some of most beautiful ballads, see below.) Albums w/Hector Lavoe established mythic urban outlaw persona decades before rappers got into the act. Demigod NYC musician! RIP

My book “The Technocratic International” now has a cover — out this summer! global.oup.com/academic/pro...

In crisis, time is "of the essence". What does that imply for the typically slow production and mobilisation of expert knowledge? Here's a short piece in which I sum up & discuss the argument of my recent @risjnl.bsky.social article on UN rapid response mechanisms:

3-year jobs in IR at @politicsoxford.bsky.social, including #HistIR 👇

🎧 New week, new episode! @markhleonard.bsky.social welcomes Mark Malloch-Brown to talk about the future of the Bretton Woods institutions. Is Mark Carney right that there is a rupture in the old order? Are the World Bank and IMF problematic and outdated? Our newest episode: https://bit.ly/46exDGr

In The Irrational Decision, Benjamin Recht traces how the computer revolution shaped our conception of rationality—& why human problems require solutions rooted in human intuition, morality, & judgment. Available March 10 (5 May UK pub). Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Normalize laughing derisively in men's faces when they deserve it.

3-year jobs in IR at @politicsoxford.bsky.social, including #HistIR 👇

My book “The Technocratic International” now has a cover — out this summer! global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Announcement: Are you a researcher looking for data about international organizations? ➡️ The data found in UIA's Yearbook of International Organizations will soon be accessible via REST API for easier statistical and network analysis. ℹ️ uia.org/customized?q...

In crisis, time is "of the essence". What does that imply for the typically slow production and mobilisation of expert knowledge? Here's a short piece in which I sum up & discuss the argument of my recent @risjnl.bsky.social article on UN rapid response mechanisms:

“We, the West” Rubio at #MSC: US not interested in dismantling old international institutions, but they “must be reformed” and “rebuilt” in defense of “Western civilization.“ 1/4

“We, the West” Rubio at #MSC: US not interested in dismantling old international institutions, but they “must be reformed” and “rebuilt” in defense of “Western civilization.“ 1/4

Job in early modern history at Warwick 👇 warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...

Brian Callaci and Sandeep Vaheesan on abundance liberalism: democracyjournal.org/magazine/79/...

"The new Dutch gov't’s program splurges on the military while cutting the welfare state. With most NATO members committing to similarly high defense spending, working-class Europeans are forced to pay the costs." Ewald Engelen in @jacobinmag.bsky.social:

As he once said, if you don’t collect any numbers the numbers can’t be bad

"Landelijke primeur: Rotterdamse partij JOU komt met kandidatenlijst van enkel vrouwen" meldt de @nrc.nl Dat klopt echt voor geen kant. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors. Great work everyone.

Brian Callaci and Sandeep Vaheesan on abundance liberalism: democracyjournal.org/magazine/79/...

"The new Dutch gov't’s program splurges on the military while cutting the welfare state. With most NATO members committing to similarly high defense spending, working-class Europeans are forced to pay the costs." Ewald Engelen in @jacobinmag.bsky.social:

I am very happy to have @hdrochon.bsky.social back on the podcast. We talk about elites and democracy and why elites have always been a part of democracy. Hope everyone enjoys! @princetonupress.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/convergi...

De posten van het kabinet-Jetten zijn verdeeld:

The university funding crisis finally starting to make it into newspaper editorials www.ft.com/content/82f5...

🚨 The political economy of finance summer school is back, 3rd year running! Better still: We're bringing it to London via @lse-ei.bsky.social. 𝐓𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜: Finance & democracy 𝙳̲̲𝚊̲̲𝚝̲̲𝚎̲: 4-5 June 2026 𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦: March 1. Link below. We've got brilliant instructors as usual. Please spread the word!

Goed stuk @ftm.nl over de Open Access scam: "nu lezers gratis toegang hebben, betalen universiteiten wereldwijd de prijs. ... Die bedragen kunnen ten koste gaan van onderzoeksbudgetten en maken het moeilijker voor universiteiten met kleine budgetten om in bekende tijdschriften te publiceren." 👇

NEW BOOK! I'm very happy to say that my new book, Utopia, co-written with Douglas Mao, has been published on-line academic.oup.com/book/62279

Bij extreme winstmarges denk je waarschijnlijk niet aan wetenschappelijke uitgevers. Toch slaan wetenschappers alarm: de tarieven voor ‘open’ publicaties rijzen de pan uit en staan niet in verhouding tot de werkelijke kosten. Publiek onderzoeksgeld verdwijnt zo rechtstreeks naar aandeelhouders.

the UN is not the best institution in the world, but it is better than not having one

Goed stuk @ftm.nl over de Open Access scam: "nu lezers gratis toegang hebben, betalen universiteiten wereldwijd de prijs. ... Die bedragen kunnen ten koste gaan van onderzoeksbudgetten en maken het moeilijker voor universiteiten met kleine budgetten om in bekende tijdschriften te publiceren." 👇

1. In 2009 I wrote this. I argued that Peter Mandelson's department “functions as a fifth column within government, working for corporations to undermine democracy and the public interest.” This thread explains what I saw, and reaches a startling conclusion.🧵 www.monbiot.com/2009/05/04/m...

Thrilled to welcome back our annual @nottspolitics.bsky.social Ideas and Ideologies Webinar Series!🎉 Starting today with Daniel Lee (Berkeley) at 5pm UK time, on 'Legal Correlativities: Grotius's Hohfeldian Jurisprudence of Rights'💥 Sign-up 👇🏻 and 👀 you there!🥳 forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Now with a cover! 😎 "Experts in a Turbulent World" @academic.oup.com – out soon! 👇 global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Now with a cover! 😎 "Experts in a Turbulent World" @academic.oup.com – out soon! 👇 global.oup.com/academic/pro...

🚨New First View Article🚨 "Time frames: Crisis expertise and rapid response mechanisms " by Jan Eijking is now available #OpenAccess on the RIS website. Have a read! 📄 ➡️ buff.ly/QFjVXvK

🌐 How do Rapid Response Mechanisms at the UN affect the making & use of expertise? My new article @risjnl.bsky.social, part of a special issue by Annabelle Littoz-Monnet, @uribejuanita.bsky.social & Leandro Montes Ruiz on sources of expert authority beyond objectivity 👇 tinyurl.com/yzn422nn

📚 Out with OUP this summer: "Experts in a Turbulent World" 📚 An edited volume that connects historical and contemporary perspectives on the role of experts in international organisations. 1/3 👇 #HistIR global.oup.com/academic/pro...

This CfP for a conference at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social organised by Erik de Lange looks great: "Trouble on the Line: The Materiality and Fragility of Global Communication Networks, 1851-1949" #HistIR royalhistsoc.org/calendar/tro...

#OpenAccess from @risjnl.bsky.social - Time frames: Crisis expertise and rapid response mechanisms - https://cup.org/3McZpft - @janeijking.com#OpenAccess #FirstView

Jetten 1 geeft tussen 2026 en 2030 ruim 44 miljard uit aan de hypotheekrenteaftrek, en slechts 1 miljard aan betaalbare woningen. Een van de grootste crises in NL wordt zo opnieuw vooruitgeschoven. “Bouwen aan een beter Nederland” geldt blijkbaar niet voor wie geen betaalbare woning kan vinden.

Het nieuwe kabinet gelooft in vrouwenemancipatie, en gaat daarom vluchtelingenvrouwen korten op hun uitkering als ze liever voor hun kinderen zorgen dan andermans plee schoonmaken.