New research alert 🚨📚❗: Dr Amal Abu-Bakare has co-authored/edited an article and special issue with the @universitypress.cambridge.org Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics. This special issue also features the research of lecturers Dr Gemma Bird and Professor Andrew Russell

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Great to have contributed a few thoughts to the Romanian news service about where we are in British Politics! www.g4media.ro/cutremurul-p...

In a very timely piece of research, Dr Felix Wiebrecht from @livunipol.bsky.social has contributed to a major new international policy brief series examining the global rise of authoritarianism and its implications for democracy.

For many in England, Scotland, and Wales 🗳️🗣️🇬🇧, it's election day and the stakes are especially high. This @uk.theconversation.com piece by Professor Jonathan Tonge ( @jontonge.bsky.social) asks an especially poignant question: Can Reform compete across the UK?

New research alert 📚📰🚨 See the latest blog post from our Senior Lecturer in Politics and IR and expert in Migration Studies, Dr Gemma Bird ( @gemmabird.bsky.social) via @bordercrim.bsky.social: blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...

Since it's #LocalElections day across England, here is an Open Access report from my friend @drdavidjeffery.bsky.social on local government in Political Quarterly! Enjoy! @politicalquarterly.bsky.social @livunipol.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Reflecting on ten years since the EU referendum today as part of Imagine. Great to put this together for Ulster Uni & @consoc.bsky.social Two great panels @jontonge.bsky.social @katyhayward.bsky.social & Stephen Farry Alongside @sjamcbride.bsky.social @markdevenport.bsky.social & Allison Morris.

We’re proud to celebrate a major achievement by our researchers, who have been awarded the Political Studies Association’s prestigious Pippa Norris Prize for their outstanding contribution to advancing knowledge in political studies. 👏 Read more here ▶️ news.liverpool.ac.uk/2026/04/02/p...

Thank you Dr. Ajay Parasram ( @dalhousieu.bsky.social ) and Dr Malik Al Nasir ( @malikalnasir.bsky.social ) !

New research alert 🚨📚❗️ check out the latest co-authored paper by our department’s British Politics 🇬🇧experts @andrewcrines.bsky.social and @drdavidjeffery.bsky.social , alongside Dr Timothy Heppell (@polisatleeds.bsky.social )!

Are you up to date with our department’s research? 🧐🎓For us, April has been a great month in political analysis both globally and regionally. Starting with our very own Dr Obert Hodzi and Dr Salvador Santino Regilme (Leiden University) @oberthom.bsky.social

Incredible couple of days with Simmons Center colleagues @brown.edu Dr Khalil West and I presented work on the collaborative New Visions of Black Health in Liverpool project @livunihss.bsky.social @livunipol.bsky.social @csis-liverpool.bsky.social @liverpoolmuseums.bsky.social

Great turnout for tonight's lecture on "Chartists, Rebels & Radicals" by Dr Neil Pye @livunipol.bsky.social and Constantin Torve @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social Their talks explore the lasting impact of 19th century popular protest, and the lessons to be learned from it in our time.

New research alert📚📰 🚨 We are excited to share the latest co-authored publication from our Department Head and esteemed Professor Samantha Ashenden @econsocjournal.bsky.social : www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Our ‘Review the News Night’ is on now with @felixwiebrecht.bsky.social starting the show. Come through to 502 Teaching Hub - Lecture Theatre 1. We have pizza & academic knowledge 🍕📰📚!!!

📜Chartists, Rebels & Radicals🔥 Dr Neil Pye @livunipol.bsky.social and Constantin Torve @quceh.bsky.social will explore the lasting impact of 19th century popular protest. 🗓️6pm, 29 April 🧭CTL, @liverpooluni.bsky.social FREE registration: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1985517033... #IrishStudies #HistSky

Congratulations to all the PSA Prize winners and especially The Northern Ireland General Election Study, involving some of our + @livunipol.bsky.social staff, who were awarded the Pippa Norris Prize for outstanding contribution to advancing knowledge in political studies. #TeamLivUni

Thank you to the World Museum for hosting our masters and second year undergraduate politics students today as part of our annual visit to the Benin and Liverpool exhibition.

Delighted to have a new forthcoming journal article (co-authored with Tim Heppell, (@polisatleeds.bsky.social) & David Jeffery (@drdavidjeffery.bsky.social))! The article examines Parliamentary signalling & factionalism of #UKLabour, & appears in Parliamentary Affairs soon! @livunipol.bsky.social

📜Chartists, Rebels & Radicals🔥 Dr Neil Pye @livunipol.bsky.social and Constantin Torve @quceh.bsky.social will explore the lasting impact of 19th century popular protest. 🗓️6pm, 29 April 🧭CTL, @liverpooluni.bsky.social FREE registration: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1985517033... #AcademicSky #HistSky

@livunipol.bsky.social invite applications for Bowes Chair PhD Studentship in Politics in any aspect of democratisation, nationalism, and ethnicity studies (broadly understood) relating to Central and Eastern Europe or comparative studies with other regions. www.liverpool.ac.uk/histories-la...

On Wednesday, we had the pleasure of hosting an expert careers panel of practitioners and researchers who work in peace and conflict. A huge thank you to Hannah Larn, Johanna Amaya-Panche, Chelsea Johnson, and Imri Schattner-Oran for sharing your expertise and journeys working in this field!

This year we are really pleased to be able to offer a new humanitarian scholarship at @liverpooluni.bsky.social, the Humanitarian Scholarship in Irish Studies, which offers tuition fees and maintenance support to a Palestinian student on the MRes in Irish Studies. www.liverpool.ac.uk/study/fees-a...

Explore the @cfpjustice.bsky.social 'Candour & Community' exhibition, which tells the story of shocking institutional cover-ups, on campus at the @livunilawsj.bsky.social atrium space. Learn about this important display here:

The Peace and Conflict research cluster in the Department of Politics at the University of Liverpool warmly invites you to our joint careers event in partnership with Liverpool John Moores University and Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.

For anyone at @liverpooluni.bsky.social, registration is now open for our 2nd Anticolonial Education Working Group (AEWG) event of 2026: 'Understanding the role of UoL in a socially just city' School of Law & Social Justice Event space 26/03/26, 10:00 to 13:00 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/understand...

I published my first academic paper outside of the field of IR. See my 2026 article in Philosophy and Theory in Higher Education, titled "Trying Transformative Internationalization". It is based on my research for my PGCAP with the US-UK Fulbright Commission: www.peterlang.com/document/170...

A belated thank you to everyone who attended our event 'The University Belongs to Us:A Forum re-imagining Higher Education'.It was a great day of conversation around higher education,social justice,and community-led learning.We appreciated the Tiber Community and Greenhouse Project for hosting us!

Me, in @unherd.com - Are Wes Streeting’s leadership hopes dead? (Yes) unherd.com/newsroom/are...

📢 Next week is Open Research Week 2026! Mon 2 - Fri 6 March. A free series of events exploring new, developing & current practices in #OpenResearch. UoL is proud to help lead this national event @liverpooluni.bsky.social 📚📬 👉 Register here: www.liverpool.ac.uk/open-researc...

🗣️In My Own Words Our new, occasional series of podcasts giving political leaders the chance to speak candidly about what shapes their politics and how they lead. First up: Jon Burrows, the new leader of the Ulster Unionist Party ▶️ youtu.be/y5qbk8BmkGA #IrishStudies

What does the @greenparty.org.uk's historic win in Gorton and Denton mean for the old two-party way of doing politics? Professor @jontonge.bsky.social looks at the implications 🌱

📢Lectureship in Politics and Public Administration Shared with @livunipol.bsky.social 3-year fixed-term £47,389 - £59,966 pa Help teach + develop the new MA in Public Administration and Policy, teach UG + PG students + carry out high-quality research ℹ️ tinyurl.com/3fcyrn24 #academicsky

📢We're hiring📢 Lectureship in Politics and Public Administration Shared with @livunipol.bsky.social 3-year fixed-term £47,389 - £59,966 pa Help teach + develop new MA in Public Administration and Policy, teach UG + PG students + carry out high-quality research ℹ️ tinyurl.com/3fcyrn24 #academicsky

JOB! A joint opportunity with the Dept and Politics and Institute of Irish Studies for a G8 Lecturership in Politics and Public Administration! Interested or know someone who may be? If so, here are the details! Deadline is 10 Feb. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQH962/l...

Joe Sheldon, from the Faculty's Sociology, Social Policy, and Criminology Dept, looks at #HeatedRivalry in the context of a sporting culture that still sidelines queer men.

Here's my analysis of the ongoing Andy Burnham Labour Leadership saga for @theconversation.com With stalking horses, Michael Heseltine, and a reminder that the original King in the North never got to sit on the throne either... theconversation.com/andy-burnham...

And here we are, a beginner's guide to getting to know colleagues from across the Humanities & Social Sciences (and beyond) at the University of Liverpool. We'll be adding to this as things develop... go.bsky.app/5NUwui2 #StarterPack #AcademicSky

Taken the morning of my viva... 15 years ago! Where did that time go?!

For anyone in Merseyside, registration is now open for our first Anticolonial Education Working Group (AEWG) event of 2026: The University Belongs to Us: A Forum re-imagining Higher Education February 22nd, 2026, 12:00 to 15:00 Location: Tiber Football Centre www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-univer...

Led by @drdavidjeffery.bsky.social, we are hosting 'How to Become a Political Journalist', an event which allows you to grill an expert panel about pursuing a career in journalism.📰🗣️The panel will be followed by a networking and drinks reception, providing a chance to chat with our amazing speakers!

Greetings! My first book chapter is out with @academic.oup.com in Knowledge and Expertise in International Politics: A Handbook! It features poetry from the inspiring Dean Atta and centers Black feminist scholarship. Congratulations to the editors, my former colleagues at @interpolaber.bsky.social

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As Reform’s councillor base grows, I’m resharing our study on how party policy positions differ across England. 'How England’s new Reform councillors compare in their views to other parties' in @uk.theconversation.com theconversation.com/how-englands...

Congratulations to our Senior Lecturer in Politics Obert Hodzi, and co-author @ssregilme.bsky.social. Their book illustrates how aid functions as a strategic tool embedded in broader power struggles. It is now available via @manchesterup.bsky.social : manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526183194/

Salvador Santino Regilme and Obert Hodzi, United States and Chinese Foreign Assistance and Diplomacy: Aid for Dominance – @manchesterup.bsky.social, January 2026 manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526183194/

Excited to be returning to Birmingham as a plenary speaker alongside the brilliant @aparasram.bsky.social of @dalhistory.bsky.social ! This will be my first time at @astonuniversity.bsky.social ! Looking forward to it!

Wrote a piece with @davideschmid.bsky.social on the “new” Guest Worker schemes in Europe and how they borrow from practices of the past!

This deadline is fast approaching for all interested candidates 📖