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

Get your submissions in 👇

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 📖

Available on Open Access from MUP.

Happy Christmas 🎄 and Holidays ☃️ from all of us in the University of Liverpool Politics Department!

Congratulations to our very own Professor Andrew Russell and his co-author, Professor Andreja Zevnik, for receiving the Award for the Best Scientific Work in the Field of Political Science for their book from Dr Marko Hočevar on behalf of the Slovenian Political Science Association🗣️📚📖

Thank you to everyone who came round to our 'End of Term Party'!📚📰🥳 It was a fun event built on lively discussion, informative presentations, and a great Q&A! Many thanks to our lecturers Eugenia, Chelsea, and Neil for reviewing the news for us!

Release Peace: The Magazine 📚: In the latest article, Politics student Tom Bouvet examines insecurity and childhood in Haiti: Kidnapped, Raped, and Killed: A Childhood in Haiti: releasepeace.org/kidnapped-ra...

Release Peace: The Magazine 📚: This past week, the long-awaited report of police misconduct in the Hillsborough disaster was published. Read Politics student Charlie Walker’s analysis of institutional denial of Hillsborough: releasepeace.org/from-orgreav...

This project was generously supported by the @liverpooluni.bsky.social i Alumni and Friends Fund.

This year, the Department of Politics teamed up with Release Peace to allow our students to professionally publish their research into conflict and current affairs in the Release Peace magazine! This week, we will be highlighting their brilliant work!: releasepeace.org/release-peac...

Yesterday,we welcomed Dr Jelena Obradovic-Wochnik from who presented on the topic of 'Border deaths in the wake of genocide' as the latest guest of our Departmental Research Seminar series.Her research focuses on investigating state-based violence, migration, and violence against displaced people.

Looking forward to participating in this great event. Thanks for having me.

Heading to the The University of Leeds for the day as the lovely people of the political theory seminar series kindly invited me to speak. Looking forward to testing out some of the ideas from the book I have been working on for the last eight years and that I am now in the final stages of editing!

For those who don’t know, on November 3rd I gave my first conference/symposium keynote for @millennjournal.bsky.social at @lseir.bsky.social. My keynote was based on my 2022 reflection piece,‘Your Work is Not International Relations’.Thank you to everyone who attended and the editors for inviting me

Lovely to launch my book this evening at Queens Belfast @centreforgender.bsky.social thanks to everyone who came along and to @drdeiana.bsky.social @frecklescorp.bsky.social @mhairiclaire.bsky.social for organising and commentary 💚 @manchesterup.bsky.social @livunipol.bsky.social

"What our students say: I didn't just study politics—I lived it." Read Class of 2024 Politics graduate Ben's story: www.liverpool.ac.uk/careers/stud...

We invite you to join us next Friday, 28th November, to celebrate the launch of Dr Claire Pierson's new book "Women's Troubles". Dr Claire Pierson (University of Liverpool) will be in conversation with Dr Emma Campbell (UU) and Mhairi Claire Lynch (QUB). www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/womens-tro...

Come join us at our End of Year ‘Review the News’ night for informed fun and festivities!!! ❄️⛄️📚📑

Yesterday was a very busy day for our department and knowledge production! Thank you to everyone who attended the book launch for Dr @ndmlees.bsky.social and our offsite round table for the Dayton Peace Agreement which featured Dr @birtegippert.bsky.social at @ljmuofficial.bsky.social 📚👩‍⚖️⚖️

Looking forward to this roundtable today @ljmuirp.bsky.social

Launch event for my new book 'The International Relations of the North-South Divide' today.

New publication alert📚📰 Check out the latest article from our Lecturer in Political Theory Dr Andrew J. Routledge, in the journal of 'Ethics and Information Technology' @springernature.com link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Dr Amal Abu-Bakare @nawalabu72.bsky.social has recently contributed to an important report from the Independent Commission on Counter Terrorism. It found that Britain’s counter terrorism strategy is no longer keeping the country safe. Read about the report and Amal's input here ⤵️