The 'Changemakers Academy', a new initiative from @drdonnasmith.bsky.social at @openuniversity.bsky.social Read more below ⬇️

#PSA26 Annual Conference is fast approaching! You will find useful information on the PSA26 website about 🏠️ Accommodation 📆 Programme 📢 Keynote speakers 🍴 Food and refreshments 🚨 Registration deadline 12 March

We invite you to reserve your calendar for our PIPS Week! Save the date, 16-22 March. Further schedules will be posted soon. Available to you at home a host of online speakers will be introduced to bridge theory with practice. Keep an eye out - drop us a DM to get added to our WhatsApp group.

Still time to sign up for these @ukparliament.parliament.uk webinars. The first one is tomorrow 6pm! @openuniversity.bsky.social @oupips.bsky.social ky.social @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social assoc.bsky.social

Our @jamiegaskarth.bsky.social is in @theconversation.com on Keir Starmer's difficult diplomacy with Trump during the Greenland crisis.

This Friday - our Eddie Wastnidge launches a new co-edited book on the ever evolving geopolitics of the Middle East. All welcome - details below.

🌟NEW PSA Website🌟 We start the new year with the launch of our new website! This first phase of development coincides with other digital initiatives including a new 'My Membership' area and new membership database. Ongoing developments will continue this year. 🎉Enjoy the new site buff.ly/67rovjj

🚨Tomorrow🚨TLN Webinar: ‘Using Objects to Enhance Learning in Political Science Education’ with William L Allen @unisouthampton.bsky.social 📆 13 Jan, 12.30pm, Online ➡️ Discover how object-based learning can help convey, capture, and express complex ideas. FREE and open to all

*PSA Resource* Read and share our NEW 'Guide to Studying #Politics & #InternationalRelations at University' ➡️ Studying #PIR helps develop sought-after critical thinking, analytical and communication skills. ➡️ Discover what a Politics degree can offer, and where it can take you. buff.ly/T1BCZ8a

New #OpenAccess publication! How are China’s narratives received across national and subnational actors and audiences? Drawing on 6,133 articles in Chinese, Urdu & English, our new study answers looking at the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor. Check it out 👇 doi.org/10.1080/1538...

Still time to sign up to both webinars - open to students and the general public👇

One EU-UK Reset negotiation tracker, updated for today's Erasmus statement Still quite a lot to be done on the agenda from the May summit PDF with clicky links: bit.ly/UshGraphic141 @ukandeu.bsky.social @oupolitics.bsky.social

Short blog from me and @maudinet.bsky.social about last week’s launch of the new RT India channel and what to expect from it, written for @uk.theconversation.com @oupolitics.bsky.social @ou-gcsj.bsky.social theconversation.com/rt-india-how...

Funded collaborative PhD opportunity on contested memory with me in @oupolitics.bsky.social and Arthur Dudney at Arcadia: granduniondtp.web.ox.ac.uk/contested-hi... Deadline 7th Jan, please share!

A great opportunity from @oupolitics.bsky.social this UK Parliament Week!

Want to learn more about how UK Parliament works? Sign up to 2 events, available to students & public. Webinar 1: Intro to Your UK Parliament 27 Jan 6pm events.teams.microsoft.com/event/54f0ff... @oupips.bsky.social @ukparliament.parliament.uk #UKPW

UK Parliament Week #UKPW is back to spread the word about what #Parliament is. Get started with the free Open Learn course - Introduction to making political & social change. Check out the video: youtu.be/pq9bDCrjFFw @ukparliament.parliament.uk @oupips.bsky.social

Are you an @openuniversity.bsky.social student interested in speaking to other students about politics? If so, join @oupips.bsky.social – a great way to mark UK Parliament Week! #UKPW Find out more here: oupips.org.uk @ukparliament.parliament.uk

Sign up to this great free course about making political change #UKPW

It's time for a real change and you can learn how with a warm welcome from @oupolitics.bsky.social into Parliament Week #UKPW

UK Parliament Week starts today, raising awareness of @ukparliament.parliament.uk & how to get involved! @oupolitics.bsky.social academics are working with #UKPW again to educate more people on how they can make political change: www.open.edu/openlearn/so... oupips.bsky.social

Me, for @ukandeu.bsky.social, on why we might be going back to talking about money in the UK-EU relationship @oupolitics.bsky.social @openuniversity.bsky.social

I'm incredibly pleased and delighted to have been elected as President of the new @oupips.bsky.social society for @oustudents.bsky.social. We have a strong leadership team and I'm looking forward to all the events and community building we will be doing over the next year. @oupolitics.bsky.social

New publication! International relations in a Multipolar Middle East - a highly topical new collection of insightful papers edited by @edwardwastnidge.bsky.social and @drfrancescobelc.bsky.social Out now: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526180285/

Very much enjoyed sitting down with @alexvont.bsky.social on @bunkerpod.bsky.social this week to talk all things disinformation @ou-gcsj.bsky.social @oupolitics.bsky.social

With my free time, I have been working on the new OU Politics, International Relations, and Policy Society. We have a website now. Sign up for the upcoming newsletter oupips.org.uk @oupolitics.bsky.social @oustudents.bsky.social

Come and join us in Brussels on 17 Sept to discuss EU-UK relations Top line up (and fancy catering too) @ukandeu.bsky.social @oupolitics.bsky.social ukandeu.ac.uk/events/the-f...

We will be having another meeting on forming the society this coming Sunday. If you are an @openuniversity.bsky.social student and are interested in Politics, International Relations, and Policy, come join us @oupolitics.bsky.social @oustudents.bsky.social events.teams.microsoft.com/event/f1d150...

The BBC has done a deep dive into current activities of Russia’s RT network, extensively citing research from me, @rhyscrilley.bsky.social @m-deceit.bsky.social et al in our new (free-to-download!) book. @oupolitics.bsky.social www.bbc.com/news/article...

Really pleased my article on the election process of the UN Secretary General is now available in the Open University's Resources for Schools, created for secondary school age students across the UK. #UNSG #unitednations tinyurl.com/2jut9xne @oupolitics.bsky.social

Fancy a sneaky peek of our UG IR offerings? Look no further…..

Interested in undergrad IR? Check out this thread of @openuniversity.bsky.social links, including sign up details for our new module D228, a new @ouopenlearn.bsky.social course, our IR degree, and two informative videos #StudyIR #OpenUniversity @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @mybisa.bsky.social

Congrats to @drdonnasmith.bsky.social 😀👇

Sign up for the MA below! @openuniversity.bsky.social @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @mybisa.bsky.social

On Tuesday 1 July, Dr Georgina Holmes and NGO Security Women ran an internal workshop for the UK @defencehq.bsky.social on the recruitment of women into the British Armed Forces, ahead of the new tri-service recruitment programme 2027. Read here! fass.open.ac.uk/news/improvi...

Our MA in International Relations (IR) is open for registration! Over the next few days we’ll share info on what the course looks like & the kind of things you’ll be study in D818 – Part 1 of the MA @mybisa.bsky.social @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @ou-gcsj.bsky.social @openuniversity.bsky.social

Next Sunday, we will be having our monthly OU Politics, Policy & International Relations Society introductory meeting from 6pm to 7pm. Come join us as we plan and work on creating this society @oustudents.bsky.social @oupolitics.bsky.social teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...

Official publication day today!

Some fantastic reviews coming in on the new book, co-authored with @rhyscrilley.bsky.social and @m-deceit.bsky.social colleagues @ou-gcsj.bsky.social

Reviews say @preciouschatd.bsky.social new co-authored book on Russian disinfo 1️⃣ “an essential read”, 2️⃣ “Highly recommended” and 3️⃣ “the most advanced research to date on [disinformation's effects]”. You can download it for free here! www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

FAO @openuniversity.bsky.social students! Drop-in session: D228: Exploring international relations: actors, issues, perspectives Planning to register on D228 or have done so already and want to know more? Pop into our drop-in session with Prof. Agnes Czajka. [Link in next post]

Ironically, missed this as I was on holiday, but proud to hear an idea I had made into a great episode of Rethink www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... @oupolitics.bsky.social @openuniversity.bsky.social

Nice piece of work from my erstwhile @oupolitics.bsky.social colleague David Moloney on the EU's crisis response www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

I'm speaking at this climate cafe event on Saturday in Milton Keynes. Looking forward to talking to people who care about climate change, and want to learn more about it. Also looking forward to vegan cake! @oupolitics.bsky.social climatecafemk.co.uk/2025/04/21/o...

Tycho van der Hoog’s great new book details how N Korea built relationships with postcolonial African states over decades, says @joeruffell.bsky.social of @oupolitics.bsky.social @ou-gcsj.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ia/article-a...

🚨Report by @drdonnasmith.bsky.social & Dan Taylor with @policywise.bsky.social out now! "Engaging the disengaged: a guide for policymakers & campaigners" explores practical ways to engage disengaged groups in democracy. 🔗Read here: fass.open.ac.uk/sites/fass.o... @openuniversity.bsky.social

If you’re interested in reporting migration and you’re a journalist, studying journalism, or you just want to learn what basic information journalists should know to report about migration well in the UK you can enrol in the free course here: skillsacademy.nctj.com/course/view....

Nice new publication by our deputy director Rob McNeil and the brilliant @drdonnasmith.bsky.social looking at the importance of specialist training for journalists on contentious policy issues like migration - it leans heavily on the free training programme we developed for @nctj.bsky.social

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NEW PUBLICATION! ‘Developing specialised online journalistic training in contentious policy issues, such as migration' in Journalism Education: journalism-education.org/wp-content/u... Written with Rob McNeil from @migobs.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @oupolitics.bsky.social