Coming up at 4pm on Radio 4, Rethink Winners and Losers where we look at the idea of a ‘zero-sum mindset’ something that affects people of all political backgrounds. With Stephanie Stancheva, Parth Patel, @igmansfield.bsky.social, Patricia Andrews Fearon and Cleo Watson.

There’s a new #philosophy feed in town! 📣 #PhilosophySky combines the best philosophical discussion via the #PhilSky and area-specific hashtags with announcements from 250+ philosophy-related accounts making it the most comprehensive feed for academic philosophy on Bluesky! bsky.app/profile/did:...

This is a brilliant paper. A highly recommended reading it for everyone who is interested in political change, political imagination, and discussions on feasibility.

I'll be sharing this a few times over the next few weeks, but here's your first heads up that the Georgetown philosophy department is hiring philjobs.org/job/show/29710

I wrote this back in March but I think it's important now more than ever to understand competitive authoritarianism--and the concrete steps that can be used to fight back against it. It's going to be difficult, but it's not a lost cause--and the fight is worth it. I explain the best strategies here:

One puzzle I’m working through is how authoritarian political movements impact civil society orgs. We’re getting more familiar with what authoritarianism will do to them when in power. It’s a top-down theory of change. But does the underlying political & social movement have an independent impact?

Some news that I can finally share! From February 2026 I'll be on an ERC Starting Grant focused on refugee-inclusive/refugee-led methods in political philosophy and debates on displacement justice. You can read about other funded projects here: erc.europa.eu/news-events/...

Two-year postdoc position at Bristol on the Leverhulme-funded Foundations of Longtermism project. If there’s someone you know working in moral philosophy, decision theory, or formal epistemology more broadly who might be interested, please do encourage them to apply.

First day at school…

Dear friends, INDIGNITY is coming out tomorrow and I will be discussing it with the brilliant Hannah Dawson. If you know anyone who wants to celebrate with us, hear the discussion & maybe a bit of reading, feel free to spread the word - still some tickets left! www.waterstones.com/events/lea-y...

🎧 הפרק האחרון של הסכת אוסלו עלה לאוויר! הפרק השמיני והאחרון מבקש לענות על השאלה אולי החשובה מכל, זו שמדירה שינה מעיניי כל ישראלי - איך לא ראינו את 7 באוקטובר מגיע? איך נתנו לעצמנו לשקוע עמוק כל כך לתוך קונספציות הרסניות? תודה לעמית מולד ד״ר ארנון דגני @arnondeg.bsky.social שכתב והגיש לפרק >>

It was such a pleasure to discuss with the brilliant @shafakelif literature and politics, minorities in the Ottoman Empire, how the past conditions us, the role of writers in society, and much more... The joint interview is out in today's @theguardian.com link👇 www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

I wrote about Trumpian culture, the Liver King, scams, frauds, corruption—and the new structural economic and political incentives that have caused us to enter a new era of inequality dominated by hucksters, which I call: The Grifted Age. www.forkingpaths.co/p/the-grifte...

my latest with @newrepublic.com liberalism isn't the 'referee of politics'. it's a player, & it must win newrepublic.com/article/1992...

Just to say the obvious: The far-right discourse about architecture and “beauty” is not about public investment in infrastructure…it is about purity and order.

Josh Cohen and I have a new (short) paper in @science.org! Researchers at Google built a "Habermas Machine" for democratic deliberation. We ask whether its knack for building agreement comes from genuine deliberative merit or from people over-trusting algorithms. philpapers.org/go.pl?aid=CO...

And my paper 💕📱https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/2F83AAEFB7DEA94FA4179369A004CEEC/S000305542400128Xa.pdf/dating-apps-and-the-digital-sexual-sphere.pdf

My @apsrjournal.bsky.social paper on politics and intimacy is featured in Political Science Today @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org in a great piece by Ewa Nizalowska 💫🔭

Latest Philosophy Bites. Bob is back!

Links to the full day here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

The full event is now online on YouTube. I really recommend watching, we had the pleasure of hosting some truly brilliant speakers and talks. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... @jowolff.bsky.social

One like. One opinion on politics

Intoxicated by warm praise and affection yesterday. Something of a hangover today, finally clearing out my office.

Yesterday we celebrated @jowolff.bsky.social remarkable career. Hard to put into words, so here’s a glimpse of the standing ovation that closed the day. Love, admiration, philosophy at its best. Days like this remind me why we do what we do.

What a historical and incredible day!

wonderful event and my very best wishes to Jo

Joining the applause!

Yesterday we celebrated @jowolff.bsky.social remarkable career. Hard to put into words, so here’s a glimpse of the standing ovation that closed the day. Love, admiration, philosophy at its best. Days like this remind me why we do what we do.

End of the day, @jowolff.bsky.social asked to sum up and reflect at The Public Philosopher, the conference in his honour at the Blavatnik School of Government at Oxford. Brilliant talk about his academic and public career, “It’s more important as a philosopher that people understand what you say”

And so to bed. A wonderful day for me. My thanks to everyone and especially @shaiagmon.bsky.social who made it so special.

These events are so lovely in part because the norm is to talk about how much we have all been influenced by a wonderful person and their work, which I much prefer to our usual goal of explaining to people why they are wrong. We should do this more often!

I had a wonderful time today at #JoFest, celebrating the career of @jowolff.bsky.social and his enormous influence on so many of us. Well done @shaiagmon.bsky.social and everyone else for wrangling all those philosophers and making everyone so sentimental

Final panel before the evening closing event - on equality! With Laura Valentini and C.M Lim

Third panel - health and disability. With @tomshakespeare.bsky.social and Sadie Regmi.

Second session! Just and unjust cities :)

First session on engaged philosophy! @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social @vafaghazavi.bsky.social

What fun, I’m listening to this right now! Hi @jowolff.bsky.social !

20 min….

Looks pretty:)

Starting in an hour 🙌🏻

Er, yes I did wake early. Why do you ask?

Happening today. A person and a career well worth celebrating.

🎓 Celebrating Prof @jowolff.bsky.social's career Please join us in saying a big thank you to Jo for his pioneering research and teaching. The School will also host a special event to mark his career at the School on Wednesday. Find out more here ⬇️

Happening tomorrow at @blavatnikschool.bsky.social: The Public Philosopher — a day celebrating @jowolff.bsky.social's extraordinary career. In-person registration is full, but you can still join us online! 👉 bsg.ox.ac.uk/events/publi... Would love to see you there!

This Wednesday! The event is fully booked for in-person attendance, but still open for online registration :) do join us!! @jowolff.bsky.social

Shai is one of the most astute observers of the Israeli center. He’s in England so he spells it centre. But his heart is in the right place so I won’t hold it against him. Read him.

Hilo Glazer of @haaretzcom.bsky.social interviewed me last week about Israel’s shifting political landscape — polarisation, political competition, and the rise of what I call the ‘hollow’ centre. Link below.

At long last, the moment you've all definitely been breathlessly awaiting: my paper “The Moral Limits of What, Exactly?” now exists in an actual issue of Economics & Philosophy. For those who somehow resisted reading it before, now’s your chance :) www.cambridge.org/core/journal...