"Unlike Trump and Hegseth, fascist leaders are fanatically militaristic. And there is nothing fanatical about throwing a military parade, renaming the Department of Defense the 'Department of War,' or purging non-MAGA generals."

My hottake is that the new Taylor Swift album is good! No skips, for me. Having a fun pop album to enjoy in the midst of chaos and cruelty is a gift. My disasterologist take is that I would encourage you all not to dance through lightning. That is actually very dangerous.

Are universities perceived as left-wing bastions? Are police officers seen as right-wing? And are judges considered impartial? In a new publication in @ejprjournal.bsky.social, Erika van Elsas, @mauritsmeijers.bsky.social, and I answer these questions ... (1/3) www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

WE WANT YOU! 🫵 The call for a new editorial team for the EJPG is now open❗ The mandate of the journal's sitting stellar team led by @jennpiscopo.bsky.social & @payoub.bsky.social will come to an end in July 2026. 📆 Applications must be received by November 23rd Details of call here: rb.gy/lqidii

Happy new Taylor Swift album to all those who celebrate 🥳 🪩 💃🏼 🕺

Is research really worth it? Come and hear what I think about why we do what we do. www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

There is this guy sitting on the outside of a train bench, manspreading, and this lady trying to get past him to sit at the window (he made zero attempt to move) knocked his knee and he shot her the biggest stinkeye like she’s in the wrong 😂

Never not surprised by how deeply disturbed and destabilised (sometimes even angry) some of my students get when I introduce them to the work of @birdlady.bsky.social and the claim that sex is socially constructed and neither binary nor fixed. The pedagogy of gender & politics is fraught terrain.

Just posted an updated/revised version of this “Statistical Methods in Public Policy Research” chapter, now under review post-R&R 🤞 I'm kinda partial and unbiased here, but I really really like this piece! HTML/PDF: stats.andrewheiss.com/snoopy-spring/ SocArXiv: doi.org/10.31235/osf...

🌸 #ECPG26 @ecprgender.bsky.social Section seeking Panels & Papers ⤵️ 🌈 Gender, Sexuality, and Political Careers 🪑 @lenastephan.bsky.social @robindevroe.bsky.social, Andrea Aldrich, William Daniel (@uniofnottingham.bsky.social) Ragnhild Louise Muriaas (@unibergen.bsky.social) ⌛👇 7 Nov

🧵 Who's the most informed about American politics? Very lefty seculars. My new FREE study @sfjournal.bsky.social finds atheists/agnostics, especially if they are politically sorted, score higher on knowledge of basic civics & current politics than other groups. 1/ academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...

Annual re-upping of a seasonal favourite 🍂 🎃

Come and hear me talk about myself! Amongst other things. October 22nd, John Snow Lecture Theatre, 5.15-6.15 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

Can I tell you about a little project that took six years from proposal stage to release? Community of Praxis is a fully peer-reviewed scholarly podcast about teaching and learning. It’s also (I think) fun, accessible, and a little bit radical in its focus on care. It’s out today!

New Directions in Climate Justice? A Dialogue Between Critical Climate Justice and Policy Studies Scholars www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

NEW NEWS

📣 Article alert! Excellent new piece on *lived experience* as a form of evidence from our very own @clemmiehilloconnor.bsky.social & a colleague @haylesben.bsky.social 👏 #OpenAccess in Policy & Politics now 👉 bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

Disclaimer xkcd.com/3126/

The Conference on Policy Process Research 2026 is in Bern, Switzerland, January 20-23. You can submit your paper or presentation ideas here - policyprocessresearch.org - and can attend in person or online.

The right to disconnect is essential in the digital age. 📵 No work emails after hours 📵 No calls on your holiday 📵 No consequences for switching off The European Parliament supports your right to truly log off. This summer, take a break if you can! 🔗 Learn more: europa.eu/!h8RQqD

It may look very quiet over on BBS at the moment, but I've been working hard over the course of a week off my day job to get more previews and data ready ahead of the 2026 election. If you value my work and can afford to do so, you can chip in to show support here: liberapay.com/BallotBoxSco...

OMG. Hilarious, but right on target. New York Times’ Style Guide Substitutions for "The President Violated the Constitution": “The president, tiptoeing precipitously down the sidelines of legality, inadvertently ran the constitutional football out of bounds.” www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/new...

Just published in @jpube.bsky.social: "Parenthood and the gender gap in commuting" By Aline Bütikofer, René Karadakic, & Alexander Willén www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #econsky #publiceconomics #gendergap

If you're wondering about the relationship between policy change and policy experiments....look no further 😆 I have a new article out in @policysciences.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1... #policychange #policyexperiments

Good morning! I'm in Uganda to visit family and friends. But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month. See you soon, NYC.

@salomeietter.bsky.social and I are very happy to share the call for papers for this year's PSA French Politics Specialist Group annual workshop. This will be held on 14th November at the University of Glasgow; the deadline for abstracts is 14th August. Please get in touch with any questions!

We are really hoping that The Nursing Clio Reader gets picked up for classroom use in your 🗃️ history courses on medicine, women/gender/sexuality, and related topics. The 9/9/25 publication date might make that difficult for fall courses, but please consider it!

happy Monday to you too, fellas!

I cannot tell you how much stress this causes me! 😂👇🏼 I recently sent a report with an em dash in it (I’ve always been a prolific em-dasher) and only spotted this after the fact, and then immediately proceeded to worry it would be interpreted as having been AI-generated 🫠

Young workers at Starbucks, Amazon, Sesame Workshop, Hearst Magazines, and Action Network talk about how organizing changed their relationship with work.

🍎 If you love teaching / thinking about teaching and learning / thinking about your own Higher Education teaching practice, I can’t recommend the 3QTL podcast enough 👇🏼 taylorinstitute.ucalgary.ca/resources/po... The whole back catalogue can be found in all the usual places. Enjoy!

If you’re attending next week’s public policy conference (#ICPP7) next week in Chiang Mai, remember to fill out the Thailand immigration form.

To celebrate our shiny new impact factor of 2.2 🌟 we have made of five most-cited papers ✨FREE ACCESS✨ until the end of July. You can check our list of most-cited papers here: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/subject/EJPG...

🎧 LISTEN NOW UK police have come under pressure in recent years over their handling of domestic abuse and violence against women and girls. But what happens when the call is coming from inside the house? open.spotify.com/episode/5j5L...

Wow! "The average female researcher in departments with more women publishes more and receives more citations than the average female researcher in universities with a lower share of female faculty" ‪@egenpolisci.bsky.social‬ @sotonpolitics.bsky.social dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...

Last chance to register for 'Rethinking Health Inequalities'⌛ Mon 2 June, a deep dive into: 🔹 Primary care & community action 🔹Creating evidence-based policy 🔹 Health priorities ahead of #Holyrood2026 🏥 Clarice Pears | 10am–4pm | Lunch included Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/rethinking...

The latest EPA issue is out! Leading scholars explore how U.S. policy research applies in Europe, offering insights into policy transfer and adaptation. Essential reading for anyone in European policy! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/23806567... #PolicyStudies #policyprocess #publicpolicy #polisci

Oh look! It me 👀👇🏼🤭🫠

New review finds larger vehicles 'cause more severe injuries to pedestrians and cyclists than passenger cars... This effect is larger for fatalities... & the fatality effect is particularly large for children' injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/earl... Unsurprising but depressing, given rise in SUVs.

The deadline is approaching (5 June)! So, I am just reposting this once more... Perhaps it can reach a few more junior scholars interested in lobbying?

"I have made contact with the fish. They agree that their ten-gallon urine bowl and employment at the tiny, mossy castle are grossly inadequate."

Currently putting together a reading list for a first year lecture on Public Policy in Britain. Any recommendations? Post here or send me a message with the details! Thank you.

🌅 Early View 🌅 "What is successful policy experimentation?" by @katemattocks.bsky.social is now available in Policy & Politics! Curious about how governments can better design and learn from policy experiments? This article offers a new framework: doi.org/10.1332/0305...

This quarter’s collection features cutting-edge research on gender-based violence, EU gender pay policy, and feminist democratic innovations. 👇 Open Acces until June 30! policyandpoliticsblog.com/2025/05/01/p...

“Researchers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and Imperial College London gathered data from more than 680,000 road collisions in multiple countries over the past 35 years” ❗️ Conclusion: children 82% more likely to die if hit by an SUV. ❓ Why are SUVs used in cities?

Welcome to the launch of my book Defending the Status Quo (OUP 2024)! academic.oup.com/book/58626 🗓 May 8, 15:00–16:00 CEST 📍 Dept. of Government, Uppsala University (or Zoom!) Speakers: @jennpiscopo.bsky.social, Drude Dahlerup, @elinbja.bsky.social & me.

Working with "the enemy" is a wide-spread lobbying strategy! In our new article, we study the logic of brokerage & how brokers between opposing policy positions can secure advantages in lobbying. doi.org/10.1177/0032... with @marcelhanegraaff.bsky.social Andrea Pritoni & @michelecrepaz.bsky.social

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

Wooah. 18.5% reduction in sick leave reported. (And this was pre-Covid: "Our sample periods for the LEZ and ULEZ analyses are 2005–2009 and 2016–2019, respectively.")