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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 23h

Are you studying the symbolic aspects of politics or policy?

Don't miss this opportunity to participate in an #ecprjs26 workshop convened by @ffaucher.bsky.social with @ariadnevromen.bsky.social in Innsbruck next April.

Submit your proposal by December 3: ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

#MondayMotivation

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Joint Sessions of Workshops 2026
7 – 10 April
University of Innsbruck, Austria
#ecprjs26
Paper proposals are now open until 3 December.

Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 3d

Pretty interesting job to run @jrf-uk.bsky.social - social change organisation proposing policy interventions that address poverty; and supporting social innovation. £165k. Based in York
starfishsearch.com/jobs/jrf-gro...

Group Chief Executive Officer - Starfish Search

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Patrick Dunleavy @patrickdunleavy.bsky.social · 3d

Imagined immigration is shaping our politics blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

Imagined immigration is shaping our politics | British Politics and Policy at LSE

Immigration has become the number one political priority for the public. But there is one problem: this immigration is imagined, it doesn't really exist.

blogs.lse.ac.uk

Ariadne Vromen @ariadnevromen.bsky.social · 4d

Congratulations Frank! Great initiative

Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 4d

We have just published the call for the Nuffield Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Politics. These are 3-year fully-funded postdocs that will allow you to focus on your research in a great academic environment. (And with excellent food)

www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...

Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Politics - Nuffield College Oxford University

www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk

Ariadne Vromen @ariadnevromen.bsky.social · 5d

Very excited to announce our ECPR Joint Sessions workshop on Symbolic politics & policy, that I am co-directing with the inimitable Florence Faucher of Sciences Po
Please submit a paper and come join us for a great few days of discussion!

European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · 5d

📢 Call for Papers OPEN 📢
✍️ Hone your research at the 2026 Joint Sessions 👇
❇️ get thorough feedback
❇️ join the interdisciplinary dialogue
❇️ build enduring networks

✅ 35 confirmed Workshops
📆 7–10 April, @polsciuibk.bsky.social
⌛ Submit by 3 Dec

#ecprjs26 #PoliSky

Academic Programme - ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops 2026

Submissions close 3 December 2025

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European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · 5d

📢 Call for Papers OPEN 📢
✍️ Hone your research at the 2026 Joint Sessions 👇
❇️ get thorough feedback
❇️ join the interdisciplinary dialogue
❇️ build enduring networks

✅ 35 confirmed Workshops
📆 7–10 April, @polsciuibk.bsky.social
⌛ Submit by 3 Dec

#ecprjs26 #PoliSky

Academic Programme - ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops 2026

Submissions close 3 December 2025

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Ariadne Vromen @ariadnevromen.bsky.social · 9d

Feeling like a real local now - my autumnal photo taken in the Scottish Highlands was published by BBC Scotland www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Your pictures of Scotland: Photographs from around the country

A selection of photographs submitted to BBC Scotland News from around the country this week.

www.bbc.co.uk

Australian Journal of Public Administration @ausjpa.bsky.social · 10d

⏰Early view

How is #Empathy understood by public servants❓

How do #PublicServants practise empathy in their work❓

@mussagulova.bsky.social, Jaime Padilla, & Andy Asquith study how empathy is enacted and structured into public service work 👇

doi.org/10.1111/1467...

Ariadne Vromen @ariadnevromen.bsky.social · 11d

Congratulations 🥳

Prof Ruth Patrick @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social · 11d

This was very cathartic to write, and I'm grateful to @samfr.bsky.social for giving me the space to try and set out just why the two-child limit must go, and go in its entirety

[mini 🧵]

Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 12d

New post out:

"The worst social policy ever"

Today we have a guest post from @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social on the abomination that is the two-child limit and why Labour need to scrap it ASAP.

Lots of data but also powerful testimony.

(Free to read)

open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...

"The worst social policy ever"

We have a couple of bonus guest posts over the next week.

open.substack.com

Ariadne Vromen @ariadnevromen.bsky.social · 13d

Or maybe a tropical fuck storm tshirt will be called for??

Ariadne Vromen @ariadnevromen.bsky.social · 13d

And who says “mixing pop and politics, he asks me what the use is. I offer him embarrassment and my usual excuses”?!
Thank you auspol for this gem via the hapless Opposition

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 14d

Sussan Ley goes after Anthony Albanese’s Joy Division T-shirt as the Coalition tears itself apart, again

While the opposition leader criticised the prime minister’s clothing as a ‘profound failure of judgment’, Albanese posted he was ‘getting things done’ Sussan Ley, faced with internal turmoil over climate and environment issues while trying to extinguish simmering challenges from a disgruntled backbench who want to philosophically reshape the very party she leads, has elevated a critical new political issue to the top of the national agenda. The prime minister’s decision to wear a Joy Division T-shirt. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 14d

Sussan Ley goes after Anthony Albanese’s Joy Division T-shirt as the Coalition tears itself apart, again

While the opposition leader criticised the prime minister’s clothing as a ‘profound failure of judgment’, Albanese posted he was ‘getting things done’ Sussan Ley, faced with internal turmoil over climate and environment issues while trying to extinguish simmering challenges from a disgruntled backbench who want to philosophically reshape the very party she leads, has elevated a critical new political issue to the top of the national agenda. The prime minister’s decision to wear a Joy Division T-shirt. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

John Smith Centre @johnsmithcentre.com · 14d

📣 ICYMI - you can read Prof @ariadnevromen.bsky.social & Dr Michael Scanlan's blog on the relationship between music & politics on our website now!

👇 👇 👇

POLITICAL MUSIC OR MUSIC FOR POLITICS? - John Smith Centre

A blog based on a shared playlist created for a UoG Politics Society Pints and Politics event on Music and Politics on October 14. In the 1980s song Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards, English…

www.johnsmithcentre.com

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 16d

Cruise control: could a £5 ‘entry’ fee help balance Orkney’s needs with tourist demand?

With tourists outnumbering locals by 20:1, islanders say levy is needed to help protect neolithic sites and maintain public services

www.theguardian.com

Ariadne Vromen @ariadnevromen.bsky.social · 18d

Everyone looks so young! Especially PJ and Mick Harvey

Martin Shaw @thebooksdesk.bsky.social · 18d

Quite the lunchtime tonic: behind the scenes at the recording of @pjharvey.net's Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYkl...

PJ Harvey - EPK: Stories From The City, Stories From Sea

YouTube video by PJ Harvey

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Ariadne Vromen @ariadnevromen.bsky.social · 21d

Might have tested your knowledge of Scottish & Irish political music! 😁
I was on safer ground on the discussion of gender

University of Glasgow College of Social Sciences @uofgsocsci.bsky.social · 23d

Written by Professor David Lundie, this article explores why schools must move beyond online safety to help young people build the skills and values for digital citizenship.

Read more on the #SocSciHub: tinyurl.com/bdu48dwx

Children in a clasroom on laptops one is being helped by a teacher

Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · 24d

This week on Wonkhe: Despite new OfS requirements, universities remain reluctant to fully ban staff-student relationships. Jim Dickinson investigates the gaps between policy, practice, and what students really want

Universities don't seem to understand how power dynamics on campus are abused

Despite new OfS requirements, universities remain reluctant to fully ban staff-student relationships. Jim Dickinson investigates the gaps between policy, practice, and what students really want Despite...

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Ariadne Vromen @ariadnevromen.bsky.social · 24d

www.johnsmithcentre.com/news/politic...
I wrote this blog for the @johnsmithcentre.com with my @uofglasgow.bsky.social colleague Michael Scanlan - on Tuesday night we spoke with over 100 undergrads at Pints & Politics on music and politics - was a lot of fun
Check out our playlist too 😁

POLITICAL MUSIC OR MUSIC FOR POLITICS? - John Smith Centre

A blog based on a shared playlist created for a UoG Politics Society Pints and Politics event on Music and Politics on October 14. In the 1980s song Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards, English trouba...

www.johnsmithcentre.com

John Smith Centre @johnsmithcentre.com · 24d

🎸 POLITICAL MUSIC OR MUSIC FOR POLITICS?

🎵 In our latest blog, @ariadnevromen.bsky.social and Dr Michael Scanlan explore how music is used as a vehicle for political expression and identity building, storytelling, and resistance.

Read it here 👇

POLITICAL MUSIC OR MUSIC FOR POLITICS? - John Smith Centre

A blog based on a shared playlist created for a UoG Politics Society Pints and Politics event on Music and Politics on October 14. In the 1980s song Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards, English…

www.johnsmithcentre.com

Ariadne Vromen @ariadnevromen.bsky.social · 25d

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John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 25d

I also reckon you could boost the popularity of ~ any policy with the UK public by adding the prefix “Australian style”.

Australian style national ID cards. Australian style pensions. Australian style healthcare system.

It’s sunnier and they’re better at sport so their policies must be better too.

John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 25d

I also reckon you could boost the popularity of ~ any policy with the UK public by adding the prefix “Australian style”.

Australian style national ID cards. Australian style pensions. Australian style healthcare system.

It’s sunnier and they’re better at sport so their policies must be better too.

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 26d

'in a new collection of essays about the future of universities in the age of AI published on 16 October, Bagshaw says...“some of the skills, knowledge and processes held dear in universities are no longer as rare or precious as they once were”.' (Ant Bagshaw, Australian Policy Institute) 1/2

‘Painful job losses likely’ as AI fills university admin roles

Institutions should retrain staff affected now rather than ‘sustain jobs which machines can do better and cheaper’, expert argues

www.timeshighereducation.com

Australian Journal of Public Administration @ausjpa.bsky.social · 28d

🧐 In case you have missed

@ausjpa.bsky.social's September Issue is out

With Australian roots, @ausjpa.bsky.social has an international standing & @ausjpa.bsky.social looks forward to receiving your excellent submissions from the #GlobalSouth and beyond 👇

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