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Lucy Barnes @lucy-barnes.bsky.social · 4d

One of my favourite papers from this past year!

British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 4d

NEW -

Elections Without Constraints? The Appeal of Electoral Autocracy Across the World - https://cup.org/49auQPf

- @anjaneundorf.bsky.social, @sirianned.bsky.social, Kristian Vrede Skaaning Frederiksen & @aykutozturk.bsky.social

#OpenAccess

BJPolS abstract of an academic article discussing how democratic institutions prioritize citizen preferences regarding economic and physical security, with a focus on varied democratic features across thirty countries.

British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 4d

NEW -

Elections Without Constraints? The Appeal of Electoral Autocracy Across the World - https://cup.org/49auQPf

- @anjaneundorf.bsky.social, @sirianned.bsky.social, Kristian Vrede Skaaning Frederiksen & @aykutozturk.bsky.social

#OpenAccess

Lucy Barnes @lucy-barnes.bsky.social · 16d

Thoughts and prayers

Steven Durlauf @durlauf.bsky.social · 19d

Bravo! As deserved as it gets. Wendy Carlin is a treasure.

Centre for Economic Policy Research @cepr.org · 19d

Following her fireside chat on the Future of Higher Education CEPR is proud to announce Wendy Carlin was awarded the Lifetime Service to the Profession for her contributions to The CORE Project, increasing access and changing the way economics is taught. Our heartfelt congratulations to Wendy!

Lucy Barnes @lucy-barnes.bsky.social · 22d

good news is also a thing in the world

Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 22d

Diane Abbott, the last remaining member of that original quartet, is now Mother of the House (the female MP with the longest continuous service). The ranks of MPs around have changed a lot during her long career. This is first ever Commons whose diversity roughly matches the nation it represents

Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 22d

For those who believe that the Commons should fairly represent the nation it serves, this is a story of remarkable progress. Those who would deny full and equal rights to people based on the race and religion natually don't see it that way, but thankfully they are a small (if noisy) minority.

Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 22d

Diane Abbott, the last remaining member of that original quartet, is now Mother of the House (the female MP with the longest continuous service). The ranks of MPs around have changed a lot during her long career. This is first ever Commons whose diversity roughly matches the nation it represents

Lucy Barnes @lucy-barnes.bsky.social · 27d

This image highlights that one of the most important perks of the job is working with @alanrenwick.bsky.social

UCL Constitution Unit @conunitucl.bsky.social · 27d

Join and help to lead the Constitution Unit!

@uclspp.bsky.social is looking for a Lecturer in British and Comparative Politics who will also join our senior team and contribute to our research and impact activities.

Applicants must have, or be near to finishing, a PhD.

Apply 👇

Job opportunity: Lecturer in British and Comparative Politics

The UCL Department of Political Science and Constitution Unit are seeking to appoint a Lecturer in British and Comparative Politics. The successful candidate will join the senior team at the Unit.

www.ucl.ac.uk

Dan de Kadt @dandekadt.bsky.social · 27d

As I reflect on this, three thoughts:

1. This case is only symptomatic of a bigger problem; increasingly broken incentive structures in our disciplines and industry.

Our job is *not* to publish for the sake of publishing. It is to produce and advance *knowledge*. This process is hard and slow.

UCL Constitution Unit @conunitucl.bsky.social · 27d

Join and help to lead the Constitution Unit!

@uclspp.bsky.social is looking for a Lecturer in British and Comparative Politics who will also join our senior team and contribute to our research and impact activities.

Applicants must have, or be near to finishing, a PhD.

Apply 👇

Job opportunity: Lecturer in British and Comparative Politics

The UCL Department of Political Science and Constitution Unit are seeking to appoint a Lecturer in British and Comparative Politics. The successful candidate will join the senior team at the Unit.

www.ucl.ac.uk

Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 27d

Not a drill - there's a Britain-focused lectureship (FT, permanent) available.

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPQ588/l...

Lecturer in British and Comparative Politics at UCL

An academic position as a Lecturer in British and Comparative Politics is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional academic job opportunities.

www.jobs.ac.uk

Josh Goddard @joshgoddard98.bsky.social · 29d

Overall, housing is a central and growing cleavage in politics, challenging class dealignment story. Relying on occupation risks mischaracterising the class basis of politics - we must update how we think about this to reflect era of asset-based capitalism

7/7

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Housing and electoral behaviour: The changing face of class voting in advanced democracies

Scholarship on the relationship between social structure and electoral behaviour has traditionally operationalised voters’ economic or class situation…

www.sciencedirect.com

Lucy Barnes @lucy-barnes.bsky.social · 29d

Happy to see the first paper from @joshgoddard98.bsky.social ’s PhD project published today! 🙌

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Class voting is alive and well, once we recognise the importance of asset (housing) ownership as well as labour market position as a class marker

Housing and electoral behaviour: The changing face of class voting in advanced democracies

Scholarship on the relationship between social structure and electoral behaviour has traditionally operationalised voters’ economic or class situation…

www.sciencedirect.com

Lucy Barnes @lucy-barnes.bsky.social · Nov 25

Sandel’s thesis is a different version of this: politics under neoliberalism* vacated the space of morality (incl. religious community); people want morality in politics; aggressive far right moral panics filled the void

*shorthand for vibes/era, not nec scholarly/intellectual position

Lucy Barnes @lucy-barnes.bsky.social · Nov 22

This question is less on my personal radar and I think other people will have more information interest in judging

Lucy Barnes @lucy-barnes.bsky.social · Nov 22

Note: it’s not like there are any things that would flag/trigger an immediate desk reject! This is (was) just one that I think often correlated with overall thinking the paper’s not quite ready, or not quite rightly targeted

Lucy Barnes @lucy-barnes.bsky.social · Nov 22

all very new and impressionistic but the main one is that I think a “flag” ~a year ago would be to fail to articulate any explicit argument for the paper’s importance or innovation. now those *forms* are almost always present, and it’s deeper work to separate the substantive from the specious

Lucy Barnes @lucy-barnes.bsky.social · Nov 22

speaking just for myself: trying to do this, but the numerical increase hits hard here too. Also “flags” for desk rejection are changing, in ways which also increase the editorial time required to reach each DR decision. No call for sympathy but it’s not trivial at the ed stage either.
Also: sorry!

Benjamin Braun @benbraun.bsky.social · Nov 18

We'll have to go back to studying history and institutions don't we. Even elites, Lord help us. Like in the Dark Ages.

Lucy Barnes @lucy-barnes.bsky.social · Nov 18

100%!!!

Lucy Barnes @lucy-barnes.bsky.social · Nov 18

Strong agree, but worry about the degree to which this prescription comes from a place of relative privilege, ex ante, and survivor bias, ex post.

Maybe more universal: be good and be lucky, and if you can only pick one, be lucky

Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · Oct 7

@carotorreblanca.bsky.social , Will Dinneen, and my paper entitled "Political Science Under Pressure: Competition and Collaboration in a Growing Discipline, 2003-2023" has been (conditionally) accepted at @poppublicsphere.bsky.social.

This paper has been a labor of love. osf.io/preprints/os...

Lucy Barnes @lucy-barnes.bsky.social · Sep 23

Congratulations!

Lucy Barnes @lucy-barnes.bsky.social · Sep 12

100% correct response

Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · Sep 12

lol fuck you

Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · Sep 12

Ministers ‘want to shift funds away from low-quality research’ .

Universities UK president says institutions cannot afford “unfunded hobbyist research”.

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · Sep 12

lol fuck you

Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · Sep 12

Ministers ‘want to shift funds away from low-quality research’ .

Universities UK president says institutions cannot afford “unfunded hobbyist research”.

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

Ministers ‘want to shift funds away from low-quality research’ - Research Professional News

Universities UK president says institutions cannot afford “unfunded hobbyist research”

www.researchprofessionalnews.com

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · Aug 20

'Fewer graduates regret going to university than is widely assumed and the public have a more favourable view of universities than people imagine, according to new research.' 1/3

Public vastly overestimate level of ‘graduate regret’, poll finds

New research highlights misconceptions about higher education, with people more positive about universities than is commonly realised

www.timeshighereducation.com

Lucy Barnes @lucy-barnes.bsky.social · Aug 8

Almost: some of us got lucky and own it

Paul Hünermund @p-hunermund.com · Aug 4

Academia is basically a collection of people who got lucky early on and mistook it for genius. doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

Paul Hünermund @p-hunermund.com · Aug 4

Academia is basically a collection of people who got lucky early on and mistook it for genius. doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · Sep 18

I don't believe in any growth strategy that doesn't make clear the political choices being confronted in 'choosing growth'. Here are some of them. freethinkecon.wordpress.com/2024/09/18/p...

Political choices in choosing growth

One of the natural reactions to learning that Labour has a mission to grow the economy is to sneer. Every government wants to grow the economy! Most Budgets announce themselves as being a Budget for G...

freethinkecon.wordpress.com

lanyardigan @lanyardigan.bsky.social · Oct 17

Here’s a fun game I play: it’s called Ignore A Mountain of Positive Feedback and Find One Tiny Negative Thing to Fuckin’ Bum Yourself Out About. I invite you to join, but I’m telling you now I’m basically the best at it

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