Aaron Reeves
@aaronreeves.bsky.social
Professor of Sociology, LSE - http://aaronreeves.org/ - New Book: Born to Rule: https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674257719
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Aaron Reeves
@aaronreeves.bsky.social
· Nov 25
The best books of 2024, as chosen by The Economist
Readers will never think the same way again about games, horses and spies
www.economist.com
'Born to Rule' has been listed as one of the @economist.com's Best Books of 2024. www.economist.com/culture/2024...
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pound for pound this might be the funniest thing ever written
December 31, 2025 at 6:15 PM
pound for pound this might be the funniest thing ever written
New paper by @vxltan.bsky.social: She finds that racist but group-specific political discourse (i.e., towards Chinese Canadians during Covid) undermines a sense of linked fate among those who share a panethnic identity (e.g., as Asian). link.springer.com/article/10.1...
How Xenophobia Shapes Political Party Support: Evidence from COVID-19 in Canada - Race and Social Problems
Racialized or ethnically marginalized groups typically have strong loyalties to particular political parties, but can these group loyalties be undermined? In this paper, I investigate whether racist b...
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December 10, 2025 at 7:29 AM
New paper by @vxltan.bsky.social: She finds that racist but group-specific political discourse (i.e., towards Chinese Canadians during Covid) undermines a sense of linked fate among those who share a panethnic identity (e.g., as Asian). link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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This, from @piercepenniless.bsky.social, @dannyhinduk.bsky.social and @lewisgoodall.com is very good indeed.
Podcast: Lewis Goodall, Dan Hind and James Butler · On Politics: The Bust-up at the BBC
www.lrb.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 11:51 AM
This, from @piercepenniless.bsky.social, @dannyhinduk.bsky.social and @lewisgoodall.com is very good indeed.
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It's official: 400 redundancies and a campus closure. At-risk staff will get a letter next week. Absolutely no serious consideration of any of the union's counterproposals.
Please share widely.
Please share widely.
December 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
It's official: 400 redundancies and a campus closure. At-risk staff will get a letter next week. Absolutely no serious consideration of any of the union's counterproposals.
Please share widely.
Please share widely.
About a year ago, I remember talking with @kittyjstewart.bsky.social and @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social about the child poverty strategy. Back then, I was more optimistic that parental employment could play a role in reducing child poverty. Over the coming months they convinced me I was wrong.
💡New! Removing the two-child benefit limit is a good start, but how to you further reduce child poverty? Most think the answer is increasing parental employment. Kitty Stuart, @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social and @aaronreeves.bsky.social show this isn't so.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
How to solve child poverty | British Politics and Policy at LSE
Contrary to conventional wisdom, increasing parental employment would make little difference to child poverty rates overall.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
November 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM
About a year ago, I remember talking with @kittyjstewart.bsky.social and @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social about the child poverty strategy. Back then, I was more optimistic that parental employment could play a role in reducing child poverty. Over the coming months they convinced me I was wrong.
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Let’s hope the scrapping of the two-child benefit cap is a watershed moment, spurring on sustained, ambitious action to end the scourge of child poverty, writes @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social.
At last: a budget that ends the two-child limit
The government should be applauded for scrapping the cruel policy, but tackling poverty requires more
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Let’s hope the scrapping of the two-child benefit cap is a watershed moment, spurring on sustained, ambitious action to end the scourge of child poverty, writes @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social.
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Our first Special Issue is out now! It's on Reproductive Vulnerabilities: A Critical Perspective - Guest editors: Laura Sochas, Kaveri Qureshi, and Philip Kreager
journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jc...
journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jc...
Vol. 2 No. 3 (2025)
| Journal of Critical Public Health
journalhosting.ucalgary.ca
November 27, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Our first Special Issue is out now! It's on Reproductive Vulnerabilities: A Critical Perspective - Guest editors: Laura Sochas, Kaveri Qureshi, and Philip Kreager
journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jc...
journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jc...
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We found that if you talk about scrapping the 2 child limit right (emphasising poverty's role in poor life chances) it's not even unpopular!
And honestly I don't give a fuck if it's popular or not. It's going to make a lot of kids' lives better. That's the point of government. Not an opinion poll.
November 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM
We found that if you talk about scrapping the 2 child limit right (emphasising poverty's role in poor life chances) it's not even unpopular!
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Scrapping the two-child limit will be transformational for children.
This is a much-needed fresh start in our country’s efforts to eradicate child poverty and while there is more to do it gives us strong foundations to build on.
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This is a much-needed fresh start in our country’s efforts to eradicate child poverty and while there is more to do it gives us strong foundations to build on.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Scrapping the two-child limit will be transformational for children.
This is a much-needed fresh start in our country’s efforts to eradicate child poverty and while there is more to do it gives us strong foundations to build on.
1/2
This is a much-needed fresh start in our country’s efforts to eradicate child poverty and while there is more to do it gives us strong foundations to build on.
1/2
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Scrapping the two-child limit in full is a monumental decision. Well done to all involved in the Child Poverty Strategy, and everyone who has made the case against the policy.
OBR says scrapping costs £3 billion in 2029-30 and will lift 450,000 out of poverty
OBR says scrapping costs £3 billion in 2029-30 and will lift 450,000 out of poverty
November 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Scrapping the two-child limit in full is a monumental decision. Well done to all involved in the Child Poverty Strategy, and everyone who has made the case against the policy.
OBR says scrapping costs £3 billion in 2029-30 and will lift 450,000 out of poverty
OBR says scrapping costs £3 billion in 2029-30 and will lift 450,000 out of poverty
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The fight to end child poverty goes on. But today we must celebrate. It will make a real, lasting difference to families the breadth of the UK and I’m so grateful to everyone in @changingrealities.bsky.social & @cpaguk.bsky.social who have advocated tirelessly for its full abolition
www.changingrealities.org
November 26, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The fight to end child poverty goes on. But today we must celebrate. It will make a real, lasting difference to families the breadth of the UK and I’m so grateful to everyone in @changingrealities.bsky.social & @cpaguk.bsky.social who have advocated tirelessly for its full abolition
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On my knees BEGGING journalists to stop calling it the “two-child benefit cap”. It’s two measures, the two-child limit, and the benefit cap. One is going, the other one isn’t.
November 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
On my knees BEGGING journalists to stop calling it the “two-child benefit cap”. It’s two measures, the two-child limit, and the benefit cap. One is going, the other one isn’t.
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this week's newsletter is titled "aren't you tired of feeling insane all the time?" and I think it speaks for itself
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
November 21, 2025 at 10:18 AM
this week's newsletter is titled "aren't you tired of feeling insane all the time?" and I think it speaks for itself
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
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I wrote a little bit about the "missing heritability" question and several recent studies that have brought it to a close. A short 🧵
The missing heritability question is now (mostly) answered
Not with a bang but with a whimper
theinfinitesimal.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I wrote a little bit about the "missing heritability" question and several recent studies that have brought it to a close. A short 🧵
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It’s the exclusive everyone wanted, the story that will win next year’s Pulitzer…
I can reveal London’s giant AI generated Christmas artwork, the subject of much online mockery, is being torn down - and I honestly *genuinely* think you’ll never guess why. www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
I can reveal London’s giant AI generated Christmas artwork, the subject of much online mockery, is being torn down - and I honestly *genuinely* think you’ll never guess why. www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
London's giant AI artwork to be torn down
The bizarre story of why a much-talked-about creation is being torn down. Plus: Docklands Light Railway extension, giant laser stalks the night sky, and more tales of Android phone theft rejection.
www.londoncentric.media
November 20, 2025 at 7:18 AM
It’s the exclusive everyone wanted, the story that will win next year’s Pulitzer…
I can reveal London’s giant AI generated Christmas artwork, the subject of much online mockery, is being torn down - and I honestly *genuinely* think you’ll never guess why. www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
I can reveal London’s giant AI generated Christmas artwork, the subject of much online mockery, is being torn down - and I honestly *genuinely* think you’ll never guess why. www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
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NEW: Lasse Folke Henriksen, Jacob Aagard Lunding, Christoph Houman Ellersgaard, Anton Grau Larsen, "The Hardcore Brokers: Core-Periphery Structure and Political Representation in Denmark’s Corporate Elite Network" sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...
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November 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
NEW: Lasse Folke Henriksen, Jacob Aagard Lunding, Christoph Houman Ellersgaard, Anton Grau Larsen, "The Hardcore Brokers: Core-Periphery Structure and Political Representation in Denmark’s Corporate Elite Network" sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...
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📝 A new report by Dr Kitty Stewart, Professor Ruth Patrick and Professor @aaronreeves.bsky.social shows why tackling child poverty requires removing the controversial two-child limit and benefit cap.
Read the full report ➡️ buff.ly/bFN4kga
Read the full report ➡️ buff.ly/bFN4kga
November 14, 2025 at 12:01 PM
📝 A new report by Dr Kitty Stewart, Professor Ruth Patrick and Professor @aaronreeves.bsky.social shows why tackling child poverty requires removing the controversial two-child limit and benefit cap.
Read the full report ➡️ buff.ly/bFN4kga
Read the full report ➡️ buff.ly/bFN4kga
New analysis with @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social and @kittyjstewart.bsky.social: If we are serious about trying to reduce child poverty we cannot rely on employment alone. We need serious investment in social security.
largerfamilies.study/publications...
largerfamilies.study/publications...
Benefit changes and larger families
We are a group of university-based researchers investigating how families with more than two children are coping with the benefit cap or the two-child limit.
largerfamilies.study
November 12, 2025 at 1:38 PM
New analysis with @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social and @kittyjstewart.bsky.social: If we are serious about trying to reduce child poverty we cannot rely on employment alone. We need serious investment in social security.
largerfamilies.study/publications...
largerfamilies.study/publications...
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Today, brand new analysis from @kittyjstewart.bsky.social @aaronreeves.bsky.social & me on why it’s just not possible to turn the dial on child poverty w/ employment alone. We need investment in social security & we need to end the two-child limit & the benefit cap sticerd.lse.ac.uk/CASE/_NEW/PU...
Why we won’t turn the tide on child poverty with employment alone
Child poverty in the UK is high and rising, at huge cost both to individual lives and to society. Without action, the number of children living in poverty could rise from 4.5 to 4.7 million by the end...
sticerd.lse.ac.uk
November 12, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Today, brand new analysis from @kittyjstewart.bsky.social @aaronreeves.bsky.social & me on why it’s just not possible to turn the dial on child poverty w/ employment alone. We need investment in social security & we need to end the two-child limit & the benefit cap sticerd.lse.ac.uk/CASE/_NEW/PU...
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My article, “How Eurocrats Negotiate the Path From Crisis to Routine: Tracing the Micro-Foundations of Routinisation After the Greek Crisis,” is now published —open access thanks to the @eui-eu.bsky.social — in the @jcms-eu.bsky.social
Read the paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Read the paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
How Eurocrats Negotiate the Path From Crisis to Routine: Tracing the Micro‐Foundations of Routinisation After the Greek Crisis
Whilst institutional change following the eurozone crisis is well documented, the mechanisms underlying this change remain less understood. This article examines how EU officials negotiated the routi....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:46 AM
My article, “How Eurocrats Negotiate the Path From Crisis to Routine: Tracing the Micro-Foundations of Routinisation After the Greek Crisis,” is now published —open access thanks to the @eui-eu.bsky.social — in the @jcms-eu.bsky.social
Read the paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Read the paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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In Paris to pick up a trophy today! Honoured that the European Academy of Sociology found my article with Carina Mood interesting enough that they gave it their Best Article Prize.
I look forward to a day of presentations and discussions.
And the article is here
doi.org/10.1177/0003...
I look forward to a day of presentations and discussions.
And the article is here
doi.org/10.1177/0003...
November 8, 2025 at 7:24 AM
In Paris to pick up a trophy today! Honoured that the European Academy of Sociology found my article with Carina Mood interesting enough that they gave it their Best Article Prize.
I look forward to a day of presentations and discussions.
And the article is here
doi.org/10.1177/0003...
I look forward to a day of presentations and discussions.
And the article is here
doi.org/10.1177/0003...
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Which one is more English?
November 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Which one is more English?
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A huge congratulations to @samfriedman.bsky.social and
@aaronreeves.bsky.social who have won a Silver Lovie Award for their research video "Wealth, influence, and class: the British elite explained" 🏆🎉
winners.lovieawards.com/categories/d...
@aaronreeves.bsky.social who have won a Silver Lovie Award for their research video "Wealth, influence, and class: the British elite explained" 🏆🎉
winners.lovieawards.com/categories/d...
Details
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November 6, 2025 at 1:40 PM
A huge congratulations to @samfriedman.bsky.social and
@aaronreeves.bsky.social who have won a Silver Lovie Award for their research video "Wealth, influence, and class: the British elite explained" 🏆🎉
winners.lovieawards.com/categories/d...
@aaronreeves.bsky.social who have won a Silver Lovie Award for their research video "Wealth, influence, and class: the British elite explained" 🏆🎉
winners.lovieawards.com/categories/d...
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The health inequalities agenda is "tired and risks having run out of road" - not my words, the words of a senior health policymaker in the Scottish Government. But other SG policymakers told me health inequalities were a "huge priority" - so what's going on? A thread... 1/
November 5, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The health inequalities agenda is "tired and risks having run out of road" - not my words, the words of a senior health policymaker in the Scottish Government. But other SG policymakers told me health inequalities were a "huge priority" - so what's going on? A thread... 1/
really great new paper from @katiehiggins.bsky.social
New article out now 🚨
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@sheffielduni.bsky.social
While researching the wealthy business class in and around Manchester, I stumbled upon CEO peer advisory groups — little-known but powerful sites of elite cohesion. 🧵
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@sheffielduni.bsky.social
While researching the wealthy business class in and around Manchester, I stumbled upon CEO peer advisory groups — little-known but powerful sites of elite cohesion. 🧵
Therapy Culture for the Business Class: Exploring How CEO Peer Groups Make and Legitimate Elite Cohesion
In the current context of extreme economic inequality and rising concentrations of income and wealth at the top, the social processes through which elites restrict the wider population's access to re...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM
really great new paper from @katiehiggins.bsky.social