Ari-Elmeri Hyvönen
@aehyvonen.bsky.social
Political scientist/theorist, now writing a book on The Planetary Condition. Also works on the troubles of democracy, post-truth, experience, expertise & resilience. Associate Editor of Arendt Studies. Fulbrighter (Cornell). 1st gen 🎓
www.aehyvonen.com
www.aehyvonen.com
Pinned
Toward a Radical Democratic Theory of Expertise - Ari-Elmeri Hyvönen, 2025
This article proposes that radical democratic theory offers a unique angle for analyzing the role of expertise in politics. Recent literature on expertise and d...
journals.sagepub.com
What should radical democrats think of expert knowledge? In this new piece I argue that democratic theorists could learn a lot by asking this question in the context of ecological activism. 👇
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
November 15, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I'm co-editing a book on Radicalized Loneliness and we need a few more chapters to make an already exciting collection a bit thicker.
Please share this Call for Chapters or consider submitting something yourselves!
philevents.org/event/show/1...
Please share this Call for Chapters or consider submitting something yourselves!
philevents.org/event/show/1...
Call for Chapters – Radicalized Loneliness: Philosophical and Political Perspectives
Call for Chapters: Radicalized Loneliness: Philosophical and Political Perspectives
We invite chapter proposals for the forthcoming edited volume Radicalized Loneliness: Philosophical and Polit...
philevents.org
November 15, 2025 at 10:02 AM
I'm co-editing a book on Radicalized Loneliness and we need a few more chapters to make an already exciting collection a bit thicker.
Please share this Call for Chapters or consider submitting something yourselves!
philevents.org/event/show/1...
Please share this Call for Chapters or consider submitting something yourselves!
philevents.org/event/show/1...
Reposted by Ari-Elmeri Hyvönen
How do ecological activists use expert knowledge to stage scenes of dissensus & what does this reveal about expertise & democracy? @aehyvonen.bsky.social reformulates radical democratic theory to offer new insights into both questions. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/kXLuWCS
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
buff.ly
November 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM
How do ecological activists use expert knowledge to stage scenes of dissensus & what does this reveal about expertise & democracy? @aehyvonen.bsky.social reformulates radical democratic theory to offer new insights into both questions. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/kXLuWCS
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
Reposted by Ari-Elmeri Hyvönen
Esim. tässä todetaan, että juuri näin #velkajarru
toimi Saksassa. Eikä vain siirtymän vaan kaikkiin sijoituksiin.
Pääomakanta on kohta rikkaiden maiden heikoimpia.
Velkajarru oli "probably the worst fiscal rule by any government anywhere" ja "fiscal doomsday machine."
swiftpress.com/book/kaput/
toimi Saksassa. Eikä vain siirtymän vaan kaikkiin sijoituksiin.
Pääomakanta on kohta rikkaiden maiden heikoimpia.
Velkajarru oli "probably the worst fiscal rule by any government anywhere" ja "fiscal doomsday machine."
swiftpress.com/book/kaput/
Kaput | Swift Press
‘Compelling’ Guardian ‘Eloquent and comprehensive’ Financial Times ‘Excellent’ The Telegraph ‘Astonishing’ The Times ‘An eye-opener’ Gavin Esler Until recently, Germany appeared to be a paragon of eco...
swiftpress.com
October 20, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Esim. tässä todetaan, että juuri näin #velkajarru
toimi Saksassa. Eikä vain siirtymän vaan kaikkiin sijoituksiin.
Pääomakanta on kohta rikkaiden maiden heikoimpia.
Velkajarru oli "probably the worst fiscal rule by any government anywhere" ja "fiscal doomsday machine."
swiftpress.com/book/kaput/
toimi Saksassa. Eikä vain siirtymän vaan kaikkiin sijoituksiin.
Pääomakanta on kohta rikkaiden maiden heikoimpia.
Velkajarru oli "probably the worst fiscal rule by any government anywhere" ja "fiscal doomsday machine."
swiftpress.com/book/kaput/
Reposted by Ari-Elmeri Hyvönen
How do ecological activists use expert knowledge to stage scenes of dissensus & what does this reveal about expertise & democracy? @aehyvonen.bsky.social reformulates radical democratic theory to offer new insights into both questions. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/p4HjxBc
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
September 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
How do ecological activists use expert knowledge to stage scenes of dissensus & what does this reveal about expertise & democracy? @aehyvonen.bsky.social reformulates radical democratic theory to offer new insights into both questions. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/p4HjxBc
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
👇
How do ecological activists use expert knowledge to stage scenes of dissensus & what does this reveal about expertise & democracy? @aehyvonen.bsky.social reformulates radical democratic theory to offer new insights into both questions. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/p4HjxBc
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 4:19 AM
👇
Tired: publish or perish
Wired: Humppaa taikka kuole (taikka humppaa, taikka humppaa ja kuole)
Wired: Humppaa taikka kuole (taikka humppaa, taikka humppaa ja kuole)
Persujen tiedepamfletista kertovan Suomen uutisten jutun aihetunnisteissa oli #humppatieteet
Putosin aivan täysin. 😂😂
Pakko alkaa käyttää tätä.
Kerta kiellon päälle:
#humppatieteet
Putosin aivan täysin. 😂😂
Pakko alkaa käyttää tätä.
Kerta kiellon päälle:
#humppatieteet
September 24, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Tired: publish or perish
Wired: Humppaa taikka kuole (taikka humppaa, taikka humppaa ja kuole)
Wired: Humppaa taikka kuole (taikka humppaa, taikka humppaa ja kuole)
Reposted by Ari-Elmeri Hyvönen
Europe’s summer of extreme weather caused €43bn of short-term losses, analysis finds
Europe’s summer of extreme weather caused €43bn of short-term losses, analysis finds
Greatest damage from heat, drought and flooding done in Cyprus, Greece, Malta and Bulgaria
The violent weather that battered Europe this summer caused short-term economic losses of at least €43bn, according to an EU-wide estimate, with costs expected to rise to €126bn by 2029.
The immediate hit to the economy from a single brutal summer of heat, drought and flooding amounted to 0.26% of the EU’s economic output in 2024, according to the rapid analysis, which has not been submitted for peer review but is based on relationships between weather and economic data that were published in an academic study this month. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 15, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Europe’s summer of extreme weather caused €43bn of short-term losses, analysis finds
What should radical democrats think of expert knowledge? In this new piece I argue that democratic theorists could learn a lot by asking this question in the context of ecological activism. 👇
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Toward a Radical Democratic Theory of Expertise - Ari-Elmeri Hyvönen, 2025
This article proposes that radical democratic theory offers a unique angle for analyzing the role of expertise in politics. Recent literature on expertise and d...
journals.sagepub.com
September 1, 2025 at 4:27 AM
What should radical democrats think of expert knowledge? In this new piece I argue that democratic theorists could learn a lot by asking this question in the context of ecological activism. 👇
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Reposted by Ari-Elmeri Hyvönen
"Esitys yliopistojen rahoituksen leikkaamisesta on täysin käsittämätön ajassa, jossa talouskasvu sakkaa jo valmiiksi”, sanoo rehtorimme Sari Lindblom valtionvarainministeriön ehdotuksesta. www.helsinki.fi/fi/uutiset/k...
Rehtori Sari Lindblom: “Satojen miljoonien yliopistoleikkauksilla Suomi uppoaisi vain syvemmälle suohon” | Helsingin yliopisto
Valtiovarainministeriön ehdotus valtion vuoden 2026 budjetiksi julkaistiin 6. elokuuta. Esitys sisältää mittavia, satojen miljoonien leikkauksia yliopistojen, tutkimuksen ja innovaatioiden rahoituksee...
www.helsinki.fi
August 7, 2025 at 10:37 AM
"Esitys yliopistojen rahoituksen leikkaamisesta on täysin käsittämätön ajassa, jossa talouskasvu sakkaa jo valmiiksi”, sanoo rehtorimme Sari Lindblom valtionvarainministeriön ehdotuksesta. www.helsinki.fi/fi/uutiset/k...
Everyone right now
June 6, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Everyone right now
At WPSA mid-April, I told colleagues we had a parliamentary agreement on research funding—but that turned out to be optimistic.The current @kokoomus.bsky.social led gov is decreasing basic funding while cosmetically increasing politically controlled modes of funding. /1
April 29, 2025 at 5:41 AM
At WPSA mid-April, I told colleagues we had a parliamentary agreement on research funding—but that turned out to be optimistic.The current @kokoomus.bsky.social led gov is decreasing basic funding while cosmetically increasing politically controlled modes of funding. /1
Reposted by Ari-Elmeri Hyvönen
"To phase out anthropogenic GHG emissions is key. Sustainable forest management is key, i.e., maximize carbon uptake and sustain carbon stocks. They are equally urgent, [...]. Nobody, neither politicians, nor forest industry executives can escape from this reality."
-Johan Rockström
-Johan Rockström
March 12, 2025 at 11:48 AM
"To phase out anthropogenic GHG emissions is key. Sustainable forest management is key, i.e., maximize carbon uptake and sustain carbon stocks. They are equally urgent, [...]. Nobody, neither politicians, nor forest industry executives can escape from this reality."
-Johan Rockström
-Johan Rockström
Reposted by Ari-Elmeri Hyvönen
Global warming represents an existential threat to the European Union, according to a landmark German government report.
www.politico.eu/article/clim...
www.politico.eu/article/clim...
Climate change threatens EU’s survival, German security report warns
Global warming will exacerbate conflicts, hunger and migration worldwide, with growing risks for Europe.
www.politico.eu
February 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Global warming represents an existential threat to the European Union, according to a landmark German government report.
www.politico.eu/article/clim...
www.politico.eu/article/clim...
Reposted by Ari-Elmeri Hyvönen
For political science people…. Sign so that as a discipline can be heard
Political scientists' statement on recent events
Please use this form to add your signature to the following statement. Note that we are only soliciting signatures from individuals with PhDs in political science.
We, the undersigned, are political ...
docs.google.com
February 11, 2025 at 6:58 AM
For political science people…. Sign so that as a discipline can be heard
Reposted by Ari-Elmeri Hyvönen
Also includes a dope special section on Arendt and the ecological crisis! 👇
NEW ISSUE from The Review of Politics -
Volume 86 - Issue 4 - cup.org/4h8jgX7
Includes a Symposium on Rasoul Namazi's 'Leo Strauss and Islamic Political Thought'
Volume 86 - Issue 4 - cup.org/4h8jgX7
Includes a Symposium on Rasoul Namazi's 'Leo Strauss and Islamic Political Thought'
January 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Also includes a dope special section on Arendt and the ecological crisis! 👇
Not too worried about Nduja stock, people will always want to have that stuff on their pizzas.
January 28, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Not too worried about Nduja stock, people will always want to have that stuff on their pizzas.
China seems to be doing the right things in the struggle for the energy-basis of global hegemony. The US, meanwhile, is not.
In just one year (2024), China has newly installed more solar power capacity than the entire existing solar power capacity of the United States.
China's solar, wind power installed capacity soars in 2024
China's installed capacity of solar power and wind power climbed by 45.2% and 18%, respectively, in 2024, the National Energy Administration said on Tuesday, as the country seeks to ramp up renewable energy use and upgrade its power system.
www.reuters.com
January 27, 2025 at 8:26 AM
China seems to be doing the right things in the struggle for the energy-basis of global hegemony. The US, meanwhile, is not.
Quick question: was Aristotle a democrat?
It only counts as a ‘quick question’ if it’s quick to answer, not if it’s quick to ask. Especially in emails.
January 24, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Quick question: was Aristotle a democrat?
This was heartbreaking to find, as I was trying to see what Jon might be working on now. Even though we never met in person, we kept actively in contact over the years, and I learned a lot from his books on Arendt, Luxemburg, Auerbach, and higher education.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Jon Nixon obituary
Other lives: Academic interested in intellectual history and prolific author of books including on Hannah Arendt and Rosa Luxemburg
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2025 at 6:02 AM
This was heartbreaking to find, as I was trying to see what Jon might be working on now. Even though we never met in person, we kept actively in contact over the years, and I learned a lot from his books on Arendt, Luxemburg, Auerbach, and higher education.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Reposted by Ari-Elmeri Hyvönen
This multi-year, multi-country analysis shows that right-wing populist politicians spread more online misinfo than their mainstream counterparts and explains how “the rise of political misinformation is associated to the recent wave of radical-right populism.”
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
January 20, 2025 at 6:46 PM
This multi-year, multi-country analysis shows that right-wing populist politicians spread more online misinfo than their mainstream counterparts and explains how “the rise of political misinformation is associated to the recent wave of radical-right populism.”
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
If one were inclined towards historicism, perhaps today would be a good day to ask whether the *order* in which events repeat themselves was accidental in Bonapartism—and whether we are now about to witness a repetition in a tragic key of what was originally a farce.
January 20, 2025 at 8:52 AM
If one were inclined towards historicism, perhaps today would be a good day to ask whether the *order* in which events repeat themselves was accidental in Bonapartism—and whether we are now about to witness a repetition in a tragic key of what was originally a farce.
Also includes a dope special section on Arendt and the ecological crisis! 👇
NEW ISSUE from The Review of Politics -
Volume 86 - Issue 4 - cup.org/4h8jgX7
Includes a Symposium on Rasoul Namazi's 'Leo Strauss and Islamic Political Thought'
Volume 86 - Issue 4 - cup.org/4h8jgX7
Includes a Symposium on Rasoul Namazi's 'Leo Strauss and Islamic Political Thought'
January 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Also includes a dope special section on Arendt and the ecological crisis! 👇
Reposted by Ari-Elmeri Hyvönen
In the wake of #JeromeKohn death, I'm resharing this starter pack to connect various "keepers" of "Arendt's flame," as NYT poignantly put it.
Let us boldly think with and, at times, against Arendt.
go.bsky.app/3354EJi
Let us boldly think with and, at times, against Arendt.
go.bsky.app/3354EJi
December 14, 2024 at 6:48 AM
In the wake of #JeromeKohn death, I'm resharing this starter pack to connect various "keepers" of "Arendt's flame," as NYT poignantly put it.
Let us boldly think with and, at times, against Arendt.
go.bsky.app/3354EJi
Let us boldly think with and, at times, against Arendt.
go.bsky.app/3354EJi