Mikko Kuisma
@drmkuisma.bsky.social
Political scientist, Program Lead and Lecturer in Public Policy, University of Tübingen. Media Editor, SPA journals.
Welfare states and social citizenship || ideas and institutions || populism || social democracy || Nordic / British / European politics
Welfare states and social citizenship || ideas and institutions || populism || social democracy || Nordic / British / European politics
Really excited to get this rolling! I’ve recently started as Media Editor for the Social Policy Association’s journals, and rebooting the Social Policy Blog is one of the highlights. Lots more coming soon — watch this space! Follow it both here and subscribe on socialpolicyblog.co.uk.
We’re now live on Bluesky! And we're back online and preparing for a full re-launch next week!
We’re the companion blog to the SPA's journals — Journal of Social Policy, Social Policy & Society, and Journal of International & Comparative Social Policy.
Follow us here and at socialpolicyblog.co.uk
We’re the companion blog to the SPA's journals — Journal of Social Policy, Social Policy & Society, and Journal of International & Comparative Social Policy.
Follow us here and at socialpolicyblog.co.uk
Social Policy Blog
Companion Blog to the Journal of Social Policy, Social Policy & Society, and the Journal of International & Comparative Social Policy
socialpolicyblog.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Really excited to get this rolling! I’ve recently started as Media Editor for the Social Policy Association’s journals, and rebooting the Social Policy Blog is one of the highlights. Lots more coming soon — watch this space! Follow it both here and subscribe on socialpolicyblog.co.uk.
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Well that’s that then. Curtice has spoken
Asked whether there was any hope that Labour could turn it around, Curtice replied: "The honest answer to that is no." www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
Pollster issues warning to Keir Starmer over huge Reform 'mistake'
Leading pollster warns Prime Minister over his focus on insurgent party
www.express.co.uk
September 30, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Well that’s that then. Curtice has spoken
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I can't begin to describe to you the suffering my family in Gaza is going through right now and I am a writer. Words fail me completely, there's no description. I just gasp and hope that you don't forget my words. Keep thinking of this post even when you forget us.
September 16, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I can't begin to describe to you the suffering my family in Gaza is going through right now and I am a writer. Words fail me completely, there's no description. I just gasp and hope that you don't forget my words. Keep thinking of this post even when you forget us.
”Finnland ist kein leichter Gegner. Wir haben sie zwar in der Gruppe relativ deutlich geschlagen, aber ich erwarte da ein ganz anderes Team. Ich erwarte eine Reaktion von den Finnen.”
BRING IT ON! GO SUSIJENGI!
www.fr.de/sport/sport-...
BRING IT ON! GO SUSIJENGI!
www.fr.de/sport/sport-...
Deutschlands Basketballer deklassierten ihren Halbfinal-Gegner kürzlich vor den eigenen Fans
Die Bilanz ist weiterhin perfekt: Sieben Spiele, sieben Siege. Heißt: Deutschland steht im Halbfinale der Basketball-EM. Dort wartet einer der Gastgeber.
www.fr.de
September 11, 2025 at 7:09 AM
”Finnland ist kein leichter Gegner. Wir haben sie zwar in der Gruppe relativ deutlich geschlagen, aber ich erwarte da ein ganz anderes Team. Ich erwarte eine Reaktion von den Finnen.”
BRING IT ON! GO SUSIJENGI!
www.fr.de/sport/sport-...
BRING IT ON! GO SUSIJENGI!
www.fr.de/sport/sport-...
”A survey has found that just over half of highly educated immigrant women in Finland feel that the country's societal climate has deteriorated in recent years.”
yle.fi/a/74-20182098
yle.fi/a/74-20182098
Survey: Many immigrant women feel Finland's societal climate has deteriorated
Some who said the societal climate situation had worsened blamed government policies as well as "exclusionary attitudes in the labour market".
yle.fi
September 11, 2025 at 7:02 AM
”A survey has found that just over half of highly educated immigrant women in Finland feel that the country's societal climate has deteriorated in recent years.”
yle.fi/a/74-20182098
yle.fi/a/74-20182098
Applies to other countries too: “I guess what we’re saying today is that anybody in a leadership position should think about how we can reduce and defuse tensions, and not sow division.”
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
UK politicians must stop stoking division, says policing chief
Gavin Stephens says rows over asylum seekers have raised community tensions and put pressure on officers
www.theguardian.com
September 3, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Applies to other countries too: “I guess what we’re saying today is that anybody in a leadership position should think about how we can reduce and defuse tensions, and not sow division.”
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Hieno keikkareissu eilen Reinin rannoille Uusikuun kanssa, vielä jonkin verran väkeä riitti sunnuntaillekin. Viulussa @drmkuisma.bsky.social
September 1, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Hieno keikkareissu eilen Reinin rannoille Uusikuun kanssa, vielä jonkin verran väkeä riitti sunnuntaillekin. Viulussa @drmkuisma.bsky.social
“Higher education is among the top 10 sectors for exports in most cities and large towns with universities because of the fee-paying international students they attract to the local area.”
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Crackdown on international students could hurt struggling UK cities, thinktank warns
University sector, which is reliant on overseas students for a quarter of income, key to economic activity in cities like Leicester and Hull
www.theguardian.com
September 3, 2025 at 7:34 AM
“Higher education is among the top 10 sectors for exports in most cities and large towns with universities because of the fee-paying international students they attract to the local area.”
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Bit of nostalgia for followers of British politics here...
SCOOP — The US sent Iraqi refugee Omar Ameen to Rwanda via new diplomatic relationship in which they've agreed to act as a "third country" for deportees unable to be safely returned to their country of origin, per cables reviewed by me.
This is first reported instance. Cable indicates more to come.
This is first reported instance. Cable indicates more to come.
US “relocates” Iraqi refugee to Rwanda via new diplomatic arrangement
A State Department cable indicates at least 10 more people will be subjected to the same.
www.thehandbasket.co
April 22, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Bit of nostalgia for followers of British politics here...
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This is how you do it.
April 22, 2025 at 2:01 AM
This is how you do it.
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"Kennedy’s disgust with and devaluation of autistic people fits neatly into a eugenic logic that views health as virtue, and sees illness, or difference, as a kind of moral lapse which should be subject to punishment or censure."
RFK Jr. is wrong about autism
His lies endanger neurodivergent people — and everyone else.
www.publicnotice.co
April 21, 2025 at 6:06 PM
"Kennedy’s disgust with and devaluation of autistic people fits neatly into a eugenic logic that views health as virtue, and sees illness, or difference, as a kind of moral lapse which should be subject to punishment or censure."
”Moni on sanonut, ettei Suomessa edes katsota ulkomaisia tutkintoja. Eli jos ei ole suomalaista koulutusta, ei ole koulutusta ollenkaan.”
www.hs.fi/talous/art-2...
www.hs.fi/talous/art-2...
Työ | Paluumuuttaja istuu kotona työttömänä: ”Ulkomaista tutkintoa ei edes katsota”
Suomessa ei arvosteta ulkomailla hankittua koulutusta ja työkokemusta, sanoo kolme entistä ulkosuomalaista. Sen vuoksi he saattavat taas lähteä.
www.hs.fi
April 21, 2025 at 7:44 PM
”Moni on sanonut, ettei Suomessa edes katsota ulkomaisia tutkintoja. Eli jos ei ole suomalaista koulutusta, ei ole koulutusta ollenkaan.”
www.hs.fi/talous/art-2...
www.hs.fi/talous/art-2...
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April 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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An article by @drmkuisma.bsky.social and I on the Brexit referendum campaign(s) corroborates this (www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....).
Starmer has chosen the path of political opportunism and so-called 'electoral calculus', rather than having political principles.
Starmer has chosen the path of political opportunism and so-called 'electoral calculus', rather than having political principles.
April 1, 2025 at 8:26 AM
An article by @drmkuisma.bsky.social and I on the Brexit referendum campaign(s) corroborates this (www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....).
Starmer has chosen the path of political opportunism and so-called 'electoral calculus', rather than having political principles.
Starmer has chosen the path of political opportunism and so-called 'electoral calculus', rather than having political principles.
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US District court halts the destruction of Radio Free Europe
about.rferl.org/article/us-d...
about.rferl.org/article/us-d...
US District Court Halts Attempt to Defund RFE/RL
Today, Judge Royce Lamberth of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted RFE/RL's request for a temporary restraining order in its lawsuit against the U.S. Agency for Global Media (...
about.rferl.org
March 25, 2025 at 11:02 PM
US District court halts the destruction of Radio Free Europe
about.rferl.org/article/us-d...
about.rferl.org/article/us-d...
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Dear Media:
you don’t need to give the far right a platform (eg interview or op-Ed) to inform your listeners/readers/viewers about their views.
you don’t need to give the far right a platform (eg interview or op-Ed) to inform your listeners/readers/viewers about their views.
March 25, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Dear Media:
you don’t need to give the far right a platform (eg interview or op-Ed) to inform your listeners/readers/viewers about their views.
you don’t need to give the far right a platform (eg interview or op-Ed) to inform your listeners/readers/viewers about their views.
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Wow — Mike Waltz on Fox News suggests Jeffrey Goldberg somehow schemed his way into the Signal group instead of just being invited by accident
March 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Wow — Mike Waltz on Fox News suggests Jeffrey Goldberg somehow schemed his way into the Signal group instead of just being invited by accident
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Former Canadian PM Jean Chrétien, aged 91, to Trump:
"From one old guy to another, stop this nonsense. Canada will never join the US... My mother taught us good manners. She would have been ashamed of me if I had treated anyone the way the president has treated my PM and the President of Ukraine."
"From one old guy to another, stop this nonsense. Canada will never join the US... My mother taught us good manners. She would have been ashamed of me if I had treated anyone the way the president has treated my PM and the President of Ukraine."
March 9, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Former Canadian PM Jean Chrétien, aged 91, to Trump:
"From one old guy to another, stop this nonsense. Canada will never join the US... My mother taught us good manners. She would have been ashamed of me if I had treated anyone the way the president has treated my PM and the President of Ukraine."
"From one old guy to another, stop this nonsense. Canada will never join the US... My mother taught us good manners. She would have been ashamed of me if I had treated anyone the way the president has treated my PM and the President of Ukraine."
Ghosts of the landscape: how folklore and songs are key to rewilding Finland’s reindeer.
#suomimainittu
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#suomimainittu
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Ghosts of the landscape: how folklore and songs are key to rewilding Finland’s reindeer
For ecologists restoring the vast bogs of remote Karelia, wild reindeer are not just part of the environment but entwined with the ancient culture of the boreal forests
www.theguardian.com
December 24, 2024 at 8:21 PM
Ghosts of the landscape: how folklore and songs are key to rewilding Finland’s reindeer.
#suomimainittu
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#suomimainittu
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
“The Washington Post’s slogan, irrelevant since Jeff Bezos bought the paper, was: “Democracy dies in darkness.” Well, democracy is dying here in plain sight. Merry Christmas your arse, I pray God it’s our last.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Farage, Musk and Candy say ‘cheese’ – now British democracy’s toast | Stewart Lee
Last week’s photo op with the Reform leader and X owner was further evidence of the UK’s inevitable march towards the far right. Merry Christmas!
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2024 at 3:12 PM
“The Washington Post’s slogan, irrelevant since Jeff Bezos bought the paper, was: “Democracy dies in darkness.” Well, democracy is dying here in plain sight. Merry Christmas your arse, I pray God it’s our last.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Kulttuurista leikkaaminen on poliittinen valinta!
”Purra sanoo, että nykyoloissa ei ole varaa suomalaisen kulttuurin kaltaiselle ”luksukselle”. Että valtiolla on 170 miljardia velkaa ja siksi pitää säästää teattereilta, museoista ja taiteilija-apurahoista 18 miljoonaa.”
www.hs.fi/mielipide/ar...
”Purra sanoo, että nykyoloissa ei ole varaa suomalaisen kulttuurin kaltaiselle ”luksukselle”. Että valtiolla on 170 miljardia velkaa ja siksi pitää säästää teattereilta, museoista ja taiteilija-apurahoista 18 miljoonaa.”
www.hs.fi/mielipide/ar...
Essee | Suomessa on jälleen sotahulluuden aika – Samalla Lammioita on koko ajan enemmän
Tuntemattoman sotilaan hahmoista Suomessa ihaillaan sukupolvesta toiseen Rokkaa, Hietasta ja Koskelaa, mutta samalla Lammioita on koko ajan enemmän, kirjoittaa Janne Saarikivi.
www.hs.fi
December 22, 2024 at 10:38 AM
Kulttuurista leikkaaminen on poliittinen valinta!
”Purra sanoo, että nykyoloissa ei ole varaa suomalaisen kulttuurin kaltaiselle ”luksukselle”. Että valtiolla on 170 miljardia velkaa ja siksi pitää säästää teattereilta, museoista ja taiteilija-apurahoista 18 miljoonaa.”
www.hs.fi/mielipide/ar...
”Purra sanoo, että nykyoloissa ei ole varaa suomalaisen kulttuurin kaltaiselle ”luksukselle”. Että valtiolla on 170 miljardia velkaa ja siksi pitää säästää teattereilta, museoista ja taiteilija-apurahoista 18 miljoonaa.”
www.hs.fi/mielipide/ar...
Last day of teaching in 2024 and so close of the holidays 20/21 of my qualitative research methods class for the MPPSC degree course was in attendance (and the last one had sent in apologies for a legitimate absence). Feeling very proud of our fantastically dedicated students! Now breathe…
December 19, 2024 at 12:54 PM
Last day of teaching in 2024 and so close of the holidays 20/21 of my qualitative research methods class for the MPPSC degree course was in attendance (and the last one had sent in apologies for a legitimate absence). Feeling very proud of our fantastically dedicated students! Now breathe…
Kiitos, @saskasaarikoski.bsky.social - annoit ajattelemisen aihetta!
”Raamattu on ihan selkosuomea: Kun hukkuva huutaa apua, se on Jeesus, joka huutaa. Kun lapsi pyytää leipää, se on Jeesus, joka pyytää.
Miten tämä asia voi olla selvä minun kaltaiselleni ei-uskovalle ihmiselle, mutta niin vaikea monelle, joka itseään kristityksi kutsuu?”
www.hs.fi/mielipide/ar...
Miten tämä asia voi olla selvä minun kaltaiselleni ei-uskovalle ihmiselle, mutta niin vaikea monelle, joka itseään kristityksi kutsuu?”
www.hs.fi/mielipide/ar...
Kolumni | Kristittyjä on lempeitä, mutta myös kovin armottomia
Kun hukkuva huutaa apua, se on Jeesus, joka huutaa, sanotaan Raamatussa.
www.hs.fi
December 18, 2024 at 9:01 AM
Kiitos, @saskasaarikoski.bsky.social - annoit ajattelemisen aihetta!