Marius S. Ostrowski
@mariusostrowski.bsky.social
Social and political theory · history of ideas and ideologies · policy and geostrategy
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📖 NEW BOOK! 📚
I'm delighted to announce my latest book, How We Think: Ten Thinker Types to Understand Ourselves and Those Around Us.
How We Think will be published by @hodderbooks.bsky.social in the UK and internationally in March 2026!
And it's available to pre-order now: bio.to/HowWeThink
I'm delighted to announce my latest book, How We Think: Ten Thinker Types to Understand Ourselves and Those Around Us.
How We Think will be published by @hodderbooks.bsky.social in the UK and internationally in March 2026!
And it's available to pre-order now: bio.to/HowWeThink
Delighted to share two new papers from my work at the @blavatnikschool.bsky.social this year!
They offer complementary perspectives on national strategy:
📜 Tracing the UK’s national strategy since the 1850s
⚙️ Modelling the capacities every nation must mobilise
www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/fellowship/h...
They offer complementary perspectives on national strategy:
📜 Tracing the UK’s national strategy since the 1850s
⚙️ Modelling the capacities every nation must mobilise
www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/fellowship/h...
October 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Delighted to share two new papers from my work at the @blavatnikschool.bsky.social this year!
They offer complementary perspectives on national strategy:
📜 Tracing the UK’s national strategy since the 1850s
⚙️ Modelling the capacities every nation must mobilise
www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/fellowship/h...
They offer complementary perspectives on national strategy:
📜 Tracing the UK’s national strategy since the 1850s
⚙️ Modelling the capacities every nation must mobilise
www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/fellowship/h...
Delighted to say that *How We Think* is included in this week's @waterstones.bsky.social 25% off pre-order promotion!
If you buy it on the Waterstones website or app between now and 17 October, and enter ‘OCTOBER25’ at the checkout, you'll receive 25% off RRP!
www.waterstones.com/book/how-we-...
If you buy it on the Waterstones website or app between now and 17 October, and enter ‘OCTOBER25’ at the checkout, you'll receive 25% off RRP!
www.waterstones.com/book/how-we-...
October 14, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Delighted to say that *How We Think* is included in this week's @waterstones.bsky.social 25% off pre-order promotion!
If you buy it on the Waterstones website or app between now and 17 October, and enter ‘OCTOBER25’ at the checkout, you'll receive 25% off RRP!
www.waterstones.com/book/how-we-...
If you buy it on the Waterstones website or app between now and 17 October, and enter ‘OCTOBER25’ at the checkout, you'll receive 25% off RRP!
www.waterstones.com/book/how-we-...
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Delighted to see the official announcement about How We Think out on @thebookseller.com today as well!
Huge thanks to the brilliant Kirty Topiwala and Georgina Capel for seizing on this project's potential back in 2020, and to the incredible team at @hodderbooks.bsky.social.
Huge thanks to the brilliant Kirty Topiwala and Georgina Capel for seizing on this project's potential back in 2020, and to the incredible team at @hodderbooks.bsky.social.
Hodder Press acquires ‘eye-opening’ book on how we think from academic Ostrowski
Hodder Press has acquired How We Think: Ten Thinker Types to Understand Ourselves and Those Around Us by social scientist Dr Marius Ostrowski.
www.thebookseller.com
September 15, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Delighted to see the official announcement about How We Think out on @thebookseller.com today as well!
Huge thanks to the brilliant Kirty Topiwala and Georgina Capel for seizing on this project's potential back in 2020, and to the incredible team at @hodderbooks.bsky.social.
Huge thanks to the brilliant Kirty Topiwala and Georgina Capel for seizing on this project's potential back in 2020, and to the incredible team at @hodderbooks.bsky.social.
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What thinker type are you? Your family? Your friends? Your colleagues?
Discover the ten different ways of thinking we inhabit, and where we get them from. Join us on a journey deep into our minds, and how they are shaped by the world around us.
How We Think. Out 2026 with @hodderbooks.bsky.social!
Discover the ten different ways of thinking we inhabit, and where we get them from. Join us on a journey deep into our minds, and how they are shaped by the world around us.
How We Think. Out 2026 with @hodderbooks.bsky.social!
September 15, 2025 at 12:11 PM
What thinker type are you? Your family? Your friends? Your colleagues?
Discover the ten different ways of thinking we inhabit, and where we get them from. Join us on a journey deep into our minds, and how they are shaped by the world around us.
How We Think. Out 2026 with @hodderbooks.bsky.social!
Discover the ten different ways of thinking we inhabit, and where we get them from. Join us on a journey deep into our minds, and how they are shaped by the world around us.
How We Think. Out 2026 with @hodderbooks.bsky.social!
What thinker type are you? Your family? Your friends? Your colleagues?
Discover the ten different ways of thinking we inhabit, and where we get them from. Join us on a journey deep into our minds, and how they are shaped by the world around us.
How We Think. Out 2026 with @hodderbooks.bsky.social!
Discover the ten different ways of thinking we inhabit, and where we get them from. Join us on a journey deep into our minds, and how they are shaped by the world around us.
How We Think. Out 2026 with @hodderbooks.bsky.social!
September 15, 2025 at 12:11 PM
What thinker type are you? Your family? Your friends? Your colleagues?
Discover the ten different ways of thinking we inhabit, and where we get them from. Join us on a journey deep into our minds, and how they are shaped by the world around us.
How We Think. Out 2026 with @hodderbooks.bsky.social!
Discover the ten different ways of thinking we inhabit, and where we get them from. Join us on a journey deep into our minds, and how they are shaped by the world around us.
How We Think. Out 2026 with @hodderbooks.bsky.social!
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How We Think is the product of over 15 years of research in academia and policymaking.
It brings together evidence from psychology, philosophy, sociology, political science, and much more besides.
And I can't wait to share more details with you between now and next March!
It brings together evidence from psychology, philosophy, sociology, political science, and much more besides.
And I can't wait to share more details with you between now and next March!
August 22, 2025 at 10:17 AM
How We Think is the product of over 15 years of research in academia and policymaking.
It brings together evidence from psychology, philosophy, sociology, political science, and much more besides.
And I can't wait to share more details with you between now and next March!
It brings together evidence from psychology, philosophy, sociology, political science, and much more besides.
And I can't wait to share more details with you between now and next March!
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How We Think breaks down our thinking into ten distinct mindsets.
We all share one or more of these mindsets, and we start growing into them as soon as we are born.
Our thinker-type is the result of our experiences over the course of our lives.
Among our families and friends, in class, at work.
We all share one or more of these mindsets, and we start growing into them as soon as we are born.
Our thinker-type is the result of our experiences over the course of our lives.
Among our families and friends, in class, at work.
August 22, 2025 at 10:14 AM
How We Think breaks down our thinking into ten distinct mindsets.
We all share one or more of these mindsets, and we start growing into them as soon as we are born.
Our thinker-type is the result of our experiences over the course of our lives.
Among our families and friends, in class, at work.
We all share one or more of these mindsets, and we start growing into them as soon as we are born.
Our thinker-type is the result of our experiences over the course of our lives.
Among our families and friends, in class, at work.
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📖 NEW BOOK! 📚
I'm delighted to announce my latest book, How We Think: Ten Thinker Types to Understand Ourselves and Those Around Us.
How We Think will be published by @hodderbooks.bsky.social in the UK and internationally in March 2026!
And it's available to pre-order now: bio.to/HowWeThink
I'm delighted to announce my latest book, How We Think: Ten Thinker Types to Understand Ourselves and Those Around Us.
How We Think will be published by @hodderbooks.bsky.social in the UK and internationally in March 2026!
And it's available to pre-order now: bio.to/HowWeThink
How We Think
Go to How We Think .
bio.to
August 22, 2025 at 10:09 AM
📖 NEW BOOK! 📚
I'm delighted to announce my latest book, How We Think: Ten Thinker Types to Understand Ourselves and Those Around Us.
How We Think will be published by @hodderbooks.bsky.social in the UK and internationally in March 2026!
And it's available to pre-order now: bio.to/HowWeThink
I'm delighted to announce my latest book, How We Think: Ten Thinker Types to Understand Ourselves and Those Around Us.
How We Think will be published by @hodderbooks.bsky.social in the UK and internationally in March 2026!
And it's available to pre-order now: bio.to/HowWeThink
📖 NEW BOOK! 📚
I'm delighted to announce my latest book, How We Think: Ten Thinker Types to Understand Ourselves and Those Around Us.
How We Think will be published by @hodderbooks.bsky.social in the UK and internationally in March 2026!
And it's available to pre-order now: bio.to/HowWeThink
I'm delighted to announce my latest book, How We Think: Ten Thinker Types to Understand Ourselves and Those Around Us.
How We Think will be published by @hodderbooks.bsky.social in the UK and internationally in March 2026!
And it's available to pre-order now: bio.to/HowWeThink
How We Think
Go to How We Think .
bio.to
August 22, 2025 at 10:09 AM
📖 NEW BOOK! 📚
I'm delighted to announce my latest book, How We Think: Ten Thinker Types to Understand Ourselves and Those Around Us.
How We Think will be published by @hodderbooks.bsky.social in the UK and internationally in March 2026!
And it's available to pre-order now: bio.to/HowWeThink
I'm delighted to announce my latest book, How We Think: Ten Thinker Types to Understand Ourselves and Those Around Us.
How We Think will be published by @hodderbooks.bsky.social in the UK and internationally in March 2026!
And it's available to pre-order now: bio.to/HowWeThink
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Does the government ignore things about the future known to be true, not wanting to confront them in the present?
This year's Heywood Fellow, Lucy Smith, argues the British state must get better at long-term strategy.
@blavatnikschool.bsky.social
heywoodquarterly.com/why-the-uk-n...
This year's Heywood Fellow, Lucy Smith, argues the British state must get better at long-term strategy.
@blavatnikschool.bsky.social
heywoodquarterly.com/why-the-uk-n...
Why the UK needs to be better at long-term strategy - Heywood Quarterly
Lucy Smith, Heywood Fellow, explains the importance of long-term strategy for the UK – and how other countries may be leading the way.
heywoodquarterly.com
June 30, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Does the government ignore things about the future known to be true, not wanting to confront them in the present?
This year's Heywood Fellow, Lucy Smith, argues the British state must get better at long-term strategy.
@blavatnikschool.bsky.social
heywoodquarterly.com/why-the-uk-n...
This year's Heywood Fellow, Lucy Smith, argues the British state must get better at long-term strategy.
@blavatnikschool.bsky.social
heywoodquarterly.com/why-the-uk-n...
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"We found a huge appetite to think long-term but frustration that the machinery pulls in the opposite direction."
This year's Heywood Fellow, Lucy Smith, makes the case for a long-term national strategy ⬇️
This year's Heywood Fellow, Lucy Smith, makes the case for a long-term national strategy ⬇️
Does the government ignore things about the future known to be true, not wanting to confront them in the present?
This year's Heywood Fellow, Lucy Smith, argues the British state must get better at long-term strategy.
@blavatnikschool.bsky.social
heywoodquarterly.com/why-the-uk-n...
This year's Heywood Fellow, Lucy Smith, argues the British state must get better at long-term strategy.
@blavatnikschool.bsky.social
heywoodquarterly.com/why-the-uk-n...
Why the UK needs to be better at long-term strategy - Heywood Quarterly
Lucy Smith, Heywood Fellow, explains the importance of long-term strategy for the UK – and how other countries may be leading the way.
heywoodquarterly.com
July 7, 2025 at 12:11 PM
"We found a huge appetite to think long-term but frustration that the machinery pulls in the opposite direction."
This year's Heywood Fellow, Lucy Smith, makes the case for a long-term national strategy ⬇️
This year's Heywood Fellow, Lucy Smith, makes the case for a long-term national strategy ⬇️
Delighted to share the first big outputs from this year's Heywood Fellowship project on long-term national strategy for the UK!
How can democracies think long-term?
The Heywood Fellowship team says the UK is being outpaced – and is building a plan for action:
🧬 Diagnosis
🎯 Objectives
🧭 Big bets
🔀 Trade-offs
Learn more about their call for a long-term national strategy + Spain’s example ➡️
The Heywood Fellowship team says the UK is being outpaced – and is building a plan for action:
🧬 Diagnosis
🎯 Objectives
🧭 Big bets
🔀 Trade-offs
Learn more about their call for a long-term national strategy + Spain’s example ➡️
Heywood Fellowship
The Heywood Fellowship is a visiting fellowship created in memory of Jeremy Heywood, Cabinet Secretary from 2012 to 2018. The purpose is to give a UK Civil Service Permanent Secretary the opportunity…
www.bsg.ox.ac.uk
June 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Delighted to share the first big outputs from this year's Heywood Fellowship project on long-term national strategy for the UK!
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"In a geopolitically uncertain world and after more than a decade of low productivity growth, the UK needs to rethink its economic strategy." Today, we're publishing a collection of expert policy insights ahead of the multi-year Spending Review conclusion: buff.ly/DAlcNo5
buff.ly
June 3, 2025 at 7:55 AM
"In a geopolitically uncertain world and after more than a decade of low productivity growth, the UK needs to rethink its economic strategy." Today, we're publishing a collection of expert policy insights ahead of the multi-year Spending Review conclusion: buff.ly/DAlcNo5
Fondly remembering my 15 minutes in the limelight when I called Gibraltar "Brexit's thorniest problem" in 2019.
Equally fondly remembering the deluge of comments I got sent in response from Gibraltarians, including an entirely unsolicited Master's thesis (!).
www.thenewworld.co.uk/brexit-news-...
Equally fondly remembering the deluge of comments I got sent in response from Gibraltarians, including an entirely unsolicited Master's thesis (!).
www.thenewworld.co.uk/brexit-news-...
June 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Fondly remembering my 15 minutes in the limelight when I called Gibraltar "Brexit's thorniest problem" in 2019.
Equally fondly remembering the deluge of comments I got sent in response from Gibraltarians, including an entirely unsolicited Master's thesis (!).
www.thenewworld.co.uk/brexit-news-...
Equally fondly remembering the deluge of comments I got sent in response from Gibraltarians, including an entirely unsolicited Master's thesis (!).
www.thenewworld.co.uk/brexit-news-...
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“the new material is as strong as petroleum-based plastics but breaks down into its original components when exposed to salt. Those components can then be further processed by naturally occurring bacteria,thereby avoiding generating microplastics that can harm aquatic life and enter the food chain.”
Scientists in Japan develop plastic that dissolves in seawater within hours
Researchers in Japan have developed a plastic that dissolves in seawater within hours, offering up a potential solution for a modern-day scourge polluting oceans and harming wildlife.
www.reuters.com
June 8, 2025 at 1:20 AM
“the new material is as strong as petroleum-based plastics but breaks down into its original components when exposed to salt. Those components can then be further processed by naturally occurring bacteria,thereby avoiding generating microplastics that can harm aquatic life and enter the food chain.”
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unions: they get the job done
May 29, 2025 at 3:03 AM
unions: they get the job done
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As President Trump prepares to announce a US-UK trade deal framework, Professor Emily Jones raises concerns about parliamentary oversight and transparency👇
May 8, 2025 at 9:53 AM
As President Trump prepares to announce a US-UK trade deal framework, Professor Emily Jones raises concerns about parliamentary oversight and transparency👇
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American foreign policy in 2025:
May 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM
American foreign policy in 2025:
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Some in Labour HQ may want to reflect on this - here’s a policy which has drastically improved air quality, benefitting the poorest citizens. But Starmer’s LOTO started criticising it because a couple of Clarkson bigmouths complained in focus groups & they (wrongly imho) blamed it for Uxbridge loss
Still, opposing it did win the Tories the Uxbridge by-election and encouraged Rishi Sunak to slow down on net zero, so....
London air pollution down since Ulez extended to outer boroughs, study finds
Levels of deadly pollutants have dropped, with significant improvements in capital’s most deprived areas
www.theguardian.com
March 7, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Some in Labour HQ may want to reflect on this - here’s a policy which has drastically improved air quality, benefitting the poorest citizens. But Starmer’s LOTO started criticising it because a couple of Clarkson bigmouths complained in focus groups & they (wrongly imho) blamed it for Uxbridge loss
This is what genuine, material academic resistance to fascism looks like.
A team of public health pros, web devs, and coders has preserved a copy of the #CDC website as it existed on January 20, 2025: RestoredCDC.org
Love seeing this ingenuity. We can all put our unique skills to use in the fights against fascism 🦾
#AcademicSky 🧪
Love seeing this ingenuity. We can all put our unique skills to use in the fights against fascism 🦾
#AcademicSky 🧪
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
restoredcdc.org
March 6, 2025 at 6:34 AM
This is what genuine, material academic resistance to fascism looks like.
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Together with Paulina Ochoa Espejo and Murad Idris, Leigh Jenco has just published a new introduction to political theory that integrates recent insights from comparative and global political thought. Available here: uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/po...
March 4, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Together with Paulina Ochoa Espejo and Murad Idris, Leigh Jenco has just published a new introduction to political theory that integrates recent insights from comparative and global political thought. Available here: uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/po...
Reposted by Marius S. Ostrowski
No surprises from Von Der Leyen's plan to rearm Europe announcement this morning, except that she has announced a €150bn common facility rather than €100bn. Her letter attached
March 4, 2025 at 9:59 AM
No surprises from Von Der Leyen's plan to rearm Europe announcement this morning, except that she has announced a €150bn common facility rather than €100bn. Her letter attached
Reposted by Marius S. Ostrowski
If you're in the UK you'd like a pause from banging your head on the table in agonised despair & belief, there's this petition.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
Petition: Grant automatic visa extension and ILR for Ukrainians after 5 years
Since Feb 2025, Ukrainians and their eligible family members in the UK have been able to apply for further permission to remain for up to 18 months. We would like the extensions to be automatic and fo...
petition.parliament.uk
February 28, 2025 at 6:55 PM
If you're in the UK you'd like a pause from banging your head on the table in agonised despair & belief, there's this petition.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...