Rebecca Bramall
@rfbramall.bsky.social
Tax, redistribution, welfare states, digitalisation, cultural studies. Prof of Culture & Economy, UAL. PI Redistributive Imaginaries https://redigim.arts.ac.uk/
Dep ed @newformations.bsky.social
https://researchers.arts.ac.uk/114-rebecca-bramall
Dep ed @newformations.bsky.social
https://researchers.arts.ac.uk/114-rebecca-bramall
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It’ll take more than a leadership change for Lab to begin rectifying this. They’d need to remove most of a generation, abandon a whole concept of politics they signed up to 30 years ago & open up an inclusive & pluralist politics that goes beyond parties.
Obviously that that won’t happen (5/)
Obviously that that won’t happen (5/)
February 7, 2026 at 3:30 PM
It’ll take more than a leadership change for Lab to begin rectifying this. They’d need to remove most of a generation, abandon a whole concept of politics they signed up to 30 years ago & open up an inclusive & pluralist politics that goes beyond parties.
Obviously that that won’t happen (5/)
Obviously that that won’t happen (5/)
A wonderful review essay by @liamstanley.bsky.social that we recently published in @newformations.bsky.social
I've written an essay on the politics of neurodiversity, drawing on the vital books by @drrobertchapman.bsky.social and @dr-nicky.bsky.social. I hope it will serve as a primer for anyone new to the topic (and maybe prompt questions for those who know it well)
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February 5, 2026 at 3:17 PM
A wonderful review essay by @liamstanley.bsky.social that we recently published in @newformations.bsky.social
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What happened when we shared findings from the Redistributive Imaginaries project with people working in community organising, digital innovation, tax justice, social policy + local government?
Read our blog about 5 workshops held in our case study countries.
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Read our blog about 5 workshops held in our case study countries.
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Blog: Redistributive imaginaries and the future of welfare states: a report on our stakeholder workshops - Redigim
Dr Jon Paylor and Prof Rebecca Bramall (UK team) report on knowledge exchange workshops held in autumn/winter 2025.
redigim.arts.ac.uk
January 30, 2026 at 1:46 PM
What happened when we shared findings from the Redistributive Imaginaries project with people working in community organising, digital innovation, tax justice, social policy + local government?
Read our blog about 5 workshops held in our case study countries.
redigim.arts.ac.uk/news/blog-re...
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Read our blog about 5 workshops held in our case study countries.
redigim.arts.ac.uk/news/blog-re...
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What happened when we shared findings from the Redistributive Imaginaries project with people working in community organising, digital innovation, tax justice, social policy + local government?
Read our blog about 5 workshops held in our case study countries.
redigim.arts.ac.uk/news/blog-re...
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Read our blog about 5 workshops held in our case study countries.
redigim.arts.ac.uk/news/blog-re...
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Blog: Redistributive imaginaries and the future of welfare states: a report on our stakeholder workshops - Redigim
Dr Jon Paylor and Prof Rebecca Bramall (UK team) report on knowledge exchange workshops held in autumn/winter 2025.
redigim.arts.ac.uk
January 30, 2026 at 1:46 PM
What happened when we shared findings from the Redistributive Imaginaries project with people working in community organising, digital innovation, tax justice, social policy + local government?
Read our blog about 5 workshops held in our case study countries.
redigim.arts.ac.uk/news/blog-re...
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Read our blog about 5 workshops held in our case study countries.
redigim.arts.ac.uk/news/blog-re...
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NEW ISSUE OUT NOW
#114 Race, Racialisation and Racisms
Feat.
@jemgilbert.bsky.social (free to download)
Inna Arzumanova
Brenna Bhandar (free to download)
Erik Borda
Sarah Bufkin (free to download)
Basuli Deb
Anamik Saha
journals.lwbooks.co.uk/newformation...
#114 Race, Racialisation and Racisms
Feat.
@jemgilbert.bsky.social (free to download)
Inna Arzumanova
Brenna Bhandar (free to download)
Erik Borda
Sarah Bufkin (free to download)
Basuli Deb
Anamik Saha
journals.lwbooks.co.uk/newformation...
January 30, 2026 at 11:27 AM
NEW ISSUE OUT NOW
#114 Race, Racialisation and Racisms
Feat.
@jemgilbert.bsky.social (free to download)
Inna Arzumanova
Brenna Bhandar (free to download)
Erik Borda
Sarah Bufkin (free to download)
Basuli Deb
Anamik Saha
journals.lwbooks.co.uk/newformation...
#114 Race, Racialisation and Racisms
Feat.
@jemgilbert.bsky.social (free to download)
Inna Arzumanova
Brenna Bhandar (free to download)
Erik Borda
Sarah Bufkin (free to download)
Basuli Deb
Anamik Saha
journals.lwbooks.co.uk/newformation...
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Now available for pre-order and we're open for book talks to students, workshops and conferences, organisations etc.
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January 21, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Now available for pre-order and we're open for book talks to students, workshops and conferences, organisations etc.
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
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Looking forward to talking to John Clarke about The Battle for Britain! This is the book I’ve quoted more than any others over the past 2 years. Reviewed it for Soundings here too, p101 journals.lwbooks.co.uk/soundings/vo...
January 26, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Looking forward to talking to John Clarke about The Battle for Britain! This is the book I’ve quoted more than any others over the past 2 years. Reviewed it for Soundings here too, p101 journals.lwbooks.co.uk/soundings/vo...
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Before we start recording the next series of the New Economics Podcast we want to hear from you about what you think!
Let us know what guests or topics you want to learn about - as well as any other feedback you have on the podcast in our short survey here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Let us know what guests or topics you want to learn about - as well as any other feedback you have on the podcast in our short survey here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
January 16, 2026 at 10:46 AM
Before we start recording the next series of the New Economics Podcast we want to hear from you about what you think!
Let us know what guests or topics you want to learn about - as well as any other feedback you have on the podcast in our short survey here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Let us know what guests or topics you want to learn about - as well as any other feedback you have on the podcast in our short survey here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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We’re kicking off 2026 with The Design episode! Cultural economies of design. Find out how design shapes the way businesses and platforms imagine the future. @addiemcgowan.bsky.social and me with @ulissess.bsky.social Karl Palmas KorayCaliskan @jcultecon.bsky.social
youtu.be/M57gwqdwsXA
youtu.be/M57gwqdwsXA
The design episode! Cultural economies of design
YouTube video by Cultural Economy in the Kitchen
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January 9, 2026 at 1:16 PM
We’re kicking off 2026 with The Design episode! Cultural economies of design. Find out how design shapes the way businesses and platforms imagine the future. @addiemcgowan.bsky.social and me with @ulissess.bsky.social Karl Palmas KorayCaliskan @jcultecon.bsky.social
youtu.be/M57gwqdwsXA
youtu.be/M57gwqdwsXA
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Distinct from the opportunistic ‘indigenous’ claims of the far right, and informed by the struggles of colonised Indigenous peoples, I read ‘liberal indigeneity’ as a white fantasy of ancestral belonging that attempts to negotiate the racial legacies of empire. 2/2
January 5, 2026 at 9:11 AM
Distinct from the opportunistic ‘indigenous’ claims of the far right, and informed by the struggles of colonised Indigenous peoples, I read ‘liberal indigeneity’ as a white fantasy of ancestral belonging that attempts to negotiate the racial legacies of empire. 2/2
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How does race figure in writing on nature, landscape, and environment? This new open-access article in @theoryculturesociety.org charts the rise of ‘liberal indigeneity’ as an expression of nativism in postimperial Britain. 1/2 doi.org/10.1177/0263...
Imagining ‘Our Ancestors’: Liberal Indigeneity and the Repudiation of Colonialism in Postimperial Britain - Ben Pitcher, 2025
This article examines imaginative connections to an indigenous ancestry in popular British nonfiction writing on nature, landscape, and environment. It coins th...
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January 5, 2026 at 9:11 AM
How does race figure in writing on nature, landscape, and environment? This new open-access article in @theoryculturesociety.org charts the rise of ‘liberal indigeneity’ as an expression of nativism in postimperial Britain. 1/2 doi.org/10.1177/0263...
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In this blog for @theoryculturesociety.org I parody the hand-crafted woodcut style of popular books on nature, folklore, and the distant past 'decorated with fluttering leaves, distant hills, perhaps a Morris troupe or a charismatic megalith or two'.
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www.theoryculturesociety.org/blog/imagini...
Imagining ‘Our Ancestors’ — Theory, Culture & Society | Global Public Life
Ben Pitcher In a culture where we worry about ecological ruin and feel cut off from the natural world, it’s not difficult to understand the appeal of the distant past. Stone circles, foraging, rewil...
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January 6, 2026 at 9:21 AM
In this blog for @theoryculturesociety.org I parody the hand-crafted woodcut style of popular books on nature, folklore, and the distant past 'decorated with fluttering leaves, distant hills, perhaps a Morris troupe or a charismatic megalith or two'.
www.theoryculturesociety.org/blog/imagini...
www.theoryculturesociety.org/blog/imagini...
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7) Pursue digital sovereignty: universities should collaborate to create the software and platforms they need, and not rely on the fascistic and extractive tech sector.
December 30, 2025 at 9:03 AM
7) Pursue digital sovereignty: universities should collaborate to create the software and platforms they need, and not rely on the fascistic and extractive tech sector.
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Will witter on about this more when I’m back at work but this one tries to get to grips with the racial politics of stone circles, folk, foraging, and weird walks.
New as Online First: Ben Pitcher, 'Imagining ‘Our Ancestors’: Liberal Indigeneity and the Repudiation of Colonialism in Postimperial Britain' - examines imaginative connections to an indigenous ancestry in popular British nonfiction writing. (Open Access) journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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December 29, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Will witter on about this more when I’m back at work but this one tries to get to grips with the racial politics of stone circles, folk, foraging, and weird walks.
Just catching up with this wonderful news. Daniella did her PhD with us @unioftheartslondon.bsky.social and will be fantastic in this role.
We’re delighted to appoint Dr Daniella Jenkins as our new Executive Director. She joins us from the University of Bristol and brings experience in feminism, economic policy and design.
Dr Daniella Jenkins will start in Spring 2026, and Dr Sara Reis will act as Director until then.
Dr Daniella Jenkins will start in Spring 2026, and Dr Sara Reis will act as Director until then.
December 18, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Just catching up with this wonderful news. Daniella did her PhD with us @unioftheartslondon.bsky.social and will be fantastic in this role.
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⚡ While we wind down the year – and draw our ten year celebrations to a close – we’re spotlighting innovative thinkers in our 10 year essay collection.
Today take inspiration from @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social, who is working for a world where tech works for 8 billion people not eight billionaires
Today take inspiration from @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social, who is working for a world where tech works for 8 billion people not eight billionaires
December 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
⚡ While we wind down the year – and draw our ten year celebrations to a close – we’re spotlighting innovative thinkers in our 10 year essay collection.
Today take inspiration from @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social, who is working for a world where tech works for 8 billion people not eight billionaires
Today take inspiration from @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social, who is working for a world where tech works for 8 billion people not eight billionaires
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Do you have a Guernica on your wall? Post a picture and tell me how you came by it and what it means to you.
December 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Do you have a Guernica on your wall? Post a picture and tell me how you came by it and what it means to you.
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I have this theory that the Labour right's strategy of precisely engineering electoral defeats for their party so as to achieve political objectives is an extension of the neoliberal impulse to achieve public policy objectives through targeted tax cuts as opposed to the state actually doing anything
December 15, 2025 at 8:57 AM
I have this theory that the Labour right's strategy of precisely engineering electoral defeats for their party so as to achieve political objectives is an extension of the neoliberal impulse to achieve public policy objectives through targeted tax cuts as opposed to the state actually doing anything
I just delivered a seminar in this department and can confirm that staff & students are delightful. A nice job for someone.
🚨 #JobAlert - Join our team!
We are looking for a Senior Lecturer (Scientific Teaching) in "Qualitative Methods and Sociological Theories"
Apply by 20 January 2026 ➡️ jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Senior-L...
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We are looking for a Senior Lecturer (Scientific Teaching) in "Qualitative Methods and Sociological Theories"
Apply by 20 January 2026 ➡️ jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Senior-L...
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@univie.ac.at #Sociology #Soziologie #Job #SeniorLecturer
December 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I just delivered a seminar in this department and can confirm that staff & students are delightful. A nice job for someone.
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This report is how I have channeled my rage as the tech industry has grown in wealth and power at the expense of workers, communities, and the environment. The old mechanisms of reform aren’t sufficient in a time of AI ascendance and data center accelerationism datasociety.net/library/turn...
December 10, 2025 at 10:38 PM
This report is how I have channeled my rage as the tech industry has grown in wealth and power at the expense of workers, communities, and the environment. The old mechanisms of reform aren’t sufficient in a time of AI ascendance and data center accelerationism datasociety.net/library/turn...
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Free child care for all asap. Housing. Schools. Medical care.
All of it free, asap. All the money pouring into these systems can develop actual and real supports for people. ChatGPT isn't free.
All of it free, asap. All the money pouring into these systems can develop actual and real supports for people. ChatGPT isn't free.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Free child care for all asap. Housing. Schools. Medical care.
All of it free, asap. All the money pouring into these systems can develop actual and real supports for people. ChatGPT isn't free.
All of it free, asap. All the money pouring into these systems can develop actual and real supports for people. ChatGPT isn't free.
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History Workshop Journal’s 100th Issue: a celebration
31 Jan 2026, 2.00pm, Bloomsbury, London
Speakers include former and newer editors, and friends of the journal.
To join us, book here HWJ100.eventbrite.co.uk
@bbkhistorical.bsky.social
@qmul.bsky.social
31 Jan 2026, 2.00pm, Bloomsbury, London
Speakers include former and newer editors, and friends of the journal.
To join us, book here HWJ100.eventbrite.co.uk
@bbkhistorical.bsky.social
@qmul.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
History Workshop Journal’s 100th Issue: a celebration
31 Jan 2026, 2.00pm, Bloomsbury, London
Speakers include former and newer editors, and friends of the journal.
To join us, book here HWJ100.eventbrite.co.uk
@bbkhistorical.bsky.social
@qmul.bsky.social
31 Jan 2026, 2.00pm, Bloomsbury, London
Speakers include former and newer editors, and friends of the journal.
To join us, book here HWJ100.eventbrite.co.uk
@bbkhistorical.bsky.social
@qmul.bsky.social
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capital flight is less of a risk than people think -- most of it thats gonna fly is already /in/ tax havens and comparable jurisdictions
I was told everyone was leaving.
@fortune.com #NYC
@wutangforchildren.bsky.social
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@fortune.com #NYC
@wutangforchildren.bsky.social
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December 5, 2025 at 1:47 PM
capital flight is less of a risk than people think -- most of it thats gonna fly is already /in/ tax havens and comparable jurisdictions
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The first episode, impeccably hosted by @philiproscoe.bsky.social & @addiemcgowan.bsky.social featuring @tgpb.bsky.social @allartmarkets.bsky.social & Simone Pollilo, goes live tomorrow. We expect you'll all be featuring in your 2026 Wrapped. www.linkedin.com/posts/philip...
December 4, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The first episode, impeccably hosted by @philiproscoe.bsky.social & @addiemcgowan.bsky.social featuring @tgpb.bsky.social @allartmarkets.bsky.social & Simone Pollilo, goes live tomorrow. We expect you'll all be featuring in your 2026 Wrapped. www.linkedin.com/posts/philip...
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To read more about our vision for the Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life - and to explore & apply for our 7 research fellow positions, see leverhulmecal.webspace.durham.ac.uk/call-for-fel... and get in touch if you have questions #MachineLearning #Algorithms #Interdisciplinary #postdoctoral
Call for fellows - Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life
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December 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
To read more about our vision for the Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life - and to explore & apply for our 7 research fellow positions, see leverhulmecal.webspace.durham.ac.uk/call-for-fel... and get in touch if you have questions #MachineLearning #Algorithms #Interdisciplinary #postdoctoral