Scott Brown
@scottawbrown.bsky.social
Dad, lecturer, cyclist, karateka - sometimes simultaneously. I work on EU/rope-US-China relations. IR + FPA. Usual disclaimers.
PhD - Glasgow
Postdoc - Nunn School @ GA Tech
Now - Dundee
PhD - Glasgow
Postdoc - Nunn School @ GA Tech
Now - Dundee
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Scott Brown
@scottawbrown.bsky.social
· Nov 17
I'm (slowly) putting together one of these for the Scottish IR scene. PhD students, ECRs and non-academics very welcome!
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We held a rally to mark one-year of the financial crisis at the University of Dundee.
We resolve to continue opposing compulsory lay-offs and a radical reshaping of the institution.
If we fight together we win!
www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...
#SaveHE #SaveDundeeUni #WeAreTheUniversity
We resolve to continue opposing compulsory lay-offs and a radical reshaping of the institution.
If we fight together we win!
www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...
#SaveHE #SaveDundeeUni #WeAreTheUniversity
‘Angry and exhausted’ Dundee University staff rally against jobs cut to save university
Campus unions organised the event where there was palpable anger at the current and former leadership of Dundee University.
www.thecourier.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 8:17 AM
We held a rally to mark one-year of the financial crisis at the University of Dundee.
We resolve to continue opposing compulsory lay-offs and a radical reshaping of the institution.
If we fight together we win!
www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...
#SaveHE #SaveDundeeUni #WeAreTheUniversity
We resolve to continue opposing compulsory lay-offs and a radical reshaping of the institution.
If we fight together we win!
www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...
#SaveHE #SaveDundeeUni #WeAreTheUniversity
I don’t understand how anyone can be mad at the BBC when it can give us headlines like this:
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3489...
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3489...
BBC News | UK | The miraculous Major-Balls
news.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 9:43 AM
I don’t understand how anyone can be mad at the BBC when it can give us headlines like this:
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3489...
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3489...
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Are you conducting research combining qualitative cross-case methods (comparative case studies or QCA) with process tracing? ➡️ ** We are looking to show-case your work** ⬅️
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November 11, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Are you conducting research combining qualitative cross-case methods (comparative case studies or QCA) with process tracing? ➡️ ** We are looking to show-case your work** ⬅️
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What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
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As expected one story dominating the front pages today
November 10, 2025 at 8:14 AM
As expected one story dominating the front pages today
I would’ve thought Farage was quite happy with the BBC as it is, given that he’s always on it or being given disproportionate coverage.
November 10, 2025 at 7:10 AM
I would’ve thought Farage was quite happy with the BBC as it is, given that he’s always on it or being given disproportionate coverage.
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🚨 Job Alert! Postdoc in POLITICAL TEXT ANALYSIS in the MULTIREP project
You do quant text analysis? You are interested in political representation? Enjoy working in teams? Would like to live in a great city? Consider joining us in Vienna!
⏱️ Apply by 15/12/2025
wratil.eu/files/MULTIR...
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You do quant text analysis? You are interested in political representation? Enjoy working in teams? Would like to live in a great city? Consider joining us in Vienna!
⏱️ Apply by 15/12/2025
wratil.eu/files/MULTIR...
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November 10, 2025 at 6:50 AM
🚨 Job Alert! Postdoc in POLITICAL TEXT ANALYSIS in the MULTIREP project
You do quant text analysis? You are interested in political representation? Enjoy working in teams? Would like to live in a great city? Consider joining us in Vienna!
⏱️ Apply by 15/12/2025
wratil.eu/files/MULTIR...
1/4 🧵
You do quant text analysis? You are interested in political representation? Enjoy working in teams? Would like to live in a great city? Consider joining us in Vienna!
⏱️ Apply by 15/12/2025
wratil.eu/files/MULTIR...
1/4 🧵
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UCD Ad Astra Doctoral Scholarship: Authoritarian Politics www.ucd.ie/spire/study/...
Ad Astra Doctoral Scholarships - UCD School of Politics and International Relations
www.ucd.ie
November 9, 2025 at 10:49 AM
UCD Ad Astra Doctoral Scholarship: Authoritarian Politics www.ucd.ie/spire/study/...
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Trump looks like Lenny after he petted the bunny rabbit too hard.
November 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Trump looks like Lenny after he petted the bunny rabbit too hard.
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Dominic Cummings has this racialised take on David Lammy
There is an increasingly prevalent kneejerk online rightwing trait to call the presence of any black or Asian person a diversity hire
There is an increasingly prevalent kneejerk online rightwing trait to call the presence of any black or Asian person a diversity hire
November 6, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Dominic Cummings has this racialised take on David Lammy
There is an increasingly prevalent kneejerk online rightwing trait to call the presence of any black or Asian person a diversity hire
There is an increasingly prevalent kneejerk online rightwing trait to call the presence of any black or Asian person a diversity hire
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lol
November 6, 2025 at 4:47 AM
lol
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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, the biggest threat to academic freedom is the marketisation of higher education.
The accusation here could not be more serious: that Hallam traded research on human rights violations in China, for access to the Chinese student market.
t.co/j2rTxAfIw6
The accusation here could not be more serious: that Hallam traded research on human rights violations in China, for access to the Chinese student market.
t.co/j2rTxAfIw6
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/nov/03/uk-university-halted-human-rights-research-after-pressure-from-china
t.co
November 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, the biggest threat to academic freedom is the marketisation of higher education.
The accusation here could not be more serious: that Hallam traded research on human rights violations in China, for access to the Chinese student market.
t.co/j2rTxAfIw6
The accusation here could not be more serious: that Hallam traded research on human rights violations in China, for access to the Chinese student market.
t.co/j2rTxAfIw6
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The police continue to investigate the motive for last night's stabbings. Their initial statement is they don't have grounds to believe it was a terrorist motivated attack
Elected Reform Durham county councillor Darren Grimes posted this political attack on the assumption it was an Islamist attack
Elected Reform Durham county councillor Darren Grimes posted this political attack on the assumption it was an Islamist attack
November 2, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The police continue to investigate the motive for last night's stabbings. Their initial statement is they don't have grounds to believe it was a terrorist motivated attack
Elected Reform Durham county councillor Darren Grimes posted this political attack on the assumption it was an Islamist attack
Elected Reform Durham county councillor Darren Grimes posted this political attack on the assumption it was an Islamist attack
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Matt Goodwin attributes a crime that he now knows appears to have been committed by people born in Britain in the early 1990s to "mass uncontrolled immigration"
November 2, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Matt Goodwin attributes a crime that he now knows appears to have been committed by people born in Britain in the early 1990s to "mass uncontrolled immigration"
Spotted in local shop. Happy to pick it up for anyone who needs it.
October 30, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Spotted in local shop. Happy to pick it up for anyone who needs it.
Planning to switch to Tidal in place of Spotify given, well, everything about the latter.
However, I'll need a separate app for podcasts. What's the best dedicated podcast app these days?
However, I'll need a separate app for podcasts. What's the best dedicated podcast app these days?
October 24, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Planning to switch to Tidal in place of Spotify given, well, everything about the latter.
However, I'll need a separate app for podcasts. What's the best dedicated podcast app these days?
However, I'll need a separate app for podcasts. What's the best dedicated podcast app these days?
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A quiet bombshell in Europe’s tech world
The Dutch government seems to have effectively frozen operations of Nexperia, the Chinese-owned chipmaker, citing national security, according to corporate filing today - via @zichenwanghere
The Dutch government seems to have effectively frozen operations of Nexperia, the Chinese-owned chipmaker, citing national security, according to corporate filing today - via @zichenwanghere
Dutch govt accused of freezing operations of Chinese semiconductor giant's chipmaker Nexperia
Wingtech, the Shanghai-listed parent, denounces what it essentially calls a boardroom coup involving the Dutch government and local executives
open.substack.com
October 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
A quiet bombshell in Europe’s tech world
The Dutch government seems to have effectively frozen operations of Nexperia, the Chinese-owned chipmaker, citing national security, according to corporate filing today - via @zichenwanghere
The Dutch government seems to have effectively frozen operations of Nexperia, the Chinese-owned chipmaker, citing national security, according to corporate filing today - via @zichenwanghere
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Yesterday I was told that the class I’m scheduled to teach this month, Confronting Oppression & Injustice, is no longer part of our curriculum. This is a required class yet there was no discussion, no faculty vote, just an email saying the class no longer exists. This is what it’s like in Texas now.
October 11, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Yesterday I was told that the class I’m scheduled to teach this month, Confronting Oppression & Injustice, is no longer part of our curriculum. This is a required class yet there was no discussion, no faculty vote, just an email saying the class no longer exists. This is what it’s like in Texas now.
Now Lecornu has a chance of outlasting Truss.
Macron reappoints Lecornu as French PM after days of turmoil www.bbc.com/news/article...
Macron reappoints Lecornu as French PM after days of turmoil www.bbc.com/news/article...
Macron reappoints Lecornu as French PM after days of turmoil
President Macron reappoints Sébastien Lecornu as French prime minister - four days after his resignation
www.bbc.com
October 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Now Lecornu has a chance of outlasting Truss.
Macron reappoints Lecornu as French PM after days of turmoil www.bbc.com/news/article...
Macron reappoints Lecornu as French PM after days of turmoil www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Just flown in from Riyadh, and boy are my excuses tired
October 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Just flown in from Riyadh, and boy are my excuses tired
Long shot, but if anyone I know can get ahold of one of those chocolate bars with 'Britian' from the Tory conference, I'd love to have one to frame and hang up in my office. To give me a good laugh every day.
October 9, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Long shot, but if anyone I know can get ahold of one of those chocolate bars with 'Britian' from the Tory conference, I'd love to have one to frame and hang up in my office. To give me a good laugh every day.
Just received terrible news
October 8, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Just received terrible news
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Jess Waters recycling the same guy over and over to represent “former” different enemies
October 6, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Jess Waters recycling the same guy over and over to represent “former” different enemies
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"We want people to be living in mixed communities, don't we?"
Robert Jenrick's home is in Eye, Herefordshire, where 165 out of 166 residents were white at the time of the last census.
Robert Jenrick's home is in Eye, Herefordshire, where 165 out of 166 residents were white at the time of the last census.
Wow. Robert Jenrick doubles down by branding a black journalist's questions "ridiculous" and saying that the problem is not his comments, but "journalists like you who pop up and try to knock me down", adding that "this is the reason why terrorist attacks happen". ~AA
October 7, 2025 at 9:16 AM
"We want people to be living in mixed communities, don't we?"
Robert Jenrick's home is in Eye, Herefordshire, where 165 out of 166 residents were white at the time of the last census.
Robert Jenrick's home is in Eye, Herefordshire, where 165 out of 166 residents were white at the time of the last census.