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History of economic thought; social ontology; philosophy and methodology of economics; political economy of vocational education and training. Professor of Political Economy at King’s College London.

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Steven Klein @stevenklein.bsky.social · Feb 6
We'll be hosting the first UK PPE conference in July - please do submit your abstracts and spread the news!
kcl-spe.bsky.social School of Politics and Economics @kcl-spe.bsky.social · Feb 5
The PPE Society and the Department of Political Economy at King's are hosting the first annual PPE conference this July in London 💭

Interested in submitting a proposal? The deadline is March 1, so don't forget to apply 📝

For more, see 🔽

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PPE Society: London 2025 - The Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Society
We are pleased to share that, in addition to the PPE Society’s Annual Meetings held each year in New Orleans, the international PPE Society will…
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School of Politics and Economics @kcl-spe.bsky.social · Feb 5
The PPE Society and the Department of Political Economy at King's are hosting the first annual PPE conference this July in London 💭

Interested in submitting a proposal? The deadline is March 1, so don't forget to apply 📝

For more, see 🔽

ppesociety.org/ppe-society-...
PPE Society: London 2025 - The Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Society
We are pleased to share that, in addition to the PPE Society’s Annual Meetings held each year in New Orleans, the international PPE Society will…
ppesociety.org

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Athene Donald @athenedonald.bsky.social · Feb 4
The Talent Commission was important in highlighting technicians in our universities. The impact of their work still unfolding itss.org.uk/research-rep...
Research report highlights transformational changes for UK technical workforce - UK ITSS
A new report TALENT Programme: Interventions and Impact has been published to mark the conclusion of the TALENT programme.
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Erik Nordman @eriknordman.bsky.social · Feb 1
Thanks to the Royal Economic Society for publishing my overview of Elinor Ostrom's contribution to commons, climate economics and policy, "What works in practice can work in theory."
Magazine page Reading: Elinor Ostrom What works in practice can work in theory The Nobel laureate Elinor Ostrom study how best to govern common resources, including the global climate The Author Erik Nordman Grand Valley State University Monochrome picture of Elinor Ostrom in 1968, writing outside her cabin on Manitoulin Island, Canada. She is sitting, thoughtfully writing, holding sunglasses in her other hand. She is wearing a bandana on her head and a sleeveless shirt. There are trees in the background.

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · Jan 29
In Public Affairs Quarterly 38.3, @johnmeadowcroft.bsky.social argues that Robert Nozick's "Anarchy, State, and Utopia" has been misread as a defense capitalism's inequalities. https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/paq/article/38/3/173/392018/Emergence-as-a-Moral-Theory-Reappraising-Robert
Title page of essay in open copy of Public Affairs Quarterly 38.3

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Liam McIlvanney @liammcilvanney.bsky.social · Jan 17
Getting a bit realistic now. The Good Father out on 3 July…

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Erik Nordman @eriknordman.bsky.social · Dec 29
A quick and insightful overview of Elinor Ostrom's life and ideas:

"Tackling the sustainability challenge collectively
Elinor Ostrom won a Nobel Prize in Economics in 2009 for showing that ordinary people, working together, can manage natural resources sustainably. Her work is as relevant as ever."
Elinor Ostrom: Rethinking sustainable governance today
Discover how Elinor Ostrom's ideas on sustainable governance protect resources - and why her Nobel-winning principles are more vital now than ever.
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Erik Nordman @eriknordman.bsky.social · Dec 17
I am always delightfully surprised to see a post from a reader of my book! Thanks Paul and all the readers - past, present, and future. I hope it inspires conversation about how Ostrom's ideas can be applied to today's challenges.
pauldockery.bsky.social Paul Dockery @pauldockery.bsky.social · Dec 17
The post to bookshelf pipeline.

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Barbara Piotrowska @bpiotrowska.bsky.social · Dec 9
"The purpose of writing isn’t just to demonstrate knowledge in the most expedient way. Writing is to explore knowledge, to connect and synthesise ideas, to create new knowledge, and to share."
An interesting analysis of pitfalls of drafting using genAI by @leonfurze.com leonfurze.com/2024/02/21/t...
The Myth of the AI First Draft
I write daily, often for hours at a time. I’m an author of fiction and nonfiction, and even when I’m not writing something for publication I fill notebooks with ideas and frequently ill…
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Hugh Pemberton @hugh-pemberton.bsky.social · Dec 9
This is interesting: Matt Flinders on The New Politics of Public Inquiries, and on the danger that the public's greatly inflated expectations risks undermining public confidence in British politics rather than rebuilding it. In @politicalquarterly.bsky.social
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The New Politics of Public Inquiries
This article argues that it is possible to identify a ‘new’ politics of public inquiries. A sizable seam of scholarship and parliamentary discussion has for at least a century bemoaned the limited in...
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