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Jane Green @profjanegreen.bsky.social · 12h

My first paper was published in Political Studies and has made the top 75 most cited, which is lovely! And surprising too!

Political Studies Association @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social · 13h

🌟Celebrating PSA at 75🌟
🏅 Our top 75 most cited articles in PSA journals. Collated by @profnjallen.bsky.social
📚 All articles accessible until 31 Jan 2026. Enjoy!
@polstudies.bsky.social @journalpolitics.bsky.social @bjpir.bsky.social @psrjournal.bsky.social @journals.sagepub.com
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Political Studies Association @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social · 13h

🌟Celebrating PSA at 75🌟
🏅 Our top 75 most cited articles in PSA journals. Collated by @profnjallen.bsky.social
📚 All articles accessible until 31 Jan 2026. Enjoy!
@polstudies.bsky.social @journalpolitics.bsky.social @bjpir.bsky.social @psrjournal.bsky.social @journals.sagepub.com
buff.ly/PRZoRdi

Jane Green @profjanegreen.bsky.social · 1d

Yep, fair, but if the decision is: a) should I do what I love and am passionate about and have a unique contribution to make (and also can do it well), or b) do I need an RDD or an 'unexpected event during fieldwork', etc etc., the latter is not the best long-term strategy, nor why we do it.

Jane Green @profjanegreen.bsky.social · 1d

I echo ‘do your thing’. My line is: go with your own grain, like the grain in a piece of wood. Those are your strengths, they will lead to your strongest and unique contribution and we need diversity of contribution.

Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 2d

When I was reflecting on my career for my retirement conference I realised it was built on three things I was advised no respectable philosophy academic should do

1 Write texts for students

2 Write collaborative public policy reports

3 Co-author philosophical research

My advice. Do your thing.

Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 2d

When I was reflecting on my career for my retirement conference I realised it was built on three things I was advised no respectable philosophy academic should do

1 Write texts for students

2 Write collaborative public policy reports

3 Co-author philosophical research

My advice. Do your thing.

Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 5d

Sure is going to be fun watching many Labour strategists discover next May that the party's electorate in metro areas (and Scotland, and Wales) was in fact centre-left people who believe in centre-left things more than they believe in voting for a Labour party chained to an irresponsible pledge.

Jane Green @profjanegreen.bsky.social · 5d

I liked it. But was only trying to figure out if a cue IS a laconic understatement.

Jane Green @profjanegreen.bsky.social · 5d

Could someone amazing please do this so I don't have to wish it was my side job.

Duncan Robinson @duncanrobinson.bsky.social · 5d

Come work with me

Duncan Robinson @duncanrobinson.bsky.social · 5d

Come work with me

Phil Swatton @philswatton.bsky.social · 5d

Reposting this for I suspect not the last time in the lifetime of this parliament: renewal.org.uk/blog/public-...

Jane Green @profjanegreen.bsky.social · 5d

If I had to come down on one golden rule it is - don’t look like an utter shambles and be able to point to some large benefits of you being in office, and those should take priority over all the other marginal considerations.

Jane Green @profjanegreen.bsky.social · 5d

So much of UK politics seems as a weird tangled misreading of public opinion.

Shall we raise tax? Voters won’t like it. But need to deliver for voters and tax rises necessary to for that. Voters need to see change. But cant break promise, because voters. But is a U-turn even worse, because voters?

Jane Green @profjanegreen.bsky.social · 5d

There are so many good ways to use surveys. It’s (and I would say this…) a failure to understand them properly.

Christabel Cooper @christabelcoops.bsky.social · 5d

Exactly this. Public opinion should be a guide as to how to get to a destination, not what the destination should be.

Jane Green @profjanegreen.bsky.social · 5d

Ultimately, politics is about making hard choices and leading.

Sure, easy for me to say, but you won’t get there by focusing only on just the one selective bit of public opinion you fear today.

Jane Green @profjanegreen.bsky.social · 5d

So much of UK politics seems as a weird tangled misreading of public opinion.

Shall we raise tax? Voters won’t like it. But need to deliver for voters and tax rises necessary to for that. Voters need to see change. But cant break promise, because voters. But is a U-turn even worse, because voters?

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 5d

How we can actually stop the boats

There are lessons from the failures of 2021-25 & from what does work.

Need workable control to defuse the salience and politics.

Worst approach is to increase salience further while doing things that don't work
www.britishfuture.org/publication/...

How we can actually stop the boats - British Future

The ‘How we can actually stop the boats’ report draws on international evidence to argue that a scaled-up ‘routes and […]

www.britishfuture.org

Jane Green @profjanegreen.bsky.social · 6d

I gave up long ago.

Jane Green @profjanegreen.bsky.social · 6d

Enjoying the 'almost certainly' there, Chris. Still holding on :-)

Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 6d

Marvellous piece by @pronouncedalva.bsky.social , this: www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

Does Keir Starmer realise how much trouble he's in?

The Prime Minister is facing a crisis of contempt among his own MPs

www.newstatesman.com

Jane Green @profjanegreen.bsky.social · 7d

Just sitting here imagining the social sciences in the UK with £8 billion. Nope…impossible!

Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 7d

The Economic and Social Research Council core budget for 24/25 was £134m, not £8 billion.

Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 7d

The Economic and Social Research Council core budget for 24/25 was £134m, not £8 billion.

Jane Green @profjanegreen.bsky.social · 8d

I guess people just face an impossible choice set and then hope for the best on their watch! I just worry about the millions of 'micro-failures' and the lost good outcomes we never see.

Jane Green @profjanegreen.bsky.social · 8d

Yes, I meant 'many people' but really guess I actually mean 'politicians making expedient decisions' and 'compliant media not tackling or holding that to account'... So that's an odd 'we'. I don't blame the public, who I think broadly just want people with more time to do what's needed.

Jane Green @profjanegreen.bsky.social · 8d

People will somehow just suck it up, find ways to manage. Whatever the reason for these mistakes, the basic assumption is abundantly not true. It will be happening everywhere, in poorer care, worse outcomes, all beneath the radar. This just happens to be a very, very politically embarrassing one.

Jane Green @profjanegreen.bsky.social · 8d

I worry about the 'more than 90 prisoners released by mistake' story for several reasons (more evidence the state is failing, obviously risk to victims, loss of trust) but mostly because we seem to have thought you can erode spending and investment in public services with no cost.

Jane Green @profjanegreen.bsky.social · 10d

….”the price of putting a roof over your head and food on the table has tremendous electoral potency when people are struggling to do both. Zohran Mamdani may be a shiny new thing, but the moral of these elections is as old as the Appalachian mountains.”

Andrew Rawnsley @andrewrawnsley.bsky.social · 10d

Lessons from America
observer.co.uk/news/columni...

Zohran Mamdani’s victory shows the power of charisma in politics | The Observer

observer.co.uk

Andrew Rawnsley @andrewrawnsley.bsky.social · 10d

Lessons from America
observer.co.uk/news/columni...

Zohran Mamdani’s victory shows the power of charisma in politics | The Observer

observer.co.uk

Jane Green @profjanegreen.bsky.social · 12d

If my network is anything to go by, the first EPSS conference is going to be a massive, enthusiastic success!

Sara Hobolt @sarahobolt.bsky.social · 12d

‼️Last chance to submit your paper or panel proposal to EPSS 2026 conference in Belfast is TODAY!

Don’t miss out - it will be full of great political science and fun social events! 👩‍🏫🥳

epssnet.org/belfast-2026...

Sara Hobolt @sarahobolt.bsky.social · 19d

🚨 EPSS Belfast 2026 Call for Papers - One week to go! 🚨

Don't forget to submit your paper or panel proposal to the European Political Science Society @epssnet.bsky.social 2026 conference - just one week to go before the deadline: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...

Sara Hobolt @sarahobolt.bsky.social · 12d

‼️Last chance to submit your paper or panel proposal to EPSS 2026 conference in Belfast is TODAY!

Don’t miss out - it will be full of great political science and fun social events! 👩‍🏫🥳

epssnet.org/belfast-2026...

Sara Hobolt @sarahobolt.bsky.social · 19d

🚨 EPSS Belfast 2026 Call for Papers - One week to go! 🚨

Don't forget to submit your paper or panel proposal to the European Political Science Society @epssnet.bsky.social 2026 conference - just one week to go before the deadline: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...

Call for Papers | EPSS Belfast 2026 Conference

Submit your abstract or full paper for EPSS Belfast 2026. Share cutting‑edge political science research, network with peers & contribute to academic impact.

epssnet.org

Jane Green @profjanegreen.bsky.social · 13d

Every woman's rage wish (kidding)

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