7 hour block seminars about #socialist, #deliberative, #particicipatory alternatives to #liberal #democracy with tough & determined students @uniheidelberg.bsky.social require some preparation. Last but not least: #coffee & #cigaretttes 😉

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Well, #ElonMusk… as much as I aspire to be empathetic and “see the other side”: really cannot say that I’m feeling sorry for you—interesting take in
@newyorker.com
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

Psyched to be invited to #APSA2025 —looking forward to speak at the roundtable about our (by then!) freshly published new book - THE SCIENCES OF THE DEMOCRACIES
✊🏽Let’s re-imagine democracy!!(uclpress.co.uk/book/the-sci...) with J-P Gagnon, B Abrams et al @apsa.bsky.social @hansasenbaum.bsky.social

Utterly disturbing! 🤯 Spelling errors aside: IF you’re #privileged enough to “disappear” for 1 month—let’s think: #ladies (& #gentlemen), the world is literally on fire (genocides, wars, famine, racism, sexism,...)
AND: WHO wants #women to #DISAPPEAR at all & WHY?
All of this for “face yoga”? 🥴✊🏽

🥳OUT NOW #OA:“TRANSMISSIONS, DECISIONS, DISCOURSES” (w/ C. Deppe)
proposes a #conceptual & #methodological framework for assessing “communicative flows” in democratic systems: How to study diverse forms of (diverse) #demminnos’ #impact(s) on policymaking (over time)?
➡️ doi.org/10.1111/spsr...

Welcome to my new office at University of Nairobi’s main campus: still some improvisation, but a lovely view, even more lovely colleagues (1 of them turned out to be not just an accomplished political philosopher but also a novelist!)—and I am starting to create some creative “work chaos” 😅.