Helen McCabe
@drhmccabe.bsky.social
Academic who'd like more time to travel and read!
Is it OK to post jobs here? Hoping so, as we're recruting 7 3-year Research Fellowships as part of a new Leverhulme Centre for the Study of Slavery in War. (More details below). Please share widely, and apply! jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
Job Vacancy at the University of Nottingham: Research Fellow in Slavery and War (Comparative Contexts) (Fixed term)
In 2025, the University of Nottingham and King’s College London will launch the new Leverhulme Centre for Research on Slavery in War, funded by the Leverhulme Trust for up to £10 million over ten year...
jobs.nottingham.ac.uk
August 15, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Is it OK to post jobs here? Hoping so, as we're recruting 7 3-year Research Fellowships as part of a new Leverhulme Centre for the Study of Slavery in War. (More details below). Please share widely, and apply! jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
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Excited to share our new research project funded by @britishacademy.bsky.social Knowledge Frontiers 2025! Our interdisciplinary project (environmental geography, environmental humanities, political science, philosophy) will examine restorative justice in coastal adaptation.
June 22, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Excited to share our new research project funded by @britishacademy.bsky.social Knowledge Frontiers 2025! Our interdisciplinary project (environmental geography, environmental humanities, political science, philosophy) will examine restorative justice in coastal adaptation.
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We're thrilled to announce the finalists for the Best Policy Initiative category of the 2025 #InstituteAwards! Congratulations to @drhmccabe.bsky.social, and Right Lab's Scale of Harm project for their efforts in shaping policies at different levels.
Read more: www.nottingham.ac.uk/policy-and-e...
Read more: www.nottingham.ac.uk/policy-and-e...
March 14, 2025 at 10:50 AM
We're thrilled to announce the finalists for the Best Policy Initiative category of the 2025 #InstituteAwards! Congratulations to @drhmccabe.bsky.social, and Right Lab's Scale of Harm project for their efforts in shaping policies at different levels.
Read more: www.nottingham.ac.uk/policy-and-e...
Read more: www.nottingham.ac.uk/policy-and-e...
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Our new maps launch today - now, crucially, with subject data from individual UK universities. This adds a new dimension to our cold spots mapping what students can study and where. The maps show a complex regional picture - let's get into it ⤵️ (1)
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/policy-and-r...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/policy-and-r...
February 20, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Our new maps launch today - now, crucially, with subject data from individual UK universities. This adds a new dimension to our cold spots mapping what students can study and where. The maps show a complex regional picture - let's get into it ⤵️ (1)
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/policy-and-r...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/policy-and-r...
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"Mill had canaries & a Persian cat . . . Marx drank a lot of beer, he played party games . . . I'm just not sure they they would have gelled. Different vibes."
@drhmccabe.bsky.social
www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/mill-socialism
@drhmccabe.bsky.social
www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/mill-socialism
Mill & Socialism with Helen McCabe
A deep dive into J S Mill's relationship with socialism with Helen McCabe. We cover Mill's moral foundations, pre-Marxian Socialism, the nature and history of liberalism and socialism, their interpret...
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January 30, 2025 at 5:12 PM
"Mill had canaries & a Persian cat . . . Marx drank a lot of beer, he played party games . . . I'm just not sure they they would have gelled. Different vibes."
@drhmccabe.bsky.social
www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/mill-socialism
@drhmccabe.bsky.social
www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/mill-socialism
Lovely to see this article published today: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10..... Very happy memories of a lovely trip to Canada for the workshop of which this is one output. (Others here: economicpluralism.com?page_id=29).
Workshop - Economic Pluralism
Workshop Information (Wenzel Hablik, 1921. Große bunte utopische Bauten) Economic Pluralism: Past and Present Date: September 2-3, 2022 Place: McMaster University (Hamilton, ON), The Great Hall (The ...
economicpluralism.com
February 14, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Lovely to see this article published today: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10..... Very happy memories of a lovely trip to Canada for the workshop of which this is one output. (Others here: economicpluralism.com?page_id=29).
It's bad enough when it's anonymous, but "I know McCabe is a very junior scholar ... But for Christ's sake, she's not even read Packe" remains a "favourite" of mine from reviewers.
October 28, 2023 at 7:31 AM
It's bad enough when it's anonymous, but "I know McCabe is a very junior scholar ... But for Christ's sake, she's not even read Packe" remains a "favourite" of mine from reviewers.
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I saw yet another post on Twitter today from a grad student who received a peer review rife with ad hominem attacks on the authors' competencies rather than constructively critiquing the work.
I've written about this kind of nonsense bullshit in peer review before: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
I've written about this kind of nonsense bullshit in peer review before: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Don’t be a prig in peer review
Jeff C. Clements reckons with a recent set of reviewer comments that used ‘being critical’ as a justification to be mean. Jeff C. Clements reckons with a recent set of reviewer comments that used ...
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October 25, 2023 at 5:35 PM
I saw yet another post on Twitter today from a grad student who received a peer review rife with ad hominem attacks on the authors' competencies rather than constructively critiquing the work.
I've written about this kind of nonsense bullshit in peer review before: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
I've written about this kind of nonsense bullshit in peer review before: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Now in pre-print: Stanisław Knapowski (Adam Mickiewicz University) explores the phalanstère of Charles Fourier (1772-1837) as a tool for transferring ideas & the operation of buildings, their blueprints & illustrations, as non-verbal speech acts in early socialism www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
October 2, 2023 at 9:21 AM
Now in pre-print: Stanisław Knapowski (Adam Mickiewicz University) explores the phalanstère of Charles Fourier (1772-1837) as a tool for transferring ideas & the operation of buildings, their blueprints & illustrations, as non-verbal speech acts in early socialism www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
No cat to post photos of, but here are some courgettes from my garden. Hi, Bluesky!
September 23, 2023 at 2:14 PM
No cat to post photos of, but here are some courgettes from my garden. Hi, Bluesky!
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JOB: Junior Research Fellowship (4 years) in the History of Political Thought at Christ's College, Cambridge - the deadline is the 19th of October
www.christs.cam.ac.uk/vacancies-ch...
www.christs.cam.ac.uk/vacancies-ch...
Vacancies | Christs College Cambridge
www.christs.cam.ac.uk
September 21, 2023 at 9:08 PM
JOB: Junior Research Fellowship (4 years) in the History of Political Thought at Christ's College, Cambridge - the deadline is the 19th of October
www.christs.cam.ac.uk/vacancies-ch...
www.christs.cam.ac.uk/vacancies-ch...