Eilidh Beaton
@eilidhbeaton.bsky.social
Political Philosopher at the University of Aberdeen. Works on global justice, especially migration & asylum.
https://eilidhbeaton.com
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@eilidhbeaton.bsky.social
· Apr 10
Eilidh Beaton, Methodological Nationalism is Not the (best articulation of the) Problem - PhilPapers
Political philosophy has long been criticised for its state-centricity. A recent version of this objection asserts that the discipline perpetuates a problematic methodological nationalism. Critics arg...
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📣 Delighted to share that my paper "Methodological Nationalism is Not the (best articulation of the) Problem" is forthcoming in Philosophy! 🎉 (1/8)
A preprint is available here: philpapers.org/rec/BEAMNI
A preprint is available here: philpapers.org/rec/BEAMNI
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It's officially publication day for our book, The Way Out. Sam and I have worked on this since we first put our heads together in 2019, and it's fair to say that the context shifted under our feet as we were writing and thinking.
www.ucpress.edu/books/the-wa...
www.ucpress.edu/books/the-wa...
The Way Out by Rebecca Buxton, Samuel Ritholtz - Hardcover
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
www.ucpress.edu
January 13, 2026 at 3:30 PM
It's officially publication day for our book, The Way Out. Sam and I have worked on this since we first put our heads together in 2019, and it's fair to say that the context shifted under our feet as we were writing and thinking.
www.ucpress.edu/books/the-wa...
www.ucpress.edu/books/the-wa...
En route to BIAPT through the snow ❄️
January 7, 2026 at 9:13 AM
En route to BIAPT through the snow ❄️
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✍️ Please sign and share my latest petition!
In November, the government announced plans to amend the British Nationality Act to make citizenship harder to obtain.
So after migrants meet new ILR requirements, they'll wait longer, pay more, jump through MORE hoops.
🧵 Here's why this is unfair… /1
In November, the government announced plans to amend the British Nationality Act to make citizenship harder to obtain.
So after migrants meet new ILR requirements, they'll wait longer, pay more, jump through MORE hoops.
🧵 Here's why this is unfair… /1
Petition: Do not increase the time migrants with ILR need to wait to apply for citizenship
We ask the Government and Parliament not to amend the British Nationality Act 1981 to increase the qualifying period for migrants with indefinite leave to remain (ILR) to become eligible to apply for ...
petition.parliament.uk
December 31, 2025 at 3:53 PM
✍️ Please sign and share my latest petition!
In November, the government announced plans to amend the British Nationality Act to make citizenship harder to obtain.
So after migrants meet new ILR requirements, they'll wait longer, pay more, jump through MORE hoops.
🧵 Here's why this is unfair… /1
In November, the government announced plans to amend the British Nationality Act to make citizenship harder to obtain.
So after migrants meet new ILR requirements, they'll wait longer, pay more, jump through MORE hoops.
🧵 Here's why this is unfair… /1
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Out today: MPS Attitudes to Immigration in Scotland survey 2025
migrationpolicyscotland.org.uk/publications...
migrationpolicyscotland.org.uk/publications...
Attitudes to Immigration in Scotland: Changing, complex, contradictory - Migration Policy Scotland
The third wave of Migration Policy Scotland’s annual representative survey provides a detailed picture of how views are evolving. This attitudinal survey series provides policymakers and others with e...
migrationpolicyscotland.org.uk
November 27, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Out today: MPS Attitudes to Immigration in Scotland survey 2025
migrationpolicyscotland.org.uk/publications...
migrationpolicyscotland.org.uk/publications...
Interesting (perhaps not so surprising) results.
PUBLISHED TODAY: ‘Noise & Nuance: What the public really thinks about immigration’ – new findings from the British Future/Ipsos Immigration Attitudes Tracker, which has studied public opinion on immigration and asylum since 2015 [🧵]
November 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Interesting (perhaps not so surprising) results.
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📣 PhDs & postdocs: Our Call for Papers is now open! If you work on (de)polarization including migration, media or radical right parties — come to Dresden in June 2026. We’re eager to see what ideas, cases and theories are out there!. Please share!
@tudresden.bsky.social @gsw-tudresden.bsky.social
@tudresden.bsky.social @gsw-tudresden.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 3:42 PM
📣 PhDs & postdocs: Our Call for Papers is now open! If you work on (de)polarization including migration, media or radical right parties — come to Dresden in June 2026. We’re eager to see what ideas, cases and theories are out there!. Please share!
@tudresden.bsky.social @gsw-tudresden.bsky.social
@tudresden.bsky.social @gsw-tudresden.bsky.social
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📣 The University of Aberdeen is offering 3 AHRC Doctoral Landscape funding awards for doctoral studentships across the arts and humanities.
Prospective Philosophy applicants can contact eilidh.beaton@abdn.ac.uk. Further info:
Prospective Philosophy applicants can contact eilidh.beaton@abdn.ac.uk. Further info:
AHRC - Research Council Awards | Scholarships | The University of Aberdeen
Explore scholarships, bursaries and funding options at Aberdeen for undergraduate, postgraduate and international students to support your studies.
www.abdn.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
📣 The University of Aberdeen is offering 3 AHRC Doctoral Landscape funding awards for doctoral studentships across the arts and humanities.
Prospective Philosophy applicants can contact eilidh.beaton@abdn.ac.uk. Further info:
Prospective Philosophy applicants can contact eilidh.beaton@abdn.ac.uk. Further info:
📣 The chapter Matt Lister and I co-authored on refugee family reunion is now out in the Handbook of Migration Ethics. Our paper surveys several important questions & issues worthy of further consideration in this under-explored topic.
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
Refugees and Family Unification
The topics of refugee protection and family migration have both received significant attention in the philosophical literature. However, until recently, issues at the intersection of these two subjects were rarely discussed. In this entry, we outline and explore some...
link.springer.com
October 6, 2025 at 1:54 PM
📣 The chapter Matt Lister and I co-authored on refugee family reunion is now out in the Handbook of Migration Ethics. Our paper surveys several important questions & issues worthy of further consideration in this under-explored topic.
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
Beautiful autumn day for the first day of teaching.
September 22, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Beautiful autumn day for the first day of teaching.
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New report 🚨
Our 2025 analysis shows the mounting impacts of the UK immigration system: over £870,000 cost, challenges to recruit and delays to life-saving cancer research.
Read more: bit.ly/CRUK2025visasblog
Our 2025 analysis shows the mounting impacts of the UK immigration system: over £870,000 cost, challenges to recruit and delays to life-saving cancer research.
Read more: bit.ly/CRUK2025visasblog
August 27, 2025 at 9:12 AM
New report 🚨
Our 2025 analysis shows the mounting impacts of the UK immigration system: over £870,000 cost, challenges to recruit and delays to life-saving cancer research.
Read more: bit.ly/CRUK2025visasblog
Our 2025 analysis shows the mounting impacts of the UK immigration system: over £870,000 cost, challenges to recruit and delays to life-saving cancer research.
Read more: bit.ly/CRUK2025visasblog
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⛰️ After the summer school, Anna, Esmé, and Eilidh joined a group trip to the Wudang mountains. Hosted by the Wudangshan Daoist Association and led by Dr Xuelin Deng, they learned about Daoist practice and visited several Daoist temples, including the Golden Palace and the Purple Cloud Temple. (2/2)
August 13, 2025 at 12:35 PM
⛰️ After the summer school, Anna, Esmé, and Eilidh joined a group trip to the Wudang mountains. Hosted by the Wudangshan Daoist Association and led by Dr Xuelin Deng, they learned about Daoist practice and visited several Daoist temples, including the Golden Palace and the Purple Cloud Temple. (2/2)
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📚☀️🇨🇳 Aberdeen Philosophy students Anna, Esmé, Itzel, and Tom had a great time participating in the Political Philosophy Summer School at Wuhan University this month! Our Eilidh Beaton also attended and delivered three lectures in the programme. (1/2)
philo.whu.edu.cn/info/1011/74...
philo.whu.edu.cn/info/1011/74...
August 13, 2025 at 12:35 PM
📚☀️🇨🇳 Aberdeen Philosophy students Anna, Esmé, Itzel, and Tom had a great time participating in the Political Philosophy Summer School at Wuhan University this month! Our Eilidh Beaton also attended and delivered three lectures in the programme. (1/2)
philo.whu.edu.cn/info/1011/74...
philo.whu.edu.cn/info/1011/74...
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For your summer reading: In a new piece on the ethics of migration policy dilemmas, we explain why a 'myth busting' approach to migration policy is insufficient and sometimes misleading.
All contributions to this roundtable on "dilemmas" are linked below.
All contributions to this roundtable on "dilemmas" are linked below.
#OpenAccess from the latest issue of Ethics & International Affairs -
Beyond Myth Busting: How Engagement with Ethical Dilemmas Can Improve Debates and Policymaking on Migration - cup.org/4f6dbuy
- @lukasschmid.bsky.social, Martin Ruhs, Rainer Bauböck & @julia-mp.bsky.social
Beyond Myth Busting: How Engagement with Ethical Dilemmas Can Improve Debates and Policymaking on Migration - cup.org/4f6dbuy
- @lukasschmid.bsky.social, Martin Ruhs, Rainer Bauböck & @julia-mp.bsky.social
July 24, 2025 at 12:53 PM
For your summer reading: In a new piece on the ethics of migration policy dilemmas, we explain why a 'myth busting' approach to migration policy is insufficient and sometimes misleading.
All contributions to this roundtable on "dilemmas" are linked below.
All contributions to this roundtable on "dilemmas" are linked below.
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In just four days, one-third of the population of Tuvalu entered a ballot for a new permanent visa to Australia. I explain how the visa came about and why it's so popular theconversation.com/1-in-3-tuval...
1 in 3 Tuvaluans is bidding for a new ‘climate visa’ to Australia – here’s why everyone may ultimately end up applying
The rush for ‘climate visas’ to escape Tuvalu shows the extraordinary need for schemes that enable people to migrate in a warmer world.
theconversation.com
June 27, 2025 at 7:45 AM
In just four days, one-third of the population of Tuvalu entered a ballot for a new permanent visa to Australia. I explain how the visa came about and why it's so popular theconversation.com/1-in-3-tuval...
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New publication!🚨Here, we critically examine the governance of humanitarian protection, showing how both gender-blind and gender-sensitive regimes often reinforce—rather than reduce—the vulnerabilities faced by forcibly displaced women. academic.oup.com/migration/ar...
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May 30, 2025 at 8:26 PM
New publication!🚨Here, we critically examine the governance of humanitarian protection, showing how both gender-blind and gender-sensitive regimes often reinforce—rather than reduce—the vulnerabilities faced by forcibly displaced women. academic.oup.com/migration/ar...
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NEW: A central topic in today's FMQs - we're examining the Flamingo Land decision on the Centre blog 🚨🗣️
Professor Mark Stephens reflects on his role in a previous similar campaign in New Lanark, the democracy of planning decisions and whether planning is political.
🔗 www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
Professor Mark Stephens reflects on his role in a previous similar campaign in New Lanark, the democracy of planning decisions and whether planning is political.
🔗 www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
May 29, 2025 at 1:54 PM
NEW: A central topic in today's FMQs - we're examining the Flamingo Land decision on the Centre blog 🚨🗣️
Professor Mark Stephens reflects on his role in a previous similar campaign in New Lanark, the democracy of planning decisions and whether planning is political.
🔗 www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
Professor Mark Stephens reflects on his role in a previous similar campaign in New Lanark, the democracy of planning decisions and whether planning is political.
🔗 www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
Scotland-based folks: please sign if you too are not keen on a "Flamingo Land" resort being built at Loch Lomond, via an antidemocratic process which ignores the position of the National Park's board, the local community council, and over 155,000 people who previously objected
greens.scot/LochLomond
greens.scot/LochLomond
Save Loch Lomond - TAKE ACTION NOW
Save Loch Lomond - TAKE ACTION NOW -
greens.scot
May 24, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Scotland-based folks: please sign if you too are not keen on a "Flamingo Land" resort being built at Loch Lomond, via an antidemocratic process which ignores the position of the National Park's board, the local community council, and over 155,000 people who previously objected
greens.scot/LochLomond
greens.scot/LochLomond
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I recently co-authored & circulated (with @alasianuti.bsky.social ) an open letter against Starmer’s anti-immigrant rules & rhetoric.
Over 100 of my UK-based political academics & writers signed it. Read the whole thing here:
www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/starmer
Over 100 of my UK-based political academics & writers signed it. Read the whole thing here:
www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/starmer
OPEN LETTER: 100+ UK Academics & Writers to Keir Starmer
New anti-immigrant rules are bad policy & will only validate the far-right
www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com
May 16, 2025 at 7:12 AM
I recently co-authored & circulated (with @alasianuti.bsky.social ) an open letter against Starmer’s anti-immigrant rules & rhetoric.
Over 100 of my UK-based political academics & writers signed it. Read the whole thing here:
www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/starmer
Over 100 of my UK-based political academics & writers signed it. Read the whole thing here:
www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/starmer
Cool summer school opportunity for students of political philosophy!
philo.whu.edu.cn/info/1011/74...
philo.whu.edu.cn/info/1011/74...
The 9th Contemporary Issues in Political Philosophy Summer School at Wuhan University (2025)-School of Philosophy-WHU
philo.whu.edu.cn
May 13, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Cool summer school opportunity for students of political philosophy!
philo.whu.edu.cn/info/1011/74...
philo.whu.edu.cn/info/1011/74...
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AHRC-funded PhD at University of Aberdeen/NMS: "Collecting Australia: colonial consumption and the display of Australia in Scotland during the long 19th century", focusing on colonial-era collections in Edinburgh @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social . Please share widely! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Collecting Australia: colonial consumption and the display of Australia in Scotland during the long nineteenth century at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Collecting Australia: colonial consumption and the display of Australia in Scotland during the long nineteenth century at University of Aberdeen , listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
May 2, 2025 at 2:24 PM
AHRC-funded PhD at University of Aberdeen/NMS: "Collecting Australia: colonial consumption and the display of Australia in Scotland during the long 19th century", focusing on colonial-era collections in Edinburgh @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social . Please share widely! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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🚨 My book "In Our Interest: How Democracies Can Make Immigration Popular" is finally out today with
@ColumbiaUP! 🚨
It tackles one of the biggest challenges today: How can we make freer human mobility between countries more politically sustainable? 🧵
@ColumbiaUP! 🚨
It tackles one of the biggest challenges today: How can we make freer human mobility between countries more politically sustainable? 🧵
April 29, 2025 at 5:34 PM
🚨 My book "In Our Interest: How Democracies Can Make Immigration Popular" is finally out today with
@ColumbiaUP! 🚨
It tackles one of the biggest challenges today: How can we make freer human mobility between countries more politically sustainable? 🧵
@ColumbiaUP! 🚨
It tackles one of the biggest challenges today: How can we make freer human mobility between countries more politically sustainable? 🧵
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I wrote something. I hope it's not too controversial. axdouglas.substack.com/p/political-...
Political Philosophy and Western Complacency
Do Western political philosophers assume that Western powers will always be in charge of the world?
axdouglas.substack.com
April 27, 2025 at 9:54 AM
I wrote something. I hope it's not too controversial. axdouglas.substack.com/p/political-...
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Today's university losing staff is Edinburgh, which has got itself into a frightful muddle and panic about cashflow - but which is becoming emblematic of just how vulnerable the Welsh and Scottish Higher Ed systems really are.
www.scotsman.com/education/un...
www.scotsman.com/education/un...
University funding model ‘no longer fit for purpose’ amid Edinburgh job losses
Hundreds of staff leave institution as it looks to cut £140 million from its budget
www.scotsman.com
April 24, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Today's university losing staff is Edinburgh, which has got itself into a frightful muddle and panic about cashflow - but which is becoming emblematic of just how vulnerable the Welsh and Scottish Higher Ed systems really are.
www.scotsman.com/education/un...
www.scotsman.com/education/un...
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With @stevecooke.org, @drsvg.bsky.social, @mattwperry.bsky.social, and others I'm organizing the latest conference in the 'Animal Politics' series, this time hosted in Leicester. The theme is 'Forgotten Animals', and we're now accepting abstracts. Spread the word!
philevents.org/event/show/1...
philevents.org/event/show/1...
April 14, 2025 at 11:48 AM
With @stevecooke.org, @drsvg.bsky.social, @mattwperry.bsky.social, and others I'm organizing the latest conference in the 'Animal Politics' series, this time hosted in Leicester. The theme is 'Forgotten Animals', and we're now accepting abstracts. Spread the word!
philevents.org/event/show/1...
philevents.org/event/show/1...
Some moments from Seville last week 🇪🇸
April 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Some moments from Seville last week 🇪🇸