Professor Katharine Adeney
@katadeney.bsky.social
Prof Comparative Politics Nottingham. Researches (& loves) S Asia. India Pakistan Sri Lanka. CPEC, Federalism, Majoritarianisms, HE, EDI & SEN.
Mum and wife of Long Covid sufferer.
Cats 🐈⬛, Brompton 🚴, Gardening.
Views expressed my own
Mum and wife of Long Covid sufferer.
Cats 🐈⬛, Brompton 🚴, Gardening.
Views expressed my own
India's citizenship laws being effectively weaponised against Muslims. For several years I have not been able to tell my students that India is the world's largest democracy :( #India #Democracy #VotingLists #Ethnocracy #EthnicDemocracy
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
India’s electoral roll revision threatens democracy and Muslims, say critics
Opposition claims SIR process being used to disenfranchise minority groups to benefit Narendra Modi’s government
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:32 PM
India's citizenship laws being effectively weaponised against Muslims. For several years I have not been able to tell my students that India is the world's largest democracy :( #India #Democracy #VotingLists #Ethnocracy #EthnicDemocracy
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Heartbreaking
There is absolutely nothing left to the UK but bigotry and spite. A hateful place, you can almost taste it in the air, makes it hard to breathe.
December 4, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Heartbreaking
Reposted by Professor Katharine Adeney
There is absolutely nothing left to the UK but bigotry and spite. A hateful place, you can almost taste it in the air, makes it hard to breathe.
December 3, 2025 at 10:49 AM
There is absolutely nothing left to the UK but bigotry and spite. A hateful place, you can almost taste it in the air, makes it hard to breathe.
Completely crazy that anyone should be able to tradmark the word sabzi (cooked vegetables) in the UK
www.theguardian.com/food/comment...
www.theguardian.com/food/comment...
I called my recipe book Sabzi – vegetables. But the name was trademarked. And my legal ordeal began
The granting of patents and trademarks to foods and words from the global south is part of a long colonial grab. It’s time to realise we share what we cook, and what we call it
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Completely crazy that anyone should be able to tradmark the word sabzi (cooked vegetables) in the UK
www.theguardian.com/food/comment...
www.theguardian.com/food/comment...
My first thought listening to David Lammy on the Today programme as I cycled to work yesterday, was that this has horrific EDI implications. Glad to read that Diane Abbott called him out on this.
#JuryReform #UKPolitics #EDI
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
#JuryReform #UKPolitics #EDI
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Is David Lammy persuaded by his own jury trials proposal? Not sure. But he said it anyway | John Crace
Investment was not enough to save the courts, said the justice secretary. At least, not the amounts he was prepared to put in
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:40 AM
My first thought listening to David Lammy on the Today programme as I cycled to work yesterday, was that this has horrific EDI implications. Glad to read that Diane Abbott called him out on this.
#JuryReform #UKPolitics #EDI
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
#JuryReform #UKPolitics #EDI
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Great project
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
British Asian families urged to share stories of ‘greatest generation’ who fought for Britain
Half of UK public unaware of contribution made by 2.5m British Asian members of armed forces who served in second world war
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Great project
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Reposted by Professor Katharine Adeney
C’mon folks, surely we can make an exception to the Russian sanctions for window safety catches…?
Russian newspaper head mysteriously falls 70ft to his death from a window | News World | Metro News metro.co.uk/2025/10/06/r...
Russian newspaper head mysteriously falls 70ft to his death from a window
The veteran publisher died on Saturday. Police are investigating the 'strange death'.
metro.co.uk
October 7, 2025 at 9:18 AM
C’mon folks, surely we can make an exception to the Russian sanctions for window safety catches…?
Badenoch on Today—backing Jenrick’s “no white faces in Birmingham” comment & making a sharp distinction between multiracial & multicultural societies.
Definitely using this in next semester’s teaching. Will she still be Tory leader by then?
#Multiculturalism #Teaching #Conservatives
Definitely using this in next semester’s teaching. Will she still be Tory leader by then?
#Multiculturalism #Teaching #Conservatives
October 7, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Badenoch on Today—backing Jenrick’s “no white faces in Birmingham” comment & making a sharp distinction between multiracial & multicultural societies.
Definitely using this in next semester’s teaching. Will she still be Tory leader by then?
#Multiculturalism #Teaching #Conservatives
Definitely using this in next semester’s teaching. Will she still be Tory leader by then?
#Multiculturalism #Teaching #Conservatives
Reposted by Professor Katharine Adeney
I won‘t claim to be an expert in Japanese politics but a radical right party doing well in elections and the mainstream right party shifting sharply to the right sounds awfully familiar. Let‘s just say good reasons to believe that this won‘t be great for Japan.
www.independent.co.uk/asia/japan/j...
www.independent.co.uk/asia/japan/j...
Hardline nationalist to become Japan’s first female prime minister
Takaichi is to succeed prime minister Shigeru Ishiba as she wins in run-off against Shinjiro Koizumi
www.independent.co.uk
October 4, 2025 at 7:52 AM
I won‘t claim to be an expert in Japanese politics but a radical right party doing well in elections and the mainstream right party shifting sharply to the right sounds awfully familiar. Let‘s just say good reasons to believe that this won‘t be great for Japan.
www.independent.co.uk/asia/japan/j...
www.independent.co.uk/asia/japan/j...
Finally! www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
UK recognises Palestine as an independent state
Keir Starmer’s announcement comes seven decades after end of British mandate in Palestine and creation of state of Israel
www.theguardian.com
September 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Finally! www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Just deleted my Threads account (not that i used it much) www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Parents outraged as Meta uses photos of schoolgirls in ads targeting man
Exclusive: Instagram pictures of girls as young as 13 were posted to promote Threads site ‘as bait’, campaigner says
www.theguardian.com
September 20, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Just deleted my Threads account (not that i used it much) www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
When you’ve spent so long on the Parliament of Sri Lanka website that it thinks you’re a bot and locks you out 🤖😂
Just your average day in #Academia, chasing down elusive cabinet details one timeout at a time.
#SriLanka #ComparativePolitics #ResearchLife #DigitalFieldwork
Just your average day in #Academia, chasing down elusive cabinet details one timeout at a time.
#SriLanka #ComparativePolitics #ResearchLife #DigitalFieldwork
September 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
When you’ve spent so long on the Parliament of Sri Lanka website that it thinks you’re a bot and locks you out 🤖😂
Just your average day in #Academia, chasing down elusive cabinet details one timeout at a time.
#SriLanka #ComparativePolitics #ResearchLife #DigitalFieldwork
Just your average day in #Academia, chasing down elusive cabinet details one timeout at a time.
#SriLanka #ComparativePolitics #ResearchLife #DigitalFieldwork
This, from a 19 year old in the UK. Heartbreaking. “I’ve experienced more racism in the last 12 months than the rest of my life put together.”
#racism #UK
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#racism #UK
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I thought I was growing up in a racially tolerant Britain. I now realise I was wrong | Rohan Sathyamoorthy
I’ve experienced more racism in the past year than the rest of my life put together – the only answer is for young people to stand up to the far right, says writer Rohan Sathyamoorthy
www.theguardian.com
September 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This, from a 19 year old in the UK. Heartbreaking. “I’ve experienced more racism in the last 12 months than the rest of my life put together.”
#racism #UK
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#racism #UK
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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This is my big worry for a professional perspective - people need to learn the skills to do their own analysis/research so they can recognise what's wrong. If junior roles get replaced by AI (or even if juniors lean too heavily on it) how do we train the future leaders?
September 4, 2025 at 10:04 AM
This is my big worry for a professional perspective - people need to learn the skills to do their own analysis/research so they can recognise what's wrong. If junior roles get replaced by AI (or even if juniors lean too heavily on it) how do we train the future leaders?
I agree. But this has to be a collaboration. And for it to be a true collaboration, students need a solid foundation of knowledge first.
The real challenge? Motivating students to build that foundation before they turn to AI tools.
#Academia #HigherEd #AIinEducation
The real challenge? Motivating students to build that foundation before they turn to AI tools.
#Academia #HigherEd #AIinEducation
Dismissing the academic merits of ChatGPT is intellectually dishonest
Portraying ChatGPT as a playground for plagiarists is a timid response to AI’s ability to enhance research in all subjects, argues Agnieszka Piotrowska
www.timeshighereducation.com
September 4, 2025 at 9:53 AM
I agree. But this has to be a collaboration. And for it to be a true collaboration, students need a solid foundation of knowledge first.
The real challenge? Motivating students to build that foundation before they turn to AI tools.
#Academia #HigherEd #AIinEducation
The real challenge? Motivating students to build that foundation before they turn to AI tools.
#Academia #HigherEd #AIinEducation
It's time. After decades as a Labour voter and supporter I've taken the plunge into Green waters.
September 2, 2025 at 3:33 PM
It's time. After decades as a Labour voter and supporter I've taken the plunge into Green waters.
Unwelcome realisation: standing desk season = cold legs season.
Autumn’s creeping in and the home office heating’s not on yet.
Might be time for leg warmers to make a comeback?
#AcademicSky #PoliSky
Autumn’s creeping in and the home office heating’s not on yet.
Might be time for leg warmers to make a comeback?
#AcademicSky #PoliSky
September 2, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Unwelcome realisation: standing desk season = cold legs season.
Autumn’s creeping in and the home office heating’s not on yet.
Might be time for leg warmers to make a comeback?
#AcademicSky #PoliSky
Autumn’s creeping in and the home office heating’s not on yet.
Might be time for leg warmers to make a comeback?
#AcademicSky #PoliSky
🔁 A gentle reminder to ECRs: never throw away your old notes or drafts.
That overlong chapter or article draft—yes, the one that’s 5,000 words too long—might just hold the key to your next project. Save it. Archive it. You never know when you’ll return to it with fresh eyes or a new angle.
That overlong chapter or article draft—yes, the one that’s 5,000 words too long—might just hold the key to your next project. Save it. Archive it. You never know when you’ll return to it with fresh eyes or a new angle.
September 1, 2025 at 9:23 AM
🔁 A gentle reminder to ECRs: never throw away your old notes or drafts.
That overlong chapter or article draft—yes, the one that’s 5,000 words too long—might just hold the key to your next project. Save it. Archive it. You never know when you’ll return to it with fresh eyes or a new angle.
That overlong chapter or article draft—yes, the one that’s 5,000 words too long—might just hold the key to your next project. Save it. Archive it. You never know when you’ll return to it with fresh eyes or a new angle.
A plague on publishers who still don’t offer citation files for their books.
Yes, Stanford University Press, I’m glaring in your direction.
#Publishers #Citations #Academics #MetadataMadness
Yes, Stanford University Press, I’m glaring in your direction.
#Publishers #Citations #Academics #MetadataMadness
August 29, 2025 at 3:11 PM
A plague on publishers who still don’t offer citation files for their books.
Yes, Stanford University Press, I’m glaring in your direction.
#Publishers #Citations #Academics #MetadataMadness
Yes, Stanford University Press, I’m glaring in your direction.
#Publishers #Citations #Academics #MetadataMadness
When a populist increases the size of the military / worry #Indonesia #polisky www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
In Prabowo’s Indonesia, the military is quietly creeping back into civilian life
The retired general who is now president has established 100 new army battalions and plans more – and critics say the move has echoes of the country’s authoritarian past
www.theguardian.com
August 28, 2025 at 7:05 AM
When a populist increases the size of the military / worry #Indonesia #polisky www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
“For some senior UN figures, the only conclusion to be drawn from these attacks is that Israel is killing the world’s only available witnesses to the starvation it has visited on Gaza through its policies.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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Israel’s attack on hospital in Gaza may constitute a war crime on many fronts
Double-tap strike suggests killing of civilians, rescue workers and journalists deliberate and not a mistake
www.theguardian.com
August 26, 2025 at 6:21 AM
“For some senior UN figures, the only conclusion to be drawn from these attacks is that Israel is killing the world’s only available witnesses to the starvation it has visited on Gaza through its policies.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...