Marius S. Ostrowski
@mariusostrowski.bsky.social
Social and political theory · history of ideas and ideologies · policy and geostrategy
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How does a country work?
How do we describe what it has and does?
And how do we analyse it over time, and compare it with other countries?
That's what the paper on national capacities is about: the five factors a country mobilises to achieve national outcomes.
www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/research/pub...
How do we describe what it has and does?
And how do we analyse it over time, and compare it with other countries?
That's what the paper on national capacities is about: the five factors a country mobilises to achieve national outcomes.
www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/research/pub...
October 14, 2025 at 12:26 PM
How does a country work?
How do we describe what it has and does?
And how do we analyse it over time, and compare it with other countries?
That's what the paper on national capacities is about: the five factors a country mobilises to achieve national outcomes.
www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/research/pub...
How do we describe what it has and does?
And how do we analyse it over time, and compare it with other countries?
That's what the paper on national capacities is about: the five factors a country mobilises to achieve national outcomes.
www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/research/pub...
How has the UK's approach to national strategy changed?
Were there times when it was clearer, more successful, more strategic?
What brought about these changes?
That's the theme of the historical paper: periods and turning points in UK strategic ideology.
www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/research/pub...
Were there times when it was clearer, more successful, more strategic?
What brought about these changes?
That's the theme of the historical paper: periods and turning points in UK strategic ideology.
www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/research/pub...
October 14, 2025 at 12:24 PM
How has the UK's approach to national strategy changed?
Were there times when it was clearer, more successful, more strategic?
What brought about these changes?
That's the theme of the historical paper: periods and turning points in UK strategic ideology.
www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/research/pub...
Were there times when it was clearer, more successful, more strategic?
What brought about these changes?
That's the theme of the historical paper: periods and turning points in UK strategic ideology.
www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/research/pub...
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Delighted to see the official announcement about How We Think out on @thebookseller.com today as well!
Huge thanks to the brilliant Kirty Topiwala and Georgina Capel for seizing on this project's potential back in 2020, and to the incredible team at @hodderbooks.bsky.social.
Huge thanks to the brilliant Kirty Topiwala and Georgina Capel for seizing on this project's potential back in 2020, and to the incredible team at @hodderbooks.bsky.social.
Hodder Press acquires ‘eye-opening’ book on how we think from academic Ostrowski
Hodder Press has acquired How We Think: Ten Thinker Types to Understand Ourselves and Those Around Us by social scientist Dr Marius Ostrowski.
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September 15, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Delighted to see the official announcement about How We Think out on @thebookseller.com today as well!
Huge thanks to the brilliant Kirty Topiwala and Georgina Capel for seizing on this project's potential back in 2020, and to the incredible team at @hodderbooks.bsky.social.
Huge thanks to the brilliant Kirty Topiwala and Georgina Capel for seizing on this project's potential back in 2020, and to the incredible team at @hodderbooks.bsky.social.
Delighted to see the official announcement about How We Think out on @thebookseller.com today as well!
Huge thanks to the brilliant Kirty Topiwala and Georgina Capel for seizing on this project's potential back in 2020, and to the incredible team at @hodderbooks.bsky.social.
Huge thanks to the brilliant Kirty Topiwala and Georgina Capel for seizing on this project's potential back in 2020, and to the incredible team at @hodderbooks.bsky.social.
Hodder Press acquires ‘eye-opening’ book on how we think from academic Ostrowski
Hodder Press has acquired How We Think: Ten Thinker Types to Understand Ourselves and Those Around Us by social scientist Dr Marius Ostrowski.
www.thebookseller.com
September 15, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Delighted to see the official announcement about How We Think out on @thebookseller.com today as well!
Huge thanks to the brilliant Kirty Topiwala and Georgina Capel for seizing on this project's potential back in 2020, and to the incredible team at @hodderbooks.bsky.social.
Huge thanks to the brilliant Kirty Topiwala and Georgina Capel for seizing on this project's potential back in 2020, and to the incredible team at @hodderbooks.bsky.social.
Reposted by Marius S. Ostrowski
How We Think is the product of over 15 years of research in academia and policymaking.
It brings together evidence from psychology, philosophy, sociology, political science, and much more besides.
And I can't wait to share more details with you between now and next March!
It brings together evidence from psychology, philosophy, sociology, political science, and much more besides.
And I can't wait to share more details with you between now and next March!
August 22, 2025 at 10:17 AM
How We Think is the product of over 15 years of research in academia and policymaking.
It brings together evidence from psychology, philosophy, sociology, political science, and much more besides.
And I can't wait to share more details with you between now and next March!
It brings together evidence from psychology, philosophy, sociology, political science, and much more besides.
And I can't wait to share more details with you between now and next March!
Reposted by Marius S. Ostrowski
How We Think breaks down our thinking into ten distinct mindsets.
We all share one or more of these mindsets, and we start growing into them as soon as we are born.
Our thinker-type is the result of our experiences over the course of our lives.
Among our families and friends, in class, at work.
We all share one or more of these mindsets, and we start growing into them as soon as we are born.
Our thinker-type is the result of our experiences over the course of our lives.
Among our families and friends, in class, at work.
August 22, 2025 at 10:14 AM
How We Think breaks down our thinking into ten distinct mindsets.
We all share one or more of these mindsets, and we start growing into them as soon as we are born.
Our thinker-type is the result of our experiences over the course of our lives.
Among our families and friends, in class, at work.
We all share one or more of these mindsets, and we start growing into them as soon as we are born.
Our thinker-type is the result of our experiences over the course of our lives.
Among our families and friends, in class, at work.
How We Think is the product of over 15 years of research in academia and policymaking.
It brings together evidence from psychology, philosophy, sociology, political science, and much more besides.
And I can't wait to share more details with you between now and next March!
It brings together evidence from psychology, philosophy, sociology, political science, and much more besides.
And I can't wait to share more details with you between now and next March!
August 22, 2025 at 10:17 AM
How We Think is the product of over 15 years of research in academia and policymaking.
It brings together evidence from psychology, philosophy, sociology, political science, and much more besides.
And I can't wait to share more details with you between now and next March!
It brings together evidence from psychology, philosophy, sociology, political science, and much more besides.
And I can't wait to share more details with you between now and next March!
How We Think breaks down our thinking into ten distinct mindsets.
We all share one or more of these mindsets, and we start growing into them as soon as we are born.
Our thinker-type is the result of our experiences over the course of our lives.
Among our families and friends, in class, at work.
We all share one or more of these mindsets, and we start growing into them as soon as we are born.
Our thinker-type is the result of our experiences over the course of our lives.
Among our families and friends, in class, at work.
August 22, 2025 at 10:14 AM
How We Think breaks down our thinking into ten distinct mindsets.
We all share one or more of these mindsets, and we start growing into them as soon as we are born.
Our thinker-type is the result of our experiences over the course of our lives.
Among our families and friends, in class, at work.
We all share one or more of these mindsets, and we start growing into them as soon as we are born.
Our thinker-type is the result of our experiences over the course of our lives.
Among our families and friends, in class, at work.
With huge thanks to @blavatnikschool.bsky.social and the Heywood Foundation for supporting this project, and fellow team members Zainab Agha, Benjamin Clayton, and Philip Bray for their hard work to bring these together!
June 27, 2025 at 11:04 AM
With huge thanks to @blavatnikschool.bsky.social and the Heywood Foundation for supporting this project, and fellow team members Zainab Agha, Benjamin Clayton, and Philip Bray for their hard work to bring these together!
📄 A case-study by policy and practice lead Alex Downing on Spain's 2050 strategy.
Case study: España 2050
The Heywood Fellowship reviewed España 2050, Spain’s strategic vision. It highlighted expert input, ambition, and key lessons: government backing, explicit trade-offs, cultural change, and the need fo...
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June 27, 2025 at 11:03 AM
📄 A case-study by policy and practice lead Alex Downing on Spain's 2050 strategy.
📄 An anchor paper by Heywood Fellow Lucy Smith setting out the case for change and a framework for how to achieve it.
Long-term, national strategy
National strategy must be a core state function. Democracies can deliver it through inclusive, adaptive practices, making ‘big bets’ explicit and embedding learning into institutions to align short- a...
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June 27, 2025 at 11:03 AM
📄 An anchor paper by Heywood Fellow Lucy Smith setting out the case for change and a framework for how to achieve it.
Great question! For overviews of ideologies I'd recommend:
* Freeden et al., "Oxford Handbook of Political Ideologies"
* Heywood, "Political Ideologies: An Introduction"
For ideology as a concept:
* Eagleton, "Ideology: An Introduction"
Also my own book "Ideology" and Blakely, "Lost in Ideology"
* Freeden et al., "Oxford Handbook of Political Ideologies"
* Heywood, "Political Ideologies: An Introduction"
For ideology as a concept:
* Eagleton, "Ideology: An Introduction"
Also my own book "Ideology" and Blakely, "Lost in Ideology"
June 13, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Great question! For overviews of ideologies I'd recommend:
* Freeden et al., "Oxford Handbook of Political Ideologies"
* Heywood, "Political Ideologies: An Introduction"
For ideology as a concept:
* Eagleton, "Ideology: An Introduction"
Also my own book "Ideology" and Blakely, "Lost in Ideology"
* Freeden et al., "Oxford Handbook of Political Ideologies"
* Heywood, "Political Ideologies: An Introduction"
For ideology as a concept:
* Eagleton, "Ideology: An Introduction"
Also my own book "Ideology" and Blakely, "Lost in Ideology"