Sean Kippin
@sekip.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Public Policy at the University of Stirling. Assistant Editor (Communications) of Regional & Federal Studies.
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New publication!
Devolution has reshaped how Scotland is governed. Yet power and prosperity have become ever more concentrated in and around Edinburgh. Our new report makes the case for a distinctive Scottish approach for reform to rebalance central–local relations.
Read more: edin.ac/3JonpLb
Devolution has reshaped how Scotland is governed. Yet power and prosperity have become ever more concentrated in and around Edinburgh. Our new report makes the case for a distinctive Scottish approach for reform to rebalance central–local relations.
Read more: edin.ac/3JonpLb
November 5, 2025 at 4:05 PM
New publication!
Devolution has reshaped how Scotland is governed. Yet power and prosperity have become ever more concentrated in and around Edinburgh. Our new report makes the case for a distinctive Scottish approach for reform to rebalance central–local relations.
Read more: edin.ac/3JonpLb
Devolution has reshaped how Scotland is governed. Yet power and prosperity have become ever more concentrated in and around Edinburgh. Our new report makes the case for a distinctive Scottish approach for reform to rebalance central–local relations.
Read more: edin.ac/3JonpLb
I’d thought my fundraising efforts for the Great North Run were over but I am *so close* to raising 1k for @medicalaidpal.bsky.social that I’m asking again. Link here: www.gofundme.com/f/sean-does-...
Donate to Sean does the Great North Run 2025, organized by Sean Kippin
Having said every year for the last decade that I would like to do the Great North Run,… Sean Kippin needs your support for Sean does the Great North Run 2025
www.gofundme.com
September 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I’d thought my fundraising efforts for the Great North Run were over but I am *so close* to raising 1k for @medicalaidpal.bsky.social that I’m asking again. Link here: www.gofundme.com/f/sean-does-...
Great North 10k ✅
A bit proud of myself, but far more proud of @everebecca.bsky.social, who went on her first ever outdoor run of any distance about 6 weeks ago.
A bit proud of myself, but far more proud of @everebecca.bsky.social, who went on her first ever outdoor run of any distance about 6 weeks ago.
July 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Great North 10k ✅
A bit proud of myself, but far more proud of @everebecca.bsky.social, who went on her first ever outdoor run of any distance about 6 weeks ago.
A bit proud of myself, but far more proud of @everebecca.bsky.social, who went on her first ever outdoor run of any distance about 6 weeks ago.
River Cart looking beautiful and inviting today @glasgowcitycouncil.bsky.social
June 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM
River Cart looking beautiful and inviting today @glasgowcitycouncil.bsky.social
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Great workshop yesterday at @ccc-research.bsky.social – we explored how strengths/limitations of English devolution might inform local/regional reform in Scotland. Thanks to all who joined, esp. @ariannagiovannini.bsky.social @paulanderson88.bsky.social & @sekip.bsky.social! @uoe-sps.bsky.social
June 27, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Great workshop yesterday at @ccc-research.bsky.social – we explored how strengths/limitations of English devolution might inform local/regional reform in Scotland. Thanks to all who joined, esp. @ariannagiovannini.bsky.social @paulanderson88.bsky.social & @sekip.bsky.social! @uoe-sps.bsky.social
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This podcast is genuinely extraordinary in exposing police practice in the UK around domestic abuse internally, i can't remember something quite so open about how broken the internal systems with the police are with actual testimony from people who've been a part of it.
Imagine being so passionate about domestic abuse that you dedicate your career to supporting victims - only to become one yourself at the hands of your own institution.
This is the story of three policewomen with one shared experience.
Listen now wherever you get your podcasts:
This is the story of three policewomen with one shared experience.
Listen now wherever you get your podcasts:
June 19, 2025 at 10:28 PM
This podcast is genuinely extraordinary in exposing police practice in the UK around domestic abuse internally, i can't remember something quite so open about how broken the internal systems with the police are with actual testimony from people who've been a part of it.
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🚨ICYMI I’ve spent months talking to policewomen abused by fellow officers about how their partners used police training and authority to facilitate abuse - and how their own forces closed ranks when they asked for help.
Read: observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/5j5L...
Read: observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/5j5L...
‘Staying silent is no longer an option’: female police of...
When a domestic abuser is also a fellow police officer, victims have been subjected to further trauma as forces close ranks against them. Now survivors a...
observer.co.uk
June 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🚨ICYMI I’ve spent months talking to policewomen abused by fellow officers about how their partners used police training and authority to facilitate abuse - and how their own forces closed ranks when they asked for help.
Read: observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/5j5L...
Read: observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/5j5L...
Wife guy post: Eve has worked on this story for months, and done so with more journalistic integrity, kindness, and skill than I’ve ever seen. It is an exceptional piece of work and deserves the widest audience. Please read, listen, and share.
🧵 In February, I got a message from Anna*, a female police officer. She was a domestic abuse specialist, responding daily to calls from women abused by their partners.
But she was also in an abusive marriage herself, for more than a decade - and her abuser was another officer.
But she was also in an abusive marriage herself, for more than a decade - and her abuser was another officer.
June 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Wife guy post: Eve has worked on this story for months, and done so with more journalistic integrity, kindness, and skill than I’ve ever seen. It is an exceptional piece of work and deserves the widest audience. Please read, listen, and share.
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🧵 In February, I got a message from Anna*, a female police officer. She was a domestic abuse specialist, responding daily to calls from women abused by their partners.
But she was also in an abusive marriage herself, for more than a decade - and her abuser was another officer.
But she was also in an abusive marriage herself, for more than a decade - and her abuser was another officer.
June 20, 2025 at 10:58 AM
🧵 In February, I got a message from Anna*, a female police officer. She was a domestic abuse specialist, responding daily to calls from women abused by their partners.
But she was also in an abusive marriage herself, for more than a decade - and her abuser was another officer.
But she was also in an abusive marriage herself, for more than a decade - and her abuser was another officer.
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Latest issue out now!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1467923x...
With John Connolly David Judge Matt Flinders; @sekip.bsky.social; @jimtomlinson45.bsky.social; Andrés Velasco @dbrieba.bsky.social; Coree Brown Swan @paulanderson88.bsky.social Judith Sijstermans; Stewart Lansley; Tom Wraight Kai Green
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1467923x...
With John Connolly David Judge Matt Flinders; @sekip.bsky.social; @jimtomlinson45.bsky.social; Andrés Velasco @dbrieba.bsky.social; Coree Brown Swan @paulanderson88.bsky.social Judith Sijstermans; Stewart Lansley; Tom Wraight Kai Green
The Political Quarterly: Vol 96, No 2
Click on the title to browse this issue
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June 3, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Latest issue out now!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1467923x...
With John Connolly David Judge Matt Flinders; @sekip.bsky.social; @jimtomlinson45.bsky.social; Andrés Velasco @dbrieba.bsky.social; Coree Brown Swan @paulanderson88.bsky.social Judith Sijstermans; Stewart Lansley; Tom Wraight Kai Green
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1467923x...
With John Connolly David Judge Matt Flinders; @sekip.bsky.social; @jimtomlinson45.bsky.social; Andrés Velasco @dbrieba.bsky.social; Coree Brown Swan @paulanderson88.bsky.social Judith Sijstermans; Stewart Lansley; Tom Wraight Kai Green
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The Unvirtuous Circle
@sekip.bsky.social explores the record of different far-right political parties on immigration policy, arguing that their policy failure feeds into further populist rhetoric on migration.
#migration #immigration #populism #governments
isrf.org/blog/the-unv...
@sekip.bsky.social explores the record of different far-right political parties on immigration policy, arguing that their policy failure feeds into further populist rhetoric on migration.
#migration #immigration #populism #governments
isrf.org/blog/the-unv...
The Unvirtuous Circle
In this contribution to Bulletin 32, Sean Kippin explores the record of different far-right political parties on immigration policy, arguing that their policy failure feeds into further populist rheto...
isrf.org
June 5, 2025 at 9:13 AM
The Unvirtuous Circle
@sekip.bsky.social explores the record of different far-right political parties on immigration policy, arguing that their policy failure feeds into further populist rhetoric on migration.
#migration #immigration #populism #governments
isrf.org/blog/the-unv...
@sekip.bsky.social explores the record of different far-right political parties on immigration policy, arguing that their policy failure feeds into further populist rhetoric on migration.
#migration #immigration #populism #governments
isrf.org/blog/the-unv...
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For most of this year, I’ve been working on one story - and I’m so excited for it to finally be out in the world.
Observer subscribers can listen now to the podcast version. Throughout this week, the rest of you will be able to listen and read the story too. Watch this space 🔍
Observer subscribers can listen now to the podcast version. Throughout this week, the rest of you will be able to listen and read the story too. Watch this space 🔍
June 16, 2025 at 11:30 AM
For most of this year, I’ve been working on one story - and I’m so excited for it to finally be out in the world.
Observer subscribers can listen now to the podcast version. Throughout this week, the rest of you will be able to listen and read the story too. Watch this space 🔍
Observer subscribers can listen now to the podcast version. Throughout this week, the rest of you will be able to listen and read the story too. Watch this space 🔍
Fine company indeed
Latest issue out now!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1467923x...
With John Connolly David Judge Matt Flinders; @sekip.bsky.social; @jimtomlinson45.bsky.social; Andrés Velasco @dbrieba.bsky.social; Coree Brown Swan @paulanderson88.bsky.social Judith Sijstermans; Stewart Lansley; Tom Wraight Kai Green
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1467923x...
With John Connolly David Judge Matt Flinders; @sekip.bsky.social; @jimtomlinson45.bsky.social; Andrés Velasco @dbrieba.bsky.social; Coree Brown Swan @paulanderson88.bsky.social Judith Sijstermans; Stewart Lansley; Tom Wraight Kai Green
The Political Quarterly: Vol 96, No 2
Click on the title to browse this issue
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 3, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Fine company indeed
Hi @firstbus.bsky.social - what’s the logic behind a 15 minute bus from the airport to Glasgow city centre costing £11? Cheers.
May 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Hi @firstbus.bsky.social - what’s the logic behind a 15 minute bus from the airport to Glasgow city centre costing £11? Cheers.
Final day at @ecpr.bsky.social joint sessions in beautiful Prague, where @mesarovicha.bsky.social and I co-chaired a workshop on radical right populism and public policy. Heard some great papers and met some excellent people.
May 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Final day at @ecpr.bsky.social joint sessions in beautiful Prague, where @mesarovicha.bsky.social and I co-chaired a workshop on radical right populism and public policy. Heard some great papers and met some excellent people.
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I'm running the Great North Run for @medicalaidpal.bsky.social in September - my GoFundMe link is here www.gofundme.com/f/sean-does-...
Donate to Sean does the Great North Run 2025, organized by Sean Kippin
Having said every year for the last decade that I would like to do the Great North Run,… Sean Kippin needs your support for Sean does the Great North Run 2025
www.gofundme.com
April 2, 2025 at 8:37 AM
I'm running the Great North Run for @medicalaidpal.bsky.social in September - my GoFundMe link is here www.gofundme.com/f/sean-does-...
I refuse to believe there’s a funnier animal on God’s green earth than this thing
April 14, 2025 at 6:06 AM
I refuse to believe there’s a funnier animal on God’s green earth than this thing
Booking a meal in restaurant by email, I accidentally request a table for "approximately 2 hours and 3 minutes".
April 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Booking a meal in restaurant by email, I accidentally request a table for "approximately 2 hours and 3 minutes".
I'm running the Great North Run for @medicalaidpal.bsky.social in September - my GoFundMe link is here www.gofundme.com/f/sean-does-...
Donate to Sean does the Great North Run 2025, organized by Sean Kippin
Having said every year for the last decade that I would like to do the Great North Run,… Sean Kippin needs your support for Sean does the Great North Run 2025
www.gofundme.com
April 2, 2025 at 8:37 AM
I'm running the Great North Run for @medicalaidpal.bsky.social in September - my GoFundMe link is here www.gofundme.com/f/sean-does-...
Reposted by Sean Kippin
The Unvirtuous Circle
@sekip.bsky.social explores the record of different far-right political parties on immigration policy, arguing that their policy failure feeds into further populist rhetoric on migration.
#migration #immigration #populism #governments #socialpolicy
isrf.org/blog/the-unv...
@sekip.bsky.social explores the record of different far-right political parties on immigration policy, arguing that their policy failure feeds into further populist rhetoric on migration.
#migration #immigration #populism #governments #socialpolicy
isrf.org/blog/the-unv...
The Unvirtuous Circle
In this contribution to Bulletin 32, Sean Kippin explores the record of different far-right political parties on immigration policy, arguing that their policy failure feeds into further populist rheto...
isrf.org
March 11, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The Unvirtuous Circle
@sekip.bsky.social explores the record of different far-right political parties on immigration policy, arguing that their policy failure feeds into further populist rhetoric on migration.
#migration #immigration #populism #governments #socialpolicy
isrf.org/blog/the-unv...
@sekip.bsky.social explores the record of different far-right political parties on immigration policy, arguing that their policy failure feeds into further populist rhetoric on migration.
#migration #immigration #populism #governments #socialpolicy
isrf.org/blog/the-unv...
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Every year thousands of workers come from overseas to pick fruit and veg on UK farms. But an organisation who supports them says they’re not being paid for all the hours they work - and payslips they shared with me show the same.
My story in tomorrow’s Observer
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
My story in tomorrow’s Observer
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘Exploited’ migrant farm workers in UK paid for picks, not hours
Call for investigation into unfair payment for labourers on seasonal visa scheme
www.theguardian.com
February 22, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Every year thousands of workers come from overseas to pick fruit and veg on UK farms. But an organisation who supports them says they’re not being paid for all the hours they work - and payslips they shared with me show the same.
My story in tomorrow’s Observer
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
My story in tomorrow’s Observer
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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EXC: “There’s a significant risk… [coercive control] will play a part in some cases of assisted dying”
In tomorrow’s Observer, domestic abuse experts told me victims had been ignored in the assisted dying bill which could be “misused as a tool for femicide”:
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
In tomorrow’s Observer, domestic abuse experts told me victims had been ignored in the assisted dying bill which could be “misused as a tool for femicide”:
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Domestic violence victims must be included in the assisted dying debate, campaigners say
Charities warn of ‘significant risk’ that victims of coercive control could be put under pressure to end their lives under assisted dying legislation
www.theguardian.com
February 22, 2025 at 5:57 PM
EXC: “There’s a significant risk… [coercive control] will play a part in some cases of assisted dying”
In tomorrow’s Observer, domestic abuse experts told me victims had been ignored in the assisted dying bill which could be “misused as a tool for femicide”:
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
In tomorrow’s Observer, domestic abuse experts told me victims had been ignored in the assisted dying bill which could be “misused as a tool for femicide”:
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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New article! Does Keir Starmer’s government represent a golden opportunity for the @coopparty.party.coop? I answer this question with more questions in the @politicalquarterly.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/1467...
The Co‐op's Golden Opportunity? Exploring the Prospects of Labour's Sister Party under Keir Starmer's Labour Government
The Co-operative Party is back in power. Forty-three of its members of Parliament sit on the government benches in the House of Commons, of which four sit in the Cabinet, including the business and t...
doi.org
January 31, 2025 at 1:21 PM
New article! Does Keir Starmer’s government represent a golden opportunity for the @coopparty.party.coop? I answer this question with more questions in the @politicalquarterly.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/1467...
New article! Does Keir Starmer’s government represent a golden opportunity for the @coopparty.party.coop? I answer this question with more questions in the @politicalquarterly.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/1467...
The Co‐op's Golden Opportunity? Exploring the Prospects of Labour's Sister Party under Keir Starmer's Labour Government
The Co-operative Party is back in power. Forty-three of its members of Parliament sit on the government benches in the House of Commons, of which four sit in the Cabinet, including the business and t...
doi.org
January 31, 2025 at 1:21 PM
New article! Does Keir Starmer’s government represent a golden opportunity for the @coopparty.party.coop? I answer this question with more questions in the @politicalquarterly.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/1467...