Titus Alexander
@titusa.bsky.social
Working on education for democracy, social justice and nature. Developing Dynamic Social Theory. Teaches practical politics. leadership & management. Author 'Unravelling Global Apartheid'.
Father. Lives in Scotland.
Father. Lives in Scotland.
Dynamic Social Theory on Wikipedia w.wiki/G8Tv - hypothesis that institutions are everyday experiments & social models = social science equivalent of theories in the natural sciences. This could increase ability of social sciences to solve real-world problems & increase impact impact.
Dynamic social theory - Wikipedia
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November 17, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Dynamic Social Theory on Wikipedia w.wiki/G8Tv - hypothesis that institutions are everyday experiments & social models = social science equivalent of theories in the natural sciences. This could increase ability of social sciences to solve real-world problems & increase impact impact.
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"We believe that greater openness will ultimately facilitate better public participation and healthier local democracies."
Our blog on @lgiu-local-gov.bsky.social based on recent report on how to make #localgov financial information more accessible, and why it matters:
lgiu.org/blog-article...
Our blog on @lgiu-local-gov.bsky.social based on recent report on how to make #localgov financial information more accessible, and why it matters:
lgiu.org/blog-article...
How to fix the accessibility of council finances – for the good of local democracies - LGiU
New research from the University of Sussex and Research for Action has explored barriers to the public understanding and scrutinising council financial information and made calls for improving transpa...
lgiu.org
October 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
"We believe that greater openness will ultimately facilitate better public participation and healthier local democracies."
Our blog on @lgiu-local-gov.bsky.social based on recent report on how to make #localgov financial information more accessible, and why it matters:
lgiu.org/blog-article...
Our blog on @lgiu-local-gov.bsky.social based on recent report on how to make #localgov financial information more accessible, and why it matters:
lgiu.org/blog-article...
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It's been a wee while! We've been very busy with exciting new projects, which is exactly why we're now hiring for a new Studio and Production Manager!
Read the full job description and find out how to apply at mediaco-op.net/news/studio-...
Read the full job description and find out how to apply at mediaco-op.net/news/studio-...
October 29, 2025 at 11:27 AM
It's been a wee while! We've been very busy with exciting new projects, which is exactly why we're now hiring for a new Studio and Production Manager!
Read the full job description and find out how to apply at mediaco-op.net/news/studio-...
Read the full job description and find out how to apply at mediaco-op.net/news/studio-...
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Great studio/production manager job going with our pals @mediaco-op.bsky.social in Glasgow! mediaco-op.net/news/studio-... #workercoops #coops #ethicaljobs etc
Hiring: Studio and Production Manager - media co-op
Media co-op is a team of award-winning media professionals who create digital media and films for the third sector and broadcast television.
mediaco-op.net
November 4, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Great studio/production manager job going with our pals @mediaco-op.bsky.social in Glasgow! mediaco-op.net/news/studio-... #workercoops #coops #ethicaljobs etc
Planning a thesis in social science?
Check out “Dynamic Social Theory” - a novel approach to increase relevance & impact of research.
Download, share & discuss: bit.ly/DSTFront - read by more that 83% papers this year in @frontiersin.bsky.social @frontiersmedia.bsky.social #openaccess
Check out “Dynamic Social Theory” - a novel approach to increase relevance & impact of research.
Download, share & discuss: bit.ly/DSTFront - read by more that 83% papers this year in @frontiersin.bsky.social @frontiersmedia.bsky.social #openaccess
Frontiers | Social models as dynamic theories: how to improve the impact of social and political sciences
This paper explores the hypothesis that institutions are “dynamic social theories” that embody accumulated knowledge from everyday social experiments about h...
bit.ly
November 4, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Planning a thesis in social science?
Check out “Dynamic Social Theory” - a novel approach to increase relevance & impact of research.
Download, share & discuss: bit.ly/DSTFront - read by more that 83% papers this year in @frontiersin.bsky.social @frontiersmedia.bsky.social #openaccess
Check out “Dynamic Social Theory” - a novel approach to increase relevance & impact of research.
Download, share & discuss: bit.ly/DSTFront - read by more that 83% papers this year in @frontiersin.bsky.social @frontiersmedia.bsky.social #openaccess
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@scinews.bsky.social - check out “Social Models as Dynamic Theories: How to Increase the Impact of Social and Political Sciences” Frontiers in Political Science, pub. 1 May 2025 - Read, respond & share: bit.ly/DSTFront
Could it change how we do social science?
Could it change how we do social science?
Frontiers | Social models as dynamic theories: how to improve the impact of social and political sciences
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May 6, 2025 at 7:38 PM
@scinews.bsky.social - check out “Social Models as Dynamic Theories: How to Increase the Impact of Social and Political Sciences” Frontiers in Political Science, pub. 1 May 2025 - Read, respond & share: bit.ly/DSTFront
Could it change how we do social science?
Could it change how we do social science?
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We are at the "Anne Frank" stage of the US immigrant raids campaign.
Neighbor hid a 7-year-old and her mother during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’ chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Neighbor hid a 7-year-old and her mother during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’ chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’
During the Sept. 30 raid, one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before t...
chicago.suntimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 12:49 AM
We are at the "Anne Frank" stage of the US immigrant raids campaign.
Neighbor hid a 7-year-old and her mother during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’ chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Neighbor hid a 7-year-old and her mother during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’ chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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As EU leaders claim to support Ukraine, many of them continue to buy energy from Russia :
- France with a 40% jump
- the Netherlands’ imports surged 72% to 498 million euros.
Belgium, Croatia, Romania, Hungary, and Portugal also raised their imports.
kyivindependent.com/seven-eu-sta...
- France with a 40% jump
- the Netherlands’ imports surged 72% to 498 million euros.
Belgium, Croatia, Romania, Hungary, and Portugal also raised their imports.
kyivindependent.com/seven-eu-sta...
7 EU states increase Russian energy imports in 2025, Reuters reports
Among the seven nations increasing their purchases, France saw a 40% jump, importing 2.2 billion euros ($2.5 billion), while the Netherlands’ imports surged 72% to 498 million euros ($579 million). Be...
kyivindependent.com
October 11, 2025 at 9:35 AM
As EU leaders claim to support Ukraine, many of them continue to buy energy from Russia :
- France with a 40% jump
- the Netherlands’ imports surged 72% to 498 million euros.
Belgium, Croatia, Romania, Hungary, and Portugal also raised their imports.
kyivindependent.com/seven-eu-sta...
- France with a 40% jump
- the Netherlands’ imports surged 72% to 498 million euros.
Belgium, Croatia, Romania, Hungary, and Portugal also raised their imports.
kyivindependent.com/seven-eu-sta...
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Many thanks from all our authors to the 12,000 readers who have downloaded our book “Australia’s Evolving Democracy” or any chapter this year so far. We are hugely grateful! It’s open access, always. press.lse.ac.uk/books/e/10.3...
October 11, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Many thanks from all our authors to the 12,000 readers who have downloaded our book “Australia’s Evolving Democracy” or any chapter this year so far. We are hugely grateful! It’s open access, always. press.lse.ac.uk/books/e/10.3...
Should be useful for leaders & managers in public service
Productivity Pitches @instituteforgov Tues 21 Oct 12:30 — 13:45 (GMT) online & in London, on outstanding examples (social models) of innovation in public services with @foundationsww.bsky.social @local.gov.uk & @njdavies.bsky.social
instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/produc...
instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/produc...
Productivity Pitches #8: Spreading innovation across public services | Institute for Government
Productivity Pitches highlights outstanding examples of innovation across public services.
instituteforgovernment.org.uk
October 11, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Should be useful for leaders & managers in public service
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Productivity Pitches @instituteforgov Tues 21 Oct 12:30 — 13:45 (GMT) online & in London, on outstanding examples (social models) of innovation in public services with @foundationsww.bsky.social @local.gov.uk & @njdavies.bsky.social
instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/produc...
instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/produc...
Productivity Pitches #8: Spreading innovation across public services | Institute for Government
Productivity Pitches highlights outstanding examples of innovation across public services.
instituteforgovernment.org.uk
September 27, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Productivity Pitches @instituteforgov Tues 21 Oct 12:30 — 13:45 (GMT) online & in London, on outstanding examples (social models) of innovation in public services with @foundationsww.bsky.social @local.gov.uk & @njdavies.bsky.social
instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/produc...
instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/produc...
Productivity Pitches @instituteforgov Tues 21 Oct 12:30 — 13:45 (GMT) online & in London, on outstanding examples (social models) of innovation in public services with @foundationsww.bsky.social @local.gov.uk & @njdavies.bsky.social
instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/produc...
instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/produc...
Productivity Pitches #8: Spreading innovation across public services | Institute for Government
Productivity Pitches highlights outstanding examples of innovation across public services.
instituteforgovernment.org.uk
September 27, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Productivity Pitches @instituteforgov Tues 21 Oct 12:30 — 13:45 (GMT) online & in London, on outstanding examples (social models) of innovation in public services with @foundationsww.bsky.social @local.gov.uk & @njdavies.bsky.social
instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/produc...
instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/produc...
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✨ How do we give every child the best start in life? We’ll discuss this & more with @bphillipsonMP on Sunday evening at #Lab25, with our partners at @CfYoungLives.
Join us for a fireside chat followed by a drinks reception and speeches from @NDIronsMP, @JoshDeanMP & more 👉 t.co/SI8cq8iQJA
Join us for a fireside chat followed by a drinks reception and speeches from @NDIronsMP, @JoshDeanMP & more 👉 t.co/SI8cq8iQJA
September 24, 2025 at 4:37 PM
✨ How do we give every child the best start in life? We’ll discuss this & more with @bphillipsonMP on Sunday evening at #Lab25, with our partners at @CfYoungLives.
Join us for a fireside chat followed by a drinks reception and speeches from @NDIronsMP, @JoshDeanMP & more 👉 t.co/SI8cq8iQJA
Join us for a fireside chat followed by a drinks reception and speeches from @NDIronsMP, @JoshDeanMP & more 👉 t.co/SI8cq8iQJA
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Schools Minister Georgia_Gould and Opportunity Mission Champion sarahsmithlab will join us at #Lab25, to explore how schools and children and family services can work in tandem to support children to have the best start in life.
foundations.org.uk/news-and-eve...
foundations.org.uk/news-and-eve...
September 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Schools Minister Georgia_Gould and Opportunity Mission Champion sarahsmithlab will join us at #Lab25, to explore how schools and children and family services can work in tandem to support children to have the best start in life.
foundations.org.uk/news-and-eve...
foundations.org.uk/news-and-eve...
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Experimental Political Science and the Democratic Method: Can Universities Revive the Civic Mission of Education? #DemocracyDay2025
Presented at APSA 2025 Vancouver @apsa.bsky.social
Short link to paper bit.ly/4mOFAZa
Presented at APSA 2025 Vancouver @apsa.bsky.social
Short link to paper bit.ly/4mOFAZa
bit.ly
September 15, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Experimental Political Science and the Democratic Method: Can Universities Revive the Civic Mission of Education? #DemocracyDay2025
Presented at APSA 2025 Vancouver @apsa.bsky.social
Short link to paper bit.ly/4mOFAZa
Presented at APSA 2025 Vancouver @apsa.bsky.social
Short link to paper bit.ly/4mOFAZa
#DemocracyDay2025 - check out the "democratic method" in social science, democracies as experiments and social models ("dynamic theories")
www.frontiersin.org/journals/pol...
@frontiersin.bsky.social
@asanews.bsky.social @apsa.bsky.social
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
www.frontiersin.org/journals/pol...
@frontiersin.bsky.social
@asanews.bsky.social @apsa.bsky.social
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
Frontiers | Social models as dynamic theories: how to improve the impact of social and political sciences
This paper explores the hypothesis that institutions are “dynamic social theories” that embody accumulated knowledge from everyday social experiments about h...
www.frontiersin.org
September 15, 2025 at 6:20 PM
#DemocracyDay2025 - check out the "democratic method" in social science, democracies as experiments and social models ("dynamic theories")
www.frontiersin.org/journals/pol...
@frontiersin.bsky.social
@asanews.bsky.social @apsa.bsky.social
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
www.frontiersin.org/journals/pol...
@frontiersin.bsky.social
@asanews.bsky.social @apsa.bsky.social
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
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Planning research in social or political science?
Check out “Dynamic Social Theory” to increase impact.
bit.ly/DSTFront
@socsci.ox.ac.uk @4sweb.bsky.social @cris-sciencespo.bsky.social @isa-sociology.org @sociological.bsky.social @bjpols.bsky.social @prxjournal.bsky.social
Check out “Dynamic Social Theory” to increase impact.
bit.ly/DSTFront
@socsci.ox.ac.uk @4sweb.bsky.social @cris-sciencespo.bsky.social @isa-sociology.org @sociological.bsky.social @bjpols.bsky.social @prxjournal.bsky.social
Frontiers | Social models as dynamic theories: how to improve the impact of social and political sciences
This paper explores the hypothesis that institutions are “dynamic social theories” that embody accumulated knowledge from everyday social experiments about h...
bit.ly
September 1, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Planning research in social or political science?
Check out “Dynamic Social Theory” to increase impact.
bit.ly/DSTFront
@socsci.ox.ac.uk @4sweb.bsky.social @cris-sciencespo.bsky.social @isa-sociology.org @sociological.bsky.social @bjpols.bsky.social @prxjournal.bsky.social
Check out “Dynamic Social Theory” to increase impact.
bit.ly/DSTFront
@socsci.ox.ac.uk @4sweb.bsky.social @cris-sciencespo.bsky.social @isa-sociology.org @sociological.bsky.social @bjpols.bsky.social @prxjournal.bsky.social
Experimental Political Science and the Democratic Method: Can Universities Revive the Civic Mission of Education? #DemocracyDay2025
Presented at APSA 2025 Vancouver @apsa.bsky.social
Short link to paper bit.ly/4mOFAZa
Presented at APSA 2025 Vancouver @apsa.bsky.social
Short link to paper bit.ly/4mOFAZa
bit.ly
September 15, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Experimental Political Science and the Democratic Method: Can Universities Revive the Civic Mission of Education? #DemocracyDay2025
Presented at APSA 2025 Vancouver @apsa.bsky.social
Short link to paper bit.ly/4mOFAZa
Presented at APSA 2025 Vancouver @apsa.bsky.social
Short link to paper bit.ly/4mOFAZa
Policy makers notice a good example of policy in practice, i.e. a social model is evidence.
Could this transform social science? @chrishewson.bsky.social
@socsci.ox.ac.uk @asanews.bsky.social @lseimpactblog.bsky.social @ecprtheloop.bsky.social
theloop.ecpr.eu/the-power-of...
Could this transform social science? @chrishewson.bsky.social
@socsci.ox.ac.uk @asanews.bsky.social @lseimpactblog.bsky.social @ecprtheloop.bsky.social
theloop.ecpr.eu/the-power-of...
September 1, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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@geoffreypleyers.bsky.social Learning is humanity’s superpower. Knowledge can be liberating or devastating. Current models of higher education are polarizing. See Manifesto for Social Science for how sociology could do better: bit.ly/SocSciManife...
#ISAForum25
#ISAForum25
Manifesto for Social Science
Manifesto for Social Science How Social and Political Sciences can Support Human Flourishing By Titus Alexander FRSA This Manifesto summarises recommendations arising from my paper on Social Models a...
bit.ly
July 12, 2025 at 4:11 AM
@geoffreypleyers.bsky.social Learning is humanity’s superpower. Knowledge can be liberating or devastating. Current models of higher education are polarizing. See Manifesto for Social Science for how sociology could do better: bit.ly/SocSciManife...
#ISAForum25
#ISAForum25
Planning research in social or political science?
Check out “Dynamic Social Theory” to increase impact.
bit.ly/DSTFront
@socsci.ox.ac.uk @4sweb.bsky.social @cris-sciencespo.bsky.social @isa-sociology.org @sociological.bsky.social @bjpols.bsky.social @prxjournal.bsky.social
Check out “Dynamic Social Theory” to increase impact.
bit.ly/DSTFront
@socsci.ox.ac.uk @4sweb.bsky.social @cris-sciencespo.bsky.social @isa-sociology.org @sociological.bsky.social @bjpols.bsky.social @prxjournal.bsky.social
Frontiers | Social models as dynamic theories: how to improve the impact of social and political sciences
This paper explores the hypothesis that institutions are “dynamic social theories” that embody accumulated knowledge from everyday social experiments about h...
bit.ly
September 1, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Planning research in social or political science?
Check out “Dynamic Social Theory” to increase impact.
bit.ly/DSTFront
@socsci.ox.ac.uk @4sweb.bsky.social @cris-sciencespo.bsky.social @isa-sociology.org @sociological.bsky.social @bjpols.bsky.social @prxjournal.bsky.social
Check out “Dynamic Social Theory” to increase impact.
bit.ly/DSTFront
@socsci.ox.ac.uk @4sweb.bsky.social @cris-sciencespo.bsky.social @isa-sociology.org @sociological.bsky.social @bjpols.bsky.social @prxjournal.bsky.social
Important paper by Profs @tompepinsky.com & @mcopelov.bsky.social
Money creation & management are powerful institutions ("dynamic theories") in society's operation system, central to our political economy: "the future of cryptocurrency is a battle over the future of sovereign authority itself"
Money creation & management are powerful institutions ("dynamic theories") in society's operation system, central to our political economy: "the future of cryptocurrency is a battle over the future of sovereign authority itself"
You wanna read a paper called "The Political Economy of Shitcoins"? Of course you do. @mcopelov.bsky.social and I are at your service.
Full paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Blog post: tompepinsky.com/2025/08/08/c...
More below 1/
Full paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Blog post: tompepinsky.com/2025/08/08/c...
More below 1/
Cryptocurrencies and the Political Economy of Money
At a time when the U.S. government has floated the idea of a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, and tech oligarchs question the viability of the sovereign state in the age of blockchains, there is a need f…
tompepinsky.com
August 12, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Important paper by Profs @tompepinsky.com & @mcopelov.bsky.social
Money creation & management are powerful institutions ("dynamic theories") in society's operation system, central to our political economy: "the future of cryptocurrency is a battle over the future of sovereign authority itself"
Money creation & management are powerful institutions ("dynamic theories") in society's operation system, central to our political economy: "the future of cryptocurrency is a battle over the future of sovereign authority itself"
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📢 Heads up! EPSR is taking a summer break ☀️
🛑 No submissions will be accepted during August — we’ll be back in action come September!
Perfect time to refine your manuscripts! ✍️📚
But stay tuned for our August Issue! ☀️
🛑 No submissions will be accepted during August — we’ll be back in action come September!
Perfect time to refine your manuscripts! ✍️📚
But stay tuned for our August Issue! ☀️
July 29, 2025 at 11:16 AM
📢 Heads up! EPSR is taking a summer break ☀️
🛑 No submissions will be accepted during August — we’ll be back in action come September!
Perfect time to refine your manuscripts! ✍️📚
But stay tuned for our August Issue! ☀️
🛑 No submissions will be accepted during August — we’ll be back in action come September!
Perfect time to refine your manuscripts! ✍️📚
But stay tuned for our August Issue! ☀️
Reposted by Titus Alexander
@cris-sciencespo.bsky.social - Treating institutions as Social Models & Dynamic Theories can help researchers work with citizens & practitioners to reduce inequality: read, respond & share paper in Frontiers in Political Science. bit.ly/DSTFront
Could it change how we do social science?
Could it change how we do social science?
May 6, 2025 at 5:59 PM
@cris-sciencespo.bsky.social - Treating institutions as Social Models & Dynamic Theories can help researchers work with citizens & practitioners to reduce inequality: read, respond & share paper in Frontiers in Political Science. bit.ly/DSTFront
Could it change how we do social science?
Could it change how we do social science?
Reposted by Titus Alexander
🚨 Today is the last day to register for the IPSA–Antalya ONLINE Summer School for Social Science Research Methods!
This program offers advanced training for graduate students and academics seeking to enhance their methodological expertise.
go.ipsa.org/8nIElR
This program offers advanced training for graduate students and academics seeking to enhance their methodological expertise.
go.ipsa.org/8nIElR
August 11, 2025 at 1:41 PM
🚨 Today is the last day to register for the IPSA–Antalya ONLINE Summer School for Social Science Research Methods!
This program offers advanced training for graduate students and academics seeking to enhance their methodological expertise.
go.ipsa.org/8nIElR
This program offers advanced training for graduate students and academics seeking to enhance their methodological expertise.
go.ipsa.org/8nIElR