Tom Kelsey
@tomkelsey.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Research Associate, National Institute of Economic and Social Research. PhD from King’s College London. Writes on industrial strategy, British politics, and the history of technology.
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Good afternoon, #SHOT2025! I just had a chance to catch up w/@sigcisconf.bsky.social friends over lunch, and now I'm in Atelier 4.520 for a session on Critiques of Technology Since WWII.
Our first speaker is Eric Schatzberg, who is presenting a typology of postwar critiques of technology.
Our first speaker is Eric Schatzberg, who is presenting a typology of postwar critiques of technology.
October 11, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Good afternoon, #SHOT2025! I just had a chance to catch up w/@sigcisconf.bsky.social friends over lunch, and now I'm in Atelier 4.520 for a session on Critiques of Technology Since WWII.
Our first speaker is Eric Schatzberg, who is presenting a typology of postwar critiques of technology.
Our first speaker is Eric Schatzberg, who is presenting a typology of postwar critiques of technology.
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'The Government’s Modern Industrial Strategy demonstrates why posing a dichotomy between free-markets and industrial strategy is a false one'
Our latest #MondayInterview by Tom Kelsey and @adrianpabst.bsky.social is out now - Read it here🔓⬇️
@productivity.bsky.social
niesr.ac.uk/blog/uk-indu...
Our latest #MondayInterview by Tom Kelsey and @adrianpabst.bsky.social is out now - Read it here🔓⬇️
@productivity.bsky.social
niesr.ac.uk/blog/uk-indu...
The UK Industrial Strategy: A Contemporary Analysis - NIESR
Last week, the Government unveiled its Industrial Strategy White Paper. What are the implications of the industrial strategy for UK economic policy & growth
niesr.ac.uk
June 30, 2025 at 8:42 AM
'The Government’s Modern Industrial Strategy demonstrates why posing a dichotomy between free-markets and industrial strategy is a false one'
Our latest #MondayInterview by Tom Kelsey and @adrianpabst.bsky.social is out now - Read it here🔓⬇️
@productivity.bsky.social
niesr.ac.uk/blog/uk-indu...
Our latest #MondayInterview by Tom Kelsey and @adrianpabst.bsky.social is out now - Read it here🔓⬇️
@productivity.bsky.social
niesr.ac.uk/blog/uk-indu...
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#Skystorians! Join me & the @historylabplus.bsky.social team online on 19 June @12:30 to explore how historical researchers (across all periods) can make themselves more visible to UK policy makers. For details👉 www.history.ac.uk/events/historical-research-and-policy-making & 🧵
Historical Research and Policy Making
www.history.ac.uk
May 23, 2025 at 12:22 PM
#Skystorians! Join me & the @historylabplus.bsky.social team online on 19 June @12:30 to explore how historical researchers (across all periods) can make themselves more visible to UK policy makers. For details👉 www.history.ac.uk/events/historical-research-and-policy-making & 🧵
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Big thank you to Dr @tomkelsey.bsky.social of @ox.ac.uk for expert teaching on how Concorde was green-lit by Macmillan - & escaped culling again and again by Wilson & Heath!
Join us this Autumn for our ‘Prime Ministerial Decision-Making’ case study module: thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/module/makin...
Join us this Autumn for our ‘Prime Ministerial Decision-Making’ case study module: thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/module/makin...
February 5, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Big thank you to Dr @tomkelsey.bsky.social of @ox.ac.uk for expert teaching on how Concorde was green-lit by Macmillan - & escaped culling again and again by Wilson & Heath!
Join us this Autumn for our ‘Prime Ministerial Decision-Making’ case study module: thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/module/makin...
Join us this Autumn for our ‘Prime Ministerial Decision-Making’ case study module: thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/module/makin...
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Great line up of events this term at the Environmental Humanities Research Hub. Come join us!
January 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Great line up of events this term at the Environmental Humanities Research Hub. Come join us!
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We Brits understand our own history as badly as anyone. This looks like a great way to get a more solid handle on our arc since WWII.
I am thrilled to publish my first journal article in the English Historical Review 🎉
It tells a new story of political change in post-war Britain: rather than a 'neo-liberalism' from without, I argue for an economic liberalism from within 👇
academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...
It tells a new story of political change in post-war Britain: rather than a 'neo-liberalism' from without, I argue for an economic liberalism from within 👇
academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...
The Retreat from ‘High Technology’ in Post-War Britain*
Abstract. This article argues that the 1970s saw an important change in the attitude of the British state to civil technological projects. It focuses on superso
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December 13, 2024 at 10:53 AM
We Brits understand our own history as badly as anyone. This looks like a great way to get a more solid handle on our arc since WWII.
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Join us in Senate House on 29 January for a special @ihr.bsky.social lecture 'Reflections of an Official Historian' by Sir Lawrence Freedman followed by a round table discussion with panellists including @historianhelen.bsky.social Register below: www.history.ac.uk/events/takin...
Taking Stock of Official History, past, present and future: Reflections of an Official Historian by Sir Lawrence Freedman, followed by a panel discussion
www.history.ac.uk
December 13, 2024 at 10:54 AM
Join us in Senate House on 29 January for a special @ihr.bsky.social lecture 'Reflections of an Official Historian' by Sir Lawrence Freedman followed by a round table discussion with panellists including @historianhelen.bsky.social Register below: www.history.ac.uk/events/takin...
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Have you heard about our Peer Mentoring Scheme in partnership with the UK Civil Service? We're welcoming applications from policy professionals & eligible @ox.ac.uk researchers to join our next cohort.
Apply by 16 December!
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Apply by 16 December!
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November 28, 2024 at 4:44 PM
Have you heard about our Peer Mentoring Scheme in partnership with the UK Civil Service? We're welcoming applications from policy professionals & eligible @ox.ac.uk researchers to join our next cohort.
Apply by 16 December!
t.co/yMCYRqwmuY
Apply by 16 December!
t.co/yMCYRqwmuY
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Want to learn a bit more about the team behind @oxpolicyengaged.bsky.social? This is us!
Find out about how we can help policy professionals and academic researchers connect and engage more effectively: t.co/IYP1DmIEs9
Find out about how we can help policy professionals and academic researchers connect and engage more effectively: t.co/IYP1DmIEs9
November 25, 2024 at 3:46 PM
Want to learn a bit more about the team behind @oxpolicyengaged.bsky.social? This is us!
Find out about how we can help policy professionals and academic researchers connect and engage more effectively: t.co/IYP1DmIEs9
Find out about how we can help policy professionals and academic researchers connect and engage more effectively: t.co/IYP1DmIEs9
I am thrilled to publish my first journal article in the English Historical Review 🎉
It tells a new story of political change in post-war Britain: rather than a 'neo-liberalism' from without, I argue for an economic liberalism from within 👇
academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...
It tells a new story of political change in post-war Britain: rather than a 'neo-liberalism' from without, I argue for an economic liberalism from within 👇
academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...
The Retreat from ‘High Technology’ in Post-War Britain*
Abstract. This article argues that the 1970s saw an important change in the attitude of the British state to civil technological projects. It focuses on superso
academic.oup.com
December 29, 2023 at 9:36 PM
I am thrilled to publish my first journal article in the English Historical Review 🎉
It tells a new story of political change in post-war Britain: rather than a 'neo-liberalism' from without, I argue for an economic liberalism from within 👇
academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...
It tells a new story of political change in post-war Britain: rather than a 'neo-liberalism' from without, I argue for an economic liberalism from within 👇
academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...