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🗓️"Democracy as if the future mattered: Can democratic innovation change the world?" Delighted to invite you to my inaugural lecture at Univ of Edinburgh this spring @uoe-sps.bsky.social @edinburghpir.bsky.social Information and registration 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inaugural-... Everyone welcome!

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Call for Papers! Submissions by 14 March 'Scotland in Transition: Perspectives on Politics and Policy Ahead of the 2026 Election'with @scotvoting.bsky.social & @edinburghpir.bsky.social Find out more: edin.ac/4ibQSDY

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Kicking off the workshop (co-sponsored by @ccc-research.bsky.social) 'Unpicking The Scalar Fallacy? The Present and Future of Devolved Local Welfare Policies in the UK'. A great lineup of presentations, introduced @haylesben.bsky.social @uoe-sps.bsky.social @edinburghpir.bsky.social

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Coming up in 2 days: 'Unpicking The Scalar Fallacy? The Present and Future of Devolved Local Welfare Policies in the UK' Further info and registration: edin.ac/4gQ01lm @haylesben.bsky.social @uoe-sps.bsky.social @edinburghpir.bsky.social

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Great to finally have this new book in hand and to see this co-authored chapter with @merylkenny.bsky.social in print 📚 @edinburghpir.bsky.social

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Join us and @aflorea.bsky.social to discuss 'Functional Sovereignty in Contested Territories' 3:30pm - 5pm 27 Feb Lister Learning and Teaching Centre, Edinburgh Info and registration: edin.ac/3WVs1Mp

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Happy Friday from the RIS institutional home at @edinburghpir.bsky.social! What a beautiful day to browse the review of international studies archives 🤔 ➡️ www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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'Money Talks: Business and the Politics of Independence' Join CCC Co-Director @karlobasta.bsky.social to discuss why independence movements win overwhelming support nearly everywhere except in wealthy democracies of the global North. 31 Mar, Edinburgh Info and registration: edin.ac/3Cv4g7b

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Roll up roll up! Check out this call for the next Edinburgh Centre for Security Research (CeSeR) annual conference -- submissions now open. Organized by the superlative Regan Burles on 'Futures of International Security'. Conference is 6 May, submission deadline 24 February.

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Registration is now open for the second event in the QUALREP Gender and Politics Seminar Series! This month, we will be joined by Prof. Susan Banducci to discuss the work of the TWICEASGOOD project 📆 Wednesday 26 February 🕰️ 3-4pm GMT 📍 Online 🔗 events.teams.microsoft.com/event/4c5aad...

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Looking forward to hosting @aflorea.bsky.social here at @ccc-research.bsky.social @edinburghpir.bsky.social @uoe-sps.bsky.social. Might be of interest to colleagues at @scga.bsky.social as well

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Learn to measure polarisation among political actors in this hands-on workshop. Sign up for your chance to build on your skills in R and use it to analyse and visualise political texts for research. 📆 Wed 12 Feb, 10:00 – 12:00 edin.ac/40kAjyv

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Join us on March 20 for an insightful discussion on Transgender Equality! 📢 Event: Voices for Transgender Equality: Trans Rights Activism Under Trump 📍 Location: Edinburgh Futures Institute ⏰ Time: 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM 🎤 Speaker: @billard.bsky.social 🔗 Book your spot: edin.ac/3PPsewP

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Join us on March 4 for The Politics in Contested Times series! 📅 Event: The Conservatives in Opposition: Who are they and what do they want? 🎤 Speaker: @timbale.bsky.social 🔗 Book your spot: edin.ac/4hk9YaT

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NEW EVENT 🚨 Our BISA Postgraduate Network have a new conference: 'Emerging knowledge from emerging researchers' (8-9 May, @edinburghpir.bsky.social). Feat. skills workshops and knowledge exchange! Deadline for Call for Papers: 1 Mar For more info & to register: www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...

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Only a few days left to register! 🚨 Due to high demand, How Platforms Fail Democracy has moved to a new venue: Lecture Theatre A, 40 George Square. 📅 Date: 6 Feb ⏰ Time: 5:00–6:30 PM 🎤 Speaker: @dkreiss.bsky.social

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📢Event cancelled👇

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We are now active on Bluesky! To start with, here are some dates for your diary: critique.sps.ed.ac.uk/semester-2-s... Check back for further updates. With @edinburghpir.bsky.social @eehnetwork.bsky.social and more!

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Fantastic opportunity for grad students to explore hugely impt topic @edinburghpir.bsky.social

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Join us on February 12 for The Politics in Contested Times series! 📅 Event: Six Months Is a Long Time in Politics 🎤 Speaker: Jemma Conner 🔗 Book your spot: edin.ac/4hoaXGE

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Still time to register for the opening event tomorrow of the new QUALREP Gender and Politics Seminar Series Guest Speaker: Prof. Zoe Lefkofridi (PUSHBACKLASH) 📆 Wednesday 29 January 🕰️ 3-4pm (UK) 📍 Online For further details and registration: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/1c80a7...

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@edinburghpir.bsky.social’s UG poster session in full swing, plus 3/7 of my supervisees probing the politics of migration. (@abigaildougall.bsky.social) #ProudSupervisorMoment

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Was honoured to serve an expert groups for this year-long, 50-country project by @foruminfod.bsky.social to assess research on Information Ecosystems and Troubled Democracy: #news media, #AI and #data governance. Tagging @edinburghpir.bsky.social @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social #commsky

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Less than a week to go before our new QUALREP Gender and Politics Seminar Series starts! If you're working on the themes of gender equality, human rights, social justice, representation, and/or intersectionality, then this is one that will be of interest ⬇️ @edinburghpir.bsky.social

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Still time to register for the first online event of the new QUALREP Gender and Politics Seminar Series ⬇️ @edinburghpir.bsky.social

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We are delighted to share that Global Constitutionalism is now based at the University of Edinburgh, supported by Edinburgh Law School and the School of Social and Political Sciences. The journal publishes cutting-edge articles that advance global constitutionalism. Read more: edin.ac/4g6NybZ

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Important read by @edinburghpir.bsky.social student 👇 (h/t Annika Bergman Rosamond) blogs.ed.ac.uk/studentstori...

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Join us on 6 February for an insightful talk and discussion on "How Platforms Fail Democracy" with visiting Professor Daniel Kreiss from the University of North Carolina. 🎙️ Speaker: @dkreiss.bsky.social 📖 Book your space here: edin.ac/4iI52Og

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Coming up this Wednesday! Join us for Dr Wright's book launch 👇

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Former UG supervisee (and EIM student) - Tess Bailie - just had her dissertation published!! It’s on ethnic diversity and the British parliament and is excellent. Available here - sites.lsa.umich.edu/mjps/wp-cont... Ping @edinburghpir.bsky.social @uoe-sps.bsky.social @benrosamond1.bsky.social

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3000 visits to the dataset! v2 coming in the new year. @edinburghpir.bsky.social @uoe-sps.bsky.social @scga.bsky.social datashare.ed.ac.uk/handle/10283...

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It was a pleasure to host so many great colleagues for this two-day conference at @ccc-research.bsky.social @edinburghpir.bsky.social: 4 academic panels and 2 practitioner panels on devolution, federalism, and multi-level governance in an age of multiple crises from a comparative perspective

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Important thread by @edinburghpir.bsky.social’s @newsprof1.bsky.social whose new book helps to put into context and emphasizes the significance of Trump’s appointment of Kari Lake as Director of Voice of America.

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Join us on 15 January for the book launch of Capturing News, Capturing Democracy: Trump and the Voice of America by Dr Kate Wright @newsprof1.bsky.social Book your space: edin.ac/3Zil8p2

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16 years ago today @edinburghpir.bsky.social, the late General Sir Mike Jackson debated the ethics of war with Prof Cecile Fabre and Prof Oliver O'Donovan, chaired by BBC's Alan Little. A profound discussion on moral courage and military duty that drew 450. @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social

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Keir Starmer said last night at the Lord Mayor's Banquet that the UK doesn't have to chose between the US and the EU, but Benjamin Martill of @edinburghpir.bsky.social argues that Trump's election will inevitably push Labour closer to the EU. blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

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🗓️ The December newsletter from the Citizen Participation Network is now out 🗞️ Including articles, reports, events, a guide, a podcast and a video across the fields of participatory and deliberative #democracy. As ever, open access and available here 👉 www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-j...

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There's still time to sign up for the PG transdisciplinary course at UoE: Decolonising Counselling and Psychotherapy. Learn about the unconscious motivations behind forms of racism and oppression, and politically how these shape discourse and social relations! www.drps.ed.ac.uk/24-25/dpt/cx...

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My latest piece for @ccc-research.bsky.social, looking at some key findings from our book on the Alliance Party 📔 www.centreonconstitutionalchange.ac.uk/news-and-opi...

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Part of globalizing the journal means having editors around the world. We've just wrapped up our last big editorial meeting this year at 12PM in Edinburgh, 7AM in Virginia, 9PM in Hiroshima, and 5:30PM in New Dehli! ⏰⏰

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Fascinating lecture at @edinburghpir.bsky.social today from @robfordmancs.bsky.social analysing the UK 2024 general election results. Take away: it's electoral chaos for the foreseeable future, because our system wasn't designed for 5/6 party politics 😬 Parties will battle on multiple fronts.

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After nine weeks of expert panels analysing various aspects of the 2024 UK General Election, we concluded the series with a fantastic lecture by @robfordmancs.bsky.social, unpacking the election's key puzzles & implications. @ccc-research.bsky.social @ukandeu.bsky.social @edinburghpir.bsky.social

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Great @ccc-research.bsky.social blog piece by our colleague @clarerice.bsky.social on the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland, based on the recently published book she co-authored 👇

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Join us Nov 26 for The Politics in Contested Times Series to discuss Greg Power's book, Inside the Political Mind. Book your space: edin.ac/4fCbzIq

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Just concluded the first edition of my “Digital Media and Democracy” honors course at @edinburghpir.bsky.social. I very much enjoyed working with a great group of motivated and insightful students. Thank you all!

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New blog! Read @clarerice.bsky.social, co-author of the first book-length academic study of The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland, on the key themes emerging from the work. Read more: edin.ac/40R2yXm @uoe-sps.bsky.social @edinburghpir.bsky.social

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Today!

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Excellent season finale with the EIM students - “Should student migration go up or down?”. Solid background papers, great presentations and well handled Q&A. #ProudDadMoment (ping @edinburghpir.bsky.social)

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