๐ข We are hiring at IMEIS, Durham University
The School of Government and International Affairs is recruiting an Assistant Professor in Middle East Politics (with a focus on the Arab states).
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For academic enquiries: Professor Bahar Baser โ bahar.baser@durham.ac.uk
The sign of a consolidated democracy!
@mark-carney.bsky.social gave probably the clearest analysis on the impact US foreign policy has for (most) European countries, and I could not agree more:
www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/spee...
Parental guidance US parents*, minutes per day spent on child caret, by generation, 1975-2018 Fathers Mothers 160 120 โข Millennial Gen X Millennial Gen X Silent 80 40 0 Baby-boomer Baby-boomer 20 30 Silent ใ 40 Mother's age 40 Father's age 50 60 *Who live with partner and at least one child under 18 *Controlling for children under five Source: American Heritage Time Use Study 20 30 50 60 160 120 80 40 0
Older generations spent a lot less time parenting. Millennial dads spend nearly as much time parenting as Boomer moms did. Millennial and Gen X moms way more.
via The Economist
Friend: hey, how has your start to 2026 been?
Me:
This chart is a huge part of the explanation of UK politics since 2010 - same for any metric you click on, see www.ft.com/content/704c...
Fundamentals matter and it is still the economy, stupid.
Vollsinitiativen habe unterschirdliche Zwecke und die Umsetzung ist dabei nicht immer zentral - es kann sogar hilfreicher sein wenn sie nicht oder nur Teile wise umgesetzt werden. Schliesslich sind nicht alle Volksinitiativen mit int. Vereinbarungen konform, was die Umsetzung erschwert.
2014 yes, but not by the end of 2017. It is still schooling, but was not unanticipated from late November 2024 onwards.
We have a new tenure-track job in @lsegovernment.bsky.social at AP level (empirical political science, open subfield): jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... Please apply and share with colleagues who might be interested!
Just a boy, standing in front of a political class, asking them to read @igmansfield.bsky.social's Seven Public Policy Rules of Thumb, this time on taxes:
๐จIn this PiRM Episode: @pmkuhn.bsky.social is joined by @cjfinlay.bsky.social, who draws on his essay "Beware the Boomerang Effect" to dissect the profound legal and ethical challenges posed by "assassination as policy".
open.spotify.com/episode/3BRc...
I hopeโฆhave just not seen much backbone and decision constraining the executive from SCOTUS. Maybe their outstanding decision on the executives ability to set trade tariffs without Congress offers some hope.
Provided the term limit holds upโฆwe have yet to see the Supreme Court vigorously defend the constitution and what Trumps reaction will be. Eroding power might also excellerate plans to circumvent term limits to prevent the looking for what comes next. Would say it remains to be seen.
Here, here...I am with Lord Patten. Having publicly funded broadcasters as independent trusted news sources is so critical for limiting political polarization and maintaining a functioning democracy in the current context.
The Authoritarian Stack: how tech billionaires are building a post-democratic America and why Europe is next.
My new project is an interactive investigation and open data platform to expose tech authoritarianism and mobilize collective power for democratic alternatives.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
๐จNEW PiRM Episode: @pmkuhn.bsky.social is joined by
is joined by Prof. Ilan Baron, Professor in International Political Theory at SGIA, for a conversation on anti-Semitism, Israel, and the problem of proxy representation
open.spotify.com/episode/2HCj...
We have just published the call for the Nuffield Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Politics. These are 3-year fully-funded postdocs that will allow you to focus on your research in a great academic environment. (And with excellent food)
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
๐ NEU: Einfรผhrung in die Politikwissenschaft โ 6., vollstรคndig aktualisierte und erweiterte Auflage (2025), mit Thomas Bernauer, Sylvia Kritzinger und Detlef Jahn.
๐ ISBN: 978-3-7560-1619-8
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Better get your paper submissions in for the @epssnet.bsky.social conference in June 2026, as the deadline is 7 November, and we have no intention of extended that (given the submission numbers)!
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Top academic researchers leaving US amid funding cuts
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLvO...
Besonderes Augenmerk gilt den politischen Systemen Deutschlands, รsterreichs, der Schweiz und der Europรคischen Union. Dank klarer Sprache und zahlreicher Beispiele ist das Buch nicht nur fรผr Studierende, sondern auch fรผr alle Interessierten am Fach geeignet.
Im zweiten Teil werden zentrale Teilbereiche wie Demokratie, Wahlen, Parteien, Interessengruppen, Parlamente, Regierungen, Verfassungsgerichte und internationale Politik behandelt.
Es vermittelt die zentralen Konzepte, Methoden und Forschungsinhalte der Politikwissenschaft. Der erste Teil behandelt den wissenschaftlichen Prozess von der Theoriebildung bis zur empirischen Analyse.
๐ NEU: Einfรผhrung in die Politikwissenschaft โ 6., vollstรคndig aktualisierte und erweiterte Auflage (2025), mit Thomas Bernauer, Sylvia Kritzinger und Detlef Jahn.
๐ ISBN: 978-3-7560-1619-8
๐ Nomos Verlag @nomosverlag.bsky.social
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Mancur Olson -- The Rise and Decline of Nations
๐จNEW PiRM Episode: Peaceful by Design? The Return of Political Violence in Democracies. In this episode, @pmkuhn.bsky.social digs into the paradox at the heart of democracy: why systems built on peaceful disagreement are seeing rising levels of aggression.
open.spotify.com/episode/6hgM...
๐ง Just dropped: In this new episode of Politics in the Rearview Mirror, @pmkuhn.bsky.social speaks to Dr David Andersen and Dr Neil Visalvanich to unpack the mechanics and meaning of the US government shutdown
open.spotify.com/episode/4i6l...
Has always been and will always beโฆund can ignore it for a while, but economics will eventually come back and bite.
Viele halbleere Einfamilienhรคuser: Davon wird es nach Abschaffung #Eigenmietwert noch mehr geben.
Und nochmals mehr, falls die vom Bund angedachte neue Grundstรผckgewinnsteuer kommt.
Gaga-Steuerpolitik.
www.nzz.ch/wirtschaft/n...
y pushing for such a hardline policy, Reform may have over-reached and handed a powerful weapon to their political opponents, who can attack a potential Farage government as a clear and present danger to the rights and security hundreds of thousands of decent hard-working migrant families, including friends, neighbours and workmates. After years of making the running on immigration, Farage may this week have handed the initiative back to his opponents.
@robfordmancs.bsky.social argues that the unpopularity of Reform's proposals offer the government an opportunity - but I'd add that they will squander that if they introduce what just looks like a watered-down version of those proposals.
