Jonathan Floyd

I worry about who is Saruman in this analogy.

What does 'mid-career' look like 4 you? Personally I find myself doing ever more 'capacity building' work 4 junior folk (groups/prizes/jobs/events/etc). Seems like I spend 1/2 my time defending things I said as an overly-keen post-doc & the other 1/2 trying 2 make new opportunities 4 such post-docs

Maybe just another reason for us 2 keep up with mandatory fire training @wiglet1981.bsky.social? I made sure 2 do mine earlier this week & amongst other things learnt that I must NEVER use a fire extinguisher unless I have the proper training. Apologies then 2 anyone who ever combusts in my presence

2day is WorldBookDay in the UK+Ireland. We have an earlier day than elsewhere to ensure it always happens during school time. Officially it involves kids dressing up as their favourite book character. Unofficially it means me raging all day about kids coming in as their favourite Marvel Action hero.

An excellent opportunity in more ways than one.

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I'm looking for *two* PhD students to join my ERC project on refugee-led approaches to displacement justice. The positions are funded for four years, and you get to join our lovely community in Bristol. Please share widely!

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Very happy to be one of two keynote speakers at this (always) excellent event. @ipsa-rc31.bsky.social @ecpr-nptmethods.bsky.social

Gaudi - Casa Battlo

On recent Barca trip was thinking about lenses through which we see cities. For many there it's Messi. For others it's Gaudi (below). Personally I went via Orwell's Homage2Catalonia. The book brings the city 2 life & vice versa. Leftist infighting & churches burnt down by anarchists at every turn.

Stella was very excited to learn that the March newsletter from @ecpr-nptmethods.bsky.social is now available here: ecpr.eu/news/news/de... She did though almost fall off her perch when I told her that anyone can sign up to join the group for free! Even cats, she asked? Especially cats, I replied.

Methods of Normative Political Theory Newsletter March 2026 #14 European Consortium for Political Research

Upcoming workshops, new articles, books, job adverts, special editions, and more besides - read all about it in the latest quarterly newsletter from the world's largest pol-phi methods group! ecpr.eu/news/news/de... @ecpr-nptmethods.bsky.social @ecprtheloop.bsky.social @ecpr.bsky.social

Wonderful to see! A great achievement by an excellent theorist. Was happy to supervise & even happier to see the journey since. Also looking forward 2 your telling lots of people here in Bristol about it soon, inc. @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social @wiglet1981.bsky.social @crookedfootball.bsky.social

I think it's right on the moment given the recent UK craze for Skeleton.

Thanks for sharing this @martinoneill.bsky.social . Not only very interesting, but also just in time to add to something I was writing about different examples of 'public political philosophy'.

Also very much looking forward to a book launch of this on 23/04 in Oxford, with comments from Adam Swift and @lisamherzog.bsky.social. More details on that coming soon I hope.

It's out! Delighted to have a chapter in this, along with, inter alia
@jowolff.bsky.social @alfredmoore.bsky.social @sarahafisher.bsky.social @mgerver.bsky.social @hlandemore.bsky.social @humeiraiqtidar.bsky.social @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social @mirandasimon.bsky.social global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Sometimes I just crave a pure desk. No cables, no screens, just a pad or notebook and a few pens and pencils. Books are welcome, along with cups of tea or coffee, but no calendars or phones. If possible, a view of the sea, and if not, of the mountains. Just blank paper, warm light, and big ideas.

All looks interesting, as you'd expect from @globaltheoryldn.bsky.social, but admit to being especially interested in (1) on this list, chaired by the excellent Alice Baderin.

Perhaps of particular interest to Bristol educational pioneers @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social @georgeboss.bsky.social @wiglet1981.bsky.social and @alixdietzel.bsky.social but also those I know elsewhere who are always trying out new things that catch my interest like @drelizabethmac1.bsky.social

Perhaps your lecturer should sit down and let someone else teach for a change Julia Mullins and Tillia Laing discuss why guest speakers should be considered essential, not the exception, and hear from lecturer Dr Jonathan Floyd about his approach to teaching.

It's nice to be able to able to to set up a different kind of unit, once (you think) you know what you're doing as a lecturer, and even nicer to be able to invite back previous students as 'expert' speakers. We are blessed with very good students here in Bristol! epigram.org.uk/perhaps-your...

5 new chapters! 🎉

For various reasons you could also refer to this as 'Rousseauian liberty'. See e.g. his child-raising habits vs. Emile (as exposed once upon a time by Voltaire). Really then in the SC there should be 4 not 3 liberty-types. Kant I believe had only one picture in his home - a portrait of Rousseau...

TPTN Workshop: Designing Political Theory Curricula An important part of teaching political theory and philosophy involves the designing of curricula, programmes and modules. However, in doing so, political theorists may face any number of challenges a...

A great idea for a workshop, organised by a great group of people in York, on the challenges of designing political theory curricula: philevents.org/event/show/1.... Of interest I would guess across @psapolthought.bsky.social @biapt.bsky.social @ecpr-nptmethods.bsky.social

Happy to help @deeesharp.bsky.social :)

Political Philosophy’s Methodological Moment and the Rise of Public Political Philosophy - Society Political philosophy is having a methodological moment. Driven by long-standing frustrations at the fragmentation of our field, as well as recent urges to become more engaged with the ‘real’ world, th...

p.s. as an overview of the field, including both some of the issues raised, and one possible framework for organising it, see: link.springer.com/article/10.1..., though for the very latest work, see this forthcoming collection by Baderin/Miller: www.amazon.co.uk/Political-Th...

Experimental Political Theory: Behavioural, Careful, Radical - Res Publica On one level, the idea here is simple: organise people into small groups and see how they react to different ways of doing politics. On another, it is more challenging: evaluate different political pr...

link.springer.com/article/10.1... link.springer.com/article/10.1... link.springer.com/article/10.1... link.springer.com/article/10.1... link.springer.com/article/10.1... link.springer.com/article/10.1... link.springer.com/article/10.1... See also excellent recent work by @mattlindauer.bsky.social...

Just saw this thanks to @wiglet1981.bsky.social. Building on empirical/normative suggestion from @tamardewaal.bsky.social, I've just co-edited (w. @sunelaegaard.bsky.social) a SE on the broad theme of 'experimental' pol-phi, each of which is meant to discuss/advance particular methods. See e.g...

Perhaps my 'favourite' thing about this time of day is that every email I furiously write on the train quietly sidles off into my draft folder due to the wonders of train-wifi, as we cut through the edge of the Cotswolds. Was feeling very productive indeed until I realised.

But they're not substitutes any more, they're Finishers! Perhaps my favourite piece of conceptual engineering in the last year...or what we used to call re-framing back in the day...

Perhaps the topic was Roth's Portnoy's Complaint?

I like this, though suppose a particular favourite in my world is having a 'level playing field'. As that's not specific to just one sport, would it be ok to have played any sport benefitting from such a field, e.g. football, cricket, hockey...?