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Dave Elder-Vass

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I write about social theory, social ontology and political economy. Personal capacity etc. Find open access versions of my work at https://eldervass.com/home-3/publications/

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02.03.2026 17:31 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Live in Letchworth or Royston & recently joined?

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04.03.2026 20:59 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Events - Complex Adaptive Systems Research Group Join events to discuss development and application of complex adaptive systems theory to make sense of and to influence the emergence of futures.

I'm talking (virtually) at the Complex Adaptive Systems symposium in Finland next Wednesday (11am GMT 28th Jan). Introductory CR account of emergence & causality in society, with a little reflection on CR's relation to systems theory. Registration info here: complexsystems.fi

23.01.2026 17:07 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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❓Green Quiz Nite❓in #Hitchin
πŸ“† Friday 16th Jan 2026
πŸ•–7pm
πŸ“ŒWoodside Hall, Walsworth Rd, Hitchin SG4 9SP

Get your ticket at actionnetwork.org/ticketed_eve...

04.01.2026 22:30 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Cheers🍻from Roystons last Green drinks of the year at King James pub.

Our Royston group is really growing🌱🌱🌱

This will be the only area having elections in North Herts next year so we are very hopeful πŸ™‚

11.12.2025 09:41 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you to Onur Ozmen for inviting me to contribute to this!

03.12.2025 13:20 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Also a lesson for morally bankrupt, supposedly progressive parties worldwide: if you spend your energy trying to make voters who hate everything about you hate you slightly less, they still won't vote for you.

10.11.2025 08:23 πŸ‘ 46 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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πŸŒΏβ˜• Green Cafe - Letchworth β˜•πŸͺ - Social drop-in:
πŸ“Œ*Miss Green Fingers*, 2-4 Eastcheap, Letchworth Garden City SG6 3DE
πŸ“… Sat 5th July
πŸ•™ anytime 10:00am - 11:30am

Green curious? New Member? Thinking of making a green lifestyle change e.g. EV, heat pump, recycling tips? Come for a friendly chatπŸ™‚

07.11.2025 17:50 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Explore Our Critical Realism Thesis Archive for Researchers Explore our thesis archive featuring critical realist scholars' doctoral theses, aiding your research in social studies and methodology.

Looking for critical realist PhD theses? Or do you have one to share? You need the CR Network's thesis archive! criticalrealismnetwork.org/the-critical...

06.11.2025 07:15 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ€— FANTASTIC! Hitchin greens outnumbered by Royston greensπŸ’š at our Cafe social today.

Afterwards we finished leafleting Royston Place ward.

Shout out to Kooky Nomad this #smallbusinessSaturday

18.10.2025 20:34 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
If reform can rocket through the polls with a politics of despair, then it's time for the green party to do the same thing but with a politics of hope.

If reform can rocket through the polls with a politics of despair, then it's time for the green party to do the same thing but with a politics of hope.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

18.10.2025 18:40 πŸ‘ 1352 πŸ” 360 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 22
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Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years for plotting military coup in Brazil Former president sought to β€˜annihilate’ country’s democracy after losing 2022 election

This is how you protect your democracy. The US is a demonstration of what happens when you don't. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

12.09.2025 06:54 πŸ‘ 3504 πŸ” 1127 πŸ’¬ 71 πŸ“Œ 53

I suspect that prosperous folk will still get them (including most of those driving this change) but guess what? Poor people won't.

04.09.2025 15:22 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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♻️Green Cafe β˜•πŸͺπŸ«–πŸ° Social drop-in:
πŸ“ŒWakelin & Son, Carling Building, Market Pl, Hitchin SG5 1AR
πŸ“… Sat 6th Sept 2025
πŸ•™ 10:00am - 11:30am

Green Cafe Social drop in - discuss green issues, start a green initiative, green party curious? Come along and support this indy coffee shop #smallbusinesssaturday

03.09.2025 11:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Utterly scandalous. Renationalise without compensation now!

21.07.2025 20:02 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Cunliffe's review into the water sector deliberately left out the option of public ownership.

The only way to stop millions of pounds being siphoned off for huge CEO salaries and shareholder dividends is to end the scam of privatised water.

Public ownership now.

greenparty.org.uk/2025/07/21/g...

21.07.2025 12:47 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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16 and 17-year-olds to be able to vote in next general election - live updates Lowering the voting age across the UK means around 1.5 million 16 and 17-year-olds will be able to vote at the next general election.

Now to introduce proportional representation for all elections. Give us real representative democracy.

#PR #FPTP

17.07.2025 10:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Segmenting ontology - Synthese Ontological universalism is widespread, but this paper argues that the validity of many ontological claims is bounded, and thus that segmented (though not fragmented) ontologies may represent the worl...

Very pleased that my paper 'Segmenting Ontology' is out in Synthese doi.org/10.1007/s112... On the relationship between quantum, material and social reality.

01.07.2025 15:39 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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Interview: The road to Social Ecological Economics: an interview with Clive Spash, part 1, with Clive Spash & Jamie Morgan
doi.org/10.1080/1476...

18.06.2025 11:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Stop mega-donors from warping our democracy We must stop mega-donors from warping our democracy. A ban on annual donations over Β£5,000 would cut the influence of big donors on our politics and protect the interests of ordinary voters.

We must stop mega-donors from warping our democracy. A ban on annual donations over Β£5,000 would cut the influence of big donors on our politics and protect the interests of ordinary voters. Sign the petition secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/162623/...

21.05.2025 08:18 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Explaining real cases of corruption with critical realism
Explaining real cases of corruption with critical realism YouTube video by Critical Realism Network

Did you miss our webinar on Karin Zotzmann's new book 'Codes of Corruption'? Or was it so good you want to hear it again? You're in luck! You can watch it again here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3YY...

19.05.2025 17:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Why don’t we punish people who break company law? It is ridiculously easy to create a company, and company law is there to protect us. But nobody is policing it. Why not?

Great question... eastangliabylines.co.uk/business/eco...

17.05.2025 16:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

New @shepherdbooks.bsky.social article featuring Oz Hassan out now pn Bisa ! πŸŽ‰

'The best books that explain why the West keeps getting the world wrong'
inc/ @daveev.bsky.social , Arturo Escobar, Barry Buzan, Susanna P. Campbell & more 🌟

Read now - buff.ly/3dBk6EL

@cambup-polsci.cambridge.org

16.05.2025 14:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
REAL HOPE. REAL CHANGE.
PUBLIC SERVICES IN PUBLIC HANDS
Green Party
Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

REAL HOPE. REAL CHANGE. PUBLIC SERVICES IN PUBLIC HANDS Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

It is clear British Steel must be brought into public hands.

It's also clear that private ownership of public services has failed, with consumers paying billions of pounds over the odds for poor and unreliable services.

Time to take back control of our public services.

15.04.2025 11:15 πŸ‘ 150 πŸ” 71 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3

This should be fascinating. Karin's book is based on a corpus of real corruption cases from Mexico. Find out more in her blog post: criticalrealismnetwork.org/2025/03/27/c...

28.03.2025 18:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Book Launch: Codes of Corruption - Karin Zotzmann The Centre for Critical Realism is hosting this online book launch on May 14th 2025 at 2.30pm BST.

Karin Zotzmann’s 'Codes of Corruption: A Critical Realist Discourse Analysis of Illicit Transactions' is out soon in the Critical Realism book series.

Join us on May 14th 2.30pm BST, where Karin will discuss it with Robert Barrington & Gareth Wiltshire.

Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...

28.03.2025 17:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

"Austerity always leads to lower economic growth.

That is what Rachel Reeves is choosing.

In that case, her rhetoric will ring hollow today, and that is so politically inept I do not rate her chances of having many more goes at making such statements."

What Richard said.

26.03.2025 10:54 πŸ‘ 143 πŸ” 73 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 0

Balancing the books on the backs of disabled people is not just unfair; it’s cruel. A million disabled people stand to lose vital support, while the wealthiest are protected. This isn’t necessity, it’s a choiceβ€”and it’s the wrong one. #SpringStatement

26.03.2025 12:43 πŸ‘ 981 πŸ” 325 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 13

If Labour's chancellor had any progressive principles at all, a wealth tax would be at the heart of the statement she is making right now.

Instead, she is going to hammer the least wealthy and most vulnerable people in our society.

26.03.2025 12:41 πŸ‘ 38 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Israel cuts off humanitarian supplies to Gaza as it seeks to change ceasefire deal Netanyahu wants Hamas to allow for release of hostages without troop withdrawal, in plan Israel says came from US

Blocking humanitarian aid is a clear breach of international law and will lead to more civilian suffering and deaths. UK must take the lead in condemning Israel's actions and calling for aid to be allowed into Gaza.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

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