A major new (non-partisan and independent) assessment of Brexit.
TLDR: it’s even worse than original estimations, that were casually dismissed by Brexiteers as ‘project fear’. The UK economy today is 6-8% smaller than it would have been without Brexit.
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There were 108 votes to accept the Resolution, 18 votes to reject, and 3 votes to abstain.
The International Association of Genocide Scholars, the main association of experts on genocide and mass violence, has just passed a resolution declaring that Israel’s actions in Gaza amount of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes.
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I cannot more strongly recommend this post.
Really important research from The Policy Institute and the Higher Education Policy Institute:
The UK public hugely underestimate both the economic importance of universities to the economy, and the levels of graduate satisfaction with university.
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/public-...
Delighted that my article ‘The logic of idealization in political theory’, which substantially reformulates the debate over idealization and ideal/non-ideal theory, is now out in the latest American Journal of Political Science. Available open-access!
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Please note that the interview dates listed in the job advert are wrong: interviews should be held in July.
These represent three key hires for our department, which has grown at an amazing pace (now 90 permanent faculty)! It is a terrific and unusually interdisciplinary place to work with a great sense of community. So please help spread the word, and apply if you are interested! 4/4
They have a different balance of education, research and admin responsibilities, and different tailored promotion criteria to other academic appointments. But they are otherwise the same: in pay scale, permanence, status, participation in our staff community, etc. 3/4
Many universities have started using education pathway positions, but their nature varies across institutions. So I stress: in DPE, these are not overloaded ‘teaching’ posts. They are strategic investments in developing the department’s world class research-led education. 2/4
We’re hiring 3 permanent (tenured) lecturers in the Department of Political Economy at King’s College London. These are ‘education pathway’ posts (in Economics, Research Methods, & Comparative Politics) 1/4
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/117268-...
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/117209-...
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/117245-...
This is from a few weeks ago, but I really recommend this great column from Dr Lise Butler, at City St George’s University of London, on the lessons for the UK Labour Party from Canada.
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3 new jobs in my department at King's College London @Kingspol_econ - 2 in Political Theory, and one in Politics, Philosophy and Economics.
It's a great department. Details below!
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/108445-...
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/108485-...
For those who missed my last post - I’m excited to be speaking at the Cascade Institute tomorrow (Thursday) on ‘How Global Ideological Competition Drives Russia’s War in Ukraine’. 1pm Pacific/4pm East Coast/9pm UK/10pm W Europe.
Join me on Zoom! Details below:
cascadeinstitute.org/about/events/
Looking forward to speaking at the Cascade Institute in Victoria, Canada, on the 16th January on ‘How Ideological Competition Drives Russia’s War in Ukraine’!
You can join in person or online! Full details below:
cascadeinstitute.org/about/events/
I study mass killing, which includes genocides. @alexhinton.bsky.social @jleadermaynard.bsky.social @uungor.bsky.social @vukusiciva.bsky.social and @lucyjgaynor.bsky.social are on here and should fit as well.
Delighted to announce that my new article, 'The Logic of Idealization in Political Theory' has been published in the American Journal of Political Science!
The article is open access! So anyone can read it for free here:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Delighted to announce the publication of a new article, that I have co-authored with Nenad Tomasev and Iason Gabriel, on ‘Manifestations of Xenophobia in AI Systems’, out now (free to access) in AI & Society!
Please check it out here:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Thrilled, and honoured, by this hugely generous review of my book, Ideology and Mass Killing, by the great Professor Alex J Bellamy - one of world's foremost scholars of atrocities and humanitarianism.
t.co/FdD2JE3gL1
Two great new job openings at Canada's Cascade Institute (where I sit on the scientific advisory board) in British Columbia: an Energy Systems Transformation Research Lead and Fellow.
Do check them out:
cascadeinstitute.org/est-team-lead/
cascadeinstitute.org/est-fellow/
A great new job in my department at King's College London! It's an amazing department and terrific political theory group. Check it out!
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Ok, I need someone to explain this Tradle bombshell to me…
Great new job opportunity to work in the UK Parliament as a committee specialist on home affairs and justice - posting for anyone who might be interested:
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New post: to what extent do people in Gaza support Hamas? In which I look at some survey data: https://open.substack.com/pub/alexandreafonso/p/5-to-what-extent-do-gazans-support?r=ercs8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Getting this kind of deep intellectual engagement is the best thing about writing a book. I'm so grateful, and I look forward to engaging with Rejali - and any of you who are interested - in the future!
DM me if any of you would like more information about the book, or the Qs raised in the review.
Professor Rejali's work on torture is also brilliant and you should all check it out, especially his masterwork 'Torture and Democracy'. His review also raises some good questions about my argument about ideology's role in mass killing (though I think I have some good answers!).
It is really moving, for a start, to be discussed alongside Fujii - who for those unfamiliar was an pre-eminent political scientist taken from us far too early in 2018. I cannot recommend her work enough.
I'm honoured to see this detailed and thoughtful review of my book, 'Ideology and Mass Killing', alongside the late great Lee Ann Fujii's amazing book 'Showtime: The Logic and Power of Violent Display', by the foremost scholar of Torture, Darius Rejali.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Have you never used any paper, cardboard, rubber, cork, gum or maple syrup in your life then?
In particular, the report claims that the main obstacle mentioned in most analysis I have seen - that countermeasures must be reversible - is not in fact an obstacle to transferring sovereign assets (on a couple of lines of argument).
