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8-11 Abercromby Square
https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/politics/
https://bsky.app/starter-pack-short/NeEuwAr
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Book launch with Professor Erika Harris
The Dilemma of Nationalism in Central and Eastern Europe
www.eventbrite.co.uk
The Department of Politics and Europe in the World Centre📚🇪🇺🗣️ invites you to join us to celebrate the launch of Professor Harris’ newest book, The Dilemma of Nationalism in Central and Eastern Europe: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
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Very much looking forward to delivering my CIE-commended module #POLI252 International Political Communication! The module draws from a range of ancient and classical rhetorical concepts to analyse comparative political discourse. Will be great!
August 29, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Very much looking forward to delivering my CIE-commended module #POLI252 International Political Communication! The module draws from a range of ancient and classical rhetorical concepts to analyse comparative political discourse. Will be great!
Upcoming event 📚📰🚨 Register below:
As part of our University of Sanctuary work we are very excited to welcome award winning journalist @sallyhayd.bsky.social to the @liverpooluni.bsky.social to discuss her new book This is Also a Love Story: Searching for Good in a Divided World with Dr Seán Columb www.liverpool.ac.uk/events/event...
In conversation with award-winning international correspondent, Sally Hayden
Doors: 5.45pm
Event: 6.00pm
Drinks Reception: 7.15pm-8.00pm
This is a free event with limited capacity; early booking is advised.
Hosted by Dr Seán Columb from School of Law and Social Justice, a...
www.liverpool.ac.uk
September 5, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Upcoming event 📚📰🚨 Register below:
The Department of Politics and Europe in the World Centre📚🇪🇺🗣️ invites you to join us to celebrate the launch of Professor Harris’ newest book, The Dilemma of Nationalism in Central and Eastern Europe: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
Book launch with Professor Erika Harris
The Dilemma of Nationalism in Central and Eastern Europe
www.eventbrite.co.uk
September 2, 2026 at 2:07 PM
The Department of Politics and Europe in the World Centre📚🇪🇺🗣️ invites you to join us to celebrate the launch of Professor Harris’ newest book, The Dilemma of Nationalism in Central and Eastern Europe: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
New publication alert 🚨 📚📰 see Professor Raul Gomez’s latest co-authored article titled “Threat perception and partisan animosity: Evidence from Argentina and Brazil” 🇧🇷 🇦🇷
🚨🎉Delighted that this paper with my amazing colleagues Raul Gomez @livunipol.bsky.social and Luis Ramiro @uneduniv.bsky.social on threat perceptions and party animosity in Argentina and Brazil is now published at @ejprjournal.bsky.social
#polisci #polarization
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#polisci #polarization
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August 21, 2026 at 12:20 AM
New publication alert 🚨 📚📰 see Professor Raul Gomez’s latest co-authored article titled “Threat perception and partisan animosity: Evidence from Argentina and Brazil” 🇧🇷 🇦🇷
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A short think-piece from @livunipol.bsky.social's own undergraduate student, Theo Marks Wrigley concerning Nigel Farage and the #Clacton by-election! It discusses his decision to resign, and the extent to which events played out in his favour. www.liverpoolguildstudentmedia.co.uk/2026/08/05/f...
Farage and Fury - Liverpool Guild Student Media
Much of what makes British party politics so great to follow is that it’s like a soap opera. We like to follow the characters and their individualities. We cheer or boo them, depending on whether we s...
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August 6, 2026 at 1:42 PM
A short think-piece from @livunipol.bsky.social's own undergraduate student, Theo Marks Wrigley concerning Nigel Farage and the #Clacton by-election! It discusses his decision to resign, and the extent to which events played out in his favour. www.liverpoolguildstudentmedia.co.uk/2026/08/05/f...
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Prof @alexbalch.bsky.social from @livunipol.bsky.social is amongst the experts exploring the real statistics and language around small boat crossings into the UK, as well as what needs to change for immigration policies to succeed.
Should Andy Burnham be ‘relentless’ on small boat crossings? Experts react
Pressure is mounting on Andy Burnham to address small boat crossings into the UK.
theconversation.com
August 10, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Prof @alexbalch.bsky.social from @livunipol.bsky.social is amongst the experts exploring the real statistics and language around small boat crossings into the UK, as well as what needs to change for immigration policies to succeed.
A new publication alert 📰🚨📚 for our very own @andrewcrines.bsky.social in the @theconversation.com. Check out his commentary on the rhetoric of our new Prime Minister here: theconversation.com/no-lectern-a...
No lectern and the promise of a ‘new model’ – what we can learn from Andy Burnham’s speech
With his first speech, the new prime minister tried to lay down a marker as a different kind of leader.
theconversation.com
July 27, 2026 at 8:56 AM
A new publication alert 📰🚨📚 for our very own @andrewcrines.bsky.social in the @theconversation.com. Check out his commentary on the rhetoric of our new Prime Minister here: theconversation.com/no-lectern-a...
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If you get the chance, go and see "My father and Qaddafi". A story that is personal and political and very well told! Thanks to @lpoolarabartsfest.bsky.social for showing it to Liverpool & to colleagues @liverpooluni.bsky.social for the conversation with the director. www.myfatherandqaddafi.com
My Father and Qaddafi
A daughter unravels the disappearance of her father, the peaceful opposition leader to Qaddafi, and pieces together her mother’s 19-year search to find him. Without any memory of her father, she tries...
www.myfatherandqaddafi.com
July 22, 2026 at 11:57 AM
If you get the chance, go and see "My father and Qaddafi". A story that is personal and political and very well told! Thanks to @lpoolarabartsfest.bsky.social for showing it to Liverpool & to colleagues @liverpooluni.bsky.social for the conversation with the director. www.myfatherandqaddafi.com
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NEW: In our latest policy briefing, @dph-mashton.bsky.social John Ashton and Craig Hamilton look back at 40 years of WHO Healthy Cities work in Liverpool, and consider what this can teach us about successful long-term, place-based leadership.
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July 24, 2026 at 8:52 AM
NEW: In our latest policy briefing, @dph-mashton.bsky.social John Ashton and Craig Hamilton look back at 40 years of WHO Healthy Cities work in Liverpool, and consider what this can teach us about successful long-term, place-based leadership.
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I had a wonderful time at the 2026 'Race' And Socially Engaged Research Conference held by @arwg-york.bsky.social . I had the pleasure of speaking on themes of resistance, global solidarity, and what it means to imagine otherwise as part of a great roundtable of academics working in Higher Education
July 7, 2026 at 8:52 PM
I had a wonderful time at the 2026 'Race' And Socially Engaged Research Conference held by @arwg-york.bsky.social . I had the pleasure of speaking on themes of resistance, global solidarity, and what it means to imagine otherwise as part of a great roundtable of academics working in Higher Education
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Our Dr Sean Haughey was on BBC The View with @markcarruthers7.bsky.social last night, discussing, amongst other topics, constitutional reform for Stormont.
If you missed him, you can catch up at www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... (from ca 20 min onwards)
If you missed him, you can catch up at www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... (from ca 20 min onwards)
The View - 04/06/2026
Mark Carruthers and guests provide comment and expert analysis on political news.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 5, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Our Dr Sean Haughey was on BBC The View with @markcarruthers7.bsky.social last night, discussing, amongst other topics, constitutional reform for Stormont.
If you missed him, you can catch up at www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... (from ca 20 min onwards)
If you missed him, you can catch up at www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... (from ca 20 min onwards)
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🚨 Call for papers for the annual IPEG-BISA workshop 🚨
'Things fall apart? Towards an anticipatory international political economy in an age of global disorder' 🌍
Held on 15-16 October this year at The University of Manchesterr 💵
Submit before 15 August 👉 https://ow.ly/zftV50ZmQWx
'Things fall apart? Towards an anticipatory international political economy in an age of global disorder' 🌍
Held on 15-16 October this year at The University of Manchesterr 💵
Submit before 15 August 👉 https://ow.ly/zftV50ZmQWx
July 14, 2026 at 8:00 AM
🚨 Call for papers for the annual IPEG-BISA workshop 🚨
'Things fall apart? Towards an anticipatory international political economy in an age of global disorder' 🌍
Held on 15-16 October this year at The University of Manchesterr 💵
Submit before 15 August 👉 https://ow.ly/zftV50ZmQWx
'Things fall apart? Towards an anticipatory international political economy in an age of global disorder' 🌍
Held on 15-16 October this year at The University of Manchesterr 💵
Submit before 15 August 👉 https://ow.ly/zftV50ZmQWx
The #GraduateOutcomes survey is the UK’s biggest annual social survey. Recent @livuni graduates will be invited to join in 15 months after completing their studies. Find out more » www.graduateoutcomes.ac.uk
July 15, 2026 at 3:21 PM
The #GraduateOutcomes survey is the UK’s biggest annual social survey. Recent @livuni graduates will be invited to join in 15 months after completing their studies. Find out more » www.graduateoutcomes.ac.uk
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Graduation 2026! Great seeing all the @livunipol.bsky.social undergraduate and postgraduate students graduating with richly deserved awards. Well done all!
July 15, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Graduation 2026! Great seeing all the @livunipol.bsky.social undergraduate and postgraduate students graduating with richly deserved awards. Well done all!
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Interested parties are invited to this 'Rethinking the Right to the University: A Course Design Workshop' on 25 June, exploring how universities can contribute to socially just cities and develop courses that generate mutual benefits for surrounding inner-city communities.
@nawalabu72.bsky.social
@nawalabu72.bsky.social
Rethinking the Right to the University: A Course Design Workshop
A third Anticolonial Education Working Group event and workshop
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June 12, 2026 at 7:51 AM
Interested parties are invited to this 'Rethinking the Right to the University: A Course Design Workshop' on 25 June, exploring how universities can contribute to socially just cities and develop courses that generate mutual benefits for surrounding inner-city communities.
@nawalabu72.bsky.social
@nawalabu72.bsky.social
🚨 Our Department of Politics at the University of Liverpool is currently looking to appoint up to 7(!) new colleagues.
This includes 2 permanent T&R positions:
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And up to 5 fixed-term T&S positions:
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The deadline for applications to both tracks is 28 June!
This includes 2 permanent T&R positions:
lnkd.in/eVabnhrP
And up to 5 fixed-term T&S positions:
lnkd.in/eyYX9tN5
The deadline for applications to both tracks is 28 June!
June 12, 2026 at 1:35 PM
🚨 Our Department of Politics at the University of Liverpool is currently looking to appoint up to 7(!) new colleagues.
This includes 2 permanent T&R positions:
lnkd.in/eVabnhrP
And up to 5 fixed-term T&S positions:
lnkd.in/eyYX9tN5
The deadline for applications to both tracks is 28 June!
This includes 2 permanent T&R positions:
lnkd.in/eVabnhrP
And up to 5 fixed-term T&S positions:
lnkd.in/eyYX9tN5
The deadline for applications to both tracks is 28 June!
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It was a pleasure to host @proftaylor.bsky.social at @livunihss.bsky.social and bring our research projects in conversation as part of the 'Transgressive border dialogue' series. We really enjoyed the dialogic format. Thank you Stefania Tufi, Anna Saunders & @gemmabird.bsky.social for organising it!
June 9, 2026 at 9:18 AM
It was a pleasure to host @proftaylor.bsky.social at @livunihss.bsky.social and bring our research projects in conversation as part of the 'Transgressive border dialogue' series. We really enjoyed the dialogic format. Thank you Stefania Tufi, Anna Saunders & @gemmabird.bsky.social for organising it!
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JOB! We're looking to recruit a #Research Associate (G7) for the Heseltine Institute at the University of Liverpool! Spread the word! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRT154/r... @livunipol.bsky.social #Academia #AcademicRole @livuniheseltine.bsky.social
June 9, 2026 at 6:26 PM
JOB! We're looking to recruit a #Research Associate (G7) for the Heseltine Institute at the University of Liverpool! Spread the word! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRT154/r... @livunipol.bsky.social #Academia #AcademicRole @livuniheseltine.bsky.social
Reminder that this is on tomorrow:
Join this online Zoom Book 📚💻 event featuring our very own Dr Obert Hodzi ( @oberthom.bsky.social) alongside his co-author Dr Salvador Santino Regilme (@ssregilme.bsky.social) this upcoming Tuesday! @livuniresearch.bsky.social
@livunihss.bsky.social
@livunihss.bsky.social
June 1, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Reminder that this is on tomorrow:
Join this online Zoom Book 📚💻 event featuring our very own Dr Obert Hodzi ( @oberthom.bsky.social) alongside his co-author Dr Salvador Santino Regilme (@ssregilme.bsky.social) this upcoming Tuesday! @livuniresearch.bsky.social
@livunihss.bsky.social
@livunihss.bsky.social
May 22, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Join this online Zoom Book 📚💻 event featuring our very own Dr Obert Hodzi ( @oberthom.bsky.social) alongside his co-author Dr Salvador Santino Regilme (@ssregilme.bsky.social) this upcoming Tuesday! @livuniresearch.bsky.social
@livunihss.bsky.social
@livunihss.bsky.social
Liverpool is inviting expressions of interest for British Academy post-doc applications. If you are interested in international political economy & the Middle East, feel free to get in touch with me to see whether @livunipol.bsky.social could host your project www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-a...
British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship | Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences | University of Liverpool
British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship application support.
www.liverpool.ac.uk
May 21, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Liverpool is inviting expressions of interest for British Academy post-doc applications. If you are interested in international political economy & the Middle East, feel free to get in touch with me to see whether @livunipol.bsky.social could host your project www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-a...
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Great speaking to Time Magazine about Andy Burnham and UK Labour recently! time.com/article/2026... @livunipol.bsky.social
Could 'King of the North' Andy Burnham Replace Starmer as Prime Minister? What to Know
Burnham's path back to Westminster could prove
time.com
May 18, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Great speaking to Time Magazine about Andy Burnham and UK Labour recently! time.com/article/2026... @livunipol.bsky.social
New research alert 🚨📚❗: Dr Amal Abu-Bakare has co-authored/edited an article and special issue with the @universitypress.cambridge.org Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics. This special issue also features the research of lecturers Dr Gemma Bird and Professor Andrew Russell
This special issue article is the outcome of a workshop funded by the International Studies Association, held on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, and co-led by Anna M. Agathangelou, Christian Kaunert, and myself at the ISA 2023 pre-Annual Convention in Montréal, Quebec: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Who Is the EU for? Race, Europe, and the Global Order | Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics | Cambridge Core
Who Is the EU for? Race, Europe, and the Global Order
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May 14, 2026 at 2:36 PM
New research alert 🚨📚❗: Dr Amal Abu-Bakare has co-authored/edited an article and special issue with the @universitypress.cambridge.org Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics. This special issue also features the research of lecturers Dr Gemma Bird and Professor Andrew Russell
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In a very timely piece of research, Dr Felix Wiebrecht from @livunipol.bsky.social has contributed to a major new international policy brief series examining the global rise of authoritarianism and its implications for democracy.
Politics researcher collaborates on new policy briefs exploring authoritarianism - University of Liverpool News
Politics researcher collaborates on new policy briefs exploring authoritarianism
news.liverpool.ac.uk
May 14, 2026 at 12:51 PM
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Great to have contributed a few thoughts to the Romanian news service about where we are in British Politics! www.g4media.ro/cutremurul-p...
Cutremurul politic din Marea Britanie, explicat de analiști pentru G4Media
Cutremurul politic din Marea Britanie, explicat de analiști pentru G4Media: Victoria Reform UK marchează apusul erei bipartide.
www.g4media.ro
May 13, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Great to have contributed a few thoughts to the Romanian news service about where we are in British Politics! www.g4media.ro/cutremurul-p...