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- Reposted by Liv Uni PoliticsJOB! A joint opportunity with the Dept and Politics and Institute of Irish Studies for a G8 Lecturership in Politics and Public Administration! Interested or know someone who may be? If so, here are the details! Deadline is 10 Feb. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQH962/l...
- Reposted by Liv Uni PoliticsJoe Sheldon, from the Faculty's Sociology, Social Policy, and Criminology Dept, looks at #HeatedRivalry in the context of a sporting culture that still sidelines queer men.
- Reposted by Liv Uni PoliticsHere's my analysis of the ongoing Andy Burnham Labour Leadership saga for @theconversation.com With stalking horses, Michael Heseltine, and a reminder that the original King in the North never got to sit on the throne either... theconversation.com/andy-burnham...
- Reposted by Liv Uni PoliticsAnd here we are, a beginner's guide to getting to know colleagues from across the Humanities & Social Sciences (and beyond) at the University of Liverpool. We'll be adding to this as things develop... go.bsky.app/5NUwui2 #StarterPack #AcademicSkyat://did:plc:pewsnilke5zzhesmxkr45j4l/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3laqloso6s62v
- Reposted by Liv Uni PoliticsTaken the morning of my viva... 15 years ago! Where did that time go?!
- Reposted by Liv Uni PoliticsFor anyone in Merseyside, registration is now open for our first Anticolonial Education Working Group (AEWG) event of 2026: The University Belongs to Us: A Forum re-imagining Higher Education February 22nd, 2026, 12:00 to 15:00 Location: Tiber Football Centre www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-univer...
- Led by @drdavidjeffery.bsky.social, we are hosting 'How to Become a Political Journalist', an event which allows you to grill an expert panel about pursuing a career in journalism.📰🗣️The panel will be followed by a networking and drinks reception, providing a chance to chat with our amazing speakers!
- Our speakers are: Aubrey Allegretti – Chief Political Correspondent, The Times. @thetimes.com Claire Hamilton – Political Reporter, BBC Merseyside. @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social Abi Whistance – Editor & Reporter, Liverpool Post. @liverpoolpost.bsky.social
- Event Details When: 3pm, Friday 13th February Where: Rendall Lecture Theatre 7 How to Join: To secure your spot, please register here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/booking/t-nj...
- Reposted by Liv Uni PoliticsGreetings! My first book chapter is out with @academic.oup.com in Knowledge and Expertise in International Politics: A Handbook! It features poetry from the inspiring Dean Atta and centers Black feminist scholarship. Congratulations to the editors, my former colleagues at @interpolaber.bsky.social
- Reposted by Liv Uni PoliticsGet your submissions in 👇
- Come join us 15-16 June 2026 in London! The CfP for our 4th Annual Conference, co-organized with @qmul-sse-cgd.bsky.social, is open until 1 Feb! We invite scholars of authoritarianism at all career stages to apply here: forms.gle/5eQ1NHMtK5GS... For more information: tinyurl.com/2ap6attd
- Reposted by Liv Uni PoliticsAs Reform’s councillor base grows, I’m resharing our study on how party policy positions differ across England. 'How England’s new Reform councillors compare in their views to other parties' in @uk.theconversation.com theconversation.com/how-englands...
- Congratulations to our Senior Lecturer in Politics Obert Hodzi, and co-author @ssregilme.bsky.social. Their book illustrates how aid functions as a strategic tool embedded in broader power struggles. It is now available via @manchesterup.bsky.social : manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526183194/
- Reposted by Liv Uni PoliticsSalvador Santino Regilme and Obert Hodzi, United States and Chinese Foreign Assistance and Diplomacy: Aid for Dominance – @manchesterup.bsky.social, January 2026 manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526183194/
- Reposted by Liv Uni PoliticsExcited to be returning to Birmingham as a plenary speaker alongside the brilliant @aparasram.bsky.social of @dalhistory.bsky.social ! This will be my first time at @astonuniversity.bsky.social ! Looking forward to it!
- Reposted by Liv Uni PoliticsWrote a piece with @davideschmid.bsky.social on the “new” Guest Worker schemes in Europe and how they borrow from practices of the past!
- This deadline is fast approaching for all interested candidates 📖
- The Department of Politics at the @liverpooluni.bsky.social 💼📚🎓invites applications to the Politics Pathway of the North West Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership (NWSSDTP): The deadline for the NWSSDTP funding application is 2nd February 2026 for the October 2026 programme start.
- Reposted by Liv Uni PoliticsAvailable on Open Access from MUP.
- This award was for their book ‘The Politics of Unbelonging: understanding and challenging racialisation of Roma in Europe and beyond’: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526183545/ @manchester.ac.uk
- Happy Christmas 🎄 and Holidays ☃️ from all of us in the University of Liverpool Politics Department!
- Congratulations to our very own Professor Andrew Russell and his co-author, Professor Andreja Zevnik, for receiving the Award for the Best Scientific Work in the Field of Political Science for their book from Dr Marko Hočevar on behalf of the Slovenian Political Science Association🗣️📚📖
- This award was for their book ‘The Politics of Unbelonging: understanding and challenging racialisation of Roma in Europe and beyond’: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526183545/ @manchester.ac.uk
- Thank you to everyone who came round to our 'End of Term Party'!📚📰🥳 It was a fun event built on lively discussion, informative presentations, and a great Q&A! Many thanks to our lecturers Eugenia, Chelsea, and Neil for reviewing the news for us!
- Release Peace: The Magazine 📚: In the latest article, Politics student Tom Bouvet examines insecurity and childhood in Haiti: Kidnapped, Raped, and Killed: A Childhood in Haiti: releasepeace.org/kidnapped-ra...
- Release Peace: The Magazine 📚: This past week, the long-awaited report of police misconduct in the Hillsborough disaster was published. Read Politics student Charlie Walker’s analysis of institutional denial of Hillsborough: releasepeace.org/from-orgreav...
- This project was generously supported by the @liverpooluni.bsky.social i Alumni and Friends Fund.
- This year, the Department of Politics teamed up with Release Peace to allow our students to professionally publish their research into conflict and current affairs in the Release Peace magazine! This week, we will be highlighting their brilliant work!: releasepeace.org/release-peac...
- This year, the Department of Politics teamed up with Release Peace to allow our students to professionally publish their research into conflict and current affairs in the Release Peace magazine! This week, we will be highlighting their brilliant work!: releasepeace.org/release-peac...
- Yesterday,we welcomed Dr Jelena Obradovic-Wochnik from who presented on the topic of 'Border deaths in the wake of genocide' as the latest guest of our Departmental Research Seminar series.Her research focuses on investigating state-based violence, migration, and violence against displaced people.
- Obradović-Wochnik is a Reader in Politics and International Relations and a co-Director of the Center for Migration and Forced Displacement. She has also worked on a collaborative investigative journalism project, Europe’s Nameless Dead.
- Reposted by Liv Uni PoliticsLooking forward to participating in this great event. Thanks for having me.
- Reposted by Liv Uni PoliticsHeading to the The University of Leeds for the day as the lovely people of the political theory seminar series kindly invited me to speak. Looking forward to testing out some of the ideas from the book I have been working on for the last eight years and that I am now in the final stages of editing!
- Reposted by Liv Uni PoliticsFor those who don’t know, on November 3rd I gave my first conference/symposium keynote for @millennjournal.bsky.social at @lseir.bsky.social. My keynote was based on my 2022 reflection piece,‘Your Work is Not International Relations’.Thank you to everyone who attended and the editors for inviting me
- Reposted by Liv Uni PoliticsLovely to launch my book this evening at Queens Belfast @centreforgender.bsky.social thanks to everyone who came along and to @drdeiana.bsky.social @frecklescorp.bsky.social @mhairiclaire.bsky.social for organising and commentary 💚 @manchesterup.bsky.social @livunipol.bsky.social
- "What our students say: I didn't just study politics—I lived it." Read Class of 2024 Politics graduate Ben's story: www.liverpool.ac.uk/careers/stud...
- Reposted by Liv Uni PoliticsWe invite you to join us next Friday, 28th November, to celebrate the launch of Dr Claire Pierson's new book "Women's Troubles". Dr Claire Pierson (University of Liverpool) will be in conversation with Dr Emma Campbell (UU) and Mhairi Claire Lynch (QUB). www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/womens-tro...
- Come join us at our End of Year ‘Review the News’ night for informed fun and festivities!!! ❄️⛄️📚📑
- Yesterday was a very busy day for our department and knowledge production! Thank you to everyone who attended the book launch for Dr @ndmlees.bsky.social and our offsite round table for the Dayton Peace Agreement which featured Dr @birtegippert.bsky.social at @ljmuofficial.bsky.social 📚👩⚖️⚖️
- Reposted by Liv Uni PoliticsLooking forward to this roundtable today @ljmuirp.bsky.social
- 📢 Roundtable: Dayton Peace Agreement – 30 Years On Join leading experts to discuss lessons learned since 1995. 🗓 19 Nov | 🕒 3–5 PM 📍 LJMU, John Foster Building, Room G.01, Liverpool 🔗 Register via eventbrite.com/e/dayton-peace… Speakers from Oxford, York, LSE & Liverpool Unis
- Reposted by Liv Uni PoliticsLaunch event for my new book 'The International Relations of the North-South Divide' today.
- Save the date 📅 We have an upcoming book launch by our very own @ndmlees.bsky.social on November 19th! 📚 Dr Nicholas Lees’ research examines the relationship between inequality, conflict, and democracy in world politics! We hope you can join us for what will be an exciting conversation.
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- New publication alert📚📰 Check out the latest article from our Lecturer in Political Theory Dr Andrew J. Routledge, in the journal of 'Ethics and Information Technology' @springernature.com link.springer.com/article/10.1...
- Reposted by Liv Uni PoliticsDr Amal Abu-Bakare @nawalabu72.bsky.social has recently contributed to an important report from the Independent Commission on Counter Terrorism. It found that Britain’s counter terrorism strategy is no longer keeping the country safe. Read about the report and Amal's input here ⤵️
- Reposted by Liv Uni PoliticsReally excited to be spending the day in the @liverpooluni.bsky.social VG&M with the exhibition “A Place Along the Way: Stories from the Island of Samos” as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science where we are also collecting your recipes as a response to the wonderful work of Project Armonia.
- Thank you to everyone who attended Dr Claire Pierson’s 📖 launch this afternoon and celebrated her long awaited text ‘Women’s Troubles: Gender and feminist politics in post-Agreement Northern Ireland’. It is now available with @manchesterup.bsky.social ! @clairepierson.bsky.social
- Dr Amal Abu-Bakare's work is just one example of many our Department's and @liverpooluni.bsky.social contributions to impact in the area of national politics. To learn more about the Independent Commission on UK Counterterrorism Law, Policy and Practice’: binghamcentre.biicl.org/independent-...
- Trying to do some good by challenging the racialisation in counterterrorism policy & law - it took 3 years but my research is out in the ‘Report of the Independent Commission on UK Counterterrorism Law, Policy and Practice’. Many thanks to Tufyal Choudhury and the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law.
- The Department of Politics at the @liverpooluni.bsky.social 💼📚🎓invites applications to the Politics Pathway of the North West Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership (NWSSDTP): The deadline for the NWSSDTP funding application is 2nd February 2026 for the October 2026 programme start.
- Reposted by Liv Uni PoliticsVery enjoyable seminar this morning on #rhetoric in #BritishPolitics! Using ancient methods outlined by Aristotle, we discussed the extent to which they represent a valuable framework for modern politicians & their relationship with the media/voters. Great group of students with excellent questions!
- Reposted by Liv Uni PoliticsNew article out in @uk.theconversation.com! What are the big divides among GB councillors? How England’s new Reform councillors compare in their views to other parties theconversation.com/how-englands...
- Reposted by Liv Uni PoliticsIt's a pleasure to be at the University of Tours for a conference on the future of the Conservative Party, in memory of our colleague Agnés Alexandre-Collier. The @psaconservatism.bsky.social specialist group is also sponsoring a roundtable on the future of British conservatism.
- We will host @clairepierson.bsky.social's 📘 launch this Wednesday (12 November) 3:30-5pm The launch will take place in 126 Mount Pleasant Room 113. Join Pierson and Professor Liz Evans (University of Southampton) for a conversation on contemporary feminist and gender politics:
- Check out the latest work from our senior lecturer, Dr Birte Gippert published in @iajournal.bsky.social 📚
- ⚡️Delighted to see my new article out in International Affairs! doi.org/10.1093/ia/i...
- Reposted by Liv Uni PoliticsIf you're interested in me supervising your project, my specialisms are in ancient and modern rhetoric/oratory, Parliamentary voting behaviour, UK party politics, leadership, and ideologies.
- Reposted by Liv Uni PoliticsFantastic weekend taking about abortion, creative methods and making our own embroideries and prints. First time I've been drawn on a panel!
- Reposted by Liv Uni PoliticsCBRL invites applications for Workshop Grants! 📑 🔹 Deadline: Friday - 16 Jan 2026 For more details and to apply: www.cbrl.ac.uk/news/cbrl-wo...
- Reposted by Liv Uni PoliticsWill be heading to London tomorrow to be present for the Launch of the Independent Commission on UK Counter-Terrorism Law, Policy and Practice Report. My submission for this focused on understanding how race and processes of racialisation shape and inform counter-terrorism law, policy,and practice.
- Reposted by Liv Uni PoliticsAt @livunipol.bsky.social we are recruiting for an ESRC PhD studentship. Get in touch with me if you are interested in IPE and/or Middle East politics. Any other theme, check out my colleagues' work. More info... www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPH631/e...
- Reposted by Liv Uni PoliticsThis weekend is the LAST WEEKEND for #BISA2026 conference submissions! 🚨 Is International Studies ready for what comes next? New thinking, new directions 🎉 Make sure to submit your papers now 👉 conference.bisa.ac.uk/call-papers-0 VisitBrighton Simon Rushton @julietdryden.bsky.social
- Reposted by Liv Uni PoliticsIt was a real pleasure to be in your company again @zdgreene.bsky.social in @livunipol.bsky.social and learn more about the fantastic @parliview.bsky.social and what students can and cannot do with AI. Keep us posted!
- Save the date 📅 We have an upcoming book launch by our very own @ndmlees.bsky.social on November 19th! 📚 Dr Nicholas Lees’ research examines the relationship between inequality, conflict, and democracy in world politics! We hope you can join us for what will be an exciting conversation.
- Reposted by Liv Uni PoliticsI am really honoured to share that I will be a keynote at this year’s Millennium: Journal of International Studies symposium. I’ll be focusing my talk on my 2022 piece ‘Your Work Is Not International Relations’. Thank you very much to the editorial team! : millenniumjournal.org/call-for-abs...
- Reposted by Liv Uni PoliticsNew article where I examine Gulf deposits to other Arab states' central banks as monetary statecraft in the service of counter-revolution @ripejournal.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by Liv Uni PoliticsDelighted to contribute a chapter on Theresa May & her leadership of the #Conservatives for the new second edition of 'British Conservative Leaders' (eds. Charles Clarke, Toby James, Tim Bale, & Patrick Diamond). @livunipol.bsky.social @timbale.bsky.social www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/britis...
- Reposted by Liv Uni PoliticsFrom an idea in the NWSSDTP Youth Risk Research Network @livunihss.bsky.social , to fully fledged special issue: 📢'Race Class & Weaponisation of Child Safety' Thanks to amazing co-editor @lauriewroe.bsky.social & our contributors bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal... #race #class
- Reposted by Liv Uni PoliticsHow do feminist movements develop and organise in ethno-nationally divided societies? How does this challenge our understandings of fourth wave feminism? 🎧 Claire Pierson discusses feminism, Northern Ireland, and her book Women's Troubles with @NewBooksNetwork👇
- Reposted by Liv Uni PoliticsReally excited to be involved in a pop up exhibition Migration, Refuge & Solidarity‘ on 7th & 8th Nov at @victoriagallery.bsky.social. I will be sharing audio-visual exhibition ‘A Place Along the Way: Stories from the Island of Samos’ as a part of it. vgm.liverpool.ac.uk/whats-on/exh...
- Congratulations to Dr Sarah Elmammeri, our former PhD candidate and the winner of the Manchester Jean Monnet Centre of ExcellenceDoctoral Thesis Prize.Her lecture titled ‘Between Layers of Borders: Reflecting on EU Policies and Asylum Seekers’ reflects the very best of our PhD student scholarship.
- Reposted by Liv Uni PoliticsSpoke about Malcolm X and his legacy with some brilliant panellists yesterday at the 2025 Birmingham Literature Festival. Thank you to the Writers Mosaic team for having me ! @royalliteraryfund.bsky.social @writersmosaic.bsky.social #birminghamlit2025
- Reposted by Liv Uni PoliticsBook launches! 🚨Women's Troubles will be launched in Liverpool on 12th November in conversation with Prof Liz Evans, and Belfast @centreforgender.bsky.social on 28th November (details to follow). Liverpool launch: www.ticketsource.co.uk/claire-piers... @livunihss.bsky.social @livunipol.bsky.social
- She lives! My book published by @manchesterup.bsky.social ‘Women’s Troubles: Gender and Feminist Politics in Northern Ireland.’ Cover image kindly provided by @frecklescorp.bsky.social of her work ‘The Slapper’ www.emmacampbell.co.uk/emma-campbell @livunipol.bsky.social @livunihss.bsky.social
- Reposted by Liv Uni PoliticsICYMI: Read all about the launch event for the new @liverpooluni.bsky.social MA in Public Administration and Policy, chaired by our co-director Prof. Catherine Durose news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/10/14/e... @livuninews.bsky.social @livunipol.bsky.social @livunihss.bsky.social
- Reposted by Liv Uni PoliticsPleased to share our new article in which we critically engage with the role that the “categories of migration” play in determining who does and does not “belong” in Europe and how they are changing.
- #OpenAccess from the Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics - Who is Disposable? The Making and Re-Making of the “Bad” Migrant at Europe’s Borders - cup.org/473YrJ8 - @gemmabird.bsky.social & @davideschmid.bsky.social #FirstView #JREP10
- Reposted by Liv Uni PoliticsFor anyone in the Liverpool area, we are hosting a conversation and hands-on workshop on abortion rights and creative methods as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science - come join us! Sign up here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/claire-piers... @livunihss.bsky.social @livunipol.bsky.social
- Reposted by Liv Uni PoliticsThe @livunihss.bsky.social AHRC-funded ‘Crafting Care’ Doctoral Focal College is accepting applications for 2026. EOI due by 1st Dec. I am keen to supervise a project on the politics of abortion care. Get in touch with your project idea! www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-a... @livunipol.bsky.social
- Today, we are launching our MA in Public Administration and Policy. It is our newest programme and seeks to equip @liverpooluni.bsky.social students with advanced theoretical, methodological and practical tools to research public administration and policy. 👨⚖️📚🇬🇧🏥
- Reposted by Liv Uni PoliticsEven the demonstrators haven’t turned up #CPC25
- Reposted by Liv Uni PoliticsHere is the full cast of contributors: Amy A. Quark & Elizabeth Jacobs, @ttieku.bsky.social & Amanda Coffie, Bahar Rumelili, Jozon A. Lorenzana, Silvia C. Ruiz-Rodríguez & @alicevadrot.bsky.social, Victória M. S. Santos & Ned Littlefield, @hansenmagnusson.bsky.social & @charlygehrke.bsky.social!
- Reposted by Liv Uni PoliticsAn upcoming event for all HLC staff and GTAs looking at the use of AI in Higher Education. Register your interest here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/andrewroecri... @livunihss.bsky.social @livunipol.bsky.social
- Reposted by Liv Uni PoliticsCongratulations to all @livunipol.bsky.social postgraduate students submitting your thesis! It's a great moment and one which opens doors to many more opportunities which we can help with. Keep in touch after graduation - see you then!
- Reposted by Liv Uni PoliticsIm in an IR textbook as a reference in world politics! Check out : ‘Thinking World Politics Otherwise: A Diverse Introduction to International Relations’ from Oxford University Press 📚 Thank you to the amazing editors for highlighting my work! @livunipol.bsky.social @livunihss.bsky.social
