Jan Eijking
International Relations Theory & History. Postdoc at University of Antwerp, formerly University of Oxford.
"The Technocratic International" (OUP) out in spring 2026
"Experts in a Turbulent World" (ed) (OUP) out in summer 2026
www.janeijking.com
- "The new Dutch gov't’s program splurges on the military while cutting the welfare state. With most NATO members committing to similarly high defense spending, working-class Europeans are forced to pay the costs." Ewald Engelen in @jacobinmag.bsky.social:
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- Reposted by Jan EijkingThe university funding crisis finally starting to make it into newspaper editorials www.ft.com/content/82f5...
- Reposted by Jan Eijking🚨 The political economy of finance summer school is back, 3rd year running! Better still: We're bringing it to London via @lse-ei.bsky.social. 𝐓𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜: Finance & democracy 𝙳̲̲𝚊̲̲𝚝̲̲𝚎̲: 4-5 June 2026 𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦: March 1. Link below. We've got brilliant instructors as usual. Please spread the word!
- Reposted by Jan EijkingNEW BOOK! I'm very happy to say that my new book, Utopia, co-written with Douglas Mao, has been published on-line academic.oup.com/book/62279
- Reposted by Jan EijkingBij extreme winstmarges denk je waarschijnlijk niet aan wetenschappelijke uitgevers. Toch slaan wetenschappers alarm: de tarieven voor ‘open’ publicaties rijzen de pan uit en staan niet in verhouding tot de werkelijke kosten. Publiek onderzoeksgeld verdwijnt zo rechtstreeks naar aandeelhouders.
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- Goed stuk @ftm.nl over de Open Access scam: "nu lezers gratis toegang hebben, betalen universiteiten wereldwijd de prijs. ... Die bedragen kunnen ten koste gaan van onderzoeksbudgetten en maken het moeilijker voor universiteiten met kleine budgetten om in bekende tijdschriften te publiceren." 👇
- Reposted by Jan Eijking1. In 2009 I wrote this. I argued that Peter Mandelson's department “functions as a fifth column within government, working for corporations to undermine democracy and the public interest.” This thread explains what I saw, and reaches a startling conclusion.🧵 www.monbiot.com/2009/05/04/m...
- Reposted by Jan EijkingI wrote about Plato, Huxley, and Dewey— thepointmag.com/examined-lif...
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- Now with a cover! 😎 "Experts in a Turbulent World" @academic.oup.com – out soon! 👇 global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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- Reposted by Jan EijkingJetten 1 geeft tussen 2026 en 2030 ruim 44 miljard uit aan de hypotheekrenteaftrek, en slechts 1 miljard aan betaalbare woningen. Een van de grootste crises in NL wordt zo opnieuw vooruitgeschoven. “Bouwen aan een beter Nederland” geldt blijkbaar niet voor wie geen betaalbare woning kan vinden.
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- Reposted by Jan EijkingThis week for @the-breakdown.bsky.social I spoke to the excellent @annpettifor.bsky.social about finance and the climate crisis—we covered everything from bond vigilantes to Keynes's legacy and bringing back usury as a sin 😉 Give it a listen below: www.youtube.com/watch?v=psMM...
- Reposted by Jan Eijking"Keynes was very clear: that's the great sin of usury . And i want that sin of usury to come back again." Political economist Ann Pettifor on the power of finance and how Wall Street gambles with people and the planet www.break-down.org/how-wall-st-...
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- This CfP for a conference at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social organised by Erik de Lange looks great: "Trouble on the Line: The Materiality and Fragility of Global Communication Networks, 1851-1949" #HistIR royalhistsoc.org/calendar/tro...
- Reposted by Jan Eijking📢now forthcoming in ECMA! The Class Gap in Career Progression: Evidence from US Academia Class is rarely a focus of research or DEI in elite US occupations. Evidence suggests it should be: we find a large class gap in at least one occupation - tenure-track academia...🧵
- 🌐 How do Rapid Response Mechanisms at the UN affect the making & use of expertise? My new article @risjnl.bsky.social, part of a special issue by Annabelle Littoz-Monnet, @uribejuanita.bsky.social & Leandro Montes Ruiz on sources of expert authority beyond objectivity 👇 tinyurl.com/yzn422nn
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- 💬 Für das AufRuhr Magazin der @stiftungmercator.bsky.social habe ich mit Marija Golubeva – ehem. Innenministerin Lettlands und Hendrik Enderlein Fellow @hertieschool.bsky.social – über Russlands hybride Kriegsführung gesprochen 👇
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- Excellent new article on expertise in @risjnl.bsky.social - by Ole Jacob Sending and Paul Beaumont 👇 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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- This new article @risjnl.bsky.social by Alice Engelhard on the displacement of Chagos Islanders looks really interesting 👇 #HistIR www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
- Reposted by Jan EijkingAll countries on the Board of Peace are ruled by men and their median age is 66.
- 📚 Out with OUP this summer: "Experts in a Turbulent World" 📚 An edited volume that connects historical and contemporary perspectives on the role of experts in international organisations. 1/3 👇 #HistIR global.oup.com/academic/pro...
- Reposted by Jan EijkingJOBS Associate & Assistant Professorships in Public Policy, University of Cambridge www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/about-us/car...
- Reposted by Jan EijkingVested Interests by Emilie Connolly is now available worldwide! In this book, Connolly describes how a system of colonial trusteeship converted Native wealth into settler capital. Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... #History
- 🚨 The Changing Global Orders Oral History Collection is now live! 🚨 #HistIR @oxmartinschool.bsky.social 🌍 A while back, for the Global Shocks podcast I spoke to former officials of a range of international organisations: EU, IMF, OECD, WHO, UN peacekeeping, Greenpeace, the ICRC ... 1/4
- 🌍 The Oxford Martin Programme on Changing Global Orders is now making the full-length versions of these interviews available, including both audio and full transcripts. This is a free & open-access research and teaching resource. 👇 Please share widely! 2/4
- Reposted by Jan EijkingHappy to announce the 1st ever @isanet.bsky.social conference in South Asia in August 2026. Hosted in Colombo, Sri Lanka, we welcome proposals from scholars based in and/or studying South Asian politics & international relations, but also broader global themes ofc www.isanet.org/Conferences/...
- Metaphor party at Davos today: "Pandora's box" (Macron), "herbivore Europe" (De Wever), "Alibaba cave" (De Wever), "EU Inc" (Von der Leyen)
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- Reposted by Jan EijkingOne of the paradoxes of this innovation talk is that it's often an argument for inaction rather than action." Historian David Edgerton on what the history of technology can tell us about the climate crisis. Listen to the full episode 👇 www.break-down.org/technology-a...
- This will be excellent — “Partisan Virtue” by Geertje Bol @whpt.bsky.social 👇 global.oup.com/academic/pro...
- “Historical IR and the promise of renewed dialogue between IR and history” by Adam Lerner and Jarrod Hayes 👇 #HistIR journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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- This looks great 👇 #HistIR
- Pirate Imperialism is now officially published. Probably of interest to anyone who wants to understand, well, everything that is going on today. #bskyhistorians #skyhistorians Here: yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...
- New postdoctoral funding programme on "utopia" by @gerda-henkel-stiftung.de looks excellent: 👇 (Call in English: www.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de/en/prospect_...)
- Permanent job (teaching focus) in International Law and Politics at KCL #polisky #HistIR 👇 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQD066/l...
- Reposted by Jan EijkingNext Dutch gov (slogan: “positive energy”) will be “minority cabinet“ of D66, VVD, CDA. They’re confident that funds for, say, new defence spending goals can be obtained by slashing healthcare & social services. Presumably education too, though no mention of that. Austerity, but with good vibes!
