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LSE Blogs @lseblogs.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Almost a decade on from the UK’s EU referendum, has Britain finally moved on from #Brexit? @annemhoude.bsky.social and @louis-stockwell.bsky.social show that while Brexit has receded from the spotlight, it continues to haunt the political imagination of voters @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social.

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Has Britain moved on from Brexit? - EUROPP

New research shows that while Brexit has receded from the spotlight, it continues to haunt the political imagination of British voters.

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Marcus Nicolson @mnicolson.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

📣 Anyone working on creative methods in political research and attending @mybisa.bsky.social #BISA2026 next year? We are looking for another participant in our roundtable on zine-making and creative methods as part of @cawpbisa.bsky.social if it sounds like you - please get in touch ASAP!

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Nina C. Krickel-Choi @nckc.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

📢Call for Abstracts📢 Bianca Naude and I are looking to put together a panel on state personhood for #BISA2026! We are looking for new conceptualizations of state personhood, new critiques, as well as reflections on relevant post-2004 disciplinary and political developments!✨ @mybisa.bsky.social

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Marcus Nicolson @mnicolson.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Hi - I'm fundraising for Doctors Without Borders to provide clean water in Gaza where over 80% of water infrastructure has been destroyed. To learn more about the campaign please click here : www.justgiving.com/team/ultracy...

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Charlie Price @charlieprice.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Do you like ketchup? Not only are you wrong, but you may be a fascist. Not really, but in my 🍅New Publication🍅 "Ketchup Is the Whitest Sauce", in International Political Sociology, I argue that memes about ketchup showcase Neo-Nazi solidarity. academic.oup.com/ips/article/...

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Ketchup Is the Whitest Sauce: Memes as Silly/Serious Bordered Spaces in International Relations

Abstract. This paper draws on previous scholarship on humor, memes, and seriousness in International Relations to produce a novel means for understanding o

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Politics Journal @politicsjournal.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

1/3. We're thrilled to announce the publication of: “The Declining Kingdom? Emotional Ascription, Emotional Expectations, and Humour in the International Framing of the UK in Crisis” by Anne-Marie Houde @annemhoude.bsky.social @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com

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Anne-Marie Houde @annemhoude.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Massive thank you to the special issue's editors, the Politics team, and the reviewers for making the publication process so smooth. A special thank you also to @ngellwitzki.bsky.social and @benrosher.bsky.social for their feedback on an earlier draft of the paper.

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Anne-Marie Houde @annemhoude.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

These negative framings challenge the narrative of Global Britain, undermining national image, soft power, and status aspirations. However, the article also finds that such critiques are primarily directed at British politicians rather than the population or culture.

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Anne-Marie Houde @annemhoude.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

It introduces the concepts of emotional ascription and emotional expectations, and incorporates humour into the analysis. Drawing on international media, the article identifies two dominant portrayals: the UK as a pitied, “broken” country, and as a mocked “laughing stock.”

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Anne-Marie Houde @annemhoude.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Over the last few years, the UK has faced some crises, including Brexit, the COVID-19 pandemic, the death of Queen Elizabeth II, and a deepening cost-of-living crisis. This article examines how foreign media have portrayed the UK in relation to these events, with a focus on the politics of emotions.

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Anne-Marie Houde @annemhoude.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... My latest article, "The Declining Kingdom? Emotional Ascription, Emotional Expectations, and Humour in the International Framing of the UK in Crisis”, is now available in @politicsjournal.bsky.social as part of a special issue on Global Britain. 🇬🇧

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Anne-Marie Houde @annemhoude.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Find mine and @ngellwitzki.bsky.social’s new article on EU-UK relations and the emotional (de)politicisation of the Covid-19 vaccine in International Affairs' new issue 📄

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Anne-Marie Houde @annemhoude.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

It’s held in Newcastle, UK 😊

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Anne-Marie Houde @annemhoude.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Last day to send your paper proposal to our “Global Politics of Hope” workshop! @indrajitroy.bsky.social @mybisa.bsky.social @isanet.bsky.social

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Nicolai Gellwitzki @ngellwitzki.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Delighted to see this out! It was a real pleasure to co-author this piece with the brilliant @annemhoude.bsky.social on the emotional (de)politicisation of the ‘Oxford’ vaccine and its significance for EU–UK relations. It’s open access - do have a look! 🔗: academic.oup.com/ia/advance-a... 🧵👇

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EU–UK relations after Brexit: the emotional (de)politicization of the ‘Oxford’ COVID-19 vaccine

To what extent does the politics of emotions drive processes of (de)politicization? This article studies the case of the intense ‘vaccine war’ between the

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Anne-Marie Houde @annemhoude.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Thank you to the editors and reviewers, and to @louis-stockwell.bsky.social for his feedback on an early draft of the article!

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Anne-Marie Houde @annemhoude.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Our article shows how emotions drive (de)politicisation, shaping what is contested—and what is not. It contributes to debates on affect in IR, EU politicisation, and Brexit’s ongoing emotional resonance.

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Anne-Marie Houde @annemhoude.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Domestically, emotional appeals depoliticised the government’s vaccine response. Internationally, those same emotions politicised EU–UK relations. This dual process reveals the emotional architecture of post-Brexit legitimacy.

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Anne-Marie Houde @annemhoude.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

We call this Gefühlspolitik: policymaking through emotion. The British public was entitled to feel proud. The EU was obligated to feel ashamed. These emotional claims shaped how blame and credit were distributed.

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Anne-Marie Houde @annemhoude.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Meanwhile, EU concerns over safety were framed in British discourse as retribution, incompetence, or even spite. A vaccine war narrative emerged, casting Britain as heroic underdog.

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Anne-Marie Houde @annemhoude.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

We unpack how emotions shaped the politics of the COVID-19 vaccine post-Brexit. We show that the UK media and government framed the 'Oxford' vaccine as proof that Brexit was right; a moment of national pride and vindication.

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Anne-Marie Houde @annemhoude.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

🚨New Publication🚨I'm thrilled to share my latest article on the emotional (de)politicisation of the ‘Oxford’ COVID-19 vaccine and its impact on EU-UK relations, now available on @iajournal.bsky.social's website. 🇬🇧🇪🇺 As always, it has been a joy to work with @ngellwitzki.bsky.social on this project.

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Dr Simona Guerra @drspguerra.eurosky.social · 05/06/2025

📬 Forthcoming on European Politics and Society,the 2nd article on my @esrciaasurrey.bsky.social project on the early women of European integration,thanks to the writing time at ULB with @nathaliebrack.bsky.social more on this at the nxt @uaces.bsky.social annual general conf @cbesurrey.bsky.social

Title and abstract of the forthcoming article on the European Common Assembly, later European Parliament of the Six, women and their career. ‘In their own voice: the early women of European integration (1950s-1960s) between political advocacy and European careers’, soon out in European Politics and Society.

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Anne-Marie Houde @annemhoude.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Honoured to be this year’s winner of the @epir-bisa.bsky.social @mybisa.bsky.social best thesis prize, and to share this recognition with the amazing @ubaspehlivan.bsky.social ⭐️ Thank you to the judges!

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Anne-Marie Houde @annemhoude.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Congratulations! Great article, well deserved

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Jakub Eberle @jeberle.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Super interesting postdoc with some of the very best people in the field.

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Anne-Marie Houde @annemhoude.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Join us in Newcastle for a workshop on the Global Politics of Hope!

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Dr Bohdana Kurylo @bohdanakurylo.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Just out in @secdialogue.bsky.social My new article, "From individual to collective: Vernacular security and #Ukrainian civil society in wartime" - part of the special issue on the 20th anniversary of #VernacularSecurity doi.org/10.1177/0967...

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Charlie Price @charlieprice.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

A great discussion and fantastic questions! These @mybisa.bsky.social working groups aren't just good fun, they're great spaces to share and develop ideas in a friendly academic space. 10/10 would recommend. Thank you for organising @epir-bisa.bsky.social and @annemhoude.bsky.social !

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Nina C. Krickel-Choi @nckc.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

📢Publication alert!📢 I have a small part in this forum on Charlotte Epstein's excellent book 'The Birth of the State'.✨ doi.org/10.1177/0010... I was invited to reflect on the link between her argument and ontological security - not an easy task and probably the hardest 2,000 words of my life. 1/2

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Forum on Charlotte Epstein’s Birth of the State: The Place of the Body in Crafting Modern Politics - Jens Bartelson, Nina C Krickel-Choi, R B J Walker, Lauren Wilcox, 2025

In this forum, four authors discuss Charlotte Epstein’s book Birth of the State: The Place of the Body in Crafting Modern Politics published in 2021. After havi...

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Professor Indrajit Roy @indrajitroy.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Call for papers: @annemhoude.bsky.social & I are convening a workshop on "The global politics of hope" for the inaugural @mybisa.bsky.social - ISA workshop later this year. Pl share & consider applying! DEADLINE: 30 May, 2025 More details 👇 www.isanet.org/Conferences/...

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Emotions in Politics and IR (EPIR) BISA Working Group @epir-bisa.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

✨ New Convener Announcement We are delighted to announce the new member of our team: Albert Cano ! Albert is a PhD Candidate in IR at the LSE working on Lacanian psychoanalysis, ontological (in)security theory, and critical peacebuilding studies. Welcome!l, Albert! 🎉

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Uygar Baspehlivan @ubaspehlivan.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Just going to slowly introduce some of my research to BlueSky. I'm a critical theorist interested in political possibilities of new media, particularly memes. My first journal article was a theoretical framework for the political study of internet memes. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Theorising the memescape: The spatial politics of Internet memes | Review of International Studies | Cambridge Core

Theorising the memescape: The spatial politics of Internet memes - Volume 50 Issue 1

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Department of Politics and International Relations @uoypolitics.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

@ngellwitzki.bsky.social has published a new article in IPS, exploring how fear and hate are mobilised in public discourse to (de)securitise and (de)politicise, linking macro-level narratives with micro-level affect and action for various political ends academic.oup.com/ips/article-...

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The Politics of Fear and Hate: Experience, (De)Legitimization, and (De)Mobilization

Abstract. Critical security studies and emotion research in international relations have highlighted that the emotion of fear is a pivotal driver of materi

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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

A colleague at Stanford’s business school used The Stanford Daily to argue—poorly—against DEI. The piece was riddled with historical errors and left one searching for fact, so I broke my public writing hiatus to respond. I hope you’ll read and share the piece. stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...

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What DEI threatens isn’t merit. It’s monopoly.

Political science professor Hakeem Jefferson argues for DEI's importance to de-monopolizing universities.

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Nicolai Gellwitzki @ngellwitzki.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

🚨 New publication Alert 🚨 Why do political actors label micro-political events as driven by fear or hate? In my new article in IPS, I argue these labels are key to the politics of emotion & (de)securitisation dynamics🔗 academic.oup.com/ips/article/... @uoypolitics.bsky.social 🧵👇

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Nina C. Krickel-Choi @nckc.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

The special issue I edited titled "Grappling with the climate crisis in IR" is now officially out, issue number and all!!🎊🎊🎊 🥳👇

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Michal Kolmaš @michelpoiccard.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

New issue of the Czech Journal of IR has just been published celebrating the anniversary of 60 years of publishing the journal! It's a special issue edited by @nckc.bsky.social. Titled Grappling with the Climate Crisis in IR: Existentially, Psychologically, Interdisciplinarily - a short 🧵below

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