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Dr. Arvind Kumar, FHEA

@arvindkumar.bsky.social
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Visiting Lecturer (Politics & IRs), University of Hertfordshire EDI Officer, PSA ECN Associate Fellow, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London

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Dr. Arvind Kumar, FHEA @arvindkumar.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Based on my experience of teaching social policy to first year students, I have published this blog narrating my strategies to promote students’ engagement with formative essays. social-policy.org.uk/news/blog-pr...
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Blog: Promoting Students’ Engagement with Formative Essays through Reflexive Learning - Social Policy Association
Introduction Formative assessment plays a vital role in fostering students’ academic development and confidence, particularly during the early years of study. The value of formative [...]
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Michał Gulczyński @gulczynski.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
You can find the accepted manuscript on SocArxiv/OSF: osf.io/preprints/so... Appendix: osf.io/fajcy/ 7/7
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, FHEA @arvindkumar.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
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In Bihar, BJP is courting upper castes—a clear shift from its 2020 strategy
With two parties led by Dalit leaders now part of NDA, the BJP is hopeful of winning a large number of reserved constituencies.
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, FHEA @arvindkumar.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
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What Left parties' decision to not join Bihar alliance means for India's Dalits, women, MBCs
Top leaders of the Left are English-speaking 'upper' caste elites. And they won't let MLAs become ministers lest they should threaten their elite power.
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, FHEA @arvindkumar.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
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Kanshi Ram ran BSP military-style. The problem is Mayawati runs it like a bureaucracy
With her leadership style, Mayawati has alienated party members as well as her own support base.
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, FHEA @arvindkumar.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Status of jobs in Politics & IR in the UK.
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Leicester Secular Society @leicsecularsociety.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
📢Secularism as Sarva Dharma Sambhav (Equal Respect for All Religions) with Dr. @arvindkumar.bsky.social Kumar, Political Scientist & Visiting Lecturer, University of Hertfordshire. 📅Sunday 7th Sept, 6:30pm 📍Secular Hall 💻Also on Zoom ID: 856 6301 7127 Pass: 019219 All welcome.
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, FHEA @arvindkumar.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
This special issue of the Journal of Indian Politics & Policy on the Indian National Election 2025 carry my article on Caste in Candidate Nomination. www.ippjournal.org/volume-5-num...
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Volume 5, Number 1, Summer 2025
Editor’s Introduction Rahul Mukherji Guest Editors’ Introduction: What Does the 2024 National Election Reveal About India? Neelanjan Sircar and Rahul Verma RESEARCH What Does Voter Turnout Tell Us ...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, FHEA @arvindkumar.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
My article which talks about how caste as a conceptual category resurfaced in the debate of the 2024 national election is published in the special issue of the Journal of Indian Politics & Policy. The article and special issue can be read here. www.ippjournal.org/uploads/1/3/...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, FHEA @arvindkumar.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
My article which talks about how caste as a conceptual category resurfaced in the debate of the 2024 national election is published in the special issue of the Journal of Indian Politics & Policy. The article and special issue can be read here. www.ippjournal.org/uploads/1/3/...
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PSA Early Career Network @psaecn.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
🚨 ECN CONFERENCE 🚨 Come and learn about the innovative research being done by ECAs. 🙌🏻 Click here to register: forms.gle/x6AJF7mArHqQdv… ➡️ Check the programme of papers and speakers here: buff.ly/29jyZVE 📆 21 - 24 July, Online. FREE and open to all to attend! 👀
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, FHEA @arvindkumar.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
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RJD has an EBC dream in Bihar. It'll take more than tickets & tokenism
The Extremely Backward Classes, which make up 36 per cent of Bihar’s population, showed their aversion to RJD in 2020. New EBC state president Mangani Lal Mandal may not be enough to break it.
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, FHEA @arvindkumar.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Happy to announce publication of my chapter titled ‘Revisiting Liberalism and Neoliberalism- Decolonial Insights and Challenges’ in Routledge Textbook ‘Understanding International Relations- Decolonising the Discipline’. @psaecn.bsky.social
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, FHEA @arvindkumar.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, FHEA @arvindkumar.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
I will be in the University of Oxford to present my research paper on the Indian Supreme Court in the Era of Democratic Backsliding.
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, FHEA @arvindkumar.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
India needs to reform its embassies. theprint.in/opinion/indi...
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India’s all-party delegations show a problem with our embassies
Reforms are needed in two directions—decolonisation of the structure of Indian embassies, and the promotion of active over passive leadership.
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Political Studies Association @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
*PSA Partnership Event* 🌟FREE Summer School🌟for #PhD #EarlyCareerResearchers ➡️ Declining democratic health: Methods for diagnosis, treatment & recovery, 23 - 24 June 2025 ‪@sotonpolitics.bsky.social‬. Details buff.ly/QxLqZRg 📆 Apply by 9 May @psaecn.bsky.social #Politics #InternationalRelations
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PAIR Methods Summer School 2025
PAIR Methods Summer School 2025
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, FHEA @arvindkumar.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Based on my teaching experience of UG module on Political Economy, I wrote this chapter in the book titled Global Politics. Full chapter can be downloaded from here: www.linkedin.com/posts/dr-arv...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, FHEA @arvindkumar.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
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Balancing My MA in International Relations with Motherhood | The Political Studies Association (PSA)
As a South Asian student from Pakistan, I embarked on my MA in International Relations at the University of Hertfordshire with high hopes of broadening my knowledge and career opportunities.
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, FHEA @arvindkumar.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
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Balancing My MA in International Relations with Motherhood | The Political Studies Association (PSA)
As a South Asian student from Pakistan, I embarked on my MA in International Relations at the University of Hertfordshire with high hopes of broadening my knowledge and career opportunities.
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, FHEA @arvindkumar.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
How India’s new party declined? theprint.in/opinion/aap-...
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AAP created moral panic among people. And used amoral means to grow
AAP is caught up in the structural challenges that new parties face. Its inability to overcome those has made it like other parties.
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, FHEA @arvindkumar.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
How to design a scheme so that intended beneficiaries could never get real benefits? @ArvindKejriwal’s scheme to provide financial assistance to Dalit students for studying abroad is a classical example of this. theprint.in/opinion/kejr...
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Kejriwal’s SC/ST scholarship scheme is flawed. It lacks intent
Arvind Kejriwal, his senior ministers, and AAP leaders are well aware of the financial realities and the nitty-gritty of studying abroad. No wonder the Dr Ambedkar Samman scholarship is faulty.
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Patrick Leary @patrickleary.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Oxford University Press will be awarding as many as 10 ECRs the opportunity to publish their first book in fully open access as well as in hardback. Today the website was revised to make clear that independent/unaffiliated scholars are eligible. Deadline March 3. academic.oup.com/pages/early-...
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PSA Early Career Network @psaecn.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
📢 Be part of our US Elections Roundtable! 🇺🇸 ✅ Meet other ECs researching US Politics ✅ Share your work! Send your expression of interest and a 100 word abstract about your research with this form: forms.gle/Hhx4ZbU3mB7m... DM us or email us any queries to ecn@psa.ac.uk 🙌🏻🤓
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PSA Early Career Network @psaecn.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
📢 GET INVOLVED! 🚨 Do you research American Politics? Be part of our roundtable about the 2024 election! 🇺🇸 Send your expression of interest and a 100-word abstract by Dec 30 🗳️ You can do this by filling-out this quick form! 👀 forms.gle/Hhx4ZbU3mB7m...
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, FHEA @arvindkumar.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
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Political Studies Association @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, FHEA @arvindkumar.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
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