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Benjamin Lauderdale

@benlauderdale.bsky.social
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Professor of Political Science at University College London

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Benjamin Lauderdale @benlauderdale.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
It seems less than ideal that the U.K. has constructed a system where the level of teaching/research investment across universities and academic fields is heavily shaped by the extent to which non-U.K. students want to study specific subjects at specific institutions. www.ft.com/content/fbde...
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We need humanities more than ever in the age of AI
Subjects like literature, languages and history are vital to a thoughtful and prosperous society
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Benjamin Lauderdale @benlauderdale.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
I never thought I would see the RDD lobbyists defeat the tobacco lobbyists. www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
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Smoking ban for people born after 2008 in the UK agreed
The "landmark" legislation aims to stop anyone born after 1 January 2009 from taking up smoking to create a smoke-free generation.
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UCL Political Science @uclspp.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
📣We are hiring The Department of Political Science and School of Public Policy at UCL is seeking to appoint a Lecturer in Public Policy and invites applicants with teaching and research expertise in any area of public policy. Find out more: tinyurl.com/uclppjd #Jobs #Policy @ucl.ac.uk
The UCL Portico building is in the background with a purple tinted filter on in. Text is overlayed, reading: WE ARE HIRING. Lecturer in Public Policy. The UCL Department of Political Science and Public Policy logo is in the bottom left corner.
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Lucy Barnes @lucy-barnes.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Do we understand the politics of this kind of cost-shock inflation (and the policies that might help address it)? I think not so much: www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
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The Politics of Inflation
Inflation returned to the foreground of political economies worldwide after 2019, after 30 years of relative quiescence. Inflation remains unpopular—including among those who are hurt by the policies ...
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Benjamin Lauderdale @benlauderdale.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Nick Vivyan, Chris Hanretty (@chanret.bsky.social) and I have a new book out: “Idiosyncratic Issue Opinion and Political Choice”. The core of the book is making the argument that citizens’ views about political issues neither reduce to an ideological orientation nor to a lack of substance. (1/10)
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UCL Constitution Unit @conunitucl.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Join and help to lead the Constitution Unit! @uclspp.bsky.social is looking for a Lecturer in British and Comparative Politics who will also join our senior team and contribute to our research and impact activities. Applicants must have, or be near to finishing, a PhD. Apply 👇
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Job opportunity: Lecturer in British and Comparative Politics
The UCL Department of Political Science and Constitution Unit are seeking to appoint a Lecturer in British and Comparative Politics. The successful candidate will join the senior team at the Unit.
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Chris Hanretty @chanret.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Political scientists are obligated to repost news of elections decided by single votes. I'm sorry, but I don't make the rules.
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Markus Kollberg @markuskollberg.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
🚨 New paper out at @bjpols.bsky.social with @benlauderdale.bsky.social & @chriswratil.bsky.social! We ask: How does populist rhetoric affect the electoral fortunes of candidates? And is it successful in changing the issue preferences of voters? Three key findings in the 🧵 below:
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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
#OpenAccess from our latest issue - Public Preferences Over Changes to the Composition of Government Tax Revenue - cup.org/3E8Avcx - @lucy-barnes.bsky.social, Julia de Romémont & @benlauderdale.bsky.social
BJPolS abstract discussing public opinion towards taxation in the UK, focusing on preferences related to budget problems, the marginal quantity of revenue, and tax choices, highlighting a hidden consensus among respondents.
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Chris Warshaw @chriswarshaw.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
This paper from B&L in APSR First View responds to our study (Fowler et al. 2023). We very much appreciate the dialogue. However, we believe our results are robust to the exercise B&L have undertaken and have produced a series of analyses to support that conclusion. tinyurl.com/5a7x26e7 (1/7)
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American Political Science Review @apsrjournal.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Just published on APSR First View: ""Moderates"" by David Broockman and Benjamin Lauderdale. www.cambridge.org/core/journals/ame…
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Benjamin Lauderdale @benlauderdale.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Off to Wembley to pass my Tebbit Test.
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Benjamin Lauderdale @benlauderdale.bsky.social · 15/05/2024
It is never a good sign when the sector you work in is receiving multiple articles a day in the FT.
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Benjamin Lauderdale @benlauderdale.bsky.social · 15/05/2024
It took one term after we were encouraged to do “Continuous Module Dialogue” using Menti (so that everyone in the classroom could see responses in real time) for us to conclude that {open-ended responses; real-time unmoderated; anonymous} is a set where you must choose at most two of three.
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