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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

...Because it means not just celebrating someone who deserves it, when they are still around to enjoy it, but also sharing their work just a little bit more widely than might already be the case....

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Although it's nice to post about exciting political theory/philosophy news, I really did need a walk in the countryside yesterday away from it all. These individuals definitely gave me a smile. Posting in the hope they also give you one.

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

So folks, will we see you next year in Barcelona? After all, LaSagradaFamila is FINALLY finished, so maybe book your ticket already now? @psapolthought.bsky.social @biapt.bsky.social @jamespattison.bsky.social @adrianblau.bsky.social @enzoreds.bsky.social @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

…and the 1st awarding of our annual Onora O’Neill Political Theory Prize, with (drumroll please!) @lisamherzog.bsky.social as superb runner-up & Mihaela Mihai as marvellous winner! (link to official citation coming soon!) Special thanks here to @apoama.bsky.social- without whom no prize this year!

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

...a marvellous roundtable on the fate of democracy (with lots of rich audience engagement). Lightly chaired by me, but starring @mpatberg.bsky.social Esma Baycan-Herzog, Bettina Lange, and Federica Liveriero (more photos coming soon I hope!)…

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

…and, at the end of it all, our packed out plenary session including a bit of live-polling of the 200+ attendees (see attached results if you want to know what your colleagues are thinking, including about how much they use AI)…

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

…rooftop drinks for the theorists from all four standing groups (thank goodness no rain that evening and special thanks to @ascherz.bsky.social for managing the last minute change of venue!)…

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

…long dinners (though nobody we’ve talked to at this conference has yet found a restaurant in the city prepared to split the bill 😂)…

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

What a week it’s been (again!) for political theory @ecpr.bsky.social in Krakow #ecprgc2026. As usual we’ve had packed panels (though @ecpr-nptmethods.bsky.social were regularly struggling to get 40+ into a room for 24! (inc. here with @kspiekermann.bsky.social discussing institutions)...

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

In the heart of Krakow's Jewish quarter you find, unexpectedly, a basilica; in the heart of its courtyard you find, unexpectedly, a little bit of Nietzsche.

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Last talk/bake/photo of the year for Bristol' pol-philosophers yesterday. Very happy to say that, because we hosted good friend & marvellous collaborator @sania-ismailee.bsky.social, we went out on a high, which is more than many Prime Ministers & football teams manage. See you all soon!

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Further evidence that @jesuscollegecam.bsky.social is the most blessed of all the colleges.

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

I am very happy to say that @jesuscollegecam.bsky.social has a friendly fox, as seen at 4-30am, long before the heat or the students could interfere with its scavenging. Just wish I'd had a telephoto with me @wiglet1981.bsky.social.

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

After a marvellous lecture yesterday from @tmbejan.bsky.social on equality (before egalitarianism) we had this morning a fascinating talk on Locke (before liberalism) to our usual talk-and-bake group. Both occasions marked by rich insight & conversation and for that we are very grateful indeed 😁

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Had a marvellous time at Brave New World in Manchester last week, thanks to hosting from @yonghaohuang.bsky.social, Anthony McMullin, @liamshields.bsky.social @jamespattison.bsky.social & others. As usual took the chance to ask a few questions of the audience, and thus gather a bit more data...

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Tewkesbury Abbey enjoying the sunset. Just around the bend, a few cygnets enjoy their first paddle. How could anyone ever think of them as ugly ducklings?

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Lovely to get a signed copy of this excellent book handed to me earlier in the week by @georgeboss.bsky.social Lucid, original, precise, and engagingly written from start to finish.

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Bank holiday trilogy. Neither philosophical nor political. Halfway between International Workers Day and intergalactic Star Wars Day (May the 4th be with you). Just swanning around.

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

New pile of marking just arrived, so guess this sunset marks the end of my research aspirations this week.

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

It's great when your former Bristol students take interesting jobs & then invite you to work @edmundsprof.bsky.social @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social @wiglet1981.bsky.social @tariqmodood.bsky.social @georgeboss.bsky.social Had a v interesting few hours inside afterwards, inc. stroking marvellous Larry.

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Happening 2morrow in Oxford. Looking forward to it. Let Alice Baderin know (see pic attached) if you want to attend. Let me know if you want to chat over a coffee about anything vaguely methodological @lisamherzog.bsky.social @danieljamesbutt.bsky.social @academic.oup.com @oxfordunipress.bsky.social

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Lecturing in Bristol 2day on PublicPoliticalPhilosophy. Will talk lots about Onora O'Neill, Elizabeth Anderson & Michelle Moody-Adams, all of whom (1) were supervised by Rawls though (2) are not on B-sky. Thankfully I have other examples who are, Inc. @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social @tmbejan.bsky.social

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Are there manipulative methods of argument in pol-phi? Ways of reasoning that distort/deceive? Is it eg manipulative 2 use a picture of your cats or endless rhetorical questions? Discussing this 2day w. hopefully non-manipulative feedback from @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social @wiglet1981.bsky.social

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

New article on PPP! TY to @georgeboss.bsky.social for facilitating & many others for talking 2 me about it, inc. from @ecpr-nptmethods.bsky.social & @ipsa-rc31.bsky.social It's the final piece in our special edition of #PublicHumanities & meant 2 b short+accessible: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Some workshops end with a plan for publication; others with a new grant application. Not many end by forming a new football team. Many thanks to all the hard work and good times from @ecpr-nptmethods.bsky.social to @ecpr.bsky.social @ecprtheloop.bsky.social and @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Fascinating talk 2day by @lucasmprado.bsky.social from @ucdpolitics.bsky.social on the methods used by liberal elites to try & justify inequalities (esp. in Brazil & USA). Fascinating for us here at @ecpr-nptmethods.bsky.social to see elite discourse analysed in similar ways to academic pol-phi.

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Another full day of reasoning about facts/contexts/norms/principles/values & even reasoning itself here w. @ecpr-nptmethods.bsky.social & #ecprjs2026 @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social & @ecpr.bsky.social. Finished off w. dinner at the 'Golden Eagle' & then a little gazing up at the mountains where they live

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Here at @ecpr-nptmethods.bsky.social we always fight the sedentary tendencies of academic life by going out for some kind of walk-and-talk as part of our workshops/conferences.Today was a very special alpine version of that 😎

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Just another view from just another politics department. Nothing special to see here for the 3 day @ecpr.bsky.social joint sessions @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social.

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Deep inside the Frauenkirche in Munich I was shocked to find Pope Benedict the 16th trapped in carbonite. Wondering now what he might have said just before it happened. Perhaps 'I love you Lord', to which the Lord replied 'I know'. @enzoreds.bsky.social @simonpaulstevens.bsky.social

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

1st of 2 campuses to travel though on the way to @ecpr.bsky.social in Innsbruck. Particularly fond of this one & enjoyed getting one side of Old Joe in the sun & the other in shade. Probably a better use of my time 2day than eating endless Easter chocolate from the Cadbury factory around the corner.

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

I find both sunrises and sunsets equally hopeful.

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Giving a talk w. @psapolthought.bsky.social in Oxford on Monday on the fine line between political rhetoric & philosophical reasoning (and why it matters). Got me looking back at some very old notes on Habermas, in which I found as a bookmark on an equally old ticket to see Michael Moore in 2003...

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Delighted this arrived today. Think of it as The Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band of empirical/normative theory, both because it has 12.5 eclectic tracks & because it features the McCartney/Lennon of pol-theory (@jowolff.bsky.social+Avner de Shalit) at track 3 (Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds)...

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

On recent Barca trip was thinking about lenses through which we see cities. For many there it's Messi. For others it's Gaudi (below). Personally I went via Orwell's Homage2Catalonia. The book brings the city 2 life & vice versa. Leftist infighting & churches burnt down by anarchists at every turn.

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Stella was very excited to learn that the March newsletter from @ecpr-nptmethods.bsky.social is now available here: ecpr.eu/news/news/de... She did though almost fall off her perch when I told her that anyone can sign up to join the group for free! Even cats, she asked? Especially cats, I replied.

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Perhaps my 'favourite' thing about this time of day is that every email I furiously write on the train quietly sidles off into my draft folder due to the wonders of train-wifi, as we cut through the edge of the Cotswolds. Was feeling very productive indeed until I realised.

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Christ Church meadow at dawn today. Misty and muddy but still lovely. As always looking for reflective equilibrium @tmbejan.bsky.social @danieljamesbutt.bsky.social @jowolff.bsky.social @edmundhandby.bsky.social @ecpr-nptmethods.bsky.social

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

A lot of chat lately about where certain leaders get their view of the world. After playing a quick game of Risk with my son yesterday I have my own theory. Note the unity of N America in the 1st pic... whilst in the 2nd Ukraine exists but Russia doesn't. Maybe 1 triggers aspiration & 2 anger?

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Another update on our current 1st year students here at Bristol. Anarchism down and feminism up for those wanting to stay on trend. @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social @alixdietzel.bsky.social @profcathyelliott.bsky.social @psapolthought.bsky.social @psurridge.bsky.social @georgeboss.bsky.social

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

If the Tories want an Oz-style social media ban, with Lab likely 2 agree, u might be interested 2 know that my 1st-yr pol-phi students here in Bristol are also on board. @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social @jowolff.bsky.social @chrisbrooke.bsky.social @crookedfootball.bsky.social @danieljamesbutt.bsky.social

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Here in Lisbon it's a public holiday in honour of the immaculate conception. Makes me wonder if any philosopher ever managed such a thing, let alone an immaculate concept? Rawls tried with JAF, but as his writing went from religion>philosophy>IR, even he had to admit it was more political in the end

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Perhaps the best museum in Lisbon is TheMoneyMuseum, which happens 2 be free. Excellent account of the politics/history of coins/currencies, so maybe the only thing that would improve it would b a guided tour from dear old friend @stefeich.bsky.social + signing of press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Final gathering this term of our Bristol pol theory/philosophy group & have now entirely lost my noticeboard 2 handouts on e.g. statelessness, marginalisation, love, universalism, childhood, & even supreme court judgements. @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social @wiglet1981.bsky.social @alixdietzel.bsky.social

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