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Jo Shaw

@joshaw.bsky.social
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Head of @uoelawschool.bsky.social. Gen Sec (elect) Royal Society of Edinburgh (01.04.25). Law (esp EU). Citizenship. Sea swimming. Photos. Books. Gardening. Landscapes. Tain / Edinburgh

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The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities @iashedinburgh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
New free eBook! The Institute proudly presents a short collection of essays marking the tenth anniversary of the Dangerous Women Project. "Lioness, Captive, Visionary" is available as a free eBook here (PDF, 51 pages): www.iash.ed.ac.uk/news/lioness...
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Lioness, Captive, Visionary: what does it mean to be a dangerous woman? | IASH
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Maria Abreu @mariaabreu.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
This is very good. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The takedown of Jason Arday has overjoyed the right, and must be a wake-up call for the left | Jason Okundaye
The Cambridge academic has rightly now resigned. But that won’t end the targeting of senior black figures or the lazy way institutions promote faux equality, says Guardian columnist Jason Okundaye
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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
A new @globalcit.bsky.social spotlights newsletter!
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PeatWorrier @peatworrier.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Significant new appointments to the Court of Session, with five new senators being appointed including outgoing Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain and Sheriff Principal of Glasgow and Strathkelvin Aisha Anwar.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
No joy to be found today. No satisfaction. Just frustration and a profound sense of squandered opportunity iandunt.substack.com/p/the-traged...
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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 03/03/2026
New #OpenAccess issue from @globcon.bsky.social - Global Constitutionalism - Volume 15 - Issue 1 - March 2026 - cup.org/4bPQtHy With papers by @itamann.bsky.social, @antjewiener.bsky.social, @joshaw.bsky.social, et al
Covers of the journal "Global Constitutionalism" with vibrant red, orange, and yellow brush strokes. Hashtag "OpenAccess" is prominently displayed in the top left corner.
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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 10/02/2026
#OpenAccess from @globcon.bsky.social - Global constitutionalism and/as enlightenment - cup.org/45WNidc - Jared Holley, @antjewiener.bsky.social, Andrea Birdsall, Stephanie Law, Susan Kang & @joshaw.bsky.social #FirstView
Image of colorful paint lines, from the journal "Global Constitutionalism." There's a hashtag "#OpenAccess" in the upper left corner.
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Jo Shaw @joshaw.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
So much AI slop. Everywhere.
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Pontus Odmalm @podmalm.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Lesson for Thursday 7 May 2026, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿! (H/t @joshaw.bsky.social) www.thenational.scot/news/2569945...
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Scottish Reform UK councillor left police after criminal charges
REFORM UK’s first elected councillor in Scotland left his job as a police officer after being charged with attempting to pervert the course of…
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Jo Shaw @joshaw.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
I recently completed an article for a special issue of the European Law Review on the fundamentals of EU law revisited (for ELRev's 50th birthday). "Ever Closer Union: Ever Present But Often Overlooked". Delighted to be able to post my author's copy on here via SSRN. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Ever Closer Union: Ever Present But Often Overlooked
The phrase "ever closer union" has been present in what are now the EU Treaties since 1957. This article presents a diagnosis of its role within the f
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GLOBALCIT @globalcit.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
We are delighted to announce that @ashleymhollands.bsky.social a longstanding GLOBALCIT collaborator, has been appointed as the new GLOBALCIT Coordinator and Research Fellow at the Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies 🎉 📰 globalcit.eu/ashley-manth...
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Ashley Mantha-Hollands Appointed GLOBALCIT Coordinator - Globalcit
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Ashley Mantha-Hollands as GLOBALCIT Coordinator and Research Fellow at the Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies, European University Institute. As...
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Jo Shaw @joshaw.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Are you a PhD or early career researcher in EU law and politics? Come to the Europa Institute of the University of Edinburgh to give a paper at our PhD/ECR Workshop on the topic of "Defending the European Union". Dates: 23-24 April 2026. Details here: www.law.ed.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Sara Canduzzi @saracanduzzi.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
The Edinburgh Europa Institute has just put out a call for papers for its annual PhD/ECR Workshop, which will take place in April 2026. The theme for this year is ‘Defending the Union’ and the deadline to submit your abstract is Jan 30th. You can find more details below- feel free to share/repost!
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Dr Karen McAulay @karenmca.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Attended a book launch @iashedinburgh.bsky.social for this beauty last night ... karenmcaulaymusicologist.blog/2025/11/05/d...
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[Dangerous] Women who Dared
Earlier this year, IASH blogged about an exciting book that Ben Fletcher-Watson and Jo Shaw would soon be releasing.  And yesterday, I attended its launch – the third book of the Dangerous Wo…
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UCD Politics and International Relations @ucdpolitics.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Applications are now open for the UCD Iseult Honohan Doctoral Scholarship 2026. Closing Date: 30 January 2026 ✔️Covers full fees (EU and Non-EU) ✔️Provides a living stipend of €25,000 per year for up to four years ✔️Is open to EU and non-EU applicants 👇 www.ucd.ie/spire/study/...
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Mark Lazarowicz @marklazarowicz.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
It is indeed very sad news. And although Edinburgh and Scotland was the place where David was most active in recent years, for more than 50 years he has been a leading thinker, writer, and activist on a European stage. In @socialeurope.bsky.social @europeanmovement.co.uk & elsewhere. A true European
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Jo Shaw @joshaw.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
That is such sad news. David has been a wise presence in Edinburgh for many years. Condolences to family and friends.
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Alan Stedman @alanjstedman.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
This is not a good look for the Lib Dems. I speak as a 70 year old who has voted Lib/ LD the vast majority of my life The assumption that asylum seekers are criminals and not to be trusted is wrong. The underlying xenophobia doesn't reflect well @eddavey.libdems.org.uk
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GLOBALCIT @globalcit.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Calling all early-career #Citizenship researchers 📣 Submit your entry for the 2026 GLOBALCIT – Rainer Bauböck Essay Award 🏆 The ❓ How will Artificial Intelligence transform membership, rights and practices of citizenship? 🏅 €1,000 + publication 📖 ➡️ tinyurl.com/bde6wn9w
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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
How will Artificial Intelligence transform membership, rights and practices of citizenship? If you have some original thoughts on this intriguing question, participate in this year‘s @globalcit.bsky.social Rainer Bauböck Essay Award! Check out further details ⬇️
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Jo Shaw @joshaw.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Not minor, really.
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Jo Shaw @joshaw.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Only 5?
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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Alongside the @royalsociety.org, @raeng.org.uk, @acmedsci.bsky.social we have opened applications for the latest round of the Horizon Europe Pump Priming Collaboration scheme. Funded by DSIT, the programme supports UK researchers in engaging with Horizon Europe. Learn more: bit.ly/42tplbM
A colour block banner with the words 'Horizon Europe Pump Priming collaboration between UK and EU partners 2026' written on it.
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The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities @iashedinburgh.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Out now! Our latest book, "Women Who Dared", is released today from Edinburgh University Press. You can purchase direct from @edinburghup.bsky.social via their website or at all good bookshops: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-women-w...
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Women Who Dared
Women Who Dared
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Scottish Arts and Humanities Alliance (SAHA) @sahavoice.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
A brand new essay collection, published by @edinburghup.bsky.social, edited by @bfletcherwatson.bsky.social & @joshaw.bsky.social foreword by @sarasheridan.bsky.social Join the book launch on Tue, 4 Nov 17:30 📍@iashedinburgh.bsky.social Free 🎟️(in person & online)👇womenwhodared.eventbrite.co.uk
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Book Launch: "Women Who Dared: from the infamous to the forgotten"
Join us to mark the publication of our latest essay collection, exploring women's stories throughout history.
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The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities @iashedinburgh.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Tue 4 Nov, 17:30 - "Women Who Dared: From the Infamous to the Forgotten" from @edinburghup.bsky.social. Edited by @bfletcherwatson.bsky.social & @joshaw.bsky.social with a foreword by @sarasheridan.bsky.social Free tickets: womenwhodared.eventbrite.co.uk (in person and online)
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Book Launch: "Women Who Dared: from the infamous to the forgotten"
Join us to mark the publication of our latest essay collection, exploring women's stories throughout history.
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Peter Spiro @peterspiro.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Category capped at 40k visas a year. This will probably create backlogs and processing delays for aliens who actually have extraordinary ability
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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Good 🧵 by @jdzankic.bsky.social on the problematic 'gold card' in the US.
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Jelena Dzankic @jdzankic.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
I’ve been waiting for this since February, and it is quite a bit of an anticlimax. See 🧵 for a few thoughts on the #goldcard, #residence, #US www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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The Gold Card
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose.
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Jo Shaw @joshaw.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Delighted to have coordinated this book symposium, showcasing Engin Isin's important contribution to citizenship studies and citizenship theory. Thank you to all the reviewers!
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Jo Shaw @joshaw.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
What on earth is a "pause" when timescales remain the same? This is very difficult to understand as it stands.
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Jo Shaw @joshaw.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Very very excited to see this out!
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Jo Shaw @joshaw.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
I find this action by the Council to be highly antisocial.
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Jan Eichhorn @eichhornjan.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Having researched #Vote16 for 13 years, knowing the evidence and, crucially, meeting so many fantastic young people, I am very happy that #VotesAt16 will become reality across the UK! I hope that our research (@chuebner.bsky.social) has been useful to some. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Voting age to be lowered to 16 in UK by next general election
16- and 17-year-olds will be able to vote in all elections as part of changes including easier voter registration and a crackdown on foreign interference
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 17/07/2025
The voting age will be lowered to 16 for all UK elections as part of an overhaul of the country’s voting system on.ft.com/4lznJVv
A polling station card in the foreground with the Houses of Parliament in the background
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Jo Shaw @joshaw.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Hmmmm.
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Lorenzo Piccoli @lorenzopiccoli.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Turnout for the Italian referendum to reduce the residency requirement for #citizenship from 10 to 5 years was 30%, falling short of the 50% threshold needed for validity. A breakout of the results based on earlier discussions with @maartenpvink.bsky.social .and @yajnagovind.bsky.social.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 27/05/2025
‘Sword of Damocles’: Donald Trump’s Harvard attacks leave students anxious www.ft.com/content/57bf40d8-dc33-41…
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‘Sword of Damocles’: Donald Trump’s Harvard attacks leave students anxious
The US president wants foreigners out of the Ivy League university, putting many of them in limbo
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Jo Shaw @joshaw.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
'Great British Railways: coming soon' is a terrible strapline for a variety of reasons, but in particular for a railway service that has a history of not running trains on time and because 'coming soon' sounds like one of the half baked excuses we are all used to.
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Colin Yeo @colinyeo.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
New from FM: Supreme Court dismisses appeal against deprivation of British citizenship by woman in Syria | Sonia Lenegan
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Supreme Court dismisses appeal against deprivation of British citizenship by woman in Syria - Free Movement
The Supreme Court has upheld a decision of the Court of Appeal, which had agreed with the Special Immigration Appeals Commission's decision to dismiss an
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Jo Shaw @joshaw.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
You cannot placate the racists and those who stir up racist sentiments and actions. You can only embolden them to demand more.
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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
A 'contributions-based' citizenship model is not a citizenship model, but a form of selective club membership. news.sky.com/story/new-en...
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New English language and UK citizenship requirements for migrants as part of government crackdown
Sir Keir Starmer will say settling in the UK is a "privilege, not a right" as he lays out new rules to bring down net migration - but experts have questioned how effective they will be.
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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
It is very obvious why the investment migration industry likes to think of citizenship as a club good (link below). There is always some profit to be made by mediating privileged access for the wealthy few. Why a Labour government would think so is beyond me. www.henleyglobal.com/publications...
Citizenship Membership: Why States Should Behave as Clubs
Prof. Dr. Thomas Straubhaar

Prof. Dr. Thomas Straubhaar
Prof. Dr. Straubhaar is Professor of Economics at the University of Hamburg, Hamburg/Germany. 

‘Citizenship’ of a state is equal to ‘membership’ of a club. In the same way as clubs do, states distinguish between those who are ‘in’ and those who are ‘out’ — ‘us’ and ‘them’. Both also impose obligations on the insiders, and grant rights to them too — rights that are not granted to outsiders. Therefore, both clubs and states create economic value for those ‘in’, in such a way that this value is not shared for free or without compensation with those ‘out’. Having operated in a way similar to clubs, it follows that, when it comes to optimizing membership, states should continue to behave like clubs.
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Jo Shaw @joshaw.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Colleagues in @globalcit.bsky.social including @maartenpvink.bsky.social and @jdzankic.bsky.social may be interested in this online event. Please repost!
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Edinburgh Law School @uoelawschool.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Join us online on 6 May, 2-3:30pm for our Case C-181/23 Commission v Malta (Investor Citizenship) Discussion Panel. Our online panel will provide an initial reaction to the judgment that Malta's citizenship scheme is contrary to European law and discuss its possible implications. edin.ac/42UQEv6
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Festival of Europe Scotland @festivalofeurope.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Our #FestivalofEuropeScotland2025 welcomes The Liberation Convoy 2025, travelling from Norway to UK to mark 80 anniversary of peace in Europe in 1945: including visits to Shetland, Orkney, Aberdeen, and Edinburgh. www.liberationconvoy.com
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The Liberation Convoy 2025
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NI Legal Quarterly @nilegalq.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
In her reflections on writing, Niamh Nic Shuibhne @uoelawschool.bsky.social examines the affect of Brexit on EU lawyers working in UK academia, as well as for her own practices. doi.org/10.53386/nil...
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Centre for Technomoral Futures @technomoralfutures.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
@uoelawschool.bsky.social is hiring a Teaching and Research Fellow (Grade 7) in Artificial Intelligence, Data and the Rule of Law. This will include teaching responsibilities within @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social and opportunities to collaborate across @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social! More info linked 🔽
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Jo Shaw @joshaw.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
We are hiring a two year Teaching and Research Fellowship at Grade 7 in the area of Artificial Intelligence, Data and the Rule of Law. 1/3
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