Lucy Barnes @lucy-barnes.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Political science paging @originstorypodcast.bsky.social 010
Reposted by Lucy BarnesReo Eveleth @reveleth.com · 26/03/2026Oh did you want 3300 words from me on today's IOC sex testing rules? An essay on the nature of evidence and why we can't seem to stop getting stuck in the same traps around sex and gender in sports? Wow lucky you!! www.coyotemedia.org/the-olympics...coyotemedia.orgThe Olympics Has a New Sex Testing Policy. The Evidence Doesn’t Add UpI’ve spent over 10 years obsessed with so-called “gender verification” tests. Proponents claim they have history and science on their side. They don’t. 241154522
Lucy Barnes @lucy-barnes.bsky.social · 21/03/2026Do 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...annualreviews.orgThe Politics of InflationInflation 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 ... 17125
Reposted by Lucy Barneslastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 02/01/2026Nice things to remember about the UK. I am not myself a UK doomer, I think there are plenty of good things about the country and our present state of affairs, and this well captures some of them. adamcorlett.com/2025/11/30/d...adamcorlett.comDon’t Panic: Britain is not broken – adamcorlett.com 3201
Reposted by Lucy BarnesMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 31/12/20252025 has been a rotten year for most early career postdoctoral researchers, especially in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. For a better 2026, check out (or repost) this short thread on a free resource for UK-based SHAPE PhDs within 10 years (excluding career breaks) of the doctorate. 1/3thebritishacademy.ac.ukEarly Career Researcher NetworkAn inclusive, researcher-led network for UK-based early career researchers working in the humanities and social sciences 313370
Reposted by Lucy BarnesBritish Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 31/12/2025A huge thank you to the authors who contributed to Volume 55, our first year of continuous publication. If you're logged into @bsky.app, our 2025 authors on Bluesky can be found here - cup.org/4oLdTRR If you are on Bluesky and we have missed you, let us know. 🎈 All the best for 2026! 🎈 042
Reposted by Lucy BarnesTarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 31/12/2025My wish for 2026 is that politicians and political analysts realize that public opinion is endogenous to elite behavior, that polling single issues tells us nothing about electorally successful strategies, that politics means shaping public opinion and that popularism is the death of progressivism. 120747
Lucy Barnes @lucy-barnes.bsky.social · 30/12/2025Private detective, snore. So narrowly missed being a Scholar, amateur adventurer and alethiometer reader 010
Reposted by Lucy BarnesSteven Durlauf @durlauf.bsky.social · 06/12/2025Bravo! As deserved as it gets. Wendy Carlin is a treasure. 0214
Reposted by Lucy BarnesGuy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 07/10/2025@carotorreblanca.bsky.social , Will Dinneen, and my paper entitled "Political Science Under Pressure: Competition and Collaboration in a Growing Discipline, 2003-2023" has been (conditionally) accepted at @poppublicsphere.bsky.social. This paper has been a labor of love. osf.io/preprints/os... 14518
Reposted by Lucy BarnesRob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 04/12/2025For those who believe that the Commons should fairly represent the nation it serves, this is a story of remarkable progress. Those who would deny full and equal rights to people based on the race and religion natually don't see it that way, but thankfully they are a small (if noisy) minority. 1142
Lucy Barnes @lucy-barnes.bsky.social · 28/11/2025This image highlights that one of the most important perks of the job is working with @alanrenwick.bsky.social 2122
Reposted by Lucy BarnesDaniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 28/11/2025Not a drill - there's a Britain-focused lectureship (FT, permanent) available. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPQ588/l...jobs.ac.ukLecturer in British and Comparative Politics at UCLAn academic position as a Lecturer in British and Comparative Politics is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional academic job opportunities. 03437
Reposted by Lucy BarnesJosh Goddard @joshgoddard98.bsky.social · 26/11/2025Overall, housing is a central and growing cleavage in politics, challenging class dealignment story. Relying on occupation risks mischaracterising the class basis of politics - we must update how we think about this to reflect era of asset-based capitalism 7/7 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comHousing and electoral behaviour: The changing face of class voting in advanced democraciesScholarship on the relationship between social structure and electoral behaviour has traditionally operationalised voters’ economic or class situation… 064
Lucy Barnes @lucy-barnes.bsky.social · 26/11/2025Happy to see the first paper from @joshgoddard98.bsky.social ’s PhD project published today! 🙌 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Class voting is alive and well, once we recognise the importance of asset (housing) ownership as well as labour market position as a class markersciencedirect.comHousing and electoral behaviour: The changing face of class voting in advanced democraciesScholarship on the relationship between social structure and electoral behaviour has traditionally operationalised voters’ economic or class situation… 1114
Reposted by Lucy BarnesBenjamin Braun @benbraun.social · 18/11/2025We'll have to go back to studying history and institutions don't we. Even elites, Lord help us. Like in the Dark Ages. 1343
Reposted by Lucy BarnesMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 20/08/2025'Fewer graduates regret going to university than is widely assumed and the public have a more favourable view of universities than people imagine, according to new research.' 1/3timeshighereducation.comPublic vastly overestimate level of ‘graduate regret’, poll findsNew research highlights misconceptions about higher education, with people more positive about universities than is commonly realised 316960
Reposted by Lucy BarnesJo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Want people to understand your academic work better? Answer these questions in your writing: What are the motivations of this project? (Why do it?) Who are you arguing against? What alternatives are you rejecting and why? What follows if you’re right? These are also good questions for Q&A. 1212725
Reposted by Lucy BarnesDan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Gender neutral spaces have existed for years, we all know that. It isn't trans and non-binary individuals attacking women without any repercussions, that's men. Nothing about demonising trans and non-binary individuals makes women safer. It does make people more vulnerable though. 3/5 425831
Reposted by Lucy BarnesBJPIR @bjpir.bsky.social · 23/04/2025📣 New BJPIR article out now! 'The political effects of London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone' by Andrew McNeil and Frieder Mitsch ⬇️ Find the full article in #OpenAccess here: buff.ly/QIn8Bm9 @polstudiesassoc.bsky.socialbuff.ly 022
Reposted by Lucy BarnesThe PS1 startup sound as a lesbian @janus.bsky.social · 22/04/2025“define a woman” fine ok, so you know when shania twain says “let’s go girls”? if you go then you’re a woman 13966154
Reposted by Lucy BarnesCathy Elliott @profcathyelliott.bsky.social · 17/04/2025Really excited that our @politicsjournal.bsky.social article on the Joy of the Teaching Track ✨ is out! Co-authored with the brilliant @ellenfelicity.bsky.social, Keith Smith, Kalina Zhekova, @rosegann.bsky.social @mlebourdon.bsky.social – we advocate for enjoying our jobs! Polisky SoTLskyjournals.sagepub.comThe joy of the teaching track: Learning and Teaching in Politics and International Studies - Cathy Elliott, Ellen Watts, Kalina Zhekova, Keith Smith, Rose Gann, Madeleine Le Bourdon, 2025In recent years, the number of academic jobs in research-intensive universities that are described as ‘academic education route’, ‘teaching and scholarship’, or... 23916
Reposted by Lucy BarnesRob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 08/04/2025The core trilma here remains the same - the govt needs to accept one of three things: high student migration, higher domestic student fees (or higher taxes to fund universities) or university bankruptcies. Those are the only options, given where we are. Pick one. 35673346
Reposted by Lucy Barneswill pooley @willpooley.bsky.social · 31/03/2025writing books is so easy, i just type out all of the true and original ideas i have about a topic in the correct order but also to exactly the right length without any digressions or mistakes and then bask in the well earned acclaim from my very reasonable peers who recognize pure truths when they s 2789
Lucy Barnes @lucy-barnes.bsky.social · 27/03/2025I’m fairly confident that “The Economist”, not the mention the economists, is the answer to this question 140
Reposted by Lucy BarnesRob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 18/02/2025If, like me, you are a UCU member and agree the union should stop wasting time and effort on a fruitless round of pay strikes at a time when tens of thousands of academic jobs are at risk, then please consider signing this open letter (link early on the document): ucucommons.org/2025/02/13/m...ucucommons.orgMotion to HEC: Focus on Defending Jobs and Reforming UK HETwo UCU Commons HEC members are bringing the following motion to the special HEC meeting on Wednesday 19th February. We are looking for UCU members in HE to add their names in support of the motion… 44723
Lucy Barnes @lucy-barnes.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Super interesting! But/and: do politicians understand “what the public want” to be the same as “what surveys of citizens show”? Cf: Fastenrath and Marx: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... 140
Reposted by Lucy BarnesIda Tolgensbakk @idatolgensbakk.bsky.social · 14/02/2025#academicvalentines 0576168
Lucy Barnes @lucy-barnes.bsky.social · 12/02/2025This is good, but surely a role for sector leadership in this mess. Top uni mgmt: dogs that didn’t bark; union leadership: often barking up the wrong tree www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comThe Guardian view on campus cuts: academics pay a high price for Westminster’s mistakes | EditorialEditorial: The government should not stand aloof as a crisis unfolds in our universities. A new settlement is needed 040
Lucy Barnes @lucy-barnes.bsky.social · 04/02/2025What do we want “inflation” to mean? The price profile (but of what?) before behavioural changes, or the change-inclusive impact on consumer payments? 3156
Reposted by Lucy BarnesBritish 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 043
Reposted by Lucy BarnesNora Waitkus @norawaitkus.bsky.social · 29/01/2025🚨Job alert 🚨 I am looking for two PhD students to work on (comparative) economic inequalities, broadly defined 💰📈💸 The positions are fully funded (E13, 100%), 4 years (with possibility of a 1y extension), and in beautiful Heidelberg! 🏰 adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de/info/INFO_FD... Deadline is Feb 28!adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.deStellenausschreibungen an der Universität HeidelbergInfosystem der ZUV 08475
Lucy Barnes @lucy-barnes.bsky.social · 25/01/2025And that x3 doesn’t even include re-reviewing revisions! 020
Reposted by Lucy BarnesBritish Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 24/01/2025#OpenAccess from our new issue - Public Preferences Over Changes to the Composition of Government Tax Revenue - cup.org/3E8Avcx "there is a ‘hidden consensus’ regarding different tax levers across income levels..." - @lucy-barnes.bsky.social, Julia de Romémont & @benlauderdale.bsky.social 021
Reposted by Lucy BarnesThe British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 22/01/2025A new British Academy report on Politics and International Relations provision in UK higher education has found that it remains a popular subject, with graduates out-earning national averages. Read the report in full: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/new-rep...thebritishacademy.ac.ukNew report uncovers popularity of Politics and International Relations degrees, with graduates outearning national averagesA new British Academy report on Politics and International Relations (PIR) provision in UK higher education shows a 20 per cent increase in first degree enrolments and a 41 per cent rise in postgradua... 25437
Reposted by Lucy BarnesBenjamin Braun @benbraun.social · 23/01/2025Many interesting data points in the report. This one shows the "stark inflection point for EU student numbers in 2021/22, the first year that changes to their eligibility for student finance came into effect. Since 2021/22, EU student numbers have declined by 36%." 074
Lucy Barnes @lucy-barnes.bsky.social · 22/01/2025New paper! Do the (British) public believe there’s a trade-off btwn economic growth and protecting the environment? Does this belief matter for which they prioritise? Not strongly, and no. Environmental protection remains a priority even with costs to growth authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...authors.elsevier.comScienceDirect.com | Science, health and medical journals, full text articles and books. 15413
Reposted by Lucy BarnesCharlotte Cavaille @ccavaille.bsky.social · 15/01/2025If you care about the study of power and inequality (and include the US in your cases) then this is the dream postdoc 👇 @cape-team.bsky.social postdoc (eJobs ID#15342) (due February 28th) Perfect for those who obsess over how to combine big picture thinking with hard data. 072
Reposted by Lucy Barnesdankettercello @danielketter.com · 29/02/2024we've all heard the "10,000" rule gladwell popularized based ericsson's study of conservatory violinists, but did you know one of the secondary findings was that top violinists slept ~8.5 hrs a night, napped regularly, and listed sleep as a high priority? graphics8.nytimes.com/images/blogs... 10501165
