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Marc Geddes @marcgeddes.uk · 02/10/2025

Discussing 50 years of Spanish democracy featuring @edinburghpir.bsky.social’s @oliverescobar.bsky.social! Really interesting themes around change and continuity

In the foreground an audience watching and listening to a discussion on a stage with three people. In the background a large image with lots of hands in different colours and the letters “esff”

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Marc Geddes @marcgeddes.uk · 27/08/2025

Made it to #ecprgc25! Beautiful location amongst great discussions in the @sgparliaments.bsky.social panels! Looking forward to catching up with the SG on Knowledge and Governance later too!

The White Tower - a circular tower with the Greek flag at the top, trees to the left and right with grass in the foreground

Dawn at the shore - blue sky in the top half, water in the bottom half, shoreline in the middle

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Marc Geddes @marcgeddes.uk · 10/07/2025

Congratulations to all our Politics and International Relations (and dual Honours) graduates! It was great to celebrate with you!

A group of academics stand in 1-2 rows in a range of different coloured robes in a wood panelled room with a worn out red carpet

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Marc Geddes @marcgeddes.uk · 07/07/2025

It’s been a while since I visited a new one… #lovinglegislatures

Man (me) on left in dark green shirt taking ridiculous selfie in front of bushes, a white fountain, trees and the Catalan Parliament building.

Parliament building - arches at the bottom, balcony and tall windows in the middle, and two round windows towards the top. Building is reddish/sandstone in colour. Blue sky.

Bronze statue of someone that looks a bit like Peter Pan, in a robe holding a shield

Plenary chamber of the Catalan parliament, with lots of red/wooden rows in the foreground, marble pillars and arches to the side, and a podium in the centre. Catalan and Spanish flags at the back of the hall. Two massive chandeliers provide lighting in the middle.

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Marc Geddes @marcgeddes.uk · 22/04/2025

Tempted to deploy this in future meetings...

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Marc Geddes @marcgeddes.uk · 15/04/2025

Really fascinating findings here from @jamesweinberg1.bsky.social about how prepared freshly politicians feel for their new jobs…

Presenter on left and slides on the right with statistics about skills and stresses.

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Marc Geddes @marcgeddes.uk · 15/04/2025

At another excellent parliaments panel featuring great colleagues! @jamesweinberg1.bsky.social in action presenting his latest project on mental health of politicians #psa25

Five panelists on the right sat at table with bottles and laptops, slides on the right. Speaker sat next to slides presenting.

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Marc Geddes @marcgeddes.uk · 14/04/2025

I made it! And straight into an excellent @psa-parliaments.bsky.social panel on parliamentary reform and public engagement! #psa25

Library of Birmingham on the right (a square, grey/golden pyramid type building), and a ferris wheel on the left. Tram tracks in foreground.

Six panelists sat at a table with papers, laptops and water bottles, with slides on the right. Curtains in background. Five empty chairs in the foreground (rest of the room packed - can’t see that in the pic).

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Marc Geddes @marcgeddes.uk · 14/04/2025

In true #psa25 tradition, I am finalising my presentation on the train down and have changed the title from that in the programme

Laptop screen and keyboard, showing PowerPoint slide. Unfortunate glare on screen means you can faintly see the person taking photo of the laptop.

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Marc Geddes @marcgeddes.uk · 17/11/2024

Hello to all the new people on Bluesky! I usually post about academic research on parliaments, European politics (mostly the UK and a bit of Germany), or higher education. But as it’s Sunday, here is a picture of my 6-month puppy, Merlin, to get you started.

Pomeranian looking almost at the camera, with a fake Gameboy that’s actually a soft toy in front.

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Marc Geddes @marcgeddes.uk · 14/11/2024

😯 fair point… here he is!

Upside down Pomeranian dog on his back looking at the camera

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Marc Geddes @marcgeddes.uk · 14/11/2024

Yes I’ve got Excel open and I’m analysing footnotes in a parliamentary report BUT: my puppy is resting at my feet, the sun is shining, and I can see Edinburgh castle from my window as I’m coding. I got lucky today.

Laptop screen in the foreground with a plant on the left. Behind it, in the background, is a window with blue sky, trees, flats and the silhouette of Edinburgh castle.

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Marc Geddes @marcgeddes.uk · 13/11/2024

Packed room to hear from @samfriedman.bsky.social and @aaronreeves.bsky.social about their new book “Born to Rule” - fascinating data on both the stability of elites and elite wealth, and the changing way elites are presenting themselves to emphasise greater “ordinariness”

Photo of a full room with people sat facing a presentation in foreground; presenter and presentation in the background of the photo.

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Marc Geddes @marcgeddes.uk · 11/10/2024

Last night I got to see the Northern Lights from my flat window. Truly magical.

Green and red hue to the night sky which makes up the majority of the image, while block of flats and trees are towards the bottom of the image.

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Marc Geddes @marcgeddes.uk · 11/09/2024

Strange headline given the distribution of chairs was allocated to Labour before the elections took place…

Newspaper headline in The Guardian that reads: “Near clean sweep for Labour MPs in parliament select committee elections”

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Marc Geddes @marcgeddes.uk · 02/09/2024

Day 54 of having a puppy

Fluffy puppy with blue rain jacket on, waiting by the door for a walk

A very wet puppy with no fluff anymore, with a soggy blue jacket on

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Marc Geddes @marcgeddes.uk · 23/08/2024

Cool to be sat in the Scottish Parliament chamber with @merylkenny.bsky.social for the closing panel discussion of the Parliament’s Festival of Politics, reflecting on 25 of devolution

Wood-panelled, semi-circular chamber of the Scottish Parliament

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Marc Geddes @marcgeddes.uk · 20/08/2024

Taking pictures with Merlin not as easy as I had hoped

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Marc Geddes @marcgeddes.uk · 16/08/2024

Day 37 of having a puppy

Edited or made up scene from Monsters Inc. movie: a screaming green monster on the left and a crying child on the right, both in the front seats of a car

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Marc Geddes @marcgeddes.uk · 15/08/2024

His name is Merlin, a 15-week old Pomeranian! I will be posting a lot about him on here in the coming months 😉

Pomeranian puppy of 15 weeks sitting down on wooden floor and looking up expectantly at his owner (not pictured) for a tasty treat

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Marc Geddes @marcgeddes.uk · 15/08/2024

This has been how I’ve felt every day since we got a puppy. Excited but no idea what I’m doing (despite reading four puppy guides and constantly on puppy Reddit pages).

Scene from Finding Nemo where a group of fish finally escape a fish tank and image shows them in the ocean, but trapped inside plastic bags and who now don’t know how to get out to be truly free.

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Marc Geddes @marcgeddes.uk · 07/08/2024

So my summer involved getting a puppy, who has thrown my life into disarray (in a sort of good way). Meet Merlin. A political-scientist-in-training, I assure you.

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Marc Geddes @marcgeddes.uk · 03/01/2024

Almost completed my holiday reading ahead of the Study of Parliament Group’s annual conference in Oxford later this week - excited to hear from all three authors on Friday!

Three books on Parliament: Hannah White’s Held in Contempt; Chris Bryant’s Code of Conduct; and, Ian Dunt’s How Westminster Works

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Marc Geddes @marcgeddes.uk · 01/12/2023

Of course I had to finish my last day in the Bundestag with a parliamentary currywurst

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Marc Geddes @marcgeddes.uk · 29/11/2023

Fieldwork in all weathers… last week in the Bundestag before I’m off 🦉

Snowy foreground and parliamentary buildings in the background

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Marc Geddes @marcgeddes.uk · 16/11/2023

A late night for German MPs yesterday, debating the budget at gone 9pm

Glassy building (Paul Löbe Haus), inside a group of MPs in a committee meeting

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Marc Geddes @marcgeddes.uk · 15/11/2023

Today in fieldwork: Bundestag suspended so Fraktionen (parliamentary party groups) can discuss implications of the Constitutional Court‘s decision: www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Picture of a screen on parliamentary estate showing the parliamentary chamber and a strap-line saying “sitting suspended until circa 4pm”

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Marc Geddes @marcgeddes.uk · 14/11/2023

Impossible not to think of this building - meeting place for committees and working groups - as the “engine room” of German parliamentary politics

Modern building with circular walls reminiscent of an engine, with sofas on the right

Central walkway of building with circular walls to the side

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Marc Geddes @marcgeddes.uk · 03/11/2023

Fascinating kick off to @psa-parliaments.bsky.social conference with excellent research from Ekaterina Kolpinskaya, @elizabethjevans.bsky.social, James Weinberg and @satisfactory20.bsky.social about accessibility in parliaments - can’t wait to read more of their research! parlisky 🦉

Panelists on stage discussing accessibility of parliaments

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Marc Geddes @marcgeddes.uk · 02/11/2023

Made it to London for the @psa-parliaments.bsky.social reception tonight and conference tomorrow! 🥳

The Palace of Westminster on a grey day with cars, buses and tourists in the foreground

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Marc Geddes @marcgeddes.uk · 02/10/2023

You can take the Berliner out of Berlin but… 😌

A Currywurst (sausage and spicy tomato sauce); in the corner, (English) bread

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