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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

This is nothing. Just send Mahmood out again to announce some more anti-refugee policies and you can easily find your way to fifth place.

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Carolina Garriga @carogarriga.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

🎓 New paper in Political Studies (@polstudies.bsky.social) I examine whether there are gendered differences in how people • evaluate the Bank of England’s performance in controlling, & • perceive and react to inflation more broadly. 🔗 Open access: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... tltr? 🧵👇

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John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 31/10/2025

NEW from me: Political hostility, high visa fees and (in the case of the UK) stagnant incomes are making the UK and US less attractive destinations for top international talent. That steep decline in the appeal of moving to the US after 2016 is 👀

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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

I think we all know what's gone wrong here - Labour haven't spent enough time loudly telling voters that immigrants are, in fact, bad, and its urgent they be protected from them. Once Labour really get on that people will see that Reform offer nothing and wise up I am sure.

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Department of Government, Essex @uniessexgov.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

👏 Essex Government researchers are ranked among the most cited in the world! See our colleagues in the Ioannidis et al. 2025 global ranking of the world’s most cited scientists, in political science, international relations, and security studies. 🌍 #EssexGov #ResearchExcellence

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David J. Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

New ICE data show that the court order banning profiling reduced ICE arrests in LA by 66%! In other words, ICE is effectively admitting that TWO THIRDS of LA arrests were unconstitutional profiling. Did they admit this to the court? NO! They lied to the courts...

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 01/08/2025

I think it is valuable for all Americans to watch this speech, 16 years ago. This is what we have lost. What extremists have taken from us.

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Senator John McCain Election Night Speech (Full Video)

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Zeke Hernandez @profzeke.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

🚨🚨🚨Blockbuster paper out today! Bear with me as I explain why this one is so important. 🤔 The *economic* anger about immigration is based on the false notion that immigrants take jobs or lower wages. A major misunderstanding behind this view is that immigrants only increase the supply of labor.

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Female academics are much more affected by the birth of a child than are male academics. Academic mothers are much more likely to... ◾temporarily leave the labor force ◾and, if they return, shift away from tenure-track positions. scholar.harvard.edu/files/sdchen...

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Mollie Gerver @mgerver.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

A week ago there was an open letter signed by politics researchers urging Keir Starmer to abandon his proposed anti-immigrant policies. With the support of the organizers, I've created the same petition but open to all academics. Read and sign the letter here: molliegerver.weebly.com/petition.html.

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An Open Letter to Keir Starmer We, the undersigned, strongly advise against the proposed changes to the UK immigration system of May 12, 2025, and your associated rhetoric. We are UK-based academics.....

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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Those who are uncomfortable with this Labour immigration announcement, but think it's necessary to satisfy Reform voters, this is for you. You will not satisfy. You will never satisfy.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Cool. We’ve ripped up the social contract with young people, so they can’t afford to buy a home, or settle down and have children or ever retire. Let’s now force half of them to be trained only to do jobs they will hate in order to stop people from other countries moving here for a better life.

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Carolina Garriga @carogarriga.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Come to @uniessexgov.bsky.social and the @essexsummerschool.bsky.social. World class trainining in politics and methods, with low tuition, and in an environment that embraces diversity and fosters exchange of ideas 💡

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 19/04/2025

Yes, the US Administration’s illegal obliteration of our Congressionally-mandated aid agency has killed countless people. Now you know the name of one.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!

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David J. Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

What explains Trump's immigration agenda? It's not about illegal immigration. He is the most anti-LEGAL immigrant president ever. He is stripping legal immigrants of their status, arresting them, detaining them and deporting them. It's also not about...

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

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Thorsten Benner @tbenner.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Donald Tusk has a point here. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/w...

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Brian J. Phillips @brianjphillips.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Great International Women’s Day discussion with Essex Department of Government and guests! Superstar panel. Allyson Benton, @roxanagutz.bsky.social, @tashlindstaedt.bsky.social , @syysr.bsky.social, @mirandasimon.bsky.social . So valuable, I learned a lot. Thanks to everyone involved.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 06/03/2025

After six weeks in office, President Trump has not disclosed the names of the donors who paid for his transition planning, despite a public pledge to do so.

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Who Paid for Trump’s Transition to Power? The Donors Are Still Unknown.

President Trump has not made good on a promise to disclose who contributed to his transition effort.

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Miranda Simon @mirandasimon.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

1/ Excited to share our new paper, “Can foreign aid reduce the desire to emigrate? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial,” w/ Cassilde Schwartz (@rhulpirp) & @profdavidhudson (@iddbirmingham) — published in @AJPSeditor! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/CFSFRF...

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Can foreign aid reduce the desire to emigrate? Evidence from a randomized controlled trial

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Florian G. Kern @floriangkern.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

I’ll spend a fun half-day on March 4 at @lsemethodology.bsky.social talking about field research prep, funding and logistics to PhD students and early career scholars. I was re-invited after last year’s session, so I presume it was helpful. Feel free to join!

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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

I’ll keep pushing this line of analysis because I’m increasingly convinced the clearest path out of this mess is for Dems to adopt a relentless anti-corruption, anti-inequality, anti-oligarchy, pro-democracy platform. The Dem leadership hasn’t realized it yet, but they’re now a reform party.

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Hend Aly @hendaly.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Check out this thread for the key results of our recent study.

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Miranda Simon @mirandasimon.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

The media need to be careful not to further the narrative that Trump is extracting concessions from trade partners by bullying them into submission. Many so-called concessions were already in place as a result of more cooperative diplomatic approaches. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Analysis | Did Trump cave on his Canada and Mexico tariffs?

Some of the purported concessions that led to a 30-day pause on the tariffs were things Canada and Mexico had already done before Trump’s threat, but it’s complicated.

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Kristen McCollum @kris10mccollum.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

ICYMI: Will Syrian refugees go 'home'? Looking at the experimental evidence of Syrian refugee return intentions, with work from @loribeaman.bsky.social @aalrababah.bsky.social @dmasterson.bsky.social @mirandasimon.bsky.social @thebraith.bsky.social and others www.compas.ox.ac.uk/article/will...

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Will Syrian Refugees Go ‘Home’? A Look at Some Experimental Evidence On Return Intentions | COMPAS

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Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

🌟 Please let us magnify these excellent women’s illustration of how replication is dealt with, with a collaborative approach science critically relies on, and that 99% of the time the point should be to learn, not to infer sufferance on others.

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Laura Hammond @laurahammond.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

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Miranda Simon @mirandasimon.bsky.social · 03/10/2023

Hi, could I ask @profmusgrave.bsky.social to add me to the Polisky list please?

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