Reposted by Pat McGovernKaren Gregory @karengregory.bsky.social · 12/10/2026"Pointing to estimates of about 30,000 job losses in the past three years..." www.ft.com/content/ded7...ft.comUK universities cut jobs, research and teaching amid squeeze in overseas students‘Very sharp downturn’ in enrolments risks hitting economic innovation and academic pipeline, lobby group says 211682
Reposted by Pat McGovernSocial Stratification (fifth edition) @socialstrat5.bsky.social · 17/09/2026SOCIAL STRATIFICATION, 5th ed. is edited by Michelle Jackson, Nima Dahir, Claire Daviss & David B. Grusky. Out now from Routledge: www.routledge.com/Social-Strat... #AcademicSky @mivich.bsky.social @cdaviss.bsky.socialroutledge.comSocial StratificationIs it possible to understand what causes inequality, why it is increasing, and how to reduce it... all in a single volume? It is! In this all-new fifth edition of Social Stratification, the… 083
Reposted by Pat McGovernThe Associated Press @apnews.com · 12/10/2026Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford won the Nobel memorial prize in economics for their work on the microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilization.bit.lyRobert E. Hall and Michael Woodford win Nobel memorial prize in economicsAmerican-born economists Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford have won the Nobel memorial prize in economics for their work on models that help manage economic shocks. 68522
Pat McGovern @patmcgovern.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I see I got blocked in a cowardly move. Happy to libel others but then runs away when challenged. 000
Reposted by Pat McGovernChris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Horrible stuff, but good reporting 35416
Reposted by Pat McGovernEmma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 07/10/2026🧵 Matt Goodwin demanded to be fact-checked live on air when he claimed the UK spent "£100 million PER YEAR on family planning and condoms in Pakistan". He then 'corrected' himself to £74.3 million, saying it was based on a "major news story from October 2025" He was, of course, still wrong... 1/30 18276132
Pat McGovern @patmcgovern.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I have a new paper on the workplace case study tradition in #industrialrelations Briefly, it has reinvented itself as the study of organisational restructuring with attempts to assess the distributional impact of such changes. Even so, the flow of such articles is in decline. 263
Reposted by Pat McGovernRobert Falkner @robertfalkner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026🎤 My next book talk "Green Political Economy" will be at LSE @lseideas.bsky.social - on Tuesday 13 October, 6pm-7pm. The talk will introduce key themes of my new book, and specifically how geoeconomics plays into the global green transition. Registration needed at: www.lse.ac.uk/ideas/events...lse.ac.ukGreen Political Economy 3102
Pat McGovern @patmcgovern.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Happened to start chatting with a woman on the train this morning. A highly qualified psychologist and #immigrant who works with victims of domestic abuse. The worst days of the week: Friday, Saturday and Sunday - more cases and more extreme violence. 000
Reposted by Pat McGovernDr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"Iranian singer’s 74 lashes for performing without a hijab ‘a form of torture’, say rights groups" www.theguardian.com/global-devel...theguardian.comIranian singer’s 74 lashes for performing without a hijab ‘a form of torture’, say rights groupsIranian court upholds sentence against 29-year-old star Parastoo Ahmadi and other musicians in crackdown on women flouting hijab law 1106
Reposted by Pat McGovernRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Burnham's speech marks perhaps the best opportunity to replace First Past the Post since 1918. I joined @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social & @lucyfisher.ft.com recently on "The Long View" to explore the history of electoral reform in Britain - & the lessons we might learn. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...bbc.co.ukBBC Radio 4 - The Long View, Electoral reformJonathan Freedland takes the long view of electoral reform. 716135
Pat McGovern @patmcgovern.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Lawrence of Arabia The Third Man Odd Man Out Trainspotting A Matter of Life and Death 020
Reposted by Pat McGovernProfessor Alice Sullivan @profalices.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I am over the moon with the endorsements for my forthcoming book "Sex, Lies and Statistics: Why we need evidence-based policy on sex and gender". Available for pre-order! 0168
Pat McGovern @patmcgovern.bsky.social · 24/09/2026There's a guy over in the other place gaining traction for bashing #Sociology. Having worked in three different business schools and refereed for too many journals I could say the same about swathes of Management research. But that would probably not attract as many substack subscribers. 020
Pat McGovern @patmcgovern.bsky.social · 22/09/2026 Not a fan of these measures but we in #Sociology have put in a lot of hard work over several years so maybe it is being recognised. 030
Reposted by Pat McGovernAlan Beattie @alanbeattie.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Will keep boringly saying this (no disrespect to OP): it's not a health surcharge. It's not hypothecated to the NHS; you can't choose not to pay it and thereby eschew healthcare. You could equally call it an education or roads surcharge. It's using the NHS's sanctified status to rip off immigrants. 12302119
Reposted by Pat McGovernThe Institute for Analytical Sociology @iasliu.bsky.social · 22/09/2026⭕Join us on tomorrow, Wednesday, 23 September, at 15:00 CET for the inaugural lecture of the LECAS seminar series "Foundations and Frontiers of Analytical Sociology", with Peter Hedström. 💠 Social Mechanisms and the Construction of Explanatory Theories 💠 Zoom link and more: liu.se/en/event/fou...liu.seFoundations and Frontiers of Analytical Sociology: Peter HedströmWelcome to the seminar series Foundations and Frontiers of Analytical Sociology with Peter Hedström, who will speak on Social Mechanisms and the Construction of Explanatory Theories. The seminar is or... 0106
Reposted by Pat McGovernAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 21/09/2026All these platforms were originally sold to us as being liberating tools of free speech and expression. Now they're being actively used by their owners to suppress it www.theguardian.com/technology/2... 33600263
Pat McGovern @patmcgovern.bsky.social · 19/09/2026 They are not terrorists; they are internationally aclaimed documentary makers #freespeech novaramedia.com/2026/09/14/i...novaramedia.comIsraeli Minister Threatens Documentary Makers With Citizenship RevocationAn Israeli minister has threatened to have the directors of NAZA – a documentary about the Israeli military’s AI-assisted genocide in Gaza – deprived of their citizenships. 120
Reposted by Pat McGovernJonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Control without credibility: immigration to the UK since the Brexit referendum. My article in Contemporary Social Science, summarising a decade(!) of research and analysis on this topic by me and others. Free to read/open access! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comControl without credibility: immigration to the UK since the Brexit referendumImmigration was central both to the 2016 Brexit referendum campaign and to the political narratives that followed it. Yet the trajectory of migration to the UK since the referendum bears little res... 13924
Reposted by Pat McGovernPhilip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 30/11/2024Ok: 1 like = 1 demographic fact* * may include estimates, generalizations, dataviz, or unsubstantiated claims 941031
Reposted by Pat McGovernRobert Reiner @waylon18.bsky.social · 16/09/2026www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Trickle up has became a torrent.theguardian.comReform-linked thinktank ‘to call for big tax cuts for the rich’Centre for a Better Britain will urge abolishing inheritance tax and phasing out capital gains tax, report says 012
Pat McGovern @patmcgovern.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The Jason Arday tragedy underscores the perils of tokenism www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/jaso...timeshighereducation.comThe Jason Arday tragedy underscores the perils of tokenismThere is a particular kind of frustration I feel when a white colleague, even with the best of intentions, adjusts the dial on the radio to hip hop the moment I, a British academic of African ancestry... 110
Pat McGovern @patmcgovern.bsky.social · 15/09/2026OMG First as failed social science experiment and now as entertainment. Wtf 110
Reposted by Pat McGovernKhashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 28/03/2026They're banning sociology now. 🤦♀️ 43430184
Pat McGovern @patmcgovern.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Ah yes Lucid - are they still combining telephone and online without telling us how they do it? Anyway, even your favourite poll is saying No. But then they all do. 000
Pat McGovern @patmcgovern.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Trump, as ever, knows how to dominate the news headlines. But the best opinion polling in Northern Ireland keeps saying No to a #UnitedIreland including as recently as May (Institute of Irish Studies / Sunday Times). Was Trump not using it as click bait? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukWhat's next after Donald Trump's united Ireland comments?At a press conference on Saturday, the US president said he would "love to see" a united Ireland. 110
Pat McGovern @patmcgovern.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I thought it mostly a set of organisational polices and practices 🤔 000
Pat McGovern @patmcgovern.bsky.social · 13/09/2026What is real EDI/DEI in your view? Does it include positive discrimination? 101
Reposted by Pat McGovernFabien Accominotti @faccominotti.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Critiques of meritocracy are having a moment. In this review article, Mike Sauder and I look beyond the "we think it promotes equity, but it doesn't" argument. 0168
Pat McGovern @patmcgovern.bsky.social · 08/09/2026This smearing of Professor Martyn Hammersley is completely out of order. He is a first class qualitative methodologist and sociologist and this attempt to condemn by association in a racist plot is utterly disgraceful. 110
Reposted by Pat McGovernNaomi Waltham-Smith @auralflaneur.bsky.social · 04/09/2026@jburnmurdoch.ft.com’s latest on the declining graduate premium needs to be read alongside this. But it’s also existential for the HE sector when one of the most nuanced and reflective commentators on the issues avers that “the link between academic credentials and career prospects is weakening.” 1/ 133
Pat McGovern @patmcgovern.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Nah, one is a political opportunist; the other is an opportunist. 030
Pat McGovern @patmcgovern.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Dr James Orr, Faculty of Divinity, Cambridge University has a google scholar page worth visiting. Apparently, he was publishing heavily around the turn of the twentieth century. Didn't know Christians practised reincarnation... 110
Reposted by Pat McGovernJonathan Hopkin @jonathanhopkin.eurosky.social · 07/09/2026Remember when people said Brexit would pacify the migration debate because the government would be able to control the flows 0232
Reposted by Pat McGovernGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/09/202680 year-olds with pro-Palestine signs: arrested as terrorists. Greens planning to block a road, to highlight an existential crisis: sent down for years. Masked far-right thugs blocking roads and ports, using intimidation, obstruction & threatening behaviour: no arrests. The real two-tier policing. 9533571382
Pat McGovern @patmcgovern.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I'm with Michael Owen. If you have to tell them then you have watched too much American TV. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.uk 000
Pat McGovern @patmcgovern.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Now that’s a Freudian slip and a half. We assimilate in spite of ourselves. 010
Reposted by Pat McGovernPhilippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Ny! New for @josimarfootball.bsky.social! A deep dive into Curaçao's murky waters, where lurk the whales of illegal betting, including a bookmaker that produces content for PornHub and claims Francesco Totti as an ambassador.josimarfootball.comIn Curaçao We Trust - josimarfootball.comA Curaçao-licensed bookmaker that produced sponsored content for PornHub claims Francesco Totti as an ambassador - and the honorary consul for Denmark is the managing director of the trust behind it... 1276