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Rebecca Buxton

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Occasional philosopher working on citizenship, displacement, women in philosophy, and other random thoughts that pop into my head The Philosopher Queens (2020/2027) and The Way Out (2026) rebeccasbuxton.wixsite.com/mysite

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Here's another reminder that you have until roughly the end of the month to propose a paper or panel to the @ipsa-rc31.bsky.social section of the Rome conference in July next year. And, if you're methodologically inclined, do consider applying to this in particular: wc2027.ipsa.org/wc/panel/glo...
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Global Methods of Political Philosophy
Does the context in which political philosophy is practised affect the methods it should adopt? We might, for example, say that liberal principles suit one setting, with socialist principles suiting a...
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Erik Angner @erikangner.com · 12/10/2026
Deadline coming up! The opportunity should be interesting, not the least, to students wishing to pursue a PhD in PPE #philosophyjobs
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Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · 19h
I've wanted to write something on micronations, succession, and self-determination for a while now, so watch this space for my paper in ten years.
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Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · 19h
In class and office hours today, I was chatting to a few students about Piddington (the village that voted to leave the UK earlier in the year), and it meant I got to tell them about the Principality of Sealand en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princip...
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Principality of Sealand - Wikipedia
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Chris Bertram @crookedfootball.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Ah that old thing of the Home Office declaring a place to be safe when the Foreign Office advises against travelling there. Safe for the likes of them, but not for us.
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Surgeon faces deportation as Home Office revokes refugee status for Syrians
UK classifies Syria as safe to return to despite UN refugee body’s advice
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Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I'm on a train heading home from Scotland, and the man announcing the food offerings onboard said that they have "a selection of what we call sandwiches"
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Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
My husband and I have been together for fifteen years today (married for five and a half) and you can tell because we both totally forgot until halfway through the day
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Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This week, I'm heading up to St Andrews to talk about The Way Out! I'll be around on Tuesday and then most of the day on Thursday as well, so if anyone in St Andrews or Edinburgh fancies a coffee or wants to tell me a nice spot to visit, please do let me know.
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Caro Flores @floresophize.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Social media doesn't just feed you bad information. It trains you in how to treat information: who to trust, how much evidence is enough, what counts as a good explanation. And it trains you for a world that doesn't exist. New @PPR (yay!) and free here: philpapers.org/rec/FLOBMS
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Beyond Misinformation: Social Media and the Sculpting of Epistemic Agency
The dominant account of social media's epistemic harms focuses on the spread of misinformation and the production of false beliefs at scale. This paper argues that the misinformation narrative, whate...
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Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This week, I'm heading up to St Andrews to talk about The Way Out! I'll be around on Tuesday and then most of the day on Thursday as well, so if anyone in St Andrews or Edinburgh fancies a coffee or wants to tell me a nice spot to visit, please do let me know.
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Bradley Hillier-Smith @bradleyhsmith.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It was great to be featured on the @polphilpod.bsky.social with Toby Buckle to discuss what an ethical response to refugees would be, and how it may be possible www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/refugees
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What we owe refugees with Bradley Hiller-Smith
With the world becoming more repressive, what would an ethical policy even look like?
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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
developed countries are not mere innocent bystanders to the world's refugees—we're causing harm & have obligations because of that new political philosophy podcast with @bradleyhsmith.bsky.social www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/refugees
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What we owe refugees with Bradley Hiller-Smith
With the world becoming more repressive, what would an ethical policy even look like?
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Dr Zara Bain @zaranosaur.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
There is also this very exciting little intro offer we’ve got here if you want to try out outsourced 100% human done transcription support without committing your whole project to it
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Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
To even things out, this week I also got a major revisions and a rejection, so I remain humble.
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Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It's one of those papers where I think I'm *on to something* but I was never totally satisfied with it. Anyway, now you can all tell me why it's wrong (as many have done for the last five years)
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Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Got a paper accepted today that I've been touring around since 2021, thank the lord.
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Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In my final meeting of the day, a student gave me a doughnut because I think I look very tired. God bless.
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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hi folks. You now have until November 4th to submit a paper/panel to the 'political philosophy' section at the biennial IPSA conference in Rome (07/27). We're trying to make it the biggest ever pol-phi IPSA conference, and already have lots of fun things planned... wc2027.ipsa.org/wc/submit-pa...
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Submit a Paper
Covered in this section: Key Dates Rules for Participation Guidelines for paper proposals Submit or revise a paper proposal Guidelines for full papers Paper Proposal Key Dates 08 SEP 2026 Call for Pap...
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Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Like the episode of The Simpsons where when Homer gets stuck on the slide and they send the kids down (but with a nuke)
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Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The himpathy on display in choosing this image is incredible www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Daniel Thomas pleads not guilty after dinghy slashed in Channel
Daniel Thomas is accused of criminal damage after a video appeared to show him slashing at a dinghy.
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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The BBC has long given up even pretending to be interested in who these people are, why they are coming or how they might feel, in favour of acting as a kind of shop window for the parties to display their wares of violence and cruelty
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Most migrant small boat arrivals in single day of 2026
A total of 781 migrants arrive on Wednesday, but the yearly total is below the same point in 2025.
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Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A drunk man in an airport queue fist bumped me for reading a book, and then talked to me about fiction for then minutes. More of this please.
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Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
jumpscare that it was a he
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Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Someone in a q and a once was so deeply doing comments not questions that when I asked something I started by saying "so here's an actual question for you" and he was not pleased
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Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Damn, someone beat me to the obvious joke.
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Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I've wondered before whether there is some connection between my research interest in immigration, displacement, and mobility, and my own personal hatred for being in airports
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Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
My flight is delayed, meaning I have to spend more time in my personal hell: the airport.
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Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I think we will only pay for travel within the UK, but if you can get here yourself then we're happy to consider. Just pop it in the extra info box.
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Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Bristol Political Philosophers have a manuscript workshop! If you're a UK-based political philosopher, come and talk to us about your book in Bristol next year. The very easy form to fill in is below: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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The Bristol Political Philosophy Manuscript Workshop 2027
The Bristol Political Philosophy group will be hosting its first manuscript workshop in 2027. This will give scholars who are currently preparing a book manuscript a chance to engage in a day-long wor...
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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Do have you a political theory/philosophy book manuscript? Would you like a one-day workshop dedicated to it in Spring 2027? If so, Bristol is here for you, and as promised a while ago, here's the very short form you need to fill in between now and roughly 4 weeks time: forms.gle/uCvi7sMMT7kW...
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The Bristol Political Philosophy Manuscript Workshop 2027
The Bristol Political Philosophy group will be hosting its first manuscript workshop in 2027. This will give scholars who are currently preparing a book manuscript a chance to engage in a day-long wor...
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Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is partly based on my paper 'Respect and Asylum ', but here I'm going to try to extend the argument to test out what a better system might actually look like. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Respect and Asylum
Asylum seekers are rarely treated with respect. This is perhaps especially true of institutions that adjudicate the extension of refugee status. In asylum interviews, those seeking refuge are sometim...
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Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Excited to be heading to Lisbon next week for this workshop on 'The harms of interrogation.' I'll be talking about asylum interviews and how we could make refugee status determination less disrespectful to those going through it.
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GLOBALCIT @globalcit.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
🟣 @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social What does citizenship renunciation express? 📖 globalcit.eu/introduction... 🟡 @pattitlenard.bsky.social: Does renouncing citizenship express much at all? 👓 globalcit.eu/introduction...
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GLOBALCIT Review Symposium on ‘Citizenship Renunciation without Emigration’ by Lior Erez - Page 4 of 6 - Globalcit
Introduction by Lior Erez Comments by Daniel Sharp, Rainer Bauböck , Rebecca Buxton , Patti Tamara Lenard and Jules Lepoutre Read More ...
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Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I was doing a bar muscle up from a box and fully jumped into it. Absolutely no respect deserved!
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Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Managed to destroy all my gym cred by smashing my head full force into a metal pull up bar and crying in front of all the muscle men. That's going to take a lot of time to build back up.
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Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Congrats! We really need to get you over to Bristol sometime!
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Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Very cool! I used to stop and look at Judith Shklar whenever I passed her
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Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I'm on holiday for one week before the start of term, so here we go!
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Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Hilarious that Daisy gets called "Ms. Dixon" in the second one. It's DR Dixon, my friend.
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Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Anyway, I got asked this at pretty much every talk we did when discussing The Philosopher Queens, and my response was basically "why are you asking me that?"
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Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I've only just read this and some of the comments are so funny that I laughed out loud. Apparently some of us don't think that people in other disciplines *use reason*
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Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Of course, this doesn't mean that I think I'm a *good* supervisor, but I do really enjoy it
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Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I absolutely love being a PhD supervisor. I basically don't care if I ever publish/achieve anything in my academic career as long as I can spend my time helping thoughtful people to achieve what they had hoped to
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Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
you have to go back today and check
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Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
really bad for us that the two most talked about philosophers of the year are Orr and Cofnas
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Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I'm really enjoying my morning coffee watching the full 29-minute version of this: www.channel4.com/news/exclusi...
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Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.
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Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Very cool! academic.oup.com/book/62943/c...
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Creeped Out
Abstract. A wide variety of objects and events can be creepy, from spiders and clown masks to stalkers and sleazes. This paper examines both creepiness and
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Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
2. "The ick" seems to violate something like the right to an explanation, insofar as this exists in dating at all. But someone breaking up with you because they got "the ick" doesn't seem at all satisfying for either party
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Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Here are my thoughts on "the ick": 1. It seems phenomenologically interesting that people talk about single moments totally undermining romantic or sexual attraction - similar to disgust, but in a way that alters the terms of a relationship. Once you've got "the ick", it's hard to come back...
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Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
that is, except when @impractknow.bsky.social kicks me into gear... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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What Love Island teaches us about 'himpathy' | Rebecca Buxton and Joshua Habgood-Coote
Amy Hart’s departure from the reality show highlights the excessive sympathy women offer to the men who hurt them, say philosophy student Rebecca Buxton and philosophy fellow Joshua Habgood-Coote
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