Steven Klein @stevenklein.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Not only is it obviously fraud, but fake citations were never even remotely a thing pre-AI. We all knew what the norms were, we all knew how to do our jobs. So I don't see how this can even be a debate. 1110
Steven Klein @stevenklein.bsky.social · 25/09/2026so the entire productivity puzzle is the government undercounting how many people went on holiday? 041
Steven Klein @stevenklein.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This would probably land around 3rd on my list for 2026 hot take essays 110
Steven Klein @stevenklein.bsky.social · 23/09/2026my book Union has a cover. Indeed, two covers- one for the UK release and one for the US. Forthcoming August of next year. 44510
Steven Klein @stevenklein.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I think we underestimate how much drudgery there was in the past. 392
Reposted by Steven KleinSchool of Politics and Economics @kcl-spe.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Our academic, Dr Paul Sagar, has received the Britain & Ireland Association for Political Thought's Mid-Career Prize in recognition of the “phenomenal breadth and quality” of his research 👏🏆 @biapt.bsky.social Read more ⬇️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/award-r...kcl.ac.ukAward recognises academic's 'outstanding service' to profession | King's College LondonA King’s College London academic has received a prestigious prize in recognition of the “phenomenal breadth and quality” of his research. 072
Reposted by Steven Kleinlastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Wtf do the government want from us here!? They plainly, *plainly*, do not actually want international students. Their whole line of policy for years has been making it more difficult for such people to come here or stay after they graduate! Why are they also out here encouraging us to attract more!? 2235554
Reposted by Steven KleinPaula Keller @paulamalwine.bsky.social · 16/08/2026very happy to see my paper on why Marx and Engels didn't like to imagine the socialist utopia now published online at Constellations: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...onlinelibrary.wiley.comPermission to Dream: The Marxist Ban on Imagining Utopia ReconsideredClick on the article title to read more. 23714
Reposted by Steven KleinSchool of Politics and Economics @kcl-spe.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Dr Paul Sagar was a guest on BBC Radio 4's Moral Maze as panellists were asked the question: 'Is empathy ever a weakness?' 🎧 Listen here ⬇️ www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...bbc.co.ukMoral Maze - Is empathy ever a weakness? - BBC SoundsLive debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. 032
Steven Klein @stevenklein.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Good. We kept teaching mathematics after the invention of the electronic calculator. 170
Reposted by Steven KleinMaurice J. Casey @mauricejcasey.com · 24/08/2026Just finished a week of research in Berlin on anti-Nazi resistance networks. Many discoveries but easily the most moving was this: A small paper flower a resistance organiser crafted in Luckau prison and included in a letter to his daughter – 1936 18525
Reposted by Steven KleinMollie Gerver @mgerver.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Everyone faces pressure. Pressure comes from employers to work more hours, from societal expectations to lose weight, from the government to leave the country, and from family to have children. My new book considers when pressure invalidates consent, and how we can make consent more voluntary. 1/3 4348
Steven Klein @stevenklein.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Having now read the Atlantic piece, it seems there are two articles rolled in here, one that makes an excellent point about the hypocrisy of elite uni's anti-racism + union bashing, another, not very good, that makes a bunch of extreme inferences from experiencing academic hiring on the inside. 120
Steven Klein @stevenklein.bsky.social · 03/08/2026I am only partially caught up on the Cambridge affair, but the defense that "you would find similar plaigarism in everyone's work!" is insulting to the hard work of everyone in academia who strive to produce original, rigorous research. 170
Reposted by Steven KleinCambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 30/07/2026#OpenAccess from @apsrjournal.bsky.social - A Democratic Theory of Labor Unions - cup.org/4bmvRpc "The article defends a vision of economic democracy that arises from the practice of labor unions." - @stevenklein.bsky.social #FirstView 041
Steven Klein @stevenklein.bsky.social · 27/07/2026big part of right now is companies trying to convince us that pedestrian and mid content is actually sophisticated. but then there is also something pedestrian about constantly pointing that out. if you treat nolan's odyssey as what it is - a big dumb summer blockbuster - your life will be great. 260
Steven Klein @stevenklein.bsky.social · 17/07/2026I regret to inform you that The Odyssey is a very good movie. 060
Reposted by Steven KleinSamuel Bagg @samuel-bagg.bsky.social · 02/07/2026🚨Job Posting🚨 I've received funding for a project on "Rethinking the Anti-Corruption Toolkit" and am hiring a 2-year postdoc (political theory or related) to help. Ideally starting this fall, but can be flexible. For best consideration apply by the end of next week! apply.interfolio.com/188955apply.interfolio.com Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio 12423
Steven Klein @stevenklein.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Very happy to be joining Loubna El Amine as the new political theory co-editors at Perspectives on Politics. Perspectives has been a vital forum for broad-minded political theory, and we're looking forward to continuing that tradition. Send us work that you're excited about! 1277
Steven Klein @stevenklein.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Due to the state of the global job market, our faculty has been able to hire many excellent scholars who are overqualified for junior posts and so able to quickly get promoted. In true British HE brain fashion, their success has now become"problem" that the university needs to solve. 170
Reposted by Steven KleinSchool of Politics and Economics @kcl-spe.bsky.social · 03/07/2026🔔 Job alert 🔔 ➡️ AEP Lecturer in Public Policy and Ethics The position is open to anyone with the ability to deliver excellent introductory teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level on policy processes, and ethics and public policy. Apply ⬇️ www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSC917/a...jobs.ac.ukAEP Lecturer in Public Policy and Ethics at King's College LondonRecruiting now: AEP Lecturer in Public Policy and Ethics on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board 0310
Reposted by Steven KleinBen Phillips @benphillips1989.bsky.social · 23/06/2026A statement from Exeter UCU branch @ucu.org.uk - please share far and wide. 16231273
Steven Klein @stevenklein.bsky.social · 24/06/2026An attack on Humanities and social sciences despite Exeter reporting a recent surplus www.timeshighereducation.com/news/univers... 031
Reposted by Steven KleinBenjamin Braun @benbraun.social · 23/06/2026The ECB just hiked into an oil price shock, again. In our new paper for the EP Monetary Dialogue, we argue that this needs to stop. 🧵 If inflation is a function of the energy mix (✅) and the energy mix a function of monetary policy (✅), then even a narrow reading of the ECB’s mandate ... 1/ 26932
Reposted by Steven Kleinjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22/06/2026the whole theory of politics at work here — we can co-opt the far-right and box them out of mainstream politics and then reap the political windfall — is a total failure. 2386
Reposted by Steven Kleinjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22/06/2026right, you don't get credit for your left-leaning actions when the most visible part of your tenure involves you pandering to the far-right at every opportunity 2262
Steven Klein @stevenklein.bsky.social · 22/06/2026It's weird that the current centrist "why don't people like Starmer despite all his achievements" discourse completely ignores Mandelson and Epstein. Maybe part of the issue is that the labour right had some terrible people in it! 030
Steven Klein @stevenklein.bsky.social · 22/06/2026I think a lot of people are happy with this - they just don't see it as a product of Starmer, who has largely ran away from most of these achievements, and then suspended the whip over 2-child, banned palestine action, and gone hard right on immigration. 1161
Reposted by Steven KleinJana Konle @jkonle.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Well, that was fun! We organised the second Graduate Conference on Political Theory last week and it was such a great day. Thank you to all panellists, the senior academics who helped by chairing panels, and to Dr Bernardo Zacka for a most creative and engaging keynote! @kingspoltheory.bsky.social 0135
Steven Klein @stevenklein.bsky.social · 18/06/2026What is the philosophy of work and democracy that follows from the historic labour movement? In my new article, I develop a democratic defense of labour unions and show how it leads to a distinctive vision of industrial democracy. Forthcoming in the APSR stevenmklein.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...stevenmklein.wordpress.com 3178
Steven Klein @stevenklein.bsky.social · 16/06/2026An interesting review of Drochon's Elite and Democracy that also notes the more subtle readings in Piano's recent book on Italian elite theorists americanaffairsjournal.org/2026/05/redi...americanaffairsjournal.orgRediscovering a Dynamic Elite? - American Affairs JournalIf we have decided that democracy cannot literally mean the rule of the people and has to be redefined, then there is no particular reason why we must accept democratic elites’ openness, mobility, or ... 000
Reposted by Steven KleinRenewal @renewaljournal.bsky.social · 15/06/2026NEW ISSUE: Renewal 34.2 Ft. @kirstymcneill.bsky.social, @daimoon.bsky.social, @demofuturist.bsky.social, @bjoernbremer.bsky.social, @sellottie.bsky.social @anaopp.bsky.social, @dmk1793.bsky.social, Sean McDaniel, John Chowcat, Carla Rocavert, and Hannah McHugh renewal.org.uk/journal/volu... 1157
Reposted by Steven KleinSchool of Politics and Economics @kcl-spe.bsky.social · 02/06/2026NEW: Can financial markets really make a difference in electoral outcomes? A new paper co-authored by @raphaelcunha.bsky.social examines whether the public’s perception of political candidates can be influenced by the reactions of global financial markets 🌏 More ⬇️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/can-fin...kcl.ac.ukCan financial markets really make a difference in electoral outcomes? | King's College LondonA new study has revealed that the public’s perception of political candidates can be influenced by the reactions of international financial markets, with investor opinion proving powerful enough to sw... 162
Steven Klein @stevenklein.bsky.social · 27/05/2026wrong analysis but this is right: "Governments which succeed don’t start with a personality contest. Or a political question – as in, how do we ‘save the country’ from Reform. They start with an idea, a project, a governing purpose, an analysis of what is wrong and a plan to put it right. " 010
Steven Klein @stevenklein.bsky.social · 27/05/2026revealing line from the Blair piece: " a rehash of the far-left critique about nothing good coming out of the last ‘40 years’ of ‘neo-liberalism’, which presumably includes the last Labour government." 000
Steven Klein @stevenklein.bsky.social · 26/05/2026I reviewed Natasha Piano's excellent book Democratic Elitism in Perspectives on Politics www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.orgDemocratic Elitism: The Founding Myth of American Political Science. By Natasha Piano. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2025. 256p. | Perspectives on Politics | Cambridge CoreDemocratic Elitism: The Founding Myth of American Political Science. By Natasha Piano. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2025. 256p. 040
Reposted by Steven KleinSchool of Politics and Economics @kcl-spe.bsky.social · 19/05/2026🔔 PhD opportunity 🔔 Professor Sofia Vasilopoulou is inviting applications for a PhD position to work on the research project INEQCHANGE. The PhD is fully funded for three years and the planned entry date is 1 October. Deadline: 31 May More ⬇️ www.findaphd.com/phds/project...findaphd.comPhD Project to support ERC Consolidator grant INEQCHANGE Sub-national economic inequalities and electoral change in Europe led by Prof Sofia Vasilopoulou at King’s College London on FindAPhD.comPhD Project - PhD Project to support ERC Consolidator grant INEQCHANGE Sub-national economic inequalities and electoral change in Europe led by Prof Sofia Vasilopoulou at King’s College London, listed... 021
Reposted by Steven KleinRenewal @renewaljournal.bsky.social · 12/05/2026NEW ISSUE: In this special extra edition of Renewal, @louisehaighmp.bsky.social, @yuanfenyang.bsky.social, and other members of the Tribune Group of Labour MPs set out paths to repairing Britain's broken economic settlement. renewal.org.uk/journal/volu... 13619
Steven Klein @stevenklein.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Reupping my piece on Starmer as a product of the bureaucracy -professions complex. I think if you rise in an environment that prizes process, slow incremental reforms, and a lack of risk-taking ambition, you will have a hard time adapting to political leadership iai.tv/articles/pra... 241
Steven Klein @stevenklein.bsky.social · 12/05/2026lots of commentary is like "the moment calls for someone who is good at communicating and sound bites" or "right now people want a fighter" as if that wasn't always true 020
Steven Klein @stevenklein.bsky.social · 25/04/2026Indoctrinating them early into the myth of the barter economy 061
Steven Klein @stevenklein.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Come do a British Academy Post-Doc at King's! The deadline for our internal check is 15th May 2026. Information here: www.kcl.ac.uk/research/fun...kcl.ac.ukFellowships for Early Career Researchers | King's College LondonJoin a vibrant, dynamic community of postdoctoral and early career researchers 045
Steven Klein @stevenklein.bsky.social · 22/04/2026We have reached the rampant leaking phase of a dying prime ministership 000
Reposted by Steven KleinRenewal @renewaljournal.bsky.social · 20/04/2026FREE TO READ: In an exclusive interview contributing editor @stevenklein.bsky.social speaks to philosopher Elizabeth Anderson about how progressives can reclaim a positive vision of the work ethic. renewal.org.uk/articles/the...renewal.org.ukThe Progressive Work Ethic for Labour: An Interview with Elizabeth Anderson11 Renewal 34.1_Klein11 Renewal 34.1_Klein.pdf80 KBdownload-circle What vision of work should animate the progressive left? The philosopher Elizabeth Anderson has made landmark arguments about equa... 142
Steven Klein @stevenklein.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Very proud to see this issue of Renewal out. In it, we use the Employment Rights Act to think more broadly about the politics of work today. With great contributors ranging across history, social science, and philosophy, including Elizabeth Anderson and my KCL colleague Jimena Valdez 0127