Very happy to have been invited to contribute to this piece, discussing the public's social care reform preferences and drawing on some of my latest research with @naomilightman.bsky.social. @crccamel.bsky.social @irph.bsky.social @lboropr.bsky.social

The Conversation UK@uk.theconversation.com · 7d ago

Andy Burnham says his government is going to fix it for good. What would that take?

JOB KLAXON! We're looking to hire a lecturer or senior lecturer in philosophy. This is a permanent, full-time teaching-and-research position. The deadline for applications is 26 August. Further details below. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSG697/l...

Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Loughborough University

Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...

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Please sign & share the open letter to save modern languages at the Uni of Nottingham, this is part of a much wider national crisis & this letter is a chance for the sector to speak with one voice: forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon... #SaveLanguagesAtUoN #HigherEducation @uonucu.bsky.social

We welcome applications from competitive early-career scholars for the MSCA postdoctoral fellowships. (Scheme details linked.) If you are interested, reach out to a potential supervisor comfortably in advance of the internal deadline of 3 July.

MSCA opens €399 million call for Postdoctoral Fellowships

Postdoctoral Fellowships offer researchers holding a PhD the opportunity to acquire new skills through advanced training and international, interdisciplinary, and inter-sectoral mobility.

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🚨 New Open-Access Paper 🚨 Citizens' assemblies are pitched as one way to break the gridlock on climate policy. But does the public actually want them calling the shots?

Loughborough University is advertising a Sanctuary Scholarship scheme open to doctoral researchers applying to work in IRPH. Further details below. www.lboro.ac.uk/study/postgr...

I am looking for a PhD student to support my ERC Consolidator project INEQCHANGE: Sub-national economic inequalities and electoral change in Europe. ⏰ deadline: 31 May

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 on FindAPhD.com

PhD 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...

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👍Very excited to see that my solo-authored article: "Surveying Minoritized Citizens: A Quantitative Study of Identification versus Categorization" has been published in Survey Research Methods✨ I hope survey researchers to reconsider how they survey group membership💪 doi.org/10.18148/srm...

Dr Anthony Kevins (@avkevins.bsky.social) from our International Relations dept (@irph.bsky.social) and Communication and Culture research group (@lborocrcc.bsky.social) talks North American politics with @newsweek.com. Read more: 👇 bit.ly/41xGtMK

Mark Carney scores major election victory in Canada

The prime minister's party has gained a majority after three federal by-elections on Monday.

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Job alert! Loughborough University is advertising a three-year Research Associate position in Political Theory as part of the Leverhulme Trust-funded project, ‘The Right to Liveability: An Ethical Assessment’ (managed by Dr. Guy Aitchison). Details here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQW886/r...

Research Associate in Political Theory at Loughborough University

Explore an exciting academic career as a Research Associate in Political Theory. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.

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Interested in doing a PhD? See below for an upcoming opportunity in my department!

Loughborough International Relations, Politics and History@irph.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Applications are open for PhD studentships in the School of Social Sciences and the Humanities, of which IRPH is a part. Deadline: 12 March. Open call: www.lboro.ac.uk/study/postgr... Call for UK applicants from a Black, Asian, or Minority Ethnic background: www.lboro.ac.uk/study/postgr...

Stronger together ✊ Hear from #LboroUCU members on why union membership matters and how we support each other. Be part of it: ucu.lboro.ac.uk/join/ @ucu.org.uk #UCU #JoinAUnion

NEW - Legislator or Representative? Politicians’ Tasks According to Voters - https://cup.org/49LV0Ia "Politicians’ need for prioritizing time and energy is acute and consequential for democracy" - Helene Helboe Pedersen #OpenAccess

We’re organizing a workshop at Aarhus University. Please share and consider submitting! 🗓️ 13–14 April 2026 | 📝 Deadline: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 (extended abstract) — junior scholars prioritized 🎤 Keynotes: @stefwalter.bsky.social (Univ. of Zurich) & @hhuang.bsky.social (Ohio State)

"if anything employment outcomes are worsening more rapidly for those with fewer skills looking for blue-collar jobs than the highly skilled seeking knowledge work" on.ft.com/43eYeRZ @jburnmurdoch.ft.com as ever doing the essential work. It's not just AI. And education still matters

What the graduate unemployment story gets wrong

People with a degree are faring better, not worse than their non-graduate counterparts

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🚨New Open-Access Research Alert 🚨 Why do we assume that certain people we meet are more or less similar to us politically? Using data from the UK, Canada, and Germany, @seonghuilee.bsky.social and I explore this question in our new article in @wepsocial.bsky.social. Check it out online now below.

How we think about the political stances of others: evidence on projection from Canada, Germany, and the UK

What leads people to assume that others are more or less similar to them ideologically? To answer this question, this article uses original data from three multi-party democracies to analyse respon...

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🌅📙 64.3 Governments implement public input with deliberative #MiniPublics @avkevins.bsky.social & J.Robison investigate whether people see these groups as legitimate using surveys in 🇬🇧 to understand public support for #ClimareAssemblies 🔗https://buff.ly/iggUFJM

Do the origins of climate assemblies shape public reactions? Examining the impact of partisanship

ANTHONY KEVINS, JOSHUA ROBISON

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🚨New Open-Access Publication!🚨 In "When Caring Comes at a Cost", @naomilightman.bsky.social and I explore the effects of paid and unpaid caring on wellbeing and examine whether social expenditure plays a role in shaping those effects. Check it out paywall-free in JESP: tinyurl.com/2yptx6kj

When caring comes at a cost: Psychological wellbeing of unpaid and paid carers and the role of social expenditure - Naomi Lightman, Anthony Kevins, 2025

This study examines whether, and under what conditions, unpaid and paid care work are associated with reduced psychological wellbeing. The article begins by lay...

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🚨Now officially in print!🚨 Do the (partisan) origins of climate assemblies affect public support for these assemblies? Using original UK survey data, Joshua Robison and I explore this question in a new EJPR article. Check it out open access here: doi.org/10.1111/1475...

On Friday, I had the pleasure of hosting an event on “Life in Politics,” sponsored by the @lborocrcc.bsky.social and the @lborouniversity.bsky.social Department of International Relations, Politics and History.

New paper out at @cpsjournal.bsky.social! With Ian McAllister, we examine how party competition and party positions condition the presence and size of an age gap in voting for the left. A short 🧵 below! journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Is there a ‘Youthquake’? The Structure of Party Competition and Age Differences in Voting - Ruth Dassonneville, Ian McAllister, 2025

Why do age differences matter for voting in some countries and not in others? Despite the prevailing narrative that a ‘youthquake’ in voting is occurring across...

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🚨New #OpenAccess study 🚨 What types of people are more or less satisfied with social care in the UK - and how might age and ideology interact to shape satisfaction levels? Naomi Lightman and I explore these questions in a new, open-access IJSW article: doi.org/10.1111/ijsw...

Whenever there is a significant preference gap between lower-and higher-income groups–politicians’ perceptions of what citizens want are skewed towards the preferences of higher-income voters on socio-economic issues ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Are poor people poorly heard?

A growing body of literature shows that the preferences of poorer groups in society are less well represented than the preferences of the rich. This paper scrutinises one possible explanation of ineq...

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The super election year is ending, with many winners and losers. Our new @thejop.bsky.social paper, (@henrikseeberg.bsky.social, @martinbaekgaard.bsky.social ) asks: How do winning and losing candidates see elections? Spoiler: Losers are more concerned about fairness. Link: doi.org/10.1086/734240

🚨New Tool: paper-picnic.com The latest published political science research (and research in adjacent fields) every Friday. No alert chaos, no registration, no clutter. Powered by @crossref.bsky.social

🚨New #OpenAccess study🚨 Do the (partisan) origins of climate assemblies affect public support for these assemblies? Using original UK survey data, Joshua Robison and I explore this question in a new EJPR article. Check it out open access here: doi.org/10.1111/1475...

Our latest #OpenAccess workfare study now has full citation details in Comparative Political Studies! Click below to see @alexanderhorn.bsky.social, Kees van Kersbergen, and I examine how the shift from "welfare" to "workfare" may have shaped related policy attitudes. tinyurl.com/579zzz67

free book in honor of Kees van Kersbergen! For the Festschrift (eds. Green Pedersen/Jensen/Vis) @avkevins.bsky.social & I wrote "Ever the committed egalitarians – or the end of Scandinavian exceptionalism? Equality and welfare state preferences among voters and parties" @ politica.dk/boeger/no-no...