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Ben Rosamond

@benrosamond1.bsky.social

Professor of Politics and International Relations, University of Edinburgh. Anglo-Swede, would-be leg spinner, new elite (if only). Political economy and assorted other obsessions.

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CompEurPol@compeurpol.bsky.social · 8h ago

As part of Craig Parsons & Katarzyna Andrejuk special issue 'Europe’s Single Market in American Perspective', read Willem Maas, York Uni Toronto 'Multilevel citizenship, free movement & the contrasting political projects of the United States & the European Union' link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Multilevel citizenship, free movement, and the contrasting political projects of the United States and the European Union - Comparative European Politics

What do the different free movement and citizenship regimes of the U.S. and the EU reveal about their political projects and the nature of their polities? Proponents of European integration see free m...

link.springer.com

Ben Rosamond@benrosamond1.bsky.social · last wk.

And this is why the Channel Islands’ marine ecosystem is being completely transformed. Cold water species such as chancre crabs are moving away and/or being preyed upon by the influx of the common octopus.

Peter du Toit@peterdutoit.com · last wk.

You see everything is connected. The marine heatwaves off the coasts of Europe make heatwaves on land more intense, which in turn dries out vegetation, which then creates perfect fire weather conditions. Brought to you by the world's refusal to drastically reduce the burning of fossil fuels.

Ben Rosamond@benrosamond1.bsky.social · last wk.

Perhaps Christopher Nolan would consider a cinematic adaptation of 'Theories of European Integration'? Asking for a friend.

Dr Lindsey Fitzharris@drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 2w ago

Some academics turn up their noses at movie adaptations or popular history books, but I call them "gateway drugs" into deeper scholarship. How many of us fell in love with history because a movie (or book) sparked our curiosity first? For me, it was Amadeus - it sent me down an 18thC rabbit hole.

A screenshot of a headline that says: A Penn professor thought she'd sell 1000 copies of her 'Odyssey' translation. She sold a million this year alone, thanks to Christopher Nolan.
Ben Rosamond@benrosamond1.bsky.social · 2w ago

Two days ago, The Times referred to ‘the seemingly unstoppable small boats’ (www.thetimes.com/comment/the-... [£]). You do wonder when most journalists will get around to checking the *actual* data.

Andy Burnham must take hard decisions on spending or risk failure

As Sir Keir Starmer takes his leave, Labour seeks renewal in a former member of the Blairite establishment who has reinvented himself as a socialist populist

thetimes.com

Jon Featonby@jonfeatonby.bsky.social · 2w ago

No arrivals by small boats for the last 10 days now. As of yesterday, 12,469 people had arrived so far this year across the Channel, down over 11,000 (47%) on the same time last year. More than 10% down on 2023 as well, which was when crossings were, by comparison to other years, lower.

Ben Rosamond@benrosamond1.bsky.social · 3w ago

They might as well require NASA to pledge 5 billion to demonstrate that the moon landings were faked or that the sun orbits the (flat) Earth.

Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 3w ago

RFK Jr. asked the National Institute of Health to dedicate $5 billion (!) to finding a link between vaccines and autism. "That would have dedicated more than a tenth of the NIH’s annual budget to investigating a hypothesis already refuted by scientists worldwide."

Ben Rosamond@benrosamond1.bsky.social · 3w ago

This piece makes an important argument, but I would suggest that it offers more a defence of *method* pluralism as opposed to *methodological* pluralism. The Popperian priors suggest that basic epistemological/ontological questions have been settled. It's more of a within-methodology argument.

Sarah de Lange@sldelange.bsky.social · 3w ago

Great article on methodological pluralism that articulates exactly my thinking about the relevance of different kinds of research in times where so much emphasis is placed on causal inference journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Phil Brickell MP@philbrickellmp.bsky.social · last mo.

🧵1/ I've spent more than a decade working on anti-bribery and corruption. I know a red flag when I see one. That's why I’ve reported Nigel Farage to Parliament’s Standards Commissioner. (H/T @rowenamason.bsky.social and @tomburgis.bsky.social).

Nigel Farage reported to standards watchdog over ‘crypto lobbying’

Commissioner asked to investigate Reform UK leader after private meeting with Bank of England governor

theguardian.com