As BRICS expands, Africa has a larger presence than ever before. "For African governments, the real measure of BRICS will not be the strength of its communiqué, but delivery," writes Alex Vines in his op-ed for the Times Now. @ecfr.eu Read it here 👇️ buff.ly/CsA673l

BRICS and Africa: Can the Expanded Bloc Deliver More Than Geopolitical Symbolism?

The expansion of BRICS, now including more African nations, raises questions about its potential influence and coherence. The challenge remains in aligning diverse foreign-policy priorities among…

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Post doc alert: Very nice new opportunity in Hamburg: Climate change and social conflict www.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangeb...

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🤮darf ich nochmal. open.spotify.com/track/6CWbnF...

Ganz klar gegen Nazis

Wizo · Punk gibt's nicht umsonst! (Teil III) · Song · 2014

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Cihan Çelik@cihancelik.bsky.social · last wk.

Den medialen Umschwung im Umgang mit der AfD kann man auch am Hofieren solcher Experten beobachten: Völkische, verfassungsfeindliche Konzepte werden nun als ganz normaler Teil des demokratischen Pluralismus normalisiert.

This is the best summary of where Labour is at with Europe that you're going to read. It's from @chrisgrey.bsky.social . It's also, for those who want a pro-European UK, utterly emptying. Let's look at the four paragraphs A 🧵 chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/brex...

@acalacino.bsky.social myself and others have crunched the numbers (work in progress, see sources and deets here: osf.io/preprints/so...) and have some hard evidence of that: decline of climate change in news reporting since 2023 is esp. dramatic in the Global North ⬇️

Dr. Aaron Thierry@thierryaaron.bsky.social · 4w ago

In this @insideclimatenews.org article I'm quoted by @bberwyn.bsky.social saying that: “It feels like the #climate issue is actually getting less attention & I find that deeply concerning" Here's a thread with evidence of declines in coverage from UK 🇬🇧, France 🇫🇷, US 🇺🇸 & beyond 🧵 #EndClimateSilence

Today at the International Politics in Africa (IPIA) seminar, we had Kingsley Ogunne (University of Ibadan) present his work on African State's Diplomatic Strategies in Global Health Governance. For more info on our virtual seminars and the IPIA see: www.internationalpoliticsinafrica.org/events.html

I'm hiring an Associate Director for the Center for Qualitative & Multi-Method Inquiry: www.sujobopps.com/postings/114... Run IQMR, work on QDR, help run events around methods @maxwellsu.bsky.social - great for recent MA or PhD interested in alt-ac 1/2

Associate Director, Center for Qualitative and Multi-Method Inquiry (CQMI)

Work collaboratively with the Director of the Center for Qualitative and Multi-Method Inquiry (CQMI). Lead the planning and logistics for the annual Institute for Qualitative and Multi-method Research...

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2/2 This is in person in Syracuse (flex arrangements available). Unfortunately we won't be able to sponsor a visa for this (sorry!). You'll work in a small team within Maxwell w lots of opportunities to shape the position. Happy to chat with interested folks about SYR and/or the job

And then this World Cup happened. and FIFA did the Balogun thing. And the target was Belgium. and if European history teaches us anyrhing its that no European power gives a shit about Belgium until suddenly EVERYONE does. Because if you can fuck with Belgium, you might do it to any Euro power.

🚨New paper Like most things in democracies, achieving climate action in the form of sustainable policy needs a significant amount of political mobilization. We investigate when & where this is more likely to happen across places on the climate frontline: the Global South🧵 📌 osf.io/preprints/so...

so FIFA now risks a situation where not only do they lose every european club from blth the men and women's world cups.. ...but uefa could easily invite concacaf to join then in forming a NEW global football authority. over which FIFA would not have control.

Here‘s a trip for you. It’s not possible. #deutschebahn

Are you an early-career scholar (self defined) and going to @psaepop.bsky.social #epop2026 in Liverpool? I’m happy to arrange a few coffee chats (on me) about the job market, publishing, applying for grants, or research on (visual) political communication or political behaviour. Just email me!

Eastwestphalian moment of zen.

Paredes at this point has just accepted he can do whatever he likes and it won’t mean a second yellow.

Transparency going mainstream down by the Eurostar. #sciencebrained

Very happy to be a part of this great team with @ndelacerda.bsky.social, @rbakker.bsky.social, @sethkjolly.bsky.social, @jonathanpolk.bsky.social, @rdassonneville.bsky.social, @jellekoedam.bsky.social, @palesl.bsky.social, and @jillesheppard.bsky.social.

Ryan Bakker@rbakker.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Several years of data collection, 2 editorial teams and a few rounds of R&R were all well worth it to finally see this paper in print. Thanks to all the survey teams and the many experts who helped make this possible. doi.org/10.1086/736578

Several years of data collection, 2 editorial teams and a few rounds of R&R were all well worth it to finally see this paper in print. Thanks to all the survey teams and the many experts who helped make this possible. doi.org/10.1086/736578

Help us Yacine Bounou, youre our only hope.

Universities keep towns and cities alive. The economies within them and outside of them are so vital. Not only is the way we've treated higher education in this country appalling, its dreadfully negligent, and compounds already existing problems

Not only are things enshittified, things are increasingly enshittiflated.

A contribution to the economy? In this heat?

Full room today! It was great to talk to the climate pol community abt who are we, what we do, what we think the field has learned and myths we can bust. @antvalentim.bsky.social @patrickbayer.bsky.social @dianebolet.bsky.social & I did a little pre-EPSS survey, reach out if you want to look at it!

EPSS@epssnet.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Beginning soon - 📒 Agenda-Setting Panel: State of Climate Research and Training virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/75765/... 13:30-15:10 | Meeting Room 2a (ICC), with @patrickbayer.bsky.social , @dianebolet.bsky.social , @fgenovese.bsky.social and @antvalentim.bsky.social

Oh yes, the time allocation survey reminder, most accurate measure of my work and workload, and all-out inspiring feat of social scientific ingenuity.

If you’re at @epssnet.bsky.social go check out @chrisguarnold.bsky.social presenting our work on computational vs AI-based secondary analysis of archived qualitative data! Thanks for organising the panel, @kenbenoit.bsky.social and @audreyalejandro.bsky.social. Would have loved to be there!

Chris Arnold@chrisguarnold.bsky.social · 3mo ago

(3) *Designing, Documenting, and Reusing Qualitative Data in the Age of AI: An Integrative Framework* with @floriangkern.bsky.social (Saturday 15:20 - 17:00, Hall 1a) virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/75765/...

Absolute scenes! 🇨🇩🇵🇹

neil21@neil21.bsky.social · 3mo ago

DRC fans in the Lisbon fan zone

🇬🇧Sudden loss of ability to take penalties. Just in time for tonight!