A new publication alert 📰🚨📚 for our very own @andrewcrines.bsky.social in the @theconversation.com. Check out his commentary on the rhetoric of our new Prime Minister here: theconversation.com/no-lectern-a...

No lectern and the promise of a ‘new model’ – what we can learn from Andy Burnham’s speech

With his first speech, the new prime minister tried to lay down a marker as a different kind of leader.

theconversation.com

If you get the chance, go and see "My father and Qaddafi". A story that is personal and political and very well told! Thanks to @lpoolarabartsfest.bsky.social for showing it to Liverpool & to colleagues @liverpooluni.bsky.social for the conversation with the director. www.myfatherandqaddafi.com

My Father and Qaddafi

A daughter unravels the disappearance of her father, the peaceful opposition leader to Qaddafi, and pieces together her mother’s 19-year search to find him. Without any memory of her father, she tries...

myfatherandqaddafi.com

NEW: In our latest policy briefing, @dph-mashton.bsky.social John Ashton and Craig Hamilton look back at 40 years of WHO Healthy Cities work in Liverpool, and consider what this can teach us about successful long-term, place-based leadership. livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3194543/1/PB...

I had a wonderful time at the 2026 'Race' And Socially Engaged Research Conference held by @arwg-york.bsky.social . I had the pleasure of speaking on themes of resistance, global solidarity, and what it means to imagine otherwise as part of a great roundtable of academics working in Higher Education

Our Dr Sean Haughey was on BBC The View with @markcarruthers7.bsky.social last night, discussing, amongst other topics, constitutional reform for Stormont. If you missed him, you can catch up at www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... (from ca 20 min onwards)

The View - 04/06/2026

Mark Carruthers and guests provide comment and expert analysis on political news.

bbc.co.uk

🚨 Call for papers for the annual IPEG-BISA workshop 🚨 'Things fall apart? Towards an anticipatory international political economy in an age of global disorder' 🌍 Held on 15-16 October this year at The University of Manchesterr 💵 Submit before 15 August 👉 https://ow.ly/zftV50ZmQWx

The #GraduateOutcomes survey is the UK’s biggest annual social survey. Recent @livuni graduates will be invited to join in 15 months after completing their studies. Find out more » www.graduateoutcomes.ac.uk

Graduation 2026! Great seeing all the @livunipol.bsky.social undergraduate and postgraduate students graduating with richly deserved awards. Well done all!

Interested parties are invited to this 'Rethinking the Right to the University: A Course Design Workshop' on 25 June, exploring how universities can contribute to socially just cities and develop courses that generate mutual benefits for surrounding inner-city communities. @nawalabu72.bsky.social

Rethinking the Right to the University: A Course Design Workshop

A third Anticolonial Education Working Group event and workshop

eventbrite.co.uk

🚨 Our Department of Politics at the University of Liverpool is currently looking to appoint up to 7(!) new colleagues. This includes 2 permanent T&R positions: lnkd.in/eVabnhrP And up to 5 fixed-term T&S positions: lnkd.in/eyYX9tN5 The deadline for applications to both tracks is 28 June!

It was a pleasure to host @proftaylor.bsky.social at @livunihss.bsky.social and bring our research projects in conversation as part of the 'Transgressive border dialogue' series. We really enjoyed the dialogic format. Thank you Stefania Tufi, Anna Saunders & @gemmabird.bsky.social for organising it!

JOB! We're looking to recruit a #Research Associate (G7) for the Heseltine Institute at the University of Liverpool! Spread the word! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRT154/r... @livunipol.bsky.social #Academia #AcademicRole @livuniheseltine.bsky.social

Reminder that this is on tomorrow:

Liv Uni Politics@livunipol.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Join this online Zoom Book 📚💻 event featuring our very own Dr Obert Hodzi ( @oberthom.bsky.social) alongside his co-author Dr Salvador Santino Regilme (@ssregilme.bsky.social) this upcoming Tuesday! @livuniresearch.bsky.social @livunihss.bsky.social

Join this online Zoom Book 📚💻 event featuring our very own Dr Obert Hodzi ( @oberthom.bsky.social) alongside his co-author Dr Salvador Santino Regilme (@ssregilme.bsky.social) this upcoming Tuesday! @livuniresearch.bsky.social @livunihss.bsky.social

Liverpool is inviting expressions of interest for British Academy post-doc applications. If you are interested in international political economy & the Middle East, feel free to get in touch with me to see whether @livunipol.bsky.social could host your project www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-a...

Great speaking to Time Magazine about Andy Burnham and UK Labour recently! time.com/article/2026... @livunipol.bsky.social

Could 'King of the North' Andy Burnham Replace Starmer as Prime Minister? What to Know

Burnham's path back to Westminster could prove

time.com

New research alert 🚨📚❗: Dr Amal Abu-Bakare has co-authored/edited an article and special issue with the @universitypress.cambridge.org Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics. This special issue also features the research of lecturers Dr Gemma Bird and Professor Andrew Russell

Dr Amal Abu-Bakare@nawalabu72.bsky.social · 3mo ago

This special issue article is the outcome of a workshop funded by the International Studies Association, held on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, and co-led by Anna M. Agathangelou, Christian Kaunert, and myself at the ISA 2023 pre-Annual Convention in Montréal, Quebec: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Humanities & Social Sciences, UoL@livunihss.bsky.social · 3mo ago

In a very timely piece of research, Dr Felix Wiebrecht from @livunipol.bsky.social has contributed to a major new international policy brief series examining the global rise of authoritarianism and its implications for democracy.

Great to have contributed a few thoughts to the Romanian news service about where we are in British Politics! www.g4media.ro/cutremurul-p...

Cutremurul politic din Marea Britanie, explicat de analiști pentru G4Media

Cutremurul politic din Marea Britanie, explicat de analiști pentru G4Media: Victoria Reform UK marchează apusul erei bipartide.

g4media.ro

In a very timely piece of research, Dr Felix Wiebrecht from @livunipol.bsky.social has contributed to a major new international policy brief series examining the global rise of authoritarianism and its implications for democracy.

Politics researcher collaborates on new policy briefs exploring authoritarianism - University of Liverpool News

Politics researcher collaborates on new policy briefs exploring authoritarianism

news.liverpool.ac.uk

For many in England, Scotland, and Wales 🗳️🗣️🇬🇧, it's election day and the stakes are especially high. This @uk.theconversation.com piece by Professor Jonathan Tonge ( @jontonge.bsky.social) asks an especially poignant question: Can Reform compete across the UK?

Jon Tonge@jontonge.bsky.social · 4mo ago

theconversation.com/may-election...

New research alert 📚📰🚨 See the latest blog post from our Senior Lecturer in Politics and IR and expert in Migration Studies, Dr Gemma Bird ( @gemmabird.bsky.social) via @bordercrim.bsky.social: blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...

Systemic violence in Greek waters: No border security

blogs.law.ox.ac.uk

Since it's #LocalElections day across England, here is an Open Access report from my friend @drdavidjeffery.bsky.social on local government in Political Quarterly! Enjoy! @politicalquarterly.bsky.social @livunipol.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Broke and Broken: The Crises Facing Local Government in England

English local government faces a perilous position owing to insufficient funding, structural issues and capacity challenges. Fourteen years of austerity have significantly reduced council budgets, wh....

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Reflecting on ten years since the EU referendum today as part of Imagine. Great to put this together for Ulster Uni & @consoc.bsky.social Two great panels @jontonge.bsky.social @katyhayward.bsky.social & Stephen Farry Alongside @sjamcbride.bsky.social @markdevenport.bsky.social & Allison Morris.

We’re proud to celebrate a major achievement by our researchers, who have been awarded the Political Studies Association’s prestigious Pippa Norris Prize for their outstanding contribution to advancing knowledge in political studies. 👏 Read more here ▶️ news.liverpool.ac.uk/2026/04/02/p...

Thank you Dr. Ajay Parasram ( @dalhousieu.bsky.social ) and Dr Malik Al Nasir ( @malikalnasir.bsky.social ) !

Dr Amal Abu-Bakare@nawalabu72.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Today was my favourite lecture for my course on the Politics of Race and Marginalisation! This is because my students and I were treated to not just 1 but 2 amazing Q&As from Canadian International Relations Dr Ajay Parasram, and Cambridge historian, and Scouse musician, and poet Dr Malik Al Nasir.

New research alert 🚨📚❗️ check out the latest co-authored paper by our department’s British Politics 🇬🇧experts @andrewcrines.bsky.social and @drdavidjeffery.bsky.social , alongside Dr Timothy Heppell (@polisatleeds.bsky.social )!

Dr Andrew S. Roe-Crines 🏳️‍🌈@andrewcrines.bsky.social · 3mo ago

NEW! Published today my latest co-authored journal article with @drdavidjeffery.bsky.social & Tim Heppell in Parliamentary Affairs on the factionalism & #Starmer's Labour Party! The article uses nominations for the Deputy l/ship elec as a statistical measure. Enjoy! academic.oup.com/pa/advance-a...

Are you up to date with our department’s research? 🧐🎓For us, April has been a great month in political analysis both globally and regionally. Starting with our very own Dr Obert Hodzi and Dr Salvador Santino Regilme (Leiden University) @oberthom.bsky.social

Incredible couple of days with Simmons Center colleagues @brown.edu Dr Khalil West and I presented work on the collaborative New Visions of Black Health in Liverpool project @livunihss.bsky.social @livunipol.bsky.social @csis-liverpool.bsky.social @liverpoolmuseums.bsky.social

Great turnout for tonight's lecture on "Chartists, Rebels & Radicals" by Dr Neil Pye @livunipol.bsky.social and Constantin Torve @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social Their talks explore the lasting impact of 19th century popular protest, and the lessons to be learned from it in our time.