Florian G. Kern
@floriangkern.bsky.social
Associate Professor, political scientist, Dep of Gov, Univ of Essex, intl politics and governance in Africa, mixed methods, Visiting Senior Fellow LSE Dep of Methodology; Co-Director @africasigessex; ESRC MCCRA https://sites.google.com/site/floriangkern
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.
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!
Paredes at this point has just accepted he can do whatever he likes and it won’t mean a second yellow.
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 · last mo.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
University of Chicago Press Journals: Cookie absent
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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.
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 · 2mo agoBeginning 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 · 2mo 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/...
🇬🇧Sudden loss of ability to take penalties. Just in time for tonight!
The Africa Special Interest Group holds Africa Linguistics Day 2026 on June 11 @universityofessex.bsky.social with a great lineup of speakers, incl research by @floriangkern.bsky.social @uniessexgov.bsky.social, Hannah Gibson & Merick Niyongabo on African youth languages' role in social mobilisation
"Brace yourselves,” said Kenyan opposition politician Fred Matiang’i. “The worst is about to come.”
Hetan Shah@hetanshah.bsky.social · 3mo ago‘Malawi has exhausted its strategic fuel reserves and is selling part of its gold holdings to raise foreign currency, as the economic shockwaves from the Iran conflict deepen an existing fuel crisis in one of Africa’s poorest countries.’ www.ft.com/content/273a...
Had fun gaming out w @fgenovese.bsky.social, @lorenzocrippa.bsky.social and @davidrvetter.bsky.social what effect Pope Leo's AI encyclical coming out Monday might have on markets. Have a watch/listen! youtu.be/pTCcM2uEkOI
Pope Leo XIV on AI: Can Popes Move Markets?
YouTube video by Wicked Problems - Climate Tech Conversations
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I joined a deeply insightful conversation about Papal Encyclicals and markets, the climate, AI and ethics. Thanks to @fgenovese.bsky.social, @lorenzocrippa.bsky.social and @richard.wickedproblems.earth
Richard Delevan@richard.wickedproblems.earth · 3mo agoHad fun gaming out w @fgenovese.bsky.social, @lorenzocrippa.bsky.social and @davidrvetter.bsky.social what effect Pope Leo's AI encyclical coming out Monday might have on markets. Have a watch/listen! youtu.be/pTCcM2uEkOI
Our @mccrafrica-essex.bsky.social project on multilingualism and conflict in Africa featured on the radio in Cameroon, thanks to our superb colleague and co-investigator Tata. Fun to see this kind of engagement with our research. @uniessexgov.bsky.social
Multilingualism, Conflict and Conflict Resolution in Africa@mccrafrica-essex.bsky.social · 3mo agoHow does language shape peace, inclusion, and national cohesion in Africa? MCCRA Cameroon team leader Tata Sunjo joined Mount Cameroon FM in Buea recently to discuss in English and Pidgin English the role language plays in shaping identity and conflict dynamics in societies like Cameroon.
Come to the European Studies Center at St Antony's College @ox.ac.uk to hear Dr. Franziska Brantner talk about the state and future of Europe on Thursday May 14th 💫
