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Marc Geddes

@marcgeddes.uk

Political scientist mostly based at the University of Edinburgh and sometimes found at the Institute for Parliamentary Research in Berlin.

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Alexandra Meakin@ameakin.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The Speaker has announced the resignation of the Clerk of the Commons, Tom Goldsmith, with a successor to be identified by summer recess. So, it's a good time to read @marcgeddes.uk & me on the challenges of this job and the chaotic recruitment process in 2014 🙌 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Explaining Change in Legislatures: Dilemmas of Managerial Reform in the UK House of Commons - Alexandra Meakin, Marc Geddes, 2022

How do institutions adapt and reform themselves in response to new challenges? This article considers the role of ideas and posits that the concept of ‘dilemma’...

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UCL Constitution Unit@conunitucl.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Our Director, Meg Russell, gave oral evidence to @commonsproccom.parliament.uk yesterday with @marcgeddes.uk and @stephenholdenbates.bsky.social. She was positive about select committee chair elections, but highlighted problems with select committee member elections. Find out more 👇

Meg Russell discusses select committee chair and member elections before the Procedure Committee

In front of the Procedure Committee, the Director of the Constitution Unit was positive about select committee chair elections, but highlighted problems with select committee member elections.

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Marc Geddes@marcgeddes.uk · 10mo ago

🚨 Job Opportunity! 🚨 Applications are now open for a new 2.5-year postdoc at @edinburghpir.bsky.social to examine how parliaments gather, analyse and use different types of knowledge - see the full job listing here: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (SPARK)

We are looking for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with experience in the politics of the UK, Scottish, German or Bavarian parliaments to join the UKRI-funded research project, ‘Studying Parliaments an...

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Marc Geddes@marcgeddes.uk · 11mo ago

It was fascinating to listen to this lecture in the Scottish Parliament yesterday evening and grateful for the @studyofparl.bsky.social hosting the annual lecture in Scotland! Link to recording below - well worth listening for anybody interested in British politics

Study of Parliament Group@studyofparl.bsky.social · 11mo ago

A huge thank you to Professor Sir John Curtice for delivering last night’s Michael Ryle Lecture on the theme of “Can Britain’s Two Party System Survive?” 👏

Jan Eichhorn@eichhornjan.bsky.social · last yr.

Having researched #Vote16 for 13 years, knowing the evidence and, crucially, meeting so many fantastic young people, I am very happy that #VotesAt16 will become reality across the UK! I hope that our research (@chuebner.bsky.social) has been useful to some. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Voting age to be lowered to 16 in UK by next general election

16- and 17-year-olds will be able to vote in all elections as part of changes including easier voter registration and a crackdown on foreign interference

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Robin Bisson@robinbisson.bsky.social · last yr.

Quite a statement from the author of the last govt review on post-18 education “The sector is going through emergency redundancy programme[s] that proper planning could have avoided...the governance errors in the [2010s] have led to the problems in the 20s” Interview by @fionamcintyre.bsky.social

Research Professional News@resprofnews.bsky.social · last yr.

Better governance ‘could have avoided mass university job cuts’. Philip Augar proposes union representation on governing boards and vice-chancellor pay reforms. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...