It’s graduation day today, so rather than talk about our research, I’ll like to spend some time talking about our students. The cohort traipising up to the cathedral this lunchtime have been a genuine joy to work with and I can say that without exaggeration. Academically, they have produced the best set of results that […]
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It’s not often that I nap in the afternoon, but I managed it last Friday. Partly it was the muggy weather, but mainly it was listening to the second reading of the European Union (Referendum) Bill in the Commons. While I wait for you to recover from your shock, I’ll just explain a bit why. […]
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The idea of concept stretching is not a new one, and certainly predates Satori’s seminal piece on the topic from 1970, at least in practical terms. However, it’s an idea that has continued relevance for all researchers, especially those in the social sciences. it was something I was reminded of this week, during some workshop […]
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This week, we held our third annual workshop of the UACES Collaborative Research Network on Euroscepticism in Brussels. As with its forerunners, the event brought together a wide range of academics and practitioners and there was much enlightening discussion. I’ll come back to some of the other themes in coming posts, but today I want […]
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With her political foes standing in front of signs urging voters to “ditch the witch”, Australia’s first female prime minister endured a torrent of gender premised attacks during her leadership that a male opponent simply would not have faced. Julia Gillard’s infamous ‘sexism and misogyny’ speech in parliament in October 2012 helped to propel her […]
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This week, I travelled up to London, to Portcullis House, for the official launch of New Europeans. This group aims to give a voice to those EU citizens living in the UK, and to UK citizens living elsewhere in the EU. As the group’s chair, Roger Casale, noted, there are 2.5 million of the former […]
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