Historian of UK and ROI politics and political economy. Senior Lecturer at QMUL and Deputy Director of Mile End Institute (https://www.qmul.ac.uk/politics/staff/profiles/murphycolm.html). Book on Labour and 'modernisation' (https://tinyurl.com/37tzatvk).
Colm Murphy
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Nice piece from my colleague at QM, Aoife Monks
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
Why are we still arguing about the industrial revolution? - www.ft.com/content/f837... via @FT
Here is a quick snap from the @mileendinstitute.bsky.social event last night - damning evidence of my addiction to scare quotes.
Coding and accountancy were once trumpeted as secure careers, but AI is showing otherwise
"[We] worked through the discussion-forum activity of roughly 60,000 students ... The finding that stayed with me is that the students who earned top marks were those who were 'wrong' most often ... They proposed, they explored, they were frequently and visibly incorrect.
www.ft.com/content/d2d8...
Absolutely crucial piece of research on misinformation in local news on Facebook, X and Nextdoor by @smfthinktank.bsky.social Full report is here (www.smf.co.uk/publications...) but these are some key findings:
A team from SSE's from Department of Sociology, Politics and International Relations (SPIR) will take on editorship of The European Journal of International Relations (EJIR) in January 2027. Read more👇
www.qmul.ac.uk/society-and-...
Historical data does not offer much insight about how our predecessors navigated profound change
Excited to be talking at @ihr.bsky.social Women's History seminar tonight about how disabled women's economic lives can help reframe ideas of enterprise & self employment. Feminist, social justice & environmentalist commitments could be part of visions of enterprise for those at the economic margins
6music now on, as it should have been from the start.
I have to say, listening to the Today programme dedicate an entire (context free) section about whether migrants are more likely to be convicted criminals *the morning after* hundreds of non-migrants of my own ethnicity committed a pogrom is blood boiling.
