If it’s 6 June, it must be 194 years to the day since Jeremy Bentham died, stipulating in his will that his body should be preserved at University College London so he could be wheeled in to attend every council meeting. Except most of the stories about his remains aren’t true 🧵
In der Politischen Theorie an der Uni Hamburg ist zum 1.10. eine postdoc-Stelle zu besetzen, hier auf Deutsch und im Kommentar auf Englisch: www.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangeb...
👇 Highly recommended post-doc position in Political Theory
I spoke to @alejandrotauber.bsky.social of @euobserver.com about how Europe's "Ireland problem" could lead to tech disaster for our children, industry, and politics euobserver.com/218368/dubli...
Goed stukje. Kijk naar de Brusselse #PVV en je ziet verandering. Er wordt gebouwd aan macht. [overigens scheldt Kruis je bij het minste of geringste nog steeds uit, maar ja, folklore #kuch]
www.trouw.nl/buitenland/d...
New publication in @jcms-eu.bsky.social with Adam Tyler (main author!) on how digital policy gets contested in the Eur. Parliament
Examining votes and press releases on the Digital Services & Digital Markets Act, we find limited conflict along usual ideological cleavages
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doi.org/10.1111/jcms...
Some of the conflict does follow Left-Right divisions (more so than e.g. divisions of ctizens rights vs. authority or pro- and anti-EU)
New is that we find progressives aligning with the far right to counter the technological optimism of the centre right: 'technosolutionism' vs. 'technopluralism'
It is with deep sorrow and profound love that we announce the passing of Sonny Rollins. The Saxophone Colossus died this afternoon at his home in Woodstock, NY at the age of 95. 1/2
New article out: How Dublin transfers redistribute asylum responsibility. We show that Dublin transfers modestly reduced inequitable distributions of asylum responsibilities across member states, challenging common perceptions in the debate.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
On 1 July this year, Ireland takes the rotating EU presidency and agenda powers on the crown jewels of EU tech laws: "That should make you worried," says activist Johnny Ryan.
euobserver.com
🚨New PolCom Postdoc Vacancy🚨@kathleenbeckers.bsky.social & I are hiring on project "Media, Inequality, and Democratic Support" as part of the Horizon Europe project EDGE ⬇️ Start: 1 Oct 2026, length: 30 months, location: @ascor.bsky.social 🤩, DL: 7 June 2026! More info & apply: tinyurl.com/23zdmjhe
In recent years, the European Union (EU) expanded its digital regulatory competences. However, it is not clear which political trade-offs occur in decision-making on digital policy issues. This study....
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🚨Job alert🚨
Postdoc position: Political Theory and History of Ideas (100%, 3+2 years) @unigreifswald.bsky.social
Deadline: 24.06.26
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