I was wondering how many pints of lager you could buy with median incomes since the 1970s. A typical male UK full time employee earned 243 pints per week in 1975; this has now fallen by around a third, to 159 pints per week.

My friend & former colleague Mark Beeson launching a (non-submarine fired) missile at #AUKUS. I’m certainly with him that the absence of significant debate about an investment of this size (given opportunity costs) was both surprising and troubling #auspol theconversation.com/the-aukus-subm…

En route to #eisapec2024 Talking about IR, bibliometrics, trump and BJPIR Also trying to remember some gcse french

📝Don't miss this recent BJPIR article 'Looking for the International in international relations and political science: Evidence from author locations in the BJPIR, 1999-2023' by Margherita Belgioioso & Marius Mehrl journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13… The Political Studies Association

It‘s #EISAPEC2024 day 3 and if you are in the market for a fun roundtable on populism, security narratives and the Trump presidency, come join Malte Riemann Jack Holland Jonny Hall Daniel F. Wajner and myself this afternoon. We know words, we have beautiful words, all the best words.

New article by Gerard Toal on Ukraine, looking at narratives, the discursive coalition, and taboo journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

4 years on from a huge (pandemic and childcare) delay... will try to find the time to resurrect this project, not least because the data is very pretty. Nice to present it at #EISAPEC24 and get some positive feedback and useful suggestions for what next

A thread by Kate Sullivan de Estrada outlining the main argument of the article 🧵 x.com/Kate_SdE/statu…

Please share: Announcing publication of our National Security and Defence Documents Dataset (1987-2024). A complete international collection of 575 documents from 113 countries, machine-readable and translated doi.org/10.7488/ds/7797

I saw Andrew W. Neal present this at #EISAPEC24 and is sounds a really useful resource. I'd expect a pretty wide uptake...

🗞️BJPIR in September 2024… Stay up to date with the latest from BJPIR in our September 2024 update. 📘Find out more about our latest issue, most recent special section and the John Peterson Best Paper Prize here: medium.com/@BJPIR/bjpir-i… The Political Studies Association

Two BRILLIANT datasets for International Relations researchers & dissertation supervisors! 1st up Andrew W. Neal National Security and Defence Docs Dataset 1987-2024 datashare.ed.ac.uk/handle/10283/8… 2nd Laura J. Shepherd & Caitlin Biddolph WPS National Action Plans wpsnaps.org

New publication! "The prioritisation of climate security: A content analysis of national security agendas" (Wik & Neal) We reveal a stark mismatch between the growing threat of climate change and its prioritisation in national security agendas. edin.ac/4gm4Umg

Congratulations to Professor Cristina Leston-Bandeira (C Leston-Bandeira) who has been awarded a Fellowship from the Academy of Social Sciences! She was nominated by The Political Studies Association for her research on parliament and political engagement. @IPEN_Network Leeds Social Sciences Institute essl.leeds.ac.uk/politics/news/…

🗞️Stay up to date with BJPIR in September 2024 Find out about the latest issue, our new special section and the John Peterson Best Paper Prize in our September update. ⬇️Read the update here: medium.com/@BJPIR/bjpir-i… The Political Studies Association

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📈Trending in BJPIR 'Should we be writing at a time like this? Reflections on abolition, political science, and international relations' by Rhys Crilley 🔓Find the article in #OpenAccess: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13… The Political Studies Association

🚨EXCITING NEWS🚨 We are thrilled to announce the #BISA2025 call for papers! As BISA marks 50 years since its inauguration, we reflect on the Association’s stewardship of British International Studies Submissions open 8 Oct Visit the conference site👉conference.bisa.ac.uk/call-papers-0

📣New BJPIR article! Can governments deal with global challenges? Marco Improta & Elisabetta Mannoni discuss short-termism as an obstacle to the capacity of governments to tackle long-term issues, especially climate change. 🔓 Find here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… The Political Studies Association