My review of Judith Butler's latest book is out in Contemporary Sociology! "Who's Afraid of Gender" is a must read for all, especially those on the fence about the attacks on trans folks/allies. P&IR Edinburgh School of Social & Political Science Edinburgh GENDER.ED @ University of Edinburgh The Asian Feminist / @theasianfeminist.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

Join us for a thought-provoking event featuring Jennie Ikuta as we explore British moral sentiment, black self-respect, truth, and political action. 21 May, 3-4.30pm 3.15, Chrystal Macmillan Building Don't miss this insightful discussion! edin.ac/3F8FhHY

University of Edinburgh’s “Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies …, seeks to appoint a Teaching Fellow in Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies. The position will be available from 1st September 2025 to 31th December 2026.” elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat…

A School of Social & Political Science Edinburgh Staff Pride Network Staff BAME Network collab! Curtis Chin speaks about coming of age story about growing up and coming out as gay in a working-class immigrant community and finding his way as a first gen University student. ☕️🍵🍪 eventbrite.co.uk/e/everything-i… P&IR Edinburgh GENDER.ED @ University of Edinburgh

New blog! What Italy Can Teach about Reform UK’s Rise in Scotland. As Reform UK moves beyond its English heartlands and gains ground in Scotland Davide Vampa draws lessons from Italy’s populist radical right to understand what this shift might mean: edin.ac/3FnWXQ4

Reform is expanding beyond its 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿heartlands and gaining support in🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Drawing on another case of populist territorial expansion, I look at Salvini’s League in 🇮🇹 and how chameleonic rebranding amid political flux can fuel growth in new regions – but also spark internal tensions 👇

Are you short a listen or interested in the links b/t IR theory & political ideology? RIS has just the thing for you - a new pod on our recent editor's selection, featuring our Sebastian Kaempf interviewing (also our) Ben Martill: buzzsprout.com/2395572/episod… BISA - British International Studies Association P&IR Edinburgh

Important read from Nicola Perugini 👇

To mark the end of classes and get ready for dissertation work, our cohort came together today for a productive WIP session and end of year reception. Wishing everyone good luck! School of Social & Political Science Edinburgh P&IR Edinburgh

Tomorrow we start to take evidence on the Community Wealth Building (Scotland) Bill. We'll hear from Clackmannanshire Council, which has been making notable progress in CWB, and: - Citizen Participation - [email protected], the University of Edinburgh - Neil McInroy, Chair EDAS 📺 9.30am on Scottish Parliament TV

Jacqui Cho's excellent new article 👇 dovetails nicely with our latest RIS podcast, in which Sebastian Kaempf and Dahlia Simangan discuss her editor's selection (all ungated) on peacebuilding. A feast for your eyes and ears and mind! BISA - British International Studies Association P&IR Edinburgh buzzsprout.com/2395572/episod…

Important interview with The National featuring our expert Nicola Perugini on Israel, Iran, and Gaza. x.com/scotnational/s…

🆕 Check out our 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲 🆕 The new editorial team at RFS discusses the vision for the journal and its future direction. 👉 doi.org/10.1080/135975… Davide Vampa Filippo Boni Assefa Fiseha Meryl Kenny Mariely Lopez-Santana & Mattia Zulianello

👏 A brilliant final contribution from Joe Greenwood-Hau 🇲🇲🇦🇫🇺🇦 — this collection of student blog posts from the political behaviour course is full of sharp, thoughtful insights. Well worth exploring! Thank you for everything — you'll be greatly missed! 💛

🎤 Looking forward to this important discussion! Great to see our colleague Dr. Nida Alahmad featured at the Visit the Scottish Parliament #FestivalOfPolitics. Don’t miss it if you’re in Edinburgh on 20 August! 👇 #MiddleEast #PublicEngagement School of Social & Political Science Edinburgh P&IR Edinburgh

Excited to see our amazing P&IR Edinburgh colleagues contributing to key debates at this year’s Festival of Politics! 🗣️📢

At P&IR Edinburgh, I was lucky enough to share an office with Uğur Özdemir and Jessica C. Smith, and then with Nicola Nymalm; I can't imagine better office-mates; fun, friendly, and thoughtful.

This is my latest piece in The Loop European Consortium for Political Research based on recent fieldwork in Argentina 🇦🇷. Thank you to all the officials and informants who shared their insights with me. P&IR Edinburgh

📚 new open access book: "Climate Assemblies - New Civic Institutions for a Climate-Changed World" 🌍 ✅ 25 co-authors examine the state of the field and the reasons behind the growing hope and hype about climate assemblies ✅Free PDF available here 👉🏼 degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/1…

Join UoE panlists (Prof Donald Bloxham; Dr Shaira Vadasaria; Dr Nida Alahmad; Dr Livnat Konopny-Decleve) at the Scottish Storytelling Centre for The Invaders' Fear of Memories play spt 13-14 Shaira Vadasaria School of Social & Political Science Edinburgh P&IR Edinburgh Scottish Storytelling Centre Details: …storytellingcentre.online.red61.co.uk/event/913:6226/