Great Political Quarterly article by my fab School of Politics & IR at Queen Mary colleague Dr Sofia Collignon on 'Addressing Barriers to Women's Representation in Party Candidate Selections' onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/14… 👏Sofia 😉

Another corker of an event from the Mile End Institute, marking the 30th anniversary of John Smith’s death. Excellent keynote from Yvette Cooper and now a superb panel discussion.

We ended today's Mile End Institute event in memory of John Smith, who died 30 years ago this week, with his call for 'democratic optimism'.

In an age when government can seem so constrained - when the pressures on government can feel so overwhelming - we need that call more than ever

New article at Political Quarterly #Gender disparities persist in candidate selections, with #Tories nominating more men. A gender-sensitive party culture audit is urgent to address barriers to women's political participation. #Gender Equality #PoliticalReform
doi.org/10.1111/1467-9…

A brilliant speech from Yvette Cooper today Mile End Institute remembering John Smith, beginning with memories of working for him when he was shadow chancellor.

As the smoke clears from the low-turnout council elections, what have we learnt about the prospects for the upcoming general election? Tim Bale joins me and Roger Hearing whycurve.com/episode/small-…

Karl's is one of three - count em! - books on Labour published by my School of Politics & IR at Queen Mary colleagues in the last few months, along with these two crackers, by Colm Murphy and Richard Johnson

Great to be here for Yvette Cooper's lecture on John Smith at the Mile End Institute, organised with David Ward.

We were delighted to welcome Yvette Cooper to Queen Mary University of London this morning to commemorate the 30th anniversary of John Smith’s untimely death.

Yvette’s speech will be followed by a discussion between Cllr David Ward 🌹, Dame Pauline Green and Richard Johnson which will be on our YouTube soon.

Chuffed to be asked to introduce Karl Pike and Hannah Al-Othman in conversation re. his fab new book c/o Mile End Institute

Very much enjoyed attending the launch of Karl Pike's new book 'Getting Over New Labour: The Party after Blair and Brown'.

The Labour Party for the last 14 years has lived in the shadow of New Labour. Internal party divisions shaped by Q of what to make of that govt & its legacy.

My department, School of Politics & IR at Queen Mary, is hiring a Lecturer in Political Economy (T&S). Come join us!

jobs.ac.uk/job/DHK718/lec…

I’m afraid to say that the Mile End Institute didn’t win but my friend Colm Murphy was highly-commended in the Queen Mary University of London Early Career Researcher category. I can’t overstate how important Colm is to MEI and what an extraordinary impact he has had on School of Politics & IR at Queen Mary. Congratulations, Colm!

Extremely proud that colleagues in School of Politics & IR at Queen Mary scooped up so many awards and commendations in the Queen Mary University of London Research and Innovation Awards today

Delighted to be representing the Mile End Institute at Queen Mary University of London’s Research and Innovation Awards with Elizabeth Simon!

We’re nominated for a Culture, Civic, Community and Policy award for our project about how to measure and improve wellbeing in London #QMRIA

90% of organising is follow up.
Post assembly follow-up with key leaders.

Had a wonderful 1.1 with Joe Hoover, celebrating the achievements of School of Politics & IR at Queen Mary
& the great turnout for the London Citizens assembly.
Looking forward to strengthing the partnership for next year.

Interesting study by School of Politics & IR at Queen Mary’s Maria Grasso and collaborator Marco Guigni finds that public funding directed toward youth orgs often results in depoliticisation.

As the polls open for local elections across England today, Jack Shaw & Patrick Diamond ask should local authorities reorganise?

Their latest blog reviews the evidence.

bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/should-lo…

Very proud to see my research made into this compelling cartoon form. Thank you to the Cartoon Movement, artist Maddo Maddo, Gianluca Iazzolino, & Haki na Sheria. This cartoon tells the story of an often-overlooked form of digitized border making (1/2) shorturl.at/dnsJT

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