Academic jargon is suffocating your understanding of concepts. Your writing lacks depth because you don't understand these terms. I've got your solution: Repost & reply 🎓 I'll DM you this handy guide in Google Sheets to explain scientific terminology (must be following).

📣📣New publication! So thrilled to see my latest paper 'Going Digital … But What For? Parties' Ideological Positions and Divides on Platform Societies in Western Europe' out on govandopp , open access for sharing, citing, criticising ☺️. Link 👇 cambridge.org/core/journals/… and a🧵

"Women have very little idea of how much men hate them." -Germaine Greer

Lib Dems Ed Davey has taken a stronger line than the PM:

I have joined the mass movement of academic twitter to BSky. Follow me here: @jonnypettifer.bsky.social #AcademicTwitter

🚨 NEW: 65% of Brits see Donald Trump as a threat to European peace and security [YouGov]

Can she stay there permanently?

Why did Michelle not accompany Barack into the Rotunda just now? #Inauguration2025

"So this is how liberty dies... with thunderous applause" #Inauguration2025

This is some weird shit

Is this man ok? #Inauguration2025

Starmer taking an HIV test has achieved something: we now know how utterly clueless people are about HIV. 1. Heterosexuals can get HIV 2. HIV stigma and fear prevent people from testing. 3. But testing means getting treatment if required 4. Effective treatment makes the virus

Great to present a section of my PhD thesis today at ISA with some excellent colleagues. Looking forward to developing my research further as I come to the end of my project and hopefully collaborate more with a great set of people!

New blog out with Darcy Luke on the government's AI strategy and approach to regulating AI, which situates it in the broader context of the approaches previous UK governments developed towards AI. A fascinating and increasingly important topic!

Getting tickets for Lady Gaga has made my year 🥹

Monday is going to be a "relatively busy" #PSA2025 day! I will be presenting some co-authored work with Jonny Pettifer on Trust/Trustworthiness as Norms to be Contested. Come along if you are free. Trust Research In International Relations

One of the strangest aspects of claims made by British transphobes is that “trans people” are some kind of modern and/or Western invention. As an anthropologist, let me be clear: gender-diverse people have existed throughout all of human history, from our very beginnings. When I

A wondrous day.

Great to be interviewed at BISA in Belfast for this podcast! Thanks for having me on E-International Relations

Great to present coauthored work with Marianna Karakoulaki on the state of LGBTQ+ acceptance in Greece at the BISA annual conference in Belfast last week. Thanks for the professional photography, too! 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇬🇷