After a long absence, I'm finally back on Twitter (yes, I still call it that), and am now also on Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/niceon… Get in touch if you want to talk #UKYouthPoll, young people's politics, polling, political participation, or survey research.

"Don’t rule yourself out. It’s daunting to put yourself out there, but that’s exactly why taking risks is essential for young students trying to find their feet in this world." 💡 Read Mayoral Intern Annie Ferguson's blog on her placement with Mayor of Greater Manchester last summer: 🔗

Yesterday's news about #votesat16 seems as good a reason as any to shamelessly plug an old article by Raynee Gutting and myself. We tested the effect on public support of framing votes at 16 as a right or a change, with interesting results: academic.oup.com/pa/article/74/…

Worth checking out the whole special edition of Parliamentary Affairs on the #votesat16 debate in the UK, co-edited by Jon Tonge, Thomas Loughran and Andy Mycock: academic.oup.com/pa/issue/74/3

We’re finishing the week with an away day, reflecting and planning for the next year - watch this space 😃 Happy weekend from us at the Centre to all of you! ☀️ Eddie Barnes Joe Greenwood-Hau 🇲🇲🇦🇫🇺🇦 Iain Anderson

Global sales of baby’s disposable nappies were 36 per cent higher in 2021 than in 2013 - producing mountains of pollution, and of profit for Big Nappy: theecologist.org/2025/aug/04/gl… - by me

📢 ICYMI: Our Research & Insights platform is now live! Why contribute? 💡 Generate impact 💡 Reach a wide audience 💡 Make research accessible 💡 Not just original findings Find out more and submit: 🔗 johnsmithcentre.com/our-work/resea… UofG Social Sciences UofG Soc & Pol Sci

There's still time to get tickets for our Festival of Politics panel on Gen Z and Politics! 🎟️ Don't miss out 👉 festivalofpolitics.citizenticket.co.uk/events/festiva…

Interesting piece of analysis from James Kanagasooriam Focaldata: leafy pro-Remain suburbs are full of people whose jobs may be the most exposed to AI: focaldata.com/blog/the-colla…

Also thrilled to see both 'Higher education teaching professionals' and 'Social and humanities' scientists in the top 20 professions most at risk from LLMs.

Important work, as always, from Joseph Rowntree Foundation: jrf.org.uk/deep-poverty-a…