HURRAH! New UK in a Changing Europe report out today on relations between the UK and India. Produced in collaboration with King's India Institute Particular thanks to Louise Tillin for all her hard work 1/4

On 11 Sept, UK in a Changing Europe will be hosting an event for PhD students and early career researchers just before our annual conference.

Funding is available to cover transport and accommodation, with lunch and dinner provided.

Application deadline is 14 June. For details, see below.

George Lansbury archives are now online. This is a great resource for labour historians and a fascinating insight into the life of the Labour Party politician and one-time leader sslh.org.uk/2024/04/25/geo…

🚨🇬🇧🇪🇺🚨Labour says it has “no plans” for doing a youth mobility deal with EU — says it is “synonymous with free movement” (it isn’t)

…but another poor sign for those hoping Labour will be brave on EU. /1

Via @ft

on.ft.com/49NVCLf

The debate about Majority Voting in the EU is going in circles. To shed more light on how QMV is actually used in practice, at SWP we have compiled and today publish a database of all public votes in the Council since 2010 - the EU Council Monitor:

swp-berlin.org/en/publication…

This semester I've been teaching 'Economic Inequality and Growth' at UC Berkeley. This is a thread with some of my favorite graphs.

First, the headline everyone's-seen-it graph: falling then rising income inequality in Anglophone countries.

Nach wie vor werden Personen gesucht, die gerne Bücher lesen & für eine Aufwandsentschädigung von 20€ eine Erzählung lesen od hören & anschließend einen Fragebogen ausfüllen (max. 90 Min)!
Ort: Kolingasse 14-16, 1090 Wien
Kontakt & Termine: [email protected]

IMF Growth Forecast: 2024
🇺🇸 US: 2.7%
🇩🇪 Germany: 0.2%
🇫🇷 France: 0.7%
🇮🇹 Italy: 0.7%
🇪🇸 Spain: 1.9%
🇬🇧 UK: 0.5%
🇯🇵 Japan: 0.9%
🇨🇳 China: 4.6%
🇮🇳 India: 6.8%
🇷🇺 Russia: 3.2%
🇧🇷 Brazil: 2.2%
🇲🇽 Mexico: 2.4%
🇸🇦 KSA: 2.6%
🇳🇬 Nigeria: 3.3%
🇿🇦 S. Africa: 0.9%

imf.org/en/Publication…

Happy to announce that I have been re-elected for another three years as Secretary & Media Officer of the Political Studies Association's Italian Politics Specialist Group (PSA Italian Politics). I look forward to working with my new Executive Committee fellow members!

Two more weeks left to apply! For more details, see our website: gbz.hu-berlin.de/ma-british-stu… Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Today in 1939, John Steinbeck's novel The Grapes of Wrath was published.

My inaugural lecture at the #GBZ_HUBerlin has just been published on Open Access. Go to: ‘Intelligible government’: rethinking the meaning of monarchy in the age of King Charles III tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

'The aggregated data continues to show that X has significant value as a research dissemination platform and remains the leading source of our social media attention.' altmetric.com/blog/since-twi…

You have seven more weeks to apply for MA British Studies and join Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin this October! Taught entirely in English, this two-year interdisciplinary programme combines law and politics, history and media, literature and culture, and includes a 3-month work placement.

Intéressé.e par la recherche sur les partis et la comparaison? Je présenterai le projet #PPDB political party database ce vendredi dans le webinaire PARTIPOL de AFSP: contenu, opportunités et défis. Au plaisir de vous y retrouver!

📢Join us for our next book launch with Kalika Mehta
On 'Strategic Litigation and Corporate Complicity in Crimes Under International Law'
🕘21 March 2024 at 1pm CET
🗓️Register here: bit.ly/49KJMSA