Me to students: Don’t use or cite Wikipedia as a data source Me reading international journal article: data sourced from Wikipedia 🤔🤔🤔 #academia

Our new research: We looked at the post-government career moves of 521 former British #SpecialAdvisers. Q: How many ended up in corporate #lobbying jobs? A: The majority with Athanassios Gouglas & Daniel Orchard theconversation.com/most-special-a… The Conversation #Wesminster #downingstreet

NEW ARTICLE: We illustrate how #Westminster ministers' offices expand, remain stable, and contract. Includes new datasets on #MinisterialAdvisers in Australia, Britain, Canada, & New Zealand. w/ Jonathan Craft, & Marleen Brans in Parliamentary Affairs. academic.oup.com/pa/advance-art…

ICYMI: Our study examined the career moves of 500+ British #SpecialAdvisers. -Most revolved from government to #lobbying -Only a small percentage sought public sector positions journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13… #Whitehall #Westminster #PoliticalAdviser BJPIR

I’m in Iceland and couldn’t help but visit “The Unknown Bureaucrat” statue in Reykjavík. Nice to see a tribute to thankless public servants. The ‘faceless’ imagery is notable for highlighting one’s service, rather than any one individual.

New on Early View: The prime minister's chief of staff: Comparing profiles and trends in Westminster democracies, 1990–2021 by Heath Pickering , Tom Bellens, and Marleen Brans onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…