Andrew Judge
@judge.bsky.social
Politics and International Relations academic at a University with a social media policy.
Energy | Climate | Security | Political Economy | Teaching
Energy | Climate | Security | Political Economy | Teaching
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Good, clear article that allows me to propose once again one of my fave mantras:
If you think mitigation politics is hard, you haven’t thought enough about the toxicity of adaptation politics
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
If you think mitigation politics is hard, you haven’t thought enough about the toxicity of adaptation politics
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Who decides how we adapt to climate change? | Leah Aronowsky
The question is not whether we will reshape our institutions to manage climate impacts, but how
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Good, clear article that allows me to propose once again one of my fave mantras:
If you think mitigation politics is hard, you haven’t thought enough about the toxicity of adaptation politics
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
If you think mitigation politics is hard, you haven’t thought enough about the toxicity of adaptation politics
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Going through some history of climate politics notes from last week, I realize we dont appreciate enough the climate mobilization of mid2010s and subsequent electoral green wave of late 2010s.
That moment was never really meant to be in the cards and we need to better study how we got there
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That moment was never really meant to be in the cards and we need to better study how we got there
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October 13, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Going through some history of climate politics notes from last week, I realize we dont appreciate enough the climate mobilization of mid2010s and subsequent electoral green wave of late 2010s.
That moment was never really meant to be in the cards and we need to better study how we got there
🪡 1/n
That moment was never really meant to be in the cards and we need to better study how we got there
🪡 1/n
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The Nation pulls NO punches, from @espiers.bsky.social
"There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”
"There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”
Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning
The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn’t a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division
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September 13, 2025 at 2:39 AM
The Nation pulls NO punches, from @espiers.bsky.social
"There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”
"There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”
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what a humiliating way for don jr. to find out his dad sends birthday cards.
September 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
what a humiliating way for don jr. to find out his dad sends birthday cards.
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how it feels to contribute to an edited volume
September 7, 2025 at 12:26 PM
how it feels to contribute to an edited volume
Very happy to see this published online. A thought provoking and beautifully crafted article that suggests we centre ‘being’ rather than active ‘doing’ in classroom. Well worth a read, this will be part of a forthcoming symposium on active learning in the Politics journal.
Kate and I are delighted to see our article on spacious learning published in @politicsjournal.bsky.social. In it, we advocate for slower spaces that centre ‘being’ rather than rushing to do or produce. We share three practices from our own teaching as examples: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
September 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Very happy to see this published online. A thought provoking and beautifully crafted article that suggests we centre ‘being’ rather than active ‘doing’ in classroom. Well worth a read, this will be part of a forthcoming symposium on active learning in the Politics journal.
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These are really insane numbers. Even if we only look at formal political offices, billionaires are more than 10,000x more likely to hold a national political position than the average person.
August 28, 2025 at 8:22 AM
These are really insane numbers. Even if we only look at formal political offices, billionaires are more than 10,000x more likely to hold a national political position than the average person.
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2024 Best Learning and Teaching Article published in Politics @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com @uofglasgow.bsky.social: we are happy to announce that the winner is Dr Donna Smith @drdonnasmith.bsky.social for her work on student communities. Details at: journals.sagepub.com/page/pol/col...
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August 6, 2025 at 1:34 PM
2024 Best Learning and Teaching Article published in Politics @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com @uofglasgow.bsky.social: we are happy to announce that the winner is Dr Donna Smith @drdonnasmith.bsky.social for her work on student communities. Details at: journals.sagepub.com/page/pol/col...
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NEW CHART: Trump's "big beautiful bill" & other efforts to dismantle climate policy means the US will add an extra 7bn tonnes of emissions to the atmosphere from now until 2030, compared to meeting its former climate pledge under the Paris Agreement 🫠
www.carbonbrief.org/...
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July 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
NEW CHART: Trump's "big beautiful bill" & other efforts to dismantle climate policy means the US will add an extra 7bn tonnes of emissions to the atmosphere from now until 2030, compared to meeting its former climate pledge under the Paris Agreement 🫠
www.carbonbrief.org/...
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A straw man argument that entirely misses the point. It is the failure to tax wealth properly and redistribute the proceeds of innovation that is leading to resentment about capitalism.
The New York mayoral candidate mistakenly believes the economy is a zero-sum game, writes Michael Strain of the American Enterprise Institute. https://on.ft.com/44IOZe2
July 2, 2025 at 3:05 PM
A straw man argument that entirely misses the point. It is the failure to tax wealth properly and redistribute the proceeds of innovation that is leading to resentment about capitalism.
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TBF this is Morgan McSweeney's second go at tanking a Labour leader. Makes sense that he would have refined his techniques.
65% of Britons have an unfavourable view of Labour, the most since YouGov began asking the question in June 2017
Favourable: 26% (-3 from 13-14 Apr)
Unfavourable: 65% (+4)
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Favourable: 26% (-3 from 13-14 Apr)
Unfavourable: 65% (+4)
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
May 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
TBF this is Morgan McSweeney's second go at tanking a Labour leader. Makes sense that he would have refined his techniques.
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Blogged: why liberal centrists should mourn the decline of the left, because it led to illiberalism & irrationality: stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_an...
Why we need a strong left
Anyone hoping that the marginalization of the Labour left would lead to rational, liberal policy has been badly disappointed by Starmer's recent remarks (pdf) on immigration echoing Enoch Powell and s...
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May 14, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Blogged: why liberal centrists should mourn the decline of the left, because it led to illiberalism & irrationality: stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_an...
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i think the biggest public relations coup AI boosters scored was calling it “AI.” people genuinely think it is an intelligence, and that when they query it, it is providing reasoned answers
it's jolting how little AI skepticism has reached the general public. i've had many acquaintances ask whether i use AI for research and seem shocked when i tell them it's completely useless for that purpose. my wife recently told her colleagues about hallucinations and it was news to all of them.
May 7, 2025 at 4:57 PM
i think the biggest public relations coup AI boosters scored was calling it “AI.” people genuinely think it is an intelligence, and that when they query it, it is providing reasoned answers
You have to admire Morgan McSweeney's commitment to voter efficiency. Who else could lose so many votes so efficiently less than a year after a General Election?
May 2, 2025 at 7:03 AM
You have to admire Morgan McSweeney's commitment to voter efficiency. Who else could lose so many votes so efficiently less than a year after a General Election?
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It's a problem of seeing everything through the eyes of voters - who don't know/care about institutions or voting systems so it's dismissed as unimportant. But it deeply affects your ability to do the things voters do care about.
There's a line connecting Hunt's NI cuts and the electoral system for mayoral races and the BBC management and the EHRC. The Starmer/McSweeney theory of politics just isn't interested in naming, let alone undoing, Tory institutional capture
April 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
It's a problem of seeing everything through the eyes of voters - who don't know/care about institutions or voting systems so it's dismissed as unimportant. But it deeply affects your ability to do the things voters do care about.
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Bimini Bon Boulash absolutely fucking nails it in this piece.
If you don't have the spoons, or simply don't know what to say to your MP, just send them this:
metro.co.uk/2025/04/19/a...
If you don't have the spoons, or simply don't know what to say to your MP, just send them this:
metro.co.uk/2025/04/19/a...
There’s a real threat to women’s safety - and it’s not trans people
Let’s be clear from the start: The biggest threat to women’s safety is – and always has been – men.
metro.co.uk
April 19, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Bimini Bon Boulash absolutely fucking nails it in this piece.
If you don't have the spoons, or simply don't know what to say to your MP, just send them this:
metro.co.uk/2025/04/19/a...
If you don't have the spoons, or simply don't know what to say to your MP, just send them this:
metro.co.uk/2025/04/19/a...
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Really excited that our @politicsjournal.bsky.social article on the Joy of the Teaching Track ✨ is out! Co-authored with the brilliant @ellenfelicity.bsky.social, Keith Smith, Kalina Zhekova, @rosegann.bsky.social @mlebourdon.bsky.social – we advocate for enjoying our jobs!
Polisky SoTLsky
Polisky SoTLsky
The joy of the teaching track: Learning and Teaching in Politics and International Studies - Cathy Elliott, Ellen Watts, Kalina Zhekova, Keith Smith, Rose Gann, Madeleine Le Bourdon, 2025
In recent years, the number of academic jobs in research-intensive universities that are described as ‘academic education route’, ‘teaching and scholarship’, or...
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April 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Really excited that our @politicsjournal.bsky.social article on the Joy of the Teaching Track ✨ is out! Co-authored with the brilliant @ellenfelicity.bsky.social, Keith Smith, Kalina Zhekova, @rosegann.bsky.social @mlebourdon.bsky.social – we advocate for enjoying our jobs!
Polisky SoTLsky
Polisky SoTLsky
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Just published. Paper with @rosegann.bsky.social Victoria Honeyman & Alasdair Blair explores the shape and scope of politics and IR as taught disciplines and how we engaged with this in the @qaa.ac.uk Subject benchmark review.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Shaping the discipline: the impact of QAA benchmark statements on politics and international relations - European Political Science
The question ‘What is Politics and International Relations?’ often goes unasked, potentially leading to varied interpretations across universities. The review of the Quality Assurance Agency’s (QAA) S...
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April 11, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Just published. Paper with @rosegann.bsky.social Victoria Honeyman & Alasdair Blair explores the shape and scope of politics and IR as taught disciplines and how we engaged with this in the @qaa.ac.uk Subject benchmark review.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Parliament has been recalled to vote on measures that may lead to the nationalisation of Britain’s last basic steelworks at Scunthorpe.
I’ve written for the FT on the history of nationalisation’s achievements, the selling off of essential industries and why public ownership should be on the table.
I’ve written for the FT on the history of nationalisation’s achievements, the selling off of essential industries and why public ownership should be on the table.
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April 12, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Parliament has been recalled to vote on measures that may lead to the nationalisation of Britain’s last basic steelworks at Scunthorpe.
I’ve written for the FT on the history of nationalisation’s achievements, the selling off of essential industries and why public ownership should be on the table.
I’ve written for the FT on the history of nationalisation’s achievements, the selling off of essential industries and why public ownership should be on the table.
For quite some time now, Georgios Karyotis, Ian Paterson and I have been working on an article on how to identify, understand and analyse securitisation success and failure. After a long gestation it has finally been published in International Studies Review.
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Understanding Securitization Success: A New Analytical Framework
Abstract. Despite prolific critique, development, and refinement of securitization theory, there is still no clear understanding of what “success” means. W
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April 2, 2025 at 11:18 AM
For quite some time now, Georgios Karyotis, Ian Paterson and I have been working on an article on how to identify, understand and analyse securitisation success and failure. After a long gestation it has finally been published in International Studies Review.
academic.oup.com/isr/article/...
academic.oup.com/isr/article/...
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NEW from me in the FT today... The UK's university 'system' is now in freefall. How on Earth did the disaster unfold? Read all about it: www.ft.com/content/0ec7...
The UK’s academic recession is in full swing
This university crisis is a grim scrabble for numbers
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March 11, 2025 at 8:36 AM
NEW from me in the FT today... The UK's university 'system' is now in freefall. How on Earth did the disaster unfold? Read all about it: www.ft.com/content/0ec7...
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Thrilled to see my new article in @pspolisci.bsky.social, published open access on first view today: ‘Student Choice in Assessment: Is There a Subject-Specific Case for Using Assessment Optionality in Political Science Education?’
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Student Choice in Assessment: Is There a Subject-Specific Case for Using Assessment Optionality in Political Science Education? | PS: Political Science & Politics | Cambridge Core
Student Choice in Assessment: Is There a Subject-Specific Case for Using Assessment Optionality in Political Science Education?
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February 25, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Thrilled to see my new article in @pspolisci.bsky.social, published open access on first view today: ‘Student Choice in Assessment: Is There a Subject-Specific Case for Using Assessment Optionality in Political Science Education?’
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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i'm an experienced, award-winning teacher and can teach courses and/or supervise (ma and ba theses) on, among other things: popular culture and world politics, visual politics, human rights, politics of international law, and (critical) IR theory
if anyone knows of any teaching work in finnish universities please let me know!
February 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM
i'm an experienced, award-winning teacher and can teach courses and/or supervise (ma and ba theses) on, among other things: popular culture and world politics, visual politics, human rights, politics of international law, and (critical) IR theory