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Elizabeth Stokoe

@lizstokoe.bsky.social

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Professor and Associate Vice President (Impact) at #LSE | Psychologist | Hon FBPsS | Hon Prof @lborouniversity.bsky.social | @IndependentSage.bsky.social Behaviour Group | Conversation Analyst #EMCA | she/her | own views | #AcademicSky .. more

Elizabeth Stokoe is a British social scientist and conversation analyst. Since January 2023, she has been Professor in the Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science at The London School of Economics and Political Science. She was previously Professor of Social Interaction at Loughborough University (2002–2022) in the Discourse and Rhetoric Group, where she remains an Honorary Professor. She has been Professor II at University of South-Eastern Norway since 2016. .. more

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Elizabeth Stokoe @lizstokoe.bsky.social · 18d

Hello #EMCA community!

There's been another Bluesky influx - to find #ConversationAnalysis #DiscursivePsychology #MCA #Ethnomethodology use these Starter Packs.

Let me know if you'd like to be added (check you're not there first) and repost this!

1. go.bsky.app/DHMkXcX

2. go.bsky.app/6p8x2UZ

Reposted by Mark D. White, Elizabeth Stokoe, Michael D. McDonald , and 4 more Mark D. White, Elizabeth Stokoe, Michael D. McDonald, Ann Bartow, Maksym Polyakov, Colin Woodard, Peter Jacobs

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 5h

NYT confirming MS NOW reporting:

Prosecutors began investigating Renee Good's killing, then Washington told them to stop.

Federal prosecutors had a warrant to collect evidence from Good's vehicle, but Trump leaders said to drop it. About a dozen prosecutors have since departed.

Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop.

www.nytimes.com

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 13h

The hypocrisy is off the scale. Does a puff piece in The Times. Then sends a notice via the press regulator telling journalists, those worthy of the name, not to harass him.

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Ethan Jones @ethanjonesic.bsky.social · 15h

News to me that Holyhead is apparently a historic Plaid Cymru stronghold.

I also don’t think Reform winning a council by-election on a low turnout, where people are alleging they never received polling cards, is seismic news.

The Anglocentric media seem hellbent on bigging up Farage’s mob.

Reposted by Jonathan Portes, Tim Bale, Elizabeth Stokoe , and 2 more Jonathan Portes, Tim Bale, Elizabeth Stokoe, Mark Robinson, Pauline Stafford

Anthony Painter @anthonypainter.bsky.social · 18h

It is terribly sad that the former PM feels the need to say this in the face of low life blowhards.

We cannot allow this to even be a question.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

‘I’m British, English and British Asian’, says Rishi Sunak in riposte to racially charged debate over identity

Podcaster claimed former prime minister not English because he is ‘brown-skinned Hindu’

www.theguardian.com

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UK Flood Alerts @ukfloodalerts.bsky.social · 1d

Flood Alert for Loughborough urban watercourses and local tributaries to the River Soar

Flood Alert for Loughborough urban watercourses and local tributaries to the River Soar

River levels have lowered at the Loughborough river gauge, but may rise again overnight. Areas most at risk are low-lying agricultural land and roads including Kingfisher Way, Forest Road and Monarch Way from the Wood Brook, the Grace Dieu Brook, Burleigh Brook, Black Brook, Grammar School Brook, Hermitage Brook, Sileby Brook, Long Whatton Brook, King’s Brook and Kingston Brook. Rainfall is forecast to continue over the next 24 hours. We are closely monitoring the situation. Take care and avoid walking, cycling or driving through flood water. This message will be updated by 09:00AM on 07 February 2026 or as the situation changes.

www.floodmapper.co.uk

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Jason Sinclair @jsinclair.bsky.social · 1d

Counterpoint: tulips on sale at a care/deli around the corner from my house in London for £2 a bunch.

Cheap flowers

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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 1d

Psychology needs a… revolution
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
@maddipow.bsky.social @richardwiseman.bsky.social @joakimsundh.bsky.social @jamiecummins.bsky.social @lizstokoe.bsky.social @margaritap.bsky.social and others…

Psychology needs a… revolution | BPS

Our editor Jon Sutton introduces a special collection, with your views...

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 1d

This event about Conor Gearty is extraordinary. Only halfway through the first panel, and we’ve already brought in the U.S. court system, climate change, and now Gaza.

The biggest point: we have a duty to use our voices, use our positions, and to look as widely and wisely as possible.

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Paul Kelly @pjthinker.bsky.social · 1d

At LSE event celebrating the late Conor Gearty - scholar, teacher and public intellectual. An ideal roll model - what an academic should be. A great loss we all still feel. @lselaw.bsky.social

Elizabeth Stokoe @lizstokoe.bsky.social · 1d

A Lincolnshire farmer replied! @thesecretfarmer.bsky.social

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Rhodri Morgan-Smith @docrods.bsky.social · 1d

It’s utterly bewildering .
Ynys Môn is farming country - damaged by Brexit .
The biggest employer on the island is the Port of Holyhead - now ferries go direct from Ireland to France , with 30-50% cut in traffic - damaged by Brexit .
Renewables were being built supported by EU funding - no more.

Reposted by Elizabeth Stokoe, Lesley A. Hall

PJ Holden @pauljholden.com · 1d

Bezos burning the Washington post to the ground is as firm a reason for the continued bbc licence as ever there was. Eventually everything that can be owned by a billionaire will be owned by a billionaire and at that point its future will be determined by the whims of a man making 166k per minute.

Reposted by Jonathan Portes, Elizabeth Stokoe, Charles West , and 2 more Jonathan Portes, Elizabeth Stokoe, Charles West, Margot C. Finn, Paul Nightingale

Richard Jones @richardaljones.bsky.social · 1d

The way UK govt funds science is in the midst of a major transition, with creation of a much more direct link between government priorities & UKRI research funding.

My attempt to set in context the biggest upheaval in UK science funding policy since the 1980s:
softmachines.org?p=3252

UK science policy in transition – Soft Machines, by Richard Jones

softmachines.org

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

Trump has posted on Truth Social about 65 times in the last 90 minutes, including a video he posted at 8:44 PM PT describing election fraud lies that shows racist AI images of Michelle and Barack Obama as monkeys at the end. I’ve confirmed this is real and watched it myself.

25th Amendment now.

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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 2d

Kudos to @jdmunday.bsky.social & other authors of this really elegant study of viral transmission in schools. 👇
Indoor air quality is very important, something we on @independentsage.bsky.social argued strongly during pandemic. Ventilation matters.

James Munday @jdmunday.bsky.social · 2d

Our paper modelling transmission risk in schools is published in Nature Communications. **The relative contribution of close-proximity contacts, shared classroom exposure and indoor air quality to respiratory virus transmission in schools** doi.org/10.1038/s414...

Elizabeth Stokoe @lizstokoe.bsky.social · 2d

Exactly!

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Thesecretfarmer @thesecretfarmer.bsky.social · 2d

And here is me growing daffodils in Lincolnshire that are selling for a quid a bunch!!

Elizabeth Stokoe @lizstokoe.bsky.social · 2d

Tulips from Lincolnshire on sale in a cafe/deli around the corner from my office in London for... yes, **£50** a bunch 🌷🌷😬😲

Pink tulips on a bucket with 50 written on it

Pricing and writing about Lincolnshire on the delight window

Elizabeth Stokoe @lizstokoe.bsky.social · 2d

What a nonsense click-baity (though, these days, utterly unsurprising) headline from The Telegraph about #psychology, the BPS etc.

How the radical Left took over Britain’s leading psychological society
Like many institutions, a culture war has left its members afraid to speak – but they also fear vulnerable clients will be unduly influenced

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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 2d

OH MY WORD

We are now:

In the top 10 of news & politics podcasts

And number 59 of ALL podcasts in the country!

Only thing I can say is…

Cheers Andrea Jenkyns!

Reposted by Martin McKee, Elizabeth Stokoe, Tuomas Mattila , and 3 more Martin McKee, Elizabeth Stokoe, Tuomas Mattila, Devon Greyson, Julia M. Wright, Christina Pagel

James Munday @jdmunday.bsky.social · 2d

Our paper modelling transmission risk in schools is published in Nature Communications. **The relative contribution of close-proximity contacts, shared classroom exposure and indoor air quality to respiratory virus transmission in schools** doi.org/10.1038/s414...

Elizabeth Stokoe @lizstokoe.bsky.social · 3d

“Back then there was a clear national vision for universities, and they were mostly publicly funded,” he says. “Now you stand or fall on your student demand.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘If I think about what this means, I want to cry’: what happens when a city loses its university?

When Essex University’s Southend campus opened, it was a message of hope for a ‘left behind’ UK seaside town. Its closure will be felt far beyond its 800 students, some of whom will not get their degr...

www.theguardian.com

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Charnwood Forest Geopark @charnwoodforest.bsky.social · 3d

📢 SAVE THE DATE!

🌙 Geopark In The Dark: Illuminated Fossil Spectacular on the evenings of Friday 13th - Sunday 15th March.

🤩 Join us in the ruins at Bradgate Park for an amazing light show featuring thousands of fossil models!

🌐 More details here: www.charnwoodforest.org/event/geopar...

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 3d

In this week's column I seek to explain Keir Starmer's flat refusal to change our electoral system, even though its gross unfairness could put Reform UK in power on <30% of the vote. The reasons, I believe, are deeply cynical and disturbing. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

If Reform ever wins power in Westminster, it will be because of Labour’s cowardice | George Monbiot

Starmer could improve our unfair electoral system to stop the hard right, but he won’t. All the party has left are threats about ‘splitting the vote’, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com

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Louise Jones @louisejoneslse.bsky.social · 4d

Join us for another conversation about impactful partnerships (& free lunch) TOMORROW Weds 4 Feb 12-1pm with @lizstokoe.bsky.social @robtelneajai.bsky.social (LSE Impact Award rising star 2025) & Anita Tweh on their work to change citizenship legislation in Liberia.
🎟️ info.lse.ac.uk/staff/servic...

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Charnwood Forest Geopark @charnwoodforest.bsky.social · 4d

👉 Join us for a free online talk by Dr Susan Kilby, as she reveals the fascinating story behind some of Charnwood Forest’s place-names.

📅 Thursday 26 February, 7.30pm

🌐 Book you place now: www.charnwoodforest.org/event/free-o...

Reposted by Elizabeth Stokoe, Maria Sobolewska

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 5d

'In the Netherlands, the coalition has leaned heavily on the language of “choosing knowledge” – de coalitie kiest voor kennis – and positioned international students and researchers as contributors to the Dutch knowledge economy rather than as a cost to be managed.'

Investment in the sector is on the up in some countries. Why?

Right across the continent, things are looking bleak when it comes to university finances and investment in the sector.

Reposted by Kim L. Scheppele, Nandita Sharma, Steve Peers , and 3 more Kim L. Scheppele, Nandita Sharma, Steve Peers, Elizabeth Stokoe, Daniel Kuehn, Joanna L. Grossman

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 6d

multiple trump-created crises converging with deadly results.

CBS News @cbsnews.com · 6d

BREAKING: ICE has halted "all movement" at a Texas detention facility due to measles infections, DHS confirms.

ICE halts "all movement" at Texas detention facility due to measles infections

The measles cases at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center were detected Friday, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement to CBS News.

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 6d

- in my world of humanities and social sciences there is an opportunity here for our community. Previously for cross disciplinary programmes it was a ‘pay to play’ model and so it was hard for AHRC/ESRC (as the smallest councils) to participate. Now all these cross disciplinary calls will be open…

Reposted by Diane Coyle, Dave O’Brien, Elizabeth Stokoe , and 4 more Diane Coyle, Dave O’Brien, Elizabeth Stokoe, Margot C. Finn, Paul Nightingale, Simon Usherwood, Katherine Brickell

Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 6d

Hot off the press - a letter from the Exec Chair of @ukri.org explaining his plans and in particular the financial position of STFC. It notes curiosity driven research is protected and will make up around half of UKRI spend over the coming period
www.ukri.org/news/open-le...

Open letter from Ian Chapman to research and innovation community

UKRI Chief Executive outlines changes to UKRI investment approach, addressing concerns about research funding and the financial position of STFC.