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Will Allen
@williamlallen.bsky.social
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political scientist • how people engage with info, and why this matters for attitudes and policy around the world • Deputy Editor @migrationjrnl.bsky.social • UK Young Academy • dog dad • all the baking • www.wlallen.com
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Pumpkin pie bars (vegan and gluten free) to bring a bit of US Thanksgiving to the @sotonpolitics.bsky.social seminar today
Four dark brown squares of custardy pumpkin filling on a grey plate, taken from above. A single square of a dark brown pumpkin pie bar, showing the layers of crispy crust and soft filing.
November 26, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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Paseos por la mañana en Oxfordshire
A Jack Russell stands on a tree stump with the sun on her back. She thinks about her impending lunch: chicken perhaps? A park with morning sun streaming through tree branches, with a layer of orange leaves on the ground
November 23, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Evening, @exeter.ox.ac.uk
A dimly lit choir sings from below tall arches in a chapel
November 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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I shamelessly used today’s immigration lecture with our 2nd year @sotonpolitics.bsky.social students to show off cool work by @labdelaaty.bsky.social @emilythorson.bsky.social @sblinder.bsky.social @chrisclaassen.bsky.social Lauren McLaren @akoustov.bsky.social and others. A vicarious coffee & chat!
Chris Claassen and Lauren McLaren create a measure of immigration mood and use it to track changes across lots of European countries. Scott Blinder shows how British perceptions of who immigrants are don’t align with the actual composition. Emily Thorson and Lamis Abdelaaty measure US misperceptions about refugee policies, showing how widespread they really are. Alex Kustov’s book ‘In Our Interest’ makes the case for thinking about immigration preferences and attitudes in terms of parochial altruism, or concern for one’s compatriots.
November 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Thanks Mike, and it was better for your comments! Looks like we are in good company too: congrats on your own team’s piece. Hope to see you again at EPSS and wherever the fun pol com crowd goes
November 21, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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Katharina Tittel, @piotram.bsky.social and I identified patterns of sources in French-language X immigration posts and the likely ideological leanings of posters. Far-right users uniquely flood feeds with hyper-partisan sources, but also post mainstream and public media like left/center users.
We document how much differnt types of Twitter/X users (from far-left to far-right) post different types of news sources on immigration. Far-right users are much more likely to share hyperpartisan sources, but they also share legacy and public broadcasting sources in similar or even greater proportions to left and center users.
November 21, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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Who shares which sources on social media, and why does this matter politically? Our open-access @polcommjournal.bsky.social article shows how far-right French Twitter/X users strategically post and cite sources to achieve their goals. doi.org/10.1080/1058... #polisky #commsky #migcitsky A 🧵:
November 21, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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Buenos días, Oxfordshire
Orange and yellow light appears over a row of distant trees and houses.
November 18, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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“I’m not angry, I’m just disappointed with you.” 🐶
A disappointed Jack Russell terrier looks directly into the camera…and your soul.
November 13, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Early morning mist in Oxfordshire
A low row of trees underneath a pink and orange mist in the early morning
November 9, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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Buenas noches, Oxfordshire
A round theatre with golden light coming out of a series of windows
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Otoño en Oxfordshire
A Jack Russell stands among orange leaves with a green park behind her. A large tree in front of a green park
November 2, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Warming old bones in Oxfordshire 🐶
A brown and white Jack Russell terrier looks out onto a green park as she warms her face by the sun. She contemplates her lunch: Will it contain chicken, her favourite?
November 1, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Buenos días, Oxfordshire
A set of wooden stairs lead up to a path with an orange sunrise behind it.
October 30, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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Warm plum crumble and crème fraîche to mark the days drawing in. #poliskycooks
A bowl of red cooked plums, golden crumble, and cream on top.
October 27, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Today’s @sotonpolitics.bsky.social seminar will include these vegan birthday biscuit bars: dark chocolate, pecan, sea salt. #poliskybakes
A stack of tender and golden rectangular biscuits on a white plate with the background out of focus. Chunks of chocolate and nuts are visible from the side.
October 22, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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Doggy duvet day in rainy Oxfordshire
A Jack Russell terrier looks out of a window onto a green field. It’s rainy outside, so she thinks about her favourite thing for such a day: chicken soup.
October 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Today is the first @sotonpolitics.bsky.social seminar of the term, which means colleagues are getting these honey and peanut butter biscuits with mixed spice, pecan, and flakey sea salt! An autumn mix of sweet and salty, just like my last paper’s Reviewer 1 and Reviewer 2. #poliskybakes
Three golden brown biscuits on a grey plate. Each of them have chunks of pecan on top, with crosshatch patterns baked into the top of each one.
October 1, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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Buenos días, Oxfordshire 🐶
A Jack Russell terrier stands on a fallen tree stump with a green park behind her. As she looks over her kingdom she thinks about the lunch that awaits: chicken chicken chic
September 27, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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In a conjoint experiment, we show Colombians prefer policies that allow for conditional family reunification and access to formal employment. And, those with stronger humanitarian views favor fewer restrictions in core areas of health, work, and family (what we call "life, labor, and loved ones.")
A chart showing that Colombians tend to prefer migration policies that allow conditional family reunification, some access to formal labor markets, an (to a lesser degree) annual limits on arrivals and some kind of limited protection period.
September 22, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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Thanks @migcitizenapsa.bsky.social! @isabel-ruiz.bsky.social, @cvar-sil.bsky.social and I received an honorable mention for the section's Best Paper Award this year, for our study showing which types of migration policies towards Venezuelans that Colombians prefer. Free here: doi.org/10.1016/j.wo...
September 22, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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Buenas noches, Oxfordshire
A Jack Russell terrier sleeps on her side, holding onto her human’s hand as she dreams of her favourite dinner: chicken.
September 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Good evening, Oxfordshire
A lamppost at the end of a old brick alley. The photo is blurry as the photographer moved.
September 17, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Bank holiday, Oxfordshire
A small cottage with greenery A river with a small boat and animals including horses, cows, and geese A single brown duck looks at the camera Holding a nearly empty pint glass with green trees and a sunny background with other pub goers
August 25, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Fin de semana jardinera #dogdad #jackrussell
A Jack Russell terrier stands in a garden, brightly lit by the sun. She thinks about her favourite plant: the chicken tree.
August 24, 2025 at 11:03 AM