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Monuments to survival – anti-nuclear resistance through art - LSE Review of Books 80 years after the Hiroshima & Nagasaki bombs Resisting the Nuclear: Art & Activism Across the Pacific explores anti-nuclear art, activism & survivor testimony.

NEW✨ Resisting the Nuclear: Art and Activism Across the Pacific edited by @elyssafaison.bsky.social and Alison Fields @uwapress.bsky.social explores #AntiNuclear resistance through #art, #activism and survival.

#Review by Oliver Thomas @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social 👇

#hiroshima80 #nagasaki80

Nature’s decision to publish positive peer review reports only gives half the picture - Impact of Social Sciences As the journal Nature moves to publish peer review reports for accepted papers, Bodo Stern argues this partial openness falls short of true transparency.

💥 New: Nature’s decision to publish positive peer review reports only gives half the picture

✍️ @bodorama.bsky.social #AcademicSky #PeerReview #ScholComm

The world is watching as Brazil reacts to the US - LSE Business Review President Lula’s reaction to Trump is of interest to other economies like Mexico and Canada. World leaders are watching closely how he fares in the standoff.

How @lulaoficialbluesky.bsky.social reacts to Trump's threats is of profound interest to other large economies like Mexico and Canada.

World leaders are watching closely how he fares in the standoff

@apagliar.bsky.social

What Brothers of Italy shares with its post-fascist predecessors Does Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy share similarities with its post-fascist predecessors? New research finds a mixed picture of continuity and change.

💥New: What Brothers of Italy shares – and does not share – with its neo-fascist and post-fascist predecessors

✍️ @mlorimer.bsky.social & Matteo Cavallaro blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

What is the value of a park? - EUROPP Wellbeing data suggests the monetary value of a park to residents of urban areas can be put at around €119 per resident, in any given year.

Living close to a green space during Covid-19 restrictions had a significant, positive effect on residents’ overall life satisfaction, with the strongest impact seen when green areas were between 15 and 20 hectares.
By Christian Krekel, CEP and @lsepbs.bsky.social

blogs.lse.ac.uk/euro...

What is the value of a park? - EUROPP Wellbeing data suggests the monetary value of a park to residents of urban areas can be put at around €119 per resident, in any given year.

💥 New: What is the value of a park?

Research from Christian Krekel @lsepbs.bsky.social @cep-lse.bsky.social finds that green spaces in urban areas produce wellbeing benefits that equate to around €119 per resident. blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

The symbolism of Denmark’s EU presidency - EUROPP The Danish EU presidency must aim to bridge divides between the EU's member states at a time when Europe faces mounting challenges.

💥 New: The symbolism of Denmark’s EU presidency

✍️ Vera Spyrakou blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

Germany, EU fiscal rules and the illusion of objectivity German defence spending risks breaking EU fiscal rules. But while the rules are presented as a technical calculation, they are less objective than it appears.

Do #Germany’s plans to increase #defence and infrastructure risk breaking EU #FiscalRules?

Enforcement of the rules is presented as a technical calculation, but in fact it's far less objective than it appears, write @cami34.bsky.social and Vanessa Endrejat on @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social.

Can the EU become a strategic-normative power in a fractured world? The EU’s status as a normative power is under pressure. Yet this moment presents an opportunity for the EU to redefine what it means to be a global actor.

💥 New: Can the EU become a strategic-normative power in a fractured world?

✍️ Uwe Wunderlich @astonpress.bsky.social ‬ blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

I wrote this piece with my friend and colleague @vanessa endrejat on the conflict between Germany and EU fiscal rules.
Check it out!

‘The Crisis of Long-Termism: Time and Independence in the European Union’ – my new article with Antoine Vauchez
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@wepsocial.bsky.social @lse-ei.bsky.social @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social @lsepoltheory.bsky.social

Thomas Piketty and Michael Sandel on the struggle for equality - LSE Review of Books Equality: What It Means and Why It Matters is a wide-ranging discussion between economist Thomas Piketty and philosopher Michael J. Sandel on ways to think about and achieve real equality.

NEW✨ ‪ @michaelvaughan.bsky.social @lseinequalities.bsky.social reviews Equality: What It Means and Why It Matters by Thomas Piketty @thomaspiketty.bsky.social and Michael J. Sandel @politybooks.bsky.social 👇

Why Instagram doctors can’t fix the problems associated with wellness influencing - Impact of Social Sciences Doctor-influencers may be qualified, but they often echo unqualified wellness influencers, blurring lines between expertise and opinion, writes Rachel O’Neill.

💥New: What happens when doctors become wellness influencers? 📸

Dr Rachel O' Neill @lsemedia.bsky.social writes that doctor-influencers often mirror the same problems as their lay counterparts, blurring what it means to eat “well” & fuelling confusion ⬇️

#WellnessInfluencers

The new NATO spending target will hamper Europe’s innovation policy NATO's new 5 percent defence spending pledge is unlikely to help create a more autonomous, competitive and sustainable Europe.

#NATO member states have committed to raising #defence and security-related spending from 2 to 5 per cent of GDP by 2035.

Yet @kfrenken.bsky.social argues on @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social that the proposed spending is unlikely to help create a more autonomous, competitive and sustainable Europe.

Germany, EU fiscal rules and the illusion of objectivity German defence spending risks breaking EU fiscal rules. But while the rules are presented as a technical calculation, they are less objective than it appears.

💥 New: Germany, EU fiscal rules and the illusion of objectivity

✍️ @cami34.bsky.social & Vanessa Endrejat
blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

The new NATO spending target will hamper Europe’s innovation policy NATO's new 5 percent defence spending pledge is unlikely to help create a more autonomous, competitive and sustainable Europe.

💥 New: The new NATO spending target will hamper Europe’s innovation policy

✍️ @kfrenken.bsky.social ‬ blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

Europe has much to learn from Ukraine’s drone warfare ecosystem The drone warfare ecosystem Ukraine has rapidly developed offers some powerful lessons for Europe, the UK and NATO as they ramp up defence spending.

💥 New: Europe has much to learn from Ukraine’s drone warfare ecosystem

✍️ Jon-Wyatt Matlack, Sebastian Schwartz & Oliver Gill

Can the World Health Organization survive Donald Trump’s presidency? The World Health Organization will survive Donald Trump's presidency, but its ability to tackle health threats will be constrained by the loss of US funding.

💥 New: Can the World Health Organization survive Donald Trump’s presidency?

✍️ @hassandamluji.bsky.social‬

British CEOs earn 100 times what they pay employees - LSE Business Review Britain’s CEOs earn 100+ times the median pay of their workers, up from 20 times in the 1970s. But high pay doesn't boost performance or productivity.

Britain’s leading CEOs earn more than 100 times the median pay of their workers, up from 20 times in the 1970s. But high pay doesn't boost performance or productivity.

How Europe can rethink its security strategy towards Russia EU defence spending has increased substantially since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. This extra spending must now be accompanied by a coherent security strategy.

The #war in #Ukraine exposed Europe as over-relying on #NATO for defence and being fragmented in terms of national defence policies.

Kamil Zwolski @sotonpolitcs.bsky.social argues the #EU needs a coherent long-term security strategy on @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social‬

#NATOsummit

Storytelling for advocacy in the digital age - LSE Review of Books Story Tech: Power, Storytelling and Social Change Advocacy by Filippo Trevisan, Michael Vaughan & Ariadne Vromen examines digital storytelling for advocacy.

Story Tech: Power, Storytelling, and Social Change Advocacy by Filippo Trevisan @michaelvaughan.bsky.social‬ @lseinequalities.bsky.social @ariadnevromen.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social @livunipress.bsky.social @uofmpress.bsky.social

#Review by Juliana Reimberg @cu-cardiffbusiness.bsky.social‬

How Europe can rethink its security strategy towards Russia EU defence spending has increased substantially since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. This extra spending must now be accompanied by a coherent security strategy.

💥 New

Ahead of today's NATO summit, Kamil Zwolski ‪assesses how Europe can rethink its security strategy towards Russia

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Poland’s presidential election – the end of re-democratisation? Poland’s 2025 presidential election – the end of re-democratisation?

💥 New: Poland’s presidential election – the end of re-democratisation?

✍️ Adam Holesch

What the left can learn from MAGA - EUROPP If progressive parties are to see off the populist wave, they must reclaim the narratives MAGA has co-opted from the left.

💥 New: What the left can learn from MAGA

✍️ Moises de Souza

What future for truth? - British Politics and Policy at LSE A good way understand the increasing disregard for the truth is by appreciating the social role of belief. Believing in something is often a way of signalling which social group one belongs to.

As #LSEFestival continues (16-21 June) with events considering Visions for the future 👁 explore a range of posts from across LSE Blogs connected to the programme.

First, J. McKenzie Alexander @lsephilosophy.bsky.social ‪@lsepress.bsky.social for @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social on the future of #truth.

The shifting geography of politics in Portugal - EUROPP The 2025 Portuguese election showed the transformation in the territorial dynamics of electoral politics in Portugal has crystallised into systemic realignment.

💥 New: From discontent to disruption – the shifting geography of politics in Portugal

✍️ João Almeida & @rodriguez-pose.bsky.social‬

Climate change and politics – insights from the LSE Festival How does climate change affect politics? António Valentim presents insights from four studies featured at the 2025 LSE Festival exhibition.

💥 New: Climate change, political inertia and the power of protest – insights from the LSE Festival exhibition

✍️ @antvalentim.bsky.social‬ presents insights on climate change and politics from four studies featured at the 2025 LSE Festival exhibition

Is the managed migration of health workers “ethics washing”? Frameworks for ethically managing healthcare worker emigration can provide some benefits, but have far too many shortcomings to be considered good practice

💥 New: Is the managed migration of health workers “ethics washing” or something more?

✍️ @hanrieder.bsky.social‬ & Leon Janauschek blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

📎 My blog piece about *corruption in healthcare* is out now on @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social, check it out below ⬇️
In it I discuss my research on issues around measurement (www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...) and social norms (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....)

Why money alone won’t cure corruption in healthcare - EUROPP Corruption in healthcare can't be solved by money alone - it is also necessary to tackle the social norms that drive corrupt practices.

💥 New: Why money alone won’t cure corruption in healthcare

✍️ @ivaparvanova.bsky.social‬