The U.S. economy lost jobs in 0 of the 48 months Joe Biden was president. It has lost jobs in 6 of the 14 months of Trump's second term.

The @essexsummerschool.bsky.social celebrates the women who shape the ESS today, those who paved the way for women in methods, and the new generations we are training to lead the future of social science data analysis.
#IWD2026

Raises difficult questions for EU though, who would have to threaten to retaliate to preserve unity

Congratulations! Not a bad view from work.

More information on the project, eligibility criteria, and application process here: www.essex.ac.uk/postgraduate...

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The project explores how the UK's plan to reach net zero by 2050 affects people, how political and economic institutions change as a result of industrial policies, who the winners and losers are and what might happen in the future. 2/3

Are you a third-year student, or do you know someone who is interested in the future of the green economy? Sustainable Transitions at @universityofessex.bsky.social offers the opportunity for a person from an underrepresented group to undertake a fully funded masters degree followed by a PhD. 1/3

I do understand that there are network economies at work and scalability is important. But given the size of the market, wouldn't we expect more local competition? What are the obstacles -- capital, electricity prices, regulations?

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Indeed, a glorious way to end the first day.

🚨Call for papers: Mwita Chacha and I are convening the "International Politics in Africa" stream at the African Studies Association of the UK 2026 (Durham, Sept 10-12, 2026). The stream aims to bring together scholars with an interest in the intersection between African and international politics.

Patterns for GDP pc and, importantly, productivity are even more dramatic. The latter is arguably the most important metric, bc it directly taps into wealth creation and arguably can also be targeted with policy.

This sounds eerily familiar. Hopefully Ontario can develop a more rational approach to higher education policy than the UK government.

Proud of our Model UN Essex team, who had an outstanding weekend at #SOASMUN.

13 students, and an amazing 4 awards across 5 committees! Congratulations to EssexGov students, Iliyan Jivraj and Lucas Pentland on individual awards, and to the whole team for representing Essex brilliantly! 🎉

#MUNEssex

If it were steel works we would have a government bailout plan, yet losing thousands of jobs at unis is met with a shrug. & unlike steelworks universities were profitable when they had foreign students.
You are killing the golden goose… one of our best exports…

HOW IS THIS HELPING GROWTH?!

Our students in the Model UN and Politics Society are co-hosting a panel THURSDAY on the changing global order featuring colleagues, Dr. Alex Hennessy, Dr. Brian Phillips, and Dr. Felix Schnell (PHAIS).

Join us!

#EssexGov #EssexGovEvents #MUNEssex #EssexPoliticsSociety

🚨Upcoming research talk! We’re pleased to welcome Oscar Granados (Jorge Tadeo Lozano University, Bogotá) to Essex:

“A Trajectory of a New Life After the Peace Process”
🗓 Friday 21 November
🕚 11:00–12:15
📍 Economics Common Room (5B.307)

👉Details at link in bio

#PoliSky #EssexGov #EssexGovEvents

Interested in studying politics and IR? Come and say 👋 to our team at tomorrow's open day! Find us at our booth, and attend our talk at 11am in LTB 3.

The @uniessexgov.bsky.social postgraduate #FirstGen meetings for are back!

Come join us for an informal meeting next Wednesday 12 November at 12:30 in the common room!

Join us for “Populism: On the Rise” — a student-organised panel exploring a most pressing challenge in politics.

📅 Wednesday 29 October
🕒 15:00–16:00
📍 EBS 1.1

Ft. Professor Natasha Lindstaedt, Dr. Roi Zur, and Dr. Rafael Tauil, moderated by Professor Faten Ghosn.

#EssexGov #EssexPoliticsSociety

🌍 The University of Essex is ranked 14th in the world for International Outlook in the Times Higher Education World Uni Rankings 2026!

At EssexGov, our global community of students and staff brings fresh perspectives that shape the future of politics.

#EssexGov #THEWUR2026

Israel: Political Developments and Data in 2024 In 2024, Israel faced profound political and military upheaval. The Gaza war persisted throughout the year, expanding to direct confrontations with Hezbollah and Iran, while Houthi attacks intensifie...

Writing about Israel is emotionally challenging, but equally important to me. Thanks, @liranharsgor.bsky.social for inviting me to collaborate on this @pdyearbook.bsky.social report. Hopefully, next year's report won't have such a somber tone.
ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The Department of Politics and IR (together with the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies and St Antony’s College) has opened an Associate Professor position in Latin America politics 🌎

Apply and become my departmental *and* college colleague:

🌍 EssexGov researchers in Kampala for the Multilingualism, Conflict, and Conflict Resolution in Africa (MCCRA) project — a £2.5M ESRC-funded collaboration (2023–2027) studying how language shapes conflict and peacebuilding across Africa.

#EssexGov #EssexGovImpact @mccrafrica-essex.bsky.social

Asked several LLMs about the probability and 90% confidence interval that University of Essex will have compulsory redundancies in the next 12 months:

ChatGPT: 30%, [15%, 55%]
Claude: 25%, [10%, 50%]
Le chat: 60%, [40%, 80%].

Damn, I'll have to root for the American models here...

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Still confused about EPSA vs. EPSS? Which conference should you go to? Here is a link to clarify things: epssnet.org/uncategorize... TL;DR: "EPSA" community will be in Belfast. Same community, new organisation, bigger mission; slightly new name; and a very different foundation @epssnet.bsky.social

An upwards march: charting the University of Essex’s rise up the rankings The incoming vice-chancellor, Prof Frances Bowen, credits the student-focused approach at the University of Essex for its soaring rankings and high satisfaction rating

Glad to see the University of Essex and @uniessexgov.bsky.social excelling, especially in student satisfaction:

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

When do oil autocracies formally commit to climate change mitigation? Existing literature suggests that there is an autocratic disadvantage in climate change mitigation commitment, even amongst oil-rich countries. Yet, evidence suggests that there is no universal dis...

👏 Congratulations to our PhD candidate, Winifred Michael, on publishing her first article in Contemporary Politics! 🎉

Read it here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1356...

#EssexGov

EPSA have announced that they will hold a conference in July 2026.

😵‍💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.

👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.

A short 🧵

Two intense weeks of learning about spatial econometrics have come to an end. Thanks to all the participants for stimulating discussions and sharing your projects, to @muzhou-zhang.bsky.social for brilliantly teaching the second week, and to @essexsummerschool.bsky.social for another top production!