βTo have as many experiences as possible and have the as much positive impact on other people and the world as you canβ - thatβs the meaning of life according to my 10yo.
Honestly 10/10 - no notes. What great priorities that kid has!
12.10.2025 10:09 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
π¨ICYMIπ¨
Why Russiaβs info warriors could be weaker than you think. Disinformation expert Dr Precious Chatterje-Doody joins @alexvont.bsky.social to discuss π linktr.ee/bunker_pod
#podcast #Russia #bunkerpod
05.10.2025 12:59 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Very much enjoyed sitting down with @alexvont.bsky.social on @bunkerpod.bsky.social this week to talk all things disinformation
@ou-gcsj.bsky.social @oupolitics.bsky.social
02.10.2025 08:52 β π 8 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0
Many thanks - glad you found it interesting.
02.10.2025 08:37 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
How Russia is trying to win over the world beyond the West - BBC News
Over the past three years, Russian state-backed news channel RT has expanded its international presence.
The BBC has done a deep dive into current activities of Russiaβs RT network, extensively citing research from me, @rhyscrilley.bsky.social @m-deceit.bsky.social et al in our new (free-to-download!) book.
@oupolitics.bsky.social
www.bbc.com/news/article...
26.08.2025 08:08 β π 3 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0
Just had my third peer review invitation in 24 hours (fifth this week) π
08.08.2025 12:35 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0
Fancy a sneaky peek of our UG IR offerings? Look no furtherβ¦..
08.08.2025 12:33 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Official publication day today!
17.07.2025 11:59 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Some fantastic reviews coming in on the new book, co-authored with @rhyscrilley.bsky.social and @m-deceit.bsky.social colleagues
@ou-gcsj.bsky.social
15.07.2025 09:02 β π 5 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0
Why is tracking disinformation so difficultβand what can we do about it? - (Mis)Translating Deceit
Emma Connolly explores why tracking mis and disnformation is challenging as it moves across platforms, and why it is vital its circulation is mitigated.
π¨New blog post! Emma Connolly (Research Fellow at UCL's Digital Speech Lab) explores why tracking mis and disnformation is challenging as it moves across platforms, and why it is vital its circulation is mitigated. You can read her blog on our website - www.mis-translating-deceit.com/project-blog...
14.07.2025 12:23 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Rethink - Rethink... summer holidays - BBC Sounds
In an age of climate change and over-tourism, what's the future for our summer holidays?
Ironically, missed this as I was on holiday, but proud to hear an idea I had made into a great episode of Rethink
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
@oupolitics.bsky.social
@openuniversity.bsky.social
06.07.2025 13:33 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Blogs
Discover how you can use the Changemakers guide to help make a difference with this blog post by OU Politics student Lilybell Evergreen, who was on the panel for the Changemakers guide launch event du...
We are delighted to publish the winners of this yearβs POLIS student blog competition! We had many entries and selected one overall winner and three runners up. All received prize vouchers. Read the fantastic winning entries here: fass.open.ac.uk/polis/outrea...
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09.06.2025 11:02 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 1
π¨Report by @drdonnasmith.bsky.social & Dan Taylor with @policywise.bsky.social out now!
"Engaging the disengaged: a guide for policymakers & campaigners" explores practical ways to engage disengaged groups in democracy.
πRead here: fass.open.ac.uk/sites/fass.o...
@openuniversity.bsky.social
02.07.2025 09:36 β π 2 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
Will the next Secretary-General of the United Nations be a woman?
As the lead up to the appointment of the next UN Secretary-General picks up pace, Dr Georgina Holmes explains the selection process and reflects on why there is growing momentum to appoint a woman....
As the lead up to the appointment of the next #UN #SecretaryGeneral picks up pace, here's my explainer article on the selection process & why there's momentum to appoint a woman, despite backlash/backsliding on gender #equality among some member states @oupolitics.bsky.social tinyurl.com/5n6w7ftp
26.06.2025 08:38 β π 4 π 5 π¬ 1 π 0
YouTube video by Ila Yermak
"One of the many" Ilariia Yermak sound installation.
Ilaria Yermak: This work presents real sounds of military equipment, bombings, and the sound of silence, which were recorded by residents of Kyiv, my acquaintances, and friends. The soundtrack is accompanied by an interview I took with my acquaintance, who has been in Kyiv throughout the war.
26.06.2025 08:41 β π 5 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0
π’Join tomorrow's roundtable: how can external engagement & research impact creatively, effectively and ethically be facilitated to challenge prejudice & disinformation?
β°1-2.30PM | June 18
π www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/challengin...
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17.06.2025 11:23 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
β¨Excited to share our research "Creating Good Young Patriots," which was published as an Advance Article in
@cpcs.bsky.social @irgarner.bsky.social!
π online.ucpress.edu/cpcs/article...
22.05.2025 10:44 β π 12 π 4 π¬ 1 π 1
Print of a field at night with plants with circular white seedheads under a full moon in a dark sky
'Night Clocks' by contemporary printmaker Lisa Benson #WomensArt
18.05.2025 05:41 β π 1341 π 180 π¬ 0 π 4
We don't lock our stories away behind paywalls. Sign-up for our Daily Newsletter to get all our latest news and analysis delivered straight to your inbox each morning. Free forever: theconversation.com/uk/newslette...
17.05.2025 07:14 β π 21 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0
Very sorry to hear it, and strength to you
09.05.2025 08:38 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
So sorry I missed this at the time but ma-hoo-sive congratulations Doc! Gonna have to change your bio for the SI π
09.05.2025 08:21 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Two-tier wicked themed cake
This one was for Wicked-themed party. Glinda tier is vanilla funfetti with white chocolate ganache; Elphaba tier is salted caramel with chocolate buttercream.
#poliscibakes
09.05.2025 08:16 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Inside Taganrog: beatings, electrocution and starvation at prison where Ukrainians were tortured
Russia is holding an estimated 16,000 civilians in arbitrary detention at 180 separate facilities. Taganrog was the most notorious.
Yesterday we published our investigation into torture & death of Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna.
Now, what I & several Guardian colleagues have been working on for past few months: inside one of Russia's worst torture prisons for Ukrainians
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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P/T lecturer 0.2 in Social Entrepreneurship at Goldsmiths, London, + semi-retired. Views my own. Climate Justice, Stop Ecocide, Critical Management Studies, Solidarity Economy, π.
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PhD in IR at SciencesPo Paris & Associate Fellow with the Russia Program at George Washington University. Author of the Arctic security newsletter 66Β° North on Substack. Writing about Russia, China, the polar regions, sometimes the seas and space.
Academic research on Judaism, esp Black Jews and Black Hebrew Israelites. Posts about religion. Music-loving vegan. Family man. From Birmingham to Warsaw via Liverpool and Nottingham. Animal lover, environmentalist. Wearing middle-age surprisingly well.
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