Prof Deirdre McCann

65. Global Governance: Promise, Power, and the Limits of the ‘Global’ In this episode of Called to the Bar, Tamsin Phillipa Paige is joined by Aoife O’Donoghue (Queen’s University Belfast), Ruth Houghton (Newcastle University), and Cher Weixia Chen (George Mason Univers

New episode of #CalledToTheBar ft @ncl-congov.bsky.social @ruthhoughton.bsky.social & her co-editors @aoifemod.bsky.social & Cher Weixia Chen on their new Research Handbook on Global Governance. soundcloud.com/calledtotheb...

All Olympic curling stones come from this Scottish island. Here’s how they’re made Every stone thrown at the Olympic curling tournaments comes from the same place — the remote island of Ailsa Craig, off the Scottish coast.

www.nytimes.com/athletic/696...

The conference on Unwritten Constitutionalism and Informality, co organised by the UCNP Project and MUNI in Brno is off to a great start! After a very interesting panel on Constitutional Culture we are now reflecting on how the Unwritten Constitution might facilitate Constitutional Resilience.

a man is riding a segway in an office with the words welcome aboard below him Alt: Michael Scott, character from the US Office, is riding a segway into an office with the words 'Welcome aboard!' below him

📣Hello Bluesky! 👋

Me (Holly Smith, new Social Media Editor), @ryanlamare.bsky.social (Editor-In-Chief), & the rest of the #BJIR board are delighted to launch our new socials today!

Join us here for all things #industrialrelations - related (is that a hashtag?)

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On #In-WorkPoverty, #UKPoverty2026 reports: "In-work poverty has become a persistent feature of the labour market, with rising numbers of workers unable to achieve a decent standard of living, despite being in employment. The type and quality of work available are critical."

Poverty is deepening.

🔎 Our #UKPoverty2026 report was launched this morning.

People in very deep poverty now make up the biggest group of people in poverty, at 6.8 million people.

This is unacceptable for the fifth richest country in the world, and it has consequences.

An amazing time at the @collingwooddurham.bsky.social Burns Night formal! Thank you to @thombrooks.bsky.social for the invitation and congratulations to the organisers.

Funded PhD opportunities - Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life

The @leverhulmecal.bsky.social PhD studentships are now live here leverhulmecal.webspace.durham.ac.uk/leverhulme-c... Are you looking for a PhD programme that supports interdisciplinary approaches to algorithmic life? Closing date 26 February

“If ye wish her grateful’ pray’r
Gie her a haggis!”

Happy #BurnsNight from UofG! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Professor Pauline MacKay, Director of our Centre for Robert Burns Studies, reads from 'To a Haggis'.

#TeamUofG #ScotlandIsNow @glasgowburns.bsky.social

Shakespeare at Large: Law and the First Folio This collection celebrates the quadricentennial anniversary of Shakespeare's First Folio (1623), examining the intersection of law, literature, history, and performance through eight scholarly essays....

My work on Magna Carta, King John, 19th century theatre and a splash of pantomime has been republished in this edited collection
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From displacement to decent work: Women rebuild roads and their futures in Somalia With ILO support, displaced and host community women in Baidoa in southwest of Somalia are training as stone cobblers, earning income and rebuilding vital roads. The project promotes decent work, gend...

"When women gain access to decent work, families are lifted out of vulnerability and communities become more resilient." www.ilo.org/resource/art...

Business Ready The Development Economics Vice Presidency (DEC) is the premier research and data arm of the World Bank. DEC increases understanding of development policies and programs by providing intellectual leade...

On the recent release of the World Bank's second Business Ready report, my assessment of the labour regulation dimension of #B-READY, with Sangheon Lee @ilo.org, is available on @ssrn.bsky.social bit.ly/BRSSRN. Forthcoming in the Modern Law Review. www.worldbank.org/en/businessr...

Singing In Durham | Durham Choral Society | Durham Durham Choral Society is a mixed-voice, amateur choir that performs choral music in Durham Cathedral. We are a charity that promotes choral singing in Durham, UK.

Looking forward to seeing Durham Choral Society on Saturday 24th January - An Evening with Will Todd. Trailer 👇 www.durhamchoralsociety.org.uk

Father welcomes new parental leave rights for bereaved in Great Britain Aaron Horsey says measures in Employment Rights Act will give support ‘at one of most difficult moments imaginable’ A father who has fought for a change in the law so that bereaved parents can look after their babies after the death of a partner will tell his son he can make the “impossible” happen after new rights for workers are laid before parliament on Monday. Aaron Horsey was shocked when he discovered he had no right to take leave to look after his newborn son, after his wife, Bernadette, 31, died while giving birth at Royal Derby hospital. Continue reading...

Father welcomes new parental leave rights for bereaved in Great Britain

In those areas where the Act breaks new ground for UK law, including zero hours contract laws, analysis indicates that the adoption of similar laws in other OECD countries in the recent past has led to productivity and employment improvements.

A new report, commissioned by the Department for Business and Trade, and co-authored by a team of Digit researchers, benchmarks the protection afforded by new UK rights against those across the OECD.

www.gov.uk/government/p...

A view through trees to the city of Durham in the distance under light snow. The trees frame the distant centre point, which is the cathedral

Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 22
Durham Cathedral
Artist: SRBadmin

YouTube video by Durham University Business School 14th International Labour and Employment Relations Association (ILERA) European Congress

Good memories of the ILERA European Congress. Great to see colleagues from around the world in Durham. Thank you to Barbara Bechter @durham.ac.uk and Rae Cooper @sydney.edu.au for organising, and to Catherine Lemercier and Emilien Blandine for the short film. www.youtube.com/watch?v=slGH...

WSC 2025 round-up: A year of worker power! – Worker Support Centre As 2025 comes to a close, we’re proud to share our first newsletter detailing some of the moments where workers led the way, shaped change and built the foundations for a fairer Scotland.

We believe everyone should be safe, valued and respected at work - no matter our job or nationality.

In 2025 workers across Scotland have showed what that looks like in action.

Check out our FIRST EVER newsletter to hear more about this work.

workersupportcentre.org.uk/2025/12/10/w...

Two new Working Papers from our mixed-methods study Family Finances out now📣 📰 Our first paper looks at the emerging qual & quant findings showing that Scottish Child Payment is making a significant difference to household resources & children's wellbeing 🧵

An evaluation of the World Bank's Business Ready (B-READY) Labor Topic, with Sangheon Lee @ilo.org. Expanded, accepted version, forthcoming in the Modern Law Review. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... @ssrn.bsky.social

A four-day week for teachers? This is why that isn’t a luxury for us – it’s a necessity | Lola Okolosie Teachers in England and Wales are burnt-out and barely functioning. Solving that will help young people and their families too, says teacher Lola Okolosie

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

« Le portrait d’Elisabeth Lederer », de Gustav Klimt, devient la deuxième œuvre la plus chère jamais vendue aux enchères Six acheteurs étaient sur les rangs, mardi à la maison de ventes aux enchères Sotheby’s, à New York, pour acquérir le tableau de l’artiste autrichien, finalement adjugé 236 millions de dollars.

« Le portrait d’Elisabeth Lederer », de Gustav Klimt, devient la deuxième œuvre la plus chère jamais vendue aux enchères

🎵 Tickets now on sale for Durham Choral Society's celebration of Durham-born composer Will Todd. Also featuring Voices of Hope, members of Newcastle's Strictly Smokin' Big Band and Alice Grace, with the composer accompanying on the grand piano. durhamcathedral.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...

Informal Workers, Vulnerability and Human Rights: An Inter-American Story ABSTRACT . Informality is a defining feature of labour markets in Latin America and the Caribbean, where nearly half of the workforce remains excluded from

Important new article on informality under the IASHR by @mauropucheta.bsky.social and @renanbkalil.bsky.social, open access in the ILJ. Exploring the potential for a rights-based model and calling for a more systematic recognition of informal workers by the Court. academic.oup.com/ilj/advance-...

💜 In #Colombia, women caring for the elderly — at home and in jobs — are overworked, underpaid, and invisible

📢 They carry 76% of unpaid care work, yet get little support. It’s time to value care as essential work!

📰 Read the full story @equaltimes.bsky.social : www.equaltimes.org/the-women-lo...

🎬Now online: the Durham Cathderal debate on the contemporary resonance of Magna Carta. Thoughtful reflections from our @thombrooks.bsky.social @benedictdouglas.bsky.social @ruthhoughton.bsky.social and Henry Jones (and provocative questions from the pews!) @durhamcathedral.bsky.social @durham.ac.uk

Soo delighted to be at the launch of this brilliant new @uofglasgow.bsky.social initiative
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"The worst social policy ever" We have a couple of bonus guest posts over the next week.

New post out:

"The worst social policy ever"

Today we have a guest post from @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social on the abomination that is the two-child limit and why Labour need to scrap it ASAP.

Lots of data but also powerful testimony.

(Free to read)

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