Good to see the new Manchester Post-Crash Economics Society report getting launched this May day!

Honestly, social media has broken my irony detector. Is this real?

ping Dóra Piroska 💧🔥🐨 Prof Susan Park

Terrible news today that Boris Kagarlitsky has been sent to a penal colony for his opposition to the invasion of Ukraine. It won't take long:
Free Boris Kagarlitsky and all Russian anti-war political prisoners! - Sign the Petition! chng.it/4G8WTB4s via Change.org UK

If you have plans for Tuesday …

An all too accurate appraisal from Glen O'Hara of where UK HE is at the moment and little indication that things will get better soon voicesofacademia.com/2024/04/05/its…

Every morning there’s news of something grim happening across UK HE PLC

This will cheer you all up ... not

Our Global Policy North workshop led by Jack Taggart from HAPP at Queen's kicks off in Queen's University Belfast 🎓 Global Policy SGIA Durham

Free Boris Kagarlitsky and all other Russian anti-war political prisoners! - Sign the Petition! chng.it/Gy4vN72B via Change.org UK

Excellent resource here for those of us interested in European development banks

Lots of really good advice from Simon Rushton for prospective PhD students thinking of applying to a UK university to work in the social sciences/humanities bisa.ac.uk/articles/how-a…

At a time that many countries consider backtracking from their climate commitments, I am very happy to receive today my copy of “Making the European Green Deal Work - EU sustainability policies at home and abroad”! I have written a chapter on the role of the European Investment Bank in green finance

Calling all EISA enthusiasts! Mel Johnston and I are very pleased to be accepting submissions for the Political Economy Beyond Boundaries section at #PEC2024 . You can find our section call here pebb.netlify.app/updates/pec24-… Deadline 13 March!

What a great idea

More grim news from UK HE. How can you have a university without a philosophy department?!

Really nice piece here by Ilias Alami & Jack Taggart who do a great service to those of us trying to think about neoliberalisation in the current conjuncture. The idea of a defensive mutating neoliberalism - really helpful!