An excellent hire for Melbourne and a very welcome return for Australian political science.

The convo all parents are having about which school to send their child to.

The largest election in the world starts today in India 🇮🇳

In this The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand piece, I write about the key role that the BJP grassroots organisation plays in continuing the party's dominance at the ballot box.

theconversation.com/we-have-thousa…

Seconded. A great (Australian) morning for football.

Outrageous scenes of delegates being removed from the Natcon conference:

youtube.com/watch?v=XebF2c…

Academics: “Turning From the Critical Turn: A New Approach to Critically Unpacking the Critique - a Critical Appraisal”

Normal humans:

Interesting article, but I wonder - overall - how many hours were saved?

On the one hand, EOIs take less than a full application.

On the other, 4,147 EOIs submitted compared to 2,590 applications in 2023.

Do EOIs mean many more people 'hit & hope' (wasting everyone's time)?

I guess I’ll use the other door this morning… #Nathan #campuslife Griffith University

You find all sorts lurking in the corners of the corridor at SGIR.

How does perceived societal stigma affect participation in populist radical right parties? Sofia Ammassari examines this subject in Political Studies: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… (OPEN ACCESS)

Political StudiesAssoc @SAGECQPolitics #freeaccess #polsci

I asked an AI to rap Karl Marx’s Capital gangsta style

I was happy to talk to Ben Raue from The Tally Room about the upcoming 2024 Indian general election 🇮🇳

If you want to know about the main political actors, key campaign issues, Modi's govt record so far and much more, this podcast has got you covered! 🎧

tallyroom.com.au/55369

Salvini's League today is at 8%. In July 2019 (led then also by Salvini), the League was at 38%.

Most party leaders could not survive that kind of drop. And I'm not sure even he can continue to survive it for much longer.

Post #PSA24 conference entertainment.

[Scotland vs Northern Ireland at Hampden Park. And, to be honest, the anthem was better played than any of the football afterwards]