Are Universities echo chambers?Again, Universities are in the news accused of being incubators for ideological purism and rejection of opposing viewpoints. A part of…Feb 17, 2021Feb 17, 2021
The disintegration of trust in languageA lot (too much?) has been written on declining trust — in political institutions, leaders, each other — in the last few years, and…Nov 21, 2019Nov 21, 2019
When do democrats suspend democracy?Boris Johnson has prorogued Parliament in order to facilitate leaving the European Union with no deal or — perhaps alternatively — to…Aug 29, 20192Aug 29, 20192
Is British democracy facing a legitimacy crisis?One of the biggest and most debated questions in political science is whether there is a legitimacy crisis. Seminal, widely-cited texts…Nov 13, 2018Nov 13, 2018
Did hate crime rise after Brexit?Richard Norrie and David Goodhart yesterday wrote an article reporting data from the new recorded hate crime statistics released by the…Oct 17, 20182Oct 17, 20182
Journal rejection and low-stakes feedbackWhen learning about the publication process and inevitable experience of rejection, early career researchers (ECRs) will often be told…Oct 16, 2018Oct 16, 2018
Does English identity matter?This tweet from Tim Bale five days ago caught my eye, based off of NatCen’s British Social Attitudes survey, and gave me pause for thought:Oct 2, 2018Oct 2, 2018
Did Brexit increase hate crimes? The answer is still yes.So, hate crimes are in the news again after the Home Office’s release of the new data on October 17th. Thus began an avalanche of news…Oct 19, 2017Oct 19, 2017
Critical Review of Guy Verhofstadt’s ‘Europe’s Last Chance’: the Issue of Identity and DemocracyGuy Verhofstadt’s book occupies a unique genre. On the one hand, it is unapologetically, aggressively pro-Federal Europe. On the other, it…Aug 8, 2017Aug 8, 2017
