Tim Haughton
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Professor of Comparative & European Politics @UniBirmingham . Research encompasses party politics, campaigning & (Central) European politics. RT ≠ endorsement
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Although many are wondering when they will get the COVID-19 vaccine, sufferers of insomnia will be pleased to know supplies of a new, but highly effective cure have started to arrive ... 😉
#TheNewPartyChallenge
#PartyPolitics
#CentralAndEasternEurope
Oxford Uni Press
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Terrific photo by Milan Jaros of Czech weekly
@RESPEKT_CZ
of today’s anti-Babis demonstration on
#Letna
above Prague . Should be a book cover.
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Commentators often claim academics have a strong & pernicious influence on their students. Although I’d love all my students to become liberal centrists like me, having just marked 200+ assignments, I’d settle for them just following my advice on how to structure an essay.
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For all who confuse the great countries of Slovakia 🇸🇰 and Slovenia 🇸🇮, here is a helpful guide. And if you still muddle them up have some “jed”......
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@GoodwinMJ
I am amazed how many academics and pundits seem able to predict what is going to happen. There are so many moving parts. Anything is possible. I wish there was a bit more humility and nuanced analysis out there. Not good for click bait, but much more likely to be accurate.
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Academic twitter is often full of stories of publishing and grant success, but it’s also normal to have some unsuccessful years 🧵1/
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Why do some parties live fast and die young? Why are some party systems more stable than others? And what does the emergence of so many new parties mean for the health of democracy? Find out in our new book
#TheNewPartyChallenge
@kdecay
@OUPAcademic
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Delighted to have a mock-up cover for my forthcoming book The New Party Challenge co-authored with the awesome
@kdecay
. Due for publication with Oxford University Press’s Comparative Politics series in December. An ideal Christmas present for a political scientist 😉😀
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Another major international conference where I learn that talented academic colleagues are leaving UK
or simply not considering jobs in UK b/c of
#Brexit
and
#Brexituncertainty
Our world class universities are being damaged. What’s the plan to counter this erosion?
@DamianHinds
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Give an academic an essay to mark and he/she will be curious. Give an academic 100+ essays to mark and his/her kitchen will never have been cleaner ....
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Does every academic have at least 1 paper started ages ago, that quickly gets pushed down the to do list when other things come up, & whenever you return to it feels it ought to be done a completely different way, but too much has already been invested, so you just keeps digging?
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@SLdeLange
Although you are a hugely talented person, so the elevation to full prof was always going to come 😀! But there is also a point about productivity. Working long hours saps the energy a scholar needs for inspiration. The key is time-management, something I still struggle with.
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It seems to promote one’s book we all have to proclaim now we will debate anybody at anytime. I’d just be happy if members of the New Elite, the Old Elite and the alas NeverWillBeTheElite just read the book and realised we can all learn a lot by studying unfashionable places ..😉
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Just had some critical comments from reviewers on article I co-wrote with senior colleague. We are both established scholars & thick-skinned, but imagine a junior scholar could be quite upset by the dismissive language used
#WhenReviewingThinkAboutHowTheCriticismMightBeReceived
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21 years ago I wrote an article asking whether Robert Fico was a man to be trusted or feared. 2 decades on Darina Malova and I reflected on the early steps of the new Slovak government for
@JoDemocracy
@DrSeanHanley
@BhamPolsis
@stefanauer_hku
@KDWilliams7
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Academic conferences would not take place without the hard work of administrative staff. Not only do they sort out the logistics, they also help absent minded academics who leave their iPads in conference rooms …. Big thanks to EPSA’s Mel Sawers
#EPSA2022
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Very much enjoyed this excellent book by
@ChadCBryant
exploring “belonging”. Through the stories of 5 individuals it captures the rollercoaster ride of Prague’s history from the mid-19th century to the present.
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So for all academics who haven’t had the most productive and successful years, don’t beat yourself up. Take a break for a couple of weeks and come back refreshed ready for the challenges ahead. You can do it! /end.
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Interested in
#NewParties
and
#PartyPolitics
in Central and Eastern Europe? Then join us for this on-line REPRESENT seminar discussing
@sa_engler
insightful new book with
@DrSeanHanley
&
@n_neudorfer
on 6 December
@BhamPolsis
@NottsPolitics
@CEDAR_Bham
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So much more to say, but here are 800 words of mine on Saturday’s
#elections
in
#Slovakia
#Volby2020
@BhamPolsis
@ProfTimBale
@CatherineDVries
@anandMenon1
@GoodwinMJ
@CasalBertoa
@sarahobolt
@DrAlbertazziUK
@rdanielkelemen
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Despite having had a permanent academic job for many years, when confronted with a hotel buffet breakfast I still behave like a PhD student thinking this might be the only decent meal I get today .....
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Dear British politics, any chance you could stop serving us up daily portions of chaos and turmoil so political scientists who have books to write can actually finish them? Thank you 🙏
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Great
@CEDAR_Bham
Rethinking Backsliding workshop
@unibirmingham
with a stellar line-up of speakers. Most of us apparently got a memo to wear blue …. The awesome
@chacha_republic
&
@PetraGuasti
were also there but for some reason not in this photo.
@tarunkhaitan
took the pic.
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@MattFieldUK
@CNNPrima
Hodne stesti! I think it is terrific when UK Ambassadors devote so much time to improving their knowledge of the local language. It sends out such a strong and positive signal. Hope you are enjoying your role & that the pre-posting briefing we gave you has proved to be useful.
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@OxfordDiplomat
All these foreigners coming over here helping us to achieve sporting glory and become world champions ..... :-)
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For those heading to
@ECPR
conference in Prague next weekend, if you want to know more about the history & politics of the city & country, I’d recommend
@ChadCBryant
‘s brilliant book examining the history of the city and immodestly our panel on Friday morning
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My coauthor
@DeeganKrause
and I will discuss our book with the awesome duo of Valerie Bunce and Sharon Wolchik at an online event later this month. I hope we will be able answer their thoughtful and insightful questions.
#TheNewPartyChallenge
@OUPPolitics
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For those following Slovakia’s 🇸🇰 election
#volby2023
who want more background on the last election and the development of party politics in the country, please have a look at this
@EEPSJournal
article from
@marekrybar
@DeeganKrause
and me
@BhamPolsis
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My international colleagues make my department, college and university a better, more productive and enjoyable place to work. Here are 4 of them: Argyro, Giuditta, Stefan & Natascha
@stefwolff
@n_neudorfer
#WeAreInternational
#WeAreUoB
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Congratulations to
@KubatovaHana
and the local organising team, and the staff at
@ECPR
@dfarrell_ucd
for an excellent and very well organised conference. All the students clad in their black T-shirts deserve a particular shout out. Blahopreju a dekuju!
🎬 As
#ecprgc23
wraps up, we'd like to say HUGE thanks to the 🇨🇿
@IPS_FSV_CUNI
dream team 🙌 whose passion & hard work turned Prague into more than just a host city 🧵
💪They made it a 🏡 for knowledge exchange, networking & lasting memories!
🍻 Cheers to them! Na zdraví! 🍻
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Honour and pleasure to present alongside
@sarahobolt
at
#EPSA2021
on our respective books
#PoliticalEntrepreneurs
#TheNewPartyChallenge
. Thanks/Danke sehr to
@tabouchadi
for insightful comments & questions. And dank je to our awesome co-authors
@CatherineDVries
@DeeganKrause
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#Brexit
in meteorological terms .... (h/t Derek Averre)
@anandMenon1
@sarahobolt
@ProfTimBale
@CatherineDVries
@simonjhix
@TonyBarber8
@rdanielkelemen
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We are hiring!
@BhamPolsis
is seeking to appoint 5 lecturers/senior lecturers. Open call, but expertise in Global South, political behaviour, IPE and applications from female and ethnic minority scholars particularly welcome.
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Dear
@sajidjavid
Congratulations on your appointment to
@ukhomeoffice
. As one of your constituents, please may I ask you take
#students
out of
#immigrationfigures
.
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1000 words from Alenka Krasovec & me on Sunday’s Slovenian elections 🇸🇮
#Volitve2022
@washingtonpost
@monkeycageblog
@BhamPolsis
@simonjhix
@CatherineDVries
@sarahobolt
@pengovsky
@CasMudde
@sa_engler
@allansikk
More detailed academic articles in pipeline
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Delighted to see
@JCMS_EU
so high in latest google scholar
#politicalscience
journal rankings. Well done
@Amy_Verdun
& Michelle Cini. I’m pleased a number of articles we commissioned for the JCMS Annual Review scored so well.
#EU
@UACES
@RGWhitman
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Taking a break from Twitter for awhile. Frustrating and depressing to see so much toxicity directed at friends and colleagues on this platform. Do please try to spread a little more love and light and a little less hate and heat. I’ll be back soon!
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Great to see
#CentralEurope
covered in the international media, but delighted to see it is for positive reasons for once
#Caputova
#SlovakiaPresidentialElections
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Good to see
#Birmingham
getting positive & upbeat coverage in the national media for once. I’ll leave it to others though to judge if it “It’s like Brooklyn before Brooklyn got expensive,” .... it’s certainly affordable and the University is great 😉
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Interested in electoral
#volatility
? Join us on-line for a special
@BhamPolsis
@NottsPolitics
REPRESENT seminar on 23 Feb to discuss
@r_dassonneville
‘s new book Voters Under Pressure with
@allansikk
&
@DeeganKrause
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@GoodwinMJ
I am cautious about all figures emanating from both sides of the argument. It’s difficult to assess the consequences when we still don’t really know what Brexit will look like. If we cannot specify a cause what hope for calculating the consequences?
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Article with my
@BhamPolsis
colleague Dave Cutts on
#campaigning
in
#CentralAndEasternEurope
now published in
@EEPolitics
@CasalBertoa
@AdamFagan24
@GoodwinMJ
@ProfTimBale
@sarahobolt
@CatherineDVries
@n_neudorfer
@Fromagehomme
@DrAlbertazziUK
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Thanks to
@CatherineDVries
&
@sarahobolt
for their wonderful presentation today on their terrific new book
#PoliticalEntrepreneurs
at
@BhamPolsis
@govsoc_bham
as part of REPRESENT network of
@unibirmingham
&
@NottsPolitics
@CasalBertoa
Dank je wel/Tak!
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My primer on the
#elections
in
#Slovenia
tomorrow co-written with Alenka Krasovec
@CasMudde
@CasalBertoa
@DrAlbertazziUK
@sarahobolt
@SLdeLange
@BBCkatyaadler
@Delo
@BBCNewsnight
@BBCr4today
@GoodwinMJ
@anandMenon1
@CatherineDVries
@BDStanley
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#OnThisDay
in 1968, the original, iconic man-in-front-of-a-tank photo from Bratislava during the invasion of Czechoslovakia. Great image with Comenius University in the background.
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Clearly some MEPs spend so much time in their bubble they have no clue about life for the people they are supposed to represent. If there is one thing Britain hasn’t been since June 2016 it is “an island of contentment”. PS actually Britain is a collection of islands ....
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Our take on
#presdiential
#elections
in
#Slovakia
in
@monkeycageblog
@washingtonpost
@BhamPolsis
@simonjhix
@CasMudde
@CatherineDVries
@rdanielkelemen
@ProfTimBale
@TonyBarber8
@GoodwinMJ
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Sensible and informed comments on Brexit are rare these days. We are all grateful for
@anandMenon1
. Keep up the great work Anand.
"The agreement itself is awfully woolly, which means ministers here can say one thing which go completely against the understandings they have of the agreement in Brussels"
@anandMenon1
#Brexit
#bbcdp
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Looking forward to seeing this terrific book on
#PartySystemClosure
written by the hugely knowledgeable and insightful
@CasalBertoa
&
@enyedi_zsolt
@OUPPolitics
. I read a draft. It‘s an impressive account of party politics in Europe since 1848. Order now!
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For those interested in Sunday’s
#BulgarianElections
here is a brief analysis from the awesome Emilia Zankina and me in
@washingtonpost
@monkeycageblog
@BhamPolsis
@TempleUniv
@CasMudde
@CatherineDVries
@n_neudorfer
@ProfTimBale
@EEPolitics
@Fromagehomme
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I like when academic journals send reviewers verdict & reviews & decision. I was one of 4 reviewers for a submission to a top 10 journal. I was struck once again that some reviewers are brutal. Reviewers
#ThinkAboutYourTone
#OfferConstructiveCriticism
#AuthorMightBeAJuniorScholar
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Slovakia 🇸🇰 goes to the polls tomorrow in potentially highly consequential parliamentary elections
#volby2023
A🧵: Lots of analysis out there, but may I immodestly suggest firstly a background explainer with
@PetraAlderman
for
@CEDAR_Bham
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I don’t usually share these kinds of things on social media, but this made me smile .....
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Exit poll from Slovenian elections 🇸🇮. 5 parties cross threshold. Big win for new entrant Robert Golob’s Freedom Movement.
#Volitve2022
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All this media fuss over
@RoryStewartUK
having smoked opium many years ago at a wedding in Iran. I am more worried about the politicians who have drunk the Brexit No Deal Kool-Aid and still seem to be under the influence ....
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Alas we don’t get to go to sunny California, but if anyone is interested in our new book on new parties in Central and Eastern Europe and beyond, do register and join us later this month
#TheNewPartyChallenge
@OUPPolitics
We will do our best to inform and entertain ....
Why do some parties live fast and die young, but others endure? Join us January 28th for a talk with
@HaughtonTim
and
@DeeganKrause
on their new book: The New Party Challenge: Changing Cycles of Party Birth and Death in Central Europe and Beyond.
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We were promised
#SuperSaturday
, but it was another day in which the
#Brexit
saga just continues. 7 hours glued to the coverage on
@BBCNews
I am beginning to think the entire process is designed to thwart political scientists who write on other things who have deadlines ...
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I wish I didn’t leave my presentations to the eleventh hour, but everything seems better with a Weizenbier
@ECPR_SG_Parties
#ecprconf18
. Looking forward to seeing many great scholars in Hamburg. Viel Spass!
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Whenever I apply for academic grants I find it hard not to get the words of Samuel Beckett out of my mind: “Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better”. After many years of failed applications🤞I hope to break back into that virtuous circle of success.
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5 things to watch on
#Brexit
from
@anandMenon1
and me in
@washingtonpost
@monkeycageblog
@BhamPolsis
@unibirmingham
@UKandEU
@TonyBarber8
@CatherineDVries
@eustudies
@UACES
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The brilliant Licia Cianetti kicking off today’s “Rethinking Regimes” workshop
@CEDAR_Bham
@BhamPolsis
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The good folks at
@EEPolitics
have kindly made our article on political
#campaigning
in
#CentralAndEasternEurope
free access. Quick download and read before they change their minds 😉
@BhamPolsis
@CasalBertoa
@Fromagehomme
@sarahobolt
Now☀️FREE🥳- 'Winning votes and influencing people: campaigning in
#CEE
' by David Cutts &
@HaughtonTim
(
@BhamPolsis
) cc
@AdamFagan24
@LBustikova
@AndreaPirro
@DrSeanHanley
@littvay
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Enjoyed reading
@lea_ypi
’s fascinating account of growing up in Albania 🇦🇱 in 1980s and 1990s. She weaves together personal reflections with wider political insights. A few sections conjured up memories of supervising
@OdetBarbullushi
’s excellent PhD.
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With over 90% of votes counted, it’s clear it will be
#Caputova
vs
#Sefcovic
in the second round of the
#slovakpresidentialelections
. Article with analysis from me should be published on Monday morning
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Our 1000 word take on Saturday’s elections in Slovakia in
@washingtonpost
@monkeycageblog
@CatherineDVries
@sarahobolt
@anandMenon1
@CasalBertoa
@ProfTimBale
@GoodwinMJ
@BhamPolsis
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Glad to see this article of ours on political campaigning in Central and Eastern Europe now published in the latest issue of
@EEPolitics
. The first step in a new voyage of discovery
@BhamPolsis
@anselmoCZ
@CasalBertoa
@LBustikova
More papers on the way.
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@realDonaldTrump
What a great economic legacy
@POTUS44
left the USA. Hope you thank President Obama for his contribution to these stats.
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6 years ago today Britons voted to Leave. I’m often asked, how did
#Brexit
happen. Here is a recent review article of mine that seeks to provide some answers
@anandMenon1
@ProfTimBale
@sarahobolt
@PoPpublicsphere
@MonikaMeislova
@TonyBarber8
@BhamPolsis
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A few thoughts on Slovakia’s forthcoming elections
#volby2023
written with my awesome
@CEDAR_Bham
colleague
@PetraAlderman
@johnkampfner
@TonyBarber8
@BhamPolsis
@PetraGuasti
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Feelings as an academic writing and researching: how did we all cope before all this information was so easily accessible on the internet? But also, how do we cope with the fact that all this information is so easily accessible on the internet?
#TravailsOfAcademicLife
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Some thoughts from Darina Malova
@ComeniusUni
and me on the forthcoming elections in Slovakia
#volby2023
for
@UKandEU
@BhamPolsis
@CEDAR_Bham
@sarahobolt
@anandMenon1
@ProfTimBale
@ProfSobolewska
🗳️ On 30 September, Slovakia goes to the polls.
✍️ "Much discussion has focused on the geopolitical ramifications... But domestic politics will largely determine the outcome" write
@HaughtonTim
& Darina Malova.
Read their political analysis now ⤵️
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Time to take a break from this platform to focus on longer form academic articles and make progress on the book project with Kevin Deegan-Krause. In the meantime keep it civil folks and try to spread light rather than heat.
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Why Bratislava may swing the overall election results (from Markiza exit poll, so usual pinch of salt recommendation applies)
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A few reflections on
#Czech
and
#Slovak
politics post-89 and the shadow cast by the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
@KDWilliams7
@DrSeanHanley
@j_a_tucker
@AnnaGBusse
@m_orenstein
@HavlikVlastimil
@DeeganKrause
@BhamPolsis
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Winners of Nobel Prizes also have articles rejected by leading journals. So to all colleagues and friends feeling down after a recent rejection, don’t stop believing! Also it looks like reviewer 2 has harboured negative views for quite a long time .....
This is the rejection letter for the work that just won the Nobel Prize. Don’t stop believing!
I should save all of mine and maybe one day some stranger will think it’s an amazing relic and tweet it...
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Progress has been made on other projects and the investment of time and effort in those, I’m sure, will pay off. But for now it’s time for a break from work to recharge those batteries 3/
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Four awesome panellists, a brilliant chair and me. Hoping I will be able to add something to today’s discussion. Please do join us.
Happening TODAY
@utditella
: Round table about the 40 years of democracy in Argentina with
@CarlaYumatle
,
@GervasoniCarlos
,
@smulovitzcary
,
@Fromagehomme
and
@HaughtonTim
. Chair:
@policentrica
.
Join us online as well! Sign up here:
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The official
#Brexit
breakfast cereal
@rdanielkelemen
@anandMenon1
@m2matthijs
@ProfKMcNamara
@ProfTimBale
(h/t
@johnpaul_newman
)
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It’s been on-line early already for a year, but pleased to see our article on
#Slovakia
‘s 2020 elections and changing patterns of party politics has been assigned a volume and number in
@EEPSJournal
@marekrybar
@BhamPolsis
@DeeganKrause
@MasarykUni
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Twitter is full of discussion of what defeat of Trump means for study of
#populism
. Giving me an excuse to repost a link to an old article that argues it’s better to avoid binary populist/non-populist distinction and instead focus of populist appeals.
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Today in marketing. A beer for academics courtesy of their dismissive relatives and friends (h/t Eric Gordy).
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Why is it that hotels invariably provide shampoo, conditioners, body lotions etc for free but never provide free toothpaste? Are they mostly concerned that guests will smell nice even if their teeth are rotting .... 😀?
#dentalcare
#teeth
#hotelbathrooms
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My twitter feed is full of academic colleagues travelling to and enjoying conferences in interesting places
#EPSA2019
#CESConf
#ISACEEISA
#TeamPopulism
All seem much more exciting than internal and external exam boards ....
#OnlySlightlyJealous
.... 😀
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A few reflections from
@marekrybar
@DeeganKrause
and me on the Slovak National Party
@BhamPolsis
@WayneStateCLAS
@muni_cz
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Wow. Time flies. Social media reminds me it’s 4 years since I received hard copies of the last of the 9 JCMS
@JCMS_EU
Annual Reviews I co-edited with Nat Copsey. It was an honour & pleasure to work with so many great scholars of EU and wider European politics.
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A decade ago this month David Cameron gave his Bloomberg speech promising an in/out referendum. I’m still often asked how and why
#Brexit
happened. The anniversary provides an excuse to link to our 2014 article in
@JCMS_EU
on the pledge
@anandMenon1
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By the end of tonight’s debate six party leaders had walked out of the leaders’ debate on Slovenian TV
#Volitve2022
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My review article Ruling Divisions: the Politics of
#Brexit
has just been published open access in
@PoPpublicsphere
@BhamPolsis
@anandMenon1
@ProfTimBale
@CatherineDVries
@sarahobolt
@ShippersUnbound
@Sathnam
@GoodwinMJ
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Immodest reminder: if you are still trying to work out how we got into this
#Brexit
imbroglio look at our
@JCMS_EU
article on
#Cameron
‘s
#EU
referendum pledge
@RGuerrina
@ToniHaastrup
@RGWhitman
@UACES
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End of an era. Thanks to all editors
@ejgraff
@vanessa_lide
@henryfarrell
@brynrosenfeld
@j_a_tucker
for the opportunity to write over a dozen articles on elections in Central and Eastern Europe and turning my verbose academic prose into sharp analysis.
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