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Ariadne Vromen
@ariadnevromen.bsky.social
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Political Sociologist - citizen engagement, digital politics, young people, future of work, advocacy, & popular culture.
Obsessed with dogs, coffee, chocolate
From Sydney 🇦🇺 now living in Glasgow 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Luke Tryl @luketryl.bsky.social · 1d
Our new polling shows how cost of living is the key issue shaping public opinion and politics. As the Govt makes cost of living a top priority, the highest number of Brits, since we started tracking say that they don’t think the cost of living crisis will ever end.

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Emilia Belknap @emiliabelknap.bsky.social · 7d
Delighted to share my first single-authored article, now published in Parliamentary Affairs:
“Targeting the cereal woman: Campaigns, gender & Scottish independence”

🆓 Open access: tinyurl.com/85cxsefm
@hansardsociety.bsky.social @academic.oup.com

#GenderPolitics #BritishPolitics (🧵👇)
Targeting the cereal woman: Campaigns, gender, and Scottish independence
Abstract. How do political campaigns construct and mobilize voter identities in high-stakes constitutional contests? This article examines the 2014 Scottis
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 9d
As the new year begins, I want to say a word of appreciation for colleagues in and funders of our Ukraine programming @iwm.at. Please follow the link to learn about the important work we are doing together in our project Ukraine and the World.
www.iwm.at/news/ukraine...
Ukraine and the World: IWM Launches New Research Program
Through Ukraine and the World, the IWM encourages the exploration of trans-geographic and cross-chronological linkages to think about life during and after war; the ongoing reconsideration of Ukrainia...
www.iwm.at

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 11d
Hatsuhinode is the Japanese concept of observing the first sunrise of the new year. This is what it looked like on Great Western Road in thr Kelvunbridge area of Glasgow. Welcome to 2026!

#glasgow #Hatsuhinode #newyear #2026 #sunrise

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University of Glasgow @glasgow.ac.uk · 11d
This is a special year for us as we celebrate 575 years of the University of Glasgow! We look forward to celebrating with our UofG community ❤️🎂

#UofG575
Aerial view of the University of Glasgow’s main building at sunset, with the tall Gothic spire silhouetted against a golden sky. The surrounding historic stone buildings and cloisters are visible below, with the city of Glasgow stretching out into the distance under warm evening light.

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Ariadne Vromen @ariadnevromen.bsky.social · 12d
Anything by Emily Maguire - all different but the last two, Rapture & Love Objects are excellent. Charlotte Wood’s The Natural Way of Things is haunting. I also really enjoyed the other 2 Charlotte McGonaghy books

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Ariadne Vromen @ariadnevromen.bsky.social · 12d
The Safekeep was my favourite book this year - but I did not read anywhere near 57 books. Impressed! (I also loved Caledonian Road and Wild Dark Shore)

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Australian Academy of Science @science.org.au · 15d
Vale Prof Emma Johnston AO FAA FTSE

The Academy is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of one of our Fellows, Prof Emma Johnston AO FAA FTSE. She was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2022 recognising her leadership in the field of marine ecology, 🧵

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Fellow Johnston
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Ariadne Vromen @ariadnevromen.bsky.social · 15d
www.france24.com/en/france/20...
Funny that most news media aren’t reporting much about Brigitte Bardot’s legacy of far right activism 🤷🏻‍♀️
Bardot leaves controversial legacy of activism for France’s far right
French cinema legend Brigitte Bardot, whose death at 91 was announced on Sunday, was well known for her status as a 1960s sex symbol. In later decades, Bardot became a militant animal rights activist…
www.france24.com

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Ariadne Vromen @ariadnevromen.bsky.social · 19d
I couldn’t get past a few episodes, despite wonderful Brendan Gleeson. I kinda feel like my tolerance for onscreen violence and menace has decreased substantially the last few years!

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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 20d
My year of gigs with my daughter

Teenage girls, who have long been pop’s biggest consumers, can teach us so much about music. After dozens of concerts with my 15-year-old, I am in awe of them, writes Miranda Sawyer

https://bit.ly/49nmqoK
My year of gigs with my daughter | The Observer
Teenage girls, who have long been pop’s biggest consumers, can teach us so much about music. After dozens of concerts with my 15-year-old, I am in awe of them
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Crikey @crikey.com.au · 21d
Through the course of this investigation, more than a dozen major Australian charities refused to disclose which data tools they use to profile givers. Crikey has named them.
Which Australian charities are profiling, ranking and predicting whether you’ll give money?
www.crikey.com.au

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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 23d
“Do I blame Anthony Albanese for the attacks on Sunday? Do not be so ridiculous. Australia was antisemitic well before he turned up and it will be long after he goes.”

Very personal and moving piece by @jennaprice.bsky.social

www.smh.com.au/national/our...
Our country is gone. My family has endured bigotry for decades, but now I’m broken
A Jewish family like mine knows that Australia has antisemitism running in its blood.
www.smh.com.au

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Ariadne Vromen @ariadnevromen.bsky.social · 23d
ICYMI - great article by @lmorgenbesser.bsky.social outlining a range of forms of citizen-led participation that can work in Authoritarian contexts - from political consumerism, satire, storytelling, and to frequent protests
Has the Trump resistance been too passive? Here are 7 ways to effectively protest authoritarian rule
The ‘No Kings’ protests have been important, but smaller, more sustained acts of resistance have proven successful in other countries around the world.
theconversation.com

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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 24d
Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵

Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...

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Stefan Müller @stefanmueller.bsky.social · 24d
Our neighbours at @tcdpoliticalsci.bsky.social are hiring 3 (!) tenure-track faculty members:

– Assistant Professor in Political Economy
– Assistant Professor in International Politics
– Assistant Professor in Political Science

Deadline: 15 Jan 2026
More details: jobs.tcd.ie
@tcddublin.bsky.social
Photo of Trinity College Dublin taken by Stefan Müller

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Florence Faucher @ffaucher.bsky.social · 24d
Come and join us at the CEE - Centre d'études européennes et de politique comparée: we are looking for a new assistant professor in political science working on ecological transitions.
www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etude...
Recruitment - Assistant Professor (tenure track) in Political Science 2026
Recruitment 2026 - Sciences Po is recruiting two Assistant Professors (tenure track) in Political Science / Politics and Policy in/of Europe and the European Union
www.sciencespo.fr

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Daniel Casey 🎗️✡️ @danielcaseycbr.bsky.social · 26d
If you are looking for somewhere to donate to the victims of the antisemitic terror attack in Bondi, this is the official communal appeal

donate.thedorfoundation.org.au/bondi-beach-...
Donate to Bondi Beach Terror Attack - Emergency Relief Fund
Your contribution will be distributed to trusted community organisations that are directly supporting individuals and families affected by the recent attack. This includes frontline counselling, crisi...
donate.thedorfoundation.org.au

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Ariadne Vromen @ariadnevromen.bsky.social · 27d
I’m in Berlin & have always been interested in the Stolpersteine or stumbling stones commemorating Jewish holocaust victims
I spotted these today near Humboldt Uni - academics hounded out of their jobs before they either fled or were sent to camps
We need to learn from this history, not repeat it

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James Plunkett @jamestplunkett.bsky.social · 27d
🔔 New report out today 🔔 🪴 Rewilding Civic Life 🪴

Today at @kinship.works, we’re publishing a Working Paper that pulls together the evidence from Big Local, one of the world’s biggest-ever experiments in revitalising civic life and restoring social capital. 1/n

www.kinship.works/publications...
Rewilding Civic Life — Can we cultivate social capital? If so, how? — Kinship Works
In this Working Paper we curate the lessons from Big Local, a 15 year experiment in revitalising the capacity of local communities. We explore what Big Local did and the practices the programme employ...
www.kinship.works

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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 28d
Excellent job opportunity: Full professorship in Digital Society and Democracy @ddc-sdu.bsky.social and @d-ias.bsky.social.

Top conditions, environment & colleagues.

Candidates welcome across places and disciplines.

🗓️ DL: March 15, 2026

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DIAS Professorship in Digital Society and Democracy
Application deadline: March 15, 2026, 11.59 PM/23.59 CET/CEST.
fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 28d
'Disadvantaged Australians have deserted arts, business, commerce and law courses after a post-Covid inflationary spike intensified the sting of Job-ready Graduates (JRG) fee hikes, new analysis suggests.' 1/2
Disadvantaged students ‘worst hit’ by humanities fee hike
Former administration’s tuition fee reforms undermining Albanese government mission to promote equitable enrolments
www.timeshighereducation.com

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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 28d
The "smartphones/social media" discourse suffers from some amazing historical amnesia. There was no 2008 financial crisis and no global pandemic starting in 2020, it's all SCREENS SCREENS SCREENS. Major world events? Just the backdrop against which SCREENS happened.

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Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 29d
This chart shows complete failure.

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Ariadne Vromen @ariadnevromen.bsky.social · 29d
Ahmed al Ahmed, a Sydney local who owns a fruit shop
- is the Australian national hero who tackled the shooter during a terrorist event at Bondi - brave ❤️
www.news.com.au/national/nsw...
www.news.com.au

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Ariadne Vromen @ariadnevromen.bsky.social · 29d
Yes. Fully agree ❤️

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Ariadne Vromen @ariadnevromen.bsky.social · 29d
Extra hard watching this unfold when you are so far from home - such unimaginable violence in crowded, beautiful Bondi

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Ariadne Vromen @ariadnevromen.bsky.social · 29d
My ❤️ is with Bondi in Sydney and the Australian Jewish community
Horrific, extremist violence that no one deserves

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Ariadne Vromen @ariadnevromen.bsky.social · Dec 13
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