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Jan Eijking
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International Relations Theory & History. Postdoc at University of Antwerp, formerly University of Oxford.

"The Technocratic International" (OUP) out in spring 2026
"Experts in a Turbulent World" (ed) (OUP) out in summer 2026

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Jan Eijking @janeijking.com · Dec 12
My forthcoming book - The Technocratic International - appears in the catalogue now, so I guess it's happening! Out with OUP @academic.oup.com some time spring/early summer next year! More info 👇

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"Landelijke primeur: Rotterdamse partij JOU komt met kandidatenlijst van enkel vrouwen" meldt de @nrc.nl Dat klopt echt voor geen kant. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...
Landelijke primeur: deze politieke partij komt met volledig vrouwelijke kieslijst
Een volledig vrouwelijke kandidatenlijst voor de gemeenteraadsverkiezingen. Dat is de landelijke primeur van Ellen Verkoelen, lijsttrekker van de partij JOU (Jongere Ouderen Partij).
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February 10, 2026 at 3:34 PM
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I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.

Great work everyone.
The Board of Governors decided, unilaterally, that no published textbook in the field of sociology could be used in compliance with the law for an Intro to Sociology class. None. Victor: There's not a single existing textbook on the market that could be used that would qualify under state law? Zachary: Correct. Victor: I'm sorry, that's kind of funny. Like, the absurdity of not a single sociology textbook getting past the censors. I mean, it makes me kind of proud of our colleagues, but...
February 6, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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Brian Callaci and Sandeep Vaheesan on abundance liberalism: democracyjournal.org/magazine/79/...
Excerpt reading: “Public input into government decisions, including in environmental review procedures, not only restrains the worst tendencies of unaccountable state power but also enhances the capacity of the state itself, by providing valuable feedback to state technocrats about what is working and what isn’t. While turning off these feedback channels may generate a sugar high of quick results, doing so, as state capacity liberals propose, dooms effective governance further down the road. Top-down technocracy is brittle, and availing ourselves of shortcuts around the public is ultimately self-defeating.”
February 7, 2026 at 11:01 AM
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"The new Dutch gov't’s program splurges on the military while cutting the welfare state. With most NATO members committing to similarly high defense spending, working-class Europeans are forced to pay the costs."

Ewald Engelen in @jacobinmag.bsky.social:
The Netherlands’ New Era of Militarized Neoliberalism
The new Dutch government’s program splurges on the military while cutting the welfare state. With most NATO members committing to similarly high defense spending, working-class Europeans are forced to...
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February 6, 2026 at 2:44 PM
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I am very happy to have @hdrochon.bsky.social back on the podcast. We talk about elites and democracy and why elites have always been a part of democracy. Hope everyone enjoys! @princetonupress.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/convergi...
#471- Elites and Democracy: A dialogue with Hugo Drochon
Listen now | In this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Hugo Drochon about elites and democracy.
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February 5, 2026 at 1:57 PM
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February 6, 2026 at 8:22 AM
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De posten van het kabinet-Jetten zijn verdeeld:
February 5, 2026 at 10:34 AM
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The university funding crisis finally starting to make it into newspaper editorials
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With universities making a loss on teaching domestic graduates, and almost half of universities in England facing deficits this year, student loans need to be reviewed as part of a much broader, and urgent, rethink of how UK universities are funded.
February 5, 2026 at 7:25 AM
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🚨 The political economy of finance summer school is back, 3rd year running! Better still: We're bringing it to London via @lse-ei.bsky.social.

𝐓𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜: Finance & democracy
𝙳̲̲𝚊̲̲𝚝̲̲𝚎̲: 4-5 June 2026
𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦: March 1. Link below.

We've got brilliant instructors as usual. Please spread the word!
February 4, 2026 at 3:27 PM
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Goed stuk @ftm.nl over de Open Access scam: "nu lezers gratis toegang hebben, betalen universiteiten wereldwijd de prijs. ... Die bedragen kunnen ten koste gaan van onderzoeksbudgetten en maken het moeilijker voor universiteiten met kleine budgetten om in bekende tijdschriften te publiceren." 👇
Uitgevers maken melkkoe van ‘gratis’ toegang tot wetenschap
Wetenschappelijke uitgevers hebben een nieuwe goudmijn gevonden: onderzoekers duizenden euro’s laten betalen om hun werk ‘open’ te publiceren. Wat begon als een ideaal om kennis voor iedereen toeganke...
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February 3, 2026 at 3:29 PM
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NEW BOOK!

I'm very happy to say that my new book, Utopia, co-written with Douglas Mao, has been published on-line

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Utopia
Abstract. Ideal societies, better worlds, more just and peaceful ways of living: these have long been the stuff of human beings’ social dreaming. In this c
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February 3, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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Bij extreme winstmarges denk je waarschijnlijk niet aan wetenschappelijke uitgevers. Toch slaan wetenschappers alarm: de tarieven voor ‘open’ publicaties rijzen de pan uit en staan niet in verhouding tot de werkelijke kosten. Publiek onderzoeksgeld verdwijnt zo rechtstreeks naar aandeelhouders.
Uitgevers maken melkkoe van ‘gratis’ toegang tot wetenschap
Wetenschappelijke uitgevers hebben een nieuwe goudmijn gevonden: onderzoekers duizenden euro’s laten betalen om hun werk ‘open’ te publiceren. Wat begon als een ideaal om kennis voor iedereen toeganke...
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February 3, 2026 at 6:57 AM
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the UN is not the best institution in the world, but it is better than not having one
February 3, 2026 at 2:11 AM
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Goed stuk @ftm.nl over de Open Access scam: "nu lezers gratis toegang hebben, betalen universiteiten wereldwijd de prijs. ... Die bedragen kunnen ten koste gaan van onderzoeksbudgetten en maken het moeilijker voor universiteiten met kleine budgetten om in bekende tijdschriften te publiceren." 👇
Uitgevers maken melkkoe van ‘gratis’ toegang tot wetenschap
Wetenschappelijke uitgevers hebben een nieuwe goudmijn gevonden: onderzoekers duizenden euro’s laten betalen om hun werk ‘open’ te publiceren. Wat begon als een ideaal om kennis voor iedereen toeganke...
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February 3, 2026 at 3:29 PM
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1. In 2009 I wrote this. I argued that Peter Mandelson's department “functions as a fifth column within government, working for corporations to undermine democracy and the public interest.”
This thread explains what I saw, and reaches a startling conclusion.🧵
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Mandelson’s Fifth Column
The British government’s business department exists to undermine democracy.
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February 3, 2026 at 7:32 AM
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I wrote about Plato, Huxley, and Dewey— thepointmag.com/examined-lif...
Freedom of Intelligence | The Point Magazine
Before assigning Aldous Huxley’s dystopian novel Brave New World to high school students, I like to read Plato’s allegory of the cave with them in […]
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February 1, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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Thrilled to welcome back our annual @nottspolitics.bsky.social Ideas and Ideologies Webinar Series!🎉

Starting today with Daniel Lee (Berkeley) at 5pm UK time, on 'Legal Correlativities: Grotius's Hohfeldian Jurisprudence of Rights'💥

Sign-up 👇🏻 and 👀 you there!🥳
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January 28, 2026 at 10:25 AM
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Now with a cover! 😎

"Experts in a Turbulent World" @academic.oup.com – out soon! 👇

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Cover of edited volume "Experts in a Turbulent World" (OUP)
February 2, 2026 at 12:09 PM
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Now with a cover! 😎

"Experts in a Turbulent World" @academic.oup.com – out soon! 👇

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Cover of edited volume "Experts in a Turbulent World" (OUP)
February 2, 2026 at 12:09 PM
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🚨New First View Article🚨

"Time frames: Crisis expertise and rapid response mechanisms " by Jan Eijking is now available #OpenAccess on the RIS website. Have a read!

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February 2, 2026 at 8:41 AM
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🌐 How do Rapid Response Mechanisms at the UN affect the making & use of expertise?

My new article @risjnl.bsky.social, part of a special issue by Annabelle Littoz-Monnet, @uribejuanita.bsky.social & Leandro Montes Ruiz on sources of expert authority beyond objectivity 👇 tinyurl.com/yzn422nn
Time frames: Crisis expertise and rapid response mechanisms | Review of International Studies | Cambridge Core
Time frames: Crisis expertise and rapid response mechanisms
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January 29, 2026 at 9:51 AM
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📚 Out with OUP this summer: "Experts in a Turbulent World" 📚

An edited volume that connects historical and contemporary perspectives on the role of experts in international organisations. 1/3 👇 #HistIR global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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January 22, 2026 at 8:42 AM
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This CfP for a conference at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social organised by Erik de Lange looks great: "Trouble on the Line: The Materiality and Fragility of Global Communication Networks, 1851-1949" #HistIR royalhistsoc.org/calendar/tro...
Trouble on the Line: The Materiality and Fragility of Global Communication Networks, 1851-1949 - CALL FOR PAPERS - RHS
The Materiality and Fragility of Global Communication Networks, 1851-1949. Conference:15-16 October, Utrecht. Call for Papers deadline: 16 February Lines of communication are fragile things. Global te...
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January 29, 2026 at 10:22 AM
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#OpenAccess from @risjnl.bsky.social -

Time frames: Crisis expertise and rapid response mechanisms - https://cup.org/3McZpft

- @janeijking.com

#FirstView
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January 29, 2026 at 12:20 PM
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Jetten 1 geeft tussen 2026 en 2030 ruim 44 miljard uit aan de hypotheekrenteaftrek, en slechts 1 miljard aan betaalbare woningen.

Een van de grootste crises in NL wordt zo opnieuw vooruitgeschoven.

“Bouwen aan een beter Nederland” geldt blijkbaar niet voor wie geen betaalbare woning kan vinden.
January 30, 2026 at 1:24 PM