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Jonathan Floyd

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Professor of Political Theory working on nature/methods/purposes of political philosophy. Chair of 'Methods of Normative Political Theory' (ECPR). Co-Chair of 'Political Philosophy' (IPSA). Personal website: https://www.drjonathanfloyd.com

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · Feb 25

Well this article was a long time coming: link.springer.com/article/10.1... Can pol-philosophy be experimental? Can normative behaviourism become more pro-active and progressive? I certainly hope so! Many thanks to AliceBaderin/JanoschPrinz/SuneLaegaard & esp. ManonWestphal who aren't here...

Experimental Political Theory: Behavioural, Careful, Radical - Res Publica

On one level, the idea here is simple: organise people into small groups and see how they react to different ways of doing politics. On another, it is more challenging: evaluate different political pr...

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 1d

Also of special interest to @edmundhandby.bsky.social @nahshonp.bsky.social and others in/around @ecpr-nptmethods.bsky.social working on papers connected to this.

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 1d

I like thinking about this @kspiekermann.bsky.social. Reminds me of what I do more crudely with ctrl-F. Suspect this kind of thing often better for volume/wood than depth/trees? So: big patterns across lots of readings rather than close/careful interpretation of just one?

Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 1d

I must admit that the one on the right does a fair bit of that whilst the one on the left watches. They also both have a habit of walking away bored when a mouse goes deep under some or other thing in the house that is impossible to move, at which point all the non-cats in the house rather despair.

Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 1d

It is abundantly clear to me 2day that my cats, unlike some of us, have no writing deadlines, teaching prep, inbox pile-up, housework, or childcare. They feel like sleeping and so they sleep. Later they will feel like eating/exploring and so will eat/explore. Just one fulfilled wish after another...

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 1d

Great to see @stevenklein.bsky.social. Well done on getting to this point.

Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 1d

I struggle to think or talk via anything other than 3-part alliterations these days, so when I think of populism I think either of its ugly front end, as part of a post-truth/polarisation/populism trio, or of its ugly rear end, as made up of short-termism, simplification, and a whole lot of shysters

Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 2d

Very nice also to get the chance to chat to @rosscarroll.bsky.social @turnstone.bsky.social @jjjlacey.bsky.social and others not on Bluesky! Very nice to see you all, and many thanks for coming along despite the storm outside!

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 2d

Many thanks to the 50+ staff/students who came from across Dublin/Ireland 2 hear me talk about methods/methodology in political theory/philosophy last Friday (for over 4hrs!). Only possible thanks 2 support from @psaireland.bsky.social + my excellent hosts Peter Stone (TCD) & Alexa Zellentin (UCD)

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 2d

Richly deserved @sania-ismailee.bsky.social 👏👏👏

sania-ismailee.bsky.social @sania-ismailee.bsky.social · 2d

Happy to be one of the Best Paper Prize winners! Had an amazing time with methodologists @ecpr-nptmethods.bsky.social

Methods of Normative Political Theory - ECPR Standing Group @ecpr-nptmethods.bsky.social · 3d

Our Autumn newsletter is here! 🍁
Catch up on the @ecpr.bsky.social Thessaloniki conference highlights, meet the Best Paper Prize winner(s), and discover the new Onora O’Neill Book Prize in Political Theory, plus lots more!
Read now 👉 shorturl.at/pUXUe

Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 3d

Just running numbers for my teaching today. I see the Tories 'promise' 2 remove 750k migrants if elected. I also see non-Tory party membership = circa 750k. So maybe they wouldn't start where u think? Plus I guess extradited critics automatically become migrants? p.s. Lab=310k/Reform=250k/Tory=123k

Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 3d

Great work by our new newsletter team! Also delighted to see these (much deserved) prizes 🎉 Do join up with us on the @ecpr.bsky.social website (under MyEcpr) if you want to be part of our next round of events in 2026...

Methods of Normative Political Theory - ECPR Standing Group @ecpr-nptmethods.bsky.social · 3d

Newsletter #12, October 2025

On behalf of the Standing Group on Methods of Normative Political Theory, we are happy to announce that the quarterly newsletter of the Methods of Normative Political Theory appears four times a ye…

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 7d

Only 20/200 seats taken on my Ryanair flight to Dublin, so carbon footprint now 10fold!? No doubt there's a good 'business case' 4 running those empty planes - perhaps because they charged most of us (on an empty plane!) 4 seat selection, priority boarding, & cabin bags. Took solace in the clouds...

Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 7d

I imagine you now, in retirement, like Luke Skywalker on Tatooine, gazing up at those two bright suns in his sky, except in your case the suns are Chagall and Heine.

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 7d

In Dublin tomorrow to talk for 4 hours (!) on methods/methodology in pol-philosophy @tcddublin.bsky.social, hosted by Trinity+UCD+PSAI (2x2hrs w. food in between). Apparently booked up with 50 staff/students but let me know if keen to attend: dublinptworkshop.wordpress.com/autumn-2025-...

Autumn 2025 Programme

Sessions take place Fridays 14:00 – 14:50 in room F301, Newman Building, UCD Belfield. This programme is evolving as ideas some up. Feel free to propose papers to present as well as readings …

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 10d

Sunrise over Bredon Hill from the train window. Means I'm nicely on time this morning, with no detour into Gloucester on this morning's route due to a station upgrade going on there. Small victories go a long way on a Monday morning.

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 17d

Just had a great start to our fortnightly pol-philosophy talk-and-bake sessions, with excellent @alixdietzel.bsky.social kicking us off talking about the right (& wrong) kinds of love in teaching. Packed room, lots of questions, and lots of love. @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social @wiglet1981.bsky.social

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 17d

Teaching has decided to start again today. The weather has decided to get much colder. My train has decided to be very late. I was not consulted on any of these decisions.

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 18d

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nahshonp.bsky.social @nahshonp.bsky.social · 18d

Pleased to share that 'Empirical Political Theory: A Methodological Framework', by yours truly, is forthcoming with Oxford University Press, with publication planned for spring 2026. I am grateful to the friends who made this possible, and to the ECPR Group on Methods of Normative Political Theory.

Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 21d

Please follow my excellent colleague @humeiraiqtidar.bsky.social! She is new to B-Sky but writes very many interesting (& methodologically innovative) things, including her new piece in @apsrjournal.bsky.social: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... @ecpr-nptmethods.bsky.social @ipsa-rc31.bsky.social

Justice Beyond Rights: Haqq and Global South Migration | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core

Justice Beyond Rights: Haqq and Global South Migration - Volume 119 Issue 3

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 22d

Nicely put @uguraytac.bsky.social. I hope that even if you're only getting a few things right, this is one of them. I would personally settle for even a small portion of truth for myself.

Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 22d

If you are lucky, u finish your big theory & publish it. Then, if your luck continues, it gets some critical attention. Then, if you are very lucky, someone defends you. But then, if your luck runs out, someone else explains why actually it can't be saved at all🤣 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Louder Than Words? Why Political Ethnography Cannot Fix the Flaws of Normative Behaviorism - Naima Chahboun, 2025

This article engages with Jonathan Floyd’s normative behaviorism, and Simon Stevens’ recent criticism of this approach. Its objectives are two: First, the artic...

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 23d

...So, please follow the account above, please SHARE this post, & please do also get in touch if you're keen 2 help out or take part in Rome: @biapt.bsky.social @ecpr.bsky.social @psapolthought.bsky.social @ecpr.bsky.social @apsa.bsky.social @apaphilosophy.bsky.social @thecambridgeschool.bsky.social

Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 23d

...It's really important that pol-phi has a substantial & growing place in the only pol-sci organisation devoted primarily to scholars working outside of the 'global north', but to do so we need help & followers, as well as those interested in coming to the beautiful city of Rome in July 2027...

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 23d

Announcement: I'm now Co-Chair of the IPSA Political Philosophy Research Committee @ipsa-rc31.bsky.social. Working with @humeiraiqtidar.bsky.social. Have joined up partly 2 ensure the group continues but also 2 massively grow its presence, starting with the next biennial conference in Rome (2027)...

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 23d

Ian McEwan as post-liberal theorist? Might be something for @mattsleat.bsky.social @pjthinker.bsky.social. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...

What We Can Know by Ian McEwan review – the limits of liberalism

A century from now, a literature scholar pieces together a picture of our times in a novel that quietly compels us to consider the moral consequences of global catastrophe

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