Katy Brown
@k8ebrown.bsky.social
Research Fellow in Language and Social Justice at Manchester Met, researching far-right mainstreaming, media and discourse. She/her
https://www.drkatybrown.com
https://www.drkatybrown.com
Pretty exciting delivery today - hard copies of my first book!
𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐲, 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐮𝐬 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬: 𝐀 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐲, 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐮𝐬 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬: 𝐀 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
September 1, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Pretty exciting delivery today - hard copies of my first book!
𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐲, 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐮𝐬 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬: 𝐀 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐲, 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐮𝐬 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬: 𝐀 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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When @zackpolanski.bsky.social launched his leadership bid for the Green Party on a platform of eco-populism, I felt hopeful about politics for the first time in a while.
Does his project have the legs to take on the far right? I took a closer look at the evidence for my newsletter, Sower ⬇️
Does his project have the legs to take on the far right? I took a closer look at the evidence for my newsletter, Sower ⬇️
Can eco-populism help defeat the far right?
Far-right narratives have become normalised. One politician has launched a left-wing populist project in response, though not everybody necessarily agrees that it's the right way forward.
www.sower.world
August 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
When @zackpolanski.bsky.social launched his leadership bid for the Green Party on a platform of eco-populism, I felt hopeful about politics for the first time in a while.
Does his project have the legs to take on the far right? I took a closer look at the evidence for my newsletter, Sower ⬇️
Does his project have the legs to take on the far right? I took a closer look at the evidence for my newsletter, Sower ⬇️
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A political-media class capable of colluding in genocide has *already proven* itself capable of the dehumanisation of Others that can sustain fascism at home. Aimé Césaire wasn't kidding about the imperial boomerang.
The Times editorial line: "sieve" the entire population so we can put 100s of thousands of people into camps.
"Removing a city’s worth of people would be an extended exercise. Identity cards would be a must if the population was to be sieved into legitimate and illegitimate camps"
archive.ph/78dcP
"Removing a city’s worth of people would be an extended exercise. Identity cards would be a must if the population was to be sieved into legitimate and illegitimate camps"
archive.ph/78dcP
August 27, 2025 at 8:49 AM
A political-media class capable of colluding in genocide has *already proven* itself capable of the dehumanisation of Others that can sustain fascism at home. Aimé Césaire wasn't kidding about the imperial boomerang.
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Pivot >> Discourse Theory, Critical Discourse Studies and Corpus Linguistics: A Practical Guide
By Katy Brown @k8ebrown.bsky.social
Free to download
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
By Katy Brown @k8ebrown.bsky.social
Free to download
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Discourse Theory, Critical Discourse Studies and Corpus Linguistics
This book provides a practical guide to combining three diverse traditions within the field of discourse studies and Corpus Linguistics.
link.springer.com
August 26, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Pivot >> Discourse Theory, Critical Discourse Studies and Corpus Linguistics: A Practical Guide
By Katy Brown @k8ebrown.bsky.social
Free to download
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
By Katy Brown @k8ebrown.bsky.social
Free to download
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
So pleased to see my first book published! 📙🥳
I look at how and why we might want to combine poststructuralist discourse theory, critical discourse studies and corpus linguistics.
👉 bit.ly/DtCdsCl
@mcrlinguistics.bsky.social @springernature.com
I look at how and why we might want to combine poststructuralist discourse theory, critical discourse studies and corpus linguistics.
👉 bit.ly/DtCdsCl
@mcrlinguistics.bsky.social @springernature.com
August 26, 2025 at 10:30 AM
So pleased to see my first book published! 📙🥳
I look at how and why we might want to combine poststructuralist discourse theory, critical discourse studies and corpus linguistics.
👉 bit.ly/DtCdsCl
@mcrlinguistics.bsky.social @springernature.com
I look at how and why we might want to combine poststructuralist discourse theory, critical discourse studies and corpus linguistics.
👉 bit.ly/DtCdsCl
@mcrlinguistics.bsky.social @springernature.com
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👏 Very important new paper on the much-debated concept of the 'cordon sanitaire'. 📖
New article out!
@luke-shuttleworth.bsky.social,
@k8ebrown.bsky.social & I teamed up to explore whether the concept of 'cordon sanitaire' remains useful in the current stage of mainstreaming of far right politics
Read the full article, open access, here
1/
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@luke-shuttleworth.bsky.social,
@k8ebrown.bsky.social & I teamed up to explore whether the concept of 'cordon sanitaire' remains useful in the current stage of mainstreaming of far right politics
Read the full article, open access, here
1/
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The pretence of the cordon sanitaire: non-collaboration as a distraction from discursive congruence
Much has been written about how mainstream parties respond to far-right challengers in liberal democracies. Whereas some mainstream parties have become more open to forming coalitions with far-righ...
www.tandfonline.com
August 22, 2025 at 9:29 AM
👏 Very important new paper on the much-debated concept of the 'cordon sanitaire'. 📖
Reposted by Katy Brown
New article out!
@luke-shuttleworth.bsky.social,
@k8ebrown.bsky.social & I teamed up to explore whether the concept of 'cordon sanitaire' remains useful in the current stage of mainstreaming of far right politics
Read the full article, open access, here
1/
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@luke-shuttleworth.bsky.social,
@k8ebrown.bsky.social & I teamed up to explore whether the concept of 'cordon sanitaire' remains useful in the current stage of mainstreaming of far right politics
Read the full article, open access, here
1/
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The pretence of the cordon sanitaire: non-collaboration as a distraction from discursive congruence
Much has been written about how mainstream parties respond to far-right challengers in liberal democracies. Whereas some mainstream parties have become more open to forming coalitions with far-righ...
www.tandfonline.com
August 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
New article out!
@luke-shuttleworth.bsky.social,
@k8ebrown.bsky.social & I teamed up to explore whether the concept of 'cordon sanitaire' remains useful in the current stage of mainstreaming of far right politics
Read the full article, open access, here
1/
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@luke-shuttleworth.bsky.social,
@k8ebrown.bsky.social & I teamed up to explore whether the concept of 'cordon sanitaire' remains useful in the current stage of mainstreaming of far right politics
Read the full article, open access, here
1/
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Not so much Reform making the political weather themselves as having it made for them.
All this feeds into the hype, when really the gov. is actively choosing to pursue exclusionary policies. They're not forced to by the threat of Reform & the impact is being felt now
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
All this feeds into the hype, when really the gov. is actively choosing to pursue exclusionary policies. They're not forced to by the threat of Reform & the impact is being felt now
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reform's momentum is making the political weather
Nigel Farage's party has seen four recent defections from the Tories, with Labour reshaping its approach in response
www.bbc.co.uk
July 10, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Not so much Reform making the political weather themselves as having it made for them.
All this feeds into the hype, when really the gov. is actively choosing to pursue exclusionary policies. They're not forced to by the threat of Reform & the impact is being felt now
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
All this feeds into the hype, when really the gov. is actively choosing to pursue exclusionary policies. They're not forced to by the threat of Reform & the impact is being felt now
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I published a piece in @uk.theconversation.com
on Starmer's use of the term 'working people', his pitting of this demographic against 'non-working people', and what this can tell us about the chaos and confusion of his Labour government's first term. See below
theconversation.com/in-search-of...
on Starmer's use of the term 'working people', his pitting of this demographic against 'non-working people', and what this can tell us about the chaos and confusion of his Labour government's first term. See below
theconversation.com/in-search-of...
In search of Labour’s ‘working people’ – the paradox at the heart of Keir Starmer’s first year in power
The new Labour government is pitching “change” to “working people” but it needs to update its idea of who these people are.
theconversation.com
July 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I published a piece in @uk.theconversation.com
on Starmer's use of the term 'working people', his pitting of this demographic against 'non-working people', and what this can tell us about the chaos and confusion of his Labour government's first term. See below
theconversation.com/in-search-of...
on Starmer's use of the term 'working people', his pitting of this demographic against 'non-working people', and what this can tell us about the chaos and confusion of his Labour government's first term. See below
theconversation.com/in-search-of...
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Mine and @k8ebrown.bsky.social's article on normalisation strategies of the far right in Italy has been assigned an issue in @critdiscstuds.bsky.social Sadly, the normalisation/legitimation strategies we identify are certainly not unique to Italian politics...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
‘Post-fascism’, or how the far right talks about itself: the 2022 Italian election campaign as a case study
While the mainstreaming of the far right is attracting growing scholarly interest based on its contemporary relevance, the role that far-right self-representation strategies play in this process ha...
www.tandfonline.com
July 1, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Mine and @k8ebrown.bsky.social's article on normalisation strategies of the far right in Italy has been assigned an issue in @critdiscstuds.bsky.social Sadly, the normalisation/legitimation strategies we identify are certainly not unique to Italian politics...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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🤓 Next up, @ecpr-ead.bsky.social: Rolf Frankenberger presenting some work-in-progress on our research into Everyday Extremism. Thanks to @manesweisskircher.bsky.social for chairing and @k8ebrown.bsky.social for agreeing to serve as discussant!
June 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
🤓 Next up, @ecpr-ead.bsky.social: Rolf Frankenberger presenting some work-in-progress on our research into Everyday Extremism. Thanks to @manesweisskircher.bsky.social for chairing and @k8ebrown.bsky.social for agreeing to serve as discussant!
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📣Applications for the second Reactionary Politics Summer School are open📣
The summer school provides a space to develop key skills for the research of reactionary politics. It will be hosted hybrid and attendance is free. Bursaries are also available. Sign up below!
reacpol.net/summer-schoo...
The summer school provides a space to develop key skills for the research of reactionary politics. It will be hosted hybrid and attendance is free. Bursaries are also available. Sign up below!
reacpol.net/summer-schoo...
Summer School - Reactionary Politics Research Network
reacpol.net
June 4, 2025 at 1:29 PM
📣Applications for the second Reactionary Politics Summer School are open📣
The summer school provides a space to develop key skills for the research of reactionary politics. It will be hosted hybrid and attendance is free. Bursaries are also available. Sign up below!
reacpol.net/summer-schoo...
The summer school provides a space to develop key skills for the research of reactionary politics. It will be hosted hybrid and attendance is free. Bursaries are also available. Sign up below!
reacpol.net/summer-schoo...
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Every single one in this succession of grotesque, genocidal crimes against humanity was made possible by the support of politicians outside of Israel, including the current UK government.
June 1, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Every single one in this succession of grotesque, genocidal crimes against humanity was made possible by the support of politicians outside of Israel, including the current UK government.
Great interview with @georgenewth.bsky.social, explaining key points in our co-authored article with @aurelmondon.bsky.social:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
May 30, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Great interview with @georgenewth.bsky.social, explaining key points in our co-authored article with @aurelmondon.bsky.social:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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🧵THREAD: On "Populism" and the Far Right
I want to highlight the excellent work of @aurelmondon.bsky.social , @k8ebrown.bsky.social and @aaronwinter.bsky.social, and then share some of my own thoughts about "populism" which partly go in a different direction (I'll do my best to outline my thoughts)
I want to highlight the excellent work of @aurelmondon.bsky.social , @k8ebrown.bsky.social and @aaronwinter.bsky.social, and then share some of my own thoughts about "populism" which partly go in a different direction (I'll do my best to outline my thoughts)
May 18, 2025 at 7:20 AM
🧵THREAD: On "Populism" and the Far Right
I want to highlight the excellent work of @aurelmondon.bsky.social , @k8ebrown.bsky.social and @aaronwinter.bsky.social, and then share some of my own thoughts about "populism" which partly go in a different direction (I'll do my best to outline my thoughts)
I want to highlight the excellent work of @aurelmondon.bsky.social , @k8ebrown.bsky.social and @aaronwinter.bsky.social, and then share some of my own thoughts about "populism" which partly go in a different direction (I'll do my best to outline my thoughts)
New @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org article out in Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics with @georgenewth.bsky.social and @aurelmondon.bsky.social:
𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐚𝐫-𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠
Short 🧵 on the key ideas 1/
𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐚𝐫-𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠
Short 🧵 on the key ideas 1/
May 16, 2025 at 8:40 AM
New @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org article out in Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics with @georgenewth.bsky.social and @aurelmondon.bsky.social:
𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐚𝐫-𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠
Short 🧵 on the key ideas 1/
𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐚𝐫-𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠
Short 🧵 on the key ideas 1/
Still time to sign up for this free @mcrlinguistics.bsky.social event!
MCRL Symposium 2025: want to know what @manmetuni.bsky.social's #linguistics researchers have been up to over the last year? Register to come and join us on 28th May at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/linguistic...
May 15, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Still time to sign up for this free @mcrlinguistics.bsky.social event!
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So many things people are angry about and only one that he ever 'gets'.
May 14, 2025 at 10:45 AM
So many things people are angry about and only one that he ever 'gets'.
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MCRL Symposium 2025: want to know what @manmetuni.bsky.social's #linguistics researchers have been up to over the last year? Register to come and join us on 28th May at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/linguistic...
May 14, 2025 at 9:42 AM
MCRL Symposium 2025: want to know what @manmetuni.bsky.social's #linguistics researchers have been up to over the last year? Register to come and join us on 28th May at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/linguistic...
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New article
Researching and Understanding Far-Right Politics in Times of Mainstreaming, co-authored with @georgenewth.bsky.social & @k8ebrown.bsky.social
We explore a ‘fifth wave’ of far-right politics in which the identities of the mainstream & far right are mutually constitutive
cup.org/3YFVnzn
Researching and Understanding Far-Right Politics in Times of Mainstreaming, co-authored with @georgenewth.bsky.social & @k8ebrown.bsky.social
We explore a ‘fifth wave’ of far-right politics in which the identities of the mainstream & far right are mutually constitutive
cup.org/3YFVnzn
Researching and Understanding Far-Right Politics in Times of Mainstreaming | Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics | Cambridge Core
Researching and Understanding Far-Right Politics in Times of Mainstreaming
cup.org
May 14, 2025 at 8:06 AM
New article
Researching and Understanding Far-Right Politics in Times of Mainstreaming, co-authored with @georgenewth.bsky.social & @k8ebrown.bsky.social
We explore a ‘fifth wave’ of far-right politics in which the identities of the mainstream & far right are mutually constitutive
cup.org/3YFVnzn
Researching and Understanding Far-Right Politics in Times of Mainstreaming, co-authored with @georgenewth.bsky.social & @k8ebrown.bsky.social
We explore a ‘fifth wave’ of far-right politics in which the identities of the mainstream & far right are mutually constitutive
cup.org/3YFVnzn
Reposted by Katy Brown
#OpenAccess from Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics -
Researching and Understanding Far-Right Politics in Times of Mainstreaming - cup.org/3YFVnzn
- @georgenewth.bsky.social, @k8ebrown.bsky.social & @aurelmondon.bsky.social
#FirstView #JREP10
Researching and Understanding Far-Right Politics in Times of Mainstreaming - cup.org/3YFVnzn
- @georgenewth.bsky.social, @k8ebrown.bsky.social & @aurelmondon.bsky.social
#FirstView #JREP10
May 14, 2025 at 7:25 AM
#OpenAccess from Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics -
Researching and Understanding Far-Right Politics in Times of Mainstreaming - cup.org/3YFVnzn
- @georgenewth.bsky.social, @k8ebrown.bsky.social & @aurelmondon.bsky.social
#FirstView #JREP10
Researching and Understanding Far-Right Politics in Times of Mainstreaming - cup.org/3YFVnzn
- @georgenewth.bsky.social, @k8ebrown.bsky.social & @aurelmondon.bsky.social
#FirstView #JREP10
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I wrote about the impact of the Supreme Court judgment on our community. You can read here:
NEW: We asked the trans community how they have been affected after the Supreme Court ripped up the Equality Act.
The response has been chilling, writes @jessothomson.co.uk:
goodlaw.social/b5hx
The response has been chilling, writes @jessothomson.co.uk:
goodlaw.social/b5hx
The devastating impact of the Supreme Court judgment | Good Law Project
We asked the trans community how they have been affected after the Supreme Court ripped up the Equality Act. The response has been chilling.
goodlaw.social
May 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I wrote about the impact of the Supreme Court judgment on our community. You can read here:
Reposted by Katy Brown
In a speech to launch his tough new immigration plans, the prime minister parroted the right’s rhetoric.
Keir Starmer’s immigration plans: research shows you don’t beat the far right by becoming them
In a speech to launch his tough new immigration plans, the prime minister parroted the right’s rhetoric.
tcnv.link
May 13, 2025 at 11:40 AM
In a speech to launch his tough new immigration plans, the prime minister parroted the right’s rhetoric.
Very much recommend @aurelmondon.bsky.social's work on this: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
May 13, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Very much recommend @aurelmondon.bsky.social's work on this: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....