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Professor Katharine Adeney @katadeney.bsky.social · 19d

Just deleted my Threads account (not that i used it much) www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Exclusive: Instagram pictures of girls as young as 13 were posted to promote Threads site ‘as bait’, campaigner says

I thought I was growing up in a racially tolerant Britain. I now realise I was wrong | Rohan Sathyamoorthy

Professor Katharine Adeney @katadeney.bsky.social · 23d

When you’ve spent so long on the Parliament of Sri Lanka website that it thinks you’re a bot and locks you out 🤖😂

Just your average day in #Academia, chasing down elusive cabinet details one timeout at a time.

#SriLanka #ComparativePolitics #ResearchLife #DigitalFieldwork

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Professor Katharine Adeney @katadeney.bsky.social · Sep 7

This, from a 19 year old in the UK. Heartbreaking. “I’ve experienced more racism in the last 12 months than the rest of my life put together.”

#racism #UK

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I’ve experienced more racism in the past year than the rest of my life put together – the only answer is for young people to stand up to the far right, says writer Rohan Sathyamoorthy

Jane 🏊‍♀️🚴🏻🏃‍♀️🌻 @halfironmum.bsky.social · Sep 4

This is my big worry for a professional perspective - people need to learn the skills to do their own analysis/research so they can recognise what's wrong. If junior roles get replaced by AI (or even if juniors lean too heavily on it) how do we train the future leaders?

Dismissing the academic merits of ChatGPT is intellectually dishonest

Professor Katharine Adeney @katadeney.bsky.social · Sep 4

I agree. But this has to be a collaboration. And for it to be a true collaboration, students need a solid foundation of knowledge first.

The real challenge? Motivating students to build that foundation before they turn to AI tools.

#Academia #HigherEd #AIinEducation

Portraying ChatGPT as a playground for plagiarists is a timid response to AI’s ability to enhance research in all subjects, argues Agnieszka Piotrowska

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Professor Katharine Adeney @katadeney.bsky.social · Sep 2

It's time. After decades as a Labour voter and supporter I've taken the plunge into Green waters.

The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · Sep 2

Draw the line. Join the Green Party today ⤵️

join.greenparty.org.uk?utm_source=s...

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Professor Katharine Adeney @katadeney.bsky.social · Sep 2

Unwelcome realisation: standing desk season = cold legs season.

Autumn’s creeping in and the home office heating’s not on yet.

Might be time for leg warmers to make a comeback?

#AcademicSky #PoliSky

The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · Sep 2

Draw the line. Join the Green Party today ⤵️

join.greenparty.org.uk?utm_source=s...

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Professor Katharine Adeney @katadeney.bsky.social · Sep 1

📚 Research is rarely linear. Let your past work be part of your future thinking.

#AcademicLife #ECRAdvice #ResearchTips #ComparativePolitics #India #Pakistan #SriLanka #SouthAsiaSky

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Professor Katharine Adeney @katadeney.bsky.social · Sep 1

Today, I’m revisiting my own notes on pre-independence constitutional debates in India—material I hadn’t looked at in years. And yet, here it is, suddenly relevant again.

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Professor Katharine Adeney @katadeney.bsky.social · Sep 1

🔁 A gentle reminder to ECRs: never throw away your old notes or drafts.

That overlong chapter or article draft—yes, the one that’s 5,000 words too long—might just hold the key to your next project. Save it. Archive it. You never know when you’ll return to it with fresh eyes or a new angle.

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Professor Katharine Adeney @katadeney.bsky.social · Aug 29

Very reminiscent of Pakistan's army getting involved in ALL of the economy.

In Prabowo’s Indonesia, the military is quietly creeping back into civilian life

Professor Katharine Adeney @katadeney.bsky.social · Aug 29

A plague on publishers who still don’t offer citation files for their books.

Yes, Stanford University Press, I’m glaring in your direction.

#Publishers #Citations #Academics #MetadataMadness

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Professor Katharine Adeney @katadeney.bsky.social · Aug 28

When a populist increases the size of the military / worry #Indonesia #polisky www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

The retired general who is now president has established 100 new army battalions and plans more – and critics say the move has echoes of the country’s authoritarian past

Israel’s attack on hospital in Gaza may constitute a war crime on many fronts

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Professor Katharine Adeney @katadeney.bsky.social · Aug 26

“For some senior UN figures, the only conclusion to be drawn from these attacks is that Israel is killing the world’s only available witnesses to the starvation it has visited on Gaza through its policies.”

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Double-tap strike suggests killing of civilians, rescue workers and journalists deliberate and not a mistake

Professor Katharine Adeney @katadeney.bsky.social · Aug 25

Beautiful and sad

The Democrats are in deep trouble in the US – and Labour is on the way to joining them | Nesrine Malik

Professor Katharine Adeney @katadeney.bsky.social · Aug 25

What struck me about this article is how this reflects what happened in India with the BJP mastering the new way of politics #SouthAsiaSky

Professor Katharine Adeney @katadeney.bsky.social · Aug 25

“as …voters are lost, the lion’s share of the windfall goes to those on the…extreme right who have already mastered the gamification of politics…the ability to summon fever dreams of threats (to) be dealt with & prosperity that is just around the corner”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

When millions of once-loyal supporters become disillusioned with a party, there can only be one result: electoral disaster, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

The Democrats are in deep trouble in the US – and Labour is on the way to joining them | Nesrine Malik

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Professor Katharine Adeney @katadeney.bsky.social · Aug 25

“as …voters are lost, the lion’s share of the windfall goes to those on the…extreme right who have already mastered the gamification of politics…the ability to summon fever dreams of threats (to) be dealt with & prosperity that is just around the corner”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

When millions of once-loyal supporters become disillusioned with a party, there can only be one result: electoral disaster, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

Revealed: Israeli military’s own data indicates civilian death rate of 83% in Gaza war

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Professor Katharine Adeney @katadeney.bsky.social · Aug 22

In global conflicts tracked by UCDP since 1989, civilians made up a greater proportion of the dead only in Srebenica – although not the Bosnian war overall – in the Rwandan genocide, and during the Russian siege of Mariupol in 2022

www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Figures from classified IDF database listed 8,900 named fighters as dead or probably dead in May, as overall death toll reached 53,000

Professor Katharine Adeney @katadeney.bsky.social · Aug 20

A previous version of this dataset was used to analyse Party System Institutionalisation in Asia, and I’m looking forward to the new insights it will offer in this next phase.

Professor Katharine Adeney @katadeney.bsky.social · Aug 20

This work has benefited enormously from the support of @filippoboni.bsky.social, Tusharika Deka and Tajkiya Ahmad, whose contributions have been central to shaping the dataset and its applications.

Gullimair travels east: drivers of party system institutionalization in Asia in comparative perspective

Professor Katharine Adeney @katadeney.bsky.social · Aug 20

Returning to my dataset on Pakistani cabinets today to evaluate the religious composition of cabinet positions as part of my contribution to the Majoritarian Nationalisms in South Asia monograph with @wilfriedswenden.bsky.social.

In this article, we apply Mair’s concept of ‘party system closure’ to Asian party systems, with particular comparison with his native continent, Europe. Building on Mair’s (2001) conceptualization ...

www.tandfonline.com

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Professor Katharine Adeney @katadeney.bsky.social · Aug 18

An extraordinary (and horrendous) story. #Windrush

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

‘Nothing is the same’: Windrush victim allowed to return to UK after 28 years

George Lee was stuck in Poland and received little help from UK officials even after the scandal broke in 2018

Rescue efforts continue in Pakistan as flash floods kill more than 320 people – video report

Professor Katharine Adeney @katadeney.bsky.social · Aug 18

I've come back from 2 weeks annual leave to find no fewer than 10 requests for PhD supervision in my inbox. Unsure how to deal with them professionally in a meaningful manner (especially as I am aware that there is an individual at the end of each one). #PoliSky #AcademicSky

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Professor Katharine Adeney @katadeney.bsky.social · Aug 18

A reminder that #SouthAsia is at the frontline of #ClimateChange thoughts and prayers www.theguardian.com/world/video/...

The death toll from heavy monsoon rains that have triggered flash floods across northern Pakistan has risen to at least 321 people