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Ben Baumberg Geiger
@benbgeiger.bsky.social
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Social policy researcher (though sometimes pretends to be a philosopher), Prof co-leading WelfareExperiences project and kcl.ac.uk/csmh work & welfare strand. Was at @BenBaumberg at the other place.
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Please do forward on @louisemurphy.bsky.social sky.social @mikebrewerecon.bsky.social y.social @eduinlatimer.bsky.social @beccastacey.bsky.social @pollardtom.bsky.social - and many thanks!
January 16, 2026 at 9:29 AM
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Please do forward on @kingscsmh.bsky.social l @annieirvine.bsky.social @benjaminbarr.bsky.social @heejungchung.bsky.social @jedmeers.bsky.social @martinbaekgaard.bsky.social @jdportes.bsky.social tes.bsky.social - and many thanks!
January 16, 2026 at 9:29 AM
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...where Harry Collins et al say that ""the views STS was espousing were consistent with post-truth irrespective of their authors’ intentions or their causal impact" (journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...)
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January 15, 2026 at 7:43 AM
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Latour is a good shout. There's also an editorial in Social Studies of Science that led to a debate there (journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1....
January 15, 2026 at 7:43 AM
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December 17, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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A long-term picture of participation is helpful - we're more or less at record highs. (@benbgeiger.bsky.social has drawn this chart before so I'm not new here)
December 15, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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"The big-picture lesson for policymakers is that changes to one part of the benefit system can shift pressures elsewhere, rather than remove them entirely."

📗 Read our report, funded by @jrf-uk.bsky.social and @healthfoundation.bsky.social, here: ifs.org.uk/publications...
Quote from IFS Senior Research Economist Eduin Latimer: "Across four different reforms, we find an unintended consequence of benefit cuts – that they lead to more people claiming disability benefits. One result of these spillover effects is that the fiscal savings from cutting non-health-related benefits are slightly smaller than previously thought. These effects will likely also have a long-term legacy, as people often stay on disability benefits for many years."
December 12, 2025 at 8:15 AM