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Ben Rosamond
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Professor of Politics and International Relations, University of Edinburgh. Anglo-Swede, would-be leg spinner, new elite (if only). Political economy and assorted other obsessions.
The Towering Inferno. Hmm.
December 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
A Jedi with 'legitimate concerns'.
December 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This is the formal definition, which is definitely open to interpretation: Ext proc o/ps = 'culmination of a substantial, discrete research endeavour which, due to the nature of the approach or methodology, involved intense activity, sustained over a period of time, usually of five years or longer.'
December 10, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Remind me, which stage of late capitalism is this?
December 8, 2025 at 3:15 PM
‘Little evidence that the author has acknowledged previous work in the field, notably Backbeat (1994)’.
December 6, 2025 at 9:23 AM
The second one should be 'supper'.
December 4, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Presumably, those book shelves contain copies of Mein Kampf and the collected works of David Irving.
December 4, 2025 at 10:54 AM
The consistent lack of journalistic interest in universities and their wider significance is deeply depressing. This FT piece is something of an exception to the rule, but generally speaking, we are some permutation of 'big school', the 'free speech crisis' and immigration incubators.
December 3, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Remarkably, I've yet to go out in #Whamageddon. Not sure I've ever made it into December before.
December 1, 2025 at 9:00 AM
“Opportunities” 👀
November 30, 2025 at 5:24 PM
The thesis is right up your street. You'll like it a lot, including the gentle critique of Hopkin and Rosamond (2018)!
November 28, 2025 at 10:01 AM
I once overhead two old ladies discussing the nights drawing in: “it’s getting late earlier now”, said one to the other.
November 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM