📣 It’s publication day for the updated, paperback edition of 'Circle of Stars: A History of the EU - And The People Who Made It'. I've been bowled over by the response to the hardback and can't wait for the book to reach an even wider readership @YaleBooks yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...

It was a privilege to discuss this great book by @ztruchlewski.bsky.social, @nenaoana.bsky.social, @alexmoise.bsky.social and Hanspeter Kriesi @ces-europe.bsky.social . It is a must read on how Europeans stood together during the pandemic and whether such solidarity was exceptional or the new norm.

Might be of interest to @bloomsdayfestival.bsky.social, @jamesjoycecentre.bsky.social, ‪@martindoyle.bsky.social‬, @aodhanoriordain.bsky.social #bloomsday

'However frustrated Bloom would have been over the project’s delays, he would have nodded vigorously at its proposed route, especially the section from Glasnevin to Mater station on his own Eccles Street.' My @theguardian.com article on Joyce, Dublin & MetroLink: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Dublin's transport links through the eyes of Leopold Bloom.

Read the article by Professor @dermothodson.bsky.social for the @theguardian.com.

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'Ulysses’ fixation with transport...doesn’t just provide colour and comic relief. It carries James Joyce’s own hopes for a new Ireland that achieves its potential.' As Bloomsday nears, read my article on Dublin's controversial metro project in @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

🚨 Publication Alert 🚨

Out now in @jei-publication.bsky.social with @steffenmurau.bsky.social @agutersandu.bsky.social and Armin Haas:

Issuing EU debt despite fiscal rules, what we can learn from the limitations of the EU covid recovery fund, and what it all has to do with a famous cat ⬇️
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"Many theories of European Integration have articulated, explicitly or implicitly, a sense of EU hegemony". Interesting and timely new take on integration theory by @patrickholden.bsky.social in @jei-publication.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Many congrats, Conor.

Interested in teaching EU governance, political economy and crises—but don't know where to start?

Then this one’s for you
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Thanks to 3 excellent recent volumes by @manuelamoschella.bsky.social+co-authors @amyverdun.bsky.social @achimhurrelmann.bsky.social
A Bongardt/F Torres

50 years ago today, the first European Council was held in Dublin, putting the heads of state or government at the centre of European integration. For all its shortcomings, it has been remarkably effective at building & maintaining consensus in times of crisis. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rBt...

Why does the largest trading bloc on the planet have a miniature-sized currency? With Trump, the EU will again much regret this.

🎈In a new working paper, @steffenmurau.bsky.social and I set out to theorise failure and develop a new IPE perspective that foregrounds offshore money.

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I'm excited to be directing a workshop on the future of FinTech with @elsaclaramassoc.bsky.social @ecpr.bsky.social Joint Sessions in Prague from 20-23 May 2025. If you are interested in money, power and finance in the digital age, please submit an abstract by 21 November. ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

'Zelenskiy can labour under no illusions about how difficult it will be for his country to join the EU'. Read my article in the Guardian on Ukraine's perilous path to EU membership. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...