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Gabriel Siles-Brügge @gabrielsilesb.bsky.social · Aug 19

For anyone Dutch-speaking who's interested in #Brexit and the supposed reset in EU-UK relations, here's my two cents for @sampolmaandblad.bsky.social's 'Summer Series' on how the #TCA could be used to promote progressive causes on both sides of the Channel.

Samenleving & Politiek @sampolmaandblad.bsky.social · Aug 14

De handelsrelatie tussen EU en VK zit vast in kleine aanpassingen en lage ambities, ziet Gabriel Silles-Brügge.

Toch zijn er kansen om samen een progressieve agenda te vormen, van klimaat tot arbeidsrechten.

#Zomerreeks #MakeEuropeGreatAgain #Mega2025

Maak Brexit weer interessant

De handelsrelatie tussen EU en VK lijkt vast te zitten in kleine aanpassingen en lage ambities. Toch biedt de bestaande samenwerking kansen om samen een progressieve agenda te vormen, van klimaat tot…

www.sampol.be

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UACES (University Association for Contemporary European Studies) @uaces.bsky.social · Jul 24

Do you have a knack for creating engaging content and building online communities?

UACES is seeking a part-time Social Media and PR Assistant with a focus on journals. The deadline to apply is Wednesday 6 August 2025.

More information on our website: www.uaces.org/social-media...

#UACES #job

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Gabriel Siles-Brügge @gabrielsilesb.bsky.social · Jul 2

An absolute pleasure to host @mcopelov.bsky.social for his insightful & provocative talk. Lots for EU Studies to learn from IPE! 🎙️A recording will be posted soon and the text 📝 of the lecture will appear next year in the pages of the journal. Thanks also to @ces-europe.bsky.social for hosting!

Journal of Common Market Studies (JCMS) @jcms-eu.bsky.social · Jul 2

At last week’s #JCMS Annual Lecture 2025, @mcopelov.bsky.social offered a powerful take on Europe’s role in a shifting world.

Thank you to Prof. Copelovitch for his insight, to @gabrielsilesb.bsky.social for the intro, and to all who joined us for the @ces-europe.bsky.social conference.

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Journal of Common Market Studies (JCMS) @jcms-eu.bsky.social · Jul 1

🚨 New Issue Alert! 🚨

Volume 63, Issue 4 of JCMS is out now! 🌍

Explore key debates on EU funding, Euroscepticism, foreign policy and more.

Edited by @cardwellpj.bsky.social, @rguerrina.bsky.social, and @gabrielsilesb.bsky.social 📚

Read the new issue here ➡️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14685965...

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Gabriel Siles-Brügge @gabrielsilesb.bsky.social · Jun 24

✍️ If you are a scholar working in EU Studies and comparative regionalism, please do send us your best work! We're a multi-disciplinary, methodologically and theoretically pluralist journal open to the full range of rigorous work in our scope. We also publish policy commentaries.

Journal of Common Market Studies (JCMS) @jcms-eu.bsky.social · Jun 23

Looking to publish your research on the #EuropeanUnion and comparative regionalism? 🌍

Join leading scholars from around the world in contributing to JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies. 📚

Learn more about how to submit your next article at: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...

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UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · Jun 14

"[The] UK-US trade deal illustrates what has become a common feature of contemporary trade politics. Economic considerations have given way to the desire to perform sovereignty for its own sake."

Tony Heron, @gabrielsilesb.bsky.social & Darrin McDonald on trade deals👇

What’s happened to ‘Global Britain’? - UK in a changing Europe

Tony Heron, Gabriel Siles-Brügge, and Darrin McDonald argue that trade deals agreed by the UK government since Brexit are limited in their...

ukandeu.ac.uk

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Gabriel Siles-Brügge @gabrielsilesb.bsky.social · Jun 11

Check out this blog post on the death of 'Global Britain', which draws on our open access article in @ripejournal.bsky.social on the performance of trade policy:

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · Jun 11

"[The] UK-US trade deal illustrates what has become a common feature of contemporary trade politics. Economic considerations have given way to the desire to perform sovereignty for its own sake."

Tony Heron, @gabrielsilesb.bsky.social & Darrin McDonald on trade deals👇

ukandeu.ac.uk/whats-happen...

What’s happened to ‘Global Britain’? - UK in a changing Europe

Tony Heron, Gabriel Siles-Brügge, and Darrin McDonald argue that trade deals agreed by the UK government since Brexit are limited in their...

ukandeu.ac.uk

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Journal of Common Market Studies (JCMS) @jcms-eu.bsky.social · May 7

JCMS is pleased to announce that from 2027, there will be two special issues published per year. 📚

We’re currently inviting proposals for the Spring and Autumn 2027 Special Issues.

For more details, see the full call: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...

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Journal of Common Market Studies (JCMS) @jcms-eu.bsky.social · May 1

New JCMS Issue! 🚨

Editors @cardwellpj.bsky.social, @rguerrina.bsky.social and @gabrielsilesb.bsky.social have curated another insightful issue exploring new perspectives on European Studies. Congrats to all the authors for their dedication to the field! 📚

🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14685965...

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Gabriel Siles-Brügge @gabrielsilesb.bsky.social · Apr 24

🚨 New #OpenAccess publication in @ripejournal.bsky.social, together with Tony Heron (York) and Darrin McDonald (Leeds Beckett).

Do have a read by clicking on the link below! ⬇️
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Performing trade: ‘Global Britain’ and the UK’s post-Brexit free trade agreements with Australia and New Zealand

Why did the United Kingdom (UK) prioritise post-Brexit free trade agreements (FTAs) with Australia and New Zealand, despite the almost negligible economic benefits on offer? We address this puzzle ...

www.tandfonline.com

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Gabriel Siles-Brügge @gabrielsilesb.bsky.social · Apr 25

Thanks Mark! Went with a slightly different literature here, as the backstage/front stage distinction wasn't the main focus.

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Journal of Common Market Studies (JCMS) @jcms-eu.bsky.social · Apr 25

Weekly round-up! 📚

It has been a busy month for JCMS, with new and insightful research being published every week.

Here are some articles you may have missed ➡️ bit.ly/3RAuaKv

@cardwellpj.bsky.social @rguerrina.bsky.social @gabrielsilesb.bsky.social

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Gabriel Siles-Brügge @gabrielsilesb.bsky.social · Apr 24

In the conclusion, we highlight how there are some important lessons here for the study of trade policy in the age of #Trump and the unilateral imposition of tariffs. This is performative trade policy par excellence.

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Gabriel Siles-Brügge @gabrielsilesb.bsky.social · Apr 24

Rather than a focus on the content of trade policy, what we argue that the desire to perform trade policy independence was the key driving factor of UK trade policy in this period.

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Gabriel Siles-Brügge @gabrielsilesb.bsky.social · Apr 24

We focus on the UK's post #Brexit trade policy, and specifically its free trade agreements with Australia and New Zealand to highlight the importance of practices and performativity in trade policy.

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Gabriel Siles-Brügge @gabrielsilesb.bsky.social · Apr 24

🚨 New #OpenAccess publication in @ripejournal.bsky.social, together with Tony Heron (York) and Darrin McDonald (Leeds Beckett).

Do have a read by clicking on the link below! ⬇️
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Performing trade: ‘Global Britain’ and the UK’s post-Brexit free trade agreements with Australia and New Zealand

Why did the United Kingdom (UK) prioritise post-Brexit free trade agreements (FTAs) with Australia and New Zealand, despite the almost negligible economic benefits on offer? We address this puzzle ...

www.tandfonline.com

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Gabriel Siles-Brügge @gabrielsilesb.bsky.social · Apr 1

Thanks Toni! You too!

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Academy of Social Sciences @acadsocsciences.bsky.social · Apr 1

New Fellow @tonihaastrup.bsky.social is Chair in Global Politics at official-uom.bsky.social! Her research explores power hierarchies in global politics & encompasses a range of topics within international studies incl. feminist foreign policies & global inequalities. acss.org.uk/news/the-aca...

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Paul James Cardwell @cardwellpj.bsky.social · Apr 1

Beyond delighted to be elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences! Truly an honour, and I look forward to supporting the work of the Academy. Congratulations too to my @jcms-eu.bsky.social co-editors @gabrielsilesb.bsky.social @rguerrina.bsky.social & UACES chair @tonihaastrup.bsky.social

Academy of Social Sciences @acadsocsciences.bsky.social · Apr 1

New Fellow @cardwellpj.bsky.social is Professor of Law at kingscollegelondon.bsky.social! His research encompasses EU external relations & migration and he has contributed evidence to the UK & Canadian Parliaments on EU law, migration & sanctions. See the full list ➡️ acss.org.uk/news/the-aca...

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UACES (University Association for Contemporary European Studies) @uaces.bsky.social · Apr 1

Congratulations to:

- Professor Christopher Hill
- Professor @gabrielsilesb.bsky.social
- Professor Helena Farrand Carrapico
- Professor @cardwellpj.bsky.social
- Professor @rguerrina.bsky.social
- Professor @tonihaastrup.bsky.social

Who have been awarded @acadsocsciences.bsky.social Fellowships!

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Gabriel Siles-Brügge @gabrielsilesb.bsky.social · Apr 1

The only dampener is that this news comes as my employer, the University of Bristol, has announced a cost-cutting strategy that threatens the social sciences (and arts and humanities) at the University: www.bristol247.com/opinion/your...

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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Gabriel Siles-Brügge @gabrielsilesb.bsky.social · Apr 1

I also want to acknowledge the @uob-policystudies.bsky.social, which has been a wonderful environment to work over the past year and a half - providing a rich and stimulating interdisciplinary setting for teaching and research. I am really proud to work here.

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Gabriel Siles-Brügge @gabrielsilesb.bsky.social · Apr 1

I also want to acknowledge @uaces.bsky.social Chair @tonihaastrup.bsky.social, who is also joining the Academy and with whom I have also really enjoyed working over the years. This signals the real impact the European Studies is having on the academy and further afield.

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Gabriel Siles-Brügge @gabrielsilesb.bsky.social · Apr 1

It is an absolutely privilege to be joining the Academy of Social Sciences, which does such important work to promote these disciplines at a time where they face really challenging times. It is doubly rewarding to be joining at the same time as my fellow @jcms-eu.bsky.social editors.

Journal of Common Market Studies (JCMS) @jcms-eu.bsky.social · Apr 1

Congratulations to our editors – @gabrielsilesb.bsky.social, @cardwellpj.bsky.social, and @rguerrina.bsky.social – for their election to @acadsocsciences.bsky.social! 🎉

Their distinguished contributions to the social sciences and European Studies continue to inspire.

🔗 acss.org.uk/news/the-aca...

The Academy of Social Sciences welcomes 64 leading social scientists to its Fellowship – Academy of Social Sciences

acss.org.uk

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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · Feb 13

These consultancies remind me of Cornish wreckers in the c18th, luring ships onto the rocks. Unis think they can see a lighthouse with harbour, but ooh no it isn't. They thought they were being sold safety, but in fact they've been handed a doomsday device. And they don't even know it! (3/3) /END

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