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Mariña Fernández Reino @mfreino.bsky.social · 1d

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Mariña Fernández Reino @mfreino.bsky.social · 2d

I have no idea about the reasons behind the conflict, but this looks like (yet again, sigh) old-school male academics with big egos acting as if the world should be indebted to them. I should probably keep my mouth shut, but I sincerely hope no one attends EPSA in Prague 😬

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Mariña Fernández Reino @mfreino.bsky.social · 2d

As an outsider, I find it insane that a for-profit organisation managed to present itself as a scientific, professional organisation for years. But continuing to organise an alternative conference to undermine the not-for-profit EPSS is beyond insane.
epssnet.org/uncategorize...

Difference Between EPSS and EPSA: What to Know for 2026

Confused about the difference between EPSS and EPSA? Learn how they differ in governance, structure, and their 2026 conferences.

epssnet.org

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Mariña Fernández Reino @mfreino.bsky.social · 6d

I don’t think there is an easy answer, but the fact that many migrants & asylum seekers are Latinos (more favourable attitudes than towards other groups) and that identity politics in Spain has been hyperfixated on territorial debates partly explain this.

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Mariña Fernández Reino @mfreino.bsky.social · 6d

A common Q from British colleagues I keep getting is why isn’t asylum as salient in Spain’s political debate as in other countries like UK, given Spain had the 2nd most asylum apps in 2024 in EU (165K, after Germany)? Attitudes to immigration also remain quite favorable (ESS 2024).

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 6d

Many people desperately wanted to see Starmer's LPC speech as a new direction on immigration and asylum. Yet, we clearly see a continuation of an approach that basically says Farage is right on policy but morally wrong. Others have tried it, it won't work.

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

Starmer to end asylum ‘golden ticket’ of resettlement and family reunion rights

People granted asylum will have to earn right to invite family in plan charities call ‘straight from populist playbook’

www.theguardian.com

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Mariña Fernández Reino @mfreino.bsky.social · 6d

open.substack.com/pub/benansel...

Really nice post by @benansell.bsky.social to understand why Labour’s embrace of Reform positions makes zero electoral sense.

British Politics' Midlife Crisis

Why British Parties Can't Make Peace with Their Actual Voters

open.substack.com

Mariña Fernández Reino @mfreino.bsky.social · 8d

This 👇🏼👇🏼

Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshksi.bsky.social · 8d

👏 stop 👏 requiring 👏 recommendation letters 👏 in 👏 the 👏 first 👏 round 👏 of 👏 academic 👏 job 👏 applications

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 12d

The success of the far right is not only measured in votes and seats but in its impact on rhetoric, policy and ideology. The fact that a (nominally) social democratic head of government with a huge majority choses to say and do this is maybe the biggest success of the far right in Europe yet.

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Mariña Fernández Reino @mfreino.bsky.social · 12d

youtube.com/watch?v=nMyy...
The zone of interest, but make it 2025

'Our Genocide': How do Israelis feel about the war in Gaza? | On the Ground

YouTube video by The Guardian

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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 13d

NEW

WIRED led the way in reporting on Elon Musk's efforts to dismantle the US government. My colleagues and I spoke to 100s of employees at dozens of agencies to understand what happened.

This is the definitive story of DOGE as told by those who experienced it

www.wired.com/story/oral-h...

The Story of DOGE, as Told by Federal Workers

WIRED spoke with more than 200 federal workers in dozens of agencies to learn what happened as the Department of Government Efficiency tore through their offices.

www.wired.com

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MZES Uni Mannheim @mzesunimannheim.bsky.social · 16d

📣 Attention, postdoctoral researchers!

❗ Apply now for our MZES Visiting Fellowships 😊

💡 Spend 2-4 weeks at the MZES to share ideas
💰 Funding for accommodation, travel, daily allowance
📆 Deadline: 28 November

Full information:
👉 www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/news/deta...

Screenshot of the call for applications for MZES Visiting Fellowships, 22 September 2025. For the full text, please follow the link.

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Mariña Fernández Reino @mfreino.bsky.social · 16d

Super useful advice

Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 16d

1/ So you’re thinking about applying for an academic job in the UK but don’t know how? This thread will walk you through the essentials.

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Mariña Fernández Reino @mfreino.bsky.social · 17d

When people tell me to be pragmatic & let it slide

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Mariña Fernández Reino @mfreino.bsky.social · 21d

O quizás no, mira Turquía con el genocidio armenio. 🥲

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Mariña Fernández Reino @mfreino.bsky.social · 22d

@williamlallen.bsky.social every single time I see a jack russell walking the streets of Madrid, I ttell @deniskierans.bsky.social “Mira, una Pepita” 🩷🫶🏼

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michael veale @michae.lv · May 6

How should legal education respond to AI? Together with 11 UCL Laws colleagues, this paper is our vision for the sector. It's rooted in academic integrity, fundamental competences, and concerns around impacts on learning to learn and intellectual risk taking. (🧵)

discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 26d

So:
a) none of political assassins were students, or even shared a coherent ideology - shameful to blame universities
b) Trump is already engaged in the attack on campus speech the Free Press wants
c) I worry a lot more about the animosity to campus The Free Press is fueling than any of my students

The acceleration of political violence has been frightening: from the attack on the Capitol in January 2021, to the murder of a healthcare executive allegedly by Luigi Mangione, to the attempted assassinations of Trump, to the killing of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., to the shooting of state lawmakers in Minnesota. And now Kirk’s murder.

There are many guilty parties in the rise of political violence. But to our minds, among the biggest culprits are the universities. In the same way that madrassas radicalize jihadis, America’s campuses are among the places in the U.S. most hostile to disagreement and debate. Where they preach “inclusion,” they actually practice exclusion—shouting down speakers they disagree with, for instance. Where they promote “diversity,” they actually enforce a uniformity of thought, denying tenure to dissenters.

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Mariña Fernández Reino @mfreino.bsky.social · 25d

This is insane
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move

Prominent professor Judith Butler among students and faculty investigated for ‘alleged antisemitic incidents’

www.theguardian.com

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Mariña Fernández Reino @mfreino.bsky.social · 26d

🤣

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Mariña Fernández Reino @mfreino.bsky.social · 27d

Only compares to when a full prof asked his RA to do his personal website

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Mariña Fernández Reino @mfreino.bsky.social · 27d

😱😱😱

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Dan Hirschman @asociologist.bsky.social · 29d

Texas A&M’s President just removed a dean and department head from their positions after they supported a professor whose lesson on gender was challenged by a student. www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...

A&M Dean removed following student complaints over curriculum

The Department of Justice has also acknowledged the situation and said it would be investigating.

www.kbtx.com

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Mariña Fernández Reino @mfreino.bsky.social · Sep 6

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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · Sep 5

Radical right accommodation really does not work.

New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk

doi.org/10.31235/osf...

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Mariña Fernández Reino @mfreino.bsky.social · Sep 6

Muy buen paper!

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