Department of Politics and International Relations

Volume 102 Issue 2 | International Affairs | Oxford Academic The official journal of Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs. Publishes content across the entire discipline of international relations and is renowned for its academically rigo...

A new Special Collection co-edited by @indrajitroy.bsky.social for International Affairs published this morning tinyurl.com/3268fw3v The introductory essay is available here tinyurl.com/ykek57mm Indrajit's own article is here tinyurl.com/488e43r9

The Afghan Data Breach Victims Who Say They Have Been Abandoned by Britain The unprecedented data breach left many Afghans who worked for the UK military in fear for their lives. A year on and they tell Byline Times they have been abandoned by the British state

Politics Academic Sara de Jong's research on the Afghan data breach has been quoted in the Byline Times. You can read the article here bylinetimes.com/2026/03/04/t...

Re-politicising merger policy: regulating foreign takeovers in Britain and Italy The literature on de-politicisation has emphasized the declining role of national politicians in policymaking, particularly in the realm of economic governance. Competition policy – including with ...

New article out in New Political Economy 📢 by Bernardo Rangoni (with Mark Thatcher) “Re-politicising merger policy: regulating foreign takeovers in Britain and Italy” www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Bernardo Rangoni examines the rise of experimentalist governance. Drawing on EU cases from Google antitrust to vaccine regulation and crisis-driven state aid, the chapter highlights both the promise and the tensions of experimentalist approaches. tinyurl.com/mrxvza8t

🚨 New Publication in International Organization! 🚨

Happy to share our latest paper with @jeremymoulton.bsky.social:“The New Age of Myth: Political Narratives and the Reconstitution of World Order”, part of SI #IOFoGG on the Future of Global Governance. doi.org/10.1017/S002...
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Polarized attitudes and anti-democratic orientation in the US - Ariel Malka, Christopher M Federico, Thomas H Costello & Adam R Panish examine paradoxical partisan asymmetries in current democratic attitudes. More: buff.ly/VbUfBAY

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New research reveals human cost of Ministry of Defence Afghan data leak Afghans report a range of threats and risks including killings and violence as a result of the data breach, new research co-authored by a University of York academic has found.

New research from @sara-de-jong.bsky.social reveals human cost of Ministry of Defence Afghan leak and has been publishes as written evidence by the House of Commons Defence Select Committee as part of their Afghan Data Breach and Resettlement Schemes Inquiry

www.york.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

The coloniality of the British Army: a decolonial framework Is it time for scholarship on the modern British Army to acknowledge coloniality as one of its core and embedded features? This article draws attention to

@sara-de-jong.bsky.social has co-authored a new article with Nick Caddick about coloniality of the British army

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Join us on Friday for an event organised by The Centre for the Comparative Study of Civil War where Dr Jenny Hedstrom will be talking on the topic "Reproducing Revolution : Women's Labor and the War in Kachinland"

Join us on Friday for an event organised by The Centre for the Comparative Study of Civil War where Dr Jenny Hedstrom will be talking on the topic "Reproducing Revolution : Women's Labor and the War in Kachinland"

Power and sustainability governance in the soy-animal protein global value chain In this article, we provide a theoretical and substantive contribution to the emergent literature on hybrid sustainability governance through a critical engagement with Global Value Chain and Trans...

@tony-heron.bsky.social and @paulinafloresmtz.bsky.social have published a new paper: Power and sustainability governance in the soy-animal protein global value chain

Read the paper here:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

We're pleased to see Politics & International Relations move up to 15th place in the Guardian University Subject Guide. This is yet more evidence of the all round strengths of the department and a reflection of our very strong performance in this year's National Student Survey!

SPERI Blog - Brazil and COP30 All posts

@tony-heron.bsky.social, Paulina Flores-Martinez, Tomaz Fares, and Brazilian colleagues Ângela Camana and Marília L. David have written a blog on Brazil and COP30 where they discuss deforestation in Brazil

speri-blog.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/blog/2025/br...

What’s behind the rise of far right politics in Europe Far-right parties are gaining popularity worldwide. Why is that? Political researcher Daphne Halikiopoulou reveals how rising leaders tap into people’s economic insecurities and distrust of institutio...

Why is the far-right rising in Europe?

Daphne Halikiopoulou reveals how rising leaders tap into people’s economic insecurities and distrust of institutions in order to cleverly rebrand their right-wing policies.

TED Talk link: www.ted.com/talks/daphne...

@dafnoukos.bsky.social

Each year, the University provides live graduation coverage online for those who aren't in the room on the day. Politics are Ceremony 15 and you can watch it at 4:15pm on the University's YouTube channel www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Congratulations to everyone graduating today! Don't forget to tag us in your graduation photos @uoypolitics.bsky.social #teamyorkpolitics

Politics Professor Monica Brito-Vieira has co-authored this article with Sean Fleming on ecological personhood: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Our Summer Graduation ceremonies are nearly here, and we can’t wait to celebrate with you! Ahead of the first ceremonies this weekend, the University has gathered together some top tips and advice for anyone who’ll be joining us www.york.ac.uk/students/stu...

Afghan data leak: how selective state secrecy and cover-ups can harm civilians Critical questions need to be asked about which secrets are kept, by whom and why.

@sara-de-jong.bsky.social has co-written an article in The Conversation about the Afghan data leak, you can read the article in full here: theconversation.com/afghan-data-...

Art, time and femicidal violence: visualizing continuum thinking through feminist performance art Extensive and important work has been undertaken to address femicidal violence and frame it as a human rights violation, yet, femicidal violence persists across the world, severely impacting women’...

Tallulah, one of our PhD students, just published this new article on the work being undertaken to frame femicidal violence as a human rights violation. You can read the article here:

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@sara-de-jong.bsky.social has been quoted in a few newspapers on 15 July on the MoD's data breach of evacuated Afghans. You can read the articles here:

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

📣 Department of Politics and International Relations is 4th in the Russell Group for 'teaching on my course' in the NSS Survey!

EU–UK relations after Brexit: the emotional (de)politicization of the ‘Oxford’ COVID-19 vaccine To what extent does the politics of emotions drive processes of (de)politicization? This article studies the case of the intense ‘vaccine war’ between the

New article by @ngellwitzki.bsky.social and Anne-Marie Houde in International Affairs that explores the emotional dynamics underpinning the UK’s ‘vaccine war’ with the EU post-Brexit. Read the article in full here tinyurl.com/484vn386

EU–UK relations after Brexit: the emotional (de)politicization of the ‘Oxford’ COVID-19 vaccine To what extent does the politics of emotions drive processes of (de)politicization? This article studies the case of the intense ‘vaccine war’ between the

New article by @ngellwitzki.bsky.social ai and Anne-Marie Houde in International Affairs that explores the emotional dynamics underpinning the UK’s ‘vaccine war’ with the EU post-Brexit. Read the article in full here academic.oup.com/ia/advance-a...

Professor Sara de Jong - We Are Here, Because You Were There: The rights and forced migration of... YouTube video by Loughborough University IAS

As part of the inaugural Refugee and Migration Network meeting at Loughborough University's Institute of Advanced Studies @lboroias.bsky.social @sara-de-jong.bsky.social delivered her keynote speech "The rights and forced migration of Afghan Interpreters" Watch here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueEu...

Politics ranked 13th in the UK: Complete University Guide 2026 York is ranked 13th in the UK for Politics in the latest release of the Complete University Guide league tables (2026).

University of York is ranked 13th in the UK for Politics in the latest release of the Complete University Guide league tables (2026), read more here www.york.ac.uk/politics/new...

Adrian Leftwich Memorial Lecture at University of York @igdc.bsky.social Delivered by Amitav Acharya on World orders old and new: The future of global development" for which he will draw on his magnificent new book "Once and future world order www.york.ac.uk/politics/new...
JUNE 12 2025 5:00-6:30 pm

Dr Bernardo Rangoni and Mark Thatcher have a chapter on EU competition policy published on Political Science and Public Policy 2025:
www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap/b...

Regulation and its metrics: three views of the cathedral Measuring regulation is a vital but contested task. Despite growing interest, most metrics are either rooted in ad hoc assumptions or shaped by international organisations’ priorities, rather than ...

Dr Bernardo Rangoni has had a new research article published this week on the Journal of European Public Policy.

The article is called "Regulation and its metrics: three views of the cathedral" and is co authored with Claudio Radaelli

Read it here:

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

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