Very excited to share this year’s Ronald Dworkin Colloquium lineup.

@ucl.ac.uk has been running this series in legal & political philosophy since 1998, when Dworkin founded it. Still going strong.

A few days left to apply!

We're hiring! x4 permanent positions: 2 open, 1 non-western and 1 value theory. Please consider applying/spreading the word! More info here:

www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

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Fertility rate hits record low in England, Scotland and Wales Last year’s total fertility rate of 1.41 for England and Wales was lowest since comparable data was first collected in 1938, ONS says

#Fertility rate hits record low in England, Scotland and Wales www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

People having IVF should get time off work for appointments, say UK campaigners Report finds more than a third have considered leaving their job due to the physical and emotional strain

People having IVF should get time off work for appointments, say UK campaigners www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

The UK’s Adoption Industry Is In Crisis It's time to peer deeply into the UK’s adoption industry and see what can be fixed

There needs to be a process of re-education, [...] one that acknowledges the realities of taking on a child with extra needs.A LifeLessOrdinary doesn’t have it right.It definitely is harder to adopt a kid who has been through the ringer. But, by goodness, it’s worth it. www.elle.com/uk/life-and-...

The Future of Practical #Ethics, ‪IDEA Centre @idea-leeds.bsky.social‬ - Registration open! 8th – Wednesday 10th September 2025. Programme and abstracts available here: conferences.leeds.ac.uk/the-future-o...

Ask your MP to help address the prison education crisis Ask your MP to sign EDM 1542 which calls on the UK government to bring prison education provision into public ownership. We have created a template letter to send to MPs below.

www.ucu.org.uk/prison-educa...

The real fertility crisis UNFPA State of World Population 2025

www.unfpa.org/swp2025

Real reasons people do not have the number of children they want revealed in new report As right-wing governments seek to blame a rejection of parenthood, a survey reveals a lack of choice, not desire, stops people having the families they want

Clearly,” she added, “the answer lies not in limiting choice or selecting who gets to exercise choice; the answer is to expand real choice to all people.”

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

A few days left to apply! Pls share!! 🫠

The boy who came back: the near-death, and changed life, of my son Max It was, we were told, a case of sudden infant death syndrome interrupted. What followed would transform my understanding of parenting, disability and the breadth of what makes a meaningful life

The boy who came back: the near-death, and changed life, of my son Max

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

UCL – University College London UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

@UCL Philosophy is hiring!!! Nine days left to apply. More info here: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

(#philsky people, give us a share! Thx!!)

I'm on the panel for the two practical positions--happy to answer any questions!!

UCL – University College London UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

@UCL Philosophy is hiring!!! Nine days left to apply. More info here: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

(#philsky people, give us a share! Thx!!)

Capital funding for universities in England to be cut Education secretary says top-up support for subjects including media must be scaled back in ‘challenging’ fiscal situation

Are they taking the piss?

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Petition An Open Letter to Keir Starmer We, the undersigned, strongly advise against the proposed changes to the UK immigration system of May 12, 2025, and your associated rhetoric. We are UK-based academics.....

A week ago there was an open letter signed by politics researchers urging Keir Starmer to abandon his proposed anti-immigrant policies. With the support of the organizers, I've created the same petition but open to all academics.
Read and sign the letter here: molliegerver.weebly.com/petition.html.

OpenLetterForm | politicalphilosophy

www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/form?fbclid=...

OPEN LETTER: 100+ UK Academics & Writers to Keir Starmer New anti-immigrant rules are bad policy & will only validate the far-right

I recently co-authored & circulated (with @alasianuti.bsky.social ) an open letter against Starmer’s anti-immigrant rules & rhetoric.

Over 100 of my UK-based political academics & writers signed it. Read the whole thing here:

www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/starmer

Vacancy — Assistant Professor in Political Theory The Department of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Political Theory. The successful candidate will conduct research in any area of polit...

Political theory/philosophy job in our Department!

Deadline 26 May.

Happy to answer questions by email.

werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

Giulia Cavaliere resists Barnes's skepticism toward the possibility of developing an explanatory and extensionally adequate account of #health doi.org/10.1080/0951... #vol38issue3
5/9

Book cover of Health Problems, with green apples on pink background

Elizabeth Barnes, teaching

In #vol38issue3 we host a symposium for Health Problems (OUP), a book authored by Elizabeth Barnes. Follow this thread to learn more! #philsky #booksky
1/9

Really nice to be in Atlanta for our workshop on Intimate relationships and the state. Watch this space if you're interested in the topic—Res Publica special issue to follow!!

philevents.org/event/show/1...

I thought I'd just slide away into retirement. But others, especially @shaiagmon.bsky.social to whom I'm incredibly grateful had other ideas. So he's assembled an extraordinary cast of philosophers to make sure I actually do retire.

www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/events/publi...

Perry Anderson · Regime Change in the West? Where amid this turmoil does neoliberalism stand? In emergency conditions it has been forced to take measures –...

"In short, once the central institutions of capital were at risk, every shibboleth of neoliberal economics was thrown to the winds, with doses of mega-Keynesian remedies beyond Keynes’s own imagination." Perry Anderson for the @lrb.co.uk

Regime Change in the West? www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

The Deaths—and Lives—of Two Sons The truth is that however I choose to express myself will not live up to the weight of these facts: Vincent died, and then James died.

"I loved them, and I still love them, but more important than loving is understanding and respecting them, and this includes, more than anything else, understanding and respecting their choices to end their lives."

www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Thanks, Jules! :)

My new paper with the wonderful Francesca Cesarano is out! Check it out if you're interested in #fertility treatment #gender socialisation and #autonomy -
#ivf #feminist #philosophy #philsky
doi.org/10.1017/hyp....

My new paper with the wonderful Francesca Cesarano is out! Check it out if you're interested in #fertility treatment #gender socialisation and #autonomy -
#ivf #feminist #philosophy #philsky
doi.org/10.1017/hyp....

For over a decade, the Israeli centre dominated the opposition—and squandered its moment. It promised to safeguard democracy, restore unity, and bring stability. It delivered none. My new piece in @bostonreview.bsky.social.

There are lessons here beyond Israel.