@sarahobolt.bsky.social
Professor, LSE | Head of the Department of Government | Exec Council of EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social | Chair of EES @eesresearch.bsky.social | Co-Director of POAL @poalab.bsky.social | Fellow of the British Academy | Author of Tribal Politics (OUP)
@sarahobolt.bsky.socialThank you so much Mark! I’m thrilled you like it
@sarahobolt.bsky.socialThanks Tarik!
@sarahobolt.bsky.socialSuper excited to see this article in print in the APSR:
📚 “Public Service Decline and Support for the Populist Right: Evidence from England’s National Health Service”
- with the brilliant @zachdickson.bsky.social @catherinedevries.bsky.social @simonecremaschi.bsky.social
@sarahobolt.bsky.socialThank you to the great @anandmenon.bsky.social and his UKICE team for informing us all and bringing social science research to policymakers and the public
@drjennings.bsky.socialReposted by @sarahobolt.bsky.socialAt the launch of @sarahobolt.bsky.social and James Tilley's excellent book Tribal Politics back in May, this slide prompted me to ask whether it was inevitable that Brexit would be back on the political table sooner than was widely thought...
@mathiaspoertner.bsky.socialReposted by @sarahobolt.bsky.socialLooking forward to the launch of our brand-new LSE Comparative Politics seminar series today!
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@gofosu.bsky.social
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@lsegovernment.bsky.socialReposted by @sarahobolt.bsky.socialLSE has been ranked #1 in the UK for Politics and International Relations in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2027! 🎉 So, if you've got a passion for politics and want to study it in the heart this amazing global city, come to @lsegovernment.bsky.social 🎓
@sarahobolt.bsky.socialI really enjoyed speaking to Ricardo Lopes on The Dissenter podcast about our new book Tribal Politics: How Brexit Divided Britain - with James Tilley ⬇️
@sarahobolt.bsky.socialExcited to be going to #EPOP2026
@psaepop.bsky.social
in Liverpool to discuss all things election related!
If you're at EPOP, join us for the Roundtable on the 10-year Brexit anniversary on Saturday 11:30am with the fabulous
@profsob.bsky.social, Ed Fieldhouse & Geoff Evans
@lsegovernment.bsky.socialReposted by @sarahobolt.bsky.socialIt's that time of year! September is here and we can't wait to welcome all our new students to LSE 🙌 Head of Department @sarahobolt.bsky.social shares her welcome message and advice for everyone joining us this September. See you all very soon! 😀
@catherinedevries.bsky.socialReposted by @sarahobolt.bsky.socialAfD’s huge gains in Saxony-Anhalt are the latest in a series of far-right electoral gains across Europe, while mainstream parties are struggling. 2027 brings major elections in 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇪🇸🇵🇱 Europe is heading towards a political stress test. How does this matter for the EU’s ability to act? 🧵 1/10
@sarahobolt.bsky.socialHuge congratulations Lily! And so well-deserved for a great and important book
@sarahobolt.bsky.socialCongratulations - that is wonderful news! And what a cool project!
@rdassonneville.bsky.socialReposted by @sarahobolt.bsky.socialGot to read two *fantastic* new books for #APSA2026! Want to know more? On Thursday, join the discussion of @jaeheejung.bsky.social’s book at 2pm. On Friday, come to the 8am discussion of the latest book of @sarahobolt.bsky.social & James Tilley. It’ll be great!
@catherinedevries.bsky.socialReposted by @sarahobolt.bsky.socialWe’re hiring!
Poli Sci & IR department at IE University in Madrid is hiring three tenure-track Assistant Professors, starting 1st of September 2027, in:
Comparative Politics: lnkd.in/ePDfwjJB
International Relations: lnkd.in/eDu5vGTf
Political Economy: lnkd.in/eciDukTA
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@sarahobolt.bsky.social📢 LSE Political Theory job opening
We’re looking for a political theorist to join us at @lsegovernment.bsky.social - it is an open rank search, so we welcome applications at Assistant, Associate or Full Professor level
Reach out with questions & please share widely!
@sarahobolt.bsky.social📖 A new BJPolS article in which we develop and test the concept of ‘partisan intolerance’ - the gap between a person’s willingness to interfere with contentious activities by in-partisans versus the same activities by out-partisans - and we find high levels of partisan intolerance in the UK 👇
@sarahobolt.bsky.socialAfter six consecutive Oxford-educated Prime Ministers, Britain may finally see some real diversity in the top job: a Cambridge-educated Andy Burnham
@sarahobolt.bsky.social✍️ My take on why Britain’s two-party system has collapsed in the LSE British Politics blog 👇
