Academic & former dean. Taught and researched at Rutgers, Loughborough, and St Andrews. US/UK universities, Now found on: @profjonathanpotter.bsky.social
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28 Apr 2025
Listening to Rest is Politics/US and reading other commentators, it's striking how widely talk of "left-wing bias" in universities has taken hold. That matters - when academia is under political attack. Some thoughts from someone who worked inside major US and UK universities.🧵
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Jun 16
Manchester friends! I'm doing an event with the wonderful organiser and urban historian @_isaacrose -another launch for the paperback of Liverpool and the Un-Making of Britain. Spread the word and sign up here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/mancheste…
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Brilliant!
May 20
Excited to announce that Liverpool and the Unmaking of Britain will be out in paperback on July 16. I’ll be doing a launch event that day with the wonderful people at West Kirby Books. See below for tickets! eventbrite.co.uk/e/liverpool…
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May 13
There is a sale on at @PrincetonUPress which means the paperback of Foundations is only £11. A small price to learn how the British built environment was radically and its politics shaped by a host of new types of urban space in the twentieth century. press.princeton.edu/books/pa…
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May 12
I'm so delighted to see this out in the world, its the product of years of work and thought - maybe the hardest thing I've written, and made possible by numerous friends and readers. Its paywalled, but of course drop me a line if you need help with access. academic.oup.com/past/advanc…
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Congrats @JonathanPotter6 and @alexahepburn
Thank you Hansun! Copies arrived at home an hour ago. V excited!
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Thank you Hansun! Copies arrived at home an hour ago. V excited!
best book cover ever 🌈but wait till you see what’s inside🤗 @ISCAupdates @alexahepburn @JonathanPotter6
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Not unbelievable, sadly, but deeply connected. My entire body of work for a decade has been intersection of tech bro impunity, foreign interference & political capture. Attacks on the press are central to this. It’s why they came for me & why I know fighting back is so KEY.
Feb 4
Unbelievable that a man who spent US$75m on a film no-one wants to see about Melania Trump has just fired almost all the foreign correspondents on the newspaper he owns. You might think nothing was happening in this world. @JeffBezos @washingtonpost #SaveThePost
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MPs! Please come to this. It’s a briefing on Russian interference ahead of the Westminster Hall debate with @dominicgrieve_ @Chris_D_Steele others. Organised with @allthecitizens.
1.30pm today Portcullis House
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Just out in The New York Times! In an op-ed by #RUSCI Caitlin Petre & Penn's Julia Ticona, they found "What A.I. imperils is not human creativity itself but the ability to make a living from creative endeavor." More: ow.ly/LUWX50XKu9L @RutgersU
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23 Nov 2025
Dutch friends! A reminder that I’ll be talking about Liverpool and the remaking of port cities with a fantastic panel of scholars in Amsterdam on Tuesday. It will also be livestreamed. aces.uva.nl/shared/uva-podia…
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7 Nov 2025
The cover has arrived! Emotionography!
Emotions studied as they’re done in interaction - displayed, taken up, used.
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29 Oct 2025
Such an honour to see a wonderful, long and thoughtful review of my book in the latest @LRB - by the excellent Florence Sutcliffe Braithwaite. It captures how each of my books were products of their specific political moments. lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n20/…
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24 Oct 2025
Off to Sweden (again!) with @alexahepburn to join Katerina Eriksson Barajas and colleagues in Linköping for two days teaching Discursive Psychology: data sessions, analysis, and lively discussion. Excited to reconnect with old friends and new ideas.
#discursivepsychology #EMCA
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I was interested in repair specifically, but because it
turned out to be a great window into a lot of interesting interactional work that would be difficult
to study otherwise." -Galina Bolden
Rutgers University #HumansOfLANSI #lansi2025 @ISCAupdates
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🚀 Exciting news from Rutgers University–New Brunswick! 🌟 Chancellor Francine Conway announces Mark Aakhus as Interim Dean-Designate for the SC&I. With his collaborative leadership & focus on innovation, he's set to advance SC&I's mission in thrilling ways!
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15 May 2025
Aija Logren kicks off the Finnish Social Psychology conference. An exciting group!
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14 May 2025
In lovely Kuopio getting ready for the Finnish Social Psychology Conference. Exciting!
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8 May 2025
Lovely and lyrical review of my book alongside @davidswift87's Scouse Republic in the Literary Review this week by @ajlees. A review that is its own thoughtful micro-history of the city. literaryreview.co.uk/port-in…
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8 May 2025
There is an increasingly common and very lazy notion that universities are left biased. That needs countering as universities are under attack in the US but also elsewhere.
I wrote a thread about it. 👇
28 Apr 2025
Listening to Rest is Politics/US and reading other commentators, it's striking how widely talk of "left-wing bias" in universities has taken hold. That matters - when academia is under political attack. Some thoughts from someone who worked inside major US and UK universities.🧵
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29 Apr 2025
Universities aren’t “biased” because they care about inequality or social justice.
They’re biased toward evidence. Toward facts.
Especially in the US, careless talk of “left-wing bias” invites real damage.
Thoughts from US/UK experience here: 👇
28 Apr 2025
Listening to Rest is Politics/US and reading other commentators, it's striking how widely talk of "left-wing bias" in universities has taken hold. That matters - when academia is under political attack. Some thoughts from someone who worked inside major US and UK universities.🧵
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