About

Welcome to Politics in Spires, a collaborative effort between the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford and the Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge. We created Politics in Spires with the intent to share, amongst ourselves and with a wider community, thoughts on politics and international relations from scholars at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. We aim to promote and disseminate our research, to engage in scholarly debate on current affairs, addressing topical issues in a timely fashion.

We want to encourage free expression and invite critical exchange of ideas in an informal environment, openly accessible to anyone. We therefore welcome and invite comments from many audiences: we would like to receive feedback on our ideas, to hear our audience’s opinions, and to promote frank and respectful debate around these topics.

Our editorial guidelines are available online.

The blog has an oversight team to monitor the blog and which will seek to ensure that appropriate editorial standards are maintained.

Prof Brendan Simms, University of Cambridge
Dr Harald Wydra, University of Cambridge
Salvatore Finamore, University of Cambridge

Professor Duncan Snidal, University of Oxford
Dr Scot M Peterson, University of Oxford
Despoina Potari, University of Oxford
Nina Silove, University of Oxford