Prof @lborolondon. Visiting Prof @collegeofeurope. PI @bankingoneurope. New book @YaleBooks: http://shorturl.at/grD13https://bsky.app/profile/dermothodson.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/dermothodson.bsky.social/post/3mrx5npdhvk2aAround the world, ex-presidents from Jimmy Carter to Nelson Mandela have become influential voices for peace, reconciliation and human rights. Irish presidents can now do the same thanks to Mary Robinson. My article in @irishtimes.com. https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/07/31/dermot-hodson-mary-robinson-transformed-what-it-meant-to-be-president-and-ex-president/31 Jul 2026 14:21 +0000at://did:plc:lk4w23s5itfhd4fsa5f52fk6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrx5npdhvk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/dermothodson.bsky.social/post/3mrf4rmn3xc2r'Ambitious, experimental and sprawling, FrielDays is exactly the sort of artistic work that needs public funding to drive debate on what sort of society we want to live in'. Read my article in today's Irish Times on FrielDays and the fickle world of arts funding. https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/07/24/opinion-theres-a-bitter-irony-in-the-failure-of-a-celebration-of-friels-work-to-get-funding/24 Jul 2026 10:17 +0000at://did:plc:lk4w23s5itfhd4fsa5f52fk6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrf4rmn3xc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/dermothodson.bsky.social/post/3lxd723t7gk2q📣 It’s publication day for the updated, paperback edition of 'Circle of Stars: A History of the EU - And The People Who Made It'. I've been bowled over by the response to the hardback and can't wait for the book to reach an even wider readership @YaleBooks https://yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300284225/circle-of-stars/26 Aug 2025 18:57 +0000at://did:plc:lk4w23s5itfhd4fsa5f52fk6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxd723t7gk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/dermothodson.bsky.social/post/3lrpfuvqrfc2j'However frustrated Bloom would have been over the project’s delays, he would have nodded vigorously at its proposed route, especially the section from Glasnevin to Mater station on his own Eccles Street.' My @theguardian.com article on Joyce, Dublin & MetroLink: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/13/dublin-european-capital-metro-leopold-bloom-transport-links16 Jun 2025 07:01 +0000at://did:plc:lk4w23s5itfhd4fsa5f52fk6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrpfuvqrfc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/dermothodson.bsky.social/post/3lrhwjlzf7s2u'Ulysses’ fixation with transport...doesn’t just provide colour and comic relief. It carries James Joyce’s own hopes for a new Ireland that achieves its potential.' As Bloomsday nears, read my article on Dublin's controversial metro project in @theguardian.com: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/13/dublin-european-capital-metro-leopold-bloom-transport-links13 Jun 2025 07:37 +0000at://did:plc:lk4w23s5itfhd4fsa5f52fk6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrhwjlzf7s2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/dermothodson.bsky.social/post/3lp6vahx5ss2t"Many theories of European Integration have articulated, explicitly or implicitly, a sense of EU hegemony". Interesting and timely new take on integration theory by @patrickholden.bsky.social in @jei-publication.bsky.social https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07036337.2025.2503216#d1e59515 May 2025 06:30 +0000at://did:plc:lk4w23s5itfhd4fsa5f52fk6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp6vahx5ss2thttps://bsky.app/profile/dermothodson.bsky.social/post/3ljza5k3sg22d50 years ago today, the first European Council was held in Dublin, putting the heads of state or government at the centre of European integration. For all its shortcomings, it has been remarkably effective at building & maintaining consensus in times of crisis. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rBtnPBS7wA10 Mar 2025 09:23 +0000at://did:plc:lk4w23s5itfhd4fsa5f52fk6/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljza5k3sg22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/dermothodson.bsky.social/post/3lb7v7hnl422jI'm excited to be directing a workshop on the future of FinTech with @elsaclaramassoc.bsky.social @ecpr.bsky.social Joint Sessions in Prague from 20-23 May 2025. If you are interested in money, power and finance in the digital age, please submit an abstract by 21 November. https://ecpr.eu/Events/Event/WorkshopDetails/1568818 Nov 2024 12:09 +0000at://did:plc:lk4w23s5itfhd4fsa5f52fk6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb7v7hnl422jhttps://bsky.app/profile/dermothodson.bsky.social/post/3ke3mwcxygt2w'Zelenskiy can labour under no illusions about how difficult it will be for his country to join the EU'. Read my article in the Guardian on Ukraine's perilous path to EU membership. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/nov/11/ukraine-join-eu-membership-talks-subsidies13 Nov 2023 18:20 +0000at://did:plc:lk4w23s5itfhd4fsa5f52fk6/app.bsky.feed.post/3ke3mwcxygt2w