Ever wondered why some countries get recognition while others struggle to be seen? My book 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 is finally out in the world! 📘 academic.oup.com/book/61560

With the deadline extension you still have a few days left to send us your abstracts for the #ECPG26 Methods Section! We are looking forward to reading your work :) @ecpr.bsky.social @ecprgender.bsky.social @nclpolitics.bsky.social #polsci, #PoliticalScience, #Methodology, #Researchmethods

How is social media reshaping democracy? Our colleague Dr Maria Papageorgiou, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at @nclpolitics.bsky.social, features in @nytimes.com, discussing how social media influenced Trump’s election wins—and what this means for democracy 👇

Interested in sustainability and the UN SDGs? Check out this report from @nclpolitics.bsky.social's staff and graduates — Dr Graham Long, Jill Hardacre & Elizabeth Muggleton 👇

🎉 Congratulations to our colleague Dr Jemima Repo, Reader in Political and Feminist Theory, who has won the 2025 Britain and Ireland Association for Political Thought (BIAPT) Mid-Career Prize! Read more 👉 www.ncl.ac.uk/gps/news/ite...

Do you have a great idea for a PhD project but need funding? Have you thought of doing a PhD in Politics at Newcastle? The NINE DTP studentship competition is now open. Get in touch with us as soon as possible to register your interest! More information at www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate...

Lovely atmosphere at day 2 of our BISA and @isanet.bsky.social joint workshops in Newcastle! #BISAISA2025 @skylerehawkins.bsky.social @nclpolitics.bsky.social @julietdryden.bsky.social

Welcome! Our @isanet.bsky.social and BISA workshops have begun in Newcastle with a roundtable on transforming the international @isanetexdir.bsky.social @skylerehawkins.bsky.social @audieklotz.bsky.social @julietdryden.bsky.social @nclpolitics.bsky.social #BISAISA2025

🔔 Your voice matters – contribute Panels & Papers to #ECPG26! 🌸 European Conference on Politics and Gender @ecprgender.bsky.social 📆 15–17 Jun 2026 @nclpolitics.bsky.social ℹ️ 16 Sections exploring gender, sexuality & intersectionality across politics, academia, and public life ⏰ Deadline: 7 Nov

epl.delfi.ee/artikkel/120... EPL published a leading article based on my research ahead of Estonia's local elections. Disheartening that parties still disadvantage women candidates with nominations & list placement, but after 10+ years researching this, nice to see it break into mainstream media.

We are launching a new Undergraduate Network for IR and Foreign Policy with British Foreign Policy Group 🎉 For undergrads across the UK interested in IR, diplomacy, and foreign policy 🌟 Join our first meeting to find out more about the network 👉 https://ow.ly/4nNu50X8uR7

📢 Call for Papers! We’re inviting submissions for the @politicalnetworks.bsky.social Online Colloquium (2025–26) (w/ @mtp.bsky.social) 🔹 Monthly, 1-hr sessions 🔹 Read-ahead format (no presentations) 🔹 Open to scholars in poli sci & related fields 🔹 Deadline: 17 Oct 2025 Learn more & submit here 👇

Our article about representation on BBC Question Time is now in print at IJPP. We find they closely reflected Brexit and Iraq war viewpoints of the public and MPs, but see a huge overrepresentation in guests from elite educational backgrounds @heinzbrandenburg.bsky.social @nclpolitics.bsky.social

Wondering how to improve electoral processes? Listen to the front-line poll workers helping to run elections, argue @tobysjames.bsky.social (@uniofeastanglia.bsky.social) and Alistair Clark (@nclpolitics.bsky.social) in their new @policy-politics.bsky.social article

🎉 Congrats to @maarja.bsky.social on 10 years with @nclpolitics.bsky.social — and on keeping hold of that staff card the whole time 😅 Here’s to the next decade!

💫📣 #ECPG2026 Call for Papers and Panels is open!! Join our LGBTIQ+, Sexuality, Queer and Trans Studies, Policies and Politics Section 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸: mobilizations, trans/intersex politics, anti-gender movements, links to racism/colonialism, migration, geopolitics & affect/resistance. ecpr.eu/Events/Event....

Congratulations to @nclpolitics.bsky.social' Dr Jemima Repo on this amazing achievement 👏

Gender bias in algorithms, LLMs, & NLP? We’re putting it under the microscope in our Methods Section at #ECPG26. Have you seen these biases in your own research? Come join the debate—submit your work by Nov 7! @ecpr.bsky.social @ecprgender.bsky.social @nclpolitics.bsky.social

🌟Submissions open: "Anti-Racist Feminist Politics: Thinking with Backlash, Creating New Worlds" at ECPG 2026 🌟 ecpr.eu/Events/Event... Organised by @drashleec.bsky.social Akwugo Emejulu, Leah Bassel & me @ecprgender.bsky.social @nclpolitics.bsky.social @psa-race.bsky.social @bsarace.bsky.social

✨ How does 3 days of academic & social exchange in the beautiful city of Newcastle sound? #ecpg26 The European Conference on Politics and Gender @ecprgender.bsky.social is seeking Paper & Panel proposals to kickstart the event! 📆 15–17 Jun 2026 📍 @nclpolitics.bsky.social ⏳ 7 Nov buff.ly/1JuXxxz

The call for papers and panels for #ECPG26 is now open! There's a very exciting academic program in place for conference which you can find here: ecpr.eu/Events/343 Come join us at @nclpolitics.bsky.social 😀 Deadline for proposals is 7 November!

New #research that included analysis of our democracy #data was recently published by Political Behavior (@springernature.com). @chankaming.bsky.social (@newcastleuni.bsky.social 🇬🇧) explored whether authoritarians’ electoral success abroad can change citizens’ satisfaction with #democracy.

New article today in @jei-publication.bsky.social for @brunoomartins.bsky.social , @nicholasmarsh.bsky.social and I - "The European Iron Network: the remaking of the political economy of European defence production following the Ukraine War" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Writing for @uk.theconversation.com, @nclpolitics.bsky.social lecturer Dimitris Skleparis and colleagues suggest understanding "the empathy gap" is key to calming the anger of anti-immigrant protestors. Full article here >> bit.ly/4mN39B4

🚨 Job alert! We’re looking for a 1-year Lecturer (T&S) in International Public Policy & Diplomacy to join our team for a year. 📍 1-year fixed-term 🌍 Open to applicants regardless of visa/immigration status 🗓️ Deadline: 20 August 2025 Come work with us! 👇 #AcademicJobs #PublicPolicy #IR #HigherEd

Writing for @uk.theconversation.com, Dr Chloé Josse-Durand (@nclpolitics.bsky.social Research Associate) urges Britain to own up to its colonial violence and provide closure to affected communities. Full article here >> bit.ly/414pr9b

🚨 Job alert! We’re looking for a 1-year Lecturer (T&S) in International Public Policy & Diplomacy to join our team for a year. 📍 1-year fixed-term 🌍 Open to applicants regardless of visa/immigration status 🗓️ Deadline: 20 August 2025 Come work with us! 👇 #AcademicJobs #PublicPolicy #IR #HigherEd

The cover is here! 🎉 Thrilled to share the design for The Making of International Status—coming out soon with Oxford University Press @oxfordacademic.bsky.social Can’t wait for this to be out in the world!

Research led by @nclpolitics.bsky.social's @maarja.bsky.social reveals female politicians receive more identity-based attacks on social media than others in the profession. Read the full article article here >> bit.ly/3GOr97K

Super excited (and relieved!) to see this paper finally published. Both men and women politicians experience incivility and, overall, the more famous they are, the more abuse they receive. BUT women in Europe receive uncivil tweets even when they're not well known www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

📣 Call for Sections & Section Chairs #ECPG26 🇬🇧 European Conference on Politics and Gender @ecprgender.bsky.social 📆 15–17 Jun 2026 @nclpolitics.bsky.social ℹ️ Section Chairs will refine the theme, call for contributions and select Panels & Papers ✅ Submissions from teams of 2+ 👉 More

📣 Call for Sections & Section Chairs #ECPG26 European Conference on Politics and Gender @ecprgender.bsky.social 📆 15–17 Jun 2026 @nclpolitics.bsky.social Section Chairs will refine the theme, call for contributions and select Panels & Papers ✅ Submissions from teams of 2+ More

Interested in proposing / convening a section at #ECPG2026, hosted by folks at @nclpolitics.bsky.social? Details here: ecpr.eu/Events/Event... I've done it before and happy to answer any questions!

Then Professor Alistair Clark of @nclpolitics.bsky.social described 3️⃣ key measures that are sorely needed to restore and protect the independence of @electoralcommission.org.uk.

Last week, @nclpolitics.bsky.social academic, Dr Katharine Wright, led a discussion on the importance of the UN 'Women, Peace and Security agenda', ahead of the NATO Summit. Find out more about the event held at The Hague and Dr Wright's involvement >> bit.ly/45NSGQB

📖 At this BRISMES#2025 Annual Conference, we’re offering a literary break: a reading by the author - Ghada Karmi - of her latest novel, Murjana (2025). Join us at 🕦 11.30am on 🗓️ 2 July in📍HER. Lth 1 Lecture Theatre @nclpolitics.bsky.social Chair: Dr @ferasalkabani.bsky.social All welcome 🙏

Congratulations to @nclpolitics.bsky.social alumnus, Michael Slavin, who has just been appointed as new Chief Executive of Northern Stage! Read the full story from our alumni team >> bit.ly/4kNf2GC

📢 Looking for a new opportunity with ISA? Come join us as we partner with BISA in #Newcastle 2025! Don’t miss the opportunity to join us - October 10th - 12th! Submit a proposal today! buff.ly/r9XGbMw

“Democratic Resilience in Challenging Times” workshop - connecting Northern UK scholars of Elections, Parties and Public Opinion (EPOP) and hosted by the Governance and Political Organisations research cluster in Newcastle University - is in full swing @nclpolitics.bsky.social

V proud of 3 of our students who've been working with staff and @sightsavers.bsky.social, on an analysis of inclusion in climate focused international aid projects. They've written up early findings for a parliamentary inquiry, published here - committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/141909/pdf/

🗳️ In the latest of our series looking at bold ideas for the forthcoming Elections Bill, Professor Alistair Clark of @nclpolitics.bsky.social describes 3️⃣ key measures that are sorely needed to restore and protect the independence of @electoralcommission.org.uk.

🚨 Fully funded PhD Studentship in East Asian Politics @nclpolitics.bsky.social 📅 Deadline: 23 June 🔍 Interested in Security and/or Migration? Feel free to get in touch. 🔗https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNF275/phd-studentship-in-east-asian-politics

📌 Save the date for #ECPG26! 📌 ✨ The European Conference on #Politics and #Gender 📍 Newcastle, UK 📆 15–17 June 2026 ☑️ Organised by @ecprgender.bsky.social‬ 🏛️ Hosted by @nclpolitics.bsky.social‬ Local team @‪maarja.bsky.social, @meganannarms.bsky.social‬, Jemima Repo & Alison Phipps

📢 Have you submitted proposal for BISA-ISA Newcastle 2025? Submission deadline is June 13th! Don’t miss the opportunity to join us in Newcastle - October 10th - 12th! buff.ly/5GE6wf4

Call for papers🚨 The @nclpolitics.bsky.social is organising a workshop aiming at connecting voting behaviour scholars based on Northern England. Theme: Democratic Resilience in Challenging Times Date: 16-17/6/2025 Deadline for submissions: 19/5/2025 kerryrichmond.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

I am thrilled to share with you the organisation of the international workshop "Futures of Gender and Sexuality in Europe". As advances in equality and recognition face growing resistance this workshop brings together international researchers to reflect on these issues @nclpolitics.bsky.social

Best Paper Award For the best paper on autocracies and/or regime change presented at the PSA Annual Conference 2025. The 2025 Award committee consists of @chankaming.bsky.social (@nclpolitics.bsky.social) and @annemwolf.bsky.social (@ox.ac.uk). Award prize: £50

Yesterday marked 100 days of Trump's presidency. Scholars Dr @skylerehawkins.bsky.social and Dr Matt Davies from @nclpolitics.bsky.social joined the From Newcastle podcast team to reflect on the impact of Trump’s second term. Have a listen >> bit.ly/42CwZkH

Events unfolding in Gaza are on our news screens almost everyday. In this timely piece, Jemima Repo (@nclpolitics.bsky.social) writes on how attacks on social reproduction can be understood as a means of ethnic cleansing. Repo's essay is available OPEN ACCESS doi.org/10.1332/2515...

Here a video of our latest @visualpolitics.bsky.social event: @emilyfaux.bsky.social from @nclpolitics.bsky.social discusses her Ph.D. research, focusing on collage as a method to understand nuclear weapons and war. Thanks Emily for your talk & for visiting us. www.rolandbleiker.com/past-events/...