📢 Call for Papers and Panels: join our section on Gender, Sexuality and Political Careers at the #ECPG2026! We invite contributions on the gendered architecture of political careers across elected, appointed & informal roles - whether theoretical, empirical, critical, or methodological.

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

We have a new paper out with @gricoc.bsky.social in @jwpp.bsky.social (this time I swear I am going to post the right link): www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Job Alert! We are hiring two post-docs (full time, 4+ years) in our project SCEPTIC - Social, Computational and Ethical Premises of Trust and Informational Cohesion with @annanosthoff.bsky.social @guzoch.bsky.social and Prof. Andreas Peters (uol.de/informatik/s...)

🚀🎉 Thrilled to share that the first paper of my PhD dissertation is now published in Political Studies Review: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... Does social media help women politicians overcome barriers in visibility - or does it just replicate old hierarchies? A short 🧵

🌸 #ECPG26 @ecprgender.bsky.social Section seeking Panels & Papers ⤵️ 🌈 Gender, Sexuality, and Political Careers 🪑 @lenastephan.bsky.social @robindevroe.bsky.social, Andrea Aldrich, William Daniel (@uniofnottingham.bsky.social) Ragnhild Louise Muriaas (@unibergen.bsky.social) ⌛👇 7 Nov

📢 Neue Publikation Mit @sarahdingler.bsky.social und @corinnakroeber.bsky.social habe ich für die Zeitschrift des @juristinnenbund.bsky.social den Beitrag „Wahlsystem und Wahlrecht – Barrieren und Lösungsansätze für die Wahl von Frauen“ verfasst. Hier gehts zum Heft: www.djb.de/zeitschrift/...

🧲 We are hiring! ✨ PhD position to join @dec-gr.bsky.social 🏁 4-year FPI contract 🎓 Pol Sci / Social Sci background + Master’s + English 📧 Send expression of interest with CV and motivation letter to [email protected] 🔗 tinyurl.com/yc3epmv2

📢 Call for Papers and Panels: join our section on Gender, Sexuality and Political Careers at the #ECPG2026! We invite contributions on the gendered architecture of political careers across elected, appointed & informal roles - whether theoretical, empirical, critical, or methodological.

🚨🚨🚨Join us at Greifswald University for a PostDoc with the amazing Jochen Müller @jocmuel.bsky.social :) (Also, as our office windows will be side by side - feel free to reach our for any questions regarding work and life in HGW)

Thrilled that my article on women's activism in PRR parties has been published open access today in @cpsjournal.bsky.social 💫 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... This is my favourite article from my PhD thesis. I love the topic, its findings, and the literature it draws on. A quick 🧵:

🚨 New article out in @jwpp.bsky.social on the gender gap in political ambition 🚹🚺 Another project with amazing co-authors @robindevroe.bsky.social @audreyvdleene.bsky.social @hildecoffe.bsky.social @gasparugent.bsky.social (1/7)

🌈 #GenderingDemocracy No.26 ♀️ #IWD25 🗳️ A study by @hildecoffe.bsky.social & colleagues on the 2024 legislative elections in Belgium reveals how sexist attacks, stereotypes & dismissals are damaging careers of women candidates, silencing their voices & discouraging future leaders. 👉 bit.ly/41J1inT

🌈 #GenderingDemocracy No.25 ♀️ #IWD25 The new German Bundestag will be smaller, more right-wing wing & more male-dominated. @corinnakroeber.bsky.social & @lenastephan.bsky.social discuss the potential long-term consequences for women’s political representation in Germany. 👉 bit.ly/4iiCoTa

Just in time for the 8th of March: 📢 Women’s representation in the Bundestag declines – but some parties defy the trend. Here comes a summary of @corinnakroeber.bsky.social's and my analysis on @dvpw.bsky.social

Für den Verfassungsblog haben @lenastephan.bsky.social & ich unsere Analyse der Kandidierendenlisten ins Deutsche übersetzt und weiter gedacht. Ergebnis: die Wahlrechtsreform führt Sonntag nicht nur zu einem kleineren, sondern auch einem männlicheren Bundestag.Hier geht’s zum Beitrag: goto.now/ao0DQ

Letzte Woche haben @corinnakroeber.bsky.social und ich basierend auf den Kandidierendenlisten & der Wahlrechtsreform geteilt, dass der neue Bundestag deutlich weniger weibliche Abgeordnete beinhalten wird. Unsere Überlegungen dazu könnt ihr bei @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social nachlesen. 📚🕵️‍♀️

Women will disappear from the next Bundestag. Learn about the mechanisms through which the new German electoral law will reduce women’s presence in Sunday’s election on @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social shorturl.at/v0uyi - joint work with the great @lenastephan.bsky.social

🚨 Women will disappear from the next Bundestag! While national news reports close to equal % of women candidates compared to 2021 shorturl.at/KSYvj, the upcoming election on Feb 23 will lead to an even more male-dominated parliament. Here's why the new electoral system is pushing women out—🧵