EPSA have announced that they will hold a conference in July 2026. 😵‍💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA. 👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things. A short 🧵

We're very excited to launch our upcoming Civil War Paths seminar series! Our 2025-2026 series explores issues at the forefront of the study of civil war and its aftermath, featuring contributions from @hedstrom.bsky.social and @enzonussio.bsky.social . /1

I am hiring! 1-2 post-docs to join my project on political violence in democracies at @uupeace.bsky.social!

Interested in peace and security? You can now submit your abstract to the next Swiss political science conference (select the group Peace and Security). Dana Landau, Sara Hellmüller and I will be happy. University of Zurich @ipz.bsky.social - 15/16 Jan 2026. www.svpw-assp.ch/spsa-annual-...

You don’t need more ideas. You need a better question. A thread on clarity, chaos, & what a Nobel Prize winner, a mosquito net & a PhD meltdown taught me about writing (+ thinking) better. 🪨 Here’s my new Respect the Marble post: catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/you-dont-n... 🧵

📣 Jobs, jobs, jobs! Aarhus University’s Department of Political Science is hiring: 🔹 Assistant Professor 🗓 Deadline: 25 August 🔗 international.au.dk/about/profil... 🔹 Associate Professor 🗓 Deadline: 8 September 🔗 international.au.dk/about/profil...

Interested in peace and security? You can now submit your abstract to the next Swiss political science conference (select the group Peace and Security). Dana Landau, Sara Hellmüller and I will be happy. University of Zurich @ipz.bsky.social - 15/16 Jan 2026. www.svpw-assp.ch/spsa-annual-...

Just spent time discussing my career and research with our cool @ipz.bsky.social polito students for their newest project PoliTea, a podcast series featuring interviews with different IPZ members. Already online: interviews with Hannah Werner and @enzonussio.bsky.social – check it out!

🎓 Would you like to be a Postdoc at an American university on a research grant that won't be canceled? 📍 Join me at Franklin University Switzerland! 🧠 4-year fully-funded position in my SNF project DIVIDE 🔬 ≥80% working time on research 💰 ≈90k CHF annually 👉 Check: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...

🚨3-Year Postdoc Position in Zurich @ipz.bsky.social ❓Political implications of labor market transformation Plenty of flexibility, no teaching obligations, great research environment in an highly livable city. Deadline: May 18, 2025. tinyurl.com/postdoczurich #polisky #poliscijobs #psjminfo

Come work with me. Apply to our PhD program in Economics, Analytics, and Decision Sciences. ✅ Double-degree options (KU Leuven, Univ. of Alicante & more) ✅ International mobility ✅ English-speaking environment ✅ Full scholarship+ Free accommodation & meals in Lucca. eads.imtlucca.it/how-to-apply_1

New JPR issue now available! Our March issue is here with 18 regular articles and 2 special data features. Thank you also to all the reviewers who generously contributed their time and expertise to JPR over the past year! Read the issue here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/jpra/62/2

New data article on Lynching in Latin America in @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social with Gov Clayton, includes information on 2800+ lynching events, 2010-2019. The creation of this dataset wouldn't have been possible without the help of many research assistants. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

‼️ Hiring ‼️ Two (!) positions in my group at @ipz.bsky.social in Zurich 📣 1 postdoc position (3+3 years) 📣 1 PhD position (3,5 years) Application deadline in early March. Job ads & details: tinyurl.com/3p6yhptk We are an international and friendly department with excellent working conditions

New book: "Ceasefires" edited by Govinda Clayton and colleagues @ethzurich.bsky.social. Includes case studies on how ceasefires are negotiated and influence violence: Syria, Sudan, Bosnia etc. One is on #Colombia by Valerie Sticher, Juanita Millán and me. press.georgetown.edu/Book/Ceasefi...

Come work for me at UChicago @beckerfriedman.bsky.social ! I'm hiring a full-time pre-doc to start this April/May/June for data analysis on crime, education, mental health, and organized crime, mostly on projects in Latin America. Details & apply here: job-boards.greenhouse.io/universityof...

Closing in two weeks: 2 open positions in my new consolidator project "Decades of Peace" at the University of Zurich @ipz.bsky.social funded by @snsf-ch.bsky.social, focusing on Latin America. PhD position: ipz.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:e32a... Postdoc position: ipz.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:94e1...

Very happy to share this article I wrote with M Holdo and A Junman on discomfort in interviews and what specific challenges and opportunities that leads to, just out now in Qualitative Research, open access: Uncomfortable interviews doi.org/10.1177/1468...

New publication! @reyhuang.bsky.social and I ask a tough ethical question of ourselves and conflict scholars: Are we marketing rebellion? A few years ago, we discovered we both were grappling with this question. doi.org/10.1080/1467... 1/8

Great job openings for a PhD and Postdoc position with the amazing @enzonussio.bsky.social in Zürich on his new project ”Decades of peace” ⤵️ www.linkedin.com/posts/enzo-n...

Nuevo podcast sobre linchamientos en América Latina. Gracias a Mariana Delgado Barón y "Así está la vaina" por la oportunidad de hablar sobre mi investigación! open.spotify.com/episode/38tp... Acceso libre a los artículos mencionados 👇

🎓 The call is out for my favorite academic conference: the Conflict Research Society Annual Conference 2025. If you like your conferences inviting, informal, theoretically and empirically diverse, and full of relevant practitioners, CRS is for you! conflictresearchsociety.org/call-for-pap...

Do you want to work with world-class conflict researchers in a supportive environment? Come be my new colleague! @uupeace.bsky.social is hiring a Senior Lecturer and an Associate Senior Lecturer. More info here ➡️ www.uu.se/en/about-uu/... and here ➡️ www.uu.se/en/about-uu/... Conflictsky

We are hiring at the PolSci department at @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social. Tenure, open to all subfields, can apply for professor promotion immediately (on merits). Top international department, green and buzzing capital city of Oslo, high quality of life, great for families! www.finn.no/job/fulltime...

Out in 2025! @cpsjournal.bsky.social: "How Moral Beliefs Influence Collective Violence" I argue that moral salience diminishes support for collective violence, but group-oriented values increase it. With a survey on lynching in Mexico, free access: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #conflictsky

It's that time of year again... The call for our UCL Conflict & Change PhD Workshop is out! We invite ECRs working on IR, conflict and contentious politics to apply by 8 December. We look forward to having you in London 24-25 February, 2025. Apply here: conflictandchange.org/phdworkshop2025

Political Science Starter Pack Collection! Many have shared excellent starter packs lately, but finding the most relevant ones can be tricky. This 🧵 gathers many of them in one place 👇🏽 #PoliticalScience #StarterPack

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Now in the American Sociological Review: Building on Mark Twain, Elinor Ostrom, and Mancur Olson, I argue that lynch mobs overcome the collective action problem by drawing on strong community. Open access to The "Dark Side" of Community Ties in Mexico: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Hello! I thought a list of women scholars in conflict and security studies could be helpful! Let me know if you want to be added/removed! go.bsky.app/Np3NivX

🏆 Cedric Smith Prize 2025: Submit your best peace & conflict research (max 14k words) for a chance to win the Conflict Research Society's prestigious award. Open to PhD students/early grads (after 1 Sep 2024). Deadline: 31 Jan 2025. conflictresearchsociety.org/cedric-smith... Conflictsky

I have just set up a starter pack for Latin Americanists. Please share it widely so we can develop a larger community of researchers engaged in Latin American Studies from a broad interdisciplinary perspective. Thanks go.bsky.app/UjzLMBx

I started a Colombianistas starter pack. I’m sure it will grow! Saludos! go.bsky.app/KY4Vcsb

go.bsky.app/5pzWZQL @brueckmann.bsky.social has put together a list of Early Career Researchers in Political Science based at Swiss institutions - make sure to follow these great academics :) #polisky (thank you @brueckmann.bsky.social!)

The starter pack I was searching for but couldn't find. Great for scholars, journalists, and anyone looking for research-based takes on current events. Please reply to this message or DM if you want me to add you, or anyone else, to the list 😊 go.bsky.app/315MyLR

Job alert: I am looking for 2 collaborators for my new consolidator project "Decades of Peace" at the University of Zurich @ipz.bsky.social funded by @snsf-ch.bsky.social. Please help me find them. PhD position: www.ipz.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:e32a... Postdoc position: www.ipz.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:94e1...

New article: Introducing the Lynching in Latin America (LYLA) dataset with Govinda Clayton Highlights: - First cross-national data on lynching events - 2818 events (2010-2019) - Highest rates: Guatemala, Bolivia, Mexico Open access-Journal of Peace Research: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

🚨 How do states and ethnic groups shape each other? Two new articles of mine in the AJPS explore this issue – I’m very happy that they were both published online over the weekend! Thread 🧵 doi.org/10.1111/ajps... and doi.org/10.1111/ajps...

🔖 New open-access article out in @WorldDevJournal on why some armed groups restrain violent communal conflict in areas under their control while others do not ⤵️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

How do moral beliefs influence collective violence? This important question has received little attention in the past. My article in Comparative Political Studies provides new answers. Open access publication here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Deadline soon! The next conference of the Network of European Peace Scientists will be held in Dublin in June. Interested economists and political scientists studying peace, violence, crime, and conflict should submit an abstract until DECEMBER 31. www.europeanpeacescientists.org/jan-tinberge...

Lynching is a common form of violence in Latin America. How common? Check out our tool to play with the first cross-national dataset on reported «Lynching in Latin America» (LYLA): css-ethz.github.io/lyla/ (works better on computer than phone). Article forthcoming in Journal of Peace Research.