Great workshop, great people, great mountains! ✨

Final sessions of this semester’s PolCom Classics are here 🎬 Join us for: 👉Apr 14 – Stuart Soroka: Negativity Bias 👉May 28 – Nayla Fawzi: Populist Media 👉Jun 24 – Sanne Kruikemeier: Artificial Intelligence Free to attend. Register via QR code - links sent after signup 🔗

📢 CALL FOR PAPERS PoliticologenEtmaal 2026 Join us at the third edition of our workshop Breaking Barriers, Bridging Gaps: Gender, Challenges and Transformations in Democratic Representation ➡️ Full call: politicologenetmaal.eu/workshops-20... 🗓 Deadline: March 15, 2026

🚨Last few days to submit a paper to PolEtmaal 2026

📣 SAVE THE DATE 📣 Prof. Dr. Richard Katz (Johns Hopkins) will deliver a lecture at Ghent University on 19 March 2026 on the occasion of receiving an honorary doctorate. 📍 Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41, Ghent (Room 3.1) 🕑 2:00–3:00 PM Open to all (registration required): tinyurl.com/3w95646v

🚨 Next GASPAR Guest Lecture Series 🚨

📢 Call for Papers 📢 Working on gender, representation and democratic processes? Join us in Ghent for the next PolEtmaal (11-12 June) and the third “Breaking Barriers, Bridging Gaps” workshop! 📅 Submission Deadline: March 15, 2025 👉 More information: politicologenetmaal.eu/workshops-20...

Could not recommend this more! Stellar Summer School ✨

Last days to register 🚨

NEW - Gender Bias in Legislative Oversight: Do Parliamentarians Control Women Ministers More Tightly than Men Ministers? - https://cup.org/45Rm9Z6 - @corinnakroeber.bsky.social, @lenastephan.bsky.social, @sarahdingler.bsky.social & @camilamontero.bsky.social #OpenAccess

🚨 Last days to register! 🚨 The first PolCom Classics of the year is happening. 🗓️ online, January 29, 17:00 CET Amber Boydstun will focus on agenda-setting, a key topic of interest for the PolCom community. Don't miss out! Registration closes January 28!

📣 It’s time for the first PolCom Classics of the year! We’re diving into agenda-setting with Amber E. Boydstun from UC Davis. 🗓 January 29, 17:00–18:00 CET, online (note the time change due to time differences) 📲 Register via the QR code or the link down below 👇 We hope to see you there! ✨

🚨 SAVE THE DATE 🚨 Brain full after a day of ETMAAL papers? 🧠 Join us for the first PolCom Quiz Night - a short, fun, low-key networking quiz to wind down before heading to the reception. 🎟️ Free registration via QR code or link 🗓️ Feb 5 | 17:45–18:30 ✨ Early career researchers especially welcome!

🎉 NEW ARTICLE I'm excited to share my latest research, now out in Journal of Information Technology & Politics. Seems like all politicians go negative - but some go more negative than others, and in different ways. 📊 25k tweets - 437 candidates, two elections and six months of campaigning

It's already time for the third session of our PolCom Classics! This round, we’re diving into mediatization & media logic with none other than @jesperstromback.bsky.social 🗓 November 27 ⏰ 12:00–13:00 CET 📲 Register via the QR code or the link below — hope to see you there!

Time flies! Almost halfway through my research stay at the University of Amsterdam with @aissr.bsky.social, hosted by Daphne van der Pas. Great conversations, good progress, a half-marathon and even some rain-free days ☀️ I’ll be here until mid-December and happy to connect for a coffee or chat!

Trots op het werk van onze studenten! 🎓 Waarom zijn sommige partijleden actiever dan anderen? Vier van onze studenten BPM onderzochten dit vorig semester voor het vak ‘Samenleving en Politiek’. Dit leverde hen de prijs op voor beste paper 🥇 Lees meer: gasparblogt.wordpress.com/2025/10/15/w...

Thanks to everyone who joined our inaugural PolCom Classics webinar with @rensvliegenthart.bsky.social ! 🎥 The recording’s up on YouTube — see flyer for details. Next up: @solecheler.bsky.social on Framing, now on Nov 6, from 12:00 - 13:00 CET. 📲 Register via the QR code or the link below

🚨New Online First Article!🚨 From Marginalized to Mainstream? An International Comparative Analysis of Gender Differences in Social Media Adoption and Activity by Politicians in Non-Election Times By @elisestorme.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1... @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

🚀🎉 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 🧵

🚨 REMINDER 🚨 Register for the PolCom Classics kickoff with @rensvliegenthart.bsky.social on connections and frictions between political science and communication science - Thu, Sept 25, 12:00–13:00 CEST. 🔗 Joining link will be sent on Wednesday.

🎉 New webinar series! 🎉 🗓️ Every last Thursday of the month. Join us for the first one on September 25th. More information and (free) registration link below 👇

🚀 We’re live! The Political Communication Division of @nefca.bsky.social is now on BlueSky. Follow us for updates on research, events, and conversations in the PolCom community.

At #ecprgc25? Don’t miss “Threats to Democratic Institutions and Political Representatives” - featuring not one but two papers from the sexism project! ❓Why isn’t sexism as easy to detect as we think? ❓How does it shape candidates’ campaign experiences? Friday at 15:45, Law Building - Room: 312

✈️ Arrived in Madrid for #EPSA to talk about gendered online communication strategies and how we used AI-generated pictures to measure their effect on voter evaluations. 📍 You’ll find me in the panel “Gender and Political Communication” on Thursday at 16.50 in Room 0A.06. Come and say hi! #EPSA2025

📝Check out this article by @elisestorme.bsky.social @gasparugent.bsky.social "Hard Worker versus Pretty Eyes" 🔗Available in #OpenAccess in Politics of the Low Countries (Vol. 5 No. 3) at: plc-journal.eu/article/view... #OpenPublishing #PoliticalScience

📣 GASPAR is looking for two new colleagues! Interested in research on socio-demographic cues to estimate politicians' ideological positions or losers' consent in the context of salient policy decisions? More information below 👇

➡️Save the date!⬅️ Interested in political violence, party dynamics and democratic norms? 👀 On 11 June, research group Gaspar has the pleasure to welcome prof. dr. @alessandronai.bsky.social for our Gaspar lecture series! All are welcome! Registration link 👇

🌎 Five of our researchers are taking their research across borders in 2025. Some have already started their stays abroad, while others will be heading out later this year. 👇 Want to know more?

📢 1 Week left! Call for Abstracts📢 Deadline for #PolEtmaal2025 is fast approaching! Are you working on gender, representation, or democratic processes? Join us in Groningen for the upcoming PolEtmaal, work-in-progress welcome! Submit your abstract here: politicologenetmaal.eu/call-for-pap...

Very happy that we were able to contribute to the Gendering Democracy Series for International Women's Day by showcasing part of our study on online and offline sexism during the 2024 elections. Results on the consequences and a call for action 👇

🚨 Reminder! 🚨 With International Women’s Day approaching, there’s no better time to submit your abstract for the Breaking Barriers, Bridging Gaps workshop at the PolEtmaal 2025! 📅 Deadline: March 31, 2025 #PolEtmaal2025

♀️ International Women's Day takeover on @ecprtheloop.bsky.social starts today! 👀 Look out for blog pieces @corinnakroeber.bsky.social & @lenastephan.bsky.social, @hildecoffe.bsky.social @clemencedeswert.bsky.social @robindevroe.bsky.social @elisestorme.bsky.social and more... #IWD2025

📢 Call for Papers 📢 Working on gender, representation and democratic processes? Join us in Groningen for the next PolEtmaal (12-13 June) and the second “Breaking Barriers, Bridging Gaps” workshop! 📅 Submission Deadline: March 31, 2025 👉 politicologenetmaal.eu/call-for-pap...

📢 New publication 📢 Today, The Institute for the equality of women and men published the full research conducted by @gasparugent.bsky.social and @sciencepoulb.bsky.social on sexism toward political candidates in the run-up to the June 2024 elections. A small thread🧵

The Frieda Saeys award for excellent research on media and gender goes to Elise Storme. Congratulations with this achievement 👏

📢 SAVE THE DATE 📢 It's already time for the penultimate seminar of this edition of the GASPAR Guest Lecture Series! Dr. Martin Rosema (@rosema.bsky.social) will give a talk on the effects of threat and blame frames in political communication. 📅Wednesday Feb 5 at 3 pm 🏛️2.1, Technicum 1, Ghent

📢 VACATURE 📢 GASPAR is op zoek naar een PhD student/Assistent Politieke Wetenschappen (6 jaar) 📅 Deadline: 21 januari 2025 jobs.ugent.be/job/Gent-Ass...

🔗 Voor wie het jaar op een positieve noot wil eindigen: Ik schreef een stukje voor Samenleving en Politiek (@sampolmaandblad.bsky.social) over negative campaigning, gender en sociale media tijdens de voorbije verkiezingen. 25.111 Tweets, 2 verkiezingen, 437 politici 👇

📰 Our research in the French-language media 📰 We (Gaspar &SciencePoULB) analysed more than 44,000 responses to messages from male and female candidates during the most recent election campaign and performed 25 interviews on behalf of the IGVM-IEFH. Full report online soon!

📰 Trump's kabinet krijgt vorm, maar er zitten toch enkele opvallende namen bij. Celebrities die de oversteek maken naar de politiek zijn echter geen nieuw fenomeen. En ze beperken zich niet enkel tot de U.S. Een kleine bijdrage vandaag in De Morgen: www.demorgen.be/amerikaanse-...

❗️ Still some spots left and 2 new speakers ❗️ The Political Communication and Persuasive Communication divisions of NeFCA join forces and present you a Practitioners' Perspective on Political Campaigning in a Digital Context. Registration is free: tinyurl.com/axvw4wxs

Next up: On November 29th, Dr. Stine Hesstvedt will discuss citizen support for expert decision-making. Not to be missed! Join us by registering here: event.ugent.be/registration...

I created this starter pack with political scientists based in 🇧🇪, working on BE, Belgians abroad, or scholars with a past/present/future connection with 🇧🇪 A way to discover an awesome community of brilliant colleagues, including young scholars! Very incomplete since I just joined go.bsky.app/ULqBpam

Kick-off of a new Gaspar Guest Lecture Series @gasparugent.bsky.social this Monday at 11am with @fionacbarker.bsky.social on the selection of ethnic minority candidates Participation is free, but prior registration is advised

🚨 preprint alert 🚨 In this note with @turkenburgemma.bsky.social , we document a non-linear relationship between affective polarization (AP) and democratic support. These results can explain previous mixed findings and emphasize a potential silver lining of AP 👇 osf.io/5nhtg/

The official NotLikeUs website went online! 🎉 Interested in PoDS, polarization and dissatisfaction with politicians? Go take a look at notlikeus.be to find out more about the project.

Call for papers! Op 4-5 april organiseert GASPAR de eerste LoPaPol workshop over partijpolitiek op lokaal niveau, i.s.m. @martingross.bsky.social, @christinajuen.bsky.social & @simonotjes.bsky.social. Abstracts kunnen worden ingediend via onderstaande link. Meer info op: www.ugent.be/ps/politieke...

Our research group @gasparugent.bsky.social has now also found its way to bluesky polisky