🚨ECN Event Tomorrow!🚨 The ECN is excited to hold the first of its online Writing Retreats tomorrow. Bring along any form of academic writing you are currently working on for some structured writing time in a supportive environment! 🖥️ Where – Online 🕐 When - Thursday 22 January at 09.00am

Don't forget to join us this Thursday for our first event this academic year! More info at: shorturl.fm/CLK4T @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

🚨 Event Alert! One week to go!🚨 Join us for a roundtable on how PhD researchers and ECRs adapt & thrive amid funding cuts, precarity & shifting expectations. Registration available via member mailed newsletter. 🖥️ Where – Online 🕐 When - Thursday 20 November at 12.00 GMT

🚨 Event Alert! One week to go!🚨 Join us for a roundtable on how PhD researchers and ECRs adapt & thrive amid funding cuts, precarity & shifting expectations. Registration available via member mailed newsletter. 🖥️ Where – Online 🕐 When - Thursday 20 November at 12.00 GMT

There is still time to register for today's (12:00) online Political Psychology seminar in which @stefaniereher.bsky.social is presenting work on public perceptions of politicians with mental health problems: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/e51a98...

🚨Call for Papers!🚨 Special Issue in Political Studies Review: Understanding Populism in East and Southeast Asia journals.sagepub.com/page/psw/cal... We look forward to your contributions to this important and timely Special Issue!! @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

ECN Community Update! We’re excited to introduce the new PSA Early Career Network Committee! www.psa.ac.uk/specialist-g... Stay tuned for our new activities, including our ECN sessions at the next PSA Annual Conference. You can connect with us on: E/X: [email protected] BlueSky: @psaecn.bsky.social

*PSA OPPORTUNITY* House of Commons internship opportunity. This is exclusively for #EarlyCareer Network members of the PSA who are currently studying towards their #PhD. 📆 Apply by 28 September 2025 ➡️ Full details buff.ly/xY1xXxn #Politics #PoliticalStudies #Internship

🚨 Post-doc alert! 🚨 Don’t miss out this opportunity for a post-doc in Comparative Politics at the @goetheuni.bsky.social 🤓 🗓️ Apply by September 15

*PSA EVENT* How do #students with different academic backgrounds engage with #genAI when given equal access? Join us and @bpiotrowska.bsky.social online for this #Teaching & #Learning Network webinar 📆 15 October, 2.30 - 4.30pm ➡️ Register your free place

Come join us @iepolisci.bsky.social! This dept has one of the healthiest environments I've found in academia. Plus, everyone does brilliant work and you get to live in a great city with a salary that allows you to enjoy it. We only work in English, so language is not an issue. Apply!

What a great first day of our #Teaching & #Learning conference at @royalholloway.bsky.social. With representation from PSA Chair @rosegann.bsky.social, PSA vice-chair, PSA CEO @seasonedcomms.bsky.social and our Teaching & Learning Network. #TeachingWell2025

Panel sessions (and coffee) underway at #EPOP2025! @psaepop.bsky.social @psaecn.bsky.social @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

Just a reminder that you can also follow us on X/“Twitter” at @psa_ecn ✖️🐦 Stay up-to-date with more news, future events and opportunities for ECAs 😉

📢 Join for only £20 🥳 Some benefits of being an ECN member: ✅ You also become a PSA member ✅ Access to career development opportunities, events & Specialist Groups ✅ Discounted reg. for the #PSA26 Annual Conference And more 👀 Info here ⬇️ www.psa.ac.uk/academic-mem...

📢 Don’t miss out! ♻️ Come to the one-day workshop organised by the @psaenvironmental.bsky.social Specialist Group with the topic “Environmental Politics in an Age of Insecurity” 🙌🏻 🗓️ 17 September at @manchester.ac.uk Programme & registration⬇️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/workshop-e...

Full circle moment ⭕: @psaepop.bsky.social was the first ever conference I presented at, and now I'm thrilled to wrap up my PhD conference cycle at #EPOP2025 in Exeter. Enthusiatic to present joint work with @aleferna.bsky.social and to be part of this promising panel. Curious to hear your thoughts!

Sun is shining here in Exeter, and the EPOP conference is about to start! Can't wait to welcome all of our delegates. @psaecn.bsky.social @psaepop.bsky.social

Wishing all delegates & @psaepop.bsky.social members a 🤩 time @universityofexeter.bsky.social at #EPOP2025 👀👇

Wishing a successful conference to all Early Career Academics presenting at #EPOP25 @psaepop.bsky.social during the next three days! 🤩 📄 spspa.exeter.ac.uk/events/epop2...

🚨 Work at the House of Commons! 🚨 Are you an ECN member currently studying your PhD? 🤓 This fantastic internship opportunity might be for you! 🙌🏻 👀 🗓️ Apply by 28 September 2025 More details below ⬇️

📢 Workshop Alert 📢 If you’re researching Turkish politics 🇹🇷, consider submitting your work to participate in this Online workshop organised by @psaturkish.bsky.social ⬇️

*Diverse Voices* A huge thank you to our 2024/25 Diverse Voices leads, speakers & founding fellows! Their support made this year’s final workshop & networking event a real success. Read more in our new blog:

🚨 Hybrid event Alert! 🚨 Come to the one-day workshop organised by the @psaenvironmental.bsky.social Specialist Group with the topic “Environmental Politics in an Age of Insecurity” 🙌🏻 🗓️ 17 September at @manchester.ac.uk or Online Programme & registration⬇️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/workshop-e...

*PSA PRIZES* Closing soon! Mackenzie #BookPrize submissions. Awarded annually for the best book in #PoliticalScience. Nominations invited from publishers, individuals and PSA specialist groups. Deadline 5 September. Details -

📝 Don't miss this #openaccess article from the current issue of #BJPIR 27(3) 'Getting things done?: Process, performance, and decision-evasion in consociational systems' by Allison McCulloch. 🔗: buff.ly/tLIXZEz @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

🚨 Opportunity for Early Career Academics! 🚨 Are you an ECN member currently studying your PhD? 🤓 Don’t miss out on this fantastic chance to work at the House of Commons! 🙌🏻 🗓️ Apply by 28 September 2025 More details below ⬇️

*PSA OPPORTUNITY* House of Commons internship opportunity. This is exclusively for #EarlyCareer Network members of the PSA who are currently studying towards their #PhD. 📆 Apply by 28 September 2025 ➡️ Full details buff.ly/xY1xXxn

📢 Join for only £20 🥳 Some benefits of being an ECN member: ✅ You also become a PSA member ✅ Access to career development opportunities, events & Specialist Groups ✅ Discounted reg. for the #PSA26 Annual Conference And more 👀 Info here ⬇️ www.psa.ac.uk/academic-mem...

📢 In case you missed out! Send your paper proposal for the #PSA26 Annual Conference by 17 Oct 2025 🎉 Why attend? ✅ A great place to present your research & get feedback 💡 ✅ Network with peers & senior academics 🫱🏽‍🫲🏼 ✅ Get involved in Specialist Groups 👀 More info⬇️

*PSA26 Annual Conference* - For information about how to submit a paper proposal, or to see registration fees, visit the PSA26 conference page, which includes extensive FAQs. Paper proposal deadline: 17 October 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/G6WTB20

*PSA BLOG* As #Alevel #Students await their results this week. Is Citizenship Education the key to unlocking young people’s political engagement? By Matt Henn, James Sloam, and PSA Trustee Ana Nunes.

Do you want to stay up-to-date with more news and opportunities for ECAs beyond Bluesky? 👀 Follow us on X/“Twitter” at @psa_ecn ✖️🐦

Join us in September for our workshop 'Environmental Politics in an Age of Insecurity', organised with @bisa-ecpwg.bsky.social. @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @psaecn.bsky.social @psabcpe.bsky.social @psainter-relations.bsky.social @mybisa.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/workshop-e...

🚨 In case you missed it! 🚨 Come to the one-day workshop organised by the @psaenvironmental.bsky.social Specialist Group with the topic “Environmental Politics in an Age of Insecurity”. Save the date 🤓 🗓️ 17 September. ♻️ To register and find out more, click on the link below ⬇️

🚨 Internship Alert for Early Career Academics! 🚨 Are you an ECN member currently studying your PhD? 🤓 Don’t miss out on this fantastic chance to work at the House of Commons! 🙌🏻 🗓️ Apply by 28 September 2025 More details below ⬇️

🚨 Full programme announced for our September workshop 'Environmental Politics in an Age of Insecurity'! Registration and full details below @cisk.bsky.social @matpaterson.bsky.social @ruthtownend.bsky.social @dralberro.bsky.social @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/workshop-e...

🚨 Workshop Alert 🚨 Don’t miss out this one-day workshop with the topic “Environmental Politics in an Age of Insecurity” on 🗓️ 17 September. ♻️ To register and find out more, click on the link below ⬇️

*PSA EVENT* Book your tickets for Teaching & Learning Network Conference. Bringing together the teaching and learning community to share practices, ideas and experiences. 📆 4 - 5 September @royalholloway.bsky.social. ➡️

🌟Congratulations🌟to ECN Conference best paper prize winner Il Gyu Lee @utu.fi for a paper on ‘Explaining Inaction: North Korea’s Strategic Restraint in Times of #Political Crisis in South #Korea’’ ➡️ Find out more buff.ly/XUXbF8t @psaecn.bsky.social

🌟Congratulations🌟to ECN Conference best paper prize winner Hoju Cheong @uofcalifornia.bsky.social for ‘Does #ElectoralReform Always Create a Better Representation? Presidential Powers & Forms of #Government’ ➡️ Find out more buff.ly/XUXbF8t @psaecn.bsky.social

🌟Congratulations🌟 to ECN Conference best paper prize winner - @vladsurdea.bsky.social for his paper on, ‘The #Populist Spiral: How Populist Rhetoric Spreads Within Party Systems’ ➡️ Find out more buff.ly/XUXbF8t @psaecn.bsky.social

🌟Congratulations🌟to ECN Conference best paper prize winner Irine Kurtanidze @qmul.bsky.social for paper; ‘Between Fear and Hope: Emotional Electoral Mobilisation in Hybrid Regimes – #Georgia as a case study’ ➡️ Find out more buff.ly/XUXbF8t @psaecn.bsky.social

🚨 Internship opportunity! 🚨 Are you an ECN member currently studying your PhD? Don’t miss out on this fantastic chance to work at the House of Commons! 🙌🏻 🗓️ Apply by 28 September 2025 More details below ⬇️

*PSA OPPORTUNITY* House of Commons internship opportunity. This is exclusively for #EarlyCareer Network members of the PSA who are currently studying towards their #PhD. 📆 Apply by 28 September 2025 ➡️ Full details buff.ly/xY1xXxn #MondayMotivation

🚨 POSTDOC ALERT 🚨 Are you interested in Research and Public Engagement? Don’t miss out on this 2-year opportunity at @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social 🙌🏻 🗓️ Apply by 28 August. See more info here ⬇️ qmul-jobs.tal.net/vx/candidate...

🚨 Internship alert! 🚨 Are you an ECN member currently studying your PhD? Don’t miss out on this fantastic career development opportunity to work at the House of Commons! 🙌🏻 🗓️ Apply by 28 September 2025 More details below ⬇️

🚨 Internship alert! 🚨 Are you an ECN member currently studying your PhD? Don’t miss out on this fantastic career development opportunity to work at the House of Commons! 🙌🏻 🗓️ Apply by 28 September 2025 More details below ⬇️

*PSA OPPORTUNITY* House of Commons internship opportunity. This is exclusively for #EarlyCareer Network members of the PSA who are currently studying towards their #PhD. 📆 Apply by 28 September 2025 ➡️ Full details buff.ly/xY1xXxn #PoliticalStudies #Politics #WorkExperience