What do political scientists actually mean when they use the phrase "radical right"? New-ish chapter 📚, and like the rest of this excellent volume, it's #openaccess

Scroll up! 💕

Presidential elections are this Sunday in Portugal. Want to learn more about recent elections in Portugal? Take a look at these articles published in @sespjournal.bsky.social. @marianasmendes.bsky.social examines the 2025 parliamentary elections (open access) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

South Korea sentences former leader Yoon to five years in prison ft.trib.al/i9XbjHD

Another thing that might be helpful is if professors also posted links to already prepared video lectures that are publicly available, e.g. discipline, topic, length (relevant minutes), link. Could be helpful for folks that can't deal with the coordination costs.

THREAD of offers of guest lectures (via Zoom) for Minneapolis-area classes so faculty can offer their students a top-quality education while dealing with other crises Seeing tons of extremely generous offers. I'll try to post 'em all here--please add your own w topics you can cover & how to contact

Over the past decade, US immigration agents have shot and killed more than two dozen people. Not a single agent appears to have faced criminal charges. Our reporter spent four years investigating ICE shootings that occurred from 2015 to 2021. Some patterns emerged.

Presidential elections are this Sunday in Portugal. Want to learn more about recent elections in Portugal? Take a look at these articles published in @sespjournal.bsky.social. @marianasmendes.bsky.social examines the 2025 parliamentary elections (open access) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📢 #NewIssue 30/3 with articles on - ‘premierato’ reform in #Italy - parties’ appeals for responsibility in #Italy - emotional dynamics and Vox's appeal #Spain - preferences for experts and citizens in government - 2025 General election in #Portugal Don't miss it! 👇 tandfonline.com/toc/fses20/c...

📢NEW ARTICLE!📢 #OpenAccess Divergent paths of political #trust in Southern Europe: the roles of economic performance, #corruption, congruence, and #polarisation 🔓Christmann @pcmagalhaes.bsky.social & @sofiavasilopoulou.bsky.social👇 🔗https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13608746.2025.2576094

Apologies for being self-referential but

I'd appreciate any suggestions for a reading on patrimonial states. I'm especially interested in something recent and appropriate for an intro undergrad comparative politics course. Thanks!

Anyone want to be a chair or discussant on my gender and politics in Southern Europe panel for ECPR?

The Guardian should be ashamed

One last push before tomorrow's deadline.

Comparto una breve reflexión sobre por qué paridad no es lo mismo que igualdad. Gracias a @agendapublica.es por la oportunidad de contribuir a este espacio de debate. agendapublica.es/noticia/2053...

Arrancamos el nuevo año con una entrada de @damjantomic.bsky.social, @sergiferrer.bsky.social, Enrique Prada y @ehernandez.bsky.social. Muestran que, contrario a lo que podíamos esperar, los ciudadanos siguen bastante comprometidos con las reglas democráticas. www.eldiario.es/piedrasdepap...

Cinco plazas de cientifíc@ titular en el IESA CSIC, en cualquiera de las líneas de trabajo del centro (Dimensión social de la biodiversidad (2), Salud, Problemas de las democracias contemporáneas e innovación). Todo en www.boe.es/boe/dias/202.... Plazo: 20 días hábiles desde el 1 de enero.

¡Última semana para proponer grupos de trabajo para el congreso de la AECPA 2026 en Granada! Más info: www.aecpa.es/es-es/convoc... Coordino el área de Género y Política. Cualquier duda que tengáis, ¡no dudéis en contactarme!

📢NEW ARTICLE!📢 #OpenAccess The potential impact of the Italian ‘premierato’ reform on cabinet durability: the increased risk of early elections 🔓Read the article by A. Pedrazzani & F. Zucchini👇 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📢NEW ARTICLE!📢 #OpenAccess The polarised electorate: affective polarisation and electoral loyalty in #Turkey’s 2023 critical election 🔓 Read the article by @seaytac.bsky.social, @sedairmak.bsky.social & @busrask.bsky.social here 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🔎 Revisiting #Issue 30/1 #SpecialIssue Everything changes, everything stays the same? #ItalianPolitics after the 2022 general elections Guest editors: @edegiorgi.bsky.social & @andrea-pedrazzani.bsky.social #polisky #academicsky Dive in! ⬇️

📣 The Italian Political Science Review invites submissions for a special issue on “The Comparative Politics of Gender”, guest-edited by @klbeckwith.bsky.social and myself. Deadline for submitting your proposal: February 8, 2026. Take a look at the call 👇 ipsrbrief.substack.com/p/call-for-p...

I’m organizing (late) a panel on gender & political parties in Southern Europe for the upcoming @ecpr.bsky.social general conference, for the linked section. Please contact me (see profile) if you would like to be included. Deadline is Friday, so pls contact me asap. Thanks! ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

I’m organizing (late) a panel on gender & political parties in Southern Europe for the upcoming @ecpr.bsky.social general conference, for the linked section. Please contact me (see profile) if you would like to be included. Deadline is Friday, so pls contact me asap. Thanks! ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

I’m organizing (late) a panel on gender and political parties in southern Europe for the upcoming ECPR general conference. Please contact me if you would like to be included. Deadline is Friday, so pls contact me asap. Thanks!

I’m organizing (late) a panel on gender and political parties in southern Europe for the upcoming ECPR general conference. Please contact me if you would like to be included. Deadline is Friday, so pls contact me asap. Thanks!

Definitely no need to teach or study gender and politics

With no algorithm here, I'm especially grateful to all who reposted this & also to those of you who pre-ordered (info is in the thread)! Since I am not Stephen King, unlikely bookstores will stock my academic book in physical form. Can you please ask your public or academic library to order? Thx.

Why do rural dwellers show lower support for green policies? Is it because they prioritise the environment less over material goals, or because they perceive higher costs of green policies? Check out our new article! @environmentalpol.bsky.social @evaanduiza.bsky.social tuit.cat/OP6Ph

Excited that "Race, Gender, and Nascent Political Ambition" is now out in @bjpols.bsky.social. W/ survey of white, Hispanic, and Black American respondents, we show primary gap in nascent political ambition is not between men and women but between white men and the majority of the polity.

Survey of 5,000 Italians: people’s preferences for who should govern mirror European patterns 🌍. Preference for experts is linked to left-wing votes, not right-wing 🧠 . Preference for empowering citizens is not consistently linked to support for populist parties 🗳️

📣📣📣 GREAT, time-sensitive opportunity for senior/mid-career scholars to join us in Madrid at UC3M´s social sciences department (UC3M-ATRAE Program 2026) on an attractive pay+research funds package 📣📣📣 This does NOT happen everyday. THREAD below if this is of interest 1/n

🌳 Thrilled to launch The PopulisTree — a new website covering decades of populism in Europe (both national and European elections) using a new taxonomy and dataset. 🔗 populistree.org 📄 More in my brand new article in European Union Politics: 🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡 #Portugal the gap in electoral participation between younger and older voters has remained relatively stable in #Portugal in the new millennium, rather than widening over time Read the article by P. Costa, C. Jalali and P. Silva 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📘 SESP #ArticleCollections 🔥 The Radical Right in Southern Europe 📄 21 #FreeAccess Articles ✨ introduction by N. Conti, @bonniefield.bsky.social & @mattiazulianello.bsky.social 🔍 Explore the collection here ⬇️ www.tandfonline.com/journals/fse...

NEW! 📄 Does the left still own social policies? The effect of incumbent partisanship on citizens’ perceptions of public spending in Spain by Inés Calzada, Encarnación Murillo and Eloísa del Pino journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #PoliticalScience #WelfareState #PublicOpinion

Can anyone think of a good sources for data on women's representation in Spain's regional parliaments over the 2000s? Data by party and data for governments would be great too.

🚨¡Nueva publicación!🚨 La semana pasada, como avance en línea en la revista @teknokultura.bsky.social, se ha publicado nuestro último artículo "Lore 'facha': Memes como técnica de creación de memoria en Vox". 👉 revistas.ucm.es/index.php/TE... (1/4)

📚 In our Collection on The #RadicalRight in Southern Europe #FreeAccess Radical-Right Surge in a Deinstitutionalised Party System: The 2022 Italian General Election 🆓Read the article by A. Chiaramonte, @vincenzoemanuele.bsky.social, N. Maggini & A. Paparo 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🎉🚨 Super happy to see our article “Burdens and Gains. The Association Between House Rent Increases and Voting in the City of Madrid” (w/ Marcos-Marne) now out in @electoralstudies.bsky.social. We examine how rising rental prices in Madrid are linked to voting. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

📢 📢 Call for Papers IV Yale–UB Historical Political Economy Workshop Organized by @Didacqueralt.bsky.social & @Cescamat.bsky.social 🎤 Keynote: Lisa Blaydes (Stanford) 📍 University of Barcelona 🗓 June 29–30, 2026 Submit your papers by Jan 21, 2026: shorturl.at/oZTNy #pleaseRT

📚 SESP #ArticleCollections #Gender and #Sexuality in Southern Europe 1⃣5⃣ articles 🎯Introduction by @elombardo.bsky.social, N. Conti, @bonniefield.bsky.social #Equality #LGBTIQ* #Sexism #Feminism #Rights 🔗https://tandfonline.com/journals/fses20/collections/Gender-and-Sexuality-in-Southern-Europe

Free access for a few more days. Read and download 'Struggling against spectres of the past' by @mjhierro.bsky.social, José Pedro Monteiro & @ingrigoriadis.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Postdoc call‼️ I am opening a call for a postdoctoral position within my ERC project CONSENT. Come to Madrid to be part of my research team and more broadly of the @ipp-csic.bsky.social community. Application deadline: December 10th. Call details: tinyurl.com/yfu83p9m

Interested in the theory and empirics of multi-party governments? Thomas Bräuninger and I edited a Handbook on Coalition Politics with Edward Elgar Publishing: lnkd.in/eis8Yc2y /1

Download and read soon. Most articles are free access until the end of the year.

Take a look at recent @sespjournal.bsky.social articles on populism. On Italy, @mattiazulianello.bsky.social investigates the communication strategies of the populist radical right parties that govern together. Currently free access doi.org/10.1080/1360...

Latest episode, from last week 📌📌 Senem Aydın-Düzgit (@senemaydndzgit.bsky.social) on the weaponisation of foreign policy in Turkey's domestic politics 👇👇 turkeybooktalk.com/2025/11/11/s...