We're looking forward to welcoming participants to Bolzano/Bozen for our @ipsa.org Research Committees Colloquium starting on Tuesday! If you're live-skeeting the event, please tag in @ipsarc14.bsky.social, @euracminorities.bsky.social and @autonomyexperience.bsky.social and use #ipsarc14bz.

📝 Don't miss this article from #BJPIR - Volume 28, Issue 2 'The environment as a second policy dimension in a deeply divided society: The politics of Northern Ireland’s Lough Neagh crisis' by Timofey Agarin, @lpcooley.bsky.social & Elliott Hill 🔗 buff.ly/nfw1fJn @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

Definitely a career highlight to get these in the post! Thanks @routledgebooks.bsky.social Available for pre-order here: www.routledge.com/Explaining-N... Please encourage your university library to purchase a copy :)

Marie Coleman (who I don't think is on here, but @qubhistory.bsky.social) kindly mentions my research in this piece on the centenary of Northern Ireland's first census. I didn't know there was concern that there might be a nationalist boycott in 1926. #censuspolitics blogs.qub.ac.uk/qpol/a-centu...

📣 New Editors for BJPIR - Call for Expression of Interest @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social is inviting expressions of interest for the next editorial team of the British Journal of Politics and International Relations (#BJPIR). For more information: buff.ly/L1rYEJg

Proudly announcing that my article with @dawnwalsh.bsky.social on "External Involvement in Peace Agreements" has just been published in Nationalism and Ethnic Politics and is free to read and download here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.....

New article! 🚨 'Removing the Basis of the Historic Conflict? The Downing Street Declaration and the Contested Role of European Integration in the Northern Ireland Peace Process' Open access here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

I reviewed Cera Murtagh's new book on civic parties in divided societies for Nationalism and Ethnic Politics. It's very good. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Delighted to share that my new article, “Subnational Constitutional Space and Ethnic Accommodation” is out in @Ethnopolitics It examines how Ethiopia’s regional constitutions shape ethnic empowerment, self-rule, and representation. 📖It’s open access: doi.org/10.1080/1744...

Congratulations to the "ESRC Northern Ireland General Election study group" which has been awarded the Pippa Norris Prize at #PSA26 The group includes our Prof Peter Shirlow and @drseanhaughey.bsky.social as well as @jontonge.bsky.social and academics from LSE and @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social.

New article out with Iker Erdocia ‘The politics of abstentionism: Comparing Sinn Féin’s Westminster abstentionism to Basque Nationalist Left’s engagement with the Spanish Parliament’ with @bjpir.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... thanks reviewers, colleagues, interviewees.

Read through our Martin Bulmer Collection- This collection brings together a number of papers published by the former editor of Ethnic and Racial Studies, Martin Bulmer in honor of his dedication and impact on the field. Explore: spr.ly/63324B6URl8

Thanks to everyone who joined us for our panels at @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #PSA26 earlier this week!

Interesting perspective on contemporary predicaments of Lebanon from a colleague @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social theconversation.com/israels-camp...

Second @psaethnopolitics.bsky.social panel of the day on Rethinking the Dynamics of Power-sharing in Deeply Divided Societies #PSA26. Fabulous discussion with @lpcooley.bsky.social @awraffoul.bsky.social @altingjeta.bsky.social and others!

Wonderful panel on Ethnic Diversity and Conflict Management at #PSA26 organised by @psaethnopolitics.bsky.social Thanks to all the speakers and fabulous audience! @bizunehyimenu.bsky.social @muzafferkutlay.bsky.social

We're excited to be in Oxford for #PSA26! If you're in town, do join us for some or all of our three Ethnopolitics Specialist Group panels on Wednesday at 09:30, 13:30 and 15:30, all in Wadham College, Seminar Room 4. We also have our SG AGM at 11:30 today in Examination Schools, Room 8.

New episode of @politicalworldview.bsky.social podcast out now!🎙️ This time I’m talking recognition with the excellent @georgekyris.bsky.social, who’s thought about it a lot — and looked into some interesting cases. Check it out! 👇Audio links in thread under original post👇

With just over three months to go until our @ipsa.org Research Committees Colloquium in Bolzano/Bozen, more information has been added to the event website. Do check out the provisional programme. Early bird registration closes 30 April. sites.google.com/view/ipsarc1...

Ethnopolitics SG members might be interested in today's episode of @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social's Word of Mouth, on language extinction. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Proudly announcing my latest co-production which can be pre-ordered here: academic.oup.com/book/62306

IPSA Research Committees Colloquium: Minorities under Siege? Plural Societies Facing Plural Challenges www.ipsa.org/na/call-for-...

Between 1969 and the peace deal in 1998, British soldiers killed hundreds of people in Northern Ireland, including many civilians. Should such collective state violence fade from scrutiny? What is the best way to hold it to account? politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/the-bri...

This questioning of the science is something @tagarin.bsky.social, Elliott Hill and I discuss in our analysis of the party politics of the #LoughNeagh crisis, recently published in @bjpir.bsky.social. #openaccess journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

International Migrants Day In light of International Migrants Day tomorrow, the PSR's Editorial Team invites you to explore some key contemporary issues relating to international migration with this virtual collection: journals.sagepub.com/page/psw/int... @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

Inequality matters for ethnic conflict. But do group elites actually frame a situation as unjust? In a recent article (doi.org/10.1177/00323217251401758), @frederikgremler.bsky.social, Lea Haiges, Christina Zuber and I analyse “grievance frames” in social media posts of ethnic organisations.

Russian repression against Crimean #Tatars in occupied Ukraine follows a pattern. Using a new geo-coded event dataset, researchers Elmira Muratova & @felixschulte.bsky.social#Tatarsmap human rights violations & explain why repression is often carried out on Thursdays. More on the #KonKoop DataLab blog ⤵️

Congrats and looks great @allimcculloch.bsky.social & @drsiobhanbyrne.bsky.social just in time for my Christmas list 🎅 👍

Have nationalists and unionists set Northern Ireland's cross-community Alliance Party up to fail by handing it the task of tackling a blue-green algae crisis at Lough Neagh? Read @tagarin.bsky.social, @lpcooley.bsky.social and Elliott Hill's analysis in this new #BJPIR article.

@inclusivepeaceora.bsky.social colleagues were among those who gave evidence to the NI Affairs Committee on the gov’s approach to Legacy reform. committees.parliament.uk/publications... @feargalc.bsky.social @neophytosloizides.bsky.social @aimeejaysmith.bsky.social @warwickpais.bsky.social

Cornish language to receive part III status under European charter

*PSA PRIZES* 📢 FINAL CALL 📆 Nomination deadline 1 December 2025 🏅 Submit your nominations for outstanding #PoliticalStudies #research, professional contributions and #teaching & #learning ➡️ Full details

Our intro to the 2026 Ethnopolitics special issue on Protest & Power-Sharing is out. It brings together great scholars & cases — Lebanon, Bosnia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Northern Ireland — on how protest & power-sharing interact. Grateful to contributors: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

When the language of racism lost scientific legitimacy, it changed shape and began targeting cultures instead.

New vacancy (Junior Research Fellowship) working on the Northern Ireland Peace Process at the Quill Project in Oxford! Based at Pembroke College with funding from the Carnegie Foundation of New York. See details here: www.pmb.ox.ac.uk/vacancy/juni...

Available now: The first episode of Navigating the Vortex | Ethnopolitics Edition featuring an interview with @georgekyris.bsky.social on the recognition of Palestine: bit.ly/4rp2ZTq

📣 New #openaccess #BJPIR article out now! 'The environment as a second policy dimension in a deeply divided society: The politics of Northern Ireland’s Lough Neagh crisis' by @tagarin.bsky.social, @lpcooley.bsky.social & Elliott Hill 🔗 buff.ly/qq0JKZc @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

‘We’re a bit jealous of Kneecap’: how Europe’s minority tongues are facing the digital future | Stephen Burgen

This issue includes articles by our colleague, Dr Dawn Walsh @dawnwalsh.bsky.social , and our former PhD student, Dr Emma Murphy @emmamurphy.bsky.social , including: "Gender quota adoption for commissions in post-conflict societies" by Dawn Walsh and Emma Murphy journals.sagepub.com/toc/ipsa/46/5

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

3 PhD scholarship in digital war studies, University of Edinburgh: edin.ac/4hVNTAL

ICYMI: Umut Özkırımlı is working on a 4️⃣th edition of his seminal Theories of Nationalism and is crowdsourcing publications that should be covered in it. Do you know of any? Head to asen.ac.uk/theorieso... to submit them!

One perhaps surprising consequence of the Anglo-Irish Agreement was the inclusion of an Irish language question in the 1991 NI census – and with it, worries about the prospect of a unionist boycott. Here's a thing I wrote about that. #censuspolitics #openaccess www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

One of two new vacancies at the Quill Project. www.pmb.ox.ac.uk/vacancy/writ...

*PSA PEOPLE* Meet our amazing trustees as we celebrate #TrusteesWeek. They are at the heart of our charity, governing the PSA and ensuring our successful strategy, stability, and charitable purpose for the future of #PoliticalStudies. 💙

📢 Great news: we have launched 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹'𝘀 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗴! If you are interested in #regionalism and #federalism, take a look at the first article and find out how you can contribute: www.centreonconstitutionalchange.ac.uk/blog/2025/sh...

*PSA26 Annual Conference* - taking place 30 March - 1 April 2026, Oxford. 📍 Call for papers, registration fees, and FAQs information online. 📆 Paper proposal deadline: 17 October 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/G6WTB20

We're offering three small grants of £130 each, to support research activities relevant to the SG. All members can apply but we'll prioritise early career scholars. Applications close 30 September. See the email sent to the Ethnopolitics JiscMail for full details, or contact us if you don't have it.

*PSA FILM* Watch the third film in our NEW #Equality, #Diversity and #Inclusion (EDI) Video Series. In these short films, contributors reflect on what #EDI means to them, why it matters, and the challenges the discipline still faces. ➡️ buff.ly/01gxLP8

Good news that this edited volume has hit the shelves. Self-promotion klaxon: lovely to see the review quotes describe our chapter as "worth the price of the whole book": brill.com/display/book...