Super thrilled and deeply grateful that Making a Career in Dictatorship has received the 2026 Best Book Award of @epssnet.bsky.social! #EPSS2026 😮🤩🎉 Many thanks to the award committee. Christian was in Belfast to receive it; I sadly couldn’t attend but would have loved to be there.

Welcome to Belfast! 🎉Tonight marks the informal start of #EPSS2026! Before the conference officially opens, there are two great ways to ease in.

For my Horizon Project EDGE I am looking for a senior researcher from October 1st. This is a 3-year position on inequalities and democracy support. All information on the job and application process is here: gesis.jobs.personio.de/job/2639403?...

🚨Reminder that the nomination deadline for the inaugural @epssnet.bsky.social Best Book Award is coming up soon on March 31! Details below👇

A great opportunity for pre-conference workshops at EPSS in Belfast! Please spread the word!

📣 Applications are open for the Summer School of the Standing Group on Parliaments! 🗓️ 27 Jul–6 Aug, Goethe University Frankfurt @sgparliaments.bsky.social proudly presents its Summer School which offers a platform to: ✔️ Explore recent advancements ✔️ Present research ✔️ Receive career advice ⌛️7 May

EPSS Diversity Committee is happy to announce the launch of our mentoring program: a new initiative designed to develop a new network within the EPSS community. March 31 is deadline, and program runs from May 1, 2026, to April 30, 2027. More info: epssnet.org/about/divers...

🚨 Important news from EPSS, we are inviting proposals for pre-conference workshops. Proposals should be submitted via the form on the EPPS website by 2 April 2026. Applicants will be notified of decisions by 10 April 2026. Please find more information here: epssnet.org/pre-conferen...

Please consider submitting your book for the @epssnet.bsky.social 2026 Best Book Award in Political Science! 📚🏆 Full details on eligibility and how to submit are below.

Reminder that the deadline for nominations for the EPSS Best Book award 2026 is March 31, 2026! The EPSS Best Book Award recognizes an outstanding scholarly contribution to the field of political science. 1/2

EPSS Travel Grants for 2026 Belfast conference: PhD students & junior scholars @ institutions in European countries that are often underrepresented, can apply for full fee waiver & £500 stipend Apply: lnkd.in/ehXjhCgf Deadline: March 8, 11:59pm GMT. More details: lnkd.in/eZTP5sWR

📢 Registration Reminder for EPSS Belfast 2026 If you haven't registered already, please note that the registration deadline for the EPSS Belfast Conference is Friday, 13 March 👇🏼 Register here: app.oxfordabstracts.com/register/eve...

🚨 Join us for the next edition Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology in Mannheim 🚨 7 days of hands-on advanced methods + networking for PhDs, postdocs & early-career researchers. Free of charge (limited travel support). Deadline 1 March 2026: summerschoolwpm.org #methodsky #polisky

#OpenAccess from @ejprjournal.bsky.social - Voices of the party base: How supporters want established parties to respond to new parties - https://cup.org/4q1M0ET - Dominik Duell, @dielea.bsky.social, @sopro.bsky.social, Jonathan B. Slapin & @chriswratil.bsky.social#OpenAccess #FirstView

Better get your paper submissions in for the @epssnet.bsky.social conference in June 2026, as the deadline is 7 November, and we have no intention of extended that (given the submission numbers)! epssnet.org/belfast-2026...

🚨 EPSS Belfast 2026 Call for Papers - One week to go! 🚨 Don't forget to submit your paper or panel proposal to the European Political Science Society @epssnet.bsky.social 2026 conference - just one week to go before the deadline: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...

New from @erc.europa.eu project #MINORITYRULE with @sopro.bsky.social: We study voters’ knowledge about and perceptions of minority governments in 🇩🇰, 🇩🇪 and 🇸🇪. Link: doi.org/10.1017/S147... When survey researchers or politicians talk about minority governments, what do voters understand? ⬇️

New publication with @jwaeckerle.bsky.social on citizens' knowledge and perceptions of minority governments in Europe from the ERC project #MINORITYRULE! @erc.europa.eu ⬇️

📢 Call for Papers for EPSS 2026 conference in Belfast is out: epssnet.org/belfast-2026... This we’’ll feature two sections to provide more information about the conference. 🔝 This week: Formal Political Theory & Political Representation 🧵

▶️ Political Representation 👉🏽 Section chairs: @hannaeback.bsky.social & @sopro.bsky.social 📢 Our section welcomes work that addresses representation, legislative politics, or electoral institutions, esp. research advancing our theoretical understanding + offers new empirical evidence. >>> 3/

This is a fantastic public good for scholars working on parliaments and representation!

New data for legislative scholars! Committee Membership Dataset with @bcastanho.bsky.social, @dmpullan.bsky.social and Firuze Taner: Committee assignments for all MPs (Wikidata IDs!) in 14 countries Harmonized roles/policy areas Data: doi.org/10.7802/2940 Working paper: tinyurl.com/vf54r78p ⬇️

📢 Call for Papers for EPSS 2026 conference in Belfast is out: epssnet.org/belfast-2026... We'll feature two sections each Tuesday & Thursday to provide more information about the conference. 🔝 This Tuesday: Party Politics & Historical Political Economy

📢 Call for Papers for EPSS 2026 conference in Belfast is out: epssnet.org/belfast-2026... Starting today, we'll feature two sections each week to provide more information about the conference. 🔝 This week: Electoral + Voting Behaviour & Climate Politics ▶️ Electoral + Voting Behaviour 🧵

▶️ International Relations 👉🏽 Section chairs: @argohdes.bsky.social & Michal Parizek 📢 Our section welcomes empirically investigate international relations and global affairs, including topics such as: 4/

▶️ Comparative Politics 👉🏽 Section chairs: @nathaliegiger.bsky.social & @filipkostelka.bsky.social 📢 Our section welcomes individual papers and panels that engage with states, political regimes, welfare institutions, and governance from both contemporary and historical perspectives. 1/

📢 Call for Papers for EPSS 2026 conference in Belfast is out: epssnet.org/belfast-2026... Starting today, we'll feature two sections each week to provide more information about the conference. 🔝 This week: Comparative Politics & International Relations

1/4 Download our new book for FREE! Thiago, Laron, and I explain why studying whether and how voters know what parties want (and who goes with whom) is important and layout a framework for how to do this better. Check out the cover, promotional comic, and abstract cup.org/4mkBibw

📢 EPSS 2026 Call for Papers! @hannaeback.bsky.social and I are excited to invite submissions for the Political Representation section at EPSS 2026 in Belfast. EPSS has some exciting new panel formats this year - read on! 🧵

Do men see gender parity in representation as detrimental to their interests? What about when women’s representation exceeds parity? And how do such shifts affect men’s fairness perceptions? I address these questions in my article, now published in PRQ. 1/9 
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Do consider joining the new EPSS conference in Belfast next year! I will be chairing the section on Political Representation with Sven-Oliver Proksch @sopro.bsky.social

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 🧵

The Call for Papers for the 2026 EPSS annual conference in Belfast is now live! Looking forward to your submissions!! Check out all details in this thread 👇

The European Political Science Society is now accepting paper & panel proposals for its annual conference! 📢 Call for Papers: EPSS 2026 – Belfast
 🗓️ June 18–20, 2026
 📍 ICC Belfast
 📬 Deadline: Nov 7, 2025 🧵

I'm hiring another postdoc (research-focused, for almost 5 years) for my @erc.europa.eu project on the educational cleavage! I'm looking for someone with strong quantitative text-analysis skills (e.g. #NLP, #LLM, etc.) to study the role of political actors in cleavage formation.

#jobs #stellenangebote #GESISjobs #jobfairy Job Opening! We're seeking a Postdoc in Computational Social Science to join our team at GESIS! Apply now: www.gesis.org/en/ins...#jobs#stellenangebote

🤔 The #EU 🇪🇺 aspires to be a global actor 🌍 — but do other states recognize it as such? My new study in @intlinteractions.bsky.social develops targeted #NLP / #TextAsData tools to analyze 50 years of foreign policy discourse in the annual #UN General Debate (1970–2020). A thread (1/n)

🚨 We're hiring! Join our CSES Team @gesis.org Cologne as a Senior Researcher. If you’re into comparative electoral research and love diving into data, this is your moment. Come shape global democracy with us! 🌍📊 www.gesis.org/en/institute...

🌍 European Political Science Society is officially launched (EPSS)! 🗓️ June 26, 2025 📍EPSS is a not-for-profit & member-led association for political science in Europe 👉 Visit us: epssnet.org Some updates 👇🏽 🧵

Finally in the same place at the same time! Great to meet up in Madrid and celebrate the 2nd edition of Foundations of European Politics. Get your copy at OUP now! 📘 @catherinedevries.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @jbslapin.bsky.social

Yesterday EPSS was founded, today we answer members’ questions. A 🧵 1. Who formed EPSS? EPSS was founded by a supermajority vote of the EPSA Council, made up of 3 EPSAL shareholders & 9 elected, appointed, or ex officio members. 1/

I just joined the newly established European Political Science Society @epssnet.bsky.social. It will shape the discource and exchange in our discipline in forseeable future - thanks to all founding members & entrepreneurs.

Some more context on @epssnet.bsky.social founding and the problems with EPSA by Ken Benoit 👇. The not-for-profit model is the only solution for an academic association in the long-run... historical institutionalism will tell you why! 😅😉 www.linkedin.com/pulse/suppor...

Great news for political science in Europe! Excited to be part of the founding council of the new non-profit and member-led political science association in Europe EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social

🚨 Big News for European Political Science 🚨 We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community. 🔗 epssnet.org Here’s a thread with everything you need to know. 🧵

Delighted to be at my favourite political science conference #epsa2025 in beautiful Madrid! Don't miss my Presidential Address this evening at 18:50, followed by the Presidential Drinks Reception in the Ground Floor Foyer Have a great EPSA conference!

Delighted to see the 2nd edition of Foundations of European Politics 🇪🇺 in print! @catherinedevries.bsky.social @sopro.bsky.social @jbslapin.bsky.social If you teach EU or European politics, you can order an inspection copy here: global.oup.com/ushe/product...

#jobs #stellenangebote #GESISjobs #jobfairy Our Team Digital Society Observatory in #Cologne is looking for a #SeniorResearcher & #TeamLeader in Computational Social Science #CSS (Salary group 15 TV-L, working time 100%, initially for four years with possible tenure): gesis.jobs.personio....

🎉 Exciting news! Our Cluster of Excellence @econtribute.bsky.social will be funded for another seven years by @dfg.de! We’re excited to continue our journey together. Many thanks to all involved! Find out more here: econtribute.de/funding-exte... #ExStra @unibonn.bsky.social @unicologne.bsky.social

The first edition instantly became my go to for my European Politics class. The second edition added important chapters, revised throughout and even updated the awesome data exercises! Thanks to the team!