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 🧵

My take on #EPSA2025: PowerPoint > Beamer

Sending this article along with the bills from several tapas bars to the finance department after #EPSA25

If you are attending #EPSA2025 and interested in uncovering the black box that is the postdoctoral job market, you're in luck! Marta Antonetti (LSE) and I will be hosting a roundtable on Thursday at 13:10 dedicated to the topic. 🧵👇

New Publication! 📣 When do governments limit digital rights through law? Read "Legalizing Control: The Rise of Restrictive Internet Regulation in Sub-Saharan Africa" by @realmps.bsky.social in @democratization.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/1351... For a quick overview, read the 1-pager below.

Exciting news! 🎉 SCRIPTS – the Cluster of Excellence examining liberal democracy's challenges – is getting renewed @dfg.de. 🎓 Congratulations! 👨‍🏫 @mhallerberg.bsky.social (Co-Deputy Dir.) 👩‍🏫 Arianna Ornaghi & @argohdes.bsky.social (PIs) @scripts-berlin.eu #SCRIPTS #Research #PoliticalScience

🚨 New publication alert! 🚨 Very excited to share my first solo-authored article (and the first from my dissertation) is published in Democratization! 🎉 📄 "Legalizing Control: The Rise of Restrictive Internet Regulation in Sub-Saharan Africa" 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1351...

There are - to be fair - plenty of better ways to spend your day than reading our article. But since most of you are just doomscrolling Bluesky anyway, you might as well give it a read ⬇️

Nachdem meine Freundin beim Schauen von Andor Staffel 2 Dedra Meero als "Space Weidel" bezeichnete, kann ich es nicht mehr nicht sehen.

🚨 Publication Alert 🚨 In our new paper (journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...), @corinnebara.bsky.social and I discuss the challenges of attributing data on different forms of violence to specific civil wars.

The most popular panel at #isa25 so far

We're hiring a Professor of Military Strategy and Technology @hertieschool.bsky.social @hertiesecurity.bsky.social! More details here: apply.interfolio.com/163523

Are you interested in gaining your first insights into academia through a Research Assistant role? Apply now to join my colleague Christian in his exciting project on "The Anatomy of the Authoritarian Security Apparatus" (AASAP). hertie-school.dvinci-easy.com/en/p/en/jobs...

We have a couple of open #PhD positions at the @hertieschool.bsky.social, including one in the field of international security (@hertiesecurity.bsky.social): www.hertie-school.org/en/phd/apply... Deadline: January 31, 2025

For all the German speakers: @corinnebara.bsky.social and I are thrilled that our research on the effectiveness of partnerships between UN and non-UN peacekeeping missions is featured in Horizonte: Das Schweizer Forschungsmagazin! www.horizonte-magazin.ch/2024/12/05/h...

I must not be the only one who feels this way

🌟 Are ypu a PhD candidate or early career scholar? Look here for an excellent new initiative by the Conflict Research Society to mentor emerging scholars ⤵️ conflictresearchsociety.org/emerging-sch...

Polisky Dictatorsky 📣 Our November 2024 newsletter is out full of news and updates from the APSG community! To get it every month subscribe at: eepurl.com/iJc9FY To let us know about anything you would like to share: forms.gle/3KBQ6o31H3bf...

Proud of being assigned the #BestPaperAward together with @realmps.bsky.social for our work in progress "How International Economic Cooperation Shapes Digital Authoritarianism” at the 2024 Conference on International Cybersecurity – #Democracy and #Cyberspace by @thehagueprogram.bsky.social

We are hiring: shorturl.at/bptuG Please share widely. - 3-year quant postdoc. - 100% research and data collection. - On violent conflict and humanitarian law. - Grade 7 salary (more than most UK postdocs). - Works with me in a large team across politics and law.

📢 Next Tuesday (9am PST/12pm EST/5pm CET) Christian Oswald (Bundeswehr) will present his work that uses Wikipedia page changes to measure and predict contentious politics. Zac Steinert-Threlkeld (UCLA) and Theresa Gessler (Viadrina) will discuss.

Very happy to share the full-fledged and #OpenAccess version of our paper "The Search for Solid Ground in Text as Data: A Systematic Review of Validation Practices and Practical Recommendations for Validation", published with C. Lechner and Claudia Wagner in CMM✨ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Polisky Dictatorsky !! SPRING 2024 SERIES SCHEDULE IS OUT We are thrilled to announce a new season featuring fantastic promising work and discussants! Make sure to participate by subscribing at tinyurl.com/bddy4bta (for Zoom links and updates) A 🧵with details on each meeting:

A vast, covert Russian influence operation on TikTok involving 12,800 fake accounts spreading disinformation about the war in Ukraine to millions of users in Germany, France, Italy, Poland, Israel and Ukraine, has been uncovered by BBC Verify and @dfrlab.bsky.social.

Fantastic opportunity to get a phd. in political science: University of Gothenburg just announced 5-6 phd positions:

📢 Interested in how online censorship influences offline protests? Join us for Dr. Lisa Garbe's talk at @hertiesecurity.bsky.social. Dive into the dynamics of digital policy and its real-world impact. 📆 Thursday, 30.11 | 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm (CET) Register 👇 www.hertie-school.org/en/events/ev...

In today’s wars, combatants fight over digital infrastructure control, explains @argohdes.bsky.social in a new article for Binding Hook bindinghook.com/articles-hoo...

Jetzt träumt die CDU also von einer Magnetbahn in Berlin, zu allem Überfluss finanziert aus dem Sondervermögen Klimaschutz. Geht es nur darum, die Tram zu verhindern oder ist man dem bayerischen Baukonzern Max Bögl derart zugetan? taz.de/Sondervermoe...

📢Corinne Bara and I wrote a piece for IPI's Global Observatory. Based on our paper published earlier this year, we discuss the effectiveness of "partnership peacekeeping" and the role that the UN will play in the near future - theglobalobservatory.org/2023/10/part...

The Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) has joined Bluesky. Follow @ucdp.bsky.social for updates from the world’s main provider of data on organized violence in the world. Polisky Conflictsky

If you are interested in joining our community at the Center for International Security @ the Hertie School, consider applying to our fellowship(s)! www.hertie-school.org/en/internati...