Small states with their interesting combinations of policy fields 😅

Late to the party. New publication with Axel Bayer in the International Political Science Review about political interactions of MPs in Zambia that switched their party affiliation. doi.org/10.1177/0192...

The Pardee Institute's Country and Organizational Leader Travel (COLT) dataset is freely available to use and a great resource for studying global patterns of diplomacy: korbel.du.edu/pardee/count... theloop.ecpr.eu/world-leader...

🚨 New piece for @ecpr.bsky.social's @ecprtheloop.bsky.social — @maxheermann.bsky.social & I map trips of world leaders using @josefkorbelschool.bsky.social's COLT of over 78K+ foreign trips by heads of state and gov from 1990-2023. Reference: bsky.app/profile/jose...

(2) Remember the rapid early trips of "Außenkanzler" Friedrich Merz? In a blog post for @ecprtheloop.bsky.social, @meraymaddah.bsky.social and I explore a rich new dataset on diplomatic travels to analyse where state leaders go for their inaugural foreign visits. bsky.app/profile/ecpr...

🌐 World leaders' first foreign trips reveal more than diplomatic protocol - they are carefully crafted political stories. ✈️ @meraymaddah.bsky.social and @maxheermann.bsky.social analyse inaugural diplomatic journeys to uncover stability and change in global networks 👇 bit.ly/4lY2FHQ

From May 2025 - Legislative Cooptation in Authoritarian Regimes: Policy Cooperation in the Kuwait National Assembly - cup.org/4iVKa4R - @danieltavana.bsky.social & Erin York #OpenAccess

📢📢📢 CfP: What is a Parliament? ***Hurry! Deadline is this Friday!*** Interdisciplinary workshop on 19th September 2025 in London. Full details below. Kindly sponsored by Birkbeck, the University of Birmingham and @psa-parliaments.bsky.social Please apply and/or spread the word!

How are the classic social identities (urban-rural, education, etc. ) and perceptions about those groups related to a persons own European and national identity? Read it here (in fantastic company) in print

And here it is: introducing the European Political Science Society EPSS! 🎉🎉🎉 Follow @epssnet.bsky.social on bsky, visit its website www.epssnet.org, and become a member!

🏳️‍🌈This Pride Month, we are proud to support an initiative that challenges the systemic invisibility in data. Representation isn’t optional — it drives equity and action. When entire communities are erased from datasets, injustice gets coded in. We’re working to change that.

📢📢📢 JOBS: 4 postdocs 📢📢📢 Uni Münster has opened a call for 4! postdoc positions. I'm involved in one hiring and really hope that suitable candidates (in particular quants) apply! Why would you apply? Check out @thiloalbers.bsky.social FAQ! sites.google.com/site/tnhalbe...

Overleaf is down. Everyone take the day off

🌟 Thanks to the @winls.bsky.social for the opportunity to present on international parliamentary assemblies and their influence on gender-mainstreaming policies! Special thanks to the organisers @emisimison.bsky.social and for the great and helpful discussion points by @ronjasczepanski.bsky.social

Who deserves representation, and when? August De Mulder, Ine Gevers & @zeljkopoljak.bsky.social unpack the temporal dynamics of politicians’ claims of representation on social media: buff.ly/sTufzit @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #ECRs

Attending #MPSA2025 and interested in how IOs interact with gender representation across different political systems? Join us for the panel on "Substantive Representation" 📍 Sat, April 5 | 11:40am–1:10pm CDT / 12:40–2:10pm EDT I’ll be presenting our coauthored work with @dalangmalang.bsky.social

The latest #afkarDebate analysed #Lebanon's reconstruction, governance, economic, and security challenges with Aurélie Daher and @meraymaddah.bsky.social. A webinar hosted by @andrealopeztomas.bsky.social. Watch the full latest webinars devoted to #Lebanon and #Syria 👇🏽 youtu.be/1gjPsLzY0Qg?...

How will #Lebanon address challenges such as reconstruction, forming a new government, and Hezbollah’s disarmament? What role will the international community play? Do not miss our upcoming #afkarDebate 🗓️ Friday 28 March 12-1 pm 💻 On Zoom 🌐 iemed.org/events/leban...

This framing is super important Coverage has often implied there's something 'wrong' with men: "why are they lurching right?" But in many countries, the strongest ideological shift has been among young women.

Please share / RT: ***Call for papers: Conference on "Representation, Democracy, and the Economic Backgrounds of Politicians"*** Paper proposals should be submitted by February 21, using this form: forms.gle/Stz7apkkHTgt... Please direct any questions to [email protected].

NEW - The Global Legislators Database: Characteristics of National Legislators in the World’s Democracies - cup.org/4hMcJCi - @carnes.bsky.social, Joshua Ferrer, @mgoldenprof.bsky.social, @esmelillywhite.bsky.social, @noamlupu.bsky.social & @eugenian.bsky.social #OpenAccess

Thrilled to share that I'll be a visiting research scholar at @harvard.edu 's Department of Government. Grateful for this opportunity and looking forward to learning more from the department’s faculty and students. 📍If you are in the area, I will be at Cambridge’s Knafel Building.

What is the Middle East? I’m thrilled to announce the publication- and free download - of my new, hopefully provocative Cambridge Element on the theory and practice of regions and area studies. Get it now and let me know what you think! abuaardvark.substack.com/p/what-is-th...

The article is now published 🎈 please check it out if you're interested in #Lebanon #revolution and the micro-dynamics of social mobilization! Menasky conflictsky www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

With my colleague @thaddaea.bsky.social, I reviewed @magedmandour.bsky.social's new book "Egypt under El-Sisi" for @democratization.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

On April 8 and 9 together with colleagues I am organizing LoPaPol, a conference about local party politics. We would be more than happy to see you there! (register before February 1!) www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...

#OpenAccess from our new issue - Which Information Do Politicians Pay Attention To? Evidence from a Field Experiment and Interviews - cup.org/4jnwXmY - @rsenninger.bsky.social & @henrikseeberg.bsky.social

Hi folks, a good day to join BlueSky! Here is my causal inference starter pack for you. go.bsky.app/Fa2XSDH

In the latest issue of @iemed.bsky.social's afkar/ideas journal "Líbano en el limbo" my contribution on #Lebanon's civil society post-crisis. I unpack CSOs' evolvement & how the dependence on them/their resources may increase divisions in already fragile social contract www.iemed.org/publication/...

🎄 This holiday season, give yourself the gift of knowledge and academic excellence. 🎁 #KOMEX2025 offers top-notch methods training for PhD students and researchers at affordable rates. 🎓 Kick off 2025 with the skills you need to succeed. 🌟 Sign up now: afww.uni-konstanz.de/en/view/kome...

As the year winds down and you reflect on your academic goals for the coming year, why not give yourself the gift of world-class research training? 👉 Join our top-notch methods #KOMEX2025 courses and secure your early bird offer now: afww.uni-konstanz.de/en/komex/kon...

You can also choose different tracks from our rich list of courses and combine online short course with a remote or in-person main one. Spots are limited, secure yours now: afww.uni-konstanz.de/en/view/kome...

Wichtiger Text von Kolleg*innen zum Repräsentationsdefizit in den deutschen Nahostwissenschaften 👇🏼

Our monthly writing group will meet on Thursday, December 12th, from 1:00-3:00 pm ET. Join us for accountability, advice, and community! All ranks of scholars are welcome to participate. Register for the Zoom link: docs.google.com/form... Polisky Gendersky

📣Reminder: 7 more days to apply to our 'Methods of Political Science' Conference in Mannheim in March 2025.📣 sosci.sowi.uni-mannheim.de/mzes-dvpw-me... #polisky

Good day to start following the people in this starter pack! (See also pt. 2) go.bsky.app/CyUi3Ms

I've seen so many great starter packs, but I've yet to encounter one on int'l organizations and cooperation. So, I made one. It is no doubt incomplete, but I hope you find it helpful nonetheless. Feel free to circulate and, if you have suggestions on who to add, send them my way! go.bsky.app/RbHqH38

#menasky It's award nomination time for the 2024-2025 year! Please send your nominations our way for Best Book, Best Article, Best Dissertation, & Best Paper on MENA politics! You can find all the details of eligibility & submission below. Deadline is February 1, so spread the word!

There are so many cool political scientists on here. I made not one starter pack, not two, but THREE STARTER PACKS. Here is a thread of the three starter packs I made, plus all the other ones that people interested in politics would like. go.bsky.app/315MyLR

Political Science Starter Pack Collection! Many have shared excellent starter packs lately, but finding the most relevant ones can be tricky. This 🧵 gathers many of them in one place 👇🏽 #PoliticalScience #StarterPack

🎉 Exciting news: The KODAQS Data Quality Academy is officially live! 🚀 Our hybrid program kicks off today, empowering social scientists with advanced skills in data quality, analysis, and cutting-edge methodologies.🌐 #KODAQSAcademy #DataQuality

We noticed there wasn't a starter pack on authoritarian politics yet – Now there is! go.bsky.app/UFHn7sS Spread and ask to join!

📢 As more people join BlueSky from 𝕏 I wanted to highlight some of the go-to guys I listen to on #geopolitics and international issues. I’ll update this starter park as time goes on go.bsky.app/9hKy5qF Be sure to give it a share and comment other suggestions below ⬇️

Not very surprising, but good to have an estimate: "shares without clicks’ (SwoCs) constitute around 75% of forwarded links." www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Hello BlueSky, we're here! And we get started with a pluralistic starter pack with researchers doing methods in social sciences! Self-nominations are more than welcome go.bsky.app/Ht7XKWk

So to help out @abuaardvark.bsky.social transfer the menasky list into sth more accessible, I created a SWANA starter pack. Please help me complete it (will create pt. II once this pack is full) go.bsky.app/CyUi3Ms

As the digital migration continues, I need help navigating this platform: Any starterpacks for #PoliSci and #IR researchers? 👀 Looking for those that work on parliaments (in all political systems, specifically in MENA), representation, IOs, consociational identity politics, and parliamentary peace.

🌍 We have just released a NEW global top 100 list of scientist and science communicators on Bluesky. @lassehjorthmadsen.bsky.social and I map out the new emerging community: How are the research fields clustered? All likes, reshares, and love 😍 is appreciated! mikeyoungacademy.dk/bluesky-is-e...

As the digital migration continues, I need help navigating this platform: Any starterpacks for #PoliSci and #IR researchers? 👀 Looking for those that work on parliaments (in all political systems, specifically in MENA), representation, IOs, consociational identity politics, and parliamentary peace.

New Publication in @hansardsociety.bsky.social Parliamentary Affairs by @carolinebha.bsky.social @socialpolicy.bsky.social William Horncastle & me. Did you ever wonder which MPs get elevated to the House of Lords? Wonder no longer! doi.org/10.1093/pa/g... Just in time for the HoL Bill tmrw! 🦉