1/4. New article out now: "Global Britain and the dark side of civility: Monarchy and the legacy of colonialism", by by Ben Wellings, Matteo Bonotti, and Steven T Zech. @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com

1/3. ** New Article Alert! "Time for a rebrand?" by Amy Skoll & Christopher Chiego explores how college departments in the California State University system are reinventing themselves amid the U.S. higher ed enrollment crisis. @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com

Call for Papers🚨 How do populists govern once in office? PSA Specialist Group on Populism and Politics journal invite abstracts for joint panel at PSA Annual Conference 2026. Moving beyond simplistic narratives, we explore populism’s nuanced realities in power. @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

1/3. We're thrilled to announce the publication of: Populism and Conspiracy Theories: Exploring Political Effects in Kenya" by Gilbert Kipkoech, investigating the impact of populist conspiratorial messaging on political engagement in Kenya. @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com

🎉 Award-Winning Article! 🎉 We're thrilled to announce that "Economic development, corruption, and income inequality" by Mathew Y H Wong has won the 2025 Politics Prize for Best Publication! @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com Read the winning article: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

🏆 2025 Jacqui Briggs Prize winner: Siobhan O’Neill. Huge congrats to Siobhan O’Neill for her vital work: "Decolonising politics curricula: Exploring the experiences and views of racially minoritised students." Awarded by @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @PSA_LTN. Read it here: tinyurl.com/3murnt97

An exciting talk about the benefits of policy field trips in teaching European politics at PSA #Teaching & #Learning Network Conference @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @royalholloway.bsky.social by @gbenedetto.bsky.social#

What's the biggest challenge in supporting student well-being? Discuss solutions at #TLNC2025 at Royal Holloway University of London! Panel 2: "Supporting students well" explores relational pedagogy, feedback literacy & more Thu 4 Sept, 13:30 | Moore Auditorium @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

1/3. We're thrilled to announce the publication of: "The South of Ireland during the interregnum: A Gramscian analysis of continuity and change," by Chris O’Ralaigh. @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com

1/4. We're excited to announce the publication of: "How populist are ethnic minorities? Populist attitudes and voting for populist parties in the Netherlands", by Niels Spierings & Kristof Jacobs. @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com

1/3. We are thrilled to announce the publication of: "Ethnic minority MPs, Conservative Party modernisation, and post-Brexit narratives of Global Britain," by Agnès Alexandre-Collier and Richard Hayton. Dive into the complexities of post-Brexit British politics! @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

1/4. New article alert! "The crown in crisis? Britain’s royal ontological (in)security in the post-Brexit age", by Christopher S. Browning & Tom Howe is out now. @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com

2024 Best Learning and Teaching Article published in Politics @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com @uofglasgow.bsky.social: we are happy to announce that the winner is Dr Donna Smith @drdonnasmith.bsky.social for her work on student communities. Details at: journals.sagepub.com/page/pol/col...

2024 Best Research Article published in Politics @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com @uofglasgow.bsky.social: we're happy to announce the winner is Bruno Schmidt-Feuerheerd @brunofeuerheerd.bsky.social for his work on violence in social movements. Details: journals.sagepub.com/page/pol/col...

1/4. We're excited to announce the publication of: "A new Elizabethan age: The Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) and the nostalgic politics of Anglofuturism", by Francesca Melhuish. @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @fransplains.bsky.social @sagepub.com

1/3. We're thrilled to announce the publication of: “The Declining Kingdom? Emotional Ascription, Emotional Expectations, and Humour in the International Framing of the UK in Crisis” by Anne-Marie Houde @annemhoude.bsky.social @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com

1/3. Excited to announce the publication of: "Democratic innovation for change: A participatory corrective to deliberative hegemony" by liver Escobar and Adrian Bua exploring how democratic governance can evolve beyond traditional frameworks to foster real change @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

1/3. New publication alert: "The role of gender in shaping the effect of volunteering on first-time voter turnout," by Stuart Fox, is now published! It explores how volunteering influences electoral participation among young voters, focusing on gender differences. @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

We are happy to announce that Politics @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com @uofglasgow.bsky.social has just earned an Impact Factor of 2.5 for 2024. We are consistently ranked Q1 in Political Science (63 / 322).

1/3. Excited to announce the publication of: "Teaching IR Theory in Westeros: The Game of Thrones Simulation". In this article, Seçkin Barış Gülmez explores how a Game of Thrones simulation can enhance undergrad learning of IR theory. @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com

1/4. We’re pleased to announce the publication of "Writing and sustaining the ‘Ummah’: Reification, alterity, and strategic framing in the official discourse of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation", by Kenneth Houston. @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com

1/4. We are pleased to announce the publication of a new article titled "Mind the Ethics Gap: Embedding Research Ethics into Student Fieldtrips to Conflict and Development Settings" by Birte Vogel. @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com

1/3. We’re excited to share a new article: “China’s Passport Power and Belt‑and‑Road Initiative: An Investigation of Passport Relations”, by Jason Hung. It reveals how China’s BRI has reshaped its global travel freedom and soft power projection. @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com

1/3. We're thrilled to announce a new article by Pedro Emanuel Mendes titled "The Power of Norms and Leaders in Constructing Normative Relevance: The Case of Timor-Leste." It explores how norms triumph over material power in international relations @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

Faster in processing manuscripts: we are happy to announce that the new data for Politics @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social @sagepub.com shows an average time of under 6 weeks from submission to first decision. We hope this will encourage more submissions 🙂

1/3. Excited to announce the publication of: “Cosmopolitanism, Law, and Narrative: An Interpretation of the Right to Narrate”, by André Murgia, which explores Homi Bhabha’s underexamined concept of the right to narrate as a tool for political agency. @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com

1/3. Excited to announce the publication of "The Joy of the Teaching Track: Learning and Teaching in Politics and International Studies" by Cathy Elliott, Ellen Watts, Kalina Zhekova, Keith Smith, Rose Gann & Madeleine Le Bourdon! @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com

1/3. New article out now! "Arts-based approaches to democracy: Reinvigorating the public sphere" by Malaika Cunningham & Marit Hammond. The article explore how participatory performance can foster democratic renewal in a time of crisis. @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com

1/3. Excited to announce the publication of "What (if anything) makes political parties indispensable?"by Pierre-Etienne Vandamme & Paul Lucardie Are parties essential to democracy, or could systems such as lottocracy or liquid democracy work without them? @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com

1/3. 🚨 New publication alert! 🚨 Does experience of democracy reduce ethnic economic inequality? Yuxiao Han & Zhiming Han explore how long-term democratic experience influences ethnic economic disparities in a study covering 57 countries (1992–2012). @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com

1/4. Excited to announce the publication of: "Participation as assemblage: Looking at developments in democratic innovations through an assemblage perspective" by Sonia Bussu, Marta Wojciechowska, Catherine Forde and Tayrine dos Santos Dias @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com

📢 New Publication Alert! 1/3. We’re excited to annouce the publiction of our latest article: "The Humanitarian Dilemma Reaches Europe’s Doorstep: The Belarus/Poland Border Crisis.", by Roee Kibrik and Piki Ish-Shalom. @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com

1/3. We're excited to announce the publication of our latest article: "Security Professionals and Public Opinion: Legitimacy, Publicity, and Brand Identity", by Michael Lister! @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com

1/3. 🚨 New Publication Alert! 🚨 We're thrilled to announce the publication of tha article: "African agency and soft disempowerment in the Chinese and American sports diplomacy", by Itamar Dubinsky. @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com

1/4. We're thrilled to announce the publication of our article, "The Policy Profile of Populist Parties in Europe: Policy Purposeful with the Competitive Advantage of Crises." by Giorgos Charalambous, Nicolo’ Conti and Andrea Pedrazzani. @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com

1/4. We are excited to share our latest article: "A Multiperspectival Approach to Democratic Theory: Five Lessons for Democratic Innovations, published in Politics", by @hansasenbaum.bsky.social @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com

1/4. We are excited to share our latest publication: "Divided by Morality? Moral Foundations of Affective Polarisation During Hard Times in Politics", by @victoriahaerter.bsky.social @mfilsinger.bsky.social and @freitagmarkus.bsky.social @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com

1/4. New article alert! "Children's literature and/as political critique: Storying the violences of exclusionary politics" by Lee Jarvis & Nick Robinson examines how children's books critique practices of exclusion and banishment @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @leejarvis.bsky.social @sagepub.com

We’re excited to welcome @sagepub.com to BlueSky! Follow them to stay informed and updated on the latest insights and research. #SAFE @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

1/4. We're thrilled to announce our new article: "The perception of insecurity and vote choice in national referendums: The case of Chile in 2022", by Santiago Berg Bilbao and Patricio Navia. @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @patricionavia.bsky.social #SAGE

1/4. 📢 New article: "The transgressive aesthetics of populism" by Zicman de Barros & Aiolfi analyses populism as aesthetic transgression bridging discursive & performative approaches through Rancière's concept of aesthetics @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @bolandeira.bsky.social @theoaiolfi.bsky.social

1/3. We are thrilled to announce our new article, "The ‘Going Out’ of Chinese Businesses and China’s Economic Statecraft". The article examines why China's top state banks & tech giants remain mostly confined to domestic markets despite global ambitions. @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #SAGE

🚨New Article Alert! 1/4. What explains equity-enhancing reforms under centre-right governments? Daniel H. Alves examines the mechanisms that enabled education reform and cash-transfer schemes in Brazil during the PSDB-led administration (1995–2002). @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #SAGE

1/4: We're thrilled to announce our new article: “An early-career lecturer and mentor walk into a lecture theatre . . . repeatedly: Developmental benefits of collaborative lecturing in political science.” @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @drdaalexander.bsky.social @scottawbrown.bsky.social

1/3. We’re excited to announce our latest research note: “Introducing the RefCFRI: A Continuous Indicator Comparing Referendum Campaign Finance Regulation in 143 Countries.” @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @toinepaulissen.bsky.social #SAGE journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

1/3. We’re pleased to announce the publication of Alex Yates article,"Pluralising Pluralism in the Study of Populism" The article challenges the common assumption that populism and pluralism are incompatible @alexyates2000.bsky.social @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

1/4. Excited to share our new article, "Alternative Archives: Researching Politics with Chunks of Reality". @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @luciavitale.bsky.social @henrymclaughlin.bsky.social @mrshoward.bsky.social #SAGE Check it out here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

1/3. We’re excited to announce our article, "Ecofascism in the shadow of 'patriotic ecology'" in Politics journal. It explores how far-right environmental politics evolved in France, especially during the 2022 elections. @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

1. Call for Papers: Politics publishes insights on innovative teaching, assessments, and technologies to improve education in politics and IR with original scholarship on best practices to advance educators and students. @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social

1. The article, "Differential and Resonant Solidarities: A Materialist Approach to the Early Career Experience" examines the challenges Early Career Academics face in neoliberal higher education. @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @carolineleicht.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...