Check out this new paper by @ucdpolitics.bsky.social PhD candidate @linettelim.bsky.social on how and why Chinese authorities portray foreign media as a threat, and why it matters.

My team at the Crowd Counting Consortium (@djpressman.bsky.social, Soha Hammam, & Chris Shay) has shared a big data update, covering all recorded US protests through Jan 2026. Some key takeaways 🧵:

How do democracies weigh intelligence and counterterrorism cooperation with autocracies? My study with Stephan Lau of German views on ties with Egypt shows that reports of rights abuses and meddling reduce public support. First fifty copies free! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #PublicOpinion

Friends, can I ask you to spread the word that we have a THREE-YEAR postdoc in American history at Cambridge up for grabs - ANY field, but applications are due March 1 so don't delay - apply, apply, apply! networks.h-net.org/jobs/69790/u...

Really excellent point. A lot of political/influencer grift stems from blocked ambition. They couldn’t make it via the normie route, but feel they deserve more. So they grift.

🎉 I am excited and grateful to share that the second chapter of my dissertation is now forthcoming in the @thejop.bsky.social. it has been a long journey. Hours, thoughts, and re-assessments at each stage of the study, but it is finally here🥲 www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... 1/9

Plagiarism detection on 500k publicized Chinese dissertations uncovers widespread hidden misconduct that predicts adverse political selection and poorer civil service performance, from Zhuang Liu, Wenwei Peng, and Shaoda Wang www.nber.org/papers/w34747

Ever scrolled through a social media debate and felt like someone was pulling the strings? Dozens of different profiles, different tones, different identities — all converging on the same narrative, as if it were self-evident. Some of this noise can now be generated by AI swarms. 1/7

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Authoritarian regimes have increased their share of global CO2 emissions and now account for >60%, with implications for climate governance journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Im Sommer werden wieder zwei Gedenkstättenfahrten angeboten. Alle Infos und die Möglichkeit zur Anmeldung findet ihr hier: www.bvb.de/de/de/aktuel...

📢 We’re hiring: Research Fellow – Financial Crime Policy RUSI is seeking an experienced Research Fellow to lead our work on financial crime policy, tackling issues from money laundering and fraud to terrorist and proliferation financing. Apply by 9 February: https://bit.ly/4odf9fA

Good news - I'm hiring at Durham University! 1-year full time postdoc in Space Security - looking for someone to join me at the Space Research Centre and a Northeast England based space tracking/analytics company to work on geopolitical analysis in Space Domain Awareness. Details 👇👇👇

“Figures compiled by staff in 8 major eye hospitals and 16 emergency departments across [Iran] reveal that at least 16,500-18,000 people have been killed and 330,000 to 360,000 injured…At least 700 to 1,000 people have lost an eye.” www.thetimes.com/world/middle...

Perennial reminder of this excellent paper about how secret police forces are swamped with underachievers “We don’t want clever people. We want mediocrities.” (Ungated summary here ajps.org/2019/10/08/w...)

🧵In my expert opinion as a researcher of vehicle ramming attacks, what has been publicly described in the video evidence does not support the claim that Renee Nicole Good was attempting a deliberate ramming attack when she was shot in Minneapolis on January 7, 2026. 1/7

🚨 We’re hiring an Assistant Professor in Political Science ⏰ Deadline 4th January 2026 🙋‍♀️ Any questions, please reach out 👇

Join us! Wir bieten eine volle Promotionsstelle für drei Jahre @powimz.bsky.social - Verlängerung um weitere drei Jahre möglich. Alle Details hier 👇

There's been much speculation about the 1,000 tons of #yellowcake removed by convoys from Arlit #Niger since late November. This article suggests they have been airlifted by a Russian military Antonov in several flights, via the al-Khadim airbase in eastern #Libya and Turkish airspace, to Russia.

🫵WE WANT YOU 🎓 Are you interested in political communication, negative campaigning, and social norms? Are you experienced in quantitative methods? Do you have good rain clothes? Then our postdoc position might be just for you: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies... Thank you for sharing. Merry Christmas

PhD opportunity at the University of Oxford. The Morelli scholarship funds a doctoral student to work with me on on democratic backsliding, strategies of democratic defense and regeneration, or the rise of illiberalism. Deadline Jan 9. More information at users.ox.ac.uk/~ssfc0073/

📣 We're hiring a postdoc in political science for our ReJust project @uni-konstanz.de! Project with Dirk Leuffen @leuffen.bsky.social and Urs Fischbacher 3-year position | Deadline: Dec. 15, 2025 | Start: April 2026 Please share widely 🙏

🎉 New publication 🎉 Why do #youngpeople vote for the #AfD? This question has kept our research project busy for quite some time, so I'm beyond excited that our first article - co-authored with @timonscheuer.bsky.social - is now out in #GermanPolitics! 🤩 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📣 Application deadline extended: The new application deadline for the Academy in Exile Fellowships is 30 November! Are you a researcher who is under threat because of your academic work or civic engagement? Then apply now! 📍KWI Essen / @tu-dortmund.de INFO: www.academy-in-exile.eu @mellon.org

The Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions is now acceptable applications for the 2026-27 year. Please share and encourage people to apply! Post Doctoral application apply.interfolio.com/177609 Visiting Scholar application apply.interfolio.com/177613

⭐Only 3 days left to apply! I am hiring a Postdoctoral Fellow at Queen's University in Kingston for #AMALTHEA, a 3 year Horizon Europe project on how gender shapes radicalisation & extremism. Apply if you work on gender, qualitative methods, or terrorism studies. www.queensu.ca/cidp/call-ap...

Ok, just wow. If the content of this article is right, this is depressing. We're slowly reaching the point where ~100% of what I was taught in Social Psych was either innocently wrong or plainly frauded onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

We are looking for reviews of the following: John Schwarzmantel & Helen Beetham: Deformations of Democracy: David Beetham in Contemporary Politics Leigh Jenco, Paulina Ochoa Espejo, Murad Idris: Political Theory: A Global and Comparative Introduction @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

This is a remarkable case of Chinese authorities threatening a UK university into halting research on human rights violations, and the university acquiescing.

Hier eine kurze Übersicht über die Angebote des Datenportals für die Rassismus- und Rechtsextremismusforschung in der neuen Ausgabe der ZREX.

We are hiring a PhD student to join us at the @hertiesecurity.bsky.social (start Sept. 2026)! If you want to conduct research on topics related to digital authoritarianism, state repression, contentious politics or social movements online, then this job might be for you!

Bär added that Germany has “excellent conditions for conducting research”, including that academic freedom is protected in the constitution. “This is our big advantage and we champion it,” she said, adding that the Global Minds Initiative had attracted “strong demand”.

Are you interested in research on corruption/illicit finance/kleptocracy? We are hiring a Research Fellow at @acdatacollective.bsky.social: acdatacollective.org/wp-content/u... Please share in your networks, this could be a great gig.

🚨Job Alert 🚨 4 year pre-/post-doc position available at Erfurt, German required - IR/int. security (different specializations possible: intelligence, surveillance, migration, West Asia, North Africa, humanitarianism): jobs.uni-erfurt.de/jobposting/0...

Exciting new job in Landau 🤩 We’re searching for a Professor of Political Psychology (W2). Very much looking forward to your applications – if you have any questions, please reach out to me. jobs.rptu.de/jobposting/3...

LSE's Department of Methodogy is searching for an Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science. Applicants from across the social sciences are very welcome! Please reach out if you would like any more details.

We're hiring an Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science ❗ 📚 jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... Apply before 26 October and join an internationally outstanding group of social science methodologists 🌎

Apply now for the Spring 2026 POMEPS Virtual Research Workshops! The deadline to apply is October 15, 2025. For more information on how to apply, visit: pomeps.org/call-for-app...

🚨 Call for Papers 🚨 Interested in the impact of tech disruption & geopolitical shifts on intelligence practice and research? Join us at the June 2026 Intelligence College in Europe Academic Conference in Munich. 📌 Submit abstracts by 14 Nov 2025 💡 No fee, catering included ➡️ tinyurl.com/3r9tpk7n

🚨 Job Alert U. de Montréal 🚨 Assistant/Associate Prof: Politics or IR of China If that sounds like you and you speak some French, please consider applying for this job. Our dept is ultra-friendly, support is good, and Montréal is amazing! Reach out with any Q?s tinyurl.com/y9trt5va

📢 For my DFG project “The Role of Religiosity in Delinquency among Christian and Muslim Youths,” (ReliDeli) I am looking for a research associate: 🔗 en.kfn.de/wp-content/u... #Sociology #Psychology #PoliticalScience #Criminology 👇

The Dept of Govt & Law at Lafayette College invite applications for a shared tenure-track position in International Relations and/or Comparative Politics at the rank of Assistant Professor commencing July 1, 2026. For more info: pomeps.org/job-posting-...

📢 Only 6 days left to apply for @timep.bsky.social's Bassem Sabry Fellowship! If you're an international candidate based outside of the US, under 35, proficient in English and Arabic, and committed to a better MENA region, don't miss out on this unique opportunity timep.org/2025/08/08/o...

New job ad: Assistant Professor of Quantitative Social Science, Dartmouth College apply.interfolio.com/172357 Please share with your networks. I am the search chair and happy to answer questions!

🎓📢 We’re hiring! Come join us @uni-muenster.de 🇩🇪 as a W3 Professor in Political Science (🌍 IR & ♻️ Sustainability) 💼 Permanent position 📍 Münster, Germany 🕒 Deadline: Sept 26, 2025 jobs.zeit.de/jobs/w3-prof...

Swedish Defence University advertises two postdoc positions focused on narrative geopolitics, or how emotional and widely circulated narratives shape international security, great power relations & geostrategic rivalry. fhs.varbi.com/en/what:job/... fhs.varbi.com/en/what:job/... Deadline: 31 Aug

We are looking for a lecturer in Comparative European Politics at Oxford. Join an incredibly stimulating intellectual environment. It is a 5-year position that should be great for early career researchers. Please get in touch if you have any questions.

🚨 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...

📢 University of Warwick is hiring two Assistant Professors (apply by 17 July 2025): •International Relations (Conflict & Security): www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNR672/a... •International Organisations: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNR770/a... #PoliSciJobs #PolScijobs