🆕 Friends in high places 🤳 @allernelin.bsky.social, Maiken Røed of @ecprinterestgroups.bsky.social & Gunnar Thesen compile survey data and daily news to highlight links between the media notability of #InterestGroups and their organisational connections to political parties 🗞️

Happy to share this new paper, published open access in the European Journal of Political Research.👇

📣Publication alert! New article just published online in @ejprjournal.bsky.social: “Organizational ties to political parties and interest groups’ news coverage”👇 cup.org/4cx2WOM Ahead-of-print and Open Access! 🧵[1/12]

📣Two days left to apply for this Postdoctoral Fellow Position (3-4 years) in international politics, comparative politics, or political data science. The successful applicant will be part of the ERC project, “Waging of War” (WOW) - PI Scott Gates.👇 www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

📢 New book chapter 👥 Elin Haugsgjerd Allern (ISV) & Vibeke Wøien Hansen @vibekewoien.bsky.social 🔎 Interest Groups in Norwegian Politics: Strategies, Access, and Influence 📖 Published in Oxford Handbook of Norwegian Politics 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/oxfo...

📢 New book chapter 👥 Elin Haugsgjerd Allern @allernelin.bsky.social, Målfrid Braut-Hegghammer, Kristoffer Kolltveit & Bjørn Erik Rasch 🔎 Introduction: Norway, A Stable Democracy in Flux 📗 Published in Oxford Handbook of Norwegian Politics 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/oxfo...

I am thrilled to announce the publication of the Oxford Handbook of Norwegian Politics! Over 70 scholars from various institutions in Norway and abroad have contributed their expertise and insights to 48 chapters on different aspects of Norwegian politics. A short🧵 global.oup.com/academic/pro...

I am happy to see that Maiken Røed's, Vibeke Wøien Hansen's (@vibekewoien.bsky.social), and my paper on the relationship between party-interest group ties and political influence is one of the highly viewed articles in @polstudies.bsky.social Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/h7NaH4Y

Wonderful news!💫 Congratulations, Jacob!

Five days left to apply for this PhD fellow position!👇

📣1 PhD fellow position open at Department of Political Science, University of Oslo. 👉We invite applications from excellent candidates in all sub-fields of political science. 📅Deadline: September 1st, 2025 www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

📢 New article 👥 @liserodland.bsky.social, @vibekewoien.bsky.social & @allernelin.bsky.social 🔎 Party Receptiveness to Interest Group Diversity: Evidence From Policymaking in Six European Democracies. 📖 Open access in Governance @govjournal.bsky.social 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/gove...

Political elites are important. Some, for example, post classified info on Signal. If you do research on political elites, and want to go to Oslo on September 1-2, 2025, we have the workshop for you. Deadline is in one week! Find the call for papers here: bit.ly/WhoGovWorksh...

I am looking to hire a post-doctoral researcher to work with me in a project on social cleavages and political party competition in Europe: lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/... Happy to answer any questions, and thanks in advance for circulating the call!

One week left to apply for this postdoctoral fellow position!👇

Six days left to apply!👇

Last week, @liserodland.bsky.social defended her PhD thesis “Interest Groups and Political Representation in Long-established European Democracies” with great success! Congratulations, Lise!👏 You'll find links to the already published articles and the complete thesis below (1/4)

📣CfA for a PhD Research Fellow Position (three years or four years incl. teaching) as part of the EU-funded Horizon Europe Consortium "Sustainable Public Administration in Modern Democracies" (SUPA) - PI Yves Steinebach. The application deadline is 4th February 2025. www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

IN LATEST ISSUE: Maiken Røed, @allernelin.bsky.social & @vibekewoien.bsky.social examine the relationship between party-interest group ties and political influence in @polstudies.bsky.social: https://buff.ly/4gJYHAe (OPEN ACCESS) #ECRs @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social

Three days left to apply for this researcher position!👇

📣 Call for Applications! Our department is seeking to hire 2-4 Associate Professors in Political Science. Come join us! 🔸Stimulating research environment 🔸Friendly, international workplace 🔸Oslo’s rich opportunities for culture and outdoor activities www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Come and join us! We are recruiting a researcher (with PhD) for a three-year position as part of the EU-funded Horizon Europe Consortium "Sustainable Public Administration in Modern Democracies" (SUPA) - PI Yves Steinebach. The application deadline is 16 December 2024.

The Norwegian Political scientists (working at Norwegian institution or born with skies) STARTER PACK is here! go.bsky.app/PFZAWUX (please send recommendations!)

Just to make sure that our new generation of researchers does not get less attention than more senior scholars, I have made a starter pack with PhD researchers in Political Science go.bsky.app/MYHYycU

The starter pack I was searching for but couldn't find. Great for scholars, journalists, and anyone looking for research-based takes on current events. Please reply to this message or DM if you want me to add you, or anyone else, to the list 😊 go.bsky.app/315MyLR

My and @johannarickne.bsky.social 's paper on the ”Class Ceiling in Politics” is now out in the APSR with open access! We describe the key findings below. 1/9

Funded PhDs! The call is open for PhDs at the European University Institute (pics) in Florence. 4 yrs full funding + generous research funds. History, Law, Pol+Soc Sci, & Econ. Most grants are limited to member states, do check. Some international grants. Due: 31 Jan 25 www.eui.eu/en/services/...

So happy to see our paper on explaining interest group position-taking across partisan policy dimensions published in @jeppjournal.bsky.social ! By combining data on party, voter and interest group positions, @liserodland.bsky.social and I show that: 🧵 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📢 New book chapter 🌟 👥 Elin Haugsgjerd Allern @allernelin.bsky.social and Vibeke Wøien Hansen @vibekewoien.bsky.social 🔎 Political parties, interest groups, and the public policy process 📘 Published in Handbook on Lobbying and Public Policy, Edward Elgar Publishing 🔗 doi.org/10.4337/9781...

Five days left to apply for this postdoctoral fellow position!👇

Five days left to apply for this postdoctoral fellow position!👇

Less than 10 days left to apply for our PhD fellow positions!👇

We have now released version 3.0 of WhoGov which expands WhoGov up to 2023. In total, it contains data on 58,670 cabinet members in 177 countries, adding up to 9,153 country-years. You can download it here: politicscentre.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/whogov-datas...

📣1-3 PhD fellow positions open at Department of Political Science, University of Oslo. 👉We invite applications from excellent candidates in all sub-fields of political science. 📅Deadline: September 1st, 2024 🔗 www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

📣We are hiring! Please share! 👉Postdoc 3-4 years, part of the part of the project “Energy turbulence, the political response” 🇳🇴 Department of Political Science, University of Oslo 📅 Deadline: September 10th, 2024 🔗 www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

📣We are hiring! Please share! 👉Postdoc 3-4 years, part of the ERC Project “Systemic Effects of Crises on Policy-Making in Modern Democracies" 🇳🇴 Department of Political Science, University of Oslo 📅 Deadline: September 10th, 2024 🔗 www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Advanced Master's students or PhD Candidate,& keen to expand your perspective, knowledge and network on lobbying and advocacy?The Summer School of the ECPR Standing Group on Interest Groups in Dubrovnik (24-29 June) provides unique insights and gathers academics and practitioners. shorturl.at/AKTV5

🚀Launch your research career!🌟We are seeking 2 passionate PhD researchers (4 yrs) & 1 Postdoc (3 yrs) for the #ACCESS4ALL project @MaastrichtUniversity. Join our quest to explore sociodemographic biases in EU lobbying 🌍. Apply now 👉PhD: rb.gy/c8iok4 👉Postdoc: rb.gy/1097on

🔍 Full-time Post doc(s) on my ERC project on 'Advocacy, Social Media & Political Representation' @ Department of Political Economy, King's College Background in polsci, soc data/computer science, polcom, etc. 📅 March 6, start date negotiable Shares appreciated 👏 1/3 www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/084546-...

Our article “Party-interest group ties: The resource exchange model revisited” is published in the latest issue of European Journal of Political Research (Volume 63, Issue 1). #OpenAccess. 👇 ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The Department of Political Economy at King's College London is hiring in political behavior www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/083946-... @ecpr.bsky.social @apsa.bsky.social behavoursky polisky commsky

Only one week left to apply! The deadline is February 15.👇

We are planning the first WhoGov Workshop to be held in Oslo on the 29-30th of August 2024. We welcome all research using WhoGov in some capacity and we have funding to cover travel expenses for participants. Find the call for papers through the link or use the QR code: bit.ly/WhoGov_Workshop

📢CfA for 4-year Postdoctoral Fellow Position at the Dep. of Political Science @UniOslo. 75 % research, 25 % teaching, open to applicants from all subdisciplines. Come join us! 🔸Stimulating research environment 🔸Friendly, international workplace 🔸In vibrant, green Oslo

🚨Calls for Papers and Panels for @ecprinterestgroups.bsky.social at the 2024 GC of @ecpr.bsky.social Chairs: @vibekewoien.bsky.social and myself Where? In the fair city Dublin 🇮🇪 Submit your proposals to S43 under our lobbying and IG plitics themes 🙂 ecpr.eu/Events/Event... Deadline: Jan 18

Do governments respond to public opinion? Why does inequality keep rising? Amazing new volume just dropped with so many new insights on these and other questions (I was part of two of the chapters). Best part: The whole book is Open Access! www.cambridge.org/core/books/u...

Maiken Røed’s final PhD paper, a PAIRDEM based article, is published online in Political Studies. Maiken, Vibeke W. Hansen, and I examine the relationship between party-interest group ties and political influence. doi.org/10.1177/0032... 👇 Open Access.

Happy to share a new LSE EUROPP blog post, by Vibeke W. Hansen, @simonotjes.bsky.social, David Marshall and me, based on our latest EJPR journal article on party-interest group ties and resource exchange, as my first ever Bluesky Social post. blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

Do you work with large data & are interested in political elites & revolving door politics? Work with me @ Strathclyde, Glasgow, in a 4 year-research-only postdoc, fully funded by WV Foundation. Polisky Post-Doctoral Researcher (570123) strathvacancies.engageats.co.uk/Redirect.asp...

Just to let you all know that Interest Groups and Advocacy (one of the two official journals of APSA's section on political organizations) can now be found in this space too. Pls share and follow ;-) @igajournal.bsky.social Interest Groups & Advocacy | palgrave