You have work on politics in Europe, European integration or the EU? Submit it to next year's @epssnet.bsky.social conference section on "European and EU Politics“ 👇 @bjornhoyland.bsky.social & I are open to diverse proposals with a European dimension.

Last Friday (Sept. 19), @andduer.bsky.social, @mcortinaescudero.bsky.social, @yavuzmehmet.bsky.social and I had the great pleasure of hosting an excellent workshop at @unisalzburg.bsky.social on how to use Large Language Models #LLMs to boost International Relations research. A short 🧵1/4

Today at 16:00, I’ll be joining a great online discussion (with @sarahdingler.bsky.social ) on women in EU institutions—covering representation, careers, and change. Bonus: it’s virtual and the dress code is lounge (cocktails optional) 📧 Register at [email protected] #EUPolitics #WomenInPolitics

Happy to organize a workshop on LLMs and the study of IR in Salzburg at the @unisalzburg.bsky.social on Sept. 19 w/ @andduer.bsky.social @mcortinaescudero.bsky.social @yavuzmehmet.bsky.social Accommodation provided, financial support for travel possible. CfP here: markus-gastinger.eu/wp-content/u...

🌍 Attention #IRSky PhD & Master's students! ✍️ Applications are OPEN for the #SummerSchool of @ecprsgir.bsky.social ↪️ The Return of Great Power Politics: Foreign Aid, Trade, Security, and Global Governance 📆 8–12 Sep 📍 @ics-ulisboa.bsky.social ⌛ Submit by 26 May #PoliSky #InternationalRelations

We are inviting applications for a 4-year PhD position in International Relations at the @unisalzburg.bsky.social. Requirement: MA in Political Science or a closely related social science Application deadline: 2 June 2025 For more details, see tinyurl.com/5ew3auby #Polisky #poliscijobs

If you have a moment, please take the time to vote for the next ECPR SGIR Steering Committee. If you are not a SGIR member yet, you can apply to become one and then should still be able to cast a vote. Membership to individuals is free (you only need a MyECPR account). Many thanks to anyone voting!

Ok, @bsky.app, your time has come. Can #Bluesky topple X in terms of users? It should certainly be the goal! I'd personally also welcome #Bluesky to sell ads to keep growing. Seems like the surest way to tap funds fast to continue developing the infrastructure necessary to host 100+ million users...

🤩🎉Excited that our Summer School on Domestic Politics & Global Governance w/ insights from leading scholars & policymakers accepts applications ecpr.eu/Events/262 Curated by Bernhard Reinsberg, Eugenia Baroncelli, Dirk De Bièvre, Raphael Oidtmann, Lora Anne Viola & @markus-gastinger.eu 📣 APPLY NOW!

🚨🚨 The ECPR (@ecpr.bsky.social) Standing Group on International Relations (SGIR) has finally arrived on Bluesky! As a member of the Steering Committee, let me assure you that we have a few exciting things planned for 2024. Don't miss it and follow us on Bluesky now! Thanks!

(1/4). We are excited about @markus-gastinger.eu's new book, "EU Trade Agreements and European Integration: Commission Autonomy or Council Control?", which delves into 50 trade agreements shaping European integration from 1970-2009. Read the introduction here: cadmus.eui.eu/bitstream/ha...

Dr @lucykinski.bsky.social, Prof Diane Fromage and Prof Michael Blauberger explore how the EU Court of Justice and the German Federal Constitutional Court interpret their own and others' responsibilities in EU economic governance. Check out their findings here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Gabi Spilker (University of Konstanz) is looking for a Postdoc (potentially until 2032!) with a strong background in survey research methods. Gabi is one of the nicest people in the field, and this is a great job! The deadline is Feb 18, 2024. stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/4...

VACANCY: ***Associate*** Professor in Globalisation and Transnationalism at Maastricht University Application deadline: 29 January. Please RT/share ➡️ vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...

Prof Michael Blauberger and Dr @markus-gastinger.eu delve into the domestic politics of EU action on Hungary and Poland's democratic backsliding in the @jeppjournal.bsky.social. Check out all the insights here: doi.org/10.1080/1350... #EU #Democracy #Hungary #Poland #Research

Join us in for a GREAT Master programme in EU Studies taught entirely in English at the Salzburg Centre of EU Studies (@sceus.bsky.social), which is also a Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence (i.e., one of the world's leading institutions for studying the EU). No tuition fee for EU citizens! Apply now!

📣We are pleased to announce the winners of the Gordon Smith & Vincent Wright Memorial Prizes for articles appearing during 2023 Volume 46! The winners are: @klueserthan.bsky.social and Tamaik Ohmura & @stefaniebailer.bsky.social tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Congratulations! 🥰 Polisky 1/3

As a newcomer to both Bluesky and Threads, I am a bit at a loss here….Quite difficult to figure out what to use for which purpose….

#GenderSky, #EUsky check out the CfPs for the Robert Schuman Center workshops at the EUI 📆 18-21 June ⚠️ deadline 31 Jan If you work on gender & the EU consider submitting to the one Costanza Hermanin and I are organizing. Full info here: www.eui.eu/en/projects/...

"The Empire Strikes Back: Comparing US and China’s Structural Power in Outer Space" In this @gsqjournal.bsky.social paper, E. Tepper and I argue that the US holds significant structural power, thanks to its commercial sector and intl network. In open access: academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...

Glad to announce the publication of our special issue on "Reacting to the Politicization of Trade Policy", co-edited with Dirk De Bièvre & Scott Hamilton, in @jeppjournal.bsky.social. For all papers, see tandfonline.com/toc/rjpp20/3...

EUsky If you are interested in trade and EU institutions, do not miss this new book! 👇

Happy my book titled “EU Trade Agreements and European Integration: Commission Autonomy or Council Control?” came out in the UACES Contemporary European Studies series (Routledge). Introduction here: https://cadmus.eui.eu/bitstream/handle/1814/76147/Book_introduction_2023_Gastinger.pdf 🧵 (1/7)

Great paper by @markus-gastinger.eu Blauberger and Wonka in @jeppjournal.bsky.social !

🚨Publication alert🚨 New article in @jeppjournal.bsky.social with Arndt Wonka and Michael Blauberger on democratic backsliding in Poland and Hungary, studying public debates in Gazeta Wyborcza and Index/Telex.hu. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13501763.2023.2279245 Short 🧵 (1/7)

We just released the updated 2.2 version of the Design of Trade Agreements (DESTA) database. New agreements, withdrawals, protocols, and a long list of minor corrections. The new dataset is available for download at: designoftradeagreements.org

#BlueskyInitialAssessment Some scrolling issues on my desktop PC and I miss TweetDeck (though lists work reasonably well for now). Add a "BlueskyDeck", hashtags and make posts publicly available and Twitter may soon not only be gone in name only...

Joint bodies in action. Some interest groups wait anxiously for these meetings to fix the worst effects on EU-UK trade post-Brexit (those that can be fixed within the current trade framework). @andduer.bsky.social have written on this in @jeppjournal.bsky.social. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

the deadline for ECPG 2024 has been extended to Dec 15 @ecpr.bsky.social 🤓 we have reached a point where we’ll apply with more than one TaDa panel, so let us know if you’d still like to join us! we have a fantastic group of scholars including authors of two (!) R packages for QTA 😱

Is it possible to phase out coal and still win an election? Yes! Excited that my paper w @fergusgreen.bsky.social & Mikel González-Eguino on the electoral success of JustTransition policies in coalmining communities is now available OpenAccess at the APSR doi.org/10.1017/S000... Polisky

Obviously, once this step is taken user interactions on this platform will (blue-)skyrocket...

New publication (with Joseph Earsom): ‘A New Kid in Town? The Evolution of the EEAS Headquarters’ Involvement in EU Climate Diplomacy’ kluwerlawonline.com/journalartic...

Explore how populist EU governments influence intra-EU refugee redistribution and use 'unpolitics' to maintain a permanent crisis in a recent Journal of Common Market Studies article by @aripollservent.bsky.social and @nataschazaun.bsky.social. You can read it here: doi.org/10.1111/jcms...

I am immensely proud and happy to celebrate that my great friend @cwegscheider.bsky.social won the University of Salzburg's 2023 Dissertation Prize for his dissertation "Dissatisfied democrats?" Congratulations to Carsten and his excellent supervisors, Zoe Lefkofridi and @markuswagner.bsky.social.

Thanks @jeppjournal.bsky.social! Good way to keep track of who else in the EU studies community "made it here" 😉