New article published by our own @bertjanverbeek.bsky.social Jutta Joachim, Chris Nijhuis, and Andrej Zaslove (with @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social ) in @cambridgecria.bsky.social 👉 'The foreign policy of populist governed Middle powers: Italy and the Russia-Ukraine war' 👉 doi.org/10.1080/0955...

🚨 New publication by our own Nora Stel in the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies! 🚨 👉 ‘The dog that barks doesn’t bite’? Non-performativity in migration diplomacy: EUropean-Lebanese engagement on refugee return to Syria' 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1369...

New article published by our own @bertjanverbeek.bsky.social Jutta Joachim, Chris Nijhuis, and Andrej Zaslove (with @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social ) in @cambridgecria.bsky.social 👉 'The foreign policy of populist governed Middle powers: Italy and the Russia-Ukraine war' 👉 doi.org/10.1080/0955...

New Publication! ✈️

The first monthly pick is an #OpenAccess article by Shelli Israelsen (@radboudpol.bsky.social), "Repression and Alliance Formation: A Gender(ed) Approach to Interethnic Cooperation During Conflict". Be sure to give it a read! #Repression #Gender #Conflict www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Inspired by our #Warwick friends, we have decided to Rebrand™️. Our Brand Proposition motivates through innovative synergies, powerful purpose, and marketing values uniquely derived from our strategic positioning, all of which collectively shape our value-driven mission. This is #beneath.

📝Take a look at this article by Niels Spierings @nellageurts.bsky.social‬ @radboudpol.bsky.social "Understanding the Religiosity-Political Participation Linkage among Muslim Women". 🔓Available in #OpenAccess in Politics of the Low Countries (Vol. 5 No. 3) at: plc-journal.eu/article/view...

Radboud is at #EWIS2025 💪

Yesterday, 12 MA students from @ausis.bsky.social (SIS-AU) visited us, accompanied by AU's Christine Greetings and Dan Schneider. They worked through two intensive workshops with our own Saskia Ruth-Lovell, Daniela Stein and @bertjanverbeek.bsky.social - a great day was had by all!

Our own Koen Vossen with his take on Geert Wilders and the Dutch coalition's collapse in @theguardian.com : www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We have a newsletter! Check out the first edition to learn more about our department 😍 & stay tuned for the next edition!

You walk out of that final oral exam and think 'this was the last time I had to do that'. Cue 20 years later and it's time for the Research Assessment Committee meeting. 😱

In a thrilling encounter under calm skies and the watchful eyes of a small but enthusiastic crowd, our staff team emerged as unlikely 9–7 victors over the Bachelor students in today’s departmental football clash. Can they repeat this momentous feat against the Master students next week? #matchday

In a thrilling encounter under calm skies and the watchful eyes of a small but enthusiastic crowd, our staff team emerged as unlikely 9–7 victors over the Bachelor students in today’s departmental football clash. Can they repeat this momentous feat against the Master students next week? #matchday

🚨 Publication Alert 🚨 In this article in 'Thesis Eleven', our own Gaard Kets (together with @mathijsvdsande.bsky.social) argues that the Paris Commune of 1871 can be understood as a 'distributed ecology' - check out what that means for social movements here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Yes, hi, can we ask how much sooner, we have a research excellence evaluation in two weeks.

Get to know us and our work here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y1_...

Our own Michal Mochtak has won an NWO Open XS grant for his project on DIY deepfakes in political science experiments - wheee! 🤑 Check it out here: www.nwo.nl/en/researchp...

🚨Publication Alert 🚨 Rosa Kindt with a new article titled 'Does it matter if you're left or right? Studying left- and right-wing populist citizens' support for deliberative mini-publics' out now in @repjournal.bsky.social - check it out here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🚨 Jobs! 🚨 We are hiring two (!) postdoctoral researchers on polarisation, misperceptions and politicisation of science (with the amazing @roderikrekker.bsky.social) Deadline 📅 1 June '25 All info here: www.ru.nl/en/working-a...

🚨Publication Alert 🚨 Our own Jutta Joachim has co-edited the newly published 'Handbook on Gender and Security' - wow! All info here: 👇 www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/han...

🚨 Last chance to apply! Join our research project on effectiveness, integrity & synergies in cooperative climate action as a post-doc 🗓️ Deadline: 30 April — fast approaching! 📌 Apply now: www.ru.nl/en/working-a... @esg-journal.bsky.social @radboudpol.bsky.social @ribesresearch.bsky.social

Coincidentally also how we hire new staff. #saintradboud

We're currently undergoing a research assessment (as part of our faculty), and everyone is a bit nervous but also excited to showcase our excellence. Basically, we haven't felt this alive since that one brief solo in our 5th grade choir rendition.

Afschrikking is niet genoeg! 👊🔥 Willemijn Verkoeren en Reinout van der Veer met een opiniestuk over Nederlandse veiligheidsprioriteiten, in Trouw: www.trouw.nl/opinie/opini...

Our own @angelawigger.bsky.social (left in the picture 👇) won the Radboud education award for her "innovative and holistic approach" to teaching, and for demonstrating "how education, research and engagement can be combined in meaningful ways". 😍 Congratulations!

Last week, we welcomed PhD candidates from the @forsvarshogskolan.bsky.social & the Netherlands Defence Academy for a four-day workshop in Nijmegen and Breda. 🤗 With our PhDs and staff, they discussed research on, e.g., disinformation, crisis decision-making, and civil-military relations. #security

De deals die Trump maakt zijn geen vredesovereenkomsten In 2020 volgde ik de onderhandelingen tussen Trump en de Taliban op de voet. Nu hij vijf jaar later aan zijn 2e termijn is begonnen, zie ik een herkenbaar patroon in zijn vluchtige onderhandelingsstijl. Mijn analyse: www.nd.nl/opinie/opini...

Our own Sanne Weber was on #TRTWorld to comment on the complexity of peacebuilding in Colombia's increasingly violent context. Check out her argument for a holistic approach to peacebuilding, esp. investment in the development of marginalised regions, here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OooF...

Onze eigen Koen Vossen met zijn gedachten over de Duitse politiek, Friedrich Merz en de erfenis van zijn voorgangers. www.groene.nl/artikel/grot...

Onze eigen Nora Stel reflecteert voor nu.nl op de veiligheidssituatie in #Syrië: www.nu.nl/syrie/634965...

Can videogames shape public understanding of artificial intelligence? Check out this blogpost co-authored by our own Guangyu Qiao-Franco: blogs.prio.org/SecurityDial...

📢 Publication Alert 📢 Our own Marcel Wissenburg has co-edited the "Handbook of Environmental Political Theory in the Anthropocene", with a total of 53 contributors. Magisterial! www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/han...

It was a pleasure to welcome @radboudpol.bsky.social Prof. Afrim Hoti from University of Prishtina, Kosovo 🇽🇰. Afrim shared his fascinating hands-on experience during a lecture on postwar state-building in Kosovo. Looking forward to deepening our connections with our 🇽🇰 colleagues!

To all my ISA friends:

Marcel Wissenburg, Koen Vossen en @bertjanverbeek.bsky.social spraken met 35 alumni politicologie in de Haagsche Kluis over de Duitse verkiezingen en de gevolgen daarvan voor Europa en de wereld. Het was een erg leuke avond vol interessante discussies met betrokken Radboud politicologen!

📢 Job Alert 📢 Our own Alex Lehr is hiring a postdoctoral researcher (28 months, 0.8-1 FTE) on sustainability policies of small and middle-sized companies - check it out here and share widely: www.ru.nl/en/working-a...

📢 Publication Alert 📢

Onze eigen Nora Stel is genomineerd voor de prestigieuze 'Vrouw in de Media Award 2024'! 😲 Bekijk de lijst met genomineerden en lees hier hoe je Nora kunt steunen: vidm.nl/vrouw-in-de-...

🚨 Postdoc Fellow at LSE in Political Behaviour 🚨 We're hiring a 2-3 year postdoc fellow at the LSE to join our great department (with some teaching in political behaviour and comparative European or EU politics) Please spread the word and reach out with questions! jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

We are advertising a PhD student position in polisci for research on democracy, autocracy, and international cooperation. Come join a great team on a critical question of our times! Deadline: 6 February👇 www.su.se/english/abou...

Good morning! We are ready to welcome you all at our beautiful location in Bruges. Views on point at #Etmaal2025 🌄

It's happening! 😍 Our first @ecpr.bsky.social standalone conference, from 9-10 June at @qmul.ac.uk! 👉 Registration for papers & panels is open! 🍿 👉 Kindly brought to you by @profannikawerner.bsky.social @dafnoukos.bsky.social @leoniedejonge.bsky.social @sajuria.com @stijntvankessel.bsky.social 🙌

Check out this amazing conference from the @ecpr.bsky.social SG on extremism and democracy - our own Andrej Zaslove and @meibauir.bsky.social are co-chairing two sections on challenges of populism/radicalism! 👇👇👇

🚨 Call for Abstracts 🚨 Cora Lacatus, @gloefflmann.bsky.social and I want your abstract 📜 for our section on 🐍'Deception and Truth in Populist Political Communication' 🐍. All info below 👇

We made a starter pack consisting of...us! 😱 Check it out here: go.bsky.app/PT9YsT9

Listen up, #FPA and #IO and #Security and #Dutchpolitics folx - the one and only @bertjanverbeek.bsky.social has joined us on here! Give him a follow! 💪

🚨 Publication Alert 🚨 Our own Gaard Kets with a co-authored article on the Paris Commune of 1871 and how conceptualizing it as an 'organisational ecology' can contribute to our understanding of both past and present social movements. Historical AND topical - best combo! 😎 doi.org/10.1177/0725...

Check out this amazing introductory volume on all things #populism! 👇 (Coincidentally heavily Radboud-infused 😉)