Thanks to everyone who joined us at our MA Open Day last Saturday! 🎓 It was great meeting so many prospective students and sharing what studying with us is all about. Curious to learn more? Check out our program pages: www.ru.nl/en/education...

🚨 Departmental Newsletter 🚨

Assistant Professor of International Relations #ECPRMemberJobs 🎓 PhD degree in International Relations 🏫 @radboudpol.bsky.social ⌛ Fri 27 March buff.ly/Zncytlm #PolSciJobs #PoliSky #AcademicSky

🚨 Job Alert 🚨 For an NWO-funded project, @roderikrekker.bsky.social is advertising a PhD position on Factual Belief Polarization and Attitudinal Consequences 👇👇👇 www.ru.nl/en/working-a...

🚨Job Alert 🚨 We are looking for an Assistant Professor in International Relations, with a specialization in Global Political Economy (additional expertise in Climate Governance and/or European cooperation welcome). Apply and come join our fantastic team! 👉 www.ru.nl/en/working-a...

SUMMER SCHOOL CLIMATE ACTION BEYOND GOVERNMENTS (22-26 Jun'26) Business,cities,& civ.society are stepping up, but greenwashing concerns are rising. Work on integrity challenges, and codevelop roadmaps (e.g.,for cities,businesses) Register by: 15May; Radboud Univ.(NL),more: www.ru.nl/en/education...

🚨 PhD Vacancy Alert: 'Just Education' 🚨 www.ru.nl/werken-bij/v...

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🔥 English Final Time! 🔥 @radboudpol.bsky.social vs. @unicologne.bsky.social - two outstanding teams, one last debate and an English final, packed with sharp arguments, passion and true European spirit 🇪🇺 Who will convince the jury? Let the final begin! 💬✨ #NRWdebattiertEuropa

🥈 #2 Most Read 🗣️ Parlasent: mapping sentiment in political discourse with large language models ✒️ Michal Mochtak (@radboudpol.bsky.social), Peter Rupnik, Taja Kuzman & Nikola Ljubešić (all Jožef Stefan Institute) 🔗 buff.ly/AYFnfNm

Our project #NRWdebattiertEuropa has grown from a regional format into a cross-border European project with English-language debates. Last year already joined by @radboudpol.bsky.social - this year we are looking forward to welcoming @maastrichtu.bsky.social! www.uni-due.de/politik/nrwd... #UDE

🕯️Happy Advent 🕯️ To celebrate the start of December, here's a rare thread from us on something very special: this amazing short film, entitled 'The life of a Political Science student', made in 2000 and featuring our department. The film is available here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPEw... 1/9

‘Uit onderzoeken blijkt dat de inhoudelijke meningsverschillen onder burgers vele malen kleiner zijn dan die tussen politici of stemmen in de media.’ Carolien van Ham @casperthomas.bsky.social @groene.nl @radboudpol.bsky.social #democratie www.groene.nl/artikel/onze...

On 29 January 2026, students will once again take the floor at @unidue.bsky.social to debate: • Online hate speech • Trump's tariff policy • Open borders in Europe With amazing teams from @unicologne.bsky.social, @maastrichtu.bsky.social and @radboudpol.bsky.social! 💪 #UDE #NRWdebattiertEuropa

🚨 Publication Alert 🚨

🚨 Publication Alert 🚨 Miguel A. Rivera-Quiñones with a new article in @ripejournal.bsky.social titled "Racism, colonialism, and tax havens: tracing the offshore world’s hidden histories" - check it out here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

In her MA course on applying theoretical approaches to conflict, @haleyswedlund.bsky.social brought out the legos - for students to redesign global justice and build the future of conflict studies amidst a rapidly changing world. A playful way to end a 'heavy' course!

Our experts were busy explaining the Dutch election - outcomes, voting behavior, coalition dynamics, etc. - to a wide range of international and national audiences, across different outlets. Check out a selection here: www.ru.nl/en/about-us/...

🚨Publication Alert 🚨 Our own @angelawigger.bsky.social and co-author with a new piece in Policy Studies, exploring how unit labour cost scoreboards remain firmly embedded in EU post-crisis governance. This reveals the persistence of competitiveness logics. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🚨 Publication Alert 🚨 Our own Tine Molendijk and co-author with a new article in @plosone.org on the linkage between military decorations and moral injury. Check it out here: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Ooof. Our Dutch election experts were *busy*. You could have spotted them all over international (CNN, NYT) and Dutch media (NOS, NRC, NPO), blogging and podcasting away. Links soon to follow!

HEADS-UP! 🚨 On Wednesday October 29, the Netherlands will holds its 9th (!) legislative elections of the 21st century. I will continue to post disproportionately about my country of birth and citizenship (but not of residence) in the coming weeks. This will be my thread for Dutch news! 🧵

Please, join us tomorrow for Georg Löfflmann's book talk and discussion with Cora Lacatus (CGD Director) and Angelos Chryssogelos (London Metropolitan University) on the Trump presidency and the study of populism in IR.

The fourth article in Global Society 39(4) is "Repression and Alliance Formation: A Gender(ed) Approach to Interethnic Cooperation During Conflict" by Shelli Israelsen (@radboudpol.bsky.social). Be sure to give it a read! #Repression #Gender #OpenAccess www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Good primer from @theguardian.com on the Dutch elections, with comments from Koen Vossen (@radboudpol.bsky.social), @casmudde.bsky.social and - rather humbled by the company - me. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity. 1/n

Join us next week! Anna Lia Brunetti (@univie.ac.at ) & @beluabdala.bsky.social (@unisalzburg.bsky.social) will be presenting their work on the moderating role of citizen's meanings of voting. Sarah Birch (KCL) and Carolien van Ham (@radboudpol.bsky.social) will discuss.

🚨 Publication Alert 🚨

🚨Blogpost Alert 🚨 Reinout van der Veer, @meibauir.bsky.social & Michal Onderco on populism, technocracy & international organizations (in 🇳🇱): stukroodvlees.nl/populisten-o... This work builds on research recently published in @ejprjournal.bsky.social and @ejir.bsky.social (links below).

🚨Tine Molendijk benoemd tot bijzonder hoogleraar 'Morele Dilemma’s' 🚨 Het College van Bestuur van de Radboud Universiteit heeft haar goedkeuring gegeven voor de aanstelling van Tine Molendijk als bijzonder hoogleraar 'Morele Dilemma’s van Multilaterale Militaire Operaties'. Welkom (terug)!

It's real! "The No-Fly Zone in US Foreign Policy" in hand and successfully launched at @radboudpol.bsky.social today 🥳 - get your copy here (bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-no-fly-z...) and/or ask your library to stock it! 🙏

🚨 Public Service Announcement 🚨

Our staff in the news! www.ru.nl/en/about-us/...

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.

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