🍊 PRX will be closing for the festive break 🎄 We wish our authors, reviewers, and readers a happy and peaceful holiday season.

🍊 Fresh out! @shimmelroos.bsky.social, Maija Jäske & Maija Setälä examine how information regarding the design features of an advisory mini-public affect the wider public's trust in the mini-public - based on the Finnish Citizens' Jury on Climate Actions organised in 2021. 👉 buff.ly/GuHhomY

🍊 Fresh out! Felix Bitterer & @simonkuehne.bsky.social examine why police officers in Germany hold more conservative political attitudes and how self-selection into the police force plays an important role. 👉 buff.ly/N2KthKS

🍊 Fresh out! Eliska Drapalova and @fredpaxton.bsky.social analyse four rounds of local elections across 670 Czech municipalities to show how the rise of independent local lists (ILLs) shapes the electoral performance of populist parties. 👉 buff.ly/KLjXHQZ

🍊 Fresh out! Filippo Tronconi, Davide Angelucci, Gianfranco Baldini present a new #dataset on Fratelli d’Italia elites. Examining demographics, experience, motivations & attitudes to explore party cohesion & voter dynamics. 👉 buff.ly/uY6rtYh #Italianpolitics #radicalright #populism

🍊 Fresh out! Marco Lisi ( & João Gaio e Silva explore how generational and populist dynamics shape views of representative democracy across Europe. 👉 buff.ly/kAzH7dV #Youthpoliticalrepresentation #candidateattitudes #populism #electoraldemocracy #directdemocracy

🔓 Wrapping up #OAWeek with some number crunching! 📈 In 2024, 77% of all articles published in our 5️⃣ journals were #OpenAccess – and we’re powering towards full #OA from Jan '26, thanks to our partnership with @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org 👉 Learn more: buff.ly/vDBfDq0 #PoliSky #IRSky #OpenScience

We hope you've enjoyed our #OpenAccessWeek info 📙 If you would like to publish #OpenAccess in PRX 👉 bit.ly/3NmIAfd 🧡 ECPR Members - remember to request your APC waiver code before submitting! 😍 And again, THANK YOU to our lovely authors for choosing us - the #OA O.G! 🫶

🤔Did you know that PRX is APC-free? 📚@ECPR supports #OpenScholarship & enables authors to share their work outside the traditional research community 💡We subsidise #OA costs for members 👀 See if your institution is a member bit.ly/3y4H1Lv #OAweek #ECPRMemberPerks

#OpenAccessWeek We thought we'd publish the percentage of #OpenAccess articles in PRX each year: 2019: 💯 2020: 💯 2021: 💯 2022: 💯 2023: 💯 2024: 💯 🤩 Yup - that's right, always 💯percent OA 👌 👉 Submit your article: buff.ly/ctFarPu

#OAWeek 🤷Why publish #OpenAccess? 🔎 Increase the discoverability & use of your research 🎓 Make an impact beyond the academy 🌍 Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere 📜 Comply with funder mandates @tandfonline

#OAWeek There are a few different types of #OpenAccess 🏅 We're proud to be a Gold OA journal 🔓 If you publish with us, the final published version of your article is permanently & freely available online for anyone, anywhere, to read Pretty great right? 🤩 👉 buff.ly/ctFarPu

🔓 #OAWeek 🤷What is Open Access? 💬 "making published academic research freely and permanently available so anyone, anywhere can read and build upon this research." @tandfonline Find out more 👉 bit.ly/4dIE5pR

#OAWeek 🤷 What is #OAWeek about? 💬"It's an opportunity for the academic & research community to continue to learn about the potential benefits of #OpenAccess" @sparcopen.bsky.social 👉 www.openaccessweek.org

🧡 It's #OpenAccessWeek, which for us is a chance to say a big THANK YOU to our lovely authors! 🥰 📙We appreciate your commitment to the spirit of accessible & fair scholarship by choosing to publish with a Gold Open Access journal 🫶 👉 buff.ly/ctFarPu #WhoOwnsOurKnowledge?

🍊 Fresh out! Mahalia Thomas (@viadrina.eu) uses a computational text classification model and a qualitative content analysis to examine the proportion of #hatespeech in manifestos, political speeches, and Twitter for three radical right parties in Germany 👉 buff.ly/Rk2eyRN

📙 Interested in publishing for our Gold #OpenAccess journal @prxjournal.bsky.social? 🆓 Member affiliates publish 𝐀𝐏𝐂-𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 ⭐ #ECPRMemberPerks 👉 Submit your article: buff.ly/QQ1Uwh4 💡 More benefits: buff.ly/04ncjbJ #JoinECPR #PolSci #ComparativePolitics

🍊 Fresh out! New #research challenges the idea that Brits won’t back #education reform. Authors from @northumbriauni.bsky.social examine the support for investing in education and how it needs to be framed for success. 👇 buff.ly/HzmqmIN

🍊 Fresh out! Petr Kokaisl examines how the presence of a functioning nation-state shapes national #identity in diaspora. 👇 buff.ly/Bqfnm8m

📙 Drawing on @prxjournal.bsky.social research, @rubenvanseveren.bsky.social shows why politically cynical citizens often praise the idea of #Referendums, but may not be enthusiastic when they take place. 👎 Low interest can mean low turnout, invalid results + wasted effort. ➡️ bit.ly/3VKlG5I

🍊 Fresh out! @kai-arzheimer.com introduces The Radical Right Research Robot (RRRR) 🤖 to demonstrate how 'bots' can play an important role on social media by sharing research, building connections and posting references. 👇 🗒️ buff.ly/NfTWBSY 📺 buff.ly/e2nsJmc

🍊Fresh out! How did THAT Oval Office meeting between Trump, Vance, and Zelenskyy affected the German public perceptions of the US? 🤵‍♂️ @ronaldschleehauf.bsky.social, @mariusfroehle.bsky.social, @judithreinbold.bsky.social & Sebastian Jäckle discuss 👇 buff.ly/RbnrAmi @pwunifreiburg.bsky.social

🍊 Fresh out! Pedro Emanuel Mendes explores the interaction between material and normative power in international politics through a comparative analysis of Timor-Leste 👇 buff.ly/MvVLarl

🍊 Fresh out! 🤔 Ruben Van Severen, Tessa Haesevoets & Arne Roets (all #Ghent University) examine the limits of top-down referendums to re-engage political cynics in a Belgian-Flemish municipality. 👉

🤷Why do left-leaning governing parties outsource public services to private contractors despite their ideological commitments? Roy Liff, Johan Berlin and David Karlsson adopt a novel, bottom-up approach analysing Swedish municipalities to find out. 👉 buff.ly/zIXBQs6

PRX Editor @mlorimer.bsky.social discusses the rise of the far right in this LSE blog. Check it out 👇

🏠 Need a home for your next #PoliticalScience article? 🔓 Want to publish #OpenAccess? 📙 Then check out PRX 👉 bit.ly/3UR55hb #PoliSky #IRSky #AcademicSky #Publishing

⭐️ Free to Read ⭐️ We hope you enjoyed #ecprgc25 🇬🇷 🥳 But wait, there's more! Our #OpenScience conference collection of 2024's most viewed #OA ECPR blogs and articles is still available to read! 🔎 Browse more - linktr.ee/ecpr.collect...

📢 ONE HOUR TO GO! #ecprgc25 📊 Open Science in Political Research with PRX & @ejprjournal.bsky.social 📆 Thursday 28th August ⏰ 13:30 – 15:15 EEST 📌 Law Building, Floor: Ground Floor, Room: Lecture room A ➡️ buff.ly/xSvXWbU

Spotted in the wild 🌿🫒 Our co-branded bottles with @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org are making their debut at #ecprgc25 📚 Join our Editorial Teams this afternoon to talk about the partnership – and all the exciting things that lie ahead 🔓 #OpenAccess 📍 ECPR Hub @ Expo Hall, Law Building ⏰ 15:45–16:45

📢 JOIN US TODAY #ecprgc25 📊 Open Science in Political Research with PRX & @ejprjournal.bsky.social 📆 Thursday 28th August ⏰ 13:30 – 15:15 EEST 📌 Law Building, Floor: Ground Floor, Room: Lecture room A ➡️ buff.ly/xSvXWbU

📢 TOMORROW #ecprgc25 📊 Open Science in Political Research with PRX & @ejprjournal.bsky.social 📆 Thursday 28th August ⏰ 13:30 – 15:15 EEST 📌 Law Building, Floor: Ground Floor, Room: Amphitheatre B ➡️ buff.ly/xSvXWbU

⭐️ Free to Read ⭐️ Need something to read on your way to #ecprgc25? 🇬🇷 Why not try this #OpenScience conference collection with 2024's most viewed #OA ECPR blogs and articles? 🔎 Browse more - linktr.ee/ecpr.collect...

📝 Join us – add to your itinerary #ecprgc25 📊 Open Science in Political Research with PRX & @ejprjournal.bsky.social 📆 Thursday 28th August ⏰ 13:30 – 15:15 EEST 📌 Law Building, Floor: Ground Floor, Room: Amphitheatre B ➡️ buff.ly/xSvXWbU

At PRX we are all about💡big ideas & 🍊 fresh insights 🔶Check out panels featuring our Editors & Assoc Eds at #ecprgc25 @lisazanottiphd.bsky.social @mlorimer.bsky.social @steven-vanhauwaert.bsky.social @yulengzeng.bsky.social @paologerbaudo.bsky.social 🧵A thread 👇

🤷 How to respond to reviewer comments? ✅ Highlight changes in your manuscript. ✅ Detail changes point by point. ✅ If you disagree, explain why. 🧡 Engage in dialogue with peers for constructive feedback! 👉 bit.ly/4jgFkPQ #PoliSky #AcademicSky #IRSky

⭐️ Free to Read ⭐️ Planning on joining us at our #ecprgc25 Publishing Panel? 🇬🇷 Take a look 👀 at this #OpenScience conference collection first! We've gathered 2024's most viewed #OA blogs and articles to spark⚡️discussion! 🔎 Browse more - linktr.ee/ecpr.collect...

⏰If you've been asked to review a manuscript but are worried you won't meet the deadline 📅Email [email protected] & we can extend it! 👍Specific, constructive & focused feedback is ALWAYS worth the wait. #PoliSky #IRSky #AcademicSky

📢 One week to go #ecprgc25 📊 Open Science in Political Research with PRX & @ejprjournal.bsky.social 📆 Thursday 28th August ⏰ 13:30 – 15:15 EEST 📌 Law Building, Floor: Ground Floor, Room: Amphitheatre B ➡️ buff.ly/xSvXWbU

🤔Worried you don't have the experience to be a peer reviewer? 😃The MOST important requirement is that you’re knowledgeable on the specific topic of the paper 🙌 ECRs use the methods they're reviewing daily & are THE BEST placed to identify strengths & weaknesses! #PoliSky #IRSky #AcademicSky

🇬🇷 We can't wait to see you all at #ecprgc25 📊 Open Science in Political Research with PRX & @ejprjournal.bsky.social 📆 Thursday 28th August ⏰ 13:30 – 15:15 EEST 📌 Law Building, Floor: Ground Floor, Room: Amphitheatre B ➡️ buff.ly/xSvXWbU

Why should you #PeerReview? ✏️ Improves your own writing ⚖️ Maintains the integrity of scientific literature 💭 Access to the latest thinking & new research 🤗 Become part of a journal's community 🎖️ Boosts your career #PoliSky #IRSky #AcademicSky #Publishing

🏅 We're proud to be a Gold Open Access journal 🔓 If you publish with us, the final published version of your article is permanently & freely available online for anyone, anywhere, to read OA all the way!🤩

📙Why publish in PRX? 🧡 Dedicated Editorial team who'll give helpful feedback ⏲️ Quick turnaround times 🔓 Gold #OpenAccess 🆓 No APC fees for @ecpr.bsky.social members 💻Easy to use submission system (Format free - Yippee) Ready to submit 👉 bit.ly/3H5k1n6

🤷What type of manuscripts do we accept? 📝Research Articles 🗒️Research Notes 📊Data Note 📚State of the Art Reviews Submit yours here 👉 bit.ly/4jgFkPQ #PoliSky #AcademicSky #IRsky #Publishing

📙 Hello from PRX 🔓 We are @ecpr.bsky.social's ECPR's original Gold #OpenAccess journal 🏠 Home for innovation in #PolSci 🌱 Looked after by Editors @lisazanottiphd.bsky.social @mlorimer.bsky.social @steven-vanhauwaert.bsky.social #AcademicSky #Polisky #IRsky