Check out our latest findings from our research on online abuse against women in politics!

Read our response to the Government's Post-16 Education and Skills White Paper, published today: https://bit.ly/48z0QOe

"Britain really is that island of strangers, yet the sense of social alienation that is now a quintessentially contemporary British experience has been forged by economic and political decisions, not immigrants" www.theguardian.com/world/commen...

Is it just me, or does the number of emails that should be replied to with a "I am not your PA" grow every year?

One would think that nurturing "critical thinking" should be a priority for a left-wing government... www.timeshighereducation.com/news/mainten...

🎓 Opportunity for #PhD candidates in party research! 📢 On behalf of #PRUF, we’re sharing the call for the 17th Düsseldorf Graduate Conference on Party Research (#GraPa) 🗓️ 29–30 Jan 2026 🇩🇪 @hhu.de ⌛ Apply by 17 Nov 2025 🙏Many thanks to Peter Obert & Thomas Poguntke for sharing this opportunity!

✈️ #ecprjs26 is heading to @polsciuibk.bsky.social (7–10 April 2026)! 💡 Got a workshop idea? As @ecprsgpp.bsky.social , we can endorse one proposal. 🤝 If you’d like our support, please email @kweissenbach.bsky.social or @pcorreavila.bsky.social by 23 September

Don't miss our business meeting today at 5:45pm!

Looking forward to the ECPR conference in Thessaloniki!

⛓️ "La conexión entre el discurso político de la extrema derecha y la violencia callejera es un hecho ya innegable". El análisis de @annalopez.bsky.social sobre los incidentes en Murcia. 🔗

📢 The deadline for @ecprsgpp.bsky.social is approaching! 📍Apply by Wednesday 9 July (midnight, UK time) 🗓️ 22–26 September 2025 🇩🇪 @unidue.bsky.social 🎓 Andreas Blätte, @kweissenbach.bsky.social, @rotu.bsky.social,‬ @pcorreavila.bsky.social, Sebnem Yardimci-Geyikci, Simon Franzmann, Thomas Poguntke

The deadline is approaching!!! Please share with your PhD students.

The ECPR Standing Group on Political Parties is finally on Bluesky! @ecprsgpp.bsky.social Check its page for updates on our activities! Next deadline is in June for the Summer school in Political Parties ecpr.eu/Events/339?f...

La política española suspende en diversidad desde hace 30 años - elpais.com/espana/2025-...

"Three in five 2024 Labour voters are still backing them - but the others have splintered in three directions" (quite surprised they still keep 3 in 5) www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

If Reform (Richard Tice MP in BBC Today) says you are listening and learning, you might want to think a bit more about what you are doing...

Right. If you want to know what's really going on, we're going to have stop falling for the spin & asking better questions. What on earth was Palantir's top UK dude doing anywhere near this? And why has neither govt revealed the sweetheart tech deal? broligarchy.substack.com/p/a-secret-u...

Los técnicos trabajan ahora en la recuperación de la tensión que ha empezado por zonas cercanas a Portugal y Marruecos. Una vez que se recupere esa tensión en el sistema, y se haga llegar a las centrales, estas podrán arrancar para recuperar la normalidad

🔴 ÚLTIMA HORA | Varapalo de la jueza de la dana a la Generalitat: “Gravísima inactividad con resultado mortal” mientras el Cecopi parecía “una burbuja”

The importance of due diligence when identifying "experts" www.theguardian.com/media/2025/a...

And we close the academic side of a very successful second day of PSA25 discussing the future of Britain @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

🌟 Fantastic Day 1 of #PSA25, incl. a powerful opening keynote by Prof. Rosie Campbell @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social on ‘What next for the study of #PoliticalRepresentation? Shifting identities, #CultureWars & the quality of #democracy’ Looking forward to Day 2! #politicalstudies #politics

Very happy to have been part of this panel at today's PSA ECN event at Aston. If you are an early career scholar, check them out! They have lots of initiatives for you to join and benefit from.

Reallly looking forward to #PSA25 next week. If you're interested in democracy & political parties, please come and join us for the roundtable on my recent @uchicagopress.bsky.social book Parties under Pressure. Wed, 16 Apr, 3.30pm, The Rep-LOB102. @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social. tinyurl.com/bp7tpr4a

#PSA25 *A Week Away* Programme & schedule now online. Delegate Guide & conference app out soon.

We are getting ready to have a fantastic PSA conference! We even got the fair 😉... @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @stephenholdenbates.bsky.social See you soon in Birmingham!

Save the date! Join us on the 9th of April to learn more about the future of Birmingham!

⏰ PSA25 registration deadline 24 March⏰ Join us and over 800 delegates for #PSA25 in Birmgham 14 - 16 April. 3 days of international research, exchange and networking. buff.ly/hIifyhG

If you are interested in doing a PhD or know somebody interested, please look at all these opportunities from the College of Business and Social Sciences at Aston University. Spread the news! www.findaphd.com/phds/program...

Can we go back to when universities did not use the word "corporate" so many times?

Come and join our research team! Application closing in one week @tomob-nz.bsky.social

New special issue on political mobilization @karinakosped.bsky.social @anika-gauja.bsky.social @kweissenbach.bsky.social Here we observe which party activists are more inclined to get informed through party websites @pcorreavila.bsky.social & O.Barberà journals.sagepub.com/toc/ppqa/31/2

I loved the campus trilogy! www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...