Can social media shift policy - even in authoritarian regimes? @anaineslanger.bsky.social, Hua Wang & @j-duckett.bsky.social explore how China strategically responded to online #COVID19 concerns. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/oLQoSVT @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com

Very pleased this article is now out. Using a comparative case study approach of positive and negative cases of policy change, we identify the factors that made it more likely for the Chinese government to respond to peaks of attention in social media during the early phase of the COVID pandemic.

The cfp for this year's @polcomm.bsky.social preconference at APSA is now open, and we are also organizing a mentoring scheme for early career scholars not willing/able to travel to Canada this year. Information below!

📣We are hiring!🔥I'm looking for a PhD & Postdoc. 🔍Research focus on far-right parties, movements & ideologies in int'l perspective, with emphasis on the ways in which the far right is embedded in everyday culture. (2 further positions available, please share!) uni-tuebingen.de/fakultaeten/...