Come study with us at @genderrhul.bsky.social @rhulpir.bsky.social! We offer an interdisciplinary Masters in Gender Studies, with an intersectional focus, and we welcome students of all gender identities and lived experiences of gender. 🌈♀️

Thinking tonight of that time when things were going very badly for the Argentine military junta so they decided to reclaim the Falkland Islands....

Thrilled that my new research w/ @kiranstallone.bsky.social on Bogota's Manzanas del Cuidado -- Blocks of Care -- is now published via the @genderrhul.bsky.social and Ladysmith: we find that feminist care policy *is* possible and reproducible across contexts! pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/files/699028...

My new article with Anna Elomäki and Claudia Weisner analyses how, despite international policy conversations about building caring economies, even countries well-poised to invest in care after COVID-19 did not do so: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10..... @rhulpir.bsky.social

For @policyoptions.irpp.org, I wrote about how Canada lags its European and Anglo peers in electing women to parliament, how that harms their reputation, and, drawing on research w/ @dzobrien.bsky.social & Amanda Clayton, why voters prefer gender parity. policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/10/gend...

Publication day! In @poppublicsphere.bsky.social, Verónica Pérez-Bentancur, Cecilia Rocha-Carpuic & I use data from Chile, Uruguay, Argentina, Guyana & South Africa to propose a new framework for analysing "feminists vs conservative" battles over abortion reform. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

I understand we want to explain large-scale complacency, but let's be clear: authoritarianism is *not* boring for women, minoritized individuals, immigrants, dissidents & everyone whose existence and rights are actively threatened by the regime. Erasing the harms is part of how complacency wins.

The point is not only to make parents, families, and people feel guilty; the *main* point is to make *women* *be* guilty. This whole shebang is deeply tied to the Trump's administration efforts to return women to their 'proper' roles in hearth and home and to police their bodies and their choices.

An amazing thank you @cwolbrecht.bsky.social & @sfranceschet.bsky.social for choosing my article 'Women Leaders and Pandemic Performance: A Spurious Correlation' for the 20th anniversary of @politicsgenderj.bsky.social! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Happy to be featured in this new video from UN Women discussing barriers to women's political participation-- and for all the women aspirants out there, why 'it's not you, it's them'. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QLy...

It has been an honor to participate in @msmagazine.com's podcast, Looking Back, Moving Forward, with @carmenriosss.bsky.social. In this episode, we talk about how feminists worldwide have redefined democracy ⤵️ msmagazine.com/2025/07/16/j...

I cannot believe I'm in the same podcast as Dolores Huerta and Goveror Maura Healey. Subscribe today for the new @msmagazine.com podcast on feminist futures with @carmenriosss.bsky.social! 🔽

It was so lovely to spend the day with smart gender and politics scholars, learning about such new and wonderful work! Thank you so much @ioannagkoutna.bsky.social & @payoub.bsky.social!

We have a new pathway for gender equality in the US. I am proud to have partnered with the Los Angeles-based Gender Equity Policy Institute to coauthor a new policy brief on taking a gender lens to public policy. thegepi.org/roadmap-equi...

I am here at the @ecpr.bsky.social Joint Sessions in Prague and I am happy to answer questions about the journal!

It was my pleasure to serve as the opponent for Juan Diego Duque-Salazar's PhD defense at @uupeace.bsky.social on Friday! Felicidades to Juan Diego for a fantastic project on gender and political ambition in contexts of high election insecurity.

I am honored & humbled working w/ Amanda Clayton & @dzobrien.bsky.social. Our latest @apsrjournal.bsky.social shows that gender quotas do *not* erode legitimacy: across democracies, voters prefer legislatures w/ gender balance to those w/ male dominance, full stop. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Two fab presentations by @jennpiscopo.bsky.social and @hannahrphill.bsky.social (and also Leah McCabe on abortion policy) for the Women and Politics group panel on the 2024 elections. Such important work here

Everyone is most welcome to join Professor Laura Sjoberg talk about her upcoming book on Tuesday 6th May at 4:30pm and the networking and general get together afterwards - [email protected].

2025 EGEN Prize Announcement: We are thrilled to announce the results of the 2025 prize competition. The EGEN prize committee selected 5 Prize Recipients and 3 Honorable Mentions this year! @tiffanydbarnes.bsky.social @teele.bsky.social @mirya.bsky.social

Enjoyed talking with @representwomen.bsky.social today about Claudia Sheinbaum's first 100 days (even though it was a while ago). You'll have to wait for the full interview to hear why I think Sheinbaum's newfound status as 'Trump Whisperer' is absolutely a gender story.

If you read French, I enjoyed talking w/ Marie Billon about women in UK politics for @mediapart.fr. I am quoted on the smaller margin of error for women left and right, and how right-wing women need to over-demonstrate their conservative credentials to be taken seriously by their parties.

A very nice visit to Oxford yesterday to present at the Nuffield politics seminar!

Ready for two days of working with the National Assembly in Ecuador on making parliament more gender sensitive.

I'm in Ecuador on behalf of IPU, to lead a gender sensitive parliament exercise for the National Assembly. I take heart in the international and national organizations still committed to realizing women's rights!

My smile does not match the topic: my spot on Swedish Radio talking about Trump's threats to US univesities. sverigesradio.se/play/artikel...

So happy to be back in Uppsala for a great book workshop with @elinbja.bsky.social & @parzetterberg.bsky.social, some lovely dinners with friends, and a stop at Swedish radio to talk about gender research in the era on Trump!

Thrilled to be in Brussels at the UN Women Expert Group Meeting on social norms and women's political participation. Backlash is real, but I take heart that global efforts around ending gender inequality are not going away.

But her emails. apnews.com/article/dona...

The chaos, the confusion, the anxiety, the wrenches thrown into the gears of institutions... everything that makes you want to close your eyes and ears, find a way ignore the noise, and just go back to figuring out how to get through your regular day. That's exactly the point. 1/3

Interesed in social media data? Check out this new report on data use, availability, and storage from the great New Political Communication unit at @rhulpirp.bsky.social, authored by my smart colleagues @andreucasas.bsky.social @benoloughlin.bsky.social & Georgia Dager. osf.io/preprints/so...

We are growing at EJPG -- submissions are up, our impact factor is climbing (2.3), and we have a new associate editor! We are thrilled to welcome the wonderful Anna Elomäki to our team at @ejpgjournal.bsky.social!

My new piece in @pspolisci.bsky.social: % of gender & LGBTQIA+ articles in 6 polisci journals. Takeaway: gender articles abt ~6%; LGBTQIA+ articles, <1%. Nearly all use quant methods & men are greater % authors than their % membership in respective APSA sections. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Thank you to OtrosDiálogos of the Colegio de México for inviting me to reflect on whether this is, indeed, the century of women in Latin America (my answer: yes). My essay in Spanish here: otrosdialogos.colmex.mx/__trashed-5

An excellent analysis from @carinzissis.bsky.social & Maria Fernanda Benavides on why 2024 was not time for women in the US -- but it was in Mexico (including quotes from @labaldez.bsky.social about quotas and me about women in the GOP). vozyvoto.com.mx/articulo/por...

My interview in @folha.com about Harris's loss and Trump's win-- and why even a Democratic man or a mainstream Republican could not have won this election. www1.folha.uol.com.br/mundo/2024/1...

Thanks again to @velshimsnbc.bsky.social for inviting me on to talk about why diversity initiatives boost corporations -- and why some corporations are bowing to political and social pressure to back off. www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/w...

Thank you for having me @velshi.bsky.social! DEI boosts company performance and actually enhances merit-based recruitment-- and those opposed never acknowledge these facts.

Absolutely honored and thrilled to be at the University of Stellenbosch to discuss strategies for combating gender and election violence.

Welcome new followers! Amazing to see you all here. I research & write about women's political representation globally, but especially in the Americas. Nothing better captures what I do than my interview w/ Carin Zissis in @foreignpolicy.com comparing US & Mexico: foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/15/w...

Why the US cannot elect a woman president is because... it's actually generally still a hard thing to do! My clip yesterday from @velshi.bsky.social @msnbc.com.web.brid.gy. www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/w...

Thanks @drmalligaoch.bsky.social for watching and for taking such a snazzy photo!

In one hour, I'll be on @msnbc.com.web.brid.gy @velshi.bsky.social to talk about why the US cannot seem to elect a woman president - what a depressing few minutes of fame, but here we are! Join me: 11.45 am EST / 4.45 pm BST.

Wednes, Nov 6 was a tough day -- but I was truly happy to be in Madrid, presenting at the Instituto de Políticas y Bienes Públicos & discussing US elections results at Club de Europa/Círculo de Bellas Artes, accompanied by the amazing Marta Fraile, Cristina Gallach & Máriam Martínez-Bascuñán.

Completely unable to smile while broadcasting live this morning from El País in Madrid. I managed a grimace.

I really enjoyed speaking w/ @soleil.bsky.social at the San Francisco Chronicle about why the 'women might secretly vote for Kamala Harris' ad has made Republicans go bananas.... and how women's votes could matter this election.

My latest 'hot take' for the Center for American Women & Politics -- win or lose, as the first woman of color to secure a major party nomination, Kamala Harris's legacy will never be just her own. (Also, double standards are enraging.)

Madrileños y madrileñas, join me on 6 Nov! 12 pm: My talk at Instituto de Políticas y Bienes Públicos on 'The Women's Rights Era: 50 Years of Gender Equaltiy Advocacy and Reform'. 7 pm: My panel at Casa Europa on US elections, w/ amazing analysts! www.circulobellasartes.com/humanidades/...

For Newsweek, I situated Kamala Harris's potential US election among the dearth of women leaders worldwide: www.newsweek.com/map-shows-al...

Are you in Madrid and want to see what a US political scientist who studies gender and politics 'looks like' after US election day? Come for my talk about women's rights across the globe; stay for the US election chatter (panic?) that will surely follow! Thanks to Marta Fraile for the invitation!