Does lobbying access actually mean lobbying influence? In our new @jeppjournal.bsky.social paper we try to answer this key question in interest group politics and lobbying by exploring models of access = influence translation. Check it out here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.... is #OA

Tomorrow 😊

Attending the Government Partnership Global Summit next week? Join us for a vibrant discussion on the resilience of civil society in a fragmented world! Together with Rasa Bortkevičiūtē, we will present the first results of the Resilient Civil Society project!

🚨 New report out now: (to what extent) is the UK NGO sector under pressure? pure.qub.ac.uk/files/655682... We are excited to share the first findings of the Resilient Civil Society project! @wmjunk.bsky.social @thegoodlobby.bsky.social @ecprinterestgroups.bsky.social

Attending the Government Partnership Global Summit next week? Join us for a vibrant discussion on the resilience of civil society in a fragmented world! Together with Rasa Bortkevičiūtē, we will present the first results of the Resilient Civil Society project!

🚨 I am looking for a new colleague @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social at HAPP is looking to hire a permanent 🙂 lecturer in International Public Policy. Apply here: www.qub.ac.uk/sites/QUBJob... @ecpr.bsky.social @ecprinterestgroups.bsky.social @psaireland.bsky.social

🚨📢 I am hiring a PhD candidate /research assistant in Swiss Politics and/or Comparative Politics (100%)! 🚨📢 Je recrute un·e assistant·e diplômé·e en science politique en politique suisse et comparée! Please join me @unil.bsky.social, Switzerland! Thanks for sharing! polisky @sspunil.bsky.social

🚨 I am looking for a new colleague @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social at HAPP is looking to hire a permanent 🙂 lecturer in International Public Policy. Apply here: www.qub.ac.uk/sites/QUBJob... @ecpr.bsky.social @ecprinterestgroups.bsky.social @psaireland.bsky.social

I missed #ecprgc25 this year but my colleague and co-author Rasa Bortkeviciute presented our work with @wmjunk.bsky.social on interest groups' responses to crisis and turbulence.

Thrilled to share my new publication @epsrjournal.bsky.social! When we think of lobbying, we often picture big businesses or NGOs. But regional governments lobby, too! But what makes govts-as-lobbyists successful? I study intergovt lobbying success based on a multi-year data collection effort

Thrilled that our article is published open access @annualreviews.bsky.social! We review recent strides in the study of lobbying & flesh out 1) transaction, 2) persuasion and 3) mobilisation mechanisms with @garlicksauce.bsky.social & @heathbrown.bsky.social www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

Why do interest organizations network with their opponents? @marcelhanegraaff.bsky.social, Andrea Pritoni, @wmjunk.bsky.social & @michelecrepaz.bsky.social examine the logic of brokerage. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/qWmDNXp @sagepub.com @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social #polsci

I've had the privilege of reviewing Maraam Dwidar's excellent new book @uchicagopress.bsky.social It provides answers to several long-standing questions on lobbying. And, most importantly, it can provide HOPE in times where many might need it the most ... link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Excited to have presented our first #ReCiv output at the @psaireland.bsky.social public policy workshop 2025! ReCiv discovers the impact of crisis and turbulence on interest groups/CSOs. Delighted to be working with amazing colleagues @wmjunk.bsky.social and Rasa Bortkeviciute. Very exciting!

Why do interest organizations network with their opponents? @marcelhanegraaff.bsky.social, Andrea Pritoni, @wmjunk.bsky.social & @michelecrepaz.bsky.social examine the logic of brokerage. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/qWmDNXp @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsci

Working with "the enemy" is a wide-spread lobbying strategy! In our new article, we study the logic of brokerage & how brokers between opposing policy positions can secure advantages in lobbying. doi.org/10.1177/0032... with @marcelhanegraaff.bsky.social Andrea Pritoni & @michelecrepaz.bsky.social

Which groups get what they want without having to lobby? In this new article, we revisit theories about structural power & link them to patterns in preference attainment across 7 European countries & at EU level. With @michelecrepaz.bsky.social & Marcel Hanegraaff #InterCov @psjeditor.bsky.social

Also new @michelecrepaz.bsky.social and De Francesco "Incremental lobbying reform: the patchy case of Italy" link.springer.com/article/10.1...

www.politico.eu/article/belg... Again?!? what is happening with lobbying and the EP

☀️ Join the @ecprinterestgroups.bsky.social Summer School and/or our Research Workshop! Let students and colleagues know 👇 📆 6 – 11 Jul 📍 Maastricht University ⏰ Apply by Tue 8 Apr ecpr.eu/Events/324

Who do interest groups follow in the European Parliament—and why? 🤔 @adrianabuneauib.bsky.social, @ibenskasr.bsky.social, and Florian Weiler @weareceu.bsky.social investigate how MEP power and policy proximity shape these ties on Twitter. 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

❗New year, new you? Fancy starting a PhD in under 10 months' time? We have several openings with deadlines from 8th January

We are looking for many new colleagues in political science at University of Oslo. Currently, we have calls for: Up to 4 Associate Professors (with possibility of promotion to full): www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... 1 Postdoc: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... 1 PhD: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

New SI on lobby reg in @igajournal.bsky.social updating 2017 SI, and 1998 SI on @hansardsociety.bsky.social Other than fantastic intro by Raj Chari, 8 (!) more papers on on DE, IE, EU, CH and US, themes of #foreignlobbying, #selfregulation #lobbyingreform. www.palgrave.com/gp/journal/4...

Read this and more new research on interest groups and advocacy in the new issue available here: link.springer.com/journal/4130...

Good new one from @michelecrepaz.bsky.social in @igajournal.bsky.social on lobbying transparency link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Just added @bertfraussen.bsky.social to this starter pack on interest group & lobbying experts go.bsky.app/LU255wB

CfA for a 4 year PostDoc Position at our Research Group at Humboldt University in Berlin. Great people, great job, great city! Come and join us!

🚨🚨Two tenure-track positions in the European Institute @LSE: 1. European Politics and Policy jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... 2. Political Economy jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... It's a really great place to work. Consider applying! I won't be in the search committee but happy to chat. 1/2 polisky

We’re hiring 2 assistant professors in political science at King’s College London @kcl.ac.uk Department of Political Economy. 1) Political Behavior www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/083946-... 2) Gender and Political Theory www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/083947-... PSJMInfo polisky

We are hiring at the PolSci department at @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social. Tenure, open to all subfields, can apply for professor promotion immediately (on merits). Top international department, green and buzzing capital city of Oslo, high quality of life, great for families! www.finn.no/job/fulltime...

I wrote a short piece on Romania's (recently cancelled) presidential election and it's implications for democracy. The decision to cancel the second round will do even more damage to an already fragile democracy. There will be follow up piece next week. www.thejournal.ie/readme/roman...

🔍 NEW We’ve just added 3000+ new meetings to our Open Access database of Government meetings with external organisations. Check out the new data here ⤵️ openaccess.transparency.org.uk

Counting will go on for a while but I'm just leaving this here for later 😅 Oversized coalitions are not necessarily less stable. And, they are most likely to form when the stability of potential MWCs is uncertain #GE24 🇮🇪 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🇮🇪Hoy se celebran elecciones en Irlanda. Un país rico, con un centro-derecha moderado que gobierna desde hace un siglo y un primer ministro que puede perder por un vídeo de 40 segundos. Lo cuento con la ayuda de @michelecrepaz.bsky.social y @lizcarolan.bsky.social www.eldiario.es/internaciona...

Very happy to have contributed to this excellent strategy guidance note by Raj Chari for the #UN Committee of Experts on Public Administration #Lobbying registers and #transparency can be now treated as instruments to address SDGs publicadministration.desa.un.org/sites/defaul...

#GE24 🇮🇪 and a take from 🇪🇦 @mariaramirez.bsky.social www.eldiario.es/internaciona...

From Covid to Kanturk: aggregated support for parties and Independents throughout the electoral cycle (February 2020 to November 2024), based on 154 opinion polls. Latest estimates: pollingindicator.com Data: github.com/Irish-Pollin... #GE24

My @news.rte.ie article today focuses on trends in voter turnout over time and in a comparative perspective, measurement issues, satisfaction with democracy, the age gap in turnout, and the implications of low turnout. #GE24 ➡️ www.rte.ie/news/electio...

Our paper on trust and trusworthiness is out, where we test a model of competence, benevolence, and integrity in 5 countries. We find these are generally consistent across people and countries, with benevolence being most important in determining trust judgements. doi.org/10.1111/1475...

Big poll in tomorrow's Sunday Independent.

#Polisky folks: Bocconi University is looking for AP in Environmental Politics & Policy 🌏 Offer: Great group of political scientists working at awesome social science university in a fabulous city 🙌 🚨 Deadline: 30th of November Please share 🔁 Apply 🔗 & ℹ️ : jobmarket.unibocconi.eu?type=&dep=SPS

The political finance system in Ireland is actively hostile to accountability We need usable data And we need vendor-side transparency on election expenses - if Meta can do it, so can JCDecaux Me in the @irishtimes.bsky.social today www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2024...

Turning up the heat🫣 #GE24 🇮🇪 www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Second, the full data set of the InterCov project is now publicly available containing 2 survey waves across 7 countries + the EU and items on lobbying during the pandemic. See also our forum article in European Union Politics summarising the design choices. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

First, a piece out now in print @jepp.journal.bluesky.social on the potential of citizen lobby. Through 2 survey experiments, we find that when governments actively engage with citizen lobby, this has robust positive effects on political support. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Interrupting mat leave for a 🧵 on work that recently appeared on interest representation, lobbying and political attitudes together w co-authors Caelesta Braun, Hannah Werner, @sharonvangeldere.bsky.social, @wmjunk.bsky.social, @michelecrepaz.bsky.social, Joost Berkhout and Marcel Hanegraaff.

DUP MP Sammy Wilson is being investigated by Westminster's standards commissioner for failing to declare an interest when tabling a question on the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, after making a visit to the area. www.bbc.com/news/article...

#GE24 🇮🇪 is approaching! A data-driven view on Irish politics irishpoliticsdata.com

For those interested in Irish politics, elections, and public opinion: @michelecrepaz.bsky.social and I maintain irishpoliticsdata.com, which provides links to dozens of datasets, dashboards, and publications. #GE24