News of more workshops incoming for our @edicaucus.bsky.social funded project on neurodivergent archive accessibility, 'Divergent Minds in the Archive'! Sign up to our mailing list to be the first to know: forms.office.com/e/MDNma65e53

Thank you so much @jess-smith.bsky.social @emiliabelknap.bsky.social @elizabethjevans.bsky.social and Leah McCabe for organising this wonderful event. Lovely to meet a lot of great people working on Gender Politics. @gain-centre.bsky.social @psawomenpol.bsky.social

The last panel of the day on 'Feminist Histories, Nationalisms and Global Crises' getting under way!

Closing this panel, @fionamaybuckley.bsky.social from Uni College Cork presents research with Prof Yvonne Galligan (Tech Uni Dublin) on party candidate strategy in the context of legislative gender quotas by assessing women’s electoral performance at the 2024 Irish 🇮🇪 general election 🗳️

From @sotonpolitics.bsky.social we have PhD researcher 📚 Tom Guyton-Day presenting his work with @elizabethjevans.bsky.social on whether fewer tiers means fewer women? They explore this through the case of gender representation and local government reform in England.

🚨NEW ARTICLE🚨 The apparent rising gender gap in political preferences is fact becoming one of the hottest topics in politics today. In this new short paper, @profrosiecamp.bsky.social‬ & Minna Cowper-Coles take a look at the data across generations and countries 📊 doi.org/10.1332/2515...

Next, we welcome @ggomesdacosta.bsky.social from Fed. Uni of Pernambuco discusses queering political representation in Latin America with a specific focus on Brazil 🇧🇷 and Peru 🇵🇪!

Next we have ⭐️ Sanwal Hussain Kharl from @astonuniversity.bsky.social presenting research on the impact of technology of women’s political participation in the Global South 🔍

Early start 🌅 for Day 2 of our conference with @psawomenpol.bsky.social with @sotonpolitics.bsky.social Alum 🎓 @carolineleicht.bsky.social at Uni of Glasgow on her research on the glass ceiling and glass cliff of Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris in US election coverage.

Kicking off day 2 of our conference with @gain-centre.bsky.social. First up our panel on Participation, Representation and Inclusion beginning with @carolineleicht.bsky.social

Honoured to host an in conversation with Profs Fiona Mackay and Yvonne Galligan to celebrate the amazing contribution they have made to academia and specifically the study of gender and politics

We're well into our second panel on anti feminist resistance, backsliding and democratic resistance where @jennpiscopo.bsky.social is trying to convince us to be more optimistic!

Today we are honoured to host @psawomenpol.bsky.social here at @unisouthampton.bsky.social for the PSA Women and Politics conference! Today we kick off Day 1 of 2 with three panels. (🧵🪡) !

Excited to see our conference getting under way! Even if we are in a basement when it is 25 degrees outside... ☀️

Our annual conference co-hosted with @gain-centre.bsky.social at @sotonpolitics.bsky.social is well underway with a panel on Feminist Participation in State Building

*PSA EVENT* 🚨 Tomorrow is our PSA Women & Politics 2025 conference: Troubled Times: #Gender & #Politics in the 21st Century. Organised by @psawomenpol.bsky.social. 📆 17 - 18 June. At the Gender & Inequalities (GAIN) Centre, Southampton. ➡️

Tomorrow @gain-centre.bsky.social & @psawomenpol.bsky.social host the annual PSA Women &Politics conference! We are so excited to celebrate the careers of Profs Yvonne Galligan & Fiona Mackay. If you have any Qs for them or anecdotes of their careers, use this form: forms.gle/8H8MnSyDzz7F...

🚨Today is the LAST day to register for our conference 📝with @psawomenpol.bsky.social next week! 📅It's £20 to attend the 2-day conference, which includes a lunch🥪, coffee, and an evening reception 🎤celebrating Professors Fiona Mackay and Yvonne Galligan! Registration link here: tinyurl.com/3xnjn5at

*PSA EVENT* Register now for the PSA Women & Politics 2025 conference: Troubled Times: #Gender & #Politics in the 21st Century. Organised by @psawomenpol.bsky.social 📆 17 - 18 June, The Gender & Inequalities (GAIN) Centre, Southampton ➡️ Details

Register for our annual conference now! A bargain at only £20!

Sign up for our Annual conference below 👇 Featuring great panels on women and politics and a celebration of the retirement of Fiona McKay and Yvonne Galligan

Yesterday I presented my @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org #polpsy element at my home @sotonpolitics.bsky.social: brilliant panel discussants @piariggirozzi.bsky.social @terezacapelos.bsky.social @florianfoos.bsky.social,Konstantinos Katsikopoulos & exceptionally supportive colleagues! THANK YOU! 🙏

We're organizing another round of the Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology 🎉 summerschoolwpm.org Our super-cool speakers include msands.bsky.social @allisonwkoh.bsky.social @melinscribe.bsky.social @rebeccakittel.bsky.social @fabiennelind.bsky.social & @indiiigo.bsky.social 📆01/05

Read our latest updates here including an extended Call for Papers for our conference and our exciting Prize news ⭐ eocampaign1.com/web-version?...

Thanks to all of our amazing panellists, chairs and audience members at #PSA25. We were also honoured to have been awarded Specialist Group of the Year (joint with @populismpsa.bsky.social)

Our final panel of the conference kicking off now with @carolineleicht.bsky.social on feminist humour in political comedy

Kicking off our panel on Gender and the Elections of 2024 sponsored by @politicsjournal.bsky.social with @jennpiscopo.bsky.social on gendered ambition penalties

A reminder if you are enjoying the Women and Politics panels at #PSA25 we have our own conference in June in partnership with Southampton Uni's @gain-centre.bsky.social ⭐ Now with EXTENDED DEADLINE for abstracts of Fri 25th April ⭐ Get your papers in now!

Now our panel celebrating and paying tribute to our esteemed colleague Jonathan Dean who we sadly lost last year with @populismpsa.bsky.social and @psapolthought.bsky.social

🚨 Join us for the next edition Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology in Bremen 🚨 Open to PhD students and early career scholars Fully-funded places available for applicants, deadline 1st of May 📅 summerschoolwpm.org

📢 Don’t miss out the “PSA Prizes” #PSA25 following the Annual General Meeting this afternoon! 🥳 🙌🏻

Kicking off the last panel of the day is Alyssa Martin on the Carers Parliament from the QualRep project (www.qualrep.org)

A great 'lunch n learn' session with PSA *Diverse Voices* scholars today at #PSA25 ➡️ Learn more about our Diverse Voices programme here buff.ly/a8PgbKi #EDI #Equity #Diversity #Inclusion #PoliticalStudies #Politics #DiverseVoices

Happening now!

Fantastic keynote on what's next for the study of political representation from a longstanding Women and Politics SG member @profrosiecamp.bsky.social

FAO: ECRs at #PSA25. Do you research democratic attitudes? Are you looking for a job? Then this might be of interest.

Kicking off our first panel at #PSA25

Reminder to our members at #PSA25 today. Our AGM will be at 12:45pm in Hall 8B (The International Convention Centre). Feel free to bring your lunch with you 👍

🔟 👐 Ten days left to submit an abstract to our conference here in Southampton! More details below. We are especially keen to receive abstracts PhDs and ECRs! 📚 👇 @psawomenpol.bsky.social @gain-centre.bsky.social @sotonpolitics.bsky.social

*NEW BLOG* @jess-smith.bsky.social, co-convenor of @psawomenpol.bsky.social, reflects on their recent Mid-Career Workshop with @profsarahchilds.bsky.social and @profrosiecamp.bsky.social in this new blog. Read now: buff.ly/T7uU14J #womenshistorymonth

🚨We are so excited to announce that we are hosting the PSA Women & Politics @psawomenpol.bsky.social 2025 Annual Conference here in 📍Southampton! The conference, Troubled Times: Gender and Politics in the 21st Century, will be held from 📅 17 to 18 June! More details are in the CFP linked below.

🚨 Call for Papers! 🚨 Join us for our 2025 Annual Conference hosted by @gain-centre.bsky.social 📅 17-18 June 2025 📍 Southampton 💡 Theme: Troubled Times: Gender and Politics in the 21st Century Submit abstracts by Friday 11 April. Full details: tinyurl.com/ycyusm2v #polisky #gendersky

It's Women's History Month! In recognition and celebration of women in political science, explore the latest journal articles and publications highlighting women and gender politics, and research in the political science profession. #WomensHistoryMonth

So excited to start this new centre with @elizabethjevans.bsky.social and @emiliabelknap.bsky.social

EXTENDED DEADLINE: We have extended the deadline to 2nd December. We look forward to your applications!

To celebrate International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and Girls, we've put together a collection of pieces that will be available ✨FREE ACCESS✨ until December 31st Check out the collection here: https://buff.ly/3Ojgu4R #EndVAWG #EndVAW #16days #NoExcuse

New from me, @annasanders.bsky.social , @profrosiecamp.bsky.social and Rosie Shorrocks: some first reflections on gender & the 2024 UK election @politicalquarterly.bsky.social . More to come from the same team too- watch this space! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

🚀 Call for Applications! Mid-Career Researcher Mentoring Programme 📅 Jan 23-24, 2025, PSA Offices, London A unique mentoring opportunity for women MCRs 🎓 Tackling challenges like balancing roles, publication & grant strategies, and career ambition 🗓️ Deadline: Nov 25, 2024 shorturl.at/bKV8a

🚀 Call for Applications! Mid-Career Researcher Mentoring Programme 📅 Jan 23-24, 2025, PSA Offices, London A unique mentoring opportunity for women MCRs 🎓 Tackling challenges like balancing roles, publication & grant strategies, and career ambition 🗓️ Deadline: Nov 25, 2024 shorturl.at/bKV8a