🎓✨ Now Open: The APSA Peter Balint Memorial Prize in Political Theory Awarded for an unpublished paper that makes a significant scholarly contribution to political theory. Prize includes: • Monetary award • Pathway to publication in ausjpolsci.bsky.social Submit by: 19 July 2026 shorturl.at/VjqW8

How can we understand the political changes that allowed the Climate Change Act to pass in 2022 – and what has actually happened since? Hopkinson, Jackson, Tobin & Paterson analyse these shifts in this new article in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Do followers of populist radical right parties across the globe talk about the same things online? @fravittonetto.bsky.social analyses the emergence of transnational publics of the populist radical right in this new article in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Do followers of populist radical right parties across the globe talk about the same things online? @fravittonetto.bsky.social analyses the emergence of transnational publics of the populist radical right in this new article in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Young people – are they ‘citizens in waiting’, or ‘citizens now’? Sarah Moulds argues the latter – and shows how this can strengthen democracy in this new article in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

CALL FOR SPECIAL ISSUES FOR AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE! Do you have an idea for a special issue on a political science and/or international relations topic (including but not limited to Australian politics)? We want to hear from you - read below!

CALL FOR SPECIAL ISSUES FOR AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE! Do you have an idea for a special issue on a political science and/or international relations topic (including but not limited to Australian politics)? We want to hear from you - read below!

How are LGBTQIA+ politicians in Australia treated online? @blairwilliams26.bsky.social , @eliseinthewoods.bsky.social , @gosiami.bsky.social & @jackhayes.bsky.social analyse over 75,000 tweets in this new article in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

On @ecprtheloop.bsky.social I present key insights from my recent @ausjpolsci.bsky.social article on transnational populist publics. The blogpost includes examples that didn’t fit into the main piece, and shows how leaders like Trump and Meloni are now global icons for the PRR.

How are ‘peacebuilding publics’ formed on TikTok? Lynrose Jane Genon & @nicolecurato.bsky.social to.bsky.social examine the embodied, place-based & dialogic practices of young female Muslim leaders in the Phillipines in this new article in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

How does the Australian government respond when citizens are wrongfully and arbitrarily detained overseas? @kmooregilbert.bsky.social develops a new evaluation framework to answer this question in this new article in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social @auspsa.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

How does the Australian government respond when citizens are wrongfully and arbitrarily detained overseas? @kmooregilbert.bsky.social develops a new evaluation framework to answer this question in this new article in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social @auspsa.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

NEW SUBMISSION CATEGORY ADDED! AJPS invites Reform Notes from practitioners and/or academics that set out proposed innovations about (or relevant to) aspects of Australian politics practice - e.g. proposals for or modifications to existing political institutions, procedures, laws and practices 1/4

Thrilled that my first (ever!) and first single-authored article is out in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social 🎉 PRR parties have built a shared transnational discourse on issues like immigration & culture wars. But do their digital publics also take part in this discursive transnationalisation? A 🧵

How is WeChat used to mobilise ethnic Chinese voters in political campaigns? Luna L Zhao looks at the case of New Zealand in this new article in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

From our Robodebt symposium: Zoe Staines asks whether Universal Basic Income might address the gendered harms of current policy settings & rebuild trust in Australia's punitive social security system in this article in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social @auspsa.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Why would Chinese international students volunteer in Australian election campaigns if they can’t vote? @yexue001.bsky.social , David Smith & Minglu Chen find out in this new article in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social @auspsa.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

NEW SUBMISSION CATEGORY ADDED! AJPS invites Reform Notes from practitioners and/or academics that set out proposed innovations about (or relevant to) aspects of Australian politics practice - e.g. proposals for or modifications to existing political institutions, procedures, laws and practices 1/4

NEW SUBMISSION CATEGORY ADDED! AJPS invites Reform Notes from practitioners and/or academics that set out proposed innovations about (or relevant to) aspects of Australian politics practice - e.g. proposals for or modifications to existing political institutions, procedures, laws and practices 1/4

From our Robodebt symposium: @adamjhannah.bsky.social & Linda Botterell analyse the role of strategic ignorance & knowledge avoidance in sustaining the Robodebt scheme, and how those who raised concerns were sidelined in this article @ausjpolsci.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

How have conservative politicians in Oz attempted to mobilise arguments opposing LGBTQIA+ rights’ for their electoral advantage? Carol Johnson traces this development from the Howard years to now in this new article in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social @auspsa.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

From our #Robodebt symposium: @jeremiahtbrown.bsky.social asks how the concepts of administrative burden & economic dignity help us understand the harms imposed on those affected by the Robodebt scheme in this article in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social @auspsa.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

How do the Teals actually vote in parliament? Do they resemble a party in this way? @palesl.bsky.social has the answers in this new research note in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social @auspsa.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

What's the role of ethical advice in the Australian Public Service - and policy making more general? Sarah Ball examines the case of Robodebt in this article from the Australian Journal of Political Science www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

We know the Albanese government won by a landslide in the 2025, but does this mean that Albo's model of 'consensus politics' is the way to go? @emilyrosefoley.bsky.social & Rob Manwaring dig in on 'consensus politics' in contemporary social-democratic politics www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

We know the Albanese government won by a landslide in the 2025, but does this mean that Albo's model of 'consensus politics' is the way to go? @emilyrosefoley.bsky.social & Rob Manwaring dig in on 'consensus politics' in contemporary social-democratic politics www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

What's the role of ethical advice in the Australian Public Service - and policy making more general? Sarah Ball examines the case of Robodebt in this article from the Australian Journal of Political Science www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

With the final results of the Australian Federal Election all wrapped up, it's a good time to check out the new Australian Journal of Political Science virtual collection on Australian Federal Elections @auspsa.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/journals/caj...

Elon Musk is in the news again - and we know he's talked a lot about the 'woke mind virus'. But what does the 'war on woke' look like here in Australia? Check our Marian Sawer & @kurtsengul.bsky.social's new article on the topic in the Australian Journal of Political Science @auspsa.bsky.social

Check out our new special issue on Doing Interpretative Political Science in Australia', edited by Nick Cheesman & @biccumapril.bsky.social, with papers from the editors, John Boswell, Jack Corbett & R. A. W. Rhodes, Severine van Bommel, & William A. Howe www.tandfonline.com/toc/cajp20/5...

Australian Journal of Political Science - 2025 Call for Submissions for Symposia PROPOSALS DUE: 30 June 2025 AusJPS is launching a call for the publication of symposia on any topic of interest to our readership and members of @auspsa.bsky.social Up to 3 symposium proposals will be accepted.

We're in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social, examining the ALP's first term in government and exploring the resurgence of 'consensus' politics. This one is also open access!

🚨 Happy to see my new paper with Prof Marian Sawer out in the Australian Journal of Political Science The good news: it’s open access The bad news: It’s about the “war on woke” www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

We are here! Welcome to the new Bluesky account of the Australian Journal of Political Science (AJPS), the official journal of the Australian Political Studies Association (‪@auspsa.bsky.social‬)! 1/1