The Venus of Malta — a Neolithic figurine dating back over 5,000 years — embodies fertility, femininity, and the sacred power of creation. Found in Malta’s ancient temples, she reminds us how deeply early societies honoured womanhood and the cycles of life. 🌿✨ #Archaeology #Malta #FeminineDivine

The Venus of Malta — a Neolithic figurine dating back over 5,000 years — embodies fertility, femininity, and the sacred power of creation. Found in Malta’s ancient temples, she reminds us how deeply early societies honoured womanhood and the cycles of life. 🌿✨ #Archaeology #Malta #FeminineDivine

🔴 The new Global Social Policy Digest is here! 📢 "Pitfalls and promises of artificial intelligence and new technologies in global social policy" As always it is a must read on current issues in Global Social Policy! @journals.sagepub.com Freely accessible: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Travel as far as you can. #malta #mdina #wanderlust #travel

Travel as far as you can. #malta #mdina #wanderlust #travel

Don’t be scared to start again. #restart #motivation #reset #refocus

Don’t be scared to start again. #restart #motivation #reset #refocus

"Defamilization typology revisited: Is the state or the market the driving force behind childcare defamilization?" This study finds women’s employment is higher where childcare is market-driven. More hier journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1... @journals.sagepub.com #globalpolicy #genderpolicy #policy

📖 Curious about the articles in GSP 25.2? Check out the editorial by Alexandra Kaasch for an overview of the featured articles, Forum and Digest! @journals.sagepub.com #Globalsocialpolicy #SocialPolicy #global @sagepub.com journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Revisiting defamilization: Chae-Jeong Lee’s article of 19 OECD countries shows that market-driven childcare models more strongly support women’s employment than state-centred approaches. #Gender #Globalsocialpolicy @journals.sagepub.com Check it out here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Keonhi Son examines maternity leave in 73 LMICs, revealing a gap between law and practice. Despite formal entitlements, weak state capacity, corruption, and flawed design undermine access to social insurance benefits. #GlobalSocialPolicy @journals.sagepub.com journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Basna and Gugushvili test how corruption shapes welfare state legitimacy. Using ISSP data, they find that widespread and perceived corruption can increase support for extensive welfare, though personal experiences of corruption reduce it. #globalsocialpolicy journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Just stumbled across this surreal graffiti tribute to Dalí — melting time and bending reality right here on the wall. Street art meets surrealism. 🎨 #Dalí #StreetArt #GraffitiArt #Surrealism #UrbanArt #ArtOnTheStreets #BlueskyArt #PublicArt #MeltingClocks #ModernSurrealism

Just came back from Filmwerk. honestly? I’m impressed. Reclining seats, loads of legroom, a proper drinks bar… felt more like a lounge than a cinema. 🎬 Is this the future of going to the cinema? Or do you still prefer the classic sticky-floors-and-popcorn vibe? #FilmwerkGütersloh #cinema #MovieVibes

Illustration done several years ago, for an artbook.

Just came back from Filmwerk. honestly? I’m impressed. Reclining seats, loads of legroom, a proper drinks bar… felt more like a lounge than a cinema. 🎬 Is this the future of going to the cinema? Or do you still prefer the classic sticky-floors-and-popcorn vibe? #FilmwerkGütersloh #cinema #MovieVibes

Alive installation #Mixedmedia #Artwork #Art The flower that should have bloomed sinks into a yesterday that has yet to arrive. Its fragrance exists only in tomorrow’s dreams A gift arrives from the inner frontier With each unsealing, it takes a new name, reversing the crystallisation of memory.

#StreetArt #UrbanArt Artiste : Falco 📸🦋 Pass. Boiton, Paris 13e

Just stumbled across this surreal graffiti tribute to Dalí — melting time and bending reality right here on the wall. Street art meets surrealism. 🎨 #Dalí #StreetArt #GraffitiArt #Surrealism #UrbanArt #ArtOnTheStreets #BlueskyArt #PublicArt #MeltingClocks #ModernSurrealism

🔖GSP25.2 📷 is here! We are excited to announce: Our Standard Issue has been published! #CrisisOfMultilateralism #GlobalSocialPolicy #SocialProtectionFinancing #SocialPolicy #ThinkAfresh #PolicyDialogue @journals.sagepub.com @sagepub.com Check it out here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/GSP/curr...

How eco-social are the EU's green recovery plans? 🌱 This article compares the NRRPs of Greece, Italy, Portugal & Spain—revealing an unbalanced socio-ecological mix & a narrow role for welfare states in the just transition. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #JustTransition #EuropeanGreenDeal

What do the EGD & Farm to Fork Strategy reveal about the EU’s eco-social ambitions? 🌍 Benedetta Cotta applies six key dimensions from sustainable welfare literature to assess how these flagship documents address justice, participation & redistribution. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #Policy

What does climate solidarity really mean in EU politics? This article explores its evolution in the Green Deal, linking it to just transition, LNOB and shifting EU ideas of cooperation, cohesion & justice. By Aline Bartenstein journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1... #ClimateSolidarity #JustTransition

What is the European Eco-Social Model? This article critiques the EC’s green-social agenda, showing how it subordinates justice to growth—and exports a contradictory vision of sustainability. By Laruffa & Nullmeier. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #EcoSocial #GreenDeal #SustainabilityPolitics

New on the blog: How political orientation shapes beliefs about sexual harassment and why universities have a responsibility to confront these myths head-on. Read here: www.sagepub.com/explore-our-... #GenderEquality #HigherEd #MeToo

My research is like a half-written spell, waiting for the part of me that still believes in magic. Lately, life keeps stealing the pen. Theories blur. Footnotes echo loud. If you’re also trying to write through the fog I see you. Sometimes survival is the work. #slowacademia #writingthroughit

My research is like a half-written spell, waiting for the part of me that still believes in magic. Lately, life keeps stealing the pen. Theories blur. Footnotes echo loud. If you’re also trying to write through the fog I see you. Sometimes survival is the work. #slowacademia #writingthroughit

Check out "A green but also just transition? Variations in social and industrial policy responses to industrial decarbonisation in EU member states" by Zhen Jie Im, Caroline de la Porte, Elke Heins, Andrea Prontera and Dorota Szelewa doi.org/10.1177/1468... #Socialpolicy @journals.sagepub.com

🔴 The new Digest is here! 📢 Global Social Policy Digest 25.2: "A crisis of multilateralism in times of polarization?" As always it is a must read on current issues in Global Social Policy! journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1... #GlobalSocialPolicy #polarization #SocialPolicy @journals.sagepub.com

As part of our Eco-Social Policy Special Issue Check out: "Social sustainability in the decarbonized welfare state: Social policy as a buffer against poverty related to environmental taxes" by Kenneth Nelson journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... @journals.sagepub.com #Climatepolicy #Socialpolicy

"Wenn Politiker über Geflüchtete reden, dann geht es oft um Belastung. Wie verzweifelt die Betroffenen selbst sind, geht aus einer Vorlage des sächsischen Innenministeriums hervor". 32 #Suizid -Versuche allein in 2024 "auch von Kindern." #Migration Hauptsache harte Sprache in den Debatten...

How can the eco-social policy typology help assess the integration of environmental and social goals? Check out "An eco-social policy typology: From system reproduction to transformation" by Robin Schulze Waltrup journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1... @journals.sagepub.com #ClimatePolicy #GSP

🌍 Migration, refugees & displacement aren’t just headlines — they’re deeply tied to global social policy, inequality & power. The latest GSP Digest (25.1) unpacks how these connections shape lives & politics worldwide. Dive in: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... @journals.sagepub.com #migration

My TEDxMileHigh talk on using games in real-world contexts #ttrpg #games: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qecV...

A small reminder to slow down and enjoy the small things in life 🫶🏻 #catcafe #Ruhrpott #Germany

🚨My new article, ‘Conspiracy theory, anti-globalism, and the Freedom Convoy: The Great Reset and conspiracist delegitimation,’ co-authored with Scott Watson @uvic.bsky.social is out @risjnl.bsky.social bit.ly/4j9sNPz #conspiracytheory #greatreset #greatreplacement #worldeconomicforum #fredomconvoy

Delighted to share my latest article, entitled "What is a Regime? Three Definitions and their Implications for the Future of Regime Studies", co-authored with Licia Cianetti and Gianni Del Panta, published open access today in @democratization.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

@julia-zielke.bsky.social, @celinemiani.bsky.social, and I explore how people with testicles in Germany navigate contraceptive decision-making www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13691058.2025.2458719 How we found participants for the interviews journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10497323231203631

A small reminder to slow down and enjoy the small things in life 🫶🏻 #catcafe #Ruhrpott #Germany

🌍How are European welfare states addressing the climate crisis? The latest issue of Global Social Policy explores policy innovations and challenges in climate-responsive social policy. Check it out here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/GSP/curr... #SocialPolicy #ClimateChange @journals.sagepub.com

🌍 Global Social Policy is a peer-reviewed journal that advances understanding of social policy from transnational and global perspectives. Follow for article highlights, calls for papers, and social policy conversations. 🔗 uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/jo... #GlobalSocialPolicy @journals.sagepub.com

🌍How are European welfare states addressing the climate crisis? The latest issue of Global Social Policy explores policy innovations and challenges in climate-responsive social policy. Check it out here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/GSP/curr.... #SocialPolicy #ClimateChange #GlobalSocialPolicy

🌍 Migration, refugees & displacement aren’t just headlines — they’re deeply tied to global social policy, inequality & power. The latest GSP Digest (25.1) unpacks how these connections shape lives & politics worldwide. Dive in: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... @journals.sagepub.com #socialpolicy

🌍 Migration, refugees & displacement aren’t just headlines — they’re deeply tied to global social policy, inequality & power. The latest GSP Digest (25.1) unpacks how these connections shape lives & politics worldwide. Dive in: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... @journals.sagepub.com #socialpolicy

🌍How are European welfare states addressing the climate crisis? The latest issue of Global Social Policy explores policy innovations and challenges in climate-responsive social policy. Check it out here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/GSP/curr.... #SocialPolicy #ClimateChange #GlobalSocialPolicy

See here for the full article ‘That Sounds to Me Like You Are Making This Too Complicated …’: Reflections on a Social Media Recruitment Effort for a Study on Masculinities and Contraception journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Systematic review paper on behavior change interventions for smoking cessation among expectant and new fathers. bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

See here for the full article Operationalising masculinities in theories and practices of gender-transformative health interventions: a scoping review doi.org/10.1186/s12939-023-01955-x

Here you can find MANFOKUS' policy brief. www.researchgate.net/publication/... On page 19 you can find the links to three of our four journal articles (they are all in English) and more. Our final paper: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #masculinities #sexualities #contraception #gendernorms