*PSA Mackenzie #BookPrize Shortlist 2025-26* Congratulations to Prof. Elizabeth Evans @elizabethjevans.bsky.social & Dr Stefanie Reher for ‘Disability and Political Representation', published by Oxford University Press @academic.oup.com ➡️ Find out more buff.ly/X13TKjK #Books #Politics #Disability

*PSA EVENT* #Political #Psychology Seminar Series - Public perceptions of politicians with mental health problems in the UK with @stefaniereher.bsky.social, Rob Johns, @lbernardi.bsky.social by @psapolpsychology.bsky.social 📆 13 November ➡️ Full details and speakers

🎙️Event announcement! Join us for Joe Greenwood-Hau's book launch: Captial, Privilege and Political Participation. 📅8 Oct 2025 📍UofG campus Register for free: www.johnsmithcentre.com/news/capital... @niceonecombo.bsky.social @stefaniereher.bsky.social @tjscotto.bsky.social @cjcarman.bsky.social

@stefaniereher.bsky.social and my recent article on 'Public Opinion towards Interest Groups' now appears in print in the European Journal of Political Research More on its contents in the 🧵 below @ecpr.bsky.social @ecprinterestgroups.bsky.social

Highly recommend watching/listening to this oral evidence session on Access to the House of Commons. Powerful testimonies by MPs Marie Tidball, Sarah Bool, Marsha de Cordova, Steve Darling, and former MP Robert Halfon on their experiences of barriers in Parliament. parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...

🥁The LOBBYMETRY project is hiring: 1 PostDoc & 1 fully-funded PhD 🥳 Come to beautiful Copenhagen to research lobbying, informational quality and public policy formulation! PostDoc: jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli... Please spread the word & and do not hesitate to reach out with questions!

Great to see Sally Friedman and Richard Scott's article on the campaign experiences of candidates with disabilities published: doi.org/10.1111/ssqu... Familiar stories of inaccessibility, costs, and prejudice, but also of good conversations, changed minds, perseverance, and a shared mission.

@elizabethjevans.bsky.social and I had the opportunity to talk to @alanrenwick.bsky.social about our research and our book Disability and Political Representation on the UCL Uncovering Politics Podcast. Thanks for hosting us!

My article on voter support for disabled candidates is now published at doi.org/10.1086/732994. I find that left-wing voters in UK+US favour disabled candidates, while right-wing voters prefer non-disabled candidates - but only because voters assume disabled candidates to be more left-wing. [1/2]

We’re thrilled to announce our new Academic Advisory Board, bringing together some of the brightest minds to provide insight, data, and rigorous thinking to enhance our campaigns. Excited to collaborate and learn from their expertise! 👩‍🎓 bit.ly/40Eik7n

Grateful to @sotonpolitics.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social for covering the costs of the production of a (free) easy read version of mine and @stefaniereher.bsky.social book Disability and Political Representation. @disrightsuk.bsky.social eprints.soton.ac.uk/494719/ #AccessibleAcademia

Great to see MPs raising the issue of electronic voting www.theguardian.com/politics/202... it's one of the topics that @stefaniereher.bsky.social and I proposed in our submission to the Modernisation Committee. Accessibility should not be sacrificed on the altar of tradition.

In our short @politicalquarterly.bsky.social article "No Level Playing Field" @elizabethjevans.bsky.social and I discuss the barriers to disability representation in politics: Why are there so few disabled people in politics, why does it matter, and what needs to be done? doi.org/10.1111/1467...

Here's me and @stefaniereher.bsky.social in Political Insight on disability & representation in British politics journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Do citizens use interest groups aligned with their political views as shortcuts to assess if their views are well represented, similar to political parties? In new @ecpr.bsky.social Eur Jour Pol Research paper, @stefaniereher.bsky.social & I explore this ❓ using survey exp's in the US, UK, & D 🧵

Next Wednesday @robfordmancs.bsky.social & myself have arranged an ECR the day before EPOP officially begins. It includes @edmundkelly.bsky.social @giacomomelli.bsky.social @elenapro.bsky.social @vlazarov.bsky.social @jamesdgriffiths.bsky.social @anandmenon.bsky.social @bogatyrev.bsky.social

We worked with the good folk at Go Easy Read to produce a freely available PDF version of our book Disability & Political Representation. Message me or @stefaniereher.bsky.social for a copy! #accessibleacademia

@elizabethjevans.bsky.social and I have a new article out: "Someone Like Me? Disability Identity and Representation Perceptions". doi.org/10.1007/s111... Through survey experiments in UK+US we found: 🦾Disabled citizens feel better represented by disabled than non-disabled candidates. (1/3)

Very pleased that the audiobook for Disability and Political Representation by me and @stefaniereher.bsky.social is out now (no they did not ask me to narrate it...) play.google.com/store/books/... a freely available easy read report version we've created with Go Easy Read will be out soon!

Working on creating an email list for political scientists with an interest in disability (broadly defined). We are working on a Status Committee, panels for APSA and more! If you or someone you know is interested, let me know! Polisky

Are you interested in funding to study for a PhD in social sciences in the UK? Here's a long thread describing how things work.

Great to see the evidence that @stefaniereher.bsky.social and I submitted on disability and politics cited in this Welsh Parliament report into Diversity in Local Government. senedd.wales/media/xhqlgx...

On 30 October, @mrooduijn.bsky.social @macarenaares.bsky.social @stefaniereher.bsky.social and I will be discussing the transformation of European elections with a special focus on the upcoming Dutch election at Spui25 in Amsterdam. Join us. More information here: www.spui25.nl/programma/wh...

Interested in how elections and political landscapes are changing? Join us at SPUI25, where @tabouchadi.bsky.social, @macarenaares.bsky.social, @stefaniereher.bsky.social and I will put the upcoming Dutch elections in a comparative perspective. More details here: spui25.nl/programma/wh...

Doing empirical research on disability + politics? Moritz Raykowski and I are putting together a panel for APSA Virtual on 8-9 Feb 24 connect.apsanet.org/virtual-rese.... If you'd like to be part of it send your title + abstract to [email protected] by Oct 12th. polisky behavioursky

Nice way of summarising your research profile

📣 1 week left to apply for 2 permanent jobs at Uni Strathclyde, Glasgow (deadline Oct 1): - Lecturer/Assist. Prof. in IR: strathvacancies.engageats.co.uk/Vacancies/W/... - Lecturer/Assist. Prof. in Public Policy: strathvacancies.engageats.co.uk/Vacancies/W/... Get in touch if you have questions!