Excited to share a new Cambridge Element in the Gender & Politics Series. 📚 Read for free for the next 2 weeks cup.org/49HjK5q Congratulations @caglayanbaser.bsky.social 👏👏👏 @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org @dzobrien.bsky.social @rblaifeder.bsky.social

The Academic Work Tracker spreadsheet is now updated with 2026 dates! If you don't already, 2026 is a great time to start treating your academic work like the wage job where you are paid to work a certain amount of hours that it actually is: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

🎆🎇🎆2025 HEADLINE OF THE YEAR🎆🎇🎆 🎆🎇🎆🎇🎆🎇🎆GRAND FINAL🎆🎇🎆🎇🎆🎇🎆 After a seeding round and three rounds of voting, we have our finalists: Top seed Pretty Obvious will be facing off against 3rd seed Police Are Scrambling. A reminder of how we got here:

Excited that "Race, Gender, and Nascent Political Ambition" is now out in @bjpols.bsky.social. W/ survey of white, Hispanic, and Black American respondents, we show primary gap in nascent political ambition is not between men and women but between white men and the majority of the polity.

“The people who teach you to hate everyone now want to sell you something. The majority of Australians have the right to peacefully protest against Israel & its genocidal policies. Not all Jewish ppl support the actions of Israel. Religious extremism is evil. Hatred creates more hatred.” #Auspol

You will be visited by three spirits

New article by @rmuriaas.bsky.social and I: While seniority can benefit all parliamentarians and serve as a powerful resource, it does not confer power equally. Women face structural barriers to accessing seniority, and even when they attain it, their legitimacy and influence remains contested.

In a Policy Options piece, our team argues that more diverse candidates could have "important positive consequences for Canadians’ trust in their politics and politicians." @kennywilliamie.bsky.social @joannaeveritt.bsky.social @mireillelalancette.bsky.social policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/11/cand...

#OpenAccess from @cjps-rcsp.bsky.social - White Identity Activation and Attitudes toward Diversity and Immigration in Canada - https://cup.org/44dXf5l - @fsnagovsky.bsky.social, @evanwalkerpolisci.bsky.social & @jaredwesley.ca#OpenAccess #FirstView

Please to see my book chapter co-authored with @blairwilliams26.bsky.social on gender equality in state politics is finally out! Check it out!

There's been a lot happening in state politics this week. And what good timing - my latest chapter co-authored with @katrinebeau.bsky.social exploring how state and territory legislatures have helped (or hindered) the quest for gender equality in Australia has just been published! #AusPol

Do it 👇

Why women's equal representation increases policy losers’ consent. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Weird email this morning

@jonilo.bsky.social @politicalquarterly.bsky.social what would it take for a women to become President of the United States? A series of unlikely events. doi.org/10.1111/1467...

It's great to see the publication of the second paper from our "queer pollies" project exploring the social media harassment of LGBTQIA+ politicians during the 2022 Australian federal election. It's also Open Access! #AusPol @eliseinthewoods.bsky.social gosiami.bsky.social @jackhayes.bsky.social

Thrilled to see my second diss article published as part of the special issue on Staff! Would love to hear your thoughts. It's open access: Echoes and Barriers: Staff as Key Actors in the Representative Process | Article | Politics and Governance www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...

For @policyoptions.irpp.org, I wrote about how Canada lags its European and Anglo peers in electing women to parliament, how that harms their reputation, and, drawing on research w/ @dzobrien.bsky.social & Amanda Clayton, why voters prefer gender parity. policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/10/gend...

Publication day! In @poppublicsphere.bsky.social, Verónica Pérez-Bentancur, Cecilia Rocha-Carpuic & I use data from Chile, Uruguay, Argentina, Guyana & South Africa to propose a new framework for analysing "feminists vs conservative" battles over abortion reform. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Congratulations to Dr Sonia Palmieri on her new book, Gender Sensitive Parliaments in Fiji.🌺 It examines how global #gender norms intersect with local #politics to shape parliamentary change in #Fiji. 📖 link.springer.com/book/10.1007... @anubellschool.bsky.social

Interested in MPs' constituency work and how well suited it might be to crisis leadership during disasters like floods, fires and pandemics? I am chuffed to have my new paper out now in Parliamentary Affairs to help answer these questions. Check it out! academic.oup.com/pa/article/d...

A Brief History of Men are Becoming Less Manly 🧵

🎉 New publication out in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social with @duncanmcdonnell.com and Michelle Evans! We expected public bias to work against aspiring Indigenous political candidates in Australia. Instead, we found the opposite - an 'inverted hierarchy' of bias. Open access: doi.org/10.1017/S153...

🚨 New article out today in @cpsjournal.bsky.social ! 📄 “Strategic Inclusion Without Transformation: How Populist Radical Right Parties Engage With Women’s Interests” With Bonnie Meguid, @hildecoffe.bsky.social & Miki Kittilson 🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0010...

ANU campus notice boards continue to inspire 😂

open.spotify.com/episode/1OPE... In this week's DS episode @jennaprice.bsky.social, Sinclair Davidson, Mark and I discuss the governance crisis in the Australian University sector. It is telling when folk from across the political spectrum agree on the problem and most of the solution A thread🧵

We have a new paper out with @gricoc.bsky.social in @jwpp.bsky.social (this time I swear I am going to post the right link): www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

me on the troubles in the LPA. They're institutional!

🔎✒️ How can we keep research teams and ourselves safe when studying politically sensitive topics? @britanlar.bsky.social and I present a new framework for protection and support drawing on feminist care ethics. The report is now available on the @men4dem.bsky.social website 👇

It’s been another day at ANU to say the least

Truly excellent piece on why a different kind of change is needed at ANU

The latest in this ongoing ANU saga

#OpenAccess from @cjps-rcsp.bsky.social - Understanding Political Culture and Behaviour through Longitudinal Data in Alberta - https://cup.org/464tMLc - @fsnagovsky.bsky.social#OpenAccess Jared Wesley & Evan Walker #FirstView

We need ComCare to make a similar intervention at ANU. The psychosocial harm ANU executive are inflicting upon ANU staff is completely unacceptable. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

The joint @nesconsortium.bsky.social @ccs-project.bsky.social Business meeting during @ecpr.bsky.social 2025 conference was a success – more than 30 people showed up at the event and we had interesting exchanges with different country teams!

3-year, full-time post-doc position with my ‪@griffith.edu.au‬ friend & colleague, Ferran Martinez i Coma. Ferran is one of the key people who has made our department the top comparative politics research cluster in Australia. Please apply, share, etc. jobs.smartrecruiters.com/GriffithUniv...

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

“There are a lot of people who are on stress leave … a lot of people are seeking professional help ... [This process] is terrifying. And I don’t use the word terror lightly.” Dr Michael Roettger @tarheel08.bsky.social region.com.au/i-dont-use-t...

Great piece by Bek Pearse - ANU at the crossroads: between the social body and the iron cage overland.org.au/2025/08/anu-...

One of Australia’s worst exports: consultants Nous are wrecking Canadian universities nationalpost.com/feature/how-...

Everything is fine nothing to see here

I'm so jazzed that this is in print! it was a dream team! @profdansmith.bsky.social @fiva.no @alicirone.bsky.social

Please sign and share this petition for ANU Council to: 🛑Stop forced redundancies 🛑Stop proposed school/center closures and amalgamations 🛑Sack the Chancellor and VC It’s open not only to students and staff but also to all members of the broader ANU community. nteu.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT...

📣 Out on #FirstView 📣 In "Revisiting Candidate Gender Effects" @yesolakweon.bsky.social, Woo Chang Kang & Jong-sung You investigate the role of information environments in the expression of gender bias. gendersky polisky buff.ly/AAxAmuv

Please consider signing this petition to put a stop to Renew ANU and the involuntary redundancies www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/pe...

Great to see my piece republished by Crikey! You can find the full open access paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #AusPol

I am one of the staff members impacted by this. I truly thought when I first read the email that it might mean my job is safe because I have not yet been made redundant, but, no, I am still facing the axe. It was a maliciously cruel email to send.

"We need to be clear: the Vice-Chancellor’s latest announcement is not a change of course — it is a public relations exercise." A statement from Our ANU on today's misleading announcement from the VC 👇 docs.google.com/document/d/1...