New in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social: 34% of non-US universities require all three elements of Wahlke elements of a political science curriculum vs just 18% in the US. Richard Frank’s cross-national study of 218 programs across 5 democracies reveals what drives curriculum design. doi.org/10.1080/1036...

👨‍👩‍👧 Does parenthood make politicians more future-oriented? 🏛️ @chanret.bsky.social and @profsarahchilds.bsky.social compare UK House of Commons MPs (1945–2023) language use: 👨‍👧 Fathers speak more about the future↗️ 👩‍👦 mothers less ↘️ 🧷 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🚨New paper out in JEPP @jeppjournal.bsky.social 🎉 Women are underrepresented in local politics, and the problem isn't only their election but retention. In a survey experiment with 500+ English councillors, we find that family-friendly council policies increase women's static ambition. 🧵

When we say Australian universities have some governance issues, maybe we need to be a bit more specific, as in, "the Director of Governance at the University of Wollongong resigned one day before corruption hearings opened" www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...

Universities target individuals in redundancy processes. We've all seen it. They see some people as too difficult, too female, too diverse, too disabled, too outspoken, too union... Proud of @nteunion.bsky.social. Shame on #MacquarieUni. Solidarity Jo & Jumana! ✊ www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...

Time to go back with another 30+ hour trip. Thanks to @ecprgender.bsky.social for the conference and for keeping me always updated on Australian time (far right clock)

I did not know this! www.sbs.com.au/news/the-fee...

Hello Newcastle #ecpg

In this blog we argue that blanket social media bans (like in Australia) conflate restricted access with safer access, and frame young people as vulnerable objects for protecting - rather than as rights-bearing participants in digital society @uofgsocsci.bsky.social

It‘s a damning indictment not only of ANU but the whole culture of corporate university governance. We’re told we need a board full of bankers, managers, politicians and finance people because universities are too large and complex for faculty and staff governance, but look at how that ended here.

Massive governance failure at the ANU where the executive made up a financial crisis to justify redundancies. We were put through hell for nothing

The ANAO report on #ANU is out. Careers were destroyed, livelihoods lost, lives wrecked and people damaged - for what? @nteunion.bsky.social members stood up for the ANU and won. Join at www.nteu.au/join. ✊️

‼️ New paper with Ian McAllister (ANU) out at @respol.bsky.social. We use @ess-survey.bsky.social data to study over-time changes in the association between education and left-right self-placements.

The authors of 'Silenced Voices: How Violence Marginalizes Women and Immigrant Politicians in Policy Debates', @sandrahkansson.bsky.social & @ceciliajosefsson.bsky.social discuss their April 2026 article here - https://cup.org/4nMUoZs #OpenAccess

The US has private health care. Australia has private schools

Trump 2 has been considerably more stable than Trump’s first admin, but 🚺 account for 4 of 5 cabinet departures, sending strong signals about whose voice belongs in decision-making. This cabinet is about to be as male as George H.W. Bush's! More on 🚺 & executive branch politics: tinyurl.com/yrvc5je7

My article 'Measuring Descriptive Representation' was published this afternoon in Representation. In the paper I propose a new approach based on disproportionality, which makes better use of the data we have and avoids the very common pitfall of category concatenation. doi.org/10.1080/0034...

6 years ago, I started asking a question that political science had largely ignored: how & why do women get involved in PRR parties as grassroots members? Today, my 1st book proposes an answer. Grassroots Women in the Populist Radical Right is now out online with OUP: academic.oup.com/book/62754

What is parliamentary speech used for in a Westminster style system? How much are parliamentary skills valued by party leaders when looking for new ministerial talent? These are questions I look at in my paper on speech and ministerial selection, recently published in Legislative Studies Quarterly.

Two new papers out this week from our ARC Discovery project on agenda-setting in the High Court of Australia. A thread. @anucrawfordschool.bsky.social

@leahruppanner.bsky.social’s fantastic new book Drained is out and covered by NPR life kit (including our research on US parents!). Run don’t walk to get her mental load audit & practical advice !! www.npr.org/2026/04/21/n...

The European Political Science Review (EPSR) has published my solo-authored paper on Affinity Voting in Europe 🤓 In it, I ask: Do voters prefer in-group politicians? Answer: Sometimes, sometimes not. Minorities prefer their in-group less often than majorities do. 🧵 doi.org/10.1017/S175...

ANU governing body must go region.com.au/serious-misc...

The Renew ANU job cuts were only stopped because @nteunion.bsky.social members stopped them. Now it's time for #ANU Council members to be held accountable. It's time to put a broom through the appointed members of ANU Council. #cleansweep

Just 1 example of the kind of thing unis are getting for their massive spend on consultants. ANU spent $6k on a "non-significant meeting" with a reputation management firm at which apparently no one took a note. That's more than a tutor gets for a semester's work thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

Our new article on gender differences in why young people join political parties is now out, open access, in @ejprjournal.bsky.social ✨ www.cambridge.org/core/journal... @duncanmcdonnell.com @profannikawerner.bsky.social @rheinisch.bsky.social Marco Valbruzzi @cwegscheider.bsky.social

Not to say "we told you so," but...

"By way of contrast, Labor’s damage to the universities is inflicted with a friendly smile, or at least with seemingly heartfelt — if now somewhat repetitive — homilies from the education minister about being the first in his family to attend university."

New article w/ Lindsay Katz & @rohanalexander.bsky.social in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social! Analyzing Australian House of Reps debates, we find that as women’s representation increases, interruptions of women MPs & interruptions overall decline Read more: doi.org/10.1080/1036... #polsky #gendersky

🧵 Excited to share my new book w/ @hildecoffe.bsky.social : "Different and Unequal? Gendered Political Participation in European Democracies" — with @universitypress.cambridge.org Elements in Gender and Politics (open access!) TLDR? Women don't just participate less. They participate *differently*

This new book Women’s Pathway to Power arrived today - edited by my great friend @acarson.bsky.social

New publication in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social! Who perceives feminism as a threat, and why do a lot of women perceive feminism as threatening? With @evaanduiza.bsky.social, we explore these questions in the context of Spain. We find: ⬇️ doi.org/10.1017/S174...

So happy that my Cambridge Element with @yesolakweon.bsky.social has been published! Free access for the next two weeks!

"Women and the Wall: Gender Attitudes and Political Engagement in Unified Germany" by Catherine E. De Vries and Diana Z. O’Brien. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

"There are Montreal bagels, & then, like you have in New York, there are bread-like products with a hole in the middle" bsky.app/profile/mcop...

Which groups mobilise on #climate policy in Australia? 📣 Darren Halpin and I have a new paper out in @environmentalpol.bsky.social that systematically maps who mobilises on climate policy in Australia, what side of the issue they fall on, and in which arenas they mobilise. Key finding include 🧵

New paper! Attacks on transgender rights are part of a global attack on what conservatives call gender ideology. In this paper, grad student Fiona Rodger and I investigate the links between anti-democratic attitudes and opposition to trans rights policies after the 2024 election...

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

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