Happening now: Isabela Mares presents some of her new work on political demarcation at our seminar series.

New article in Politico Europe on the politicization of sports, including quotes from an interview with our faculty member Andrew Bertoli. www.politico.eu/article/5-ti... His book "Beyond the Stadium: How Sports Change the World" will come out in March 2026: www.sup.org/books/politi...

After a short hiatus, Respect the Marble is back: catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/introducin... Introducing a new series The Long Carve: about how to decide which ideas deserves our long-term writing attention, & how we learn to keep writing when the outcome is unknown and uncertain. 🧵

IE SPEGA had the pleasure to host the 18th edition of @the-peio.bsky.social, a truly transatlantic conference that brings together senior and junior scholars from both sides of the Atlantic doing state-of-the-art work in the fields of international political economy and international organizations.

Today I’m presenting part of the Russia in Africa project at the 18th @the-peio.bsky.social conference @iepolisci.bsky.social in Segovia. Great conference, great people!

Today in @theguardian.com, I argue that Donald Trump’s foreign-policy playbook is increasingly about attention capture, or what I call geopolitical clickbait. Plus I outline why this matters for Europe & what to do about it. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Checkout the latest article in @theguardian.com by our Head of Department @catherinedevries.bsky.social:

I’m thrilled to be there and look forward to great things to come for the department & school.

Really looking forward to having @connerjoyce.bsky.social as a new colleague in September!

We are very excited that the 18th @the-peio.bsky.social conference will be held at IE's Segovia campus next weekend. More information at www.peio.me

We are very excited that you will join us, @connerjoyce.bsky.social ! @iepolisci.bsky.social

This month, we are thrilled to welcome @catherinedevries.bsky.social, who joins our department as Professor of Political Science, Head of Department, and Vice Dean of the School of Politics, Economics and Global Affairs. More info about DeVries can be found at her website: www.catherinedevries.eu

We are very excited with the prospect of welcoming @connerjoyce.bsky.social in September as one of our new hires!

More job ops (2) 👇

This is my first week at IE University as assistant professor but I can already tell you that @iepolisci.bsky.social provides a very warm welcome! We're hiring in 3 lines (in CP, IR/Security Studies, and IPE). Come join us in Madrid!

Come join us @iepolisci.bsky.social! This dept has one of the healthiest environments I've found in academia. Plus, everyone does brilliant work and you get to live in a great city with a salary that allows you to enjoy it. We only work in English, so language is not an issue. Apply!

📢 We're hiring! 3 lines in CP, IR, and IPE. Come join us in Madrid! I'm not in the committee but more than happy to answer questions (via DM, email) and/or chat.

🚨🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨🚨 We have 3 lines open in CP, IR and IPE — all tenure-track. We offer competitive salaries, a 2:1 teaching load, in a friendly (and fully in English) environment, at one of Europe’s most sought-after cities.

I am really happy that our @bjpols.bsky.social paper on party-system fragmentation and democratic quality has been awarded the Lawrence Longley Best Article Award from the Representation and Electoral Systems section of @apsa.bsky.social. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Huge congratulations to @iepolisci.bsky.social for hiring the iconic @catherinedevries.bsky.social! And huge congrats dear Catherine, so awesome 👏🏻

Congratulations to both Catherine and IE !!

I cannot overstate how exciting this is. @catherinedevries.bsky.social is one of the most brilliant and influential scholars out there, as well as a kind and amazing mentor. Can't wait to have her join our department soon!

Congrats @catherinedevries.bsky.social! And I second Vicente’s excitement, what a great move for the department.

We are super excited that Catherine de Vries will join IE University as Full Professor of Political Science, Chair of our Department, and Vice Dean at IE's SPEGA in January. We look forward to having her as a colleague and leader in our growing department! www.catherinedevries.eu

Excited to begin a new chapter as Assistant Professor at IE University! Grateful to have found such a vibrant department - and an equally vibrant city. Let me know when you are in Madrid.

So happy to have Korhan and @swebera.bsky.social join us at @iepolisci.bsky.social! 🎉🎉

As the academic year resumes, we are very excited to announce the two new hires who have recently joined the IE University political science faculty: Korhan Koçak and Sigrid Weber (@swebera.bsky.social) Welcome both to @ieuniversity.bsky.social! 👇

NEW - How Mainstream Politicians Erode Norms - cup.org/4lfeHvD "we find that statements by mainstream politicians lead to more norm erosion than similar statements by radical-right politicians" - @valentimvicente.bsky.social, Elias Dinas & @dziblatt.bsky.social #OpenAccess

🎉 Congratulations to our colleague @valentimvicente.bsky.social for winning the Robert Dahl Award from @apsa.bsky.social for his book on "The Normalization of the Radical Right"!

Last day to apply to the MESS!! MESS is an initiative that brings together empirical social scientists in Madrid. Our first event was last year and it was fantastic. Join us!

🚨 Madrid social scientists and beyond! Today is the last day to apply to MESS 2025. Join us at IE in October for exciting paper presentations, poster session and lots of networking! 👇

This paper has been a long time coming, but happy to have a revised draft out. We find that banning political ideologies can open space for new political entrepreneurs who mobilize against that ban. Read Dan's thread for more details:

2 days left to submit abstracts for the next Madrid Empirical Social Sciences (MESS) conference 👇

Check out the latest publication by our professor of practice @ilketoygur.bsky.social at the Journal of European Public Policy, on backlash against climate policy and Euroscepticism www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Check out Michael Becher and Irene Menéndez González's new article @iojournal.bsky.social on how international trade shaped the politics of the adoption of political representation. doi.org/10.1017/S002...

We had a pretty productive last week, taking advantage of so many great political scientists visiting Madrid for @epsanet.bsky.social: - We co-hosted 2 pre-conferences (one on culture and one on political connections) - We presented 15 papers in EPSA panels - We hosted 1 reception at the IE tower

Reception with the best view award

We’ve had a great day at the workshop on culture at @iepolisci.bsky.social, co-organized with @emmylindstam.bsky.social and @ricarthuguet.bsky.social Thank you everyone for coming and for the very constructive and engaging discussions!

Consider joining our reception if you are in Madrid the day before EPSA and have no plans that evening:

Very excited about the upcoming 2nd Madrid Empirical Social Sciences Conference. Applications are open until July 11. Looking forward!

Applications for the 2nd annual conference of the MESS are now open. Hope to see many of you there!

Consider applying for the 2nd annual conference of the MESS. This year at the IE tower. Hope to see many of you there!

🚨 We will be hosting the next edition of the Madrid Empirical Social Sciences conference on October 24-25. See the call for papers below, and submit your abstract by July 11 here: forms.gle/usBWvFrXeVbK... (open to folks from outside Madrid too!)

Very happy to be back in Nuffield for a couple of days to attend the workshop on Social and Moral Norms, Political Violence, and Threats to Democracy, organized by Sirianne Dahlum, Tore Wig, and Daniel Goldstein. If you’re around, consider joining us!

This Friday (20th, at 13h), we are very excited to welcome Erica Owen (University of Pittsburgh) for the last seminar series session of the academic year. She will present a paper entitled "The Political Economy of Automation and Global Production: Evidence from Mexico".

I am extremely humbled to receive the @ces-europe.bsky.social Carolina de Moyer Young Scholar Award alongside Elana Resnick. I am very grateful to the committee and to the mentors and colleagues who have been kind and helped me with this work. I promise to pay forward as much as I can. Thank you ☀️

We're getting started with our two-day Workshop on Public Opinion, Representation, and Democracy. Organized by DJ Flynn and Nina Wiesehomeier, and held in our Segovia campus. @ieuniversity.bsky.social Great line-up, live updates below! 🧵

We're very excited for the IE SPEGA Workshop on Public Opinion, Representation and Democracy -- tomorrow and Wednesday in Segovia, with a great line-up of speakers.

Today in our seminar series our colleagues DJ Flynn and (online from California) Carlos Lastra presented exciting early results from their project on "Digital Literacy among Teens", funded by La Caixa Foundation.

This Friday (30th, at 13h), we are very excited to have our colleagues DJ Flynn and Carlos Lastra present at our seminar series. They will present a paper entitled "Skills or Motivations? Pathways to Digital Literacy among Teens".