For the first time, I've released a local elections projection using The Elections Centre data. You can read the full analysis here and I'll add some snippets in this thread 👇 electionscentre.uk/2026-local-e...

🚨 Just over two weeks left to submit your abstracts! We're hosting the 2nd Workshop for scholars of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties (EPOP) based in the North of the UK. 🏛️University of York, 8-9 June 2026. Theme: Inequality, Authoritarianism and the Future of Liberal Democracy Info below 👇

The call for papers for #EPOP2026 in Liverpool (17–19 September) is now open! We welcome submissions across all areas of research on elections, public opinion and parties. Deadline: 26 April Submit your proposals here: www.liverpool.ac.uk/politics/eve... @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

🎉Thank you to everyone who joined us yesterday for an engaging discussion on the Challenges of Studying Gender and Inequalities in the 21st Century! 🎉 We are especially grateful to the speakers @elizabethjevans.bsky.social @charlie-walker.bsky.social, Dr Maria Villares-Varela & Dr Valentina Tonei.

In Memoriam Mala Htun (1969-2025) Mala Htun made a major impact on the study of women, gender, and politics as a scholar, teacher, mentor, and advocate. To honor her contributions, we have ungated access to her articles until the end of February 2025. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

🚨We are so excited to announce that we are hosting the PSA Women & Politics @psawomenpol.bsky.social 2025 Annual Conference here in 📍Southampton! The conference, Troubled Times: Gender and Politics in the 21st Century, will be held from 📅 17 to 18 June! More details are in the CFP linked below.

Stunning 🎥 summary (Spanish 🇪🇸 with 🇬🇧 subtitles) of @atiradocastro.bsky.social & @bcaihuelas.bsky.social's EJPG research on the gender gap in the responsiveness of political elites doi.org/10.1332/2515... @bupjournals.bsky.social

Might I politely say that this would be a good moment for anyone who runs a big social or election study to give some serious thought to including a battery of Qs on attitudes to feminism/gender roles? We have some great questions on sexism/household gender roles but need more imho (unsurprisingly!)

Our new Gender and Inequalities (GAIN) Centre at @sotonpolitics.bsky.social is officially up and running! 🎉 So excited to be running this with my brilliant colleagues @elizabethjevans.bsky.social and @emiliabelknap.bsky.social Keep an eye out for more to come! 👇

📢 New #PAG20 Book Review 📚 @anacweeks.bsky.social reviews 'Women, Men, and Elections' by Rosalind Shorrocks. The book explores how gendered policy preferences can explain gender gaps in voting. gendersky polisky https://buff.ly/411zJaj

Democracy researchers please take note, and tell relevant colleagues: The Dep. of Pol. Sci. in Gothenburg is hiring a new Director for the V-Dem Institute. The Director will also serve as permanent (tenured) member of the Dep., with reduced teaching responsibilities during their tenure as Director.

Is there a gender age gap in support for the far-right? 🚻 🗳️ Not as much as we thought! @gefjonoff.bsky.social & colleagues use cross-national data to show that the far-right gender gap is non-existent among some age cohorts Check out the ✨FREE ACCESS✨paper here: https://buff.ly/4gIsLLS

*Attention PhD students and Early Career Researchers* - Call for papers! With support from @ukandeu.bsky.social I will be hosting a workshop event for PhDs and ECRs on April 23rd, just after Easter. A chance to present in a supportive environment & meet new colleagues. Details attached

Hello, Bluesky! ☀️ We fund frontier research in Europe—bold ideas, unexpected discoveries and science that shapes the future. So it’s only fitting we’ve landed here. Sorry for being late. Follow us for updates on ERC funding, research policy, and our grantees' discoveries.

🚨 Postdoc Fellow at LSE in Political Behaviour 🚨 We're hiring a 2-3 year postdoc fellow at the LSE to join our great department (with some teaching in political behaviour and comparative European or EU politics) Please spread the word and reach out with questions! jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

Job alert 👇🚨

New paper! Do the (British) public believe there’s a trade-off btwn economic growth and protecting the environment? Does this belief matter for which they prioritise? Not strongly, and no. Environmental protection remains a priority even with costs to growth authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

UCD’s School of Sociology is hiring an Assistant Professor (permanent) in Computational Social Science. – Salary Scale: €62,855–€99,533 – Application deadline: 10 Feb – Details: www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/list... @ucdsociology.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social

Happy to have contributed to this research from the Centenary Action Group showing how much work is needed to achieve a 50:50 parliament www.politics.co.uk/comment/2025...

New Working Paper: Teenage boys and girls in Norway are more ideologically polarized than ever. Using data for 130,000 high-schoolers over 34 years, I find that a surge in anti-feminism among boys is driving much of the recent trend.📈 Read: osf.io/preprints/os... Findings 🧵👇

❗2-year postdoc at the University of York❗ I am looking for a postdoc for my ERC-funded project “The many faces of prejudice: the “what”, the “why”, and the “how” of inferences we make from membership in social groups”. To learn more and apply (by Jan 13): jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese... #psychjobs

Thank you @genelectnet.bsky.social for the fab workshop! It was great to present our @blavatnikschool.bsky.social research on Strengthening Democracy by Reducing Threats to Women in Politics and learn from other fab scholars! 🗳️

Kicking off our second day is @chrisbutlerpol.bsky.social on whether women politicians are less supportive of conflictual political styles

In a festive Oxford to run @genelectnet.bsky.social Annual Workshop on Gender and Elections with @cerifowler.bsky.social and @rosieshorrocks.bsky.social

One of our co-convenors @cerifowler.bsky.social currently presenting on work Gender Gaps in the 2024 UK General Election with @profrosiecamp.bsky.social @rosieshorrocks.bsky.social and @annasanders.bsky.social

Excited to be kicking off our Annual Gender and Elections workshop at St Hildas @ox.ac.uk this afternoon

Come and join us! We are recruiting a researcher (with PhD) for a three-year position as part of the EU-funded Horizon Europe Consortium "Sustainable Public Administration in Modern Democracies" (SUPA) - PI Yves Steinebach. The application deadline is 16 December 2024.

Deadline today 👇

Lasy day to apply. The deadline for this is tomorrow, 22 November.

NEW: The UK voter gender gap has shifted across party lines Read the full article by @profrosiecamp.bsky.social, @cerifowler.bsky.social, Anna Sanders and Rosalind Shorrocks in @politicalquarterly.bsky.social : onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... 🧵⬇️

Good news, we have extended our call for papers deadline to Friday 22nd Nov. 🎉 Send us your papers! 📝👇

Good news, we have extended our call for papers deadline to Friday 22nd Nov. 🎉 Send us your papers! 📝👇

🚨 New Publication from two of our convenors and one of our members reflecting on gender in the 2024 UK Election. 🎉 Check it out 👇

🚀 Call for Applications! Mid-Career Researcher Mentoring Programme 📅 Jan 23-24, 2025, PSA Offices, London A unique mentoring opportunity for women MCRs 🎓 Tackling challenges like balancing roles, publication & grant strategies, and career ambition 🗓️ Deadline: Nov 25, 2024 shorturl.at/bKV8a

Very handy @ejpgjournal.bsky.social Ed's collection on diversity and representation including me and @stefaniereher.bsky.social on disabled women's experiences of political recruitment bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/subject/Edit...

This looks excellent - deadline is tomorrow!

📣Announcement📣 Politics & Gender Conference 2025 A conference celebrating 20 years of P&G for scholars working on all aspects of women, gender, & politics. 📅 May 28-29, 2025 📍 Rutgers University CFP: mlkrook.org/PAGC_CFP_202... Website: www.pagconference.org Submit: forms.gle/nc6ZpaEX7qnz...

📢 Call for Papers! GenElect Annual Workshop on Gender & Elections 📅 Dec 16-17, 2024 📍 St Hilda’s College, Oxford. Seeking papers on topics like voter biases, intersectionality, new methods, & gendered campaigns. Works in progress welcomed! 🗓️ Deadline: Nov 20 💌 forms.gle/6gLTyymc9EKr...

🎓✨Here’s your starter pack for experts on gender and its intersections in elections, public opinion, political parties, and the women in the EPOP discipline. 💡📚 Nominate yourself and others! 📣 📣 go.bsky.app/HC7Pvbd

Our starter pack on gender, elections, public opinion, parties & women in the EPOP discipline 👇👇

🎓✨Here’s your starter pack for experts on gender and its intersections in elections, public opinion, political parties, and the women in the EPOP discipline. 💡📚 Nominate yourself and others! 📣 📣 go.bsky.app/HC7Pvbd

Also seems like a great time to remind everyone that I am hosting a workshop with @genelectnet.bsky.social @jess-smith.bsky.social & Rosie Shorrocks on the 16/17 December in Oxford and our call for papers is open! genelectnetwork.wordpress.com

Just to make sure that our new generation of researchers does not get less attention than more senior scholars, I have made a starter pack with PhD researchers in Political Science go.bsky.app/MYHYycU

We have gained a lot of new followers in the last week so just a reminder of who we are 👇 📝 Sign up for updates and to be on our media list using the form below 📝

📢 Call for Papers! GenElect Annual Workshop on Gender & Elections 📅 Dec 16-17, 2024 📍 St Hilda’s College, Oxford. Seeking papers on topics like voter biases, intersectionality, new methods, & gendered campaigns. Works in progress welcomed! 🗓️ Deadline: Nov 20 💌 forms.gle/cT6LkEhi2V6A...

🌟 Calling all mid-career women academics! 🌟 Thinking about the next steps in your career, but need support? Our MCR Mentoring Programme offers tailored support, expert-led sessions, and a chance to connect with peers 📚✨ Run by @psawomenpol.bsky.social & supported by @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

📢 Call for Papers! GenElect Annual Workshop on Gender & Elections 📅 Dec 16-17, 2024 📍 St Hilda’s College, Oxford. Seeking papers on topics like voter biases, intersectionality, new methods, & gendered campaigns. Works in progress welcomed! 🗓️ Deadline: Nov 20 💌 forms.gle/cT6LkEhi2V6A...

Given how hard it is to provide direct evidence of the role of sexism in election outcomes (& not to mention the wider patriarchal structures that led to the wider electoral circumstances), it seems an incredibly simplistic take to conclude sexism didn't matter www.economist.com/united-state...

🚨‼️Wrong link below - please use this one forms.gle/x9FbgUAFunkw... (if already submitted please resubmit on this link) Our Annual Workshop on Gender and Elections is at St Hilda's College, Oxford 16th-17th Oct. Full papers, works-in-progress, and research designs welcome. Deadline 20th November.

Come one, come all, submit your research to 2026 special issue on public opinion