📢 Call for Papers – London Experimental Seminar Series (LESS) in Political Science @lsegovernment.bsky.social. We are launching a new forum for experimental political science research: First seminar: 19/11/2025. Deadline: 31/08/2025. Submit here: forms.gle/ZUJcBbZoDoaY...

EPSA have announced that they will hold a conference in July 2026. 😵‍💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA. 👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things. A short 🧵

‼️ Former head of detention centre in Russia's Taganrog personally ordered torture of late Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna – police

Moscow is either preparing to attack Estonia - a NATO nation - or is making new attempts to intimidate NATO. Russia is moving electronic warfare systems 20km from Estonia against the backdrop of Zapad-2025 military drills in Belarus. www.eurointegration.com.ua/eng/news/202...

From May 2025 - Legislative Cooptation in Authoritarian Regimes: Policy Cooperation in the Kuwait National Assembly - cup.org/4iVKa4R - @danieltavana.bsky.social & Erin York #OpenAccess

🧵/ It's too hot this evening to be outside 🥵 so I decided to sit indoors in the cool & sort through some old papers from uni papers I'd been meaning to clear out. & I came across this clipping of an editorial from @newscientist.com from 2006! It makes for some grim reading...

During the nationwide minute of silence in Ukraine, even as heavy rain fell, this man stopped alone in the street — motionless, soaked, and silent — to honor the memory of Ukraine’s fallen defenders. No words. No gestures. Just pure respect. Sometimes, the quietest moments speak the loudest.

Last night Russia bombarded Ukraine 741 areal targets including a RECORD 728❗️drones @ 13⚠️ missiles Reports included a Kh-47M2 Kinzhal missile - which reaches its target in mere minutes. A friend “it was loud but I tried to sleep” - she means in a basement on a cold floor Others weren’t so lucky

🚀 Launching the Humboldt Governance Lab @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social! We deliver evidence-based insights and policy advice on today’s key challenges to democracy. 🌐 hu-govlab.de Follow us for research, updates & collaborations. #GovLab #Democracy #PolicyResearch

Morning in Kyiv. No sleep. Air quality is extremely bad. City is covered in thick smoke. This is Russian terror, aimed at people who chose to stay, resist and fight.

Our Element is out! 🎉 Why do authoritarian-leaning leaders target women’s and LGBTQ+ rights? Is there a systematic pattern that reaches beyond individual country cases, and how is this reflected in people’s attitudes and societal norms? www.cambridge.org/core/element...

🚨 Academic job alert! We are hiring 12 people at graduate, assistant professor, and full prof level in the 20th century history of Central/Eastern Europe. Our institute is growing, Warsaw is brilliant, and we want young and enthusiastic people. Join us!

A lot of media are covering Europe’s heatwave 🔥 but few are connecting it to the climate crisis. Tools like the Climate Shift Index show this heatwave is up to 5x 😱 more likely because of climate change. That context matters. csi.climatecentral.org/climate-shif...

#TerrorinGeorgia :)

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Speaking in Uzbekistan Slovak PM Robert Fico calls for reform of Slovakia’s political system reducing numbers of parties. Says Europe needs to draw inspiration from more “economically more efficient” non-democratic systems like those of UZ, China, Vietnam. dennikn.sk/minuta/46837...

"the temperatures at every reef north of Ningaloo reached as high as or higher than ever recorded. “We’ve never had every major WA reef affected in a single event. This is the worst coral bleaching event recorded for WA reefs.” " #ClimateEmergency www.theguardian.com/environment/...

DON’T SCROLL PAST TERROR. TALK ABOUT KHARKIV.

Why is democracy so fragile—and autocracy so resilient? 📅June 23-24 Line-up: @bartonelee2.bsky.social @janeesberg.bsky.social @felixhaass.bsky.social @mattingly.bsky.social @monikanalepa.bsky.social @aspaglayan.bsky.social &+ ℹ️ www.iast.fr/conferences/...

Inspired by this lineup? Join us at the IAST workshop. ✍️Register by 15/06: www.iast.fr/registration... 👉Organized with care by: A. Degrave, @dwingerfelix.bsky.social @haasvioleta.bsky.social @hlarreguy.bsky.social @giacomolem.bsky.social K. Michelitch, A. Ezzeldin Mohamed & @asimpser.bsky.social

Excited about our upcoming @iast.fr workshop on autocratic politics & democratic backsliding! Join us if you are in the Toulouse area or passing through on your way to #epsa. Program,registration link, & add'l info on our workshop's website: tinyurl.com/iast-autocracy Registration is required. ☝️

The clear goal is to suffocate what remains of Hungary’s critical civil society and to intimidate independent media, ahead of the highly contested 2026 elections — elections that the incumbent Fidesz party would lose if held today, writes @danielhegedus.bsky.social. euobserver.com/rule-of-law/...

My first book piece in German! Ich habe meinen ersten deutschen Buchbeitrag für die Sächsische Zeitung veröffentlicht, in dem es darum geht, wie man Einwanderung populär machen kann! Wenn Sie in Dresden sind, kommen Sie am Dienstag um 14 Uhr zur MIDEM. www.saechsische.de/kultur/regio...

"I never thought I’d see the day when Hungary — my country of birth — would threaten to suspend my citizenship for the act of defending democracy. Yet, here we are." Orbán's new law targets U.S.-Hungarian dual citizens like Dávid Korányi, head of Action for Democracy and a target of smear campaigns.

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"We can react by seeing all of this for what it is, and naming it by name: incipient state terror. We can react by associating ourselves with others who are repressed before we are. Only in solidarity do we affirm law."

#Georgians marching on #Rustaveli to pay tribute to those killed for independence of #Georgia 36 years ago! #GeorgiaProtests #AprilMassacre

The families of political prisoners grow emotional as ~200 titushki—gov’t-backed violent mob—try to provoke us on Rustaveli. We remain peaceful, especially toward fellow citizens. Police are heavily mobilized. 34 years ago today, Russian troops killed 21 protesters here.

The boy in this photo is Tymofii, 3 years and 9 months old. He didn't survive... His mom Valeriia shared that Tymofii was returning home from the playground with his grandma when Russia launched the missile. Mom ran to them. Valeriia says Tymofii loved space and rockets.

🕯️💔The screams you hear are from a playground filled with children—targeted and bombed by Russia with a ballistic missile. Russia is a terrorist state!

😔 In Kryvyi Rih, there was a playground near the site of Strike, 5 children are known to have died.

74% of Ukrainians say the country should keep fighting even without U.S. aid - after killings, torture, and deportations followed Russia’s 2022 invasion, The National Interest. 1/

NEW: Today in Instanbul, Turkey. A people fighting for democracy & against authoritarianism. This is how you do it! Chairman of Republican People’s Party, Özgür Özel: “Today, 2.2 million of our citizens overflowed Maltepe Square. This is just the beginning. This nation will not remain silent.” 🇹🇷

While Kremlin lies, manipulates, and demands sanctions to be dropped for a sea ceasefire, swarms of Russian drones fill Ukrainian skies. Living next to Russia taught me: never trust their words

It is important to fight these cases in court. Decisions may be weakly enforced, but the information revealed in discovery creates bad press and autocrats hate bad press. Not fighting will damage morale and only encourage more assaults. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/n...

Carefully chosen instance to defy the courts. But if they get away with it, anything goes. apnews.com/article/trum...

Eastern Europeans have a long record of deposing corrupt autocrats through peaceful protest. Let's see if the Serbs succeed for the second time in 25 years.

Gestern gab's eine kleine Übersicht der westeuropäischen Forschung zu Geschlechterunterschieden in politischer Weltanschauung und Wahlverhalten, historischen Entwicklungen und aktuellen Trends, Fragestellungen und Hypothesen mit mir im Hessischen Rundfunk: www.hr2.de/podcasts/in-...

Leaked doc analyzed by WP on 🇷🇺goals in negotiations. Even 🇷🇺 FSB acknowledges that no pro-🇷🇺 regime can emerge in 🇺🇦 "from inside the country" & thus "complete dismantling" of 🇺🇦 state & govt is needed. No NATO is insufficient. What @popovaprof.bsky.social & I have been saying all along⬇️

NATO still exists but has turned into a weak institution. US commitment to Art. V lacks credibility under the Trump administration. Expect it to raise brazen demands in return for any future US support. If you are under attack, this US administration will exploit your vulnerability and abuse you. 1/

French President Emmanuel Macron urged European and NATO military leaders to develop a concrete plan for "credible security guarantees" for Ukraine in the event of a ceasefire.

Right now there is clear, overwhelming opposition to Mahmoud Khalil’s abduction across the moderate, liberal, progressive & left spectrum. This kind of loud unity is what authoritarians are afraid of. To keep it up we need every institution & public leader to join the chorus.

Without Western chips, Russia would not be able to produce key weapons. To prove that this line of supply continues despite bans from the U.S. and Europe, the Kyiv Independent tried ordering American microchips from Russian trading companies.

This is not about fighting antisemitism. This is all about silencing opposing views. Today it’s pro-Palestine, tomorrow it’s pro-Ukraine, and then it’s just deporting whomever they don’t like. And then everyone is silent.

Thank you, our Heroes, for every life saved, for every new day given to Ukraine 🇺🇦

New working paper! In this research note, @bogatyrev.bsky.social, @tabouchadi.bsky.social, @heikekluever.bsky.social, @lstoetze.bsky.social, and I present the first systematic test that causally identifies the electoral consequences of state-sponsored homophobia: osf.io/preprints/os... 🧵Thread

One way to commemorate the end of the third year of Russia’s senseless, criminal war against Ukraine is to read the work of Ukrainians about it. Vika did not live to see the publication of this book, since she was killed by a Russian missile. But we can see her in her words.

In Prague, thousands gathered to show solidarity with Ukraine, expressing hope for peace and support for freedom 🇨🇿💙💛

I have studied relations between Russia and the European far right for years, and while there may be ideological similarities between the two sides, Russia’s primary goal in this cooperation is to weaken Europe — politically, socially, and economically. 1/2