«Noen barn, inkludert småbarn, ble skutt i hodet av skarpskyttere.» Somme menneske er i stand til å forsvare all verdas ondskap. Dei som framleis forsvarer Israels rett til å drive folkemord må få god plass i historiebøkene.

🚨🚨 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.

More excellent research at the WhoGov workshop with a keynote by @szakonyi.bsky.social, and presentations by @miguelpereira.bsky.social @rsenninger.bsky.social @jbvalgermo.bsky.social @fiva.no @martesaga.bsky.social @haakongjerlw.bsky.social @mnagawa.bsky.social @antonkronborg.bsky.social and more

@silje-hermansen.bsky.social presented work with @louisabo.bsky.social and @tommasopavone.bsky.social on the conditions under which the European Court of Justice will accept novel legal arguments advanced by private parties #ecprgc25

And we have an incredible list of section co-chairs for Belfast 2026, from 18 countries and every part of Europe. We are really grateful to these dedicated colleagues for taking on this role and helping us shape the future of political science in our continent. epssnet.org/belfast-2026...

You will not want to miss the first EPSS conference. If you have work on courts and adjacent topics in the pipeline, do consider submitting to the dedicated Judicial Politics section

Valglokalene åpner 11. august! Bruk stemmeretten til å stå opp for mennesker, menneskeheten og menneskerettigheter — og vis at du er i mot folkemord og apartheidregimet Israel! Palestinakomiteen har laget en oversikt her over hva partiene mener: palestina.no/dette-mener-...

Over the past 21 months of war in #Gaza, more than 17,000 children have reportedly been killed and 33,000 injured. An average of 28 children have been killed each day — the equivalent of an entire classroom. The violence has to end. Aid must be allowed in. #CeasefireNow

“People in Gaza are neither dead nor alive, they are walking corpses.” The UN has over 6000 aid trucks ready & waiting to enter #Gaza - while Israel engineers mass starvation. It is sickening, genocidal, inhuman. Photo: Mahmoud Issa/Reuters

When did starvation become an act of self defense? (Ps more people have now been shot by IDF soldiers in line trying to get food than people who were killed on October 7th by Hamas)

Thanks for a wonderful #IPSA2025 @ipsa.org 🫰🏽 I’ve never had so much kimchi at a conference before! Looking forward to give a talk at KDI School in Sejong today with @jacobnyrup.bsky.social

Couldn’t agree more 👇🏽

Had a nice #EPSA2025 in Madrid! Hope to be at @epssnet.bsky.social in Belfast next year 🤞🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽#EPSS2026

political scientists democratising their institutions in the age of backsliding, talk about leading by example

New paper w/ @chrishillion.bsky.social & @tommasopavone.bsky.social What does it take not just to defend democracy—but to rebuild it? Developing the concepts of democratic frontsliding and restorative disobedience we analyze how liberal democracy can be restored: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

The current drama between Trump and Musk makes me think that men are too emotional for leadership roles.

Our paper is forthcoming in @bjpols.bsky.social! You can read it here 👇🏽👇🏽 Super proud to be working with the amazing @silje-hermansen.bsky.social and @tommasopavone.bsky.social — they have thought me everything I know!

𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 in @bjpols.bsky.social! We show the @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social neither favors the "haves" nor has a pro-business bias: it consistently levels the odds for disempowered individuals & spotlights support for their rights. Why 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 the haves come out ahead? Read on: tinyurl.com/28662tae

If you think about it the #EUSA2025 conference is the Met Gala, only in Philadelphia, with less fashionable clothing, but better academic papers! Looking forward to seeing colleagues and friends again very soon! @eustudies.bsky.social

Hi! I would just like to share that the first paper in my PhD has been accepted for publication in @thejop.bsky.social and you can read the "ahead of print" version here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1... This is a very big day for me!! Now I am a real PUBLISHED researcher!

Anyone going to EUSA — anyone not going anymore? I’m a bit scared about going tbh… #EUSA

Why are we not seeing massive sustained opposition to democratic backsliding in the US? Do opposition leaders have too high opportunity costs (many are quite rich), coordination problems (no central leading figure), lack of a unifying ideology,..

I feel honored, indeed! Thank you to EUSA; in addition to my fantastic coauthors @tommasopavone.bsky.social and @louisabo.bsky.social. Looking forward to celebrating in Philly! #eusa2025

@tommasopavone.bsky.social, @silje-hermansen.bsky.social, & @louisabo.bsky.social 's paper "Towards a Theory of Judicial Agency in International Settings: Government Input and Litigant Success before the European Court of Justice" will also receive Best Paper Prize Honorable Mention at #eusa25

I am looking for a postdoc in my new project on "The domestic politics of EU action against democratic backsliding". Please, check also the project website for the call for applications (as well as the calls for two more postdoc positions in Bremen and Wroclaw): sites.google.com/view/deudem

I am unsure whether any paper presentation can beat a live performance of espresso, guess and good luck babe... If you will present that paper at EPSA, please let me know.

Happy to announce that my first article is finally in print in Political Science and Research Methods (PSRM).

I am looking to hire a post-doctoral researcher to work with me in a project on social cleavages and political party competition in Europe: lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/... Happy to answer any questions, and thanks in advance for circulating the call!

Be part of the @leverhulme.bsky.social Climate Vulnerability team 🚀 I’m looking for a 2-year postdoc to join my group at @politicsoxford.bsky.social. Apply if you’re an empirically minded junior researcher who just finished or abt to finish a PhD! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLQ634/p... ⏰ midday Feb 26 ⏰

How do you explain an R&R to your non academic friends? I said it was like being nominated for an Oscar without being able to say anything unless you win. Better ideas?

I can't help but feel the same way. Can we get a bluesky dedicated to picture-sharing, dm's and videos, called pinksky, and relocate with our friends from abroad and at home?

Would you like to study how geopolitical change affects the EU's global role? Apply for a PhD position at ARENA as part of the doctoral network 'Contested EU foreign policy in an era of geopolitics' (EUFOG)🌍 📥Application deadline: 1 March 2025 www.sv.uio.no/arena/englis...

Hej skandinaviske medier! Hermed nogle forslag til framing og kontekst til nogle af de mange nyheder, der kommer fra Trumps USA disse dage. Hilsen en diktatorforsker

Do you research political elites and do you fancy a trip to Oslo on September 1-2, 2025? Then apply to the 𝘞𝘩𝘰𝘎𝘰𝘷 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱 𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴. The deadline is April 4th. We have funding, so we may be able to help finance your trip! You can find the call for papers here: bit.ly/WhoGovWorksh...

Workshop announcement: for the third year running @uclspp.bsky.social and @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social are teaming up to bring together some of the most exciting early career researchers in Law and Courts, this year also joined by @dnaurin.bsky.social. Apply by 31 March with @icuervo.bsky.social!

Dear friends, If you find yourself in need of something to read during the holiday season (and you are interested in gender and judicial politics), I just published the second paper in my dissertation on APSA preprints: preprints.apsanet.org/engage/apsa/...

Merci, Gisèle Pelicot. Je vous admire.

Today I am lecturing for the Gender and Politics class at the University of Copenhagen. What a nice way to end my research stay and what a nice way to celebrate this amazing new painting in the Danish Parliament (Nov 2024) by Mie Mørkeberg of female Danish Politicians 1918-2024!

Dear friends, the first paper of my phd dissertation is now published on APSA preprints. You can read it here: doi.org/10.33774/aps... I speak to anyone interested in gender and politics, courts, representation, (judicial) performance, gender-based selection bias and incorporation into office.

I got to go to Jordan with amazing colleagues @vldjuve.bsky.social @haakongjerlw.bsky.social @chknutsen.bsky.social @jacobnyrup.bsky.social. Here I talk a bit about what we did and what I learned (in Norwegian): www.sv.uio.no/isv/forsknin...

Dear friends please send us your abstracts!

As respect for international law is buried under the rubble in Gaza the institutions finally stand tall. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...

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Apply to our panel at ECPRGC next year 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽 It will change your life

Deadline for proposals for the UT Emerging scholars conference is this Friday! Spread the word polisky

Tidligere denne uka skrev jeg og min kollega Victoria Skeie en kronikk om lovløsheten i norsk politikk og hvilke konsekvenser det har for rettssamfunnet