ERC offers 'start-up' funding to help new grantees move to Europe to establish their laboratories or research teams. This funding is now being doubled from up to €1 million to up to €2 million. This will apply already in the ERC Advanced Grant competition, which is due to open on 22 May 2025.

Early career researchers, submit your proposal to the Emerging Methodologist Workshop, and super interesting and fully-funded APSA pre-conference. sigla.georgetown.domains/emworkshop/

DEADLINE TODAY! Submit Your Proposals for the 2024 APSA Annual Meeting & Exhibition in Philadelphia. connect.apsanet.org/apsa2024/

Job alert: Assistant Professor in European Politics and Policy at the London School of Economics. Spread widely! jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

Please spread widely: Virtual info session for prospective MSc and PhD students at the LSE / European Institute: www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...

CfA now open at EUI for the fully-funded PhD program. Deadline is 31 January 24. www.eui.eu/en/services/...

Excellent blog on the Law of Armed Conflict in relation to the 🇮🇱-🇵🇸conflict. H/T @georgeperetzkc.bsky.social for finding it an tweeting it out on 🐦 Really useful t.co/vpMJyqkR3X

Call for Visiting Fellows at Harvard's Center for European Studies. Applications due December 2023. See below for more information: ces.fas.harvard.edu/opportunitie...

#polsky #UK #Brexit Confession: I have a Brexit grudge. Every time I see a Dyson hand dryer, I’m like “Nope! Not gonna use it.”

#Polisky I'm looking for organizations or researchers working on democratic innovations to promote public participation/engagement. Any suggestions? Particularly interested in people doing training programs with policymakers.

Most common reason for delay of early flights from my experience: a passenger feeling unwell has to deboard. Don’t party hard and fly, please!

”Analytics firm Appfigures found a 50% drop in downloads from June 2023 (before the rebrand) to August 2023, especially from Google Play — and substantial increases in download numbers for Bluesky and popular Mastodon apps.” www.deweysquare.com/wp-content/u...

Reform der Investitionsgarantien: Unternehmen können sich Auslandsinvestitionen absichern lassen. Aktuell garantiert der Bund rund 30 Milliarden Euro. Nach Handelsblatt-Infos werden 34 Länder nun bei der Vergabe bevorzugt – mit dem Ziel, unabhängiger von China zu werden. Ein Thread. 1/6

Polish election update: A) turnout very high (73)! B) exit poll shows PIS with plurality, 37% of vote, but not enough seats: and its likely coalition partner got only 6% C) democratic opposition declaring victory (!) D) PiS reps already complaining big cities suspect bc voted for oppo

"Exciting first election analyses from 🇵🇱: 👉Women and young people decided the election 👉Women's turnout is higher than men's - for the first time ever 👉 Voter turnout of 18-29 year olds is higher than that of over 60s #Poland

We're hiring! 5-year Postdoc/university assistant position in Methods focusing on comparative politics, University of Salzburg. Application deadline: 1.11. More details: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/zf0il... Please share! polisky

Really surprised that there is no adequate translation of the German word "Spießer" (blogs.transparent.com/german/untra...) into British English - considering that there are so many here in the England.

Finally deactivated my Twitter account. Nuf is enough.

A terror attack is a terror attack is a terror attack. There's no defending it.

Back in London…

This morning, my 6-yo had the idea to make paper cones, throw in 2-3 small, used toys, and sell them 1 Euro each as grab bags (“Wundertüte”) on playgrounds. He made loads of money within minutes.

I've started a list of PoliSky Sub-feeds. If you know of one (or started one) that should be added, please re-skeet the feed announcement and @profruback.bsky.social when you do. I'll add it ASAP. docs.google.com/spreadsheets... (@maaikeverbruggen.bsky.social, @profmusgrave.bsky.social )

A good example of how Trump et al has embedded criminality as a norm in the GOP https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-am/

German politics word of the day: “Wiedergutmachung: Literally: “Again-Well-Making” Although it sounds like a word made up by a toddler, it’s a serious matter. It describes W Germany’s attempt to make up for “damages” caused to individuals by national-socialist injustice.