How Cases Speak to One Another: Using Translation to Rethink Generalization in Political Science Research By Erica S. Simmons, University of Wisconsin—Madison, and Nicholas Rush Smith, City University of New York—City College and the Graduate Center and University of Johannesburg Regardless of…

My one wish for a first mother’s day: that mothers get treated how they do today on the other 364 days of the year. Or, that one day does not make up for the 364 days of unequal labour.

Excited to offer this (hopefully helpful) intervention to citizenship studies, illustrating conceptual differences in democratic and authoritarian citizenship. The goal is to provide a framework for clearer comparative analysis and understanding changes such as democratic erosion

Very pleased to announce the publication of our recent special issue on "Citizenship in the global struggles for democracy", co-edited with Jelena Džankić and Szabolcs Pogonyi @scmrjems.bsky.social @lsemethodology.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Doing 'deep' work on maternity leave is a peculiar vision of a peculiar life. It takes so much organisation (childcare), carving out of moments, and battling with the foggy layers of sleep deprivation. Is this how working will be in the next phase? Who knows.

Amid everything else, a brief note to announce the CFP for the 2026 Summer Workshop in the Economic History and Historical Political Economy of Eurasia. If you are an economist, historian, or political scientist working on Imperial Russia or the USSR, please consider applying. July 17–18, Paris.

Attempting to strip someone of citizenship is always a transparent and hopeless effort to avoid responsibility for the underlying problem you claim to object to. Their citizenship is *why* they can be held accountable for the actions you object to.

Streeting to next launch inquiry into “over-diagnosis” of left-handedness. “Never used to be like this,” he insists.

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If anyone is looking for Christmas cards, my partner has made some based on his sister, Sally's, art designs to raise money for the Adrenal Cortical Cancer Support charity (@amenduk.bsky.social). All proceeds go to the charity. sallyz-art.square.site

New paper 🚨 “Vicarious denial: war crimes & online deliberation in Serbia” 🇷🇸 with @denisakost.bsky.social We scrape 4 news sites + reader comments and blend text-as-data (keywords; neg. binomial/logistic; BERTopic/SBERT) with critical discourse analysis to track on-topic debate & denial.

For personal reasons (🐣), I’ve not been following recent Moldovan politics enough to comment more than yey PAS / Maia. But, I can comment just how much more coverage these elections and Moldova as a result are getting. Moldova’s visibility right now (and the reasons) is something worth observing.

Moldova has voted: PAS wins with 50.15%, beating the polls despite Russian interference. The people chose a pro-EU, reform path. Meanwhile, the pro-Russian Patriotic Bloc (24%) calls for protests. PAS must now deliver reforms & lead Moldova toward EU accession. #Moldova #Elections #EU

#Moldova With 55 seats in Parliament, pro-EU party PAS secures absolute majority. Patriotic Bloc leader Igor Dodon calls for a peaceful protest at 12.00 and alleges irregularities in the voting process. He has yet to recognize the results.

To Report or Not to Report on Research Ethics in Political Science and International Relations: A New Dimension of Gender-Based Inequality To Report or Not to Report on Research Ethics in Political Science and International Relations: A New Dimension of Gender-Based Inequality By Eleanor Knott and…

Blood red carpet. By Mykhailo Dunakovskiy.

The mental and admin load expected on new mothers (knee deep in stitches and waist high in sleep deprivation) is wild and the bureaucratic push back from the NHS is even more wild. Want your partner’s number on baby’s details? They’ll remove it. Want your partner to register at a GP? They can’t.

I am looking for a researcher (pre-doc) in my DFG-funded project "Violence Against Political Actors at the Grassroots Level" 👇

My University has opened a virtual scholar scheme for scholars from Gaza. Please share widely and help stop scholasticide. www.exeter.ac.uk/faculties/ha...

Today, I start a new chapter on parental leave and as an Associate Professor. Beyond grateful to everyone who helped me make both of these happen, professionally and personally, to those who supported, advised, wrote letters, reviewed manuscripts, cared, and let me rant.

Now on FirstView ft. @marniehowlett.bsky.social and @lkonken.bsky.social. How can we as a profession address that our "homes" and "fields" are not distinct and separate, especially with the rise of virtual and digital research methods? #polisky #academisky www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

🔴 Russia conducted one of the most massive attacks on Ukraine to date tonight. Preliminarily, Russian troops deployed: - Between 560 and 700 drones. - Over 15 Kh-101 cruise missiles. The main targets of the assault were Lviv, Lutsk, and Chernivtsi.

Moldova Matters e acum și în română! NYT scrie că Moldova ar fi dispusă să primească „deportați” din țări terțe trimiși de SUA. De ce asta nu se va întâmpla (probabil)… și de ce chiar n-ar trebui. 👇 open.substack.com/pub/moldovam...

Stonewall's new short strategy is out. Not one specific mention of trans people. Not one specific mention of mass segregation and persecution. Not one specific mention of trans children. Not one specific mention of mass oppression and healthcare criminalisation. 1/2

Russia's disinformation campaign targeting Moldova continues, with dozens more links to social media posts with fake news videos emailed to Bellingcat over the last week.

I need you to watch Irina Vlah rap as part of her take down of PAS www.instagram.com/reel/DLjn3TV...

Expert commentary on proposed amendments to UK citizenship law extending naturalisation period from 5 to 10 years: back to the future reviving Labour's proposals from 2008, and with a similar lack of evidence base for this extension....

🌍 Just launched: The Global State of Citizenship 2025 report ⚡ Explore trends in citizenship laws across 191 countries (2020–2024), including dual citizenship, gender equality, immigrant inclusion & more 📊 🔗 Read the full report: globalgovernanceprogramme.eui.eu/global-state...

It seems facile to say, but many of us are supportive of trans rights explicitly because of our serious feminist commitments. Trans rights are human rights. Women's rights are human rights. And reproductive rights are a fundamental part of those human rights. These fights are inseparable.

Publication day today! @brisunipress.bsky.social bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/borders-citi...

"Each extension or renewal of a visa can cost up to almost £2,000, in addition to the £1,035 annual NHS surcharge that migrants need to pay." It's worth noting that the NHS surcharge was £200 in 2018; since then, in the midst of a cost-of-living crisis, it has been increased year after year.

My favourite Moldova story of the week is Boney M performing at the city festival of Bălți. newsmaker.md/ru/boney-m-m... www.youtube.com/live/6IKxabT...

The level of surveillance and policing demanded by transphobia will always be more disruptive to your life than the rights and demands of trans people ourselves

What do votes for Dan and Simion look like among Romanian citizens in Moldova? After all, 157,188 voters in Moldova participated in the second round of Romania's presidential elections. Firstly, support for Dan is pretty constant across Moldova, as is his increasing support.

Cultural heritage is more than history, it’s resilience, identity, and nation-building. So why is it still overlooked in International Development? Sophia Anders explores Ukraine’s fight to protect its heritage and what it means for global policy. blogs.lse.ac.uk/internationa...

2/2 Latvia expresses solidarity with the Crimean Tatar people and strongly condemns the human rights violations committed by Russia in Crimea since its illegal annexation in 2014. #CrimeaIsUkraine 🇺🇦

🇺🇦 Il y a 81 ans, le 18 mai 1944, la déportation de milliers de Tatars de Crimée commençait, ordonnée par Staline. À ce jour, l'Ukraine, la Géorgie, la Pologne, la Tchéquie, le Canada et les pays Baltes ont reconnu l'événement comme un génocide. Reportage pour @rfi.fr 👇 www.rfi.fr/fr/europe/20...

Let it not play out like this, vă rog.

This. So much this.

Confident that Nicusor Dan is going through, but he’ll have a mountain to climb. Liberals together are on around 43-44%. Victor Ponta holding the balance of power doesn’t make me sleep well. Hope Simion will get the scrutiny he deserves between the rounds. A lot of work and big mobilization needed.

This weekend, Moldovan citizens who are also Romanian citizens will be voting in the Romanian presidential election. The outcome of that election could be a president who is banned from travelling to Moldova.

Maia Sandu: "Today we know: if the international community had acted more decisively from the start, the human cost, economic losses, and damage to international law would have been far lower. It is harder now – but not too late – to stop the aggressor and restore peace."

There's an entire research paper to be written about the impact of Trump's presidency on Moldovan political culture. Aside from direct political messages to Trump by pro-Russian groups (see below), there are also cringey attempts by the likes of Chișinău mayor Ion Ceban, ...

Recent news story on why this is a good thing: www.ft.com/content/b6ac...

!! @cjeu.bsky.social finds Maltese #citizenshipbyinvestment program is contrary to EU law - "as this essentially amounts to rendering the acquisition of nationality a mere commercial transaction". Lots to chew on here for the 'genuine link' discussion... Press release:

Given that Crimea is back in the news, I wrote last year about how Russia’s annexation of Crimea is less about nationalism/ethnonationalism and more about material concerns of corruption and organised crime. Please reach out if you’d like a copy: www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...