Annamária Sebestyén's interview-based study "Political Socialization Scenarios Leading to Party Membership in an Autocratizing Democracy" - read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/ccfDnpJ 1/4 @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #polsky #polsci

Making sense of the Hungarian case - this week, we've pulled four articles from our archive that can provide some context and thinking points on the results of the recent election in Hungary. First is an intro to party politics in the Hungarian context 🧵 👇️

Hannah Salamon's "The “Women’s Representation-Corruption Link” and Environmentalism: A Cross-National Study" - buff.ly/fQ7WIIZ @hannahsalamon.bsky.social #polsky #polsci #WomenInPolitics #IWD2026 4/4 🧵

Virginia De Biasio's "Not Just ‘Sinking Islands’: Climate Change and Adaptation in Small Island Developing States" - buff.ly/79Jpg7j @virginiadebiasio.bsky.social #polsky #polsci #WomenInPolitics #IWD2026 3/4👇🧵

🧵 This International Women's Day we're celebrating recently published articles by female authors in the journal's "Most Read" and "Most Cited" lists. Check these out, and the works of many more female authors, at the journal's webpage. @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #WomenInPolitics #IWD2026 1/4👇🧵

The @essexsummerschool.bsky.social celebrates the women who shape the ESS today, those who paved the way for women in methods, and the new generations we are training to lead the future of social science data analysis. #IWD2026

Volume 74, Issue 1 of @polstudies.bsky.social is now available. Here is the Editor's Introduction, outlining our editorial goals and reflecting on the year's successes and challenges. Read the full issue here: buff.ly/rUI1FTL @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @syysr.bsky.social @dafnoukos.bsky.social

Have you thought about pursuing a mixed methods research design for an ongoing or new project? Learn the steps of preparing for and carrying out mixed methods research at the @essexsummerschool.bsky.social. Info and registration are available at essexsummerschool.com/course/ess-2...

For those attending #IPSA2025, join myself and Monica Brito- Vieira at our @polstudies.bsky.social 'Meet the Editors' session today at 11am KST at the Sage Stand @ipsa.org @sagepub.com

Attending #IPSA2025? Join @polstudies.bsky.social & @psrjournal.bsky.social‬ for a 'Meet the Editors' session at 11am KST today at the Sage Stand, IPSA Publishers Exhibition Hall ‪@ipsa.org‬ @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com @dafnoukos.bsky.social‬

@polstudies.bsky.social team at #IPSA2025 ‘meet the editors’ session @sagepublishing.bsky.social

ATM: @polstudies.bsky.social Publishing Workshop at Pilar Herrera Hall, organized by @uoypolitics.bsky.social and the UP Department of Political Science of the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy. @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @graemedavies.bsky.social @ariesarugay.bsky.social

How welfare wins: @indrajitroy.bsky.social examines discursive institutionalism, the politics of the poor & the expansion of social welfare in India during the early 21st century. Read OPEN ACCESS in @policysociety.bsky.social‬: buff.ly/dLlk12Z #PSEditorSpotlight 🧵 1/2

Towards a masculinised Westminster model? @annasanders.bsky.social & Joanna Flavell examine gender equality policy in Britain, pre-and post-Brexit. Read OPEN ACCESS in @jeppjournal.bsky.social‬‪: buff.ly/Kgk2iyM #PSEditorSpotlight 🧵 1/2

From price competitiveness to local production in East African Community pharmaceutical policy: Peg Murray-Evans & Peter O’Reilly examine complex norm localization. Read OPEN ACCESS in @ejir.bsky.social‬: buff.ly/JPda99P #PSEditorSpotlight 🧵 1/2

People often say they don't trust politicians & experts. Yet they continue to vote, fly, etc. Why? Maybe they don’t mean it. Or maybe they just choose to act as-if they trust: buff.ly/lRZUeUB OPEN ACCESS in ‪@crispp.bsky.social‬ by @alfredmoore.bsky.social & Michael K. MacKenzie 🧵 1/2

Aiding the state: @nicolelindstrom.bsky.social examines administrative capacity and creative compliance with European state aid rules in new member states. Read the article in Journal of European Public Policy: buff.ly/L2MfilI 🧵 1/2

Blame, Shame and Betrayal - @drharrietgray.bsky.social, Nicola Lester & Emma Norton examine servicewomen’s experiences of the aftermath of sexual assault in the British military. Read OPEN ACCESS in the RUSI Journal (‪@rusi.bsky.social‬): buff.ly/g403K45 🧵 1/2

UK regulation and the Vioxx drug scandal: Eva Heims & Sophie Moxon examine the causal mechanisms of regulatory capture and test claims of industry influence in the case. Read OPEN ACCESS in @reggovjournal.bsky.social‬: buff.ly/6qv6K9Q 🧵 1/2

Follow our account (@polstudies.bsky.social) or the #PSEditorSpotlight hashtag to make sure you see all the diverse political research we want to share with you. @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsci #polsky 🧵 2/2

Is downward class mobility linked to far-right party voting and how? @dafnoukos.bsky.social, @a-gugushvili.bsky.social‬ & Tim Vlandas argue it significantly affects far-right voting but only under specific conditions. Read OPEN ACCESS in @polbehavior.bsky.social‬: buff.ly/Cljvggt 🧵 1/2

This year marks our 2nd anniversary at our @uoypolitics.bsky.social home so we wanted to shine the spotlight on our hardworking editors. We will highlight their contributions over the next two weeks under #PSEditorSpotlight 🧵 1/2

Beyond Nationalism and Militarism: @graemedavies.bsky.social, @kingsleyedney.bsky.social‬ & Bo Wang build a mediation model to examine support for military intervention in the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands. Read OPEN ACCESS in Journal of Conflict Resolution: buff.ly/ggFSAs6 🧵 1/2

Race and Populism: Mónica Brito Vieira and Filipe Carreira da Silva examine Thatcherism, Peronism and the American Populists. Read OPEN ACCESS in European Journal of Sociology: buff.ly/k22TNvO 🧵 1/2

There's still time to join for tonight's event where @graemedavies.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @reedmwood.bsky.social and I will be joined by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social to discuss this timely topic! Check it out to register and attend! @uoypolitics.bsky.social

Do you ever wonder how the public thinks about abuse and harassment of politicians? On 5th June, come hear from me @graemedavies.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social and @reedmwood.bsky.social, with the amazing @petergeoghegan.bsky.social chairing this York Festival of Ideas virtual discussion!

If you're in Birmingham for #PSA2025, join my @polstudies.bsky.social co-editor @graemedavies.bsky.social for back-to-back roundtables

Curious about the latest research from our editorial team? 📖 Read @dingbatacus.bsky.social's article exploring how electoral turbulence and violence lead to gendered outcomes — and how they impact women's representation in legislative bodies 🗳️ Available open access 👇 doi.org/10.1177/1065...

In honour of IWD (7/9): Meet York’s Prof. Nicole Lindstrom @nicolelindstrom.bsky.social , an Associate Editor of Political Studies [@polstudies.bsky.social] who specialises in political economy and the European Union. Read more about her work at pure.york.ac.uk/portal/en/pe...

Gendering Discretion: Why Street-Level Bureaucracy Needs a Gendered Lens by Catherine Durose & Vivien Lowndes buff.ly/Z7JZEbb #IWD2025 #internationalwomensday @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com 🧵 3/3

Explaining the Narrowing Gender Gap in Partisan Participation: Women’s Empowerment or Men’s Disengagement? by Susan E. Scarrow, JeongKyu Suh & Jamie M. Wright buff.ly/lYRz5yb #IWD2025 #internationalwomensday 🧵 2/3

Happy International Women's day! Today we're spotlighting three of our articles by lead female authors & on topics related to women/gender: The “Women’s Representation-Corruption Link” and Environmentalism: A Cross-National Study by Hannah Salamon buff.ly/dVRNAM4 #internationalwomensday 🧵 1/3

Great International Women’s Day discussion with Essex Department of Government and guests! Superstar panel. Allyson Benton, @roxanagutz.bsky.social, @tashlindstaedt.bsky.social , @syysr.bsky.social, @mirandasimon.bsky.social . So valuable, I learned a lot. Thanks to everyone involved.

In honour of IWD (8/9): Meet York’s Dr. Peg Murray-Evans, an Associate Editor of Political Studies @polstudies.bsky.social who specialises in the politics of international development and African politics. Read more about her work at pure.york.ac.uk/portal/en/pe...

In honour of IWD (9/9): Meet York’s Dr. Anna Sanders @annasanders.bsky.social , an Associate Editor of Political Studies @polstudies.bsky.social who specialises in British politics and the politics of gender. Read more about her work at pure.york.ac.uk/portal/en/pe...

In honour of IWD (6/9): Meet York’s Dr. Eva Heims, an Associate Editor of Political Studies @polstudies.bsky.social who specialises in regulatory governance and public policy. Read more about her work at

In honour of IWD (4/9): Meet York’s Prof. Sarah Shair-Rosenfield @syysr.bsky.social joint Editor-in-Chief of Political Studies @polstudies.bsky.social who specialises in Asian politics, decentralisation, and gender. Read more about her work at

In honour of IWD (3/9): Meet York’s Prof. Daphne Halikiopoulou @dafnoukos.bsky.social joint Editor-in-Chief of Political Studies @polstudies.bsky.social who specialises in populism and the far Right. Read more about her work at

In honour of IWD (5/9): Meet York’s Dr. Harriet Gray @drharrietgray.bsky.social an Associate Editor of Political Studies @polstudies.bsky.social who specialises in gender-based violence in military and conflict spaces. Read more about her work at

In honour of IWD (2/9): Meet York’s Prof. Monica Brito Vieira, joint Editor-in-Chief of Political Studies @polstudies.bsky.social who works on the history of political thought and theory of political representation. Read more about her work at

In honour of IWD (1/9) Did you know that the Editorial team of Political Studies @polstudies.bsky.social is based here in the University of York’s Politics & IR department? This International Women’s Day, we’d like to introduce you to all of the outstanding women scholars on our team!

Read the annual update from the @polstudies.bsky.social editors on the journal's breadth and diversity in a record-setting year at buff.ly/sXcz7aQ @syysr.bsky.social @dafnoukos.bsky.social @graemedavies.bsky.social @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com

Congrats to our Honourable Mention for the Harrison Prize 2024: "Narrative Counterspeech" by Maxime Lepoutre Inside - conspiracy as a threat to democracy, the current challenges of counterspeech & a novel form of counterspeech proposal to address these: buff.ly/hV2MhTk @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

Congrats to our Honourable Mention for the Harrison Prize 2024: "Security or Social Spending? Perceptions of Insecurity, Victimization, and Policy Priorities in Mexico and Brazil" By Melina Altamirano, Sarah Berens & Sandra Ley buff.ly/fPFWyvm @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky

Congrats to the winner of the Harrison Prize for the best article published in a 2024 issue of @polstudies.bsky.social: "Populism of the Privileged: On the Use of Underdog Identities by Comparatively Privileged Groups" by @benjamindecleen.bsky.social & Juan Alberto Ruiz Casado buff.ly/f98Hvph

♀️ Do more female candidates shrink the gender participation gap? 📊 E. Coman & @syysr.bsky.social find that a higher share of women on the ballot reduces the gap by boosting women's turnout—while men's remains unchanged www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

New research with Emanuel Coman shows that increasing women's presence and visibility during elections has a positive, but gendered, impact on voter turnout doi.org/10.1017/psrm....

Our February issue is now out! 📘 Read the latest research findings in all areas of #politics and #IR in @polstudies.bsky.social: https://buff.ly/3Q7MYjF The journal publishes rigorous and original work significant to the whole discipline. @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social

Features research by @syysr.bsky.social, @dingbatacus.bsky.social, @graemedavies.bsky.social and me investigating how strong are the public norms against intimidation and abuse of politicians. The short answer is: pretty strong. For more, see journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.....

IN LATEST ISSUE: Does digital campaigning make a difference for individual candidates in an open list proportional representation system? Read the @polstudies.bsky.social article by Gunther Vanden Eynde & Bart Maddens: https://buff.ly/3ZM69Fn @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social