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

The Political Studies journal is now on Blue Sky! Follow us for high-quality research in all areas of politics and international relations. 📘 Read online and/or submit your work here: https://buff.ly/3VceSO4 @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social