PSA Women and Politics Specialist Group
@psawomenpol.bsky.social
A space for women and non-binary scholars in the @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social and for gender and politics scholars ✨
Convenors:
@carolineleicht.bsky.social
@drruthlightbody.bsky.social
@skylerehawkins.bsky.social
https://psawomenpolitics.wordpress.com
Convenors:
@carolineleicht.bsky.social
@drruthlightbody.bsky.social
@skylerehawkins.bsky.social
https://psawomenpolitics.wordpress.com
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My new article with Anna Elomäki and Claudia Weisner analyses how, despite international policy conversations about building caring economies, even countries well-poised to invest in care after COVID-19 did not do so: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10..... @rhulpir.bsky.social
Towards Caring Economies? Feminist Economic Visions and COVID-19 Recovery in Germany, Canada, and Finland
Feminist economic and feminist political economy approaches have long critiqued the gendered division of labor that relies, in part, on women’s underpaid or unpaid care work in public and in privat...
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December 3, 2025 at 11:00 AM
My new article with Anna Elomäki and Claudia Weisner analyses how, despite international policy conversations about building caring economies, even countries well-poised to invest in care after COVID-19 did not do so: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10..... @rhulpir.bsky.social
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🌟PSA PRIZES🌟 Nominations for Academic Prizes are now open!
📢 We invite prize nominations outstanding Research, Professional Contributions and Teaching & Learning.
📆 Deadline for nominations 1 December 2025
➡️ Full details, eligibility, guidelines and forms online
📢 We invite prize nominations outstanding Research, Professional Contributions and Teaching & Learning.
📆 Deadline for nominations 1 December 2025
➡️ Full details, eligibility, guidelines and forms online
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November 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
🌟PSA PRIZES🌟 Nominations for Academic Prizes are now open!
📢 We invite prize nominations outstanding Research, Professional Contributions and Teaching & Learning.
📆 Deadline for nominations 1 December 2025
➡️ Full details, eligibility, guidelines and forms online
📢 We invite prize nominations outstanding Research, Professional Contributions and Teaching & Learning.
📆 Deadline for nominations 1 December 2025
➡️ Full details, eligibility, guidelines and forms online
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🚨New article🚨 What do people want from political leaders in times of crisis, and are those preferences gendered?
Interested? Then check out our new Electoral Studies paper @jess-smith.bsky.social @viktorv.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social @hannahbunting.bsky.social @carolineleicht.bsky.social
Interested? Then check out our new Electoral Studies paper @jess-smith.bsky.social @viktorv.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social @hannahbunting.bsky.social @carolineleicht.bsky.social
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December 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🚨New article🚨 What do people want from political leaders in times of crisis, and are those preferences gendered?
Interested? Then check out our new Electoral Studies paper @jess-smith.bsky.social @viktorv.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social @hannahbunting.bsky.social @carolineleicht.bsky.social
Interested? Then check out our new Electoral Studies paper @jess-smith.bsky.social @viktorv.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social @hannahbunting.bsky.social @carolineleicht.bsky.social
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Working on American politics research? 📚
Good news: We've extended our CFP deadline to Dec 10!
APG 52nd Annual Conference
📅 Jan 7-9, 2026
📍 UEA, Norwich
🎤 Keynote: Prof Angelia Wilson
🏆 De Gruyter is sponsoring a prize for the best PGR/ECR paper!
Info: ukpsaapg.co.uk/annual-conference/
Good news: We've extended our CFP deadline to Dec 10!
APG 52nd Annual Conference
📅 Jan 7-9, 2026
📍 UEA, Norwich
🎤 Keynote: Prof Angelia Wilson
🏆 De Gruyter is sponsoring a prize for the best PGR/ECR paper!
Info: ukpsaapg.co.uk/annual-conference/
Annual Conference
52nd annual conference of the American Politics Group: 7th – 9th January 2026, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. Photo by Idean Azad on Pexels.com Dates of Event: 7th – 9th January 2026 Booki…
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November 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Working on American politics research? 📚
Good news: We've extended our CFP deadline to Dec 10!
APG 52nd Annual Conference
📅 Jan 7-9, 2026
📍 UEA, Norwich
🎤 Keynote: Prof Angelia Wilson
🏆 De Gruyter is sponsoring a prize for the best PGR/ECR paper!
Info: ukpsaapg.co.uk/annual-conference/
Good news: We've extended our CFP deadline to Dec 10!
APG 52nd Annual Conference
📅 Jan 7-9, 2026
📍 UEA, Norwich
🎤 Keynote: Prof Angelia Wilson
🏆 De Gruyter is sponsoring a prize for the best PGR/ECR paper!
Info: ukpsaapg.co.uk/annual-conference/
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📣 Call for Papers: GenElect Annual Workshop on the Study of Gender and Elections
University of Manchester, Jan 12th-13th 26
Deadline: 5th Dec 25
Send us your papers on gender and elections, public opinion, parties, representation! @psaepop.bsky.social
Abstract submission here: lnkd.in/d2AQFYxN
University of Manchester, Jan 12th-13th 26
Deadline: 5th Dec 25
Send us your papers on gender and elections, public opinion, parties, representation! @psaepop.bsky.social
Abstract submission here: lnkd.in/d2AQFYxN
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November 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
📣 Call for Papers: GenElect Annual Workshop on the Study of Gender and Elections
University of Manchester, Jan 12th-13th 26
Deadline: 5th Dec 25
Send us your papers on gender and elections, public opinion, parties, representation! @psaepop.bsky.social
Abstract submission here: lnkd.in/d2AQFYxN
University of Manchester, Jan 12th-13th 26
Deadline: 5th Dec 25
Send us your papers on gender and elections, public opinion, parties, representation! @psaepop.bsky.social
Abstract submission here: lnkd.in/d2AQFYxN
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Look what I got in the mail! 📪 The Routledge Handbook of Autocratization in Southeast Asia, edited by Netina Tan and Yuko Kasuya. Check out my chapter on gender equality!
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September 15, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Look what I got in the mail! 📪 The Routledge Handbook of Autocratization in Southeast Asia, edited by Netina Tan and Yuko Kasuya. Check out my chapter on gender equality!
edin.ac/4gv13nG
@edinburghpir.bsky.social @uoe-sps.bsky.social @uoe-gender-ed.bsky.social @psawomenpol.bsky.social
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Is partner partisanship associated with vote choice? @cerifowler.bsky.social finds that it was for the 2016 Brexit Referendum & subsequent elections in the UK & argues that this can help us understand gender gaps in vote choice. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/eRDc16d
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #polsky
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #polsky
October 4, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Is partner partisanship associated with vote choice? @cerifowler.bsky.social finds that it was for the 2016 Brexit Referendum & subsequent elections in the UK & argues that this can help us understand gender gaps in vote choice. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/eRDc16d
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #polsky
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #polsky
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IN NEW ISSUE: What’s driving the narrowing gender gap in party activism? Susan E. Scarrow, JeongKyu Suh & Jamie M. Wright find shifts in party participation aren’t all about women stepping up but also about men stepping back - buff.ly/xa7cPL9
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 10:01 PM
IN NEW ISSUE: What’s driving the narrowing gender gap in party activism? Susan E. Scarrow, JeongKyu Suh & Jamie M. Wright find shifts in party participation aren’t all about women stepping up but also about men stepping back - buff.ly/xa7cPL9
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social
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News of more workshops incoming for our @edicaucus.bsky.social funded project on neurodivergent archive accessibility, 'Divergent Minds in the Archive'! Sign up to our mailing list to be the first to know: forms.office.com/e/MDNma65e53
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June 18, 2025 at 8:07 AM
News of more workshops incoming for our @edicaucus.bsky.social funded project on neurodivergent archive accessibility, 'Divergent Minds in the Archive'! Sign up to our mailing list to be the first to know: forms.office.com/e/MDNma65e53
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Thank you so much @jess-smith.bsky.social @emiliabelknap.bsky.social @elizabethjevans.bsky.social and Leah McCabe for organising this wonderful event. Lovely to meet a lot of great people working on Gender Politics.
@gain-centre.bsky.social
@psawomenpol.bsky.social
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@psawomenpol.bsky.social
June 18, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Thank you so much @jess-smith.bsky.social @emiliabelknap.bsky.social @elizabethjevans.bsky.social and Leah McCabe for organising this wonderful event. Lovely to meet a lot of great people working on Gender Politics.
@gain-centre.bsky.social
@psawomenpol.bsky.social
@gain-centre.bsky.social
@psawomenpol.bsky.social
The last panel of the day on 'Feminist Histories, Nationalisms and Global Crises' getting under way!
Our last panel of the day is commenced by Dr Maki Kimura from UCL on religious, nationalism, militarism & gender inequality! Maki was part of a research network “Transforming Values: gender, religiosities & secularities across the globe” (2018-2022) & highlights moving from binaries. @ucl.ac.uk
June 18, 2025 at 10:16 AM
The last panel of the day on 'Feminist Histories, Nationalisms and Global Crises' getting under way!
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Closing this panel, @fionamaybuckley.bsky.social from Uni College Cork presents research with Prof Yvonne Galligan (Tech Uni Dublin) on party candidate strategy in the context of legislative gender quotas by assessing women’s electoral performance at the 2024 Irish 🇮🇪 general election 🗳️
June 18, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Closing this panel, @fionamaybuckley.bsky.social from Uni College Cork presents research with Prof Yvonne Galligan (Tech Uni Dublin) on party candidate strategy in the context of legislative gender quotas by assessing women’s electoral performance at the 2024 Irish 🇮🇪 general election 🗳️
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From @sotonpolitics.bsky.social we have PhD researcher 📚 Tom Guyton-Day presenting his work with @elizabethjevans.bsky.social on whether fewer tiers means fewer women? They explore this through the case of gender representation and local government reform in England.
June 18, 2025 at 8:47 AM
From @sotonpolitics.bsky.social we have PhD researcher 📚 Tom Guyton-Day presenting his work with @elizabethjevans.bsky.social on whether fewer tiers means fewer women? They explore this through the case of gender representation and local government reform in England.
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🚨NEW ARTICLE🚨
The apparent rising gender gap in political preferences is fact becoming one of the hottest topics in politics today.
In this new short paper, @profrosiecamp.bsky.social & Minna Cowper-Coles take a look at the data across generations and countries 📊
doi.org/10.1332/2515...
The apparent rising gender gap in political preferences is fact becoming one of the hottest topics in politics today.
In this new short paper, @profrosiecamp.bsky.social & Minna Cowper-Coles take a look at the data across generations and countries 📊
doi.org/10.1332/2515...
June 18, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🚨NEW ARTICLE🚨
The apparent rising gender gap in political preferences is fact becoming one of the hottest topics in politics today.
In this new short paper, @profrosiecamp.bsky.social & Minna Cowper-Coles take a look at the data across generations and countries 📊
doi.org/10.1332/2515...
The apparent rising gender gap in political preferences is fact becoming one of the hottest topics in politics today.
In this new short paper, @profrosiecamp.bsky.social & Minna Cowper-Coles take a look at the data across generations and countries 📊
doi.org/10.1332/2515...
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Next, we welcome @ggomesdacosta.bsky.social from Fed. Uni of Pernambuco discusses queering political representation in Latin America with a specific focus on Brazil 🇧🇷 and Peru 🇵🇪!
June 18, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Next, we welcome @ggomesdacosta.bsky.social from Fed. Uni of Pernambuco discusses queering political representation in Latin America with a specific focus on Brazil 🇧🇷 and Peru 🇵🇪!
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Next we have ⭐️ Sanwal Hussain Kharl from @astonuniversity.bsky.social presenting research on the impact of technology of women’s political participation in the Global South 🔍
June 18, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Next we have ⭐️ Sanwal Hussain Kharl from @astonuniversity.bsky.social presenting research on the impact of technology of women’s political participation in the Global South 🔍
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Early start 🌅 for Day 2 of our conference with @psawomenpol.bsky.social with @sotonpolitics.bsky.social Alum 🎓 @carolineleicht.bsky.social at Uni of Glasgow on her research on the glass ceiling and glass cliff of Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris in US election coverage.
June 18, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Early start 🌅 for Day 2 of our conference with @psawomenpol.bsky.social with @sotonpolitics.bsky.social Alum 🎓 @carolineleicht.bsky.social at Uni of Glasgow on her research on the glass ceiling and glass cliff of Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris in US election coverage.
Kicking off day 2 of our conference with @gain-centre.bsky.social. First up our panel on Participation, Representation and Inclusion beginning with @carolineleicht.bsky.social
June 18, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Kicking off day 2 of our conference with @gain-centre.bsky.social. First up our panel on Participation, Representation and Inclusion beginning with @carolineleicht.bsky.social
Honoured to host an in conversation with Profs Fiona Mackay and Yvonne Galligan to celebrate the amazing contribution they have made to academia and specifically the study of gender and politics
June 17, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Honoured to host an in conversation with Profs Fiona Mackay and Yvonne Galligan to celebrate the amazing contribution they have made to academia and specifically the study of gender and politics
We're well into our second panel on anti feminist resistance, backsliding and democratic resistance where @jennpiscopo.bsky.social is trying to convince us to be more optimistic!
June 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
We're well into our second panel on anti feminist resistance, backsliding and democratic resistance where @jennpiscopo.bsky.social is trying to convince us to be more optimistic!
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Today we are honoured to host @psawomenpol.bsky.social here at @unisouthampton.bsky.social for the PSA Women and Politics conference! Today we kick off Day 1 of 2 with three panels. (🧵🪡) !
June 17, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Today we are honoured to host @psawomenpol.bsky.social here at @unisouthampton.bsky.social for the PSA Women and Politics conference! Today we kick off Day 1 of 2 with three panels. (🧵🪡) !
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Excited to see our conference getting under way! Even if we are in a basement when it is 25 degrees outside... ☀️
Our annual conference co-hosted with @gain-centre.bsky.social at @sotonpolitics.bsky.social is well underway with a panel on Feminist Participation in State Building
June 17, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Excited to see our conference getting under way! Even if we are in a basement when it is 25 degrees outside... ☀️
Our annual conference co-hosted with @gain-centre.bsky.social at @sotonpolitics.bsky.social is well underway with a panel on Feminist Participation in State Building
June 17, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Our annual conference co-hosted with @gain-centre.bsky.social at @sotonpolitics.bsky.social is well underway with a panel on Feminist Participation in State Building
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*PSA EVENT* 🚨 Tomorrow is our PSA Women & Politics 2025 conference: Troubled Times: #Gender & #Politics in the 21st Century. Organised by @psawomenpol.bsky.social.
📆 17 - 18 June. At the Gender & Inequalities (GAIN) Centre, Southampton.
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📆 17 - 18 June. At the Gender & Inequalities (GAIN) Centre, Southampton.
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Troubled Times: Gender and Politics in the 21st CenturyPSA Women and Politics Conference, June 17th/18th 2025Hosted by the Gender and Inequalities (GAIN) Centre at the University of Southampton…
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June 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
*PSA EVENT* 🚨 Tomorrow is our PSA Women & Politics 2025 conference: Troubled Times: #Gender & #Politics in the 21st Century. Organised by @psawomenpol.bsky.social.
📆 17 - 18 June. At the Gender & Inequalities (GAIN) Centre, Southampton.
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📆 17 - 18 June. At the Gender & Inequalities (GAIN) Centre, Southampton.
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Tomorrow @gain-centre.bsky.social & @psawomenpol.bsky.social host the annual PSA Women &Politics conference! We are so excited to celebrate the careers of Profs Yvonne Galligan & Fiona Mackay. If you have any Qs for them or anecdotes of their careers, use this form: forms.gle/8H8MnSyDzz7F...
Celebrating the Careers of Yvonne Galligan & Fiona Mackay
The Gender and Inequalities (GAIN) Centre and PSA's Women and Politics Standing Group are holding an Annual Conference titled ’Troubled Times: Gender and Politics in the 21st Century' at the Universit...
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June 16, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Tomorrow @gain-centre.bsky.social & @psawomenpol.bsky.social host the annual PSA Women &Politics conference! We are so excited to celebrate the careers of Profs Yvonne Galligan & Fiona Mackay. If you have any Qs for them or anecdotes of their careers, use this form: forms.gle/8H8MnSyDzz7F...