Thalia Gerzso
@thaliagerzso.bsky.social
Lecturer (Assistant Professor) at @uoypolitics.bsky.social
I study African politics, democracy, and political institutions (mainly courts and legislatures)
www.thaliagerzso.com
I study African politics, democracy, and political institutions (mainly courts and legislatures)
www.thaliagerzso.com
🚨Call for Papers ⬇️ Join us in Kraków
We are very excited about our #ecprgc26 Section on "Judicial Politics in an Age of Democratic Contestation" chaired by @thaliagerzso.bsky.social and @johank76.mastodon.nu.ap.brid.gy: ecpr.eu/Events/Event... and hope to see you all in Kraków (8-11 September 2026)!
Judicial Politics in an Age of Democratic Contestation
European Consortium for Political Research
ecpr.eu
November 20, 2025 at 9:59 AM
🚨Call for Papers ⬇️ Join us in Kraków
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Heading to ASA in Atlanta? Join APCG for our business meeting, social, and panels! 🎉 Full details here: www.afpol.org/blog/african...
African Studies Association Annual Conference: APCG Schedule
We hope to see you at the African Studies Association Annual Meeting in Atlanta, November 20-22. Please note the following APCG events:
www.afpol.org
November 19, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Heading to ASA in Atlanta? Join APCG for our business meeting, social, and panels! 🎉 Full details here: www.afpol.org/blog/african...
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NEW -
How to Distinguish Human Error From Election Fraud: Evidence From the 2019 Malawi Election - https://cup.org/47pxPnc
- Johan Ahlbäck & @ryanjablonski.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
How to Distinguish Human Error From Election Fraud: Evidence From the 2019 Malawi Election - https://cup.org/47pxPnc
- Johan Ahlbäck & @ryanjablonski.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
November 6, 2025 at 9:10 AM
NEW -
How to Distinguish Human Error From Election Fraud: Evidence From the 2019 Malawi Election - https://cup.org/47pxPnc
- Johan Ahlbäck & @ryanjablonski.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
How to Distinguish Human Error From Election Fraud: Evidence From the 2019 Malawi Election - https://cup.org/47pxPnc
- Johan Ahlbäck & @ryanjablonski.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
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This year’s call for applications for the Prize Post Doctoral Fellowships in Politics at Nuffield College is now live! It’s a fantastic opportunity for newly minted PhDs to spend three years in a wonderful academic environment:
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Politics - Nuffield College Oxford University
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 12:30 PM
This year’s call for applications for the Prize Post Doctoral Fellowships in Politics at Nuffield College is now live! It’s a fantastic opportunity for newly minted PhDs to spend three years in a wonderful academic environment:
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
🚨🚨 Final call! Propose a panel for the Law & Courts section at ECPR 2026 (Kraków 🇵🇱, 8–11 Sept).
Submit by 31 Oct:
👉 Short title
👉 ≤80-word abstract
👉 1–2 co-chairs + ECPR emails
📧 Send your proposal to: [email protected] & [email protected]
@ecpr-law-courts.bsky.social
Submit by 31 Oct:
👉 Short title
👉 ≤80-word abstract
👉 1–2 co-chairs + ECPR emails
📧 Send your proposal to: [email protected] & [email protected]
@ecpr-law-courts.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 10:07 AM
🚨🚨 Final call! Propose a panel for the Law & Courts section at ECPR 2026 (Kraków 🇵🇱, 8–11 Sept).
Submit by 31 Oct:
👉 Short title
👉 ≤80-word abstract
👉 1–2 co-chairs + ECPR emails
📧 Send your proposal to: [email protected] & [email protected]
@ecpr-law-courts.bsky.social
Submit by 31 Oct:
👉 Short title
👉 ≤80-word abstract
👉 1–2 co-chairs + ECPR emails
📧 Send your proposal to: [email protected] & [email protected]
@ecpr-law-courts.bsky.social
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Grad students in political science and other social sciences! Consider applying to the great 2-week summer program in Qualitative and Multi-Method Research at Syracuse. Info is here:
www.maxwell.syr.edu/research/cen...
www.maxwell.syr.edu/research/cen...
Institute for Qualitative & Multi-Method Research
www.maxwell.syr.edu
October 24, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Grad students in political science and other social sciences! Consider applying to the great 2-week summer program in Qualitative and Multi-Method Research at Syracuse. Info is here:
www.maxwell.syr.edu/research/cen...
www.maxwell.syr.edu/research/cen...
TODAY: Join the APCG Online Colloquium!
🎓 The first APCG online colloquium of the semester is today, Thursday, Oct 23 at 5pm GMT!
The session features Kelechi Amakoh’s paper, “Messages and Messengers: How Voters Evaluate Campaign Messages in Multiethnic Societies”
👉 Sign up to join: forms.gle/HL6SwsFUZM84QS6M7
The session features Kelechi Amakoh’s paper, “Messages and Messengers: How Voters Evaluate Campaign Messages in Multiethnic Societies”
👉 Sign up to join: forms.gle/HL6SwsFUZM84QS6M7
APCG Online Colloquium: Kelechi Amakoh (Thursday, October 23rd at 5PM GMT)
Please fill out and submit this form to receive the Zoom link and a copy of the paper for our next session of the APCG Online Colloquium.
Title: Messages and Messengers: How Voters Evaluate Campaign ...
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October 23, 2025 at 9:07 AM
TODAY: Join the APCG Online Colloquium!
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We’re the party of the family. But we’ll deport your spouse for claiming child benefit.
We’re the party of traditional values. But we’ll deport you if you become a stay-at-home parent.
We’re the party for pensioners. But we’ll deport you if you retire on less than 150% of average pensioner income.
We’re the party of traditional values. But we’ll deport you if you become a stay-at-home parent.
We’re the party for pensioners. But we’ll deport you if you retire on less than 150% of average pensioner income.
The Conservatives have drafted the legislation.
ANY one of the conditions being met leads to ILR being revoked.
If annual income falls below £38,700 for six months (for any reason at all)
The Secretary of State would also have the powers add whatever further conditions they want.
ANY one of the conditions being met leads to ILR being revoked.
If annual income falls below £38,700 for six months (for any reason at all)
The Secretary of State would also have the powers add whatever further conditions they want.
October 22, 2025 at 7:05 AM
We’re the party of the family. But we’ll deport your spouse for claiming child benefit.
We’re the party of traditional values. But we’ll deport you if you become a stay-at-home parent.
We’re the party for pensioners. But we’ll deport you if you retire on less than 150% of average pensioner income.
We’re the party of traditional values. But we’ll deport you if you become a stay-at-home parent.
We’re the party for pensioners. But we’ll deport you if you retire on less than 150% of average pensioner income.
Paper alert 🚨 Researching national narratives and democratic processes? Check out this new article from @eunajo.bsky.social
I’m happy to share this paper in @cpsjournal.bsky.social on democracy and national narratives, with insights from South Korea and Taiwan. It is part of a special issue on postcolonial narratives with @paulschuler.bsky.social, @deandulay.bsky.social, + others.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
September 16, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Paper alert 🚨 Researching national narratives and democratic processes? Check out this new article from @eunajo.bsky.social
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Heading to APSA in Vancouver? Join APCG for our business meeting, social, and panels! 🎉 Full details here: www.afpol.org/blog/apcg-sc...
APCG Schedule for the APSA Annual Conference
Join us at APSA in Vancouver for the APCG Business Meeting on Friday, September 12 (6:30–7:30pm, VCC West 220), followed by the APCG Social at Steamworks Brewing (7:45–9:45pm, Wine Room) with drinks a...
www.afpol.org
September 10, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Heading to APSA in Vancouver? Join APCG for our business meeting, social, and panels! 🎉 Full details here: www.afpol.org/blog/apcg-sc...
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Deprived places like Hull are deliberately pushed into further economic decline for what? So that Labour can point to a graph showing reduced net migration? And they expect that this will weaken Farage?
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Crackdown on international students could hurt struggling UK cities, thinktank warns
University sector, which is reliant on overseas students for a quarter of income, key to economic activity in cities like Leicester and Hull
www.theguardian.com
September 4, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Deprived places like Hull are deliberately pushed into further economic decline for what? So that Labour can point to a graph showing reduced net migration? And they expect that this will weaken Farage?
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Great opportunity to present working papers on any topic related to African politics!
🔍 Researching African politics?
📢 Call for Papers: APCG Online Colloquium
Present your unpublished work, get feedback & connect with peers.
🗓 Deadline: September 8, 2025
👉 More info on our website: www.afpol.org/blog/apcg-on...
📢 Call for Papers: APCG Online Colloquium
Present your unpublished work, get feedback & connect with peers.
🗓 Deadline: September 8, 2025
👉 More info on our website: www.afpol.org/blog/apcg-on...
APCG Online Colloquium Call for Papers - Fall 2025 & Spring 2026
The presentation of papers in the APCG Online Colloquium is open to all scholars of African politics. Papers broadly related to political topics or subjects in Africa will be considered for presentati...
www.afpol.org
September 2, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Great opportunity to present working papers on any topic related to African politics!
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This is a great opportunity for ECRs in the social sciences (and beyond):
www.writersandartists.co.uk/Bloomsbury-A...
www.writersandartists.co.uk/Bloomsbury-A...
www.writersandartists.co.uk
September 2, 2025 at 8:37 AM
This is a great opportunity for ECRs in the social sciences (and beyond):
www.writersandartists.co.uk/Bloomsbury-A...
www.writersandartists.co.uk/Bloomsbury-A...
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New Book Alert 🚨 In a new blog post, Ato Kwamena Onoma presents his new book: The Undulating Capacity of the State. www.afpol.org/blog/new-boo...
New Book Release: The Undulating Capacity of the State by Ato Kwamena Onoma
In 'The Undulating Capacity of the State
www.afpol.org
August 28, 2025 at 7:38 AM
New Book Alert 🚨 In a new blog post, Ato Kwamena Onoma presents his new book: The Undulating Capacity of the State. www.afpol.org/blog/new-boo...
📢 Today at 3:45 PM: Join our panel on democratic self-defense.
We’ll bring together perspectives from Africa, Brazil, the Post-Soviet states, Western Europe & the U.S. Don’t miss this conversation.
#ecprgc25
We’ll bring together perspectives from Africa, Brazil, the Post-Soviet states, Western Europe & the U.S. Don’t miss this conversation.
#ecprgc25
August 27, 2025 at 7:19 AM
📢 Today at 3:45 PM: Join our panel on democratic self-defense.
We’ll bring together perspectives from Africa, Brazil, the Post-Soviet states, Western Europe & the U.S. Don’t miss this conversation.
#ecprgc25
We’ll bring together perspectives from Africa, Brazil, the Post-Soviet states, Western Europe & the U.S. Don’t miss this conversation.
#ecprgc25
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Submit to the Junior Law and Politics Research Community by today to be considered for our fall seminar series on zoom!
The Junior Law and Politics Research Community is accepting proposals for its fall seminar series on zoom! Submit by August 25 for full consideration.
To apply to present or to get on our email list to attend our seminars see 👇
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#psworkshop
To apply to present or to get on our email list to attend our seminars see 👇
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#psworkshop
Junior Law and Politics community sign-up
The Junior Law and Politics research community and seminar series is a vibrant network of junior researchers (graduate students, post-docs, assistant professors, other non-tenured faculty) in the fiel...
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August 25, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Submit to the Junior Law and Politics Research Community by today to be considered for our fall seminar series on zoom!
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The YouTube video of my TEDxVitoria Gasteiz talk on the far right was released on the TEDx channel as an 'Editors' pick' 24 hours ago. It has 16,000 views and many comments, some nice, many hateful. My favourite: 'she is a paid actor'. I'll take it as a compliment! www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCvr...
Why do people vote for the far right? | Daphne Halikiopoulou | TEDxVitoriaGasteiz
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
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August 13, 2025 at 4:27 AM
The YouTube video of my TEDxVitoria Gasteiz talk on the far right was released on the TEDx channel as an 'Editors' pick' 24 hours ago. It has 16,000 views and many comments, some nice, many hateful. My favourite: 'she is a paid actor'. I'll take it as a compliment! www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCvr...
The Junior Law and Politics Research online seminar is back this fall! A supportive space for junior scholars to share work + get feedback. Bullet talks & panels on Zoom. Deadline to submit is Aug 25. Message me if you have questions!
forms.gle/yF7uVXcvDnGc... @sivcheruvu.bsky.social
forms.gle/yF7uVXcvDnGc... @sivcheruvu.bsky.social
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August 8, 2025 at 7:42 AM
The Junior Law and Politics Research online seminar is back this fall! A supportive space for junior scholars to share work + get feedback. Bullet talks & panels on Zoom. Deadline to submit is Aug 25. Message me if you have questions!
forms.gle/yF7uVXcvDnGc... @sivcheruvu.bsky.social
forms.gle/yF7uVXcvDnGc... @sivcheruvu.bsky.social
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This is a MAJOR development for European Political Science. Thanks & congratulations to those who made it happen, @sarahobolt.bsky.social, @simonhix.bsky.social, the rest of the Council and many others.
Time for us to support it in every way we can: SPREAD the word, JOIN the list and EPSS, Donate.
Time for us to support it in every way we can: SPREAD the word, JOIN the list and EPSS, Donate.
🚨 Big News for European Political Science 🚨
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community.
🔗 epssnet.org
Here’s a thread with everything you need to know.
🧵
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community.
🔗 epssnet.org
Here’s a thread with everything you need to know.
🧵
June 26, 2025 at 7:44 PM
This is a MAJOR development for European Political Science. Thanks & congratulations to those who made it happen, @sarahobolt.bsky.social, @simonhix.bsky.social, the rest of the Council and many others.
Time for us to support it in every way we can: SPREAD the word, JOIN the list and EPSS, Donate.
Time for us to support it in every way we can: SPREAD the word, JOIN the list and EPSS, Donate.
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The Centre for Applied Human Rights at the University of York is offering one scholarship worth £7,300 for the 2025/26 academic year.
Deadline: 15 August 2025, 23:59 BST.
Find out more and apply 👇
www.york.ac.uk/cahr/news/20...
Deadline: 15 August 2025, 23:59 BST.
Find out more and apply 👇
www.york.ac.uk/cahr/news/20...
June 25, 2025 at 10:20 AM
The Centre for Applied Human Rights at the University of York is offering one scholarship worth £7,300 for the 2025/26 academic year.
Deadline: 15 August 2025, 23:59 BST.
Find out more and apply 👇
www.york.ac.uk/cahr/news/20...
Deadline: 15 August 2025, 23:59 BST.
Find out more and apply 👇
www.york.ac.uk/cahr/news/20...
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Do profs respond to student evaluations?
On average? Nope.
Those who have a more positive view of their own teaching do.
But all of these responses are driven by the female teachers.
"Male teachers appear to be unresponsive to student feedback."
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
On average? Nope.
Those who have a more positive view of their own teaching do.
But all of these responses are driven by the female teachers.
"Male teachers appear to be unresponsive to student feedback."
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
June 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Do profs respond to student evaluations?
On average? Nope.
Those who have a more positive view of their own teaching do.
But all of these responses are driven by the female teachers.
"Male teachers appear to be unresponsive to student feedback."
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
On average? Nope.
Those who have a more positive view of their own teaching do.
But all of these responses are driven by the female teachers.
"Male teachers appear to be unresponsive to student feedback."
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Working on Gender-Based Violence? Fantastic new paper from a great colleague @drharrietgray.bsky.social
I have a new article out today in Signs, co-authored with Phoebe Martin, titled ‘You Are Not Alone: Feminist Memorialisation and the Present Tense of Gender-Based Violence in the Monument Quilt.’ www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
“You Are Not Alone”: Feminist Memorialization and the Present Tense of Gender-Based Violence in the Monument Quilt | Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society: Vol 50, No 4
Abstract In recent years a new tide of memorials dedicated to victim-survivors of gender-based violence has started to rise across the world. In this article, we analyze a significant example of this ...
www.journals.uchicago.edu
June 10, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Working on Gender-Based Violence? Fantastic new paper from a great colleague @drharrietgray.bsky.social
⏰ Great opportunity for PhD students!
🗺️Join our Methods for Fieldwork in Social Science course - 100% online, taught by experts from UCL & Essex.
🧠 Ideal for PhD students and researchers planning fieldwork
📅 2 weeks | 35 hrs | Learn from anywhere
🔗 Register now: essexsummerschool.com/application/
🧠 Ideal for PhD students and researchers planning fieldwork
📅 2 weeks | 35 hrs | Learn from anywhere
🔗 Register now: essexsummerschool.com/application/
May 22, 2025 at 10:54 AM
⏰ Great opportunity for PhD students!
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Comparative politics
#ECPRMemberJobs
🔍 A focus on Central and Eastern Africa
🏫 @giga-hamburg.de
⌛ Monday 26 May
buff.ly/D1GlrA8
#PolSciJobs #PoliSky #AcademicSky
#ECPRMemberJobs
🔍 A focus on Central and Eastern Africa
🏫 @giga-hamburg.de
⌛ Monday 26 May
buff.ly/D1GlrA8
#PolSciJobs #PoliSky #AcademicSky
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (m/f/d) - Comparative Politics with a Focus on Sub-Saharan Africa
The GIGA seeks to appoint a Postdoctoral Research Fellow (m/f/d) in Comparative politics with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa. Applications are invited for a full-time position, with an initial…
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May 21, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Comparative politics
#ECPRMemberJobs
🔍 A focus on Central and Eastern Africa
🏫 @giga-hamburg.de
⌛ Monday 26 May
buff.ly/D1GlrA8
#PolSciJobs #PoliSky #AcademicSky
#ECPRMemberJobs
🔍 A focus on Central and Eastern Africa
🏫 @giga-hamburg.de
⌛ Monday 26 May
buff.ly/D1GlrA8
#PolSciJobs #PoliSky #AcademicSky
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So is there a hidden plan to get rid of the things the UK was perceived to be good at or respected for in other countries: universities, international development etc…what’s next?Reintroduce museum entry fees? A 6% levy on film and music? Tragic.
May 15, 2025 at 8:18 AM
So is there a hidden plan to get rid of the things the UK was perceived to be good at or respected for in other countries: universities, international development etc…what’s next?Reintroduce museum entry fees? A 6% levy on film and music? Tragic.