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Benjamin Braun @benbraun.bsky.social · 1d

One week until applications close on Oct 15th. 👇

Benjamin Braun @benbraun.bsky.social · Jun 27

Some news: In 2026-27, I'll be visiting professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, leading the theme seminar on

‘𝘌𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺‘

There's no place quite like the IAS to think, together, about big questions. Please share—applications are open 𝚗̲̲𝚘̲̲𝚠̲.

Screenshot of this document: https://www.ias.edu/sites/default/files/SSS%20Call%20for%20Applications%202026-27%20.pdf

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Tine Paulsen @tinepaulsen.bsky.social · 2d

⚠️ Virtual Workshop in HPE info ⚠️

@adajkanu.bsky.social is presenting a project on "Colonization and the Politics of Belonging in Nigeria" on Thursday! Martha Wilfahrt (UC Berkeley) will discuss. Let me know if you're not on our email list already and would like to be!

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António Valentim @antvalentim.bsky.social · 6d

Yessss, muitos parabéns Hugo! Um abraço! 🍾

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Jeyhun Alizade @jeyalizade.bsky.social · 8d

Glad to see this out at @ajpseditor.bsky.social! I show that the immigration-crime issue, when salient, can shift leftist cosmopolitans to the Right. This is due to leftist voters being more conservative on crime than leftist parties.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

American Journal of Political Science | MPSA Journal | Wiley Online Library

Concern that immigration worsens crime problems is prevalent across Western publics. How does it shape electoral politics? Prior research asserted a growing left–right divide in immigration attitudes...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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IE Political Science @iepolisci.bsky.social · Sep 5

If you’d like to join us, here are the links to the calls:

Comparative Politics: apply.interfolio.com/173149

Security Studies: apply.interfolio.com/173160

International Political Economy: apply.interfolio.com/173150

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IE Political Science @iepolisci.bsky.social · Sep 5

🚨🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨🚨

We have 3 lines open in CP, IR and IPE — all tenure-track.

We offer competitive salaries, a 2:1 teaching load, in a friendly (and fully in English) environment, at one of Europe’s most sought-after cities.

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Marc Sabatier Hvidkjær @marchvidkjaer.bsky.social · 8d

We will (again) be organizing PS-Prep this year.
I especially encourage (and hope to speak with) students from outside the US to apply, to understand an applicational system that is different, voluminous and complicated.
I will also encourage students early in their degree to ...

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Zeynep Somer-Topcu @zeynsom.bsky.social · 8d

Still confused about EPSA vs. EPSS? Which conference should you go to? Here is a link to clarify things: epssnet.org/uncategorize... TL;DR: "EPSA" community will be in Belfast. Same community, new organisation, bigger mission; slightly new name; and a very different foundation @epssnet.bsky.social

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.se · 8d

My department is hiring a PhD student in Political Science with an orientation towards Politics & AI.

This is part of WASP-HS, an interdisciplinary research cluster on AI’s impact on people and society.

Come and be my colleague!

Submission date: 15 Nov. 2025

su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

PhD student in Political Science with an orientation towards Politics & AI

The Department of Political Science is a dynamic and strong education and research department at the Faculty of Social Sciences at Stockholm University. The Department aims to be nationally leading an

su.varbi.com

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Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 9d

Are you, or do you know, someone who wants to do a PhD?

Applications are open for full funding (scholarship + maintenance) @sotonpolitics.bsky.social through the @scdtp.bsky.social

Get in touch if you're interested

southcoastdtp.ac.uk/apply/

Apply - South Coast Doctoral Training Partnership

Our call for applications for studentships commencing in 2026/27 is now open (from 26th January 2025, 12:00am) The deadline for application is 17:00 GMT 16th Jan 2026. Below are our current applicatio...

southcoastdtp.ac.uk

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Alejandro Tirado Castro @atiradocastro.bsky.social · 8d

💫📣Call for collaborators!

Are you attending #ECPG2026 in Newcastle? I'm am organizing a panel on social media, influencers, & the manosphere, and their intersections with gender, feminism, & sexism.

✏️ If you are working on this topic, I’d love to hear from you! DMs open or contact me by mail.

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Florian Foos @florianfoos.bsky.social · 8d

🚨Deadline for submissions is today!🚨

Ala Alrababah @aalrababah.bsky.social · Aug 14

Apply to EuroWEPS 12/13! We're organizing the next EuroWEPS workshops at Bocconi (Nov 14) and EUI (Dec 15) to discuss designs/papers focusing on causal inference. No presentations, just constructive discussions. Early career scholars are especially welcome to apply! Submission deadline is Sep 30

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António Valentim @antvalentim.bsky.social · 8d

Really looking forward to this!

Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 8d

Looking forward for my postdocs and I to host the Oxford-London Environment and Public Policy workshop at St Antony’s College, University of Oxford, tomorrow (October 1st).

Thanks to @politicsoxford.bsky.social, @lsegovernment.bsky.social, and @leverhulme.ac.uk for support 💫

So many cool papers!

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LSE European Institute @lse-ei.bsky.social · 9d

Happy first day of the Autumn Term! 🍂

This academic year is an extra special one as we are celebrating LSE’s 130th anniversary 🎂

The theme is centred around LSE’s impact, past and present. Look out for celebratory events, freebies, exciting announcements, and much more from October onwards! 🎉

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Nicolai Berk @nicolaiberk.bsky.social · 9d

I had the pleasure to teach a 3-day crash course on #LLMs for PhD students.

We covered:

1️⃣ Text Representation and Embeddings
2️⃣ Machine Learning & Transformer Architecture
3️⃣ Generative Models for Social Sciences

The 6 slide sets and 10 notebooks are available on github: github.com/nicolaiberk/...

GitHub - nicolaiberk/llm_ws: Materials for my Workshop on LLMs

Materials for my Workshop on LLMs. Contribute to nicolaiberk/llm_ws development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Alex Mierke-Zatwarnicki @mierkezat.bsky.social · 12d

Getting organized for the 2026 CES conference (deadline fast approaching); if you have a paper you're planning to present that is either on 1.) group appeals, or 2.) contemporary sources of social closure, lmk and we can see whether there's enough overlap for a shared panel submission! #polisky

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Humboldt GovLab @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social · 12d

📣 Check out the latest post on
@transformecon.bsky.social, a blog by @bertelsmannst.bsky.social. It's by researchers affiliated with Humboldt GovLab: @timwapps.bsky.social, @lstoetze.bsky.social, @heikekluever.bsky.social & @antvalentim.bsky.social. 🎉

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Charlotte Cavaille @ccavaille.bsky.social · 20d

It is the time of the year when I tell you about my favorite post-doc ever 👇 Unless you are allergic to the French, this one sits up there with the Nuffield postdoc (life style, productivity, interdisciplinary stimulation). Share widely! Apply! #poliscky

www.iast.fr/research-fel...

Research Fellowships

Each year, IAST invites applications for post-doctoral Research Fellowships, which offer candidates an opportunity to devote themselves full-time to their research at the start of their careers. Fello...

www.iast.fr

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Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 20d

Hey climate experienced and climate curious political scientists:

Send your hottest (!) climate paper to this @epssnet.bsky.social section 🔥🌱🔌

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 19d

If you work on climate politics, EPSS 2026 in Belfast is for you:

epssnet.org/belfast-2026...

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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 20d

Submissions: papers or panels

More information here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Call for Papers: Climate Section – EPSS 2026, Belfast

Call for Papers: Climate Section – EPSS 2026, Belfast We invite submissions of high-quality work on any topic related to climate change politics (and adjacent areas, e.g. environmental and energy pol...

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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 20d

* Environmental vulnerability and justice issues
* Green technology and technology politics
* Doing climate politics research in the era of green backlash

The section welcomes both qualitative and quantitative methods, and will consider fitting political theory papers if suitable and submitted.

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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 20d

▶️ Climate Politics

👉🏽 Section chairs: @fgenovese.bsky.social @antvalentim.bsky.social

📢 Our section welcomes work on:
* Green economic policy and green industrial policy
* Geopolitics of energy transitions and climate relations
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GLOBALCIT @globalcit.bsky.social · 21d

📣 Call for Papers 📣

Citizenship Challenges for Children and Young People: Barriers, Borders, and Bureaucracy in Historical and Contemporary Perspectives 🌍🚧📜

📝 Abstracts: 20 Oct 2025
📄 Drafts: 31 Mar 2026
📍 Workshop: Barcelona, 14–15 May 2026 (TBC)
✅ Final Paper: 17 Jul 2026

Full Details 👇

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António Valentim @antvalentim.bsky.social · 21d

Oh no, that was just a joke! Sorry. This such cool work, thanks for sharing!

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