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Francesc Amat

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Ramon y Cajal & Deputy Director of IPERG http://www.ub.edu/iperg/. Advancing https://www.ub.edu/mipe/ at University of Barcelona https://sites.google.com/site/cescamat

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Francesc Amat @cescamat.bsky.social · Jun 20

Very happy to share the program for the 3rd edition of the Yale-UB Historical Political Economy Workshop.

Taking place at the University of Barcelona on June 30th and July 1st.

Really looking forward to it!

Cc: @didacqueralt.bsky.social

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Biblioteca General Universitaria Reina Sofía @bursofia.bsky.social · 2d

¿Por qué la investigación en la universidad es tan importante?
@nadaesgratis.bsky.social

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No lo llames universidad, llámalo X

Por Antonia Díaz (@antoniadiazrod.bsky.social, @AntoniaDiazRod) y Luis Puch (@lpuch.bsky.social, @lpuchg) Seguramente ya se hayan olvidado, pero el pasado verano fueron populares los culebrones ...

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Francesc Amat @cescamat.bsky.social · 7d

Happy to announce the IPERG Seminar Series at @ub.edu for this academic year!

A great lineup of seminars and events is coming up — don’t miss it.

📅 Full schedule here: www.ub.edu/iperg/activi...

@ubeconomics.bsky.social @cpoliticaub.bsky.social @economiaempresaub.bsky.social @ubmipe.bsky.social

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Victor Gay @victorgayeco.bsky.social · 10d

Call for abstracts for interdisciplinary conference on "Popular Support for Autocratic Regimes in Historical Perspective," May 26-27 in Toulouse @tse-fr.eu

Deadline: Nov 15. Travel/accommodation will be covered.

Please apply!

Co-organized with Jan Stuckatz, Selina Hofstetter, and Mikkel Dack.

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Economics Observatory @econ-observatory.bsky.social · 13d

TODAY on the Economics Observatory – What are the effects of youth club closures in the UK? By @carmenvillaecon.bsky.social

What are the effects of youth club closures in the UK? - Economics Observatory

The widespread closing of youth clubs during the 2010s, driven by government austerity measures, led to falling educational performance and increasing rates of youth offending. The long-term…

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Jordi Muñoz @jordimunoz.bsky.social · 19d

We are hiring! We are looking for a prospective PhD student to work at the Department of Political Science of the University of Barcelona and the Institutions, Politics and Economics Research Center in connection to a research project on Backlash. More details here: sites.google.com/view/jordi-m...

Jordi Muñoz - Calls

PhD fellowship in Political Science at the University of Barcelona

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Xiaobo Lü | 吕晓波 @xiaobolu.bsky.social · 26d

I will be engaging a conversation with @daliyang.bsky.social, @vicshih.bsky.social, @tompepinsky.com and Martin Dimitrov on my new book at the #APSA2025 Author Meets Critics panel on 9/14, 10:00 to 11:30am PDT. Come join us if you are still around.

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Domination and Mobilization

Cambridge Core - Asian Studies - Domination and Mobilization

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Maria Carreri @mariacarreri.bsky.social · 27d

It’s a wrap for PEEP 2025! Thank you to all the presenters, discussants and attendees! @awiedemann.bsky.social @gemmadipoppa.bsky.social @miguelpereira.bsky.social and I are already looking forward to another full day of Political Economy in 2026!

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Florian Foos @florianfoos.bsky.social · 29d

Abysmal idea:In times of increasing extremism in Germany & abroad, we need to strengthen the study of politics, not weaken it beyond recognition. Cologne is one of the best departments in Germany with colleagues doing world-class research on relevant topics. Hope the NRW government will think again!

Stefan Müller @stefanmueller.bsky.social · Sep 8

The University of Cologne plans drastic cuts to its Political Science department, potentially abolishing the MSc in Political Science and eliminating the professorships in IR and Comparative Politics. This would severely weaken the social sciences at @unicologne.bsky.social.
Petition (de/en) ⤵️

Petition unterschreiben

Keine WiSo ohne PoWi! Für eine starke Politikwissenschaft im Bachelor & Master

https://www.change.org/p/keine-wiso-ohne-powi-für-eine-starke-politikwissenschaft-im-bachelor-master

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Francesc Amat @cescamat.bsky.social · Sep 5

Big congrats, Diane!

Francesc Amat @cescamat.bsky.social · Sep 5

Big congrats, Carl!

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David Evans @daveevansphd.bsky.social · Sep 2

I'm putting together a talk on a new applied micro paper, and I'm reminded that (I believe) it's very hard to outperform the structure proposed in this piece by Jesse Shapiro. shapiro.scholars.harvard.edu/sites/g/file...

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Francesc Amat @cescamat.bsky.social · Aug 28

Congrats, Vicente!

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Miquel Cabal Guarro @miqcab.bsky.social · Aug 24

Recordeu que per destacar la qualitat o qualitat fem servir una forma exclamativa introduïda per "que". Si sou parlants orientals, això és un [kə], no pas un ['kɛ]. Això si no el feu a la castellana, és clar.

Exemples:
"Que pesats que sou amb l'accentet!"
"Que fort que hi poseu l'accent!"

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Anna Grzymala-Busse @annagbusse.bsky.social · Aug 22

To punish critics and to intimidate dissidents, the communist parties in the Soviet bloc would conduct raids on their apartments, searching for more pretexts to put them on show trials.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · Aug 22

BREAKING: FBI searches the home of ex-Trump national security adviser John Bolton as part of classified documents investigation, an AP source says.

Live updates: FBI searches home of ex-Trump national security adviser John Bolton, AP source says

The FBI is searching the home of President Donald Trump's former national security adviser John Bolton over the the handling of classified documents, per a person familiar with the matter.

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Pavithra Suryanarayan @pavisuri.bsky.social · Aug 11

Please share! We look forward to your submissions to EPSS in Belfast next year. We hope the below will be useful as you plan your panels/paper. Do reach out if you have any queries!

Macartan Humphreys @macartan.bsky.social · Aug 11

Please share:

@pavisuri.bsky.social and I are delighted to share details for the political economy of development section of @epssnet.bsky.social Belfast 2026

We welcome great work and fresh ideas! Please spread the word among interested colleagues not on here

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

Call for Papers

Call for Papers: Political Economy of Development (PED) Section – EPSS 2026, Belfast We invite submissions of high-quality work on any topic in the political economy of development or comparative pol...

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · Aug 13

I'm delighted to advertise an exciting job as centre manager, helping me build Oxford's new Centre for Advanced Social Science Methods (CASSM). We start this academic year and aim to attract as new faculty some of the world's top people in computational, experimental and qualitative methods.

CASSM Centre Manager

Full-timeFixed-term for 5 yearsGrade 8: £48,235 - £57,255 per annum

www.politics.ox.ac.uk

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Simon Hix @simonhix.bsky.social · Aug 7

Please share this thread. It is important that political scientists, in Europe and across the world, understand why EPSS exists and why we are encouraging people to attend our inaugural conference, in Belfast next June.

EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · Aug 7

EPSA have announced that they will hold a conference in July 2026.

😵‍💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.

👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.

A short 🧵

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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · Aug 1

Whether you're an early-career researcher or established scholar, #EPSS2026 is a premier space for cutting-edge political science.

From comparative politics & public policy, from political behavior & methods to international relations, #EPSS2026 is the place to be.

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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · Aug 1

The European Political Science Society is now accepting paper & panel proposals for its annual conference!

📢 Call for Papers: EPSS 2026 – Belfast 
🗓️ June 18–20, 2026 
📍 ICC Belfast 
📬 Deadline: Nov 7, 2025

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Julian Garritzmann @garritzmannj.bsky.social · Jul 25

I'm hiring another postdoc (research-focused, for almost 5 years) for my @erc.europa.eu project on the educational cleavage!
I'm looking for someone with strong quantitative text-analysis skills (e.g. #NLP, #LLM, etc.) to study the role of political actors in cleavage formation.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · Jul 29

What a graph

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Political Science Research and Methods @psrm.bsky.social · Jul 23

🧪How did COVID-19 affect citizens’ democratic preferences?

➡️ @cescamat.bsky.social A.Arenas A.Falcó & @jordimunoz.bsky.social find a lasting rise in technocratic preferences and a temporary bump in the willingness to sacrifice civil rights and freedoms www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

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Master in Institutions and Political Economy @ubmipe.bsky.social · Jul 21

Congratulations to the MIPE Third Cohort Graduates! 🎉

We’re very proud of each of you and excited to watch your next chapters unfold. The future is bright, and it’s yours for the taking! 🌟

@economiaempresaub.bsky.social @ubeconomics.bsky.social

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Francesc Amat @cescamat.bsky.social · Jul 15

Read the full article here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

And find the replication materials here: dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtm...

Pandemics meet democracy: the footprint of COVID-19 on democratic attitudes | Political Science Research and Methods | Cambridge Core

Pandemics meet democracy: the footprint of COVID-19 on democratic attitudes

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Francesc Amat @cescamat.bsky.social · Jul 15

Overall, we show that the outbreak of the pandemic caused a large initial change in technocratic preferences. Moreover — and this is the main contribution — this initial shift appears to have largely persisted over time, even after the pandemic ceased to be a relevant issue.