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European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · 2h

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European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · 8h

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European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · 1d

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men4dem.bsky.social @men4dem.bsky.social · 1d

🚨Three members of the MEN4DEM team are leading a section at the 2026 ECPG! 🚨

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The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · 1d

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European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · 6d

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European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · 1d

🏛️ War and Politics: Israel's Domestic Political Landscape after the Gaza War
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Heidi Maurer @heidimaurer.bsky.social · 1d

Call for Papers for @ecpr.bsky.social @ecprsgeu.bsky.social section “Teaching in EU Studies in the Digital Age”

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European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · 1d

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European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · 2d

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European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · 2d

🌸 #ECPG26 @ecprgender.bsky.social Section seeking Panels and Papers ⤵️
❌ Anti-gender and Anti-feminist Politics between Local Mobilisations and Transnational Networks
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Anti-gender and Anti-feminist Politics between Local Mobilizations and Transnational Networks

European Conference on Politics and Gender, 15 – 17 June 2026, Newcastle University

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Methods of Normative Political Theory - ECPR Standing Group @ecpr-nptmethods.bsky.social · 2d

Our Autumn newsletter is here! 🍁
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Newsletter #12, October 2025

On behalf of the Standing Group on Methods of Normative Political Theory, we are happy to announce that the quarterly newsletter of the Methods of Normative Political Theory appears four times a ye…

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 2d

Great work by our new newsletter team! Also delighted to see these (much deserved) prizes 🎉 Do join up with us on the @ecpr.bsky.social website (under MyEcpr) if you want to be part of our next round of events in 2026...

Methods of Normative Political Theory - ECPR Standing Group @ecpr-nptmethods.bsky.social · 2d

Our Autumn newsletter is here! 🍁
Catch up on the @ecpr.bsky.social Thessaloniki conference highlights, meet the Best Paper Prize winner(s), and discover the new Onora O’Neill Book Prize in Political Theory, plus lots more!
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Newsletter #12, October 2025

On behalf of the Standing Group on Methods of Normative Political Theory, we are happy to announce that the quarterly newsletter of the Methods of Normative Political Theory appears four times a ye…

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European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · 2d

⏰ 𝐓𝐎𝐃𝐀𝐘 in #ECPRSeminars on the European Union @ecprsgeu.bsky.social from 15:00–16:30 BST

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European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · 5d

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Matt Polacko @mattpolacko.bsky.social · 5d

Very grateful and honoured to be receiving the @epsrjournal.bsky.social Early Careers Prize. Many thanks to the committee! This provides great encouragement to continue researching the transformation of social democracy.

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European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · 5d

🏛️ War and Politics: Israel's Domestic Political Landscape after the Gaza War
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European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · 5d

🏆 @mattpolacko.bsky.social has won the 2025 @epsrjournal.bsky.social Early Careers Prize for his outstanding contribution, 'Who benefits from the social democratic march to the middle?' 👏 Congratulations!

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European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · 5d

🌸 #ECPG26 @ecprgender.bsky.social Section seeking Panels and Papers ⤵️
✍️ Gender and Political Communication: Empirical Perspectives
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Gender and Political Communication: Empirical Perspectives

European Conference on Gender and Politics, Newcastle University, 15 – 17 June 2026

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ECPR Standing Group on the European Union 🇪🇺 @ecprsgeu.bsky.social · 6d

❇️ The call for panels and papers for the 13th biennial SGEU conference (1-3 July 2026, Università di Catania) is now open!❇️

Submit your panels and papers to one of 18 sections via the @ecpr.bsky.social webpage: ecpr.eu/Events/341.

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Deadline is 10 December.

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European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · 5d

🎉 Alexander Baturo has been appointed co-editor of the Comparative Politics series, published by the ECPR with Oxford University Press

👏 We'd like to thank outgoing co-editor, Jonathan Slapin, for his outstanding service over the past five years. Read more about his journey with us buff.ly/NRJ8mik

Alexander Baturo appointed co-editor of OUP Comparative Politics series

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European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · 6d

🔜 Join the next #ECPRHouseSeries Roundtable
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European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · 6d

🔜 Forthcoming in #ECPRSeminars on the European Union @ecprsgeu.bsky.social 👇

🎙️ Philipp Genschel, Markus Jachtenfuchs & Kathleen R. McNamara discuss how #EU capacity building differs from EU rule making
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European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · 6d

🌸 #ECPG26 @ecprgender.bsky.social Section seeking Panels and Papers ⤵️
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🪑@valentineb.bsky.social @albamaria.bsky.social, Sofia Collignon (@qmul.bsky.social), Daniela Osorio Michel (@giga-hamburg.de), Gabriela Pancheva, Vanilda Souza Chaves
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Gender Politics, Violence, and Democratic Erosion

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Liran Harsgor @liranharsgor.bsky.social · 7d

Looking forward to have your submissions of gender-related papers to our section on elections, parties and voters at the #ECPG26.
Deadline: November 7
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European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · 7d

🌸 #ECPG26 @ecprgender.bsky.social Section seeking Panels and Papers ⤵️
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Elections, Parties and Voters

European Conference on Politics and Gender, Newcastle University, 15 – 17 June 2026

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European Journal of Political Research @ejprjournal.bsky.social · 7d

🎉 Thanks to our incredible authors, reviewers & readers for your patience and support as we move to @universitypress.cambridge.org

📘 @ejprjournal.bsky.social is now live with Cambridge!
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Together towards an #OpenAccess future in #PoliticalScience 🫱🏾 🫲

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