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Elizabeth Evans @elizabethjevans.bsky.social · Sep 3

So happy that mine and @stefaniereher.bsky.social ESRC grant application for a 4 year comparative project on disability and political parties was successful!! @sotonpolitics.bsky.social

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Elizabeth Evans @elizabethjevans.bsky.social · Jul 30

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Elizabeth Evans @elizabethjevans.bsky.social · Jul 30

New article out now in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social in which I provide a comparative analysis of disability & political parties and develop a framework for assessing their accessibility.

Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · Jul 30

#OpenAccess from @poppublicsphere.bsky.social -

Making Political Parties Accessible for People with Disabilities: A New Research Agenda - cup.org/41dguu2

- Elizabeth Evans

#FirstView

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Elizabeth Evans @elizabethjevans.bsky.social · Jun 13

Hope they manage to get the Access to Elected Office/EnAble Fund reintroduced as @stefaniereher.bsky.social and I recommended www.gov.uk/government/p... and in our book Disability and Political Representation! global.oup.com/academic/pro...

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Elizabeth Evans @elizabethjevans.bsky.social · Jun 13

So pleased to see this new steering group set up to support disabled people gain access to elected office - some excellent people on the steering group! www.gov.uk/government/n...

New steering group to champion disabled people in elected office

A new steering group will support disabled candidates in elections, advising on a fund for disability-related expenses to level the playing field.

www.gov.uk

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Elizabeth Evans @elizabethjevans.bsky.social · May 23

And here 🙌

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Elizabeth Evans @elizabethjevans.bsky.social · Apr 26

Had a great time in Ottawa presenting some of the findings from mine and @stefaniereher.bsky.social research on disability and politics at the Canadian Parliament. Now just soaking up the election fever 🤓🇨🇦🍁

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Elizabeth Evans @elizabethjevans.bsky.social · Apr 24

I'm in Ottawa at the moment and my taxi driver was talking to me about this very topic last night!!

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Elizabeth Evans @elizabethjevans.bsky.social · Apr 3

Please do come along to this if you're in Brum for @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

PSA Political Thought Specialist Group @psapolthought.bsky.social · Apr 2

Along with our friends in @populismpsa.bsky.social & @psawomenpol.bsky.social we're also sponsoring a roundtable on the much-missed Jonathan Dean
🗣️ @peterallen.bsky.social, @chdesportes.bsky.social, @elizabethjevans.bsky.social & @theoaiolfi.bsky.social
⏰ 11:30 Tues 15 Apr
🏫 The Exchange - Assembly

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Lala Muradova @lalamur.bsky.social · Mar 4

🚨My small book with
@cambridgeuppolisci.bsky.social
on timely #empathy #politics is online and I can't be happier! 🚨

shorturl.at/jZyPz

*The manuscript can be accessed freely for the next 2 weeks!* The book builds on my PhD thesis, defended
@kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social

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Elizabeth Evans @elizabethjevans.bsky.social · Mar 4

Congratulations to my brilliant office mate 😘

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Elizabeth Evans @elizabethjevans.bsky.social · Feb 27

Happy to share this - although it is truly horrendous listening to yourself...

UCL Political Science @uclspp.bsky.social · Feb 27

🎙️ UCL Uncovering Politics 🎙️
S14 E6: Disability Representation in Politics. Why are there so few disabled politicians? - with @elizabethjevans.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social and @stefaniereher.bsky.social @unistrathclyde.bsky.social -
ucl-uncovering-politics.simplecast.com/episodes/dis...

Disability Representation in Politics | UCL Uncovering Politics

This week we’re looking at the representation of disabled people in politics. Why are there so few disabled politicians? What impact does that have? And what can be done to level the playing field?

ucl-uncovering-politics.simplecast.com

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Jessica C. Smith @jess-smith.bsky.social · Feb 24

Our new Gender and Inequalities (GAIN) Centre at @sotonpolitics.bsky.social is officially up and running! 🎉

So excited to be running this with my brilliant colleagues @elizabethjevans.bsky.social and @emiliabelknap.bsky.social

Keep an eye out for more to come! 👇

Gender and Inequalities Centre at Southampton @gain-centre.bsky.social · Feb 24

Our new website is live! Check it out here to learn more about the new research centre: www.southampton.ac.uk/research/ins...

Gender and Inequalities Centre (GAIN)

Gender and Inequalities Centre (GAIN). Established to explore and address the pressing issues of gender and inequalities in social science, GAIN brings together scholars from across the university and...

www.southampton.ac.uk

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Elizabeth Evans @elizabethjevans.bsky.social · Feb 4

Answers my question about whether you're around for coffee later! Enjoy the meeting ❤️

Elizabeth Evans @elizabethjevans.bsky.social · Jan 31

I'm all for the promotion of running and classical music but I think we could also do with an APPG on disability

Elizabeth Evans @elizabethjevans.bsky.social · Jan 31

Disappointed to discover there is currently no All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Disability. There's the very important Special Educational Needs and Disabilities APPG but this group focuses on children and young people rather than disability per se.

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Politics & Gender @politicsgenderj.bsky.social · Jan 30

In Memoriam

Mala Htun (1969-2025)

Mala Htun made a major impact on the study of women, gender, and politics as a scholar, teacher, mentor, and advocate. To honor her contributions, we have ungated access to her articles until the end of February 2025.

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

In Memoriam

Welcome to Cambridge Core

www.cambridge.org

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Gender and Inequalities Centre at Southampton @gain-centre.bsky.social · Jan 20

We are a new interdisciplinary research centre @sotonpolitics.bsky.social focusing on gender and inequalities. Watch this space as we get up and running, as we have exciting news to share!

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Elizabeth Evans @elizabethjevans.bsky.social · Dec 19

Toutes Les Femmes de La Terre vous soutiennent. Merci Gisèle.

Elizabeth Evans @elizabethjevans.bsky.social · Dec 19

Grateful to @sotonpolitics.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social for covering the costs of the production of a (free) easy read version of mine and @stefaniereher.bsky.social book Disability and Political Representation. @disrightsuk.bsky.social eprints.soton.ac.uk/494719/ #AccessibleAcademia

How do disabled people take part in politics?: Easy read report: disability and political representation - ePrints Soton

eprints.soton.ac.uk

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Elizabeth Evans @elizabethjevans.bsky.social · Dec 18

Absolutely!

Elizabeth Evans @elizabethjevans.bsky.social · Dec 18

Great to see MPs raising the issue of electronic voting www.theguardian.com/politics/202... it's one of the topics that @stefaniereher.bsky.social and I proposed in our submission to the Modernisation Committee. Accessibility should not be sacrificed on the altar of tradition.

House of Commons should consider electronic voting, MPs say in letter

Exclusive: New MPs and backbenchers complain of wasted time in document sent to leader of Commons

www.theguardian.com

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Elizabeth Evans @elizabethjevans.bsky.social · Nov 27

Our application to set up a School-wide Gender and Inequalities Centre at @unisouthampton.bsky.social @sotonpolitics.bsky.social has been approved! Watch this space for further updates as well as an inclusive programme of activities in the new year @jess-smith.bsky.social @emiliabelknap.bsky.social

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Elizabeth Evans @elizabethjevans.bsky.social · Nov 27

Fantastic to have @mikebankole.bsky.social speak to our @sotonpolitics.bsky.social departmental seminar about his research on race, anti-racism protests and the Conservative party

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Elizabeth Evans @elizabethjevans.bsky.social · Nov 27

Great to see this in print - congrats!

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