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Gender and Inequalities Centre at Southampton @gain-centre.bsky.social · Mar 19

🎉Thank you to everyone who joined us yesterday for an engaging discussion on the Challenges of Studying Gender and Inequalities in the 21st Century! 🎉 We are especially grateful to the speakers @elizabethjevans.bsky.social @charlie-walker.bsky.social, Dr Maria Villares-Varela & Dr Valentina Tonei.

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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

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Gender and Inequalities Centre at Southampton @gain-centre.bsky.social · Mar 17

🚨We are so excited to announce that we are hosting the PSA Women & Politics @psawomenpol.bsky.social 2025 Annual Conference here in 📍Southampton! The conference, Troubled Times: Gender and Politics in the 21st Century, will be held from 📅 17 to 18 June! More details are in the CFP linked below.

PSA Women and Politics @psawomenpol.bsky.social · Mar 14

🚨 Call for Papers! 🚨

Join us for our 2025 Annual Conference hosted by @gain-centre.bsky.social

📅 17-18 June 2025
📍 Southampton
💡 Theme: Troubled Times: Gender and Politics in the 21st Century

Submit abstracts by Friday 11 April. Full details: tinyurl.com/ycyusm2v

#polisky #gendersky

Call for Papers: Women & Politics Annual Conference

Troubled Times: Gender and Politics in the 21st Century PSA Women and Politics Conference, June 17th/18th 2025 Hosted by the Gender and Inequalities (GAIN) Centre at the University of Southamp…

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European Journal of Politics and Gender @ejpgjournal.bsky.social · Mar 17

Stunning 🎥 summary (Spanish 🇪🇸 with 🇬🇧 subtitles) of @atiradocastro.bsky.social & @bcaihuelas.bsky.social's EJPG research on the gender gap in the responsiveness of political elites

doi.org/10.1332/2515...

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Alejandro Tirado Castro @atiradocastro.bsky.social · Mar 17

📢 ¿Escuchan los políticos menos las demandas de las mujeres que las de las hombres?

🏛️ Por desgracia, sí. Cuanto mayores sean las discrepancias entre mujeres y hombres, menor atención prestan los políticos a las mujeres.

@bcaihuelas.bsky.social @divulgauc3m.bsky.social

youtu.be/qEyGuMNfLK4?...

📢 ¿Los políticos responden menos a las mujeres? Un estudio revela la verdad

YouTube video by UC3M

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Ceri Fowler @cerifowler.bsky.social · Feb 24

Might I politely say that this would be a good moment for anyone who runs a big social or election study to give some serious thought to including a battery of Qs on attitudes to feminism/gender roles? We have some great questions on sexism/household gender roles but need more imho (unsurprisingly!)

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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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Politics & Gender @politicsgenderj.bsky.social · Feb 18

📢 New #PAG20 Book Review 📚

@anacweeks.bsky.social reviews 'Women, Men, and Elections' by Rosalind Shorrocks. The book explores how gendered policy preferences can explain gender gaps in voting.

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https://buff.ly/411zJaj

Bookcover for "Women, Men, and Elections: Policy Supply and Gendered Voting Behaviour in Western Democracies" by Rosalind Shorrocks.

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Carl Henrik Knutsen @chknutsen.bsky.social · Feb 17

Democracy researchers please take note, and tell relevant colleagues: The Dep. of Pol. Sci. in Gothenburg is hiring a new Director for the V-Dem Institute. The Director will also serve as permanent (tenured) member of the Dep., with reduced teaching responsibilities during their tenure as Director.

V-Dem Institute @vdeminstitute.bsky.social · Feb 11

📢Applications Open for New Director of the V-Dem Institute
V-Dem Institute and the Dept. of Political Science, University of Gothenburg is looking for a Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Political Science & Director of the V-Dem Institute.
To application: shorturl.at/9rvmx
📆 March 27, 2025.

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European Journal of Politics and Gender @ejpgjournal.bsky.social · Feb 17

Is there a gender age gap in support for the far-right? 🚻 🗳️

Not as much as we thought!

@gefjonoff.bsky.social & colleagues use cross-national data to show that the far-right gender gap is non-existent among some age cohorts

Check out the ✨FREE ACCESS✨paper here: https://buff.ly/4gIsLLS

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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · Jan 22

*Attention PhD students and Early Career Researchers* - Call for papers! With support from @ukandeu.bsky.social
I will be hosting a workshop event for PhDs and ECRs on April 23rd, just after Easter. A chance to present in a supportive environment & meet new colleagues. Details attached

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · Feb 7

Hello, Bluesky! ☀️

We fund frontier research in Europe—bold ideas, unexpected discoveries and science that shapes the future. So it’s only fitting we’ve landed here. Sorry for being late.

Follow us for updates on ERC funding, research policy, and our grantees' discoveries.

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Sara Hobolt @sarahobolt.bsky.social · Feb 7

🚨 Postdoc Fellow at LSE in Political Behaviour 🚨

We're hiring a 2-3 year postdoc fellow at the LSE to join our great department (with some teaching in political behaviour and comparative European or EU politics)

Please spread the word and reach out with questions!
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

LSE Fellow in Political Behaviour

LSE Fellow in Political Behaviour, , LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university <p style="text-align: cen...

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GenElect Network @genelectnet.bsky.social · Jan 28

Job alert 👇🚨

Rikki Dean @rikkidean.bsky.social · Dec 20

If all you want for Christmas is a new job, then I have just the thing.

Come work with me on the Integrating Citizen Deliberation for Impact project. Join a great dept at Southampton, and an international team researching the European wave of climate assemblies.

jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at the University of Southampton: Research Fellow, Integrating Citizen Deliberation for Impact (i4i)

We are delighted to welcome applications for the position of Research Fellow within the Integrating Citizen Deliberation for Impact (i4i) project, an international collaboration to examine the variety...

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Lucy Barnes @lucy-barnes.bsky.social · Jan 22

New paper!

Do the (British) public believe there’s a trade-off btwn economic growth and protecting the environment? Does this belief matter for which they prioritise?

Not strongly, and no.

Environmental protection remains a priority even with costs to growth

authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

ScienceDirect.com | Science, health and medical journals, full text articles and books.

authors.elsevier.com

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Stefan Müller @stefanmueller.bsky.social · Jan 22

UCD’s School of Sociology is hiring an Assistant Professor (permanent) in Computational Social Science.

– Salary Scale: €62,855–€99,533
– Application deadline: 10 Feb
– Details: www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/list...

@ucdsociology.bsky.social
@ucddublin.bsky.social

Lecturer / Assistant Professor - Computational Social Science, School of Sociology - Dublin, Leinster (IE) job with UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN (UCD) | 386526

We are seeking applications from individuals with expertise in one or more of the following areas: Computational Social ...

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Chris Butler @chrisbutlerpol.bsky.social · Jan 7

Happy to have contributed to this research from the Centenary Action Group showing how much work is needed to achieve a 50:50 parliament www.politics.co.uk/comment/2025...

A historic opportunity: gender-equal parliament by 2028 - Politics.co.uk

While we’ve come a long way since my great-grandmother Emmeline Pankhurst fought for the right for women in the UK to vote, I’m certain she and her comrades would be deeply frustrated by the slow pace...

www.politics.co.uk

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Ruben Mathisen @rubenmathisen.bsky.social · Jan 7

New Working Paper: Teenage boys and girls in Norway are more ideologically polarized than ever. Using data for 130,000 high-schoolers over 34 years, I find that a surge in anti-feminism among boys is driving much of the recent trend.📈

Read: osf.io/preprints/os...
Findings 🧵👇

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Lusine Grigoryan @grigolus.bsky.social · Dec 16

❗2-year postdoc at the University of York❗
I am looking for a postdoc for my ERC-funded project “The many faces of prejudice: the “what”, the “why”, and the “how” of inferences we make from membership in social groups”.
To learn more and apply (by Jan 13): jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...
#psychjobs

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Hannah Phillips @hannahrphill.bsky.social · Dec 17

Thank you @genelectnet.bsky.social for the fab workshop! It was great to present our @blavatnikschool.bsky.social research on Strengthening Democracy by Reducing Threats to Women in Politics and learn from other fab scholars! 🗳️

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GenElect Network @genelectnet.bsky.social · Dec 17

Next, Marta Antonetti on the 'villian effect' of right wing women leaders mobilising women voters

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GenElect Network @genelectnet.bsky.social · Dec 17

And now one of our directors @jess-smith.bsky.social on a paper on motherhood penalties and fatherhood bonuses in running for office (with @anacweeks.bsky.social and Susan Franceschet)

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GenElect Network @genelectnet.bsky.social · Dec 17

Now a group presentation of their paper on gendered abuse in local elections with the dream team of @hannahrphill.bsky.social, Ziyu Deng and Roasrio Grima Algora on a project at @blavatnikschool.bsky.social

Three people giving an academic presentation

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GenElect Network @genelectnet.bsky.social · Dec 17

Kicking off our second day is @chrisbutlerpol.bsky.social on whether women politicians are less supportive of conflictual political styles

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GenElect Network @genelectnet.bsky.social · Dec 16

Finishing off our panel this afternoon is @bertous.bsky.social on dating preferences and conservative backlash

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GenElect Network @genelectnet.bsky.social · Dec 16

Another co-convener @jess-smith.bsky.social presenting work on women as the trusted politician

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