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UPPGAP - Uppsala Gender and Politics @uppgap.bsky.social · Aug 15

The UPPGAP program for the fall 2025 is out. Check it out!

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European Journal of Politics and Gender @ejpgjournal.bsky.social · Aug 11

Check out our lates EDITOR'S CHOICE collection 🏆

With stunning papers 😍 from Carolina Glasserman Apicella, @giuliamariani.bsky.social and @stefrousseau.bsky.socia, all of these paper are available ✨FREE ACCESS✨ until October 31st 🎃

bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/subject/Edit...

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Martijn Mos 🏳️‍🌈 @martijnmos.bsky.social · Jul 16

I am elated to share that the special section "Threats and Opportunities: The Contestation of Gender and Sexuality in International Organizations" that I co-edited with the wonderful Jelena Cupać of the @wzb.bsky.social is finally out in @ifjpglobal.bsky.social! www.tandfonline.com/toc/rfjp20/2...

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Giulia Mariani @giuliamariani.bsky.social · May 5

🔦 Our findings highlight that Supreme Court rulings are not endpoints of policymaking. Instead, they can be starting points for post-reform politics that ultimately determine whether—and to what extent—citizens can access newly established reproductive rights.🧵 🔚

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Giulia Mariani @giuliamariani.bsky.social · May 5

2️⃣ Rulings’ ambiguity shapes the room for resistance: the vague verdict validating Mexico City’s abortion decriminalization 🇲🇽 enabled reform opponents to push for explicit right-to-life amendments, whereas the clearer mandate in Roe 🇺🇸 forced anti-choice activists to pursue incremental restrictions.

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Giulia Mariani @giuliamariani.bsky.social · May 5

We show that 2 features of Supreme Court rulings matter for reform opponents’ resistance tactics:

1️⃣ The type of rulings determines the policymaking authority states retain, shaping how actors seek to limit rulings’ impact - either by hindering implementation 🇺🇸 or by preventing diffusion 🇲🇽.

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Giulia Mariani @giuliamariani.bsky.social · May 5

⚖️ While courts have become crucial arenas for policy change, their rulings—especially on highly politicized issues—rarely settle the debate. In federal systems, reform opponents can strategically target multiple arenas to promote legislation that limits judicial impact.

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Giulia Mariani @giuliamariani.bsky.social · May 5

Hot off the press in @ejpgjournal.bsky.social 🔥

@camreu.bsky.social and I examine how Supreme Court rulings shaped religious-conservative mobilizations against court-driven abortion policy liberalization in Mexico and the US.

shorturl.at/IkdLZ

#gendersky #polisky

Short 🧵👇

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Giulia Mariani @giuliamariani.bsky.social · May 5

We show that 2 features of Supreme Court rulings matter for reform opponents’ resistance tactics:

1️⃣ The type of rulings determines the policymaking authority states retain, shaping how actors seek to limit rulings’ impact—by hindering their implementation 🇺🇸 or by preventing their diffusion 🇲🇽.

Giulia Mariani @giuliamariani.bsky.social · May 5

⚖️ While courts have become crucial arenas for policy change, their rulings—especially on highly politicized issues—rarely settle the debate. In federal systems, reform opponents can strategically target multiple arenas to promote legislation that limits judicial impact.

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Cecilia Josefsson @ceciliajosefsson.bsky.social · Apr 28

Welcome to the launch of my book Defending the Status Quo (OUP 2024)!

academic.oup.com/book/58626

🗓 May 8, 15:00–16:00 CEST
📍 Dept. of Government, Uppsala University (or Zoom!)

Speakers: @jennpiscopo.bsky.social, Drude Dahlerup, @elinbja.bsky.social & me.

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Francesca Feo @francescafeo.bsky.social · Apr 23

Hey GenderSky & PoliSky!

Join us in Naples for the SISP Annual Conference!

Our section “Gender, Sexuality and Intersectionality in Politics” features 8 fantastic panels — they’re waiting for your paper proposals!

Plus… we’ve got a few surprises in the works for the #BeijingPlatform anniversary 😉

Gender & Politics | Genere & Politica @genere-politica.bsky.social · Apr 15

📢 SISP 2025 Conference in Naples (Sept. 04-06)

👉 Submit your paper to the Gender & Politics section by May 25!

Let’s talk feminism, politics, intersectionality & resistance —across disciplines & borders.

📝 CFP open now: www.sisp.it/en/conferenc...

#SISP2025 #GenderPolitics #FeministResearch

Call for papers 2025 – SISP

www.sisp.it

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Stefan Wallaschek @swallaschek.bsky.social · Apr 23

highly recommended article on "Intersectional power struggles in feminist movements" - theoretically as well as empirically very insightful and I learnt a lot from reading the article, written by @marinampuig.bsky.social 👍
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#GenderSky

Intersectional power struggles in feminist movements: An analysis of resistance and counter‐resistance to intersectionality

This article develops an analytical framework to study the power struggles between majoritized women and minoritized women within feminist movements in relation to the adoption of intersectional prac...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Department of Government, Uppsala University @uu-polisci.bsky.social · Apr 15

We’re live! 🚀
Say hello to the official Bluesky account of Uppsala University's Department of Government 🏛️✨
Follow us for the latest on cutting-edge research, publications 📚, and upcoming events.

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Elin Bjarnegård @elinbja.bsky.social · Apr 8

Are you a researcher active outside of Europe who might consider coming to Sweden? Check out this @vetenskapsradet.bsky.social grant for recruitment of international visiting researchers!
www.vr.se/english/appl...

Grant for recruiting international visiting researchers to Sweden

The purpose of the grant is to provide higher education institutions and other research organisations the opportunity to develop and strengthen a research field by recruiting a distinguished researche...

www.vr.se

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Giulia Mariani @giuliamariani.bsky.social · Mar 28

As more right-wing populists enter the EP, anti-gender organizations gain allies—and access.

Their stated goal? To reshape EU institutions from within—from arenas of feminist activism into sites of political contestation—putting gender equality & sexual & reproductive rights in Europe at risk. 🧵🔚

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Giulia Mariani @giuliamariani.bsky.social · Mar 28

📌 Not all anti-gender orgs in the network are equally powerful. Most are peripheral—but a few act as “hubs,” bridging civil society & institutional arenas. These orgs are key gatekeepers, shaping advocacy agendas and determining which movement ideas are imported into decision-making spaces.

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Giulia Mariani @giuliamariani.bsky.social · Mar 28

How do they collaborate?

📌 I map a network of 176 joint activities from 2007 to 2022—conferences, workshops, petitions, reports, and more.

📌 Shared characteristics drive connections: orgs representing similar interests and politicians from the same country tend to collaborate more.

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Giulia Mariani @giuliamariani.bsky.social · Mar 28

Who’s involved?

📌 36 organizations— of which 10 represent conservative Christian churches and 4 represent the US Christian Right 🇺🇸✝️

📌 63 politicians from I&D, ECR, and EPP groups. 5 sit on the FEMM committee—working against gender & sexual equality from within the body meant to advance it.

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Giulia Mariani @giuliamariani.bsky.social · Mar 28

The European Parliament has long championed gender & sexual equality.

But amidst rising illiberalism, anti-gender & right-wing populist actors are mobilizing inside EU institutions to roll back hard-won rights 🇪🇺

My new paper dives into their cooperation🧵👇

shorturl.at/TNJO6

#gendersky #polisky

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Allegra H. Fullerton @allegrafullerton.bsky.social · Mar 13

🔥Hot off the Press, New Emotions and Coalitions Research 🔥

"Characterizing allies and opponents in gender policy debates" written with the brilliant as always, @evrop-anka.bsky.social and @cmweible.bsky.social

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/ropr...

#devilshift #ACF #angelshift #emotions

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Giulia Mariani @giuliamariani.bsky.social · Feb 27

Our study contributes to efforts to integrate (gendered) identities, emotions, and power dynamics into the ACF. More to come! 🤓

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Giulia Mariani @giuliamariani.bsky.social · Feb 27

📌 Fundamental beliefs unite diverse actors across policy subsystems but also make deep core coalitions vulnerable to internal tensions and splintering, especially when intersecting identities come into play.

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Giulia Mariani @giuliamariani.bsky.social · Feb 27

📌 Deep core coalitions operate at the macro level, strategically engaging in those policy subsystems where they experience threats to their beliefs or where their advocacy has the most chance of succeeding.

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Giulia Mariani @giuliamariani.bsky.social · Feb 27

Key takeaways:

📌 Deep core coalitions form in response to threats to their fundamental beliefs from political opponents, policy subsystems, or broader societal shifts. These threats are experienced as existential, fuelling polarization and coalition-building beyond specific policy issues.

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