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Berta Caihuelas Navajas @bcaihuelas.bsky.social · 2d

Very happy about the honorable mention in the Juan Linz Award from @cepcgob.bsky.social! Congrats to @nerealidad.bsky.social and Andreu Rodilla, so well deserved!!

Instituto Carlos III-Juan March/ Carlos III-Juan March Institute @ic3jm.bsky.social · 2d

Our former Master’s & PhD student — and now postdoctoral fellow working on the EXPRESS2 international project led by @jamayoral.bsky.social — @bcaihuelas.bsky.social also earned an honorable mention for her own dissertation!

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Inés Bolaños Somoano @inesbsomoano.bsky.social · 2d

Come join us tomorrow! I will have the pleasure of introducing and chairing this session :)

Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals (IBEI) @ibei.org · 5d

Conference | Turkish-EU Relations and Strategic Autonomy in an Emerging Multipolar World

👉 Explore the historical development of Türkiye–EU relations, the new directions they have taken, and the pursuit of strategic autonomy.

🎙️ With Enes Bayraklı, Turkish-German University.
🔗 Join us t.ly/_2LdA

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Javier Durán @tortondo.bsky.social · 5d

Para prevenir el cáncer de mama:

- Mantén un estilo de vida saludable.
- Realiza actividad física.
- Hazte autoexploraciones mamarias mensuales.
Sométete a exámenes periodicos.
- No votes al PP.

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Inés Bolaños Somoano @inesbsomoano.bsky.social · 13d

Muchísimas gracias Marta! Me habéis dado la energía que me faltaba para terminar el paper y mandarlo a journal :)

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Marta Fraile @martafraile.bsky.social · 13d

No podíamos tener una mejor inauguración de la serie de nuestros @ipp-csic.bsky.social Seminarios. La presentación de @inesbsomoano.bsky.social nos proporcionó claves analíticas fundamentales para entender mejor por qué la gente cree en las teorías de la conspiración. Felicidades!

Inés Bolaños Somoano @inesbsomoano.bsky.social · 14d

Ojalá todas las presentaciones fueran tan fructíferas y agradables como ésta en el @ipp-csic.bsky.social . Muchísimas gracias a @martafraile.bsky.social por la invitación, y a todo el personal del @cchscsic.bsky.social por la cálida acogida a mi trabajo y mis ideas!

Instituto de Políticas y Bienes Públicos @ipp-csic.bsky.social · 14d

El seminario de Inés Bolaños @inesbsomoano.bsky.social de
@ibei.org ya ha empezado!

Recuerda que lo puedes seguir en directo aquí → tinyurl.com/ytkbqza6

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Inés Bolaños Somoano @inesbsomoano.bsky.social · 14d

Ojalá todas las presentaciones fueran tan fructíferas y agradables como ésta en el @ipp-csic.bsky.social . Muchísimas gracias a @martafraile.bsky.social por la invitación, y a todo el personal del @cchscsic.bsky.social por la cálida acogida a mi trabajo y mis ideas!

Instituto de Políticas y Bienes Públicos @ipp-csic.bsky.social · 14d

El seminario de Inés Bolaños @inesbsomoano.bsky.social de
@ibei.org ya ha empezado!

Recuerda que lo puedes seguir en directo aquí → tinyurl.com/ytkbqza6

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Instituto de Políticas y Bienes Públicos @ipp-csic.bsky.social · 15d

¡Mañana vuelven nuestros seminarios!

Inés Bolaños (@inesbsomoano.bsky.social) de @ibeingparanoid.bsky.social inaugura el ciclo de otoño en la Sala Herbert Simon del @cchscsic.bsky.social

La entrada es libre hasta completar aforo.

También en directo por YouTube: youtube.com/live/GUT22d1...

Seminario del IPP con Inés Bolaños

El Instituto de Bienes y Políticas Públicas (IPP) da la bienvenida a Inés Bolaños, investigadora del Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals (IBEI), quien presentará su última charla: "Conspiracy...

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Instituto de Políticas y Bienes Públicos @ipp-csic.bsky.social · 20d

¡Inauguramos la temporada de otoño de nuestros Seminarios con la ponencia de @inesbsomoano.bsky.social @eui-eu.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social @ibei.org

Miércoles 24 a las 12:00 en la Sala Herbert Simon del @cchscsic.bsky.social

Entrada libre y gratuita. Directo en YouTube: tinyurl.com/ytkbqza6

Seminario del IPP con Inés Bolaños

El Instituto de Bienes y Políticas Públicas (IPP) da la bienvenida a Inés Bolaños, investigadora del Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals (IBEI), quie...

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 22d

Man Up: The New Misogyny and the Rise of Violent Extremism by Cynthia Miller-Idriss. @milleridriss.bsky.social

"Cynthia Miller-Idriss provides a luminous and disturbing account of the misogyny at the heart of far-right movements." – @victorerikray.bsky.social

Link to publisher's webpage:

Man Up

The revelatory and urgent story of how an explosion of misogyny is driving a surge of mass and far-right violence throughout the West—from an internationally recognized extremism expert and media comm...

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Inés Bolaños Somoano @inesbsomoano.bsky.social · 22d

I can't wait Marta! 😊

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Marta Fraile @martafraile.bsky.social · 22d

Into conspiracy theories? 👀 Next Wednesday 24, our @ipp-csic.bsky.social Seminar Series kicks off with the great @inesbsomoano.bsky.social , who’ll be sharing fascinating new research on the topic. Don’t miss it!

Instituto de Políticas y Bienes Públicos @ipp-csic.bsky.social · 26d

¡Haced hueco en vuestras agendas!

El próximo miércoles 24 arranca nuestro programa de Seminarios con Inés Bolaños (@inesbsomoano.bsky.social), PhD Political Science en @eui-eu.bsky.social, Visiting & Postdoc Radicalisation en @unileiden.bsky.social y Lecturer International Security en @ibei.org

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Instituto de Políticas y Bienes Públicos @ipp-csic.bsky.social · 26d

¡Haced hueco en vuestras agendas!

El próximo miércoles 24 arranca nuestro programa de Seminarios con Inés Bolaños (@inesbsomoano.bsky.social), PhD Political Science en @eui-eu.bsky.social, Visiting & Postdoc Radicalisation en @unileiden.bsky.social y Lecturer International Security en @ibei.org

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Inés Bolaños Somoano @inesbsomoano.bsky.social · 26d

Please come join us to hear the latest from me and @mcneilwillson.bsky.social paper on Conspiracy Belief, Resilience and Social Exclusion in Northern Europe. Madrid 24th Sept at @ipp-csic.bsky.social !

Instituto de Políticas y Bienes Públicos @ipp-csic.bsky.social · 26d

¡Haced hueco en vuestras agendas!

El próximo miércoles 24 arranca nuestro programa de Seminarios con Inés Bolaños (@inesbsomoano.bsky.social), PhD Political Science en @eui-eu.bsky.social, Visiting & Postdoc Radicalisation en @unileiden.bsky.social y Lecturer International Security en @ibei.org

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Instituto de Políticas y Bienes Públicos @ipp-csic.bsky.social · 27d

🍂 Continuamos con los estrenos: ¡ya está aquí la programación de otoño de nuestros seminarios!

⚠ Recordad que:
1️⃣ La asistencia es libre y gratuita.
2️⃣ Se retransmitirán en directo a través de nuestro canal de YouTube.

Muy pronto más información sobre cada sesión. ¡Estad atentos!

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Léonie de Jonge @leoniedejonge.bsky.social · Aug 27

💡Two super useful resources for when academics (or journalists!) are being targeted - and for institutions to be prepared. (We are underprepared…)
1) expertvoicestogether.org/researcher
2) researchersupport.org

#ECPRgc25 @ecpr.bsky.social

Expert Voices Together

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expertvoicestogether.org

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Inés Bolaños Somoano @inesbsomoano.bsky.social · Sep 2

Want to know more? Get your free eprint here!
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/CBZNR...

Bring them into the fold. Local actors and transnational governance of preventive counterterrorism in the European Union

The violent attacks of 9/11 marked a pivotal moment in global counter-terrorism, catalyzing a new consensus on terrorism that led to a global “preventive turn” in counter-terrorism policy, particul...

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Inés Bolaños Somoano @inesbsomoano.bsky.social · Sep 2

This paper sheds light on dynamics of #indirect transnational governance and #localactor enlistment that underpin EU #security and #counter-terrorism . By championing preventive measures, more easily accepted by Member States because they align with social rather than security policy objectives.

European Security @europeansecurity.bsky.social · Sep 1

34(3) Bring them into the fold. Local actors and transnational governance of preventive counterterrorism in the European Union by @inesbsomoano.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Bring them into the fold. Local actors and transnational governance of preventive counterterrorism in the European Union

The violent attacks of 9/11 marked a pivotal moment in global counter-terrorism, catalyzing a new consensus on terrorism that led to a global “preventive turn” in counter-terrorism policy, particul...

www.tandfonline.com

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Inés Bolaños Somoano @inesbsomoano.bsky.social · Aug 11

Monday book brag; my review of Carlos Yebra's book is out!
A fantastic and systematic analysis the press' usage of metaphors on Terrorism and Democracy when covering major terror in Spain.
Review courtesy of @ctsworkinggroup.bsky.social & editor Leonie Jackson!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Understanding Spanish jihadist terrorism: the ideology behind the metaphors

Published in Critical Studies on Terrorism (Ahead of Print, 2025)

www.tandfonline.com

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Javier Espinosa @javierespinosa.bsky.social · Aug 6

Una investigación de The National confirma que los supuestos puestos de ayuda de Gaza son trampas donde se ametrallan de forma sistemática a los palestinos www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...

Startling new details reveal how Gazans are lured to their deaths in aid queues | The National

Investigation by The National, survivor testimonies and UN videos lay bare full horror of humiliating and often deadly Israeli conditions

www.thenationalnews.com

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Inés Bolaños Somoano @inesbsomoano.bsky.social · Jul 15

The best kind of network: sorority ❤️

Florencia Olivares G. @florencia-olivares.bsky.social · Jul 15

Yesterday, with some amazing colleagues from the Barcelona WOPS Writing Club (Women in PolSci) 🖤💻

#WOPS @bcaihuelas.bsky.social @inesbsomoano.bsky.social @ginaaniano.bsky.social @ruizhdezmaria.bsky.social @cpujol19.bsky.social @lidiannz.bsky.social #MonaGrotheer

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · Jun 29

DOGE was sold to the American people as a cost-cutting initiative. Instead, it is clearly something far more sinister: a sprawling data-harvesting operation that threatens the constitutional foundations for American democracy, Laura MacCleery writes. buff.ly/o83rCOL

The New Surveillance State: Why Data Privacy Is Now Essential to Democracy | TechPolicy.Press

While DOGE was sold as a cost-cutting initiative, it is clearly something far more sinister: a sprawling data-harvesting operation, Laura MacCleery writes.

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Uygar Baspehlivan @ubaspehlivan.bsky.social · Apr 30

Just going to slowly introduce some of my research to BlueSky.

I'm a critical theorist interested in political possibilities of new media, particularly memes. My first journal article was a theoretical framework for the political study of internet memes.

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

Theorising the memescape: The spatial politics of Internet memes | Review of International Studies | Cambridge Core

Theorising the memescape: The spatial politics of Internet memes - Volume 50 Issue 1

www.cambridge.org

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Inés Bolaños Somoano @inesbsomoano.bsky.social · Jun 17

Kicking off this year's #BISA2025 with an amazing lecture from #CynthiaEnloe. I would try to make her words justice, and fail, but luckily I don't have to! Looking forward to seeing all my lovely folks this week in #Belfast, and thanks to @mybisa.bsky.social for another excellent conference :)

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Environment and Climate Politics Working Group @bisa-ecpwg.bsky.social · May 7

If you're at #BISA2025 join us for a site visit to Brink!, an exciting climate focused social enterprise in the heart of Belfast. Learn about how civil society groups in Belfast are finding new ways of working in a climate crisis. 19th June at 7pm: bit.ly/3GKLASE @playthinkbrink.bsky.social

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