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Nadja Wehl @na-wehl.bsky.social · 17h

Very excited about the lineup for our #ComparativePolitics & #PoliticalEconomy colloquium in the winter @uni-konstanz.de !!

▶️Hannah Werner @ipz.bsky.social
▶️Fabio Franchino
▶️ @ashelshehawy.bsky.social
▶️Kevin Munger @eui-sps.bsky.social
▶️@rdassonneville.bsky.social
▶️@svenjaahlhaus.bsky.social

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Alexia Katsanidou @alexiakatsanidou.bsky.social · 1d

Great paper on the state of political science osf.io/preprints/os... by @guygrossman.bsky.social et. al. We have become more diverse, more quantitative, and more collaborative.

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Ana Catalano Weeks @anacweeks.bsky.social · 7d

🚨 New article out today in @cpsjournal.bsky.social !

📄 “Strategic Inclusion Without Transformation: How Populist Radical Right Parties Engage With Women’s Interests”

With Bonnie Meguid, @hildecoffe.bsky.social & Miki Kittilson

🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0010...

Strategic Inclusion Without Transformation: How Populist Radical Right Parties Engage With Women’s Interests - Bonnie M. Meguid, Hilde Coffé, Ana Catalano Weeks, Miki Caul Kittilson, 2025

Despite their Männerparteien reputation, populist radical right (PRR) parties have recently expanded their agendas to include women’s interests. When do they em...

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Javier Martínez-Cantó @javiermcanto.bsky.social · 11d

The Strange Death of Conservative England

Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 11d

Lots on the substack this week:

Me on the increasing plausibility of a total Tory collapse, how it would happen and what it would mean for the political landscape:

samf.substack.com/p/last-rites...

Last Rites

What happens if the Conservatives completely disintegrate?

samf.substack.com

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Edoardo Viganò @eavigano.bsky.social · 16d

📢 My last PhD paper is out in Legislative Studies Quarterly 📢

📌 Main finding
➡️ Party control of speaking time in parliament limits MPs’ geographical focus
➡️ Open access increases constituency representation

🔗 Read it open access here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Dr Hayley Bennett @haylesben.bsky.social · 16d

This blog and article perhaps raises some interesting questions about how we can think about the Scottish devolution settlement 👇

Centre on Constitutional Change @ccc-research.bsky.social · 16d

New blog!

Read @javiermcanto.bsky.social on 'Making Decentralization Work: The Politics of Implementation' 👇

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Making Decentralization Work: The Politics of Implementation

A substantial body of scholarship has sought to explain the origins of federalism and why some states opt for decentralization while others remain more centralized. However, despite the broad literatu...

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Javier Martínez-Cantó @javiermcanto.bsky.social · 16d

Devolving powers on paper is only half the story — the real challenge is implementation. In this post, I discuss my recent @jeppjournal.bsky.social article with @jmfernandes86.bsky.social on when decentralization actually works in practice. Thanks @ccc-research.bsky.social y.social for the invite!

Centre on Constitutional Change @ccc-research.bsky.social · 16d

New blog!

Read @javiermcanto.bsky.social on 'Making Decentralization Work: The Politics of Implementation' 👇

edin.ac/4mstXWG

Making Decentralization Work: The Politics of Implementation

A substantial body of scholarship has sought to explain the origins of federalism and why some states opt for decentralization while others remain more centralized. However, despite the broad literatu...

edin.ac

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Jordi Muñoz @jordimunoz.bsky.social · 19d

We are hiring! We are looking for a prospective PhD student to work at the Department of Political Science of the University of Barcelona and the Institutions, Politics and Economics Research Center in connection to a research project on Backlash. More details here: sites.google.com/view/jordi-m...

Jordi Muñoz - Calls

PhD fellowship in Political Science at the University of Barcelona

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Javier Martínez-Cantó @javiermcanto.bsky.social · 21d

Hoy me estreno en el blog @piedrasdepapel.bsky.social , analizando entre qué grupos de españoles ha aumentado más la percepción de la inmigración como problema, usando datos del CIS. ¡Gracias por la invitación!

Blog Piedras de Papel @piedrasdepapel.bsky.social · 21d

Hoy tenemos post de @javiermcanto.bsky.social sobre la preocupación por la inmigración.

"Los datos del CIS indican que los hombres, los jóvenes, quienes tienen un nivel educativo medio y las personas de clase trabajadora son los más preocupados por la inmigración."

www.eldiario.es/132_c068b4?u...

¿A quién le preocupa la inmigración en España?

La preocupación por la inmigración ha crecido entre los españoles en los últimos meses. Los datos del CIS indican que los hombres, los jóvenes, quienes tienen un nivel educativo medio y las personas d...

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Javier Martínez-Cantó @javiermcanto.bsky.social · 22d

Today, we lost one of the greats. One of my favorite actors. Rest in peace.

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Spy game - ending scene - operation dinner out

YouTube video by Boulkeroua Abdelrahmene

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Jac Larner @jaclarner.bsky.social · 22d

The seat projections are pretty dramatic. Allowing for movement of a few points in many directions: Plaid Cymru ~38 seats, Reform UK ~35 seats, Labour ~11 seats, Conservatives ~6 seats, Lib Dems ~3 seats, Greens ~ 1 🧵

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Juan Luis Jiménez @juanluisjimenez.bsky.social · 23d

⚠️La política anunciada por el Gobierno de conceder 30.000€ para jóvenes que alquilen vivienda con opción a compra es mera propaganda: sólo aplica a viviendas protegidas, que en los últimos diez años han sido solamente 1.182 viviendas en todo el territorio nacional‼️

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Daniel Saldivia Gonzatti @dasalgon.bsky.social · Sep 9

Please consider signing this petition and supporting the great political science research and teaching at the University of Cologne!

Stefan Müller @stefanmueller.bsky.social · Sep 8

The University of Cologne plans drastic cuts to its Political Science department, potentially abolishing the MSc in Political Science and eliminating the professorships in IR and Comparative Politics. This would severely weaken the social sciences at @unicologne.bsky.social.
Petition (de/en) ⤵️

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Keine WiSo ohne PoWi! Für eine starke Politikwissenschaft im Bachelor & Master

https://www.change.org/p/keine-wiso-ohne-powi-für-eine-starke-politikwissenschaft-im-bachelor-master

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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · Sep 6

Academic authors, here's a peek into the black box of journal publishing from an journal editor if you can bear it:

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · Sep 5

Signage around the Department of Defense offices were quickly changed to “Department of War” to match President Donald Trump’s rebrand of the organization, including Secretary Pete Hegseth’s nameplate.

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Manifesto Project @manifestoproj.bsky.social · Sep 5

📣 Manifesto Project Data & Corpus Update 2025 is here! What's new? 🧵:

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Luis L. Schenoni @llschenoni.bsky.social · Sep 2

Call For Papers - Special Issue: "War and the State in Latin America" with the Journal of Latin American Studies 📢 please retweet!

The deadline for proposals is October 30, 2025. Invited proposals must be submitted next year by January 30.

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Gerald Schneider @geraldschneider.bsky.social · Aug 22

Anke Hoeffler, Tanja Kupisch, and I are happy to announce three doctoral positions in the project "Lifting the Veil of Violence: Inequality and Representation after War” (LiVV) at ‪the Cluster of Excellence @excinequality.bsky.social‬ at @uni-konstanz.de‬.
stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/4...

3 Doctoral Positions in LiVV – Project Cluster “The Politics of Inequality”

Deadline: September 24, 2025

stellen.uni-konstanz.de

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Anja Neundorf @anjaneundorf.bsky.social · Aug 28

🚨 New in Journal of Politics! 🚨
Do radical right parties need to cut ties with old dictatorships to succeed?
👉 @sergipardos.bsky.social and my study of Spain’s VOX says: ❌ Not necessarily.

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · Aug 27

Winning elections is the only curb against strongmen on.ft.com/4mxBcNL | opinion

Winning elections is the only curb against strongmen

Liberals focus too much on constitutions and too little on politics

on.ft.com

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Jeremy Cliffe @jeremycliffe.bsky.social · Aug 24

Just got round to watching Mario Draghi's speech in Rimini in the original Italian. It is easily the most important speech on Europe so far this year and I hope someone (@grandcontinent.bsky.social?‬) publishes it in English and other EU languages soon.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMME...

Mario Draghi’s Full Speech: Europe’s Harsh Reality — Powerless on the Global Stage! -ITALIAN-

YouTube video by EU Debates | eudebates.tv

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Mark Parrington @mparrington.bsky.social · Aug 18

Incredible growth in the scale of devastating Iberian Peninsula #wildfires through mid-August reflected in #CopernicusAtmosphere GFAS estimated fire emissions with Spain reaching it's highest annual total of past 23 years (& Portugal's since 2017) @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social @ecmwf.int #IIFF

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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · Aug 12

If you can't trust official US data, you can't invest or list there. It's as stark as that. 🇺🇸

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Javier Martínez-Cantó @javiermcanto.bsky.social · Aug 8

ChatGTP updates starts to feel like an average iPhone update.

NBC News @nbcnews.com · Aug 7

OpenAI releases the newest version of the AI model that powers its popular ChatGPT chatbot, with CEO Sam Altman promoting it as like having a “team of Ph.D. level experts in your pocket.”

OpenAI releases GPT-5, calling it a ‘team of Ph.D. level experts in your pocket’

OpenAI says its latest version of the popular AI model is better at coding, more accurate and less deceptive than previous versions.

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