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Vicente Valentim @valentimvicente.bsky.social · Jul 14

I am so honored, happy, and still a bit in disbelief that my book "The Normalization of the Radical Right" has won APSA's Dahl Award and the best book prize for the Democracy and Autocracy Section.

I can't thank enough everyone who has helped out with this project throughout the years.

APSA @apsa.bsky.social · Jul 14

Congratulations to the 2025 APSA Award Winners

APSA is delighted to announce the winners of the 2025 APSA awards! APSA recognizes and honors the work of various scholars who have made outstanding contributions to political science research, teaching and service. Recipients will be honored at the…

Congratulations to the 2025 APSA Award Winners

APSA is delighted to announce the winners of the 2025 APSA awards! APSA recognizes and honors the work of various scholars who have made outstanding contributions to political science research, teaching and service. Recipients will be honored at the APSA Awards Reception during the 121st APSA Annual Meeting & Exhibition in Vancouver, BC, Canada. DISSERTATION AWARDS Gabriel A. Almond Award…

politicalsciencenow.com

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Matthijs Rooduijn @mrooduijn.bsky.social · Jul 3

Two fully funded PhD positions in political science at the University of Antwerp in @mauritsmeijers.bsky.social's new and very cool ERC project on disinformation and representation. Great opportunity!
www.uantwerpen.be/en/jobs/vaca...

Doctoral scholarship holders in political science | University of Antwerp

YUFE vacancies

www.uantwerpen.be

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Journal of East Asian Studies @jeas-journal.bsky.social · Jul 3

#OpenAccess from our new issue -

The Incurious Approach to East Asian Populism: Why Studies on Japan, South Korea and Taiwan are Often Overlooked in Political Science - cup.org/46r8oRY

- @apklein.bsky.social, Frédéric Krumbein & @hannes-mosler.bsky.social

JEAS abstract discussing the international political research focus on East Asian democracies, specifically Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan, and the under-representation of empirical data in studies compared to prominent Western politicians.

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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · Jun 26

🚨 Big News for European Political Science 🚨

We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community.

🔗 epssnet.org

Here’s a thread with everything you need to know.

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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · Jun 23

🚨 Big news from our last business meeting in #ICA25!

We’re launching the Political Communication Teaching Database, a shared space where educators can upload and download course materials on #polcomm.

👉 Submit your materials here: tally.so/r/mDMGb5
#TeachingResources #ICA #APSA

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Maurits Meijers @mauritsmeijers.bsky.social · Jun 24

🧵 Hiring 2 PhDs in political science!

Join my ERC project DEMO-LIES
@uantwerpen.be
🇧🇪
We study how politicians accuse each other of lying/disinfo — and how citizens react: Does it erode trust? Polarize? Mobilize? 🧠🗳️

💥 4-yr fully funded
📅 Start: Oct/Nov 2025
🗓️ Deadline: 21 Aug

Details + apply 👇

Doctoral scholarship holders in political science | University of Antwerp

YUFE vacancies

www.uantwerpen.be

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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · Jun 18

Scholar, journalist, policy maker, NGO working on digital technologies and democracy topics?

Check out this exciting Fellowship program at the @ddc-sdu.bsky.social.

Flexible conditions, inspiring environment, great colleagues.

🗓️ DL: September 15 (check instructions ⬇️)

www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...

Digital Democracy Fellowship x TrygFonden Fellowship Program

www.sdu.dk

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Reuters Institute @reutersinstitute.bsky.social · Jun 17

Our Digital News Report 2025 is out!

📊48 markets
🌏Almost 100K respondents
📰Key headline: Audiences lean into video news and influencers, raising misinformation concerns and new dilemmas for publishers

📱Explore now buff.ly/xLP67Tg
🧵Findings in thread #DNR25

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Pontus Odmalm @podmalm.bsky.social · Jun 12

Important read 👇

Léonie de Jonge @leoniedejonge.bsky.social · Jun 12

Great piece by Koen Vossen in @theguardian.com on the current turmoil in Dutch politics - and the risks of elevating a far-right leader to power. (Spoiler: it doesn’t end well.) www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Geert Wilders collapsed the Dutch government. He wanted power, but had no idea how to govern | Koen Vossen

The anti-Islam ideologue has exposed the limits of his insular, badly organised operation. For a ‘radical’, opposition is a much easier place, says political historian and author Koen Vossen

www.theguardian.com

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Sandra Destradi @sdestradi.bsky.social · Jun 10

Interested in different theories and conceptualization of #populism? Here are lectures by some of the leading scholars in the field, given in the context of our MSCA doctoral network @ideopop.bsky.social

IDEoPOP @ideopop.bsky.social · Jun 10

The first six #lectures of our series on #Populism are now available online! Super interesting contributions on the different theorizations of populism and on how to measure it. Follow this space for more video lectures in the coming weeks!
ideopop.populism-internationalrelations.com/doctoral-tra...

Lecture series - IDEoPOP

Concepts, Causes, and Consequences of Populism Session 1Introduction to populismCristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser (Catholic University of Chile)Provides an overview of developments in how populism has manif...

ideopop.populism-internationalrelations.com

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Alice el-Wakil @anewq.bsky.social · Jun 10

CfA: PhD scholarship in political theory @ucph.bsky.social

Part of my project "Citizens' Agenda-Setting in Democratic Systems," which will explore how citizens should participate in making political agendas

Apply by Aug. 3, 2025
➡️ employment.ku.dk/all-vacancie...

#PolTheory #demoinno

PhD Scholarship at the Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen (UCPH): Citizens’ Agenda-Setting in Democratic Systems (CASDS)

employment.ku.dk

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Stuart Soroka @snsoroka.bsky.social · Jun 4

Check out this new Element by Nik Usher & Jessica Hagman, which "...provides unique insights into how American journalism creates space for small-town extremists to gain power, especially given declines in local news." The free download period is extended to June 13th! #politics #commsky #polcom

Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · May 21

New Cambridge Element 'Amplifying Extremism: Small Town Politicians, Media Storms, and American Journalism' by Nik Usher and Jessica C. Hagman is now free to read for 2 weeks.

cup.org/4kziCnn

#cambridgeelements #politics

Book cover of "Cambridge Elements: Politics and Communication, Amplifying Extremism" by Usher and Hagman, featuring a wavy blue patterned background with white and red text.

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Bram Wauters @bramwauters.bsky.social · Jun 4

🚨 We have two vacancies for PhD fellows:

- on ideological stereotypes supervised by me and
@robindevroe.bsky.social www.ugent.be/en/work/scie...

- on losers' consent supervised by @annakern.bsky.social
www.ugent.be/en/work/scie...

Join research group @gasparugent.bsky.social in beautiful Ghent

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Curd Knüpfer @curdknupfer.bsky.social · May 21

✨NEW BOOK CHAPTER OUT✨
The Phantom Counter-Public:
Liberal Responsiveness to Far-right Information Networks as the Next Crisis of Public Communication.
doi.org/10.1007/978-...
In: Coleman et al.: Public Communication in Freefall: Revisiting the Work of Jay Blumler.
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Mamiko Hermann @mamikohermann.bsky.social · Jun 4

Inspiring topics coming up for 2 days at #WIConf2025

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