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Marina Duque @mduque.bsky.social · 5d

📢 Call for Papers!
We’re inviting submissions for the @politicalnetworks.bsky.social Online Colloquium (2025–26) (w/ @mtp.bsky.social)

🔹 Monthly, 1-hr sessions
🔹 Read-ahead format (no presentations)
🔹 Open to scholars in poli sci & related fields
🔹 Deadline: 17 Oct 2025

Learn more & submit here 👇

PolNet-PaCSS - Political Networks Online Colloquium

The Political Networks Online Colloquium aims to bring together a community of scholars to provide feedback on ongoing research about political networks. Each month we will meet for one hour to discus...

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Political Networks @politicalnetworks.bsky.social · 6d

CfP: PolNet is thrilled to invite proposals to the Political Networks Online Colloquium! 1-hour talks held monthly (2025-26), coordinated by @marinagduque and
@pie_try_ka

Submission form:
sites.google.com/view/confpol...

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Marina Duque @mduque.bsky.social · Aug 8

Just finished Girl on Girl by @sophiegilbert.bsky.social — a thoughtful, stimulating read that made me rethink key cultural moments in my lifetime and the narratives that shape womanhood today. A perfect companion to Cue the Sun! by @emilynussbaum.bsky.social

Girl on Girl

'Essential reading' Irish Independent 'Fascinating and powerfully argued' Daily Telegraph 'A captivating must-read for anyone who wants to understand h...

www.hachette.co.uk

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Marina Duque @mduque.bsky.social · Aug 7

Obrigada, Victor!

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Newcastle University Politics @nclpolitics.bsky.social · Aug 7

🚨 Job alert!
We’re looking for a 1-year Lecturer (T&S) in International Public Policy & Diplomacy to join our team for a year.

📍 1-year fixed-term
🌍 Open to applicants regardless of visa/immigration status
🗓️ Deadline: 20 August 2025

Come work with us! 👇

#AcademicJobs #PublicPolicy #IR #HigherEd

Lecturer (Int Public Policy & Diplomacy) at Newcastle University

An academic position as a Lecturer (Int Public Policy & Diplomacy) is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional academic job opportunities.

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Marina Duque @mduque.bsky.social · Aug 7

Obrigada, Malu! Bora comemorar quando vocês voltarem 🍾

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Marina Duque @mduque.bsky.social · Aug 7

Thank you, Johanna!

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Marina Duque @mduque.bsky.social · Aug 4

Thank you, Gustavo!

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Marina Duque @mduque.bsky.social · Jul 31

Thank you, Sara!

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Marina Duque @mduque.bsky.social · Jul 31

Huge thanks to my brother-in-law @ndrecunha.bsky.social for the beautiful design—and to my niece for creating a kid’s version of the cover that totally melts my heart.

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Marina Duque @mduque.bsky.social · Jul 31

The cover is here! 🎉 Thrilled to share the design for The Making of International Status—coming out soon with Oxford University Press @oxfordacademic.bsky.social

Can’t wait for this to be out in the world!

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Marina Duque @mduque.bsky.social · Apr 30

Couldn’t put down Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams. Essential read for those interested in diplomacy, status, and the growing role of the tech sector in world politics

Careless People

#1 New York Times Bestseller“Careless People is darkly funny and genuinely shocking...Not only does [Sarah Wynn-Williams] have the storytelling chops to un...

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Marina Duque @mduque.bsky.social · Apr 24

Very moved to read Raising Hare by @chloedalton.bsky.social. An ode to learning, listening, and seeing

Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton: 9780593701843 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • FINALIST FOR THE 2025 WOMEN'S PRIZE • A moving and fascinating meditation on freedom, trust, loss, and our relationship with the natural world, explored through the...

www.penguinrandomhouse.com

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Sara Mitchell @sbmitche.bsky.social · Apr 14

Information for the 2025 Journeys in World Politics workshop: www.saramitchell.org/journeysflye...

Applications due on 5/30 for the workshop held at the U of Iowa on 8/24-8/26. Our senior mentors are Kathleen Cunningham & Leah Windsor, along with Kelly Kadera, Jessica Weeks, Christina Schneider.

www.saramitchell.org

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Marina Duque @mduque.bsky.social · Apr 8

Delighted to read Playing Possum by @susanamonso.com. Excellent example of integrating interdisciplinary research and translating academic research to a broader audience

Playing Possum

How animals conceive of death and dying—and what it can teach us about our own relationships with mortality

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Political Networks @politicalnetworks.bsky.social · Apr 1

Join us for the PolNet Online Colloquium, Thur, Apr 17 at 12pm ET for Elizabeth K. Parker-Magyar's paper,
"Workplace Networks and Civil Society Organizations in Autocracies: Evidence from Jordan"
Discussants: Consuelo Amat and Jenn Larson
Sign up for Zoom link & paper: t.ly/F6Ll1

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: PolNet Online Colloquium (Elizabeth Parker-Magyar). After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

Paper: "Workplace Networks and Civil Society Organizations in Autocracies: Evidence from Jordan" Author: Elizabeth K. Parker-Magyar (Weatherhead Center for International Affairs) Discussants: Consu...

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Marina Duque @mduque.bsky.social · Apr 1

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Marina Duque @mduque.bsky.social · Apr 1

Sign up at t.ly/D7rfo for the next Political Networks Online Colloquium on Apr 7, 12pm ET
Author: Haoming Xiong
Paper: "Network Embeddedness and Foreign Policy Alignment in Great Power Competition: Evidence from the US-China 5G Contest"
Discussants: Elizabeth Menninga & @alexmontgomery.bsky.social

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: PolNet Online Colloquium (Haoming Xiong). After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

Paper: "Network Embeddedness and Foreign Policy Alignment in Great Power Competition: Evidence from the US-China 5G Contest" Author: Haoming Xiong (The Ohio State University) Discussants: Elizabeth...

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Marina Duque @mduque.bsky.social · Mar 28

Interested in the study of international politics "beyond anarchy"? Check out my review of "Rule in International Politics" by @cdaase.bsky.social, @ndeitelhoff.bsky.social & Antonia Witt for @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social: www.prio.org/journals/jpr...

Rule in International Politics – Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)

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Malu Gatto @malugatto.bsky.social · Mar 25

My book "Resistance to Gender Quotas in Latin America" is out, and it's *open access*!

The book explores the puzzle of gender quotas—a policy to increase women's representation, adopted when men, who may be affected by these policies, are the majority of legislators.

academic.oup.com/book/59749

Resistance to Gender Quotas in Latin America

Abstract. Politicians want to stay in power. Because winners attain office under a given set of electoral rules, any change to these rules is puzzling. Whe

academic.oup.com

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Kristin M. Bakke @kristinmbakke.bsky.social · Nov 22

It's that time of year again... The call for our UCL Conflict & Change PhD Workshop is out! We invite ECRs working on IR, conflict and contentious politics to apply by 8 December. We look forward to having you in London 24-25 February, 2025. Apply here: conflictandchange.org/phdworkshop2025

PhD workshop - call for papers — Conflict & Change

conflictandchange.org

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Luis L. Schenoni @llschenoni.bsky.social · Nov 21

Timely joining bsky on the date "Bringing War Back In" was published worldwide with Cambridge UP. Check it out if you are interested in how war makes states also in its aftermath, and how the wars of a distant past explain the variation of state capacity within Latin America until today.

Bringing War Back In

Cambridge Core - International Relations and International Organisations - Bringing War Back In

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Minseon Ku @minseonku.bsky.social · Nov 19

Created a starter pack based on a handful of scholars I could find here working on diplomacy. Hopefully more will join or be active on this space soon. Let me know if you want to be added!

go.bsky.app/L45tvLg

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Mariana Budjeryn @mbudjeryn.bsky.social · Nov 18

The United States and Europe have had 1000 days to tip the balance of military power decisively in Ukraine’s favor, but they chose not to. Biden’s decision on ATACMS will help, but like much else in this war, it is too little too late.

My latest for the @bulletinatomic.bsky.social

Biden allowing Ukraine to strike into Russia is much ado for little consequence

It took 1000 days for Western allies to let Ukraine use their long-range missiles against Russia. It's probably too little too late.

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Marina Duque @mduque.bsky.social · Nov 13

Join @mtp.bsky.social and me for the PolNet Online Colloquium on Tuesday, Nov 19 at 12pm ET with Manuel Vogt on "Watch the Company You Keep: Elite Networks and Political Repression" (discussants: @janeesberg.bsky.social and Erik Wang). Sign up to get Zoom link & paper at shorturl.at/krZno

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: PolNet Online Colloquium (Manuel Vogt). After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

Paper: "Watch the Company You Keep: Elite Networks and Political Repression" Author: Manuel Vogt (University College London) Discussants: Jane Esberg (University of Pennsylvania) & Erik Wang (New Yo...

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