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Dr. Anne-Kathrin Kreft @annekreft.bsky.social · 21d

Small states with their interesting combinations of policy fields 😅

Screenshot of a UNSCR debate saying "The President: I now give the floor to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Education, and Sport of the Principality of Liechtenstein."

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Thomas Malang @dalangmalang.bsky.social · Jul 23

Late to the party. New publication with Axel Bayer in the International Political Science Review about political interactions of MPs in Zambia that switched their party affiliation. doi.org/10.1177/0192...

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Josef Korbel School of Global and Public Affairs - DU @josefkorbelschool.bsky.social · Jul 23

The Pardee Institute's Country and Organizational Leader Travel (COLT) dataset is freely available to use and a great resource for studying global patterns of diplomacy: korbel.du.edu/pardee/count...

theloop.ecpr.eu/world-leader...

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Meray Maddah @meraymaddah.bsky.social · Jul 23

From 🇩🇪 Merz’s sprint through Paris, Warsaw & Brussels to 🇮🇳 Modi’s Maldives visit & 🇺🇸 Trump’s Riyadh debut, inaugural trips reveal:

- Regional alliances
- Religious symbolism (🇵🇱→Vatican)
- Strategic pivots (🇮🇱→Jordan, 🇺🇸→Saudi Arabia)
- Global South leaders favor neighbors, not former colonizers.

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Meray Maddah @meraymaddah.bsky.social · Jul 23

🚨 New piece for @ecpr.bsky.social's @ecprtheloop.bsky.social — @maxheermann.bsky.social & I map trips of world leaders using @josefkorbelschool.bsky.social's COLT of over 78K+ foreign trips by heads of state and gov from 1990-2023.
Reference: bsky.app/profile/jose...

Network visualization of foreign diplomatic visits using the COLT dataset.
- Countries are shown as circular nodes sized by the number of inbound visits.
- Node color indicates world region: blue for Asia, yellow for Europe, red for Africa, green for Latin America and the Caribbean, pink for Oceania, and purple for Northern America.
- Directed arrows represent path of state visits from a leader’s country to their first destination, with line thickness indicating visit frequency in each decade.
Edge colors denote decades: dark blue (1990s), orange (2000s), and light green (2010s–2023).

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Max Heermann @maxheermann.bsky.social · Jul 22

(2) Remember the rapid early trips of "Außenkanzler" Friedrich Merz? In a blog post for @ecprtheloop.bsky.social, @meraymaddah.bsky.social and I explore a rich new dataset on diplomatic travels to analyse where state leaders go for their inaugural foreign visits.
bsky.app/profile/ecpr...

The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · Jul 21

🌐 World leaders' first foreign trips reveal more than diplomatic protocol - they are carefully crafted political stories.
✈️ @meraymaddah.bsky.social and @maxheermann.bsky.social analyse inaugural diplomatic journeys to uncover stability and change in global networks
👇 bit.ly/4lY2FHQ

World leaders use their first foreign trips to signal political priorities

World leaders' first foreign trips reveal more than diplomatic protocol. They are carefully crafted political stories. Meray Maddah and Max Heermann analyse inaugural diplomatic journeys to uncover st...

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The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · Jul 21

🌐 World leaders' first foreign trips reveal more than diplomatic protocol - they are carefully crafted political stories.
✈️ @meraymaddah.bsky.social and @maxheermann.bsky.social analyse inaugural diplomatic journeys to uncover stability and change in global networks
👇 bit.ly/4lY2FHQ

World leaders use their first foreign trips to signal political priorities

World leaders' first foreign trips reveal more than diplomatic protocol. They are carefully crafted political stories. Meray Maddah and Max Heermann analyse inaugural diplomatic journeys to uncover st...

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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · Jul 15

From May 2025 -

Legislative Cooptation in Authoritarian Regimes: Policy Cooperation in the Kuwait National Assembly - cup.org/4iVKa4R

- @danieltavana.bsky.social & Erin York

#OpenAccess

BJPolS abstract discussing how authoritarian regimes use legislative institutions to cope with economic and policy challenges, using the example of Kuwait's National Assembly and collaborative policy mechanisms.

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Stephen Holden Bates @stephenholdenbates.bsky.social · Jun 30

📢📢📢 CfP: What is a Parliament?

***Hurry! Deadline is this Friday!***

Interdisciplinary workshop on 19th September 2025 in London.

Full details below.

Kindly sponsored by Birkbeck, the University of Birmingham and
@psa-parliaments.bsky.social

Please apply and/or spread the word!

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Ronja Sczepanski @ronjasczepanski.bsky.social · Jun 30

How are the classic social identities (urban-rural, education, etc. ) and perceptions about those groups related to a persons own European and national identity? Read it here (in fantastic company) in print

Comparative Political Studies @cpsjournal.bsky.social · Jun 30

And (5) "Who are the Cosmopolitans? How Perceived Social Sorting and Social Identities Relate to European and National Identities" by Ronja Sczepanski @ronjasczepanski.bsky.social

journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · Jun 26

And here it is: introducing the European Political Science Society EPSS!

🎉🎉🎉

Follow @epssnet.bsky.social on bsky, visit its website www.epssnet.org, and become a member!

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Olivier Y. Rouquette @olivier-rqt.bsky.social · Jun 2

🏳️‍🌈This Pride Month, we are proud to support an initiative that challenges the systemic invisibility in data.

Representation isn’t optional — it drives equity and action.
When entire communities are erased from datasets, injustice gets coded in.

We’re working to change that.

Datendealerin 🌷☕ @datendealerin.bsky.social · Jun 1

🏳️‍🌈 We're celebrating #PrideMonth at @gesis.org!

🏳️‍🌈 Did you collect data from #LGBTIQ+ persons and want to share it with other researchers? The first 5 submissions get our Archiving PLUS package for free 🥳

🏳️‍🌈 Find out more:
www.gesis.org/en/pride-mon...

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Danbischof @danbischof.bsky.social · May 20

📢📢📢 JOBS: 4 postdocs 📢📢📢

Uni Münster has opened a call for 4! postdoc positions. I'm involved in one hiring and really hope that suitable candidates (in particular quants) apply!

Why would you apply? Check out @thiloalbers.bsky.social FAQ!

sites.google.com/site/tnhalbe...

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Christopher Barrie @cbarrie.bsky.social · May 14

Overleaf is down. Everyone take the day off

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Meray Maddah @meraymaddah.bsky.social · Apr 28

🌟 Thanks to the @winls.bsky.social for the opportunity to present on international parliamentary assemblies and their influence on gender-mainstreaming policies!
Special thanks to the organisers @emisimison.bsky.social and for the great and helpful discussion points by @ronjasczepanski.bsky.social

Women in Legislative Studies @winls.bsky.social · Apr 25

It's our virtual conference day! We have an exciting lineup of new research today.

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Political Studies @polstudies.bsky.social · Apr 6

Who deserves representation, and when? August De Mulder, Ine Gevers & @zeljkopoljak.bsky.social unpack the temporal dynamics of politicians’ claims of representation on social media: buff.ly/sTufzit

@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #ECRs

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Meray Maddah @meraymaddah.bsky.social · Apr 3

Attending #MPSA2025 and interested in how IOs interact with gender representation across different political systems?
Join us for the panel on "Substantive Representation"
📍 Sat, April 5 | 11:40am–1:10pm CDT / 12:40–2:10pm EDT
I’ll be presenting our coauthored work with @dalangmalang.bsky.social

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IEMed_Barcelona @iemed.bsky.social · Mar 31

The latest #afkarDebate analysed #Lebanon's reconstruction, governance, economic, and security challenges with Aurélie Daher and @meraymaddah.bsky.social.

A webinar hosted by @andrealopeztomas.bsky.social.

Watch the full latest webinars devoted to #Lebanon and #Syria 👇🏽

youtu.be/1gjPsLzY0Qg?...

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IEMed_Barcelona @iemed.bsky.social · Mar 26

How will #Lebanon address challenges such as reconstruction, forming a new government, and Hezbollah’s disarmament? What role will the international community play?

Do not miss our upcoming #afkarDebate

🗓️ Friday 28 March 12-1 pm
💻 On Zoom
🌐 iemed.org/events/leban...

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Alice Evans @draliceevans.bsky.social · Feb 24

This framing is super important

Coverage has often implied there's something 'wrong' with men: "why are they lurching right?"

But in many countries, the strongest ideological shift has been among young women.

John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · Feb 24

NEW: updated long-run gap in voting between young men and women in Germany:

Gender divide continues to widen, but contrary to what is often assumed, young men continue to vote roughly in line with the overall population, while young women have swung sharply left.

www.ft.com/content/29fd...

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Nick Carnes @carnes.bsky.social · Jan 29

Please share / RT:

***Call for papers: Conference on "Representation, Democracy, and the Economic Backgrounds of Politicians"***

Paper proposals should be submitted by February 21, using this form: forms.gle/Stz7apkkHTgt...

Please direct any questions to [email protected].

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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · Feb 19

NEW -

The Global Legislators Database: Characteristics of National Legislators in the World’s Democracies - cup.org/4hMcJCi

- @carnes.bsky.social, Joshua Ferrer, @mgoldenprof.bsky.social, @esmelillywhite.bsky.social, @noamlupu.bsky.social & @eugenian.bsky.social

#OpenAccess

BJPolS abstract describing the Global Legislators Database, which includes demographic and biographical data on legislators from nearly 100 parliamentary democracies worldwide.

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Meray Maddah @meraymaddah.bsky.social · Feb 10

Thrilled to share that I'll be a visiting research scholar at @harvard.edu 's Department of Government.
Grateful for this opportunity and looking forward to learning more from the department’s faculty and students.

📍If you are in the area, I will be at Cambridge’s Knafel Building.

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Abu Aardvark’s Ghost @abuaardvark.bsky.social · Feb 4

What is the Middle East? I’m thrilled to announce the publication- and free download - of my new, hopefully provocative Cambridge Element on the theory and practice of regions and area studies. Get it now and let me know what you think!

abuaardvark.substack.com/p/what-is-th...

What is the Middle East?

I'm thrilled to announce publication of my hopefully provocative new Element!

abuaardvark.substack.com

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Meray Maddah @meraymaddah.bsky.social · Jan 29

Congratulations @jannisgrimm.bsky.social!
Looking forward to reading it.

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