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💬 What drives support for #DiversityPolicies?
@nicolasfliess.bsky.social & Karen Schönwälder use a survey in 🇩🇪 cities to find it is not who benefits, but what people believe about #Equality and #SocialInclusion

📢 The next seminar of our 2025/2026 series is coming up soon!

Laurence Go (University of Oslo) will present his paper, "Inattentive Citizens: Impact of Elections on Political Interest Across Five Million Citizens Worldwide".

📅 Friday, October 31, 12:30
📍 Seminari C, Fac. CCPP (UAB)

For my DFG-funded project “German Sexual Identity and Election Study” and my ERC-funded project “VisibleQueers”, I am looking for three student assistants (m/f/d) to provide dedicated support and active collaboration.

Please share!

www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/three-stu...

It was a real coup to get my hands on a copy of Paolo Boccagni's new book. This ethnography of the absurd confronts the existential question of what it means to live in limbo while waiting for asylum.

Available open access from @ucpress.bsky.social

www.ucpress.edu/books/undoin...

EPSA have announced that they will hold a conference in July 2026.

😵‍💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.

👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.

A short 🧵

📢 CfP: Cities on the Frontline: Protecting Migrants in Times of Transboundary Crises
Feb 26-27, 2026 | @politiquesupf.bsky.social Barcelona

Abstracts deadline: Oct 10, 2025
👓No registration fee & limited travel grants available for junior scholars
Full CfP: drive.google.com/file/d/1bp6m...

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) ⤵️

Are you passionate about migration, citizenship, and political participation?
Whether you’re an early-career or established researcher, the IMISCOE Standing Committee on Migration, Citizenship and Political Participation (MIGCITPOL) invites you to become part of our dynamic community!

I had a great time in Madrid at my first EPSA conference! So much great research and lots of helpful feedback on our project “Pride & Prejudice: impact of national days on patriotism and attitudes toward immigrants” - with @laurencego.bsky.social

@wzb.bsky.social is searching for new director for the study of democracy

These are extraordinary senior positions; tenured wth funding to establish a new dept & pursue big agendas

www.wzb.eu/en/jobs/dire...

🚨Please share widely!

#Polisky @epssnet.bsky.social
@ecpr.bsky.social @apsa.bsky.social

Are migration policies leaning toward securitization & exclusion, or do they reflect a complex mix of openness, human rights, & diversity normalization? How do policies governing movement intersect with the governance of societal diversity? Workshop today on #Migration & #Immigrant #Policies

Lots of great positions at @mpifg.bsky.social, pls share!
- 2yr postdoc in wealth research
- 2yr postdoc in technology & sovereignty
- 3+3yr senior researcher in political economy
- 3+3yr senior researcher in economic sociology
- tenure/director-track group leader digitalization & society

‼️PostDoc (100% 2.5 years) @lmumuenchen.bsky.social

@dfg.de project "How Mainstream Parties Deal with Conflict: Rules, Practices, Media Exposure" (PIs: Nicole Bolleyer & I)

⏰Start: 01.10.2025
⏳Deadline: 06.04.2025
🎤Interviews: 14./15.05.2025

job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/1...

#Academicsky #Polisky

Why do autocracies enfranchise their citizens abroad❓
A recent paper published by @nicolasfliess.bsky.social, @evaostergaard.bsky.social, and Ali Kiani in the scope of the MIGRADEMO project addresses this question, employing a large-N event history analysis.

IMISCOE's Standing Committee on Migration, Citizenship and Political Participation is here! We study how states regulate citizenship status & rights, the factors shaping migrants’ access to naturalization, and migrants' participation in origin AND receiving countries. www.imiscoe.org/research/sta...

After a highly successful first edition at UAB, the second Doctoral Workshop on Comparative Social and Public Policy, which will take place at @PolitiquesUPF on 8-9 May 2025.

Please share and don't miss out – submit your abstract by February 2nd, 2025!

One Week Left: Call for Papers for the @mpc-eui.bsky.social and @globalcit.bsky.social Annual Conference.

#migration #citizenship

migrationpolicycentre.eu/call-for-pap...

I am here, let‘s connect
#byeX