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David Attewell @davidattewell6.bsky.social · 1d

@dpzollinger.bsky.social and I are thrilled "Cleavage Politics in Western Democracies" is out as an SI at @wepsocial.bsky.social!

Its papers explore the foundations of the cleavage pitting new left against radical right parties, and how it compares to the classic cleavages of Lipset & Rokkan:

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Sara Hobolt @sarahobolt.bsky.social · 2d

Great opportunity if you’re interested in pursuing a PhD in political science at @lsegovernment.bsky.social - with a particular interest in elections and campaigning ⬇️

Florian Foos @florianfoos.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 We have a cool new ESRC PhD studentship opportunity on the topic of political persuasion for someone interested in campaigning, field experiments and/or computational methods @lsegovernment.bsky.social, in collaboration with
@campaign-lab.bsky.social. All info 👇
www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...

LSE Collaborative Studentship with Campaign Lab

www.lse.ac.uk

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Steffen Mau @steffenmau.bsky.social · 5d

Ein von Michael Zürn und mir verfasster Nachruf auf Claus Offe. Ein bemerkenswerter Mensch und Wissenschaftler www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...

Sozialwissenschaftler Claus Offe gestorben

Claus Offe prägte die Sozialwissenschaften mit scharfsinnigen Analysen und gesellschaftskritischen Perspektiven. Als Grenzgänger zwischen Soziologie und Politologie bleibt sein Werk wegweisend.

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EPOP @psaepop.bsky.social · 8d

We are now accepting applications for a new editorial team for #JEPOP, the official EPOP journal (www.tandfonline.com/journals/fbe...).

❗Closing date for applications: 21 Nov at 17:00 GMT❗

For further information/to get in touch with any informal enquiries, please see details in the call below.

Call for applications for new editorial team for JEPOP (1)

Call for applications for new editorial team for JEPOP (2)

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · Jul 18

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

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Paul Kindermann @paulkindermann.bsky.social · 23d

Glückwunsch und viel Erfolg!

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Paul Kindermann @paulkindermann.bsky.social · 24d

Thanks Alvaro! I have bookmarked that 👌

Paul Kindermann @paulkindermann.bsky.social · 24d

The paper concludes by considering normative implications of viewing participatory innovation as a simulation of democratic reform – relating my proposition to arguments made by @alvarooleart.bsky.social, @tomtheuns.bsky.social, and @luisbouzagarcia.bsky.social

Open access: doi.org/10.1080/1350...

Simulating democratic reform in the EU: self-legitimation through participatory innovation

The European Commission has increasingly invested in forms of direct citizen engagement, recently establishing European Citizens' Panels as part of its ‘new push for European Democracy’. While such...

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Paul Kindermann @paulkindermann.bsky.social · 24d

The analysis describes how this field constructs the *demand* for citizen involvement that the innovations claim to address; where the primary *audience* of its practice becomes the sponsors and practitioners themselves; and where the *competence* and standards can be constructed by the field itself

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Paul Kindermann @paulkindermann.bsky.social · 24d

The proposition is grounded in an original empirical study of elite discourse and interactions: It explores how this performance is produced both *by* the Commission with a field of advocates, experts, and participation professionals, and designed primarily *for* this same field of actors

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Paul Kindermann @paulkindermann.bsky.social · 24d

Rather than a strategy aimed at an external audience, participatory innovations may be primarily directed at their institutional sponsors as a means of self-legitimation (Barker). They can serve that purpose not by realising democratic participation but by enacting a performance of democratic reform

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Paul Kindermann @paulkindermann.bsky.social · 24d

Happy to see this out in @jeppjournal.bsky.social !

➜ doi.org/10.1080/1350...

The paper asks why the European Commission @ec.europa.eu increasingly sponsors participatory innovations – such as the European Citizens' Panels – although their strategic and functional value remains elusive

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Anthony Zacharzewski @anthonyzach.be · 25d

The owner of and absolute unquestionable algorithm controller of a preferred communications channel of the UK Government calling for violence and the overthrow of the Government. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Elon Musk addresses the ‘unite the kingdom’ march crowd via video link – UK politics live

Met Police believe 110,000 people attending rally, with one group in Whitehall throwing projectiles at officers

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Linus Westheuser @lwestheuser.bsky.social · 29d

OK, a🧵: Our new paper studies workers' political consciousness in times of class demobilization.

We show there's more to workers' politics than right-wing resentment. Listening to workers, we reconstruct their moral critiques of money, power & recognition.

Link journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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DVPW @dvpw.bsky.social · 29d

The Future is Europe? #PoWi |s aller (drei) Länder kommt und diskutiert mit uns am 17.-19.9.26 in #Friedrichshafen!

#CfP 14.11. 👉 www.dvpw.de/dreilaendert...

#Dreiländertagung #3LT2026 #Politikwissenschaft #DACH #Europa #Zukunft #SpreadTheWord @oegpw.bsky.social #SVPW #ASSP

DVPW @dvpw.bsky.social · Sep 1

Der #Call for Proposals für die #Dreiländertagung #3LT2026 von DVPW, @oegpw.bsky.social & SVPW/ASSP ist offen. Wir freuen uns auf Vorschläge für Panels & Papers bis zum 14.11.2025!

Alle Infos 👉 www.dvpw.de/veranstaltun...

#CfP 14.11. #PoWi #Politikwissenschaft #DACH #Europa #Zukunft #SpreadTheWord

Foto des Wandgemäldes "The Future is Europe" von NovaDead in Brüssel. Foto von Jeremy Segrott, Wikimedia. Oben links in blauer Schrift: Dreiländertagung. 17.-19. Juni 2026. Zeppelin Universität. Friedrichshafen. Darunter die Logos von DVPW, ÖGPW und SVPW/ASSP in Schwarz. Quer über das Bild blaue Streifen wie Absperrband, darauf in gelber Schrift: Call for Proposals bis 14. November 2025. Europas Zukunft - Zukunft Europa. Innere Spannungen und äußere Herausforderungen.

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Sara Hobolt @sarahobolt.bsky.social · Sep 5

I am proud to be part of this project - led by the brilliant @turnbulldugarte.com - which has an important take-away for mainstream left parties

We show that when Labour adopts exclusionary rhetoric on immigration, it can backfire: core supporters feel alienated and Reform UK gains legitimacy

Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · Sep 5

Radical right accommodation really does not work.

New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk

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Jan-Werner Mueller @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social · Aug 27

After many successful years in the US, the musical “Only the left and liberals have agency” gets performed in Germany …

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The Economist @economist.com · Aug 22

For the first time, catastrophic levels of hunger have been confirmed in the strip

The evolution of famine in Gaza, in maps and charts

For the first time, catastrophic levels of hunger have been confirmed in the strip

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Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · Aug 22

Wow -- a lesser spotted Job out in the wild. Not one, but three. Jobs are like buses, etc...

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOK772/l...

Lecturers in Politics and International Relations (Teaching & Research) at Cardiff University

Recruiting now: Lecturers in Politics and International Relations (Teaching & Research) on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board

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Open Library of Humanities @openlibhums.org · Jul 31

Over a year ago, the editorial board of the Journal of Political Philosophy (Wiley) resigned in protest. They launched Political Philosophy, a non-profit, #diamondOA journal now published by OLH. The Wiley journal is now ending.

Another reason to ask your institution to support OLH

Journal of Political Philosophy Officially Ends - Daily Nous

"The Journal of Political Philosophy will cease publication effective January 1, 2026." That's from an email sent by the journal's publisher, Wiley, earlier today, calling the move "a difficult decisi...

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Paul Kindermann @paulkindermann.bsky.social · Aug 13

‘Insofar as climate policy remains a contentious partisan issue, then, climate assemblies are likely to have a difficult time building consensus among the broader population‘ – timely paper on the predictable politicisation of democratic innovations

Anthony Kevins @avkevins.bsky.social · Jul 1

🚨Now officially in print!🚨

Do the (partisan) origins of climate assemblies affect public support for these assemblies?

Using original UK survey data, Joshua Robison and I explore this question in a new EJPR article.

Check it out open access here: doi.org/10.1111/1475...

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James Wood @thinkwoodist.bsky.social · Aug 12

Terrifying quote from the FT on that: "A student ... recently told me of a fellow student who sat in front of her during lectures. When the professor asked a question, he would type it surreptitiously into ChatGPT, then read out the answer as though it was his own." www.ft.com/content/2d64...

The lost art of admitting what you don’t know

Even LLMs are starting to show this worrying human tendency

www.ft.com

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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · Aug 7

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.

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Political Studies Association @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social · Aug 2

📢 CALL FOR PAPERS *PSA26 Annual Conference* We invite paper proposals for our next International Annual Conference in Oxford, 30 March - 1 April, 2026.
➡️ key dates and deadlines online.

PSA26 Annual Conference - Call for Papers Open! | The Political Studies Association (PSA)

Become a member Log in

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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · Aug 1

The European Political Science Society is now accepting paper & panel proposals for its annual conference!

📢 Call for Papers: EPSS 2026 – Belfast 
🗓️ June 18–20, 2026 
📍 ICC Belfast 
📬 Deadline: Nov 7, 2025

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