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Phillip Ayoub

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Professor @UCL • Author 'When States Come Out' @CambridgeUP • Co-Editor @EJPGjournal • PhD @Cornell • IR/CP, Europe, LGBTI Rights, Movements, Norms • 🏳️‍🌈 he/him

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Phillip Ayoub @payoub.bsky.social · Jun 17

Out now with @kstoeckl.bsky.social and I are happy to share our new book "The Global Fight Against LGBTI Rights" nyupress.org/978147982479... A decade in the making, it offers in-depth look at the global movement to curtail LGBTI rights—and how the LGBTI movement responds to it.

Homepage - NYU Press

Publisher of academic books and electronic media publishing for general interest and in a wide variety of fields.

https://nyupress.org/9781479824793/the-global-fight-against-lgbti-rights/…

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Jack Turban MD @turban.bsky.social · 2d

The Guardian: Lawyers trying to get the Supreme Court to overturn conversion therapy bans deceived the court about the research they cited, according to the researchers themselves.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Christian group ‘deceived’ supreme court about LGBTQ+ research, cited scholars say

Exclusive: Experts say Alliance Defending Freedom, arguing to revive conversion therapy, ‘profoundly misrepresented’ their work in case threatening trans and queer youth

www.theguardian.com

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European Journal of Politics and Gender @ejpgjournal.bsky.social · 6d

WE WANT YOU! 🫵

The call for a new editorial team for the EJPG is now open❗
The mandate of the journal's sitting stellar team led by @jennpiscopo.bsky.social & @payoub.bsky.social will come to an end in July 2026.

📆 Applications must be received by November 23rd

Details of call here: rb.gy/lqidii

Application deadline: 23 November 2025

The Editorial Management Board of the European Journal of Politics and Gender invites applications for the editorship of the journal to run for a period of three years from July 2026, with the possibility of renewing for a second two-year term. The European Journal of Politics and Gender (EJPG) is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes international, cutting-edge research in the broad field of politics and gender. The journal has an Impact Factor of 2.3, ranking in the top quartile of both Political Science and Women’s Studies journals. The journal understands research in ‘politics and gender’ to include both gender and LGBTQIA+ politics. The new editorial team is expected to continue the journal’s LGBTQIA+-inclusive approach to gender and politics scholarship.

The current Lead Editors, Phillip Ayoub and Jennifer Piscopo, are stepping down with their Associate Editor team in July 2026. We are looking to appoint a team of two to three new Co-Lead Editors to shape the journal. The newly appointed Co-Lead Editors may work alongside one of the outgoing Lead Editors for a period of several months to ensure a smooth transition.

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Dave Vanness @djvanness.bsky.social · 9d

A lot of people think that every international student admitted means one fewer spot for domestic students, when the opposite is more likely true - the tuition revenue international students bring allows public universities to provide substantial discounts to domestic students, improving access.

Nick Fleisher @nickfleisher.bsky.social · 9d

30% drop year over year!

Amid visa restrictions, international freshmen enrollment plummets at UW-Madison

This year’s number of international freshmen is the lowest recorded since at least 2015.

www.jsonline.com

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Phillip Ayoub @payoub.bsky.social · 12d

And this great piece: bsky.app/profile/tabo...

Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 12d

For the Guardian, @turnbulldugarte.com and I discuss our research that clearly shows one thing: Labour's anti-immigration strategy will only strengthen Reform and weaken its own electoral prospects. It won't win voters back but ultimately normalizes the far right

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Our research makes it clear: by capitulating to the right, Labour is driving voters to Reform UK | Tarik Abou-Chadi and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte

Mimicking Farage on immigration is senseless. Labour voters feel betrayed; anti-immigration voters see through the ruse, say academics Tarik Abou-Chadi and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte

www.theguardian.com

Phillip Ayoub @payoub.bsky.social · 12d

Always something to worry about (for those of us who have moved to the UK in recent years) www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Nigel Farage roundly condemned over plan to abolish indefinite leave to remain

Cross-party criticism after Reform UK leader threatens hundreds of thousands of legal immigrants with deportation

www.theguardian.com

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Sage @sagepub.com · Sep 8

The Sage/CQ Press Award presented by @apsa.bsky.social honors research-based projects focused on advancing social justice.

Congratulations to winners @kstoeckl.bsky.social and @payoub.bsky.social for their scholarship on LGBTQ+ rights.

Read more: politicalsciencenow.com/phillip-ayou...

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Phillip Ayoub @payoub.bsky.social · 22d

We’re deeply moved by this award. Thank you! For us, it honors LGBTQ activists who have taught us so much and also recognizes LGBTQ politics as central to the APSA. We are especially grateful to the three wonderful members of the committee whom we look up to, and whose recognition means a lot.

Phillip Ayoub @payoub.bsky.social · 22d

This is a wonderful reminder. I did the same last year and got to see a colleague win a paper award — makes APSA all the more enjoyable to celebrate others‘ great work:) ! (And thank you so much Stu — we’re all so lucky to have you as such a generous and supportive colleague in you!)

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Nuffield College, Oxford @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social · Sep 5

Congratulations to Rachel Bernhard, Professorial Fellow, on receiving a prestigious European Research Council Starting Grant!

Her project, ‘Walls and Wicked Problems: The Role of Complexity in Politics,’ will investigate how complexity shapes political discourse.

🔗 Read more: shorturl.at/5bYBw

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · Sep 1

WE ARE HIRING! 2 Lecturers in Quantitative Social Science. Want a friendly interdisciplinary department in one of the world's most vibrant cities? This just might be for you.

Apply by: 10 Oct

www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

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Ana Catalano Weeks @anacweeks.bsky.social · Aug 15

🎉 Delighted to share new research out today: The Political Consequences of the Mental Load

📄 European Sociological Review
doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf019
@europeansocreview.bsky.social

What happens to political engagement when the “mental load” of running a household gets too heavy? 🧵

The political consequences of the mental load

Abstract. How do levels of cognitive household labour—the ‘mental load’ involved in anticipating, fulfilling, and monitoring household needs—affect politic

doi.org

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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · Aug 12

NEW -

Media Platforming and the Normalisation of Extreme Right Views - cup.org/4mmVIAL

"exposure to uncritical interviews increases agreement with extreme statements and perceptions of broader support in the population"

- @dianebolet.bsky.social & @florianfoos.bsky.social

#OpenAccess

BJPolS abstract discussing the effects of extensive media exposure on public perceptions and normalization. It references specific research surveys conducted on Sky News UK and Australia, analyzing changes in public attitudes and policy effects due to media strategies.

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Anita Gohdes @argohdes.bsky.social · Aug 11

I have studied the targeting of journalists for many years, but the scale and public display of these killings is truly shocking: “Israel admits deliberate attack on the journalist, known for frontline coverage, in a strike on a tent outside al-Shifa hospital“

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Anas al-Sharif, prominent Al Jazeera correspondent, among five journalists killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza

Israel admits deliberate attack on the journalist, known for frontline coverage, in a strike on a tent outside al-Shifa hospital

www.theguardian.com

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Phillip Ayoub @payoub.bsky.social · Aug 7

🔔 Nomination deadline extended to August 15, 2025! ISA Human Rights colleagues, I'm serving on this committee and we are still accepting nominations. This Human Rights Section award will be given to the best paper presented at the ISA Annual Convention. www.isanet.org/Programs/Awa...

HR Best Paper Award

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Finn Klebe @finnklebe.bsky.social · Aug 5

After 3.5 years, I finished my PhD @uclspp.bsky.social earlier this month. 🙂🎉 Many thanks to my amazing supervisors @kristinmbakke.bsky.social, Nils Metternich, @payoub.bsky.social for being incredibly supportive and great mentors throughout!

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Melissa R. Michelson @melissamichelson.bsky.social · Jul 30

🌈🤩 @pspolisci.bsky.social has a new special issue on #LGBTQ politics full of insightful and innovative content! www.cambridge.org/core/journal... @polisky.bsky.social

PS: Political Science & Politics: Volume 58 - Contemporary and Future LGBTQ+ Scholarship in Political Science | Cambridge Core

Cambridge Core - PS: Political Science & Politics - Volume 58 - Contemporary and Future LGBTQ+ Scholarship in Political Science

www.cambridge.org

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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · Jul 17

Book workshop 3/3 done.

Huge number of people to thank for allowing me to indulge myself and talk about how queer citizens are political animals.

Now just need to finish the thing!
🗳️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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Phillip Ayoub @payoub.bsky.social · Jul 19

Thank you so much, @casmudde.bsky.social ! So kind of you.

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · Jul 11

If you liked the @cancelmedaddy.bsky.social NYT episode last week, I really can't recommend enough the latest episode of A Bit Fruity by @mattxiv.bsky.social as a follow up watch/listen to that. youtu.be/vTyR3oIn6is?...

Has the Gay Rights Movement Gone Too Far?

YouTube video by matt bernstein

youtu.be

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Phillip Ayoub @payoub.bsky.social · Jun 29

Since my video was shared a lot on here, attaching a few other nice shots from the Pride 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

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Phillip Ayoub @payoub.bsky.social · Jun 28

Absolutely incredible turnout for Budapest Pride! So proud of all the organizers, including some old friends, who estimate hundreds of thousands— major embarrassment to Orban

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Phillip Ayoub @payoub.bsky.social · Jun 28

Absolutely incredible turnout for Budapest Pride! So proud of all the organizers, including some old friends, who estimate hundreds of thousands— major embarrassment to Orban

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European Journal of Politics and Gender @ejpgjournal.bsky.social · Jun 25

Attending #EPSA2025 in Madrid this week? 🇪🇸

Got a paper that applies cutting edge research to understand politics and gender in all its diversity? 🌈

🌟Consider sending it to EJPG!

One of our AEs, @turnbulldugarte.com‬, is at the conference and happy to answer questions about the journal.

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Phillip Ayoub @payoub.bsky.social · Jun 26

Thank you @melissamichelson.bsky.social :)

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Melissa R. Michelson @melissamichelson.bsky.social · Jun 25

Day 25: Taking a dip into international LGBTQ politics: linking anti-LGBTQ policies to Putin decreases support. From innovative scholar @payoub.bsky.social Douglas Page & Sam Whitt, "Countering International Backlash by Discrediting the Messengers." journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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