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Sabine Carey @sabinecarey.bsky.social · 16d

👇 Great opportunity for post-docs! Come to the @mzesunimannheim.bsky.social for 2-4 weeks as visiting fellow! Application deadline 28 Nov 2025.

MZES Uni Mannheim @mzesunimannheim.bsky.social · 16d

📣 Attention, postdoctoral researchers!

❗ Apply now for our MZES Visiting Fellowships 😊

💡 Spend 2-4 weeks at the MZES to share ideas
💰 Funding for accommodation, travel, daily allowance
📆 Deadline: 28 November

Full information:
👉 www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/news/deta...

Screenshot of the call for applications for MZES Visiting Fellowships, 22 September 2025. For the full text, please follow the link.

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Sabine Carey @sabinecarey.bsky.social · Aug 9

Wondering about submitting your proposal to the inaugural @epssnet.bsky.social conference? See 👇🏻 and its exciting new panel formats.

EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · Jun 26

📍Why a non-profit organization? 📍

EPSA has played a vital role in building a strong network for European political scientists.

We all benefitted, but its structure, controlled by a for-profit company, distributed profits as dividends, rather to its members.

That’s changing. Now.👇

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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · Jun 26

📍Why a non-profit organization? 📍

EPSA has played a vital role in building a strong network for European political scientists.

We all benefitted, but its structure, controlled by a for-profit company, distributed profits as dividends, rather to its members.

That’s changing. Now.👇

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Sabine Carey @sabinecarey.bsky.social · Jun 26

This is so exciting!! A new non-profit and member-led political science association in Europe @epssnet.bsky.social 👇🏻 go sign up to its listserv and become a member 👇🏻

EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · Jun 26

🚨 Big News for European Political Science 🚨

We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community.

🔗 epssnet.org

Here’s a thread with everything you need to know.

🧵

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Simon Hix @simonhix.bsky.social · Jun 26

This is fantastic. Very excited by this development in European Political Science.

Please come and join us. Get involved. Sign up to the listserv. Etc

EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · Jun 26

🚨 Big News for European Political Science 🚨

We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community.

🔗 epssnet.org

Here’s a thread with everything you need to know.

🧵

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Patrick Dunleavy @patrickdunleavy.bsky.social · Jun 12

A very bad day for US democracy adamisacson.com/a-bad-day-fo...

» A Bad Day for the U.S. Military

adamisacson.com

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Sabine Carey @sabinecarey.bsky.social · May 1

So impressed with the engagement of @kristinmbakke.bsky.social & the Conflict & Change Group at UCL with my research with @kpaula.bsky.social, @robjohns75.bsky.social & Nadine O‘Shea. Great format: no presentation, just Q&A. Thanks for brilliant feedback!!!

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Sabine Carey @sabinecarey.bsky.social · Apr 25

👇🏻 check out the call for @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social special issue!!

Journal of Peace Research @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social · Apr 25

Want to guest edit JPR's 2027 Special Issue? Our call for proposals is now open! www.prio.org/journals/jpr...

2027 Special Issue – Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)

www.prio.org

Sabine Carey @sabinecarey.bsky.social · Apr 5

📣 new fellowship at the MZES, University of Mannheim! Deadline 26 April 2025. Come join us 👇🏻

Constantin Wurthmann @wurthmann.bsky.social · Apr 3

We are looking for a new colleague (Research Fellow) at Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES), University of Mannheim. Very lively, active and intellectually fruitful environment. Join us! Please share!
www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/d7/en/news/i...

Fellowship for a Social Scientist at the MZES | Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung

The Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES) of the University of Mannheim offers

www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de

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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · Mar 24

The deadline to apply for this role is April 6th. We look forward to receiving your applications!

Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · Mar 7

We're hiring! Bellingcat is looking for an Open Source Investigator and Trainer to join our Human Rights and Conflict Monitoring team. Read about the role and apply here: www.bellingcat.com/bellingcat-i...

Bellingcat is Hiring: Open Source Investigator and Trainer (Conflict) - bellingcat

Bellingcat is hiring an open source investigator and trainer (conflict). Find out more about the role and apply within.

www.bellingcat.com

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V-Dem Institute @vdeminstitute.bsky.social · Mar 24

🔜 Apply now - Deadline March 27: Applications for the position of Director of the #V-DemInstitute and Senior Lecturer / Associate Professor in #PoliticalScience.
More information and application: web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...

#politicalsciencejobs #polisky #PoliSciData

V-Dem Institute @vdeminstitute.bsky.social · Feb 11

As our director will be taking the next step in his career to spend more time on research, putting research into practice and strengthening policy-relevant research and outreach, we are looking for a new director to manage and develop the activities at the V-Dem Institute.
Apply @ shorturl.at/9rvmx

shorturl.at

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Sabine Carey @sabinecarey.bsky.social · Mar 1

A reminder that despite all differences, we should not forget or forego basic levels of human decency. Once we start denying others basic human dignity, it all goes downhill very fast…

Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · Feb 28

Here I react to the shameful encounter between American leaders and media and the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share.
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...

Five Failures in the Oval Office (video)

America hurt itself badly today.

snyder.substack.com

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · Feb 28

Here I react to the shameful encounter between American leaders and media and the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share.
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...

Five Failures in the Oval Office (video)

America hurt itself badly today.

snyder.substack.com

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Sabine Carey @sabinecarey.bsky.social · Mar 1

Worth reading (again) - not that we need any more reminders right now that presumed constants can’t change…

Brian Klaas @brianklaas.bsky.social · Mar 1

Reposting this given the general state of the world as a dangerous authoritarian felon and his overconfident billionaire lackey deliberately play with existential risks. www.forkingpaths.co/p/we-dont-ha...

We Don't Have to Destroy Ourselves

We are the only species that has the capacity to make ourselves extinct. But courting that risk is not inevitable; it is a choice, and it's not too late to make the right one.

www.forkingpaths.co

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Sabine Carey @sabinecarey.bsky.social · Jan 20

Absolutely brilliant read!!! Impossible to pick my favorite quote, here just one:

‘We love to achieve greatness through hard work and passion, but many of the pinnacles of human emotion emerge unexpectedly, often within the slack that we allow for ourselves to truly live.’ Go read the whole thing!

Brian Klaas @brianklaas.bsky.social · Jan 6

We live in an era guided by the Gospel of Optimization. We are bombarded by messages telling us to worship the gods of efficiency, life hacking our way to prosperity. It's a trap. Resilience is a smarter, sturdier goal. www.forkingpaths.co/p/against-op...

Against Optimization

We are bombarded by messages telling us to worship the gods of efficiency and optimization, life hacking our way to prosperity. It's a trap. Resilience is a smarter, sturdier goal.

www.forkingpaths.co

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Sabine Carey @sabinecarey.bsky.social · Jan 8

📆 Four more days to sign up for this PhD Info session 👇. Please forward to your MA students. #polisky

Sabine Carey @sabinecarey.bsky.social · Dec 9

And another round of an online info session for female MA students on PhD programmes in political science, 15 Jan 10am CET - this time with Kristine Eck and @annalenahoenig.bsky.social. See tinyurl.com/y2a8e96s for more info + registration details. #polisky

Online info session for female students about PhD programmes in political science — Sabine C. Carey

On 15 January 2025, 10am-11am CET, I will hold another informal zoom session for female students who are potentially considering pursuing a PhD in political science. I will be joined by Prof. Krist...

tinyurl.com

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Sabine Carey @sabinecarey.bsky.social · Jan 4

Thanks for putting this together!

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Sabine Carey @sabinecarey.bsky.social · Dec 9

And another round of an online info session for female MA students on PhD programmes in political science, 15 Jan 10am CET - this time with Kristine Eck and @annalenahoenig.bsky.social. See tinyurl.com/y2a8e96s for more info + registration details. #polisky

Online info session for female students about PhD programmes in political science — Sabine C. Carey

On 15 January 2025, 10am-11am CET, I will hold another informal zoom session for female students who are potentially considering pursuing a PhD in political science. I will be joined by Prof. Krist...

tinyurl.com

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Sabine Carey @sabinecarey.bsky.social · Nov 27

Just returned from a brilliant workshop on pol violence, fantastically organized by @haerroos.bsky.social @babakr.bsky.social @mdigiuseppe.bsky.social, presentations of early work with insightful feedback-> our discipline needs more of that! #academic

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Politics_Oxford @politicsoxford.bsky.social · Nov 22

Are you interested in applying for our DPhil degrees @UniofOxford? Join our Q&A on Friday 29 Nov, hear from current students and dispel the myths about who studies at Oxford.
10 am: ow.ly/J8k750U32pB &
4 pm: ow.ly/LsVR50U32pE.
DPhil course list: ow.ly/ngrj50U32pA

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Katrin Paula @kpaula.bsky.social · Nov 15

🚨 Come work with us! @jisteinert.bsky.social
and I are looking for a PostDoc to support our teaching and research with a focus on interpersonal and collective violence at HfPMuenchen and TU_Muenchen

More info on the job and candidates' profiles here👇

www.hfp.tum.de/globalhealth...

Job Offer: Research Associate Position at the Professorship for Global Health and the Professorship for Global Security & Technology (m/f/d)

The Professorship for Global Health and the Professorship for Global Security & Technology are looking for a Research Associate (m/f/d) to support teaching and research activities in the area of indiv...

www.hfp.tum.de

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Sabine Carey @sabinecarey.bsky.social · Oct 24

📢 Tomorrow, Fri, Oct 25, 11:00 CET
The wonderful @sarahobolt.bsky.social
will be giving a talk on

"Public Service Decline and Support for the Populist Right"

Please share and join us in person or via Zoom! 🙂
👉 mzes.uni-mannheim.de/d7/en/events/p…

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Sabine Carey @sabinecarey.bsky.social · Oct 22

👇🏻this was one of the best & most fun workshops I’ve been to in a long while! What a brilliant team & effort, thanks to @annalenahoenig.bsky.social & everyone involved ❤️

Workshop on Conflict Dynamics @conflictdynamics.bsky.social · Oct 22

We are beyond grateful for the exciting presentations and all our dedicated discussants. Thank you so much for the insightful fireside chat (@sabinecarey.bsky.social and Eline Drury Løvlien) and roundtable (Anouk Rigterink, Christian Gläßel, Evgenija Kröker and Nadine O'Shea).

Sabine Carey @sabinecarey.bsky.social · Oct 14

🚨great opportunity for PhD students: come join us at the MZES as visiting fellow 👉🏻 www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/d7/en/news/i...

Explicitly open to a wide range of research within social science.

🗓️ Application deadline: 24 November #polisky

MZES Visiting Fellowship for PhD students | Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung

The Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES) is an interdisciplinary research institute at the University of Mannheim, dedicated to research on European societies in international perspective. It is the largest university-based research institute for the social sciences in Germany.

www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de

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