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Stephanie Hofmann @stephofmann.bsky.social · 19d

🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳 big congratulations Dr. Lepeu 🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾

Jan Lepeu @janlpe.bsky.social · 19d

I had the privilege this week of being awarded the title of Doctor of Political and Social Sciences from the @eui-eu.bsky.social after successfully defending my thesis on the EU sanctions policy.

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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · Aug 28

My Substack on writing, Respect the Marble is back! 🎉

I’ll be launching several new things this autumn, outlined here: catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/a-new-seas...

A quick preview 👇

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A New Season for Respect the Marble

Introducing "Etched in Marble: Conversations with Writers" & "Sunday Writer's Digest"

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Benjamin Faude @benjaminfaude.bsky.social · Aug 26

The roundtable contributions catalyze this research agenda: @yoramhaftel.bsky.social & @stephofmann.bsky.social claim that the decline thesis underestimates the durability of FIGOs and that institutional density enables states to substitute one FIGO for another.

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Under Cover: Substituting Formal IOs during Hard Times | Ethics & International Affairs | Cambridge Core

Under Cover: Substituting Formal IOs during Hard Times

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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · Aug 25

#OpenAccess from Ethics & International Affairs -

Under Cover: Substituting Formal IOs during Hard Times - https://cup.org/4oSMcHi

- @yoramhaftel.bsky.social & @stephofmann.bsky.social‬

#FirstView

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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · Aug 1

🚨 Very excited to share that the call for papers for the EPSS annual conference in Belfast 2026 is live.

🔝 Lots of innovation to enrich the way we exchange ideas in political science in Europe.

🙏🏼 Sharing is caring!

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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Scott Radnitz @radnitz.bsky.social · Jul 26

My article on the stakes around mis/disinformation controversies is finally out at @poppublicsphere.bsky.social.
It is the product of my work at @eui-schuman.bsky.social with support from @stephofmann.bsky.social and inspiration from @cip.uw.edu.

Perspectives on Politics @poppublicsphere.bsky.social · Jul 24

NOW OUT ON FIRSTVIEW!!

#Contesting #Authority to #Adjudicate #Misinformation

By @radnitz.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1017/S153...

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ninahall.bsky.social @ninahall.bsky.social · Jul 21

⭐NEWLY published: "Challenges and Opportunities for Transnational Advocacy" in ISR #openaccess

Fantastic collaboration w/ @ninareiners.bsky.social
@kellyzvobgo.bsky.social @andreavilan.bsky.social @lisasundstrom.bsky.social @peacemedie.bsky.social @sch-ir.bsky.social Laura Henry & Soumita Basu 🙏

Nina Reiners @ninareiners.bsky.social · Jul 21

✨ Our forum “Challenges and Opportunities for Transnational Advocacy” is out #openaccess in International Studies Review ✨

👓: academic.oup.com/isr/article/...

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Journal Article
Challenges and Opportunities for Transnational Advocacy Open Access
Nina Hall , Nina Reiners , Soumita Basu , Suparna Chaudhry , Laura Henry , Peace A Medie , Lisa Mcintosh Sundstrom , Andrea Vilán , Kelebogile Zvobgo
International Studies Review, Volume 27, Issue 3, September 2025, viaf015, https://doi.org/10.1093/isr/viaf015

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The Robert Schuman Centre @eui-schuman.bsky.social · Jun 4

𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙙𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙢 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙚?

🎥 Watch co-directors of the #GIFI project Patryk Pawlak & @stephofmann.bsky.social reflect on the key takeaways from the most recent conference hosted at @eui-eu.bsky.social🔗 loom.ly/2Hu4q5A

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Stephanie Hofmann @stephofmann.bsky.social · Jun 3

ECPR SGIR did it again. Super exciting summer school ecpr.eu/Events/334 in September with speakers such as Jan-Aart Scholte, Sarah Bermeo, Carla Costa, and @kseniyaoksamytna.bsky.social. Highly recommend.

Summer School of the Standing Group on International Relations

European Consortium for Political Research

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Stephanie Hofmann @stephofmann.bsky.social · May 23

So much looking forward to reading more about this research

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The Robert Schuman Centre @eui-schuman.bsky.social · May 21

What does digital authoritarianism look like in one of the world’s most connected regions?

In conversation with @stephofmann.bsky.social, co-Director for the #GIFI project, Associate Professor @marcowenjones.bsky.social explores the digital ecosystem in the Gulf states.

🎥👉 buff.ly/5CbiQqW

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Anastasia Prokhorova @anaprokhorov.bsky.social · May 20

Grateful for the opportunity to present our draft w. @stephofmann.bsky.social & @raffaelemstr.bsky.social on ad hoc coalitions #AHCs in and across time. More food for thought on the politics of ADHOCISM and other alternative forms of global governance 💭

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Daniel Fiott @danielfiott.bsky.social · May 20

NATO’s Internship Programme is open for applications.

Apply now for 6-month PAID internships at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, starting in March or September 2026.

Please spread the word!

Apply by 22 June: bit.ly/4kgHlMW

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The Robert Schuman Centre @eui-schuman.bsky.social · May 12

With 🇷🇺’s invasion of 🇺🇦, and in light of US administrations looking eastward and/or inward rather than westward, the questions of 𝙝𝙤𝙬, 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚, and 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙬𝙝𝙤𝙢 to organise European security and defence have reappeared on the agenda.

Read @stephofmann.bsky.social 's publication here 🔗 buff.ly/00QNwvl

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Journal of Common Market Studies (JCMS) @jcms-eu.bsky.social · May 7

JCMS is pleased to announce that from 2027, there will be two special issues published per year. 📚

We’re currently inviting proposals for the Spring and Autumn 2027 Special Issues.

For more details, see the full call: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...

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Stephanie Hofmann @stephofmann.bsky.social · May 10

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · May 3

Celebrating a successful Europe Amidst Uncertainty conference in the traditional Wisconsin fashion, at the Terrace @stefwalter.bsky.social @florianfoos.bsky.social @stephofmann.bsky.social @jonathan-renshon.bsky.social @amyren.bsky.social

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Stephanie Hofmann @stephofmann.bsky.social · May 10

Transatlantic relations in the making - in certain and uncertain times. Thank you @mcopelov.bsky.social for helping to organize us :)

Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · May 10

Solving the problems of transatlantic relations over Boulevardiers with @stephofmann.bsky.social & Matthias Mathijs #EUSA2025

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The Robert Schuman Centre @eui-schuman.bsky.social · May 7

In this interview with @stephofmann.bsky.social, Co-director for the #GIFI project, Prof Milton Mueller (Internet Governance Project at Georgia Tech) reflects on the shift from domain name debates to broader digital governance challenges.
🎥 buff.ly/vCZhwZP

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Frederik Carl Windfeld @fredwindfeld.bsky.social · Apr 30

Just published in @cspjournal.bsky.social 💡💻⚖️
My article looks at how legal, technical, and military expertise condition the debate over defining and regulating lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS)—and how such “epistemic struggles" can produce political effects in global governance.

Struggles over epistemic capital: Complex governance objects and the making of lethal autonomous weapons systems

The regulation of lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS) has emerged as a salient and perplexing issue in global governance, especially in the UN GGE on LAWS. This article argues that contentions...

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · Apr 23

Join us on May 1 @uwmadison.bsky.social for our 2025 Jean Monnet 🇪🇺 Center Symposium, "Europe Amidst Uncertainty." We have to discuss & a 💯 lineup of local scholars & Europe-based experts to discuss democracy, geopolitics, & the global economy.

Program/info: europe.wisc.edu/event/keynot...

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Stephanie Hofmann @stephofmann.bsky.social · Apr 23

This forum is one of the results from the 2023 Europe in the World "European security architectures and their implications: the past, present and future" workshop held at the EUI @eui-ggp.bsky.social

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Stephanie Hofmann @stephofmann.bsky.social · Apr 22

& more contributions by @susmonika.bsky.social Maria Giulia Amadio Viceré @goranagrgic.bsky.social Levan Kakhishvili @europraline.bsky.social John Helferich @michaelwilliams.bsky.social Andriy Tyushka @francesconicoli.bsky.social et al.

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@ensured.bsky.social

Rethinking European Security

Questions about whether, where, how, and with whom to organize European security and defense policy have been on the agendas of national governments many ...

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Stephanie Hofmann @stephofmann.bsky.social · Apr 22

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David Cadier @davidcadier.bsky.social · Dec 19

New publication:

In this article for International Politics, I explore the underpinnings and evolutions of France and Central Europe states' strategic outlooks on European security - and how the Russia-Ukraine war has brought them closer to one another

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

The end of dissonance? France and central Europe’s newly converging strategic outlooks - International Politics

France and Central European states have long been incarnating opposite sides of the European debates on how, where, and with (or against) whom to build the continent’s security. As this forum contribu...

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Stephanie Hofmann @stephofmann.bsky.social · Apr 22

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@profonderco.bsky.social and Ulrich Kühn

Michal Onderco @profonderco.bsky.social · Jan 13

Our piece on organizing nuclear deterrence in Europe, where the nuclear history meets institutional theory, coauthored with Ulrich Kühn @ifshhamburg.bsky.social is now out in IP! Thanks to @stephofmann.bsky.social for inviting us to her SI! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Organizing nuclear policies in Europe: of bricoleur plurality, architect absence, and spoiler disruption - International Politics

A major question in organizing European security is how Europe should deal with nuclear weapons. Historically, extended nuclear deterrence and later multilateral nonproliferation and bilateral arms co...

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Stephanie Hofmann @stephofmann.bsky.social · Apr 22

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Fabrizio Coticchia @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social · Jan 12

"Muddling through? Defense policy paradigms after the war in #Ukraine between transformation and readjustment: the case of #Italy". Open access here (see all the Forum on International Politics on how the war in Ukraine has changed European security)👇
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Muddling through? Defense policy paradigms after the war in Ukraine between transformation and readjustment: the case of Italy - International Politics

How did the Russian invasion of Ukraine shape European security? The manuscript aims to answer this question by looking at the evolution of defense policy paradigms. Apparently, the Russian aggression...

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