Happening now! Our colleague, Dr Laura Sudulich, presents 'Mapping Public Engagement in Parliaments Across the World' @ukparliament.parliament.uk, with POST.
🎙️ Chaired by @shane-martin.bsky.social, joined by @estrangeirada.bsky.social, Chair of IPEN
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🎙️ Chaired by @shane-martin.bsky.social, joined by @estrangeirada.bsky.social, Chair of IPEN
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September 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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👏 Essex Government researchers are ranked among the most cited in the world! See our colleagues in the Ioannidis et al. 2025 global ranking of the world’s most cited scientists, in political science, international relations, and security studies.
🌍 #EssexGov #ResearchExcellence
🌍 #EssexGov #ResearchExcellence
September 25, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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✨ Dr Laura Montanaro has been awarded a prestigious Leverhulme Research Fellowship for her project entitled 'Mansplaining, Intersectionality, and Political Efficacy.' Congratulations, Laura! 🎉 @leverhulme.ac.uk
Read more about her work here: www.essex.ac.uk/news/2025/09...
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Read more about her work here: www.essex.ac.uk/news/2025/09...
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Impact of mansplaining on democracy under spotlight | University of Essex
Mansplaining and its specific impact on women of colour is the focus of a new grant awarded to Dr Laura Montanaro, from our Department of Government.
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September 23, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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🏆 Congrats to Dr Rabia Malik! She's officially received the Jewell-Loewenberg Prize from APSA’s Legislative Studies Section, awarded for best Comparative Politics article in Legislative Studies Quarterly (2023). Announced at APSA 2024, the plaque just arrived — time to celebrate! 🎉
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September 22, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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📈 The University of Essex is on the rise!
The Guardian University Guide 2026 ranks us:
🏆 12th overall in the UK
📚 12th for Politics
🌍 9th for International Relations
#EssexGov #EssexImpact #EssexIR #UniversityRankings
The Guardian University Guide 2026 ranks us:
🏆 12th overall in the UK
📚 12th for Politics
🌍 9th for International Relations
#EssexGov #EssexImpact #EssexIR #UniversityRankings
September 13, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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🎉 Huge congratulations to our colleague, Diane Bolet, on being awarded a prestigious ERC Starting Grant! 🌍
This is an incredible achievement and we can’t wait to see the impact of #GREENLOSS!
#ERCStG #EssexGov #ResearchExcellence
This is an incredible achievement and we can’t wait to see the impact of #GREENLOSS!
#ERCStG #EssexGov #ResearchExcellence
Delighted to share that I have been awarded an ERC Starting Grant for my project “Lost in the Green Transition: Local Collective Greenloss Identity, Anti-Climate Attitudes and Radical Right Support.” #ERCStG
More soon on #GREENLOSS.
A huge thank you to friends and colleagues who made this possible!
More soon on #GREENLOSS.
A huge thank you to friends and colleagues who made this possible!
September 5, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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Happy Halloween from the Department of Government! 🎃
We study the fears that really keep people up at night — inequality, populism, climate insecurity, and more — armed with data, critical insight and today, a little candy 🍬🍫
#EssexGov #PoliticalScience #Halloween
We study the fears that really keep people up at night — inequality, populism, climate insecurity, and more — armed with data, critical insight and today, a little candy 🍬🍫
#EssexGov #PoliticalScience #Halloween
October 31, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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Thank you to the students of our Essex Politics Society for organising yesterday's wonderful panel, 'Populism: On the Rise,' featuring Professor Natasha Lindstaedt, Dr. Roi Zur, and Dr. Rafael Tauil, moderated by Professor Faten Ghosn.
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#EssexGov #EssexPoliticsSociety #PoliticalScience
October 30, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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🎓 As Essex marks 60 years with 60 stories, read about the first—and only—Regius Professorship in Political Science, awarded to @EssexGov. One of the highest honours in UK academia!👇
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Regius Professorship
Political science research plays a valuable role in contributing to key policy.
Since 1964, academics from our world-renowned Department of Government have been leaders in political science, carrying...
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May 15, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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"...if these parties grow stronger and dominate governments they are quite likely to try to subvert democracy. Reform supporters in Britain could get more than they bargained for."
Paul Whitely #EssexGov
Paul Whitely #EssexGov
August 22, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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🌍 The Africa Special Interest Group (ASIG) meets every Tuesday from 11:00 — the hub for Africa-focused research at Essex!
Co-directed by Prof Hannah Gibson & Dr. Florian Kern, and open to all — staff, students, and anyone interested. Come say hi! ☕
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Co-directed by Prof Hannah Gibson & Dr. Florian Kern, and open to all — staff, students, and anyone interested. Come say hi! ☕
#EssexGov #ASIG
October 8, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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🌍 The University of Essex is ranked 14th in the world for International Outlook in the Times Higher Education World Uni Rankings 2026!
At EssexGov, our global community of students and staff brings fresh perspectives that shape the future of politics.
#EssexGov #THEWUR2026
At EssexGov, our global community of students and staff brings fresh perspectives that shape the future of politics.
#EssexGov #THEWUR2026
October 17, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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Join us for “Populism: On the Rise” — a student-organised panel exploring a most pressing challenge in politics.
📅 Wednesday 29 October
🕒 15:00–16:00
📍 EBS 1.1
Ft. Professor Natasha Lindstaedt, Dr. Roi Zur, and Dr. Rafael Tauil, moderated by Professor Faten Ghosn.
#EssexGov #EssexPoliticsSociety
📅 Wednesday 29 October
🕒 15:00–16:00
📍 EBS 1.1
Ft. Professor Natasha Lindstaedt, Dr. Roi Zur, and Dr. Rafael Tauil, moderated by Professor Faten Ghosn.
#EssexGov #EssexPoliticsSociety
October 27, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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Our colleague, Alex Hennessey, says:
🚨 The EU–US trade deal halts tariffs—for now—but at a steep price
🇩🇪 Germany’s car industry hit hardest
🇪🇺 EU had leverage (digital taxes, market access limits) but didn’t use it—relying on US military support for Ukraine
🤔 Thin deal, fragile certainty #EssexGov
🚨 The EU–US trade deal halts tariffs—for now—but at a steep price
🇩🇪 Germany’s car industry hit hardest
🇪🇺 EU had leverage (digital taxes, market access limits) but didn’t use it—relying on US military support for Ukraine
🤔 Thin deal, fragile certainty #EssexGov
'He’s the bully in the schoolyard and we didn’t join others in standing up to him,' said one diplomat. 'Those who don’t hang together get hanged separately.' https://on.ft.com/3H6pI4r
July 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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🇺🇳 An insightful discussion on “80 Years Under Threat: Great Power Politics and the United Nations.”
Big thanks to our ModelUN Society, the Human Rights Centre, and our panelists, Professors Ghosn, Wood, Gizelis & Ferstman. 🌍
#EssexGov #MUNEssex #UnitedNations #ModelUN
Big thanks to our ModelUN Society, the Human Rights Centre, and our panelists, Professors Ghosn, Wood, Gizelis & Ferstman. 🌍
#EssexGov #MUNEssex #UnitedNations #ModelUN
October 25, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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Trump’s attacks on Powell threaten Fed's ability to ⬇️ inflation and keep market confidence
Prof. @carogarriga.bsky.social explains:
🔗 tinyurl.com/22u42xv9
Her research:
📌 Polarisation’s role: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
📌 Why attacks>reform: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Prof. @carogarriga.bsky.social explains:
🔗 tinyurl.com/22u42xv9
Her research:
📌 Polarisation’s role: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
📌 Why attacks>reform: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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White House presses Fed to ‘dramatically lower’ rates as meeting looms https://on.ft.com/3IP7GEo
White House presses Fed to ‘dramatically lower’ rates as meeting looms
Jay Powell expected to widen rift with Trump by keeping monetary policy unchanged at Wednesday’s meeting
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July 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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This work is part of an exciting collaboration between EssexGov researchers, the Department of Lang & Ling, and ODI Global.
Most of the team will be in Kampala soon — stay tuned for updates from the field!
#EssexGov #EssexLinguistics #ODIGlobal #LanguageAndConflict #EssexImpact #ResearchInAction
Most of the team will be in Kampala soon — stay tuned for updates from the field!
#EssexGov #EssexLinguistics #ODIGlobal #LanguageAndConflict #EssexImpact #ResearchInAction
MCCRA team members Angiachi Demetris, Hannah Gibson, and Fiona Tumusiime present research on language and conflict at Makerere University, Uganda.
Most of the team will be in Kampala soon - stay tuned!
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Most of the team will be in Kampala soon - stay tuned!
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September 19, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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🌍 EssexGov researchers in Kampala for the Multilingualism, Conflict, and Conflict Resolution in Africa (MCCRA) project — a £2.5M ESRC-funded collaboration (2023–2027) studying how language shapes conflict and peacebuilding across Africa.
#EssexGov #EssexGovImpact @mccrafrica-essex.bsky.social
#EssexGov #EssexGovImpact @mccrafrica-essex.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Don’t miss “80 Years Under Threat: Great Power Politics and the UN”
With Professors Ghosn, Wood, Gizelis & Ferstman.
📅 24 Oct | 🕐 13:30–15:00 | 📍 EBS 2.2
Organised by ModelUN Essex with @EssexGov & the Human Rights Centre.
#EssexGov #EssexGovEvents #UnitedNations #MUNEssex
With Professors Ghosn, Wood, Gizelis & Ferstman.
📅 24 Oct | 🕐 13:30–15:00 | 📍 EBS 2.2
Organised by ModelUN Essex with @EssexGov & the Human Rights Centre.
#EssexGov #EssexGovEvents #UnitedNations #MUNEssex
October 22, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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👏 Congrats @mirandasimon.bsky.social, research lead for evaluation of activities under the North Africa Migration and Development project by @iom.int. She’s evaluating skills & livelihood trainings in North Africa to ensure programmes effectively support vulnerable people’s futures.
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August 27, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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Big questions. Brilliant speakers.
This term at @EssexGov:
📊 Demographic change
🌐 Great power politics & the UN (with ModelUN)
🌍 Africa in multilateral organisations
Join us! Link in bio.
#PoliticalScience #EssexGov
This term at @EssexGov:
📊 Demographic change
🌐 Great power politics & the UN (with ModelUN)
🌍 Africa in multilateral organisations
Join us! Link in bio.
#PoliticalScience #EssexGov
October 13, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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New paper on our Democracy in Action module 👇
This piece explores how DinA at Essex lets students prefigure new forms of politics—through campaigns, community, and collective action.
🔗 www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/15...
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This piece explores how DinA at Essex lets students prefigure new forms of politics—through campaigns, community, and collective action.
🔗 www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/15...
#EssexGov #TeachingSky #EduSky #DemocracySky @universityofessex.bsky.social
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May 8, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Happening now! Regius Professor Kristian Gleditsch and distinguished panel on Demographic Change and the Politics of a World with Low Fertility and Ageing Populations.
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October 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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👋 BlueSky! We’re the Department of Government at the University of Essex—one of the UK's top politics and IR departments.
Follow for updates on student life, research, and events.
📅 First up: Our Open Day is on 21st June! Come and see what we’re all about #WeAreEssex #EssexGov
Follow for updates on student life, research, and events.
📅 First up: Our Open Day is on 21st June! Come and see what we’re all about #WeAreEssex #EssexGov
April 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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