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PoliticalNets ECPR @politicalnets.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The ECPR General Conference starts today, with Political Networks panels beginning tomorrow! ⏰ 👉 Join us on Wednesday for our Business Meeting and Best Paper Award (18:00), followed by a joint dinner with the Public Policy Standing Group. See you there!

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Iñigo Aldama @inigoaldama.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

I'm immensely glad to share that my article with Matthew Donoghue @drdonoghue.bsky.social has just been published in Territory, Politics Governance! @rsa-tpg.bsky.social 🎉 Our findings transform how we think about minority nationalism and the welfare state 🧵 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

📣Deadline extended–POLNET School on Social Network Analysis 🗓️21–25 Sep @uni-konstanz.de Cover core descriptive techniques + advanced methods like Relational Event Models & Discourse Network Analysis 🧑‍🏫 @fernschreiber.bsky.social @cbravuna.bsky.social @anniewald.bsky.social @petrocelik.bsky.social

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European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

🚨Deadline: Apply now for the POLNET School on Social Network Analysis @politicalnets.bsky.social 🗓️ 21–25 Sep, Universität Konstanz Curious about SNA and its applications in political network research? ✔️Gain skills in advanced methods, including Relational Event Models & Discourse Network Analysis

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POLNET School on Social Network Analysis, Universität Konstanz, 21 – 25 September 2026

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Philip Leifeld @leifeld.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Submission deadline for the Political Networks Conference 2026 extended to 22 April following requests and to accommodate Easter breaks. Submission and full scope details: sites.google.com/view/confpol.... Please RT. #NetworkAnalysis #Polisky #publicpolicy #netsci #NetworkScience #SNA

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Philip Leifeld @leifeld.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

🚨 Deadline approaching at the end of this week. Political Networks Conference 2026 at Manchester. sites.google.com/view/confpol... Connecting research communities -- North America + Europe, different disciplines, methods, theories. #NetworkAnalysis #Polisky #publicpolicy #netsci #NetworkScience #SNA

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Philip Leifeld @leifeld.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Call for papers: 19th Annual Political Networks Conference, University of Manchester, 4–7 Aug 2026. sites.google.com/view/confpol... Paper and poster submissions now open (deadline: 12 April). First time in Europe. Training workshops. #NetworkAnalysis #Polisky #publicpolicy #netsci #NetworkScience

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European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Our Standing Group on Political Networks invites applications for the 25th anniversary of the POLNET school @politicalnets.bsky.social 📆21–25 Sep📍@uni-konstanz.de ✔️Designed for graduate students & researchers interested in the empirical study of social and political networks #SocialNetworkAnalysis

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POLNET School on Social Network Analysis, Universität Konstanz, 21 – 25 September 2026

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Stephanie Dornschneider-Elkink @s-dornschn-elkink.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Positive contact dominates Jewish–Palestinian interactions in mixed Israeli neighborhoods. Even in conflict and war, research suggests everyday interactions are often more positive than commonly assumed. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Curious about Social Network Analysis and its applications in political network research? 📣 Apply now for the 25th anniversary of the POLNET school @politicalnets.bsky.social 📆 21–25 Sep 2026 📍 @uni-konstanz.de ✔️ Learn core descriptive techniques and advanced methods, including REM & DNA + more!

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ACLU @aclu.org · 18/02/2026

BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide. This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.

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Carlos Bravo-Laguna @cbravuna.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Here, Starmer. This is how the far-right discourse is fought. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/o...

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Philip Leifeld @leifeld.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

2026 Political Networks Conference: 4-7 August 2026 at the University of Manchester. Save the date! More info will be released in early spring. #SNA #polinetworks #polnet #polisky #networkanalysis #politicalnetworks #politicalnets #policynetworks #complexsystems #netsci #polmeth #polisci

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Carlos Bravo-Laguna @cbravuna.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

🚨 PUBLICATIONS ALERT! 🚨 After months of work with Monica Di Gregorio, @petrocelik.bsky.social, and Eva Fernández, our special issue on The Politics of Environmental Networks is finally out! It features 11 contributions that investigate the internal and external politics of environmental networks.

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PoliticalNets ECPR @politicalnets.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Call for abstracts for the Political Networks session at the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) General Conference to be held between 8-11 September 2026 at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland. Deadline: January 5 (23:59 UK time) ecpr.eu/Events/Event....

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Carlos Bravo-Laguna @cbravuna.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

The CfP for the ISCRAM2026 track on Networked Approaches to Crisis and Risk Management is now open! Where? Leiden University. When? 31 May to 3 June 2026. - Completed research paper (9 January). - Work in progress & Practitioner insights and perspectives (23 February). More info: iscram2026.com

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Luigi Schiavo @luigischiavo.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Many thanks to the jury for the award and their appreciations: it is truly an honor to receive it! A special thanks also to my brilliant colleague Alejandro, who saw the potential of an idea born almost by chance during a half-hour chat a year and a half ago, and which we later turned into a paper!

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Alejandro Ciordia @alexciordia.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Honored to receive the Best Paper Prize 2024 from @politicalnets.bsky.social together with the brilliant Luigi Schiavo. Many thanks to the jury and colleagues!

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PoliticalNets ECPR @politicalnets.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

It was our pleasure to personally award the Best Paper Prize presented at the previous ECPR conference in Dublin. @ecpr.bsky.social 🏆 The jury, consisting of Maria Brockhaus, Katia Pilati, and Volker Schneider, unanimously decided for @alexciordia.bsky.social and Luigi Schiavo. Congratulations! 👏

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Daniela Irrera @danyir.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Our #ecprgc_25 has been intense and productive in beautiful Thessaloniki. Thanks to the Aristotle Univ for hosting us and to all participants. We are a big @ecpr.bsky.social family!

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PoliticalNets ECPR @politicalnets.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Our last panel was packed! ⚡#ecprgc26 @ecpr.bsky.social Once again, thanks to all who participated. 🙏 #socioecological #systems #networks #environmental #governance

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European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

📣 Welcome to Day 1 of #ecprgc25! ⭐ An exciting day ahead awaits: 🎓 Methods Taster by @politicalnets.bsky.social, 15:45-16:30 🎙️ Plenary Welcome, 17:00-18:00 🍸 Welcome Reception, 18:15-19:30 📲 View highlights on event app ecpr.eu/App

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PoliticalNets ECPR @politicalnets.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

✌️ Two more panels behind us. @ecpr.bsky.social ✅ #Climate policy networks chaired by @anttigronow.bsky.social ✅ Comparing political networks chaired by Manuel Fischer and @petrocelik.bsky.social Thanks for the great presentations and discussion! ⚡ We continue today with three more sessions.

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Carlos Bravo-Laguna @cbravuna.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Excellent turnout and insights at our panel on Comparing Political Networks today at the ECPR General Conference! Thessaloniki is a perfect location to reconnect with older and newer members of the #polnets gang.

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Marlene Kammerer @marlenekammerer.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

There is little better than 🏖️💻beach office to start into an exicting week at @ecpr.bsky.social in beautiful Thessaloniki - and a great turnaround of our panel on political networks affect output or outcome 🙏 @helgej.bsky.social Maria Brockhaus @anttigronow.bsky.social Bruna Rodriguez Aasa Karimo

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PoliticalNets ECPR @politicalnets.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

🚀 We kicked off with the panel on the challenging issue linking #network structures and #policy outputs. #climatechange 6️⃣ There are six more panels to go - check the schedule attached. ⚡ Looking forward to seeing you at our panels! @ecpr.bsky.social #ecprgc25

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Lydie Cabane @lydiec.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

📣 GREAT post-doc! work with me and my best French colleagues on the PROTECCT project : Protecting against the social risks associated with climate change in Europe: a comparative perspective Duration: 28 months. Deadline July 6 Location: Sciences Po Paris www.sciencespo.fr/cso/en/news/...

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Recruitment : POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW to work on the PROTECCT project

Application to be sent before 6 July 2025

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Jonas W. Schmid @jonaswschmid.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

After large-scale disasters autocrats often shift the blame on others to save their popularity. Our 🚨new paper🚨, just accepted at Perspectives on Politics, shows that this tactic is prone to backfire. With @edwardgoldring.bsky.social & @fapaydin.bsky.social . shorturl.at/v6wIV%E2%AC%...

The title page of a paper listing the title: "Blame Shifting in Autocracies Following Large-scale Disasters: Evidence from Turkey"; the authors: Edward Goldring, Jonas Willibald Schmid, and Fulya Apaydin; and the abstract: "Large-scale disasters, particularly when handled poorly, often spark popular outrage and threaten
an autocrat’s hold on power. Autocrats frequently employ blame shifting strategies to redirect
public anger and weather these storms. We examine whether blame shifting after a large-scale
disaster helps or hurts an autocrat’s popularity through a mixed-methods research design in the
electoral autocracy of Turkey in April-July 2023, following the February 2023 earthquakes.
An online survey experiment (n=3,839) identifies the effects of blaming the aftermath of the
earthquake on the opposition, a force majeure, private construction companies, or a govern-
ment minister, while focus groups explore the mechanisms behind these effects. We find that
blaming the opposition or a force majeure leads to a backlash, especially among those more
able to critically evaluate information. Focus groups reveal that these backlash effects are
driven by voters’ dismay at electoral opportunism and the incumbent’s polarizing language
following a large-scale disaster."; and the note that the paper is forthcoming in Perspectives on Politics.

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Fulya Apaydin @fulyaapaydin.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

I don't know how our wifi at the uni continues to work at the moment, but this is where we are at right now: www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

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Reports of widespread power cuts in Spain and Portugal

There are reports from Madrid of traffic lights not working and the underground system being evacuated.

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Jonas W. Schmid @jonaswschmid.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Ever felt uneasy about how concepts & measures of "grey zone" autocracies are used interchangeably across the literature? Then check out my 🚨new paper🚨 in @democratization.bsky.social and get some substance to back up your gut feeling: tinyurl.com/ypdm2kna Or at least read the main points below ⬇️

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Electoral autocracies, hybrid regimes, and multiparty autocracies: same, same but different?

There is a wide range of labels, such as electoral autocracy, hybrid regimes, or multiparty autocracy, and corresponding empirical measures to describe and measure political regimes that combine au...

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Carlos Bravo-Laguna @cbravuna.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

It has indeed been a great pleasure to introduce some basic notions related to policy networks and social network analysis to ISPOLE UCLouvain doctoral researchers. Many thanks @ccrellin.bsky.social for the excellent organization and hospitality!

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Chris Crellin @ccrellin.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Glad to have had organized the ISPOLE PhD capacity building session on #PoliticalNetworks. It was a pleasure to have invited @cbravuna.bsky.social to present such a rich and informative seminar!

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Kean Birch @keanbirch.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

An #unacknowledgement - we need more of these

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Lydie Cabane @lydiec.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

How do you get a PhD position in the Netherlands? As a PhD coordinator @fggaleiden.bsky.social I receive many requests about how to get into our PhD programmes. Most of the time, I politely turn them down for all kinds of good reasons, so here are my 2 cents about how to apply.

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Daniel Fiott @danielfiott.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Think tankers and academics to European leaders this evening… Dear Leaders, Don’t look at us now please. Just read our past papers (yes, the ones from years ago). We literally put it in black and white for you. Thanks and best regards.

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Dr Karolina Pomorska @karolinapomorska.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

We are hiring! Two PhD positions in EU Foreign Policy at Leiden University within the EUFOG project (which has in total 18 PhD positions!). Please help us spread the word! www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/vacancies...

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PhD candidates in European Union Foreign Policy

PhD candidates in European Union Foreign Policy (two positions, each 1.0 fte)The Institute of Political Science of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences invites applications for 2 PhD candida...

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Chris Crellin @ccrellin.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Was great to delve into the world of policy networks at the @ecpr.bsky.social POLNET winter school last week at the @upf.edu IBEI, and also get a bit of sun and architecture along the way!

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Aitor Bonsoms @aitorbonsoms.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

I'm really happy to see my first single-author paper titled "Power, governance, and coordination in the prevention of violent extremism and terrorism: towards multi-agency counterterrorism?". Many thanks to those that helped me to make this possible! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Power, governance, and coordination in the prevention of violent extremism and terrorism: towards multi-agency counterterrorism?

Multi-agency collaboration has been identified in previous studies as a key strategy for early intervention in violent extremism. However, little focus has captured the institutional framework that...

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PoliticalNets ECPR @politicalnets.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

The last edition of the @ecpr.bsky.social POLNET Winter School has just come to an end! During 5 intense days, 7 instructors have brought SNA closer to over 30 scholars from all over the world. Thank you IBEI for hosting us and see you soon!

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PoliticalNets ECPR @politicalnets.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

📢 Submit your paper abstracts to the #Political #Networks section at the ECPR General conference in Thessaloniki before January 6! ⚡️ 👉 More info: ecpr.eu/Events/Event... Panel abstracts below:

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Carlos Bravo-Laguna @cbravuna.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

As a first post on Bluesky, I thought it appropriate to share that next week I am starting a new life chapter by joining @unileiden.bsky.social as an Assistant Professor 😊. If you are now or plan to be around The Hague in the future, reach out!

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ithinkwellhugh.bsky.social @ithinkwellhugh.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

#ImposterSyndrome: Imposter thoughts I'm not qualified enough for that job (even when you are) I don't have the right qualifications Other people have much more qualifications Chart from: bzfd.it/3vK0q6n #PhDchat #PhDforum #Postdoc #ECRchat #AcademicChatter

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