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Emilia Y Belknap

@emiliabelknap.bsky.social
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Politics & IR Research Fellow @sotonpolitics.bsky.social ✨ sex, gender, voting behaviour and constitutions 📚 Iranian-American fuelled by cherry coke & fighting the patriarchy 🧿 views=my own SC: @ecprpovb.bsky.social CoDirecting: @gain-centre.bsky.social

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Emilia Y Belknap @emiliabelknap.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Really pleased that my article, “Beyond ‘Yes’ men and ‘No’ women,” has been selected for the European Journal of Politics and Gender Editors’ Choice Collection! @ejpgjournal.bsky.social @brisunipress.bsky.social It’s also free to read until 31 October! doi.org/10.1332/2515...
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Beyond ‘Yes’ men and ‘No’ women: gendered political attitudes, risk and constitutional change in Scotland
What explains gendered differences in attitudes towards constitutional change? Focusing on Scottish independence, this article examines how voters interpret the risks and possibilities of constitution...
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Gender and Inequalities Centre at Southampton @gain-centre.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
A year of building community, advancing research, and driving conversations on gender and inequalities. Our 2025–26 annual newsletter is now available, reflecting on GAIN's first full year at Southampton. Thank you for being part of it! Read it here: generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk/gain/2026/06...
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GAIN Annual Newsletter 2025–26 – Gender and Inequalities Research Centre, University of Southampton
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Emilia Y Belknap @emiliabelknap.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Recruiting for a research project on identity, belonging & constitutional change in Scotland. Looking to hear from: • ethnic minority backgrounds • trans, non-binary & gender-diverse people 5–10 min survey + optional focus group (£30) Shares appreciated 💜 southampton.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Emilia Y Belknap @emiliabelknap.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
People from ethnic minority backgrounds in Scotland: I’m recruiting for focus groups exploring identity, belonging & constitutional change in Scotland. Optional focus group participation includes a £30 voucher. ✨ No political expertise needed to share your experiences & perspectives lnkd.in/e_s99zYW
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Emilia Y Belknap @emiliabelknap.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Trans, non-binary & gender-diverse people in Scotland ✨: I’m recruiting for focus groups exploring identity, belonging & constitutional change in Scotland. Optional focus group participation includes a £30 voucher. Share your experiences & perspectives in a supportive discussion lnkd.in/e_s99zYW
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Political Studies Association @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
*REPORT LAUNCH* ➡️ Announcing the launch of the Scottish Election Analysis 2026 report. Featuring 55 contributions on the #ScottishParliament election from leading scholars in #Scottish #politics, #elections, media & #policy. @psampg.bsky.social
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Scottish Election Analysis 2026: The Campaign, Voters and Policies - Political Studies Association
We are pleased to announce the launch of the Scottish Election Analysis 2026 report. Featuring 55 contributions, this publication, captures the immediate thoughts, reflections and early research…
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Gender and Inequalities Centre at Southampton @gain-centre.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
We welcomed @johannarickne.bsky.social alongside @sotonecon.bsky.social last week to discuss how people differentiate and understand stories of sexual harassment. In a large scale study in Norway, Rickne and coauthors find that the story matters in how people “accept” and “reject” information.
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Emilia Y Belknap @emiliabelknap.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
People from ethnic minority backgrounds in Scotland: I’m recruiting for focus groups exploring identity, belonging & constitutional change in Scotland. Optional focus group participation includes a £30 voucher. ✨ No political expertise needed to share your experiences & perspectives lnkd.in/e_s99zYW
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Emilia Y Belknap @emiliabelknap.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Trans, non-binary & gender-diverse people in Scotland ✨: I’m recruiting for focus groups exploring identity, belonging & constitutional change in Scotland. Optional focus group participation includes a £30 voucher. Share your experiences & perspectives in a supportive discussion lnkd.in/e_s99zYW
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Ballot Box Scotland @ballotbox.scot · 07/05/2026
5 hours left to vote in the Scottish Parliament election! Are you on your way back from work? Nip to the polling station before you get too comfy at home! Also, if you have a postal vote and you haven't returned it, never fear: you can hand it in at your local polling place!
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Gender and Inequalities Centre at Southampton @gain-centre.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
📢 Join our next seminar at the University of Southampton with Professor Johanna Rickne (SOFI, Stockholm University), whose research explores gender inequality, labour economics, political representation, and diversity in politics & the workplace. 🗓 11 May 2026 ⏰ 1–2.15 pm 📍 Building 100, Room 8011
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Gender and Inequalities Centre at Southampton @gain-centre.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Lastly, we had @emiliabelknap.bsky.social present on how to conduct feminist focus groups with a particular focus on how to encourage collective meaning making. She outlined how to use an intersectional lens to consider consider power hierarchies in focus groups. Then, a Q&A session with our panel!
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Mark McGeoghegan @markmcgeoghegan.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Updated Scotland poll tracker. SNP 5 short of a majority. Pro-independence majority of 15. Seats (+/- 2021) SNP: 60 (-4) Ref: 21 (+21) Lab: 18 (-4) Grn: 12 (+4) Con: 10 (-21) LD: 8 (+4) Alba: 0 (-) 1/2
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Gender and Inequalities Centre at Southampton @gain-centre.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Join us for our Spring Into Methods event! How does intersectionality frame methods in Gender Research? PGRs and PhDs are encouraged to attend. Thursday, March 5, 2026 from 14:30-16:00 (building details below!) Speakers include @emiliabelknap.bsky.social @silkeroth.bsky.social and Dr Matthew Hunt
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Emilia Y Belknap @emiliabelknap.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Delighted to share my first single-authored article, now published in Parliamentary Affairs: “Targeting the cereal woman: Campaigns, gender & Scottish independence” 🆓 Open access: tinyurl.com/85cxsefm @hansardsociety.bsky.social @academic.oup.com #GenderPolitics #BritishPolitics (🧵👇)
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Targeting the cereal woman: Campaigns, gender, and Scottish independence
Abstract. How do political campaigns construct and mobilize voter identities in high-stakes constitutional contests? This article examines the 2014 Scottis
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Gender and Inequalities Centre at Southampton @gain-centre.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
📢 CFP for: GAIN Gender and Inequalities Workshop — Tue 9 Dec, 10–12, Bldg 100/7013. A supportive space for PhD & Postdoc in the School of Economic, Social and Political Science to share work-in-progress & get feedback. Submit title + 250-word abstract to GAIN@soton.ac.uk by 14 Nov 2025.
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UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
"The most common response among men aged 18-25, as with their female peers, is to state that they would never consider voting for Reform." Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte & Emilia Belknap argue that most British young men reject the right ukandeu.ac.uk/most-british-young-me…
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Most British young men reject the far right - UK in a changing Europe
Emilia Belknap and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte explain their analysis on the demographics of Reform UK voters in the UK. They argue that while the dominant narrative is that young men are the most likely to turn to the party, the evidence does not support this.
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UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
"Home Office data suggests that recent immigrants are more likely to be working than British nationals and make higher wages than them." ✍️ Lauren Gilbert argues that migrants to the UK are net fiscal contributors, adding much more to the economy than they take out, ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
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Lower migration is bad news for the UK economy - UK in a changing Europe
Lauren Gilbert argues that migrants to the UK are net fiscal contributors, adding much more to the economy than they take out, and that the recent collapse in immigration will harm the UK's economic p...
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Gender and Inequalities Centre at Southampton @gain-centre.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Today is the day! Join us at 10:00 a.m. to discuss applying for funding in Gender and Inequalities at the University of Southampton. Building 100 in Room 8013 on Highfield Campus. We have ☕ coffee, tea 🍵, and pastries 🥐🍩! www.southampton.ac.uk/politics/new...
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The Gender and Inequalities Research Collaboration Event
Are you interested in applying for funding in Gender and Inequalities? We want to hear from you!
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
An inconvenient truth. @turnbulldugarte.com and @emiliabelknap.bsky.social puncture a pervasive myth. ‬ "Among young respondents aged 18-25, a very comfortable majority of women reject Reform UK (75%), and a similarly large majority of men in the same age group share the same view (71%)."
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Most British young men reject the far right - UK in a changing Europe
Emilia Belknap and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte explain their analysis on the demographics of Reform UK voters in the UK. They argue that while the dominant narrative is that young men are the most likely ...
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UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
"The most common response among men aged 18-25, as with their female peers, is to state that they would never consider voting for Reform." Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte & Emilia Belknap argue that most British young men reject the right ukandeu.ac.uk/most-british-young-me…
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Most British young men reject the far right - UK in a changing Europe
Emilia Belknap and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte explain their analysis on the demographics of Reform UK voters in the UK. They argue that while the dominant narrative is that young men are the most likely to turn to the party, the evidence does not support this.
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Emilia Y Belknap @emiliabelknap.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
🚨 🆕 analysis w/ @turnbulldugarte.com: most British young men reject the far right @ukandeu.bsky.social Despite media claims, 71% of young men & 75% of young women say they’d never vote Reform UK. The gender gap exists, but it’s steady across ages—not youth-driven. 🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/most-british...
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Most British young men reject the far right - UK in a changing Europe
Emilia Belknap and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte explain their analysis on the demographics of Reform UK voters in the UK. They argue that while the dominant narrative is that young men are the most likely ...
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UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
"The data shows no evidence to suggest that younger men are more inclined than other demographic groups to support the British far right" ✍️ @turnbulldugarte.com & @emiliabelknap.bsky.social analyse the demographics of Reform voters and argue the gender gap is marginal ukandeu.ac.uk/most-british...
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Most British young men reject the far right - UK in a changing Europe
Emilia Belknap and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte explain their analysis on the demographics of Reform UK voters in the UK. They argue that while the dominant narrative is that young men are the most likely ...
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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · 30/10/2025
Happy, alongside @emiliabelknap.bsky.social, to make my debut contribution with the fantastic folks at @ukandeu.bsky.social Emilia & I use data from @britishelectionstudy.com to correct the atomistic fallacy in people's understanding the Reform UK gender gap ukandeu.ac.uk/most-british...
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Most British young men reject the far right - UK in a changing Europe
Emilia Belknap and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte explain their analysis on the demographics of Reform UK voters in the UK. They argue that while the dominant narrative is that young men are the most likely ...
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Gender and Inequalities Centre at Southampton @gain-centre.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Join us in one ☝️ week for our Gender and Inequalities Research Collab event! 🏫 We are looking at fostering collaboration across the university for those interested in researching gender and inequalities! 📚 ✏️ www.southampton.ac.uk/politics/new...
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The Gender and Inequalities Research Collaboration Event
Are you interested in applying for funding in Gender and Inequalities? We want to hear from you!
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Gender and Inequalities Centre at Southampton @gain-centre.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Are you interested in researching gender and inequalities? Join us for our Gender and Inequalities Research Collaboration Event next month, 5 Nov 2025. More details in our infographic below. If you're interested in attending, please email us at gain@soton.ac.uk so that we can get an idea of numbers!
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Emilia Y Belknap @emiliabelknap.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
💻🗳️ I’m presenting today at #ECPRGC25 on the Territorial Politics, National Identity, and Electoral Dynamics: Shaping Party Systems and Political Behaviour panel! Law School, Floor 3, Room 5 ✍️ I’m presenting a paper on how campaigns target 🎯 gender gaps in the event of a constitutional referendum!
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Emilia Y Belknap @emiliabelknap.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Day 1 of #ECPRGC25 was a huge success! Chaired a lovely panel and got to see some new and familiar faces; especially all of my European colleagues whom I’ve missed! Enjoyed a 🥭 smoothie on a tiki boat at the end of the day. Onwards to Day 2
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ECPR Standing Group on Public Opinion & Voting Behaviour @ecprpovb.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Do you research elections, public opinion, voting behaviour, and political behaviour broadly? Come join us for our business meeting this Thursday! Add it to your itineraries in your app 📆 so you don’t forget! 🐘 28 August, from 17:45 to 18:45 in room 212, Law Building, Aristotle Uni. #ecprgc25
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Emilia Y Belknap @emiliabelknap.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Have made it to #ECPRGC25 in Thessaloniki! So excited to be here presenting, chairing and as a standing group committee member for @ecprpovb.bsky.social 🇬🇷🏛️🏺🌀 on my way to the conference this morning I passed ruins from a Byzantine Market - as one does! If you see me pls say hi! 💕
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
A new era of government censorship has begun. It started with the silencing of scientific speech, when the admin blocked release of research on bird flu. But MAGA has also cracked down on other wrongthink—on race, geography (!), and of course Trump himself www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | A new era of government censorship has dawned
Donald Trump fancies himself a champion of free speech. Oh, really?
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Gender and Inequalities Centre at Southampton @gain-centre.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
📝On our blog, we reflect on the @psawomenpol.bsky.social y.social annual conference we hosted here at @unisouthampton.bsky.social ! We were delighted to bring together scholars from diverse disciplines who study gender and inequalities. generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk/gain/2025/07...
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Reflections from the PSA Women & Politics Annual Conference 2025 – Gender and Inequalities Research Centre, University of Southampton
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Fiona Buckley @fionamaybuckley.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Thanks to @psawomenpol.bsky.social & @gain-centre.bsky.social for hosting a fab conference this week in @unisouthampton.bsky.social with excellent research, examining women, gender & politics. @jess-smith.bsky.social @elizabethjevans.bsky.social @emiliabelknap.bsky.social #LeahMcCabe #Southampton
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Rebecca McKee @rebeccamckee.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
I was up early this morning to talk to BBC 5 Live about the assisted dying bill, while I decide whether to go back to sleep in this heat here's what to expect from today's session The bill will have its third reading today, after MPs vote on some outstanding amendments from last Friday (1/10)
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Emilia Y Belknap @emiliabelknap.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
I was accepted to attend the Intro to Multilevel Modelling for Intersectionality Research: The MAIDHA Approach course today at @bristoluni.bsky.social hosted by @sheffielduni.bsky.social Sheffield Methods Institute. So excited to expand my mixed-method toolbelt and happy to be here.
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Sanwal Hussain Kharl @sanwalkharl.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Thank you so much @jess-smith.bsky.social @emiliabelknap.bsky.social @elizabethjevans.bsky.social and Leah McCabe for organising this wonderful event. Lovely to meet a lot of great people working on Gender Politics. @gain-centre.bsky.social @psawomenpol.bsky.social
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Emilia Y Belknap @emiliabelknap.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Tomorrow @gain-centre.bsky.social & @psawomenpol.bsky.social host the annual PSA Women &Politics conference! We are so excited to celebrate the careers of Profs Yvonne Galligan & Fiona Mackay. If you have any Qs for them or anecdotes of their careers, use this form: forms.gle/8H8MnSyDzz7F...
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Celebrating the Careers of Yvonne Galligan & Fiona Mackay
The Gender and Inequalities (GAIN) Centre and PSA's Women and Politics Standing Group are holding an Annual Conference titled ’Troubled Times: Gender and Politics in the 21st Century' at the Universit...
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Gender and Inequalities Centre at Southampton @gain-centre.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Tomorrow, we host PSA's Annual Women & Politics Conference with @psawomenpol.bsky.social! We are thrilled to welcome you to campus, and we have 1.5 days of presentations from scholars on gender, inequalities, and the challenges faced by gender and politics in the 21st century. Get in touch with Qs!
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Gender and Inequalities Centre at Southampton @gain-centre.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
🚨Today is the LAST day to register for our conference 📝with @psawomenpol.bsky.social next week! 📅It's £20 to attend the 2-day conference, which includes a lunch🥪, coffee, and an evening reception 🎤celebrating Professors Fiona Mackay and Yvonne Galligan! Registration link here: tinyurl.com/3xnjn5at
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Troubled Times: Gender and Politics in the 21st Century | University of Southampton Online Store
A conference exploring contemporary challenges in gender and politics, hosted by the GAIN Centre at the University of Southampton in partnership with the P
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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · 19/05/2025
A Tinder Test of Democratic Norms💋 New paper in @thejop.bsky.social with @bertous.bsky.social We rely on a visual conjoint experiment, cross-sectional data, & panel data to show that affective polarization drives the normalisation of the far right among the centre-right 🇬🇧🇪🇸 doi.org/10.1086/736698
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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
NEW - Gender Vote Gaps Among Ethnic Minority Voters in Britain - cup.org/435HpIg "results suggest that further work is needed to explain gender gaps in vote choice among ethnic minority voters in Britain" - Nicole S. Martin & Rosalind Shorrocks #OpenAccess
BJPolS abstract discussing the gender gap in political participation among ethnic minority groups in Britain. The study uses data from "Understanding Society" to analyze this issue.
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The Union Survey @theunionsurvey.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Research by @ailsahenderson.bsky.social & @richardwynjones.bsky.social published today. The Future of England Study 2024-25 is published with colleagues from @walesgovernance.bsky.social and @ccc-research.bsky.social. Report & data on our website: www.theunionsurvey.com
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The Union Survey | Public Attitudes on the State of the State
The project and this website will provide a home for data, analysis and a network of researchers and others with an interest in the relationships between the UK's component parts. Drawing on rigorous ...
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Rikki Dean @rikkidean.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Just a few days left to apply for this postdoc position and come and join me at @sotonpolitics.bsky.social & @cdfuos.bsky.social. *The deadline is the 28th* (not the 30th as I wrongly stated in the original post).
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Politics at Southampton @sotonpolitics.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
❗ FREE Summer School on 'Declining democratic health: Methods for diagnosis, treatment, and recovery' with us! 🗓️ June 23-24 📍 Southampton More details: www.southampton.ac.uk/socsci/news/...
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Gender and Inequalities Centre at Southampton @gain-centre.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
There are two more days to submit your abstracts! (We have previously extended the due date to 25 April 2025!) The conference will take place at @unisouthampton.bsky.social, and we are so looking forward to hosting everyone alongside the award-winning @psawomenpol.bsky.social group!
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Gender and Inequalities Centre at Southampton @gain-centre.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
🎓 Are you a PhD student researching gender & inequalities at @unisouthampton.bsky.social ? 💡 Apply for up to £150 to fund fieldwork or conferences! ✍️ Deadline: 2 May On how to apply, please see: generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk/gain/researc... Email us 📩 GAIN@soton.ac.uk
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Research Opportunities – Gender and Inequalities Research Centre, University of Southampton
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Emilia Y Belknap @emiliabelknap.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
🔟 👐 Ten days left to submit an abstract to our conference here in Southampton! More details below. We are especially keen to receive abstracts PhDs and ECRs! 📚 👇 @psawomenpol.bsky.social @gain-centre.bsky.social @sotonpolitics.bsky.social
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Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
The crush of new grant cancellations hasn't let up. If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes. Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.
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Cancelled NIH grant information submission form
Please use this form to submit information identifying specific NIH grants that have been cancelled for any reason after January 20, 2025. Data from this form will be used to update the Rescinded NIH...
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