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Politics at Southampton @sotonpolitics.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Check out what our @gain-centre.bsky.social has been up to in its first full year as it sets the agenda on understandings about gender and inequalities!

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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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Gender and Inequalities Centre at Southampton @gain-centre.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Delighted to support ‘A New Woman Leader?’ A workshop convened by @jennpiscopo.bsky.social and our own @jess-smith.bsky.social. Today, Dr Smith presented a systematic review of voter bias towards women candidates, sparking discussion on gender, leadership and political representation.

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Dr Smith presenting her systematic review of voter bias towards women candidates

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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.

Photo shows a picture of Professor Rickne in front of a presentation slide looking at variations by age and gender.

Photo shows a picture of Professor Rickne in front of a presentation slide presenting elements of a survey experiment.

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Economics at Southampton @sotonecon.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Today we welcomed @johannarickne.bsky.social (@stockholm-uni.bsky.social) on Stories about Sexual Harassment: Information Rejection and Recall - why people fail to recognise it as wrongful and implications for prevention. Thanks to @gain-centre.bsky.social for supporting this event. #GenderEconomics

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Gender and Inequalities Centre at Southampton @gain-centre.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Happening today! @johannarickne.bsky.social presents a study of ~25k Norwegians, which finds people are less likely to recognise sexual harassment when stories are framed as “accusations,” involve male victims, or describe verbal rather than physical behaviour. Join us in Bldg 100 Room 8011

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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 · 05/03/2026

Professor Silke Roth of Sociology @silkeroth.bsky.social kicks off our Spring Into Methods event discusses coalition building as a strategy to achieve intersectionality and her long career in applying intersectional approaches to gender and inequality research.

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Gender and Inequalities Centre at Southampton @gain-centre.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Join us tomorrow at our Spring Into Methods event, where we discuss how intersectionality can frame methods in gender research. PGRs and PhDs are very welcome! www.southampton.ac.uk/politics/new... CW: Dr Hunt's talk will include a brief discussion of domestic abuse.

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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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Ceri Fowler @cerifowler.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

A reminder to get your abstracts in by December 5th. Any aspect of gender, elections, public opinion, parties, candidates etc. very welcome! @uompols.bsky.social @psaepop.bsky.social

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Gender and Inequalities Centre at Southampton @gain-centre.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

We are still accepting proposals! Please forward to any PhD, PostDoc, or Early Career Researchers you think may be interested in presenting their work on gender and/or inequalities! 🌟👇

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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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Stefan Cross Centre for Women, Equality and Law @scclaw.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Call for papers is still open for our workshop New Technology, AI and Equality 15 April 2026. #equality #law #ai @unisouthampton.bsky.social @gain-centre.bsky.social @sotonphilosophy.bsky.social @sotonpolitics.bsky.social www.southampton.ac.uk/law/news/eve...

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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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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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Stefan Cross Centre for Women, Equality and Law @scclaw.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Call for abstracts is now open for our workshop on AI and Equality 15 April 2026 in collaboration with the @unisouthampton.bsky.social Law School's Law and Technology Centre. #AI #equality #law #workshop #conference

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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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Dr Caroline Leicht @carolineleicht.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

It was fantastic to return to Southampton this week for the @psawomenpol.bsky.social @gain-centre.bsky.social conference. Always such a joy to be with this group of brilliant & supportive friends & colleagues ☀️ Thank you to the organizing team for a great conference & for bringing us all together!

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Gender and Inequalities Centre at Southampton @gain-centre.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Event alert 🔔 organised by PhD Students at Uni of Winchester‼️ Gender and Agency Conference at the University of Winchester - Tuesday 24th of June 📝 Sign up form is here: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

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Gender and Inequalities Centre at Southampton @gain-centre.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

We would like to thank all of the attendees to our Troubled Times? conference; especially our presenters! Missed our conference? 📝That's okay! We had live bsky updates so you can catch up on all the research and presenters we hosted with @psawomenpol.bsky.social ! Day 1 thread is below here 👇

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PSA Women and Politics Specialist Group @psawomenpol.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

The last panel of the day on 'Feminist Histories, Nationalisms and Global Crises' getting under way!

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Gender and Inequalities Centre at Southampton @gain-centre.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

We closed our first day of our conference 🙌 with an In Conversation event celebrating the careers of Professor Fiona Mackay and Yvonne Galligan. 📖📚 Fiona and Yvonne led us down the “winding path” of their academic careers and offered their wisdom on feminist leadership and making space. 🎤

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Sanwal Hussain Kharl @sanwalkharl.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

While celebrating their wonderful career as great scholar of gender and politics Professor Fiona Mackay & Professor Yvonne Galligan @gain-centre.bsky.social , @psawomenpol.bsky.social

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PSA Women and Politics Specialist Group @psawomenpol.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Kicking off day 2 of our conference with @gain-centre.bsky.social. First up our panel on Participation, Representation and Inclusion beginning with @carolineleicht.bsky.social

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Gender and Inequalities Centre at Southampton @gain-centre.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Early start 🌅 for Day 2 of our conference with @psawomenpol.bsky.social with @sotonpolitics.bsky.social Alum 🎓 @carolineleicht.bsky.social at Uni of Glasgow on her research on the glass ceiling and glass cliff of Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris in US election coverage.

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Jessica C. Smith @jess-smith.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Excited to see our conference getting under way! Even if we are in a basement when it is 25 degrees outside... ☀️

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PSA Women and Politics Specialist Group @psawomenpol.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

We're well into our second panel on anti feminist resistance, backsliding and democratic resistance where @jennpiscopo.bsky.social is trying to convince us to be more optimistic!

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PSA Women and Politics Specialist Group @psawomenpol.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Honoured to host an in conversation with Profs Fiona Mackay and Yvonne Galligan to celebrate the amazing contribution they have made to academia and specifically the study of gender and politics

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Gender and Inequalities Centre at Southampton @gain-centre.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Today we are honoured to host @psawomenpol.bsky.social here at @unisouthampton.bsky.social for the PSA Women and Politics conference! Today we kick off Day 1 of 2 with three panels. (🧵🪡) !

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PSA Women and Politics Specialist Group @psawomenpol.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Our annual conference co-hosted with @gain-centre.bsky.social at @sotonpolitics.bsky.social is well underway with a panel on Feminist Participation in State Building

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Political Studies Association @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

*PSA EVENT* 🚨 Tomorrow is our PSA Women & Politics 2025 conference: Troubled Times: #Gender & #Politics in the 21st Century. Organised by @psawomenpol.bsky.social. 📆 17 - 18 June. At the Gender & Inequalities (GAIN) Centre, Southampton. ➡️

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Women and Politics | The Political Studies Association (PSA)

Troubled Times: Gender and Politics in the 21st CenturyPSA Women and Politics Conference, June 17th/18th 2025Hosted by the Gender and Inequalities (GAIN) Centre at the University of Southampton…

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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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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · 28/05/2025

New preprint w/ @grahn.bsky.social & @joenoonan.se What happens when the world's most powerful democracy rolls back core liberal values? 🇺🇸 In this paper, we show how US liberal retrenchment, especially on women’s rights & LGBTQ+ equality, damages US global standing. 📄 doi.org/10.31219/osf...

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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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Gender and Inequalities Centre at Southampton @gain-centre.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

There are three days left to register for our upcoming conference! We cannot wait to welcome a whole range of gender scholars to @unisouthampton.bsky.social & hear about the latest research examining inequalities! Register by 13 June 👉 tinyurl.com/3xnjn5at Submit questions 👉 tinyurl.com/2x3z8u99

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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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Gender and Inequalities Centre at Southampton @gain-centre.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

🎉 Registration is now open for our upcoming conference, including a special celebration of Professors Fiona Mackay & Yvonne Galligan! generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk/gain/confere... Register by 13 June 👉 tinyurl.com/3xnjn5at Submit questions 👉 tinyurl.com/2x3z8u99

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Conferences – Gender and Inequalities Research Centre, University of Southampton

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Clare Rice @clarerice.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

💫QUALREP Gender and Politics Seminar💫 We're putting our own PIs in the hot seat for the final seminar this term - @profrosiecamp.bsky.social & @profsarahchilds.bsky.social! Event details: 📆 Wed 28 May ⏰3-4pm GMT 📍Online - register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/bfd7b0... www.qualrep.org

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Gender and Inequalities Centre at Southampton @gain-centre.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Our funding pool is still open to PhDs, ECRs, and/orTeaching Fellows that are researching gender & inequalities at @unisouthampton.bsky.social ! Please do get in touch. More info in the post below and here: www.southampton.ac.uk/research/ins...

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PhD opportunities

Learn about the different options available for further study with us.

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Gender and Inequalities Centre at Southampton @gain-centre.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Thank you for your abstracts! We are reading them now and will be in touch soon!

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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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Clare Rice @clarerice.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

💫QUALREP Gender and Politics Seminar Series💫 We are delighted to be joined this month by @rosieshorrocks.bsky.social to discuss the UNTWIST project! 📆Wednesday 30 April 🕰️3-4pmGMT 📍Online Registration now open events.teams.microsoft.com/event/d631fe... @edinburghpir.bsky.social www.qualrep.org

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Rikki Dean @rikkidean.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

FAO: ECRs at #PSA25. Do you research democratic attitudes? Are you looking for a job? Then this might be of interest.

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PSA Women and Politics Specialist Group @psawomenpol.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Read our latest updates here including an extended Call for Papers for our conference and our exciting Prize news ⭐ eocampaign1.com/web-version?...

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Extended Call for Papers and Prize News

We won specialist group of the year

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