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Saskia Bonjour @saskiabonjour.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Dit is een hele bijzondere kans om je eigen promotieonderzoek vorm te geven, binnen het brede thema van "maatschappelijke uitdagingen in Amsterdam". Voor de meeste posities moet je vloeiend Nederlands kunnen spreken.

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The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

🌈 #GenderingDemocracy No.42 ⚖️ On 21 April, the European Court of Justice delivered a landmark ruling that Hungary’s anti-LGBTQ+ law is incompatible with #EU values. 🔎 @kslootmaeckers.bsky.social analyses the Court’s ruling + its wider implications beyond #Hungary. 👉️ bit.ly/42hODcl

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🌈 The European Court of Justice's Hungary judgement and what it means for LGBTQ+ rights

On 21 April 2026 the European Court of Justice delivered a landmark ruling, arguing that Hungary’s anti-LGBTQ+ law, in dehumanising LGBTIQ+ people, is incompatible with EU values. Koen Slootmaeckers a...

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Tanja Vuckovic Juros @tvuckovicjuros.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Download it today 4 free: Anti-Gender Mobilizations in the Post-Yugoslav Space. Hidden Connection, ed. by Roman Kuhar & Adriana Zaharijevic! Bragging rights: endorsements by Judith Butler, @ericfassin.bsky.social, Ruth Wodak & @kslootmaeckers.bsky.social :) link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

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Anti-Gender Mobilizations in the Post-Yugoslav Space

This open access book advances knowledge of anti-gender mobilizations and offers helpful insights for academics, researchers, and policymakers alike.

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Dr Koen Slootmaeckers @kslootmaeckers.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

I am beyond proud of my PhD Student Meg Poff, who has just published their first article entitled: "Between and Beyond: Negotiating Belonging Within Queer Borderlands" You can access it open-access here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Between and Beyond: Negotiating Belonging Within Queer Borderlands

Belonging is an affective, social and biopolitical phenomenon which is relationally negotiated and which produces material and symbolic ‘borders’. Subsequently, the politics of belonging refers to th...

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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community. Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Fresh ideas. Sharp analysis. Europe re-examined. Our European Politics series goes beyond the headlines to uncover the forces shaping the continent's evolving political landscape in the 21st century 🇪🇺 Check out our latest titles on the politics of race, sexuality and health👇

New titles in Manchester University Press's European Politics series. Book covers from left to right: The politics of unbelonging, Coming in, European Union health policy. Dark blue background with an image of the flags of European countries.

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Dr Koen Slootmaeckers @kslootmaeckers.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

🆕 Just published in Geopolitics: “A Relational Approach to Study Europeanisation via Enlargement” As the enlargement process is re-energised, we must rethink our theoretical tools to make sense of the politics of the process. 📝 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #Europeanisation #EUEnlargement

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A Relational Approach to Study Europeanisation via Enlargement

In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the European Union (EU) has reinvigorated its enlargement agenda, bringing renewed focus to the complexities of Europeanisation via enlargement. This ar...

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Khoa @khoavuumn.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Economists looking at an idea from sociology literature that they will be the first to write a paper on.

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Some people say the biggest gap in research funding is at mid career level. So here is our new call for our mid career fellowship programme which provides buyout for 6 to 12 months to devote to the completion of a major piece of research. Spread the word! www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/mid-...

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Mid-Career Fellowships

The Mid-Career Fellowships are designed both to support outstanding individual researchers with excellent research proposals, and to promote public understanding and engagement with humanities and soc...

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Phillip Ayoub @payoub.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Absolutely incredible turnout for Budapest Pride! So proud of all the organizers, including some old friends, who estimate hundreds of thousands— major embarrassment to Orban

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Matthew Hodson @matthewhodson.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Love, solitarity and strength to all Hungarian LGBTQ and allies, defying Orban’s ban and rallying at Budapest Pride today. Despite all efforts to erase us, we shine! #BudapestPride

Budapest Pride. A man wearing gold lame pants and a Stetson marches in front of various Pride flags, observed by Police.

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Dr Koen Slootmaeckers @kslootmaeckers.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Manchester University Press’s summer sale with 50% discount! With the paperback of my book just out, you can now get your copy for just a little over £12!!! Get your copy now! It’s not gonna be that cheap anytime soon! Use discount code Sun50 - manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526191281/

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Dr Koen Slootmaeckers @kslootmaeckers.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

I was interviewed by @e-international.bsky.social about my book, my broader work as well as my views on LGBT politics in Europe. I really enjoyed being able to reflect on the different people and ideas that have shaped my academic life. Read it here: www.e-ir.info/2025/06/09/i...

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Interview - Koen Slootmaeckers

Koen Slootmaeckers discusses queer IR, EU politics, and burnout in academia, inviting scholars to prioritise self-care and build kinder communities.

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Shota Hintsagty @hintsagty.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

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Interview - Koen Slootmaeckers

Koen Slootmaeckers discusses queer IR, EU politics, and burnout in academia, inviting scholars to prioritise self-care and build kinder communities.

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Dr Koen Slootmaeckers @kslootmaeckers.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

My book has been released as a paperback with a refresh of the cover ☺️ This means that you can now buy your book at much more affordable prices! Have a look here: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526191281/

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Marko Jurčić @markojurcic.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Smart, sharp critique of @ilgaeurope.bsky.social’s Rainbow Map by @frammaturo.bsky.social and @kslootmaeckers.bsky.social. What happens when advocacy tools shape reality more than reflect it? It builds hierarchies, fuels homonationalism, and reduces queer life to legal checkboxes.

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Dr Koen Slootmaeckers @kslootmaeckers.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Woke up to this little nugget! Very grateful for the way people have been engaging with my work and the generosity I’ve received in their engagement.

Picture of a google scholar notice celebrating 1000th citation.

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Dr Koen Slootmaeckers @kslootmaeckers.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Stand up for trans rights 🏳️‍⚧️ Join me and @GoodLawProject and help us fight the Supreme Court’s harmful decision:https://goodlawproject.org/s/c41bb8

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European Journal of Politics and Gender @ejpgjournal.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Start your week off right & make sure you check out our latest Themed Issue on "LGBTQ+ Politics in Contentious Times" 📖 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 It's packed with work by stars 🌟 like @honoratabogusz.bsky.social @kslootmaeckers.bsky.social @alavizzari.bsky.social @grahn.bsky.social among others!

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European Journal of Politics and Gender

"European Journal of Politics and Gender" published on by Bristol University Press.

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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

The fact that the UK Supreme Court uncritically accepted “research” (from an anti-trans group) that trans inclusion in single-sex spaces threatens lesbians inverts reality. The biggest supporters of trans folk are cis lesbian and bi women. It’s also homophobic to erase trans lesbians and gay men.

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Dr Kevin Guyan @kevinguyan.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Trying to get my head around what the Supreme Court ruling means for birth certificates in the UK 📝

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UACES (University Association for Contemporary European Studies) @uaces.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

The withdrawal of the EU’s anti-discrimination directive has elicited concern about the bloc’s commitment to equality. Join us on Monday, 10 March 2025 from 14:30 - 15:45 pm GMT for a virtual roundtable dissecting the challenges ahead. Register here for free: uaces.civiplus.net/civicrm/even....

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Coming in: Sexual politics and EU accession in Serbia by @kslootmaeckers.bsky.social is the WINNER of the #EUSA 2025 Best Book Prize🎉 'A much-needed critical reappraisal of the Europeanisation of LGBT rights and EU enlargement policies' - @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social Available now! #LGBTQ

Blurred rainbow background with multicoloured confetti. Book cover for Coming in: Sexual politics and EU accession in Serbia sits in the centre of image. Black text at top reads: WINNER. Black text at bottom reads: 2025 EUSA Best Book Prize.

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Dr Koen Slootmaeckers @kslootmaeckers.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Still time to submit your extended abstracts! We are so excited to get new and novel approaches and new voices to join us! Deadline 15 January!

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Dr. Chris Pepin-Neff (they/them) @pepinneff.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

"Inequality is viewed as an asset of incumbent policy actors bc it provides them w a predictable device w which to manage potentially unpredictable (& politically dangerous) situations." www.routledge.com/9781032786575

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Tolerable Inequality: Understanding Public Policy and LGBTQ+ Politics

Pepin-Neff coins the term ‘Tolerable Inequality’ to examine the ways in which politicians and political actors use the policy process as a tool to make inequality acceptable as a way of keeping power ...

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Dr Koen Slootmaeckers @kslootmaeckers.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Do you research #PrideEvents? Consider sending an abstract for a chapter for the book 'The Changing Face of Pride: Movements, Activism, Histories' edited by me and Francesca R Ammaturo ! Deadline 15/01/2025. Info on Submission: koenslootmaeckers.com/pridebook.html #CFP #LGBTQ

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Call for Chapters Pride Book

Extended abstracts (1000 words) should be sent to Dr Francesca Romana Ammaturo ( f.ammaturo@londonmet.ac.uk ) and Dr Koen Slootmaeckers ( koen.slootmaeckers@city.ac.uk ), with the subject line:...

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Aine Bennett @ainebennett.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Looking forward to presenting "Proximity to monosexuality as protection in asylum", a chapter of my PhD thesis on bi+ asylum at @doingips.bsky.social this Friday! We will be at KCL and @kslootmaeckers.bsky.social has very kindly agreed to be my discussant 😄 If you'd like to join, get in touch!

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Dr Viviane Gravey @vgravey.bsky.social · 04/09/2024

Before I start teaching #EuropeanStudies again, time for a panel at #UACES2024 on @kslootmaeckers.bsky.social and @rguerrina.bsky.social report The Sound of Silence in the European Studies Canon www.uaces.org/edi-report

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EDI in the European Studies Canon | UACES

Advancing the study of Europe. Supporting our members worldwide.

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Dr Koen Slootmaeckers @kslootmaeckers.bsky.social · 02/09/2024

Starting the week presenting my paper “the case for a relational approach to Europeanisation via enlargement” at the UACES annual conference.

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Phillip Ayoub @payoub.bsky.social · 17/06/2024

Out now with @kstoeckl.bsky.social and I are happy to share our new book "The Global Fight Against LGBTI Rights" nyupress.org/978147982479... A decade in the making, it offers in-depth look at the global movement to curtail LGBTI rights—and how the LGBTI movement responds to it.

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Publisher of academic books and electronic media publishing for general interest and in a wide variety of fields.

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Dr Koen Slootmaeckers @kslootmaeckers.bsky.social · 01/09/2024

Off we go for#UACES2024! See you all there!

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Dr Viviane Gravey @vgravey.bsky.social · 31/08/2024

Interested in #European studies #EU politics, law, economics etc.? Want to follow academics working in those area? Our @uaces.bsky.social conference this year #UACES2024 is next week in #Trento and I've put together a starter pack of conference participants already on BlueSky go.bsky.app/LwLMxw9

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Dr Koen Slootmaeckers @kslootmaeckers.bsky.social · 13/12/2023

Now that I have received the official letter, I am very pleased to announced I have been promoted to Reader in International Politics and that I can now spend the next few years trying to explain what being a Reader means.

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Roberta Guerrina @rguerrina.bsky.social · 13/11/2023

All the speakers have been announced and you still have two days to register for the annual @equalin-sight.bsky.social conference “Bridging the Gap” — follow the link to register to attend either In person or online bridging-the-gap.co 👇👇👇

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Dr Koen Slootmaeckers @kslootmaeckers.bsky.social · 10/11/2023

Very excited to join the Bridging the Gap conference (20 Nov) organised by @rguerrina.bsky.social to deliver my keynote "Making EDI policies work: asking the tough questions". To register (to join online) and see the full programme, visit www.bridging-the-gap.co

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Home | Bridging the Gap

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Dr Koen Slootmaeckers @kslootmaeckers.bsky.social · 27/10/2023

I am just at an emotional loss looking at the news in the last few hours. I am in despair to see such loss of live, such genocidal violence and the lack of a response and the ways in which our governments are condoning and supporting this blatant erasure of humanity.

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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 26/10/2023

because the UN Security Council hasn’t acted, the UN General Assembly will convene an emergency session on Palestine today & tomorrow—a huge number of speakers will speak, and then all will vote on a draft resolution from Jordan. You can watch here: media.un.org/en/asset/k1y...

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General Assembly: Tenth emergency special session (resumed), 39th plenary meeting

Illegal Israeli actions in occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Item 5).

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Dr Koen Slootmaeckers @kslootmaeckers.bsky.social · 27/10/2023

Hitting the submit button is a great way to start the weekend. Fingers crossed for a smooth review process, because I am very proud of this piece ☺️

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CEU Review of Books @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social · 19/10/2023

In his book, Coming In. Sexual Politics and EU Accession in Serbia (ManchesterUP, 2023) Koen Slootmaeckers offer a succinct and comprehensive analysis of sexual politics, Europeanization and policy making in Serbia. @aleksranko.bsky.social reviews the book. ceureviewofbooks.com/review/sexua...

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Roberta Guerrina @rguerrina.bsky.social · 18/10/2023

This year’s @SPAISBristol annual lecture by on disability and political representation by @elizabethjevans.bsky.social drawing attention to the exclusion of disable people in politics. Absolutely fantastic and much needed research

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