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Pavlos Vasilopoulos @pavlosvas1.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Really enjoyed attending #EPOP2026 but the news of cuts and job losses from across UK universities is just heartbreaking. Not sure what we can expect from this government but the sector is in an emergency.

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Lala Muradova @lalamur.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Thank you, David! 😀Hope to see you and catch up elsewhere this year then!

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Lala Muradova @lalamur.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Really looking forward to attending @psaepop.bsky.social in Liverpool, a city very close to my heart! Especially because I have been unable to attend any other conference this year! I'm planning to go for a morning #run every day. Let me know if you want to join me.

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Politics at Southampton @sotonpolitics.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

We'll be at @psaepop.bsky.social #epop2026 this week in Liverpool, with ten colleagues involved in 14 presentations over the two days. Come along and say hi!

The list of PAIR colleagues presenting on Friday 18 September:

09.30-11.00 (TR 5) Immigration, Citizenship & Public Attitudes
Will Allen: Visualization Choices About Refugees Have Delimited Impacts Along Partisan Lines

Will Allen: Immigrant Occupational Essentialness and Preferences for Welfare Redistribution

09.30-11.00 (TR 4) Affective Polarisation & Political Emotions
Lala Muradova: Regulating Emotions and Affective Polarization

11.30-13.00 (TR 4) Gender, Disability & Candidate Evaluation
Jessica C. Smith: A Turning Point for Women? A Systematic Review of Voter Bias against Women Candidates

Stuart J. Turnbull-Dugarte: Do Women Make the Far Right More Acceptable (and Therefore Electable)?

11.30-13.00 (TR 5) Parliament, Knowledge & Public Trust
Chris Butler: Citizens’ Knowledge of Parliament and Their Sources of Knowledge

Will Jennings (attending co-author): How Well Do Politicians Understand Levels of Political Trust in Their Country?

Saturday 19 September (morning)
09.30-11.00 (Flex 2) The 2025–26 Elections in Britain & Ireland
John Kenny: Candidate Authenticity and the 2025 Irish Presidential Election

09.30-11.00 (LT 3) Economic Voting & Political Accountability
Will Jennings: An Experimental Test of the Costs of Governing

11.30-13.00 (TR 4) Measuring Political Attitudes & Behaviour
Rob Johns: Upgrading the Standard Measures of Left-Right and Libertarian-Authoritarian Attitudes

11.30-13.00 (Flex 1) Radical-Right and Populist Trajectories
Daniel Devine (attending co-author): Where Did You Come From, Where Did You Go? The Trajectories of Radical Right Support in Britain

Saturday 19 September (afternoon)
14.00-15.30 (Flex 1) Occupation, Status & Political Values
Stuart J. Turnbull-Dugarte: Small Men

16.00-17.30 (TR 5) Mental Health, Psychological Traits & Political Persuasion
Rob Johns (attending co-author): Public Perceptions of Politicians with Mental Health Problems in the UK

16.00-17.30 (Flex 2) Democratic Institutions, Innovations & Citizen Voices
Paul Kindermann: Politicising Democratic Innovations? Evidence on the Divided Public Resonance of Mini-Publics

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EPOP @psaepop.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

There is just over 2 weeks to go until #EPOP2026 in Liverpool. A preliminary programme is now available on the conference website. We look forward to seeing everyone across 40 panels, 2 roundtables and lots of social activities!

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EPOP 2026 | Department of Politics | University of Liverpool

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Lala Muradova @lalamur.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Dear colleagues/friends, @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org has just notified me that ‘Empathy and Political Reasoning’ is free to read and hopefully enjoy, until September 14th, 2026, for the APSA @apsa.bsky.social conference this year. www.cambridge.org/core/element...

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Empathy and Political Reasoning

Cambridge Core - American Government, Politics and Policy - Empathy and Political Reasoning

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Sara Hobolt @sarahobolt.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

📢 LSE Political Theory job opening We’re looking for a political theorist to join us at @lsegovernment.bsky.social - it is an open rank search, so we welcome applications at Assistant, Associate or Full Professor level Reach out with questions & please share widely! jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...

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Assistant/Associate/Professor in Political Theory

Assistant/Associate/Professor in Political Theory, , <p> </p> <p style="text-align: center;">LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university</p> <p style="margin:...

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Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

There will be several postdocs joining the department over the coming year and so it's a good time to join.

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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Come and work with us! We are seeking a colleague to join us on a full-time, fixed-term basis as a Research and Enterprise Manager for the Faculty of Social Sciences: jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... The role involves a range of interesting activities supporting research and knowledge exchange.

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Job Opportunity at the University of Southampton: Research and Enterprise Manager

The Faculty of Social Sciences is seeking a Research and Enterprise Manager to join the Faculty Operating Service. Based in the Faculty of Social Sciences, you will make an important contribution to l...

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Lala Muradova @lalamur.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I have finished reading it, and I absolutely loved it! In addition to everything new that I learned, I also loved how honest your interpretations of the scientific findings were. Bringing in the literature was the cherry on top : my kind of book! :-) Congrats again!

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Lala Muradova @lalamur.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Haven't been much here. Just wanted to say: @leorzmigrod.bsky.social, I'm reading your book this week for a class on neuropolitics. It is absolutely brilliant! You made such a serious topic sound fun with your writing! A great discovery of this year! Congratulations!

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Lala Muradova @lalamur.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

It is amazing to read that Marjana Satrapi established a Cinema Foundation to support international students who wish to study filmmaking in Paris.

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Lala Muradova @lalamur.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Saddened by the news of Marjana Satrapi's passing :-( Persepolis is a remarkable memoir. I also loved her Embroideries: funny and witty, on intimate conversations about love, sex, and marriage among Iranian women...

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Julius Diener @dienerjulius.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

What drives legislators' emotional engagement with climate issues? I explore the role of their age and party affiliation and over-time developments in a new research note in European Journal of Political Research. (a thread)

A screenshot of the title page of the paper

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Lala Muradova @lalamur.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

@sotonpolitics.bsky.social has strong representation at #psa26 this year! sad to be missing it this year!

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EPOP @psaepop.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

The call for papers for #EPOP2026 in Liverpool (17–19 September) is now open! We welcome submissions across all areas of research on elections, public opinion and parties. Deadline: 26 April Submit your proposals here: www.liverpool.ac.uk/politics/eve... @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

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PSA Political Psychology Specialist Group @psapolpsychology.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

This time on Thursday, we kick off our Spring seminar series with a fascinating talk by @lalamur.bsky.social on the gender politics of contemporary dating! Sign up via Teams: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/a34888...

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Lala Muradova @lalamur.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Congratulations, Andrej! 😍🥳🎉

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Laleh Khalili @lalehkhalili.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

For those wanting to know more about Iran and voices from inside the country (rather than the fash-y monarchists outside), Naghmeh Sohrabi has been translating pieces from folks inside on her blog: truethings.naghmehs.com

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These Are the True Things | Naghmeh Sohrabi | Substack

I'm an historian who writes about politics, history, and culture of Iran and the Middle East. Also about television, books, and whatever catches my fancy. Click to read These Are the True Things, by N...

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PSA Political Psychology Specialist Group @psapolpsychology.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

We are launching another online Spring Seminar Series, starting two weeks from today. www.psa.ac.uk/specialist_g... We have a great programme of four fascinating talks from political psychologists, happening fortnightly on Thursdays at 12:00. The line-up...

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Lala Muradova @lalamur.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Looking forward to presenting this work on dating, love and politics, co-authored with the fab @bertous.bsky.social at @psapolpsychology.bsky.social online seminar series.

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IPSA @ipsa.org · 24/02/2026

Empathy and Political Reasoning: How Empathy Promotes Reflection and Strengthens Democracy www.ipsa.org/na/book/empa...

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Eva Anduiza @evaanduiza.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

It has been great to navigate this paper with amazing @gefjonoff.bsky.social . Started expecting angry right-wing men to feel threatened by feminism and found out more than one surprise 👇

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Tim Christiaens @timchristiaens.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

New paper on agonistic workplace democracy 🚨 Workplace democracy is too often viewed as peaceful & deliberative, while implicit hierarchies from within & without the workplace skew interactions. We must acknowledge conflict to dismantle these hidden inequalities. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Why Agonistic Workplace Democracy by Tim Christiaens in Review of Social Economy

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

All it takes is people who aren’t cowards and take their oaths seriously. Sadly, too much to ask for far too many.

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Lala Muradova @lalamur.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Back from my winter holidays (happy 2026!) and reflecting on 2025 professionally, I realize @sotonpolitics.bsky.social, led by @piariggirozzi.bsky.social is still the best department to work in. Still supportive and still wonderful! 💜

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Lala Muradova @lalamur.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

📚 Fiction books I enjoyed reading in 2025: a much longer list (I read 30) includes books I didn’t enjoy but forced myself to finish, and books that were brilliant but so depressing that I would rather forget them. 📚

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Zeljko Poljak @zeljkopoljak.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

How can politicians make citizens more accepting of costly climate policies? Our new study shows that people are more likely to support policies, even if they involve personal costs (!), when diverse stakeholders are actively included in decision-making. doi.org/10.1057/s413...

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Navigating policy legitimacy: the distributive and procedural justice of road transport pricing schemes - Interest Groups & Advocacy

A major question in politics concerns how the policymaking process shapes political legitimacy. Drawing from the distributive and procedural justice literature, we propose two explanatory factors infl...

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Will Allen @williamlallen.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Not sure if #poliskypressups will take off, but I've donated to this great effort by @robfordmancs.bsky.social in the hope that it does!

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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · 29/11/2025

A critique of our (w/ @bertous.bsky.social) paper “Instrumentally inclusive” has just been published. Our response is under review (see below on process) but we feel obliged to share our draft for balance since the comment has been released without the response. osf.io/rn6h3/files/...

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Dana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Cover art by Sara Qaed

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Marta Fraile @martafraile.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

@ipp-csic.bsky.social. En un día como el 25N hay que contarlo: La violencia contra las mujeres se esconde en la intimidad de los hogares y se cobra víctimas cada día globalmente con un coste social abrumador: No podemos ignorarlo ni tampoco relativizarlo. @csic.es elpais.com/opinion/2025...

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DemoLabs @demolabs.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

We were happy to welcome @lalamur.bsky.social who gave a brilliant talk on the impact of political talk about feminism when dating 💘 Future research projects and collaborations were also discussed 🤝 - stay tuned! 🤩

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Lala Muradova @lalamur.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Thank you, Stuttgart, for such a wonderful time! Special thanks to DDME team @demolabs.bsky.social with @franziskamaier.bsky.social @seraphinearnold.bsky.social & André Bächtiger! 💜

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Sara Hobolt @sarahobolt.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

🚨 LSE Assistant Professor in Political Science 🚨 We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor - any area of empirical political science - to join our wonderful Government Dept @lsegovernment.bsky.social Any questions, please reach out to me 📣 Please share! 📣 jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

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Florence So @floriso.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

🌟 JOB ALERT! 🌟 I’m hiring 1 postdoc for my ERC project ECONENGAGE (@ Gothenburg 🇸🇪)! Starting ca. Aug '26! Congenial colleagues + int'l & supportive environment. 💸 for conferences + workshops! Lots of professional networking opportunities with scholars! Deadline Jan 7th. Apply! (see more below 🧵)

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Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science PAR 2025/838

The Department of Political Science is an international academic environment that welcomes students, researchers and

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Jane Green @profjanegreen.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

NEW! How should Labour respond to the two key issues to voters of the economy and immigration and what are the electoral stakes this week of the budget? Read on for our answer... @nprcoxford.bsky.social @jrf-uk.bsky.social

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Jane Green @profjanegreen.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Feelings of financial insecurity are costing Labour support. And, if this budget doesn’t help people feel less worried about finances, Labour will lose more votes on its handling of the national economy AND on immigration too. Financial insecurity is *compounding* losses on other issues/evaluations.

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Lala Muradova @lalamur.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

What a wonderful experience to present our book project on political talk, dating and gender w/ @bertous.bsky.social at @ipp-csic.bsky.social. Thanks to @martafraile.bsky.social & @ipp-csic.bsky.social for such a warm welcome & organization, despite an eventful fire drill in the building😀.

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Lala Muradova @lalamur.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Thanks, Harry, I will email you now.

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Lala Muradova @lalamur.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

🚨🚨🚨Do you of anyone (and can recommend as a collaborator) who works on EU policy-making and have expertise on the procedures and evaluations? We are seeking a partner for a project. Thank you! 🚨🚨🚨

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Lala Muradova @lalamur.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

I’m amazed by the quality of the feedback we’ve received from the reviewers of our book with @bertous.bsky.social. I don’t think we talk about this enough in academia, but we should recognize and celebrate those who genuinely engage with the work (it takes time, energy and ability). 💜

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