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Malu Gatto

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Associate Professor at UCL | Brazilian politics, gender and politics, representation, & behaviour | Feminista e baiana

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Paulo Drinot @paulodrinot.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
One for your diaries: Kurt Weyland, Democracy’s Resilience to Populism’s Threat on 11 June. All welcome! Please RT. www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...
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Democracy’s Resilience to Populism’s Threat
Prof Kurt Weyland delivers the UCL Institute of the Americas/Journal of Latin American Studies Annual Lecture
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Ana Catalano Weeks @anacweeks.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
🗓️ Bath friends, mark your calendars! On May 14 5:30pm @leahruppanner.bsky.social is giving a talk on the mental load and her excellent new book, Drained! Free & open to the public, please join us for a great conversation ⬇️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/leah-ruppa... @uniofbathipr.bsky.social
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Professor Leah Ruppanner (@leahruppanner.bsky.social)
Professor of Sociology and Founding Director of The Future of Work Lab and the Gender Equity Initiative at the University of Melbourne. #Gender #FutureofWork #Care #AI #Robots. My new book on the ment...
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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 27/03/2026
🚨Job alert🚨 We are looking for two lecturers/assistant professors in environmental politics (permanent!) www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...
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ED13504 Lecturer in Environmental Politics - Jobs at Bath
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REBRAC - Rede Europeia de Brasilianistas de Análise Cultural @rebracweb.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
The Blue Trail (directed by Gabriel Mascaro) showing on Wednesday 8 April at 18:45 at The Lexi Cinema in London Special preview screening with Cine Brazil and as part of the UK/Brazil Season of Culture 2025-26 thelexicinema.co.uk/TheLexiCinem...
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The Blue Trail - The Lexi Cinema
Showing from Wed 8 Apr
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UCL Institute of the Americas @uclamericas.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Want to know more about sugar cane plantations, dominoes, bodegas, electricity blackouts, salsa, reggaeton, and the history and politics of América and its peoples, from Chile to Canadá? Apply to our MA in Latin American Studies: History, Politics & Society #BadBunny www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...
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Latin American Studies: History, Politics and Society MA
This multidisciplinary MA provides in-depth coverage of current debates in the field of Latin American Studies, developing knowledge of the region's diverse societies and forces that have shaped them.
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Kellogg Institute at the University of Notre Dame @kellogginstitute.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
How does democracy erode when the state itself is weakened? In The Democracy Paradox, Javier Pérez Sandoval (Kellogg Institute) explains why populist leaders "hollow out" state capacity – and what that means for justice, security, and elections. Listen: bit.ly/4qW9i0d
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UCL Institute of the Americas @uclamericas.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
📚 Book Launch - Join Professors Paulo Drinot and Alberto Vergara, editors of Modern Peru: A New History 📅 28 January 2026 | 13.00 – 14.30 📍 In-person | 51 Gordon Square 🎤 Explore a sweeping account of Peru’s history with leading scholars 🔗 www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo... @paulodrinot.bsky.social
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Ana Catalano Weeks @anacweeks.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
How do you measure the domestic mental load? 🧐 And how does your experience stack up against our research of 3,000 US parents? I created a quiz using the same approach we use in peer-reviewed sociological research so you can find out! Hope this sparks some conversations 💡 tally.so/r/447Xxk
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The Mental Load Quiz
Made with Tally, the simplest way to create forms.
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Meredith Conroy @meredithconroy.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Now on my substack, Gender Gap: 5 notable gaps discussed in 2025. 1. leaving the U.S. 2. marriage aspirations 3. social media use 4. loneliness 5. college plans I picked these bc they signal how men/women structure their social lives and are imagining their futures. substack.com/home/post/p-...
Line chart showing the share of men/women ages 18-40 who want to leave the US permanently from 2008 to 2025. In 2025, 40% of women, and 19% of men, in this age cohort say they want to leave.Line chart from 1993 to 2023 showing the share of 12th grader boys and girls who want to get married. In 2023, there is a 23 point gap, with girls less likely to want to get married. Bar chart showing share of men/women who interact with their friends on social media, and how often. 30% of men say "never" compared to 18% of women.Horizontal bar chart showing share of teen girls and teen boys who plan to go to college. 60% of girls but 46% of boys say they plan to go to college.
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UCL Institute of the Americas @uclamericas.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Why Chile Voted for Kast: Insights from Experts José Antonio Kast marks the biggest rightward shift since 1990. Join our expert roundtable: ✅ What drove this dramatic turn? ✅ The issues that shaped the campaign ✅ Impact on Latin America 📅 21 Jan | 13:00 | In-person 🔗 www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...
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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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UCL Institute of the Americas @uclamericas.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Have you read our first blog post yet? "Save for a total change of heart in Donald Trump, it is hard to see a reversal of the US military buildup off Venezuela’s Caribbean coast...." Read the full post: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/americas-blo...
New blog post: US aggression against Venezuela: a war foretold" written on a pale sage background with a photo of Pablo Uchoa in the centre of the image
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REBRAC - Rede Europeia de Brasilianistas de Análise Cultural @rebracweb.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Job: Lecturer in Global Politics with a regional specialization in Latin America, UCL. Apply by 4 January 2026. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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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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Nathalie Giger @nathaliegiger.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
🔔Job Alert 🔔 Thrilled to share that @stefaniebailer.bsky.social and I have been awarded 1.5 million CHF in SNSF funding for our new project: “Electoral choice: Which role does legislators’ quality play?” We’re recruiting 1 postdoc and 2 PhD candidates to join us in Basel and Geneva!
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Malu Gatto @malugatto.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
It’s fantastic to see this out! Congratulations, @mduque.bsky.social!
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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women 🧵
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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
We have just published the call for the Nuffield Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Politics. These are 3-year fully-funded postdocs that will allow you to focus on your research in a great academic environment. (And with excellent food) www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
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Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Politics - Nuffield College Oxford University
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Lucia Motolinia @luciamotoliniac.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
I'm thrilled that my book, Unity through Particularism: How Electoral Reforms Influence Parties and Legislative Behavior, is now available for pre-order through CUP and Amazon! Let me know if you'd like an electronic copy for your class, and I'll send it to you! www.cambridge.org/us/universit...
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UCL Institute of the Americas @uclamericas.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Our Canadian series begins this month with "The Quebec Referendum, October 1995: Thirty Years After". 📅28 October 2025 🕜18.00 ONLINE Register by 27 October 12noon 🔗 www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo... Join a panel of distinguished commentators on Quebec history and politics.
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Mona Lena Krook @mlkrook.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
The website for my forthcoming book, Elect Women for a Change: The Path to Gender Parity in Politics, is now live! www.paritypolitics.org Reach out if you might be interested in having me come give a talk! The book will be published by Polity in February 2026. Gendersky Polisky
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Elect Women for a Change | Gender Parity in Politics
Women have made significant inroads into political life over the last 30 years. Yet many nations still lag behind. In the face of these developments, a new global movement is taking shape. Building on...
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Simon Chauchard @simonchauchard.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
🚨🚨 Some hope: media and information literacy trainings - modules providing crucial skills to better consume information - in classroom settings appears to move the needle, and to have positive externalities! Check out the (open-access) results of our large field-experiment in India.
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Verena Reidinger @reidingerve.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Do men see gender parity in representation as detrimental to their interests? What about when women’s representation exceeds parity? And how do such shifts affect men’s fairness perceptions? I address these questions in my article, now published in PRQ. 1/9 
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Comparative Political Studies @cpsjournal.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
(4) "Backlash or Progressive Mobilization? Voter Reactions to Perceived Trajectories of Women’s Representation" by Magdalena Breyer @mabreyer.bsky.social l doi-org.proxy1.library.jhu.edu/10.1177/0010...
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UCL Institute of the Americas @uclamericas.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
📚 Seminar Alert! Jonathan Bell, Professor of American History at UCL, introduces his forthcoming book: The Health Care Closet: Sexual Politics and Health in the U.S. since the Rights Revolutions 📅 15 Oct 2025 ⏰ 4pm 📍 51 Gordon Square 🔗 www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...
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Ana Catalano Weeks @anacweeks.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
🚨 New article out today in @cpsjournal.bsky.social ! 📄 “Strategic Inclusion Without Transformation: How Populist Radical Right Parties Engage With Women’s Interests” With Bonnie Meguid, @hildecoffe.bsky.social & Miki Kittilson 🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0010...
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Strategic Inclusion Without Transformation: How Populist Radical Right Parties Engage With Women’s Interests - Bonnie M. Meguid, Hilde Coffé, Ana Catalano Weeks, Miki Caul Kittilson, 2025
Despite their Männerparteien reputation, populist radical right (PRR) parties have recently expanded their agendas to include women’s interests. When do they em...
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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · 01/10/2025
Happy to publish today in the @ejprjournal.bsky.social Pop culture (think Netflix's Sex Education) make us think that emerging cohorts are happy to socially incorporate partners with sexually modern backgrounds and experiences 🏳️‍🌈 But is this really the case? doi.org/10.1017/S147...
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Allies on the streets but illiberal in the sheets? Gender and the public vs. private inclusion of sexual minorities | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Allies on the streets but illiberal in the sheets? Gender and the public vs. private inclusion of sexual minorities
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Malu Gatto @malugatto.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Check out the Annual Report for the @uclamericas.bsky.social to learn more about what my awesome colleagues have been up to!
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Ana Catalano Weeks @anacweeks.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
📢 Meet the Editors: Cambridge Studies in Gender and Politics 📅 APSA Annual Meeting, Fri 12, 2:30–3:30pm 📍 Salon Cezanne, Sutton Place Hotel, Vancouver Join the editors for an informal gathering to learn about the series & share your research on gender and politics www.cambridge.org/core/series/...
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Cambridge Studies in Gender and Politics
Welcome to Cambridge Core
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Christina Wolbrecht @cwolbrecht.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of @politicsgenderj.bsky.social, current editor @mlkrook.bsky.social asked the previous editors (myself and @sfranceschet.bsky.social included) to identify our favorite articles published during our terms. Check it out! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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20th Anniversary Editors’ Choice Collection
20th Anniversary Editors’ Choice Collection
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Mona Lena Krook @mlkrook.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Excited to share that I have a new book coming out in February 2026! Drawing on my work as an academic & consultant over the last 25 years, the book provides a road map for achieving gender parity in politics - the what, why, & how. Available now for preorder: www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
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Elect Women for a Change: The Path to Gender Parity in Politics
Elect Women for a Change: The Path to Gender Parity in Politics, Written by a leading authority on women and politics, this incisive book makes the case for gender parity and identifies strategies to ...
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Christina Wolbrecht @cwolbrecht.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
“a little fight with the wife” I know we already know this is who he is, but somehow I’m still shaking with fury.
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Luis L. Schenoni @llschenoni.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Call For Papers - Special Issue: "War and the State in Latin America" with the Journal of Latin American Studies 📢 please retweet! The deadline for proposals is October 30, 2025. Invited proposals must be submitted next year by January 30.
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APSA @apsa.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Mona Lena Krook Receives the 2025 Charles Merriam Award The Charles E. Merriam Award is presented biennially by the American Political Science Association (APSA) in recognition of a person whose published work and career represent a significant contribution to the art of government through the…
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Mona Lena Krook Receives the 2025 Charles Merriam Award
The Charles E. Merriam Award is presented biennially by the American Political Science Association (APSA) in recognition of a person whose published work and career represent a significant contribution to the art of government through the application of social science research.   Citation from the Award Committee: We are pleased to present Dr. Mona Lena Krook with the 2025 Charles E. Merriam Award, recognizing “a significant contribution to the art of government through the application of social science research.”
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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
My Substack on writing, Respect the Marble is back! 🎉 I’ll be launching several new things this autumn, outlined here: catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/a-new-seas... A quick preview 👇 🧵
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A New Season for Respect the Marble
Introducing "Etched in Marble: Conversations with Writers" & "Sunday Writer's Digest"
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Kathy Hochstetler @hochstet.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
- Rolling back environmental impact assessment - Doubling down on oil and gas production
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Malu Gatto @malugatto.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
In a ⭐new paper⭐ out at @jepsjournal.bsky.social, @victoraraujo.bsky.social and I partner with Bahia Football Club and ask: Can football team fandom be leveraged to promote gender-egalitarian attitudes? www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Pro-equality initiatives increase expressed sexism among men but may improve trust among women football fans | Journal of Experimental Political Science | Cambridge Core
Pro-equality initiatives increase expressed sexism among men but may improve trust among women football fans
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Malu Gatto @malugatto.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Thrilled to welcome Andrew Proctor to UCL-Institute of the Americas!
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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
The European Political Science Society is now accepting paper & panel proposals for its annual conference! 📢 Call for Papers: EPSS 2026 – Belfast
 🗓️ June 18–20, 2026
 📍 ICC Belfast
 📬 Deadline: Nov 7, 2025 🧵
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Political Science Research and Methods @psrm.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
✝️Does the rise of evangelical Christians reshape electoral politics? ➡️ @victoraraujo.bsky.social shows that Brazil’s evangelical boom is linked to lower voter turnout and greater conservatism, but not to a rise in electoral competition or polarization www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView
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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Submit your research to PSRM! And if you were wondering: @epssnet.bsky.social is fully committed to supporting PSRM as a product of the collective efforts of the European political science community. We encourage you to continue submitting your work, reviewing for it & supporting the editorial team
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Gefjon Off @gefjonoff.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Our Element is out! 🎉 Why do authoritarian-leaning leaders target women’s and LGBTQ+ rights? Is there a systematic pattern that reaches beyond individual country cases, and how is this reflected in people’s attitudes and societal norms? www.cambridge.org/core/element...
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Attitudes toward Political Authoritarianism in Economically Advanced Democracies
Cambridge Core - Politics: General Interest - Attitudes toward Political Authoritarianism in Economically Advanced Democracies
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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
If we wish to mentor better, at any level, we need to: 
📝 Normalize messy work
💬 Separate critique from identity
🎯 Praise process, not just product
🧭 Teach how to navigate feedback
💖 Model compassion (for ourselves, too) 9/
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Maurits Meijers @mauritsmeijers.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
🧵 Hiring 2 PhDs in political science! Join my ERC project DEMO-LIES @uantwerpen.be 🇧🇪 We study how politicians accuse each other of lying/disinfo — and how citizens react: Does it erode trust? Polarize? Mobilize? 🧠🗳️ 💥 4-yr fully funded 📅 Start: Oct/Nov 2025 🗓️ Deadline: 21 Aug Details + apply 👇
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Doctoral scholarship holders in political science | University of Antwerp
YUFE vacancies
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Adrian Blau @adrianblau.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
KCL's Department of Political Economy is advertising two permanent Academic Education Pathway (AEP) lectureships (grade 6/7) in politics - one in Research Methods, and one in Comparative Politics. Hopefully, more AEP posts will follow in the next two years. Links & further details are below. 1/5
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UCL Institute of the Americas @uclamericas.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
⭐️1 more week to book⭐️ 🔶How do Latin American Studies fit within broader Area Studies frameworks? 🔶Is Latin America still a coherent and relevant category of analysis? 🔶What role should European institutions and journals like JLAS play in shaping the future of the field?
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Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Cannot be said enough times: This will hurt the UK economically. This will hurt British communities socially. This will also hurt this govt politically. Labour can still wake up and ditch this plan directed at UK unis. Turn around or risk losing economic legacy, social trust, and electoral votes.
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European Journal of Politics and Gender @ejpgjournal.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Have you checked out our latest issue? It's a unique ✨Themed Issue✨ that's packed with outstanding research on "LGBTQ+ Politics in Contentious Times" 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✊ bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
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Melanie Sauter @melinscribe.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Come join us in Mannheim as Professor for Survey Methodology! ✨ #academicsky #polisci www.uni-mannheim.de/media/Univer...
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Christina Wolbrecht @cwolbrecht.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Important perspective from my colleague and friend @lgamboa.bsky.social in @foreignaffairs.com. Her book, Resisting Backsliding: Opposition Strategies Against the Erosion of Democracy, could not be more timely. www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
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How to Save a Democracy
Americans can learn from opponents of authoritarianism elsewhere.
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