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Silviya Nitsova

@snitsova.bsky.social
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British Academy International Fellow, Politics Department, University of Manchester | Mitchell Centre for Social Network Analysis | UNC PhD | oligarchs, elites, governance, state capture, networks, Ukraine, post-communist states | snitsova.com

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Silviya Nitsova @snitsova.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Very glad to have co-organized the University of Manchester’s Ukraine Conference and the inaugural national meeting of the British Association for the Study of Ukraine with @oonuch.bsky.social last week.
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Länder-Analysen @laenderanalysen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Der neue Ukrainian Analytical Digest No. 21 ist erschienen. Darin setzen sich drei Texte mit den ukrainischen Oligarchen auseinander und blicken auf ihre Rolle und ihren Einfluss in Politik und Gesellschaft. Spannende Ausgabe! Jetzt lesen unter: css.ethz.ch/content/dam/...
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Simon Weschle @simonweschle.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
We're hiring at UNC! Assistant or Associate level, any area of comparative politics. unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/325... members.apsanet.org/CAREERS/eJob... If you have any questions, get in touch with me!
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Open Rank
The tenure-track, open rank position, (Assistant or Associate Professor) includes 40% teaching, 40% research and 20% service to the department/college. The service portion includes, but is not limited...
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Philip Leifeld @leifeld.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Special issue on "Political Networks" in Network Science! Submission open now. Deadline 13 November 2026. www.cambridge.org/core/journal.... Guest editors: Philip Leifeld, Shahryar Minhas, Monica Di Gregorio. #SNA #PoliSky #PolMeth #NetSci #NetworkScience #NetworkAnalysis #PoliticalNetworks #NWS
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Special Collection Call for Papers: Political Networks
NWS and the Political Networks Conference are calling for papers for a special collection in
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Silviya Nitsova @snitsova.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The US has lost one of its national treasures and the world has lost an icon. Rest in peace, Dolly Parton. We’ll always love you.
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Silviya Nitsova @snitsova.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Highly recommend. [📢 shared through Valeria Umanets] Call for Papers: Politics & Political Economy of Eurasia Workshop @ MPSA2027 Chicago | April 1–4, 2027 We welcome research on politics & political economy across Eurasia, from Eastern Europe to Central Asia. Deadline: Sept. 15 More info:
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Politics and Political Economy of Eurasia Workshop
Chicago, US
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Philip Leifeld @leifeld.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
New #AJPS paper 🚨: "Endogenous Coalition Formation in Policy Debates." doi.org/10.7910/DVN/.... Statistical modelling and forecasting of discourse networks, based on the policy learning strategies of actors. 12 years from first analysis to publication! 😅 #policy #polisky #SNA @ajpseditor.bsky.social
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Hanna Folsz @hannafolsz.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
It was time for a SWEEP! 🧹 We are transforming our grad workshop, EEPGW, into a new online East European politics workshop for scholars *at all career stages*! Below is our Call for Papers📄 & an APSA happy hour🍸& a call to share your APSA panel so fellow East Europeanists can be in the loop📝!
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Silviya Nitsova @snitsova.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Proof that network data collection generates more questions than answers. Which is a good thing! Thanks to everyone who joined. I really enjoyed the discussion.
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Silviya Nitsova @snitsova.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
If you ever get the chance to see @rommari.bsky.social & Jez Myers give a talk, do so. Their “How NOT to Flee a War” tonight was brilliant. Thank you for sharing your story. 🇺🇦 🐝
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Silviya Nitsova @snitsova.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
A great opportunity for PhD students and early career researchers that I can’t recommend strongly enough: The Ronald Coase Institute is holding its Workshop on Institutional Analysis on December 6-12, 2026 in Mexico City, Mexico, at ITAM. Fellowships available. More at www.coase.org/whatsnew.htm
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Ronald Coase Institute: What's New
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Isabelle DeSisto @isadesisto.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
📑❗️Our article with @grigopop.bsky.social and Graeme Robertson on the effects of Ukraine’s decentralization reform on satisfaction with public services (and democracy) in Ukraine 🇺🇦 was just published in Comparative Political Studies! doi.org/10.1177/0010...
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Nate Persily @persily.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
The Draft Volume of the APSA AI Task Force, cochaired by Josh Tucker and me, is now available. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, POLITICS, AND POLITICAL SCIENCE will be published by Cambridge Press later this year, but the draft chapters are available today: apsanet.org/wp-content/u...
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Max Alyukov @max-alyukov.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
My new paper with Margarita Zavadskaya is out in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social! Since 2022, the Kremlin has turned pseudo fact checking into a key propaganda strategy. But how does it affect citizens? We run an experiment to answer this Q (10/): doi.org/10.1017/S153...
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Shay O’Brien @shayobrien.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
My latest article is online now at American Sociological Review: “Kinship Interlocks.” It’s about how some elite families manage to stay rich and powerful for many generations while others don’t. 🧵 (1/16)
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Kinship Interlocks: How the Intimate Exchange of Wealth, Status, and Power Generates Upper-Class Persistence - Shay O’Brien, 2026
How do some families manage to entrench themselves in the upper class for many generations while others do not? Bringing together economic sociology, political ...
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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
It really takes a village to do good research. Those of you interested in the process of knowledge production might find our new PNAS interesting. Details below.
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Cole Harvey @colejharvey.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
How do people react to different forms of election manipulation in politically polarized settings? New from me at Democratization @democratization.bsky.social, with survey-experimental evidence from Georgia 🇬🇪: doi.org/10.1080/1351...
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Polarization and the legitimacy costs of electoral manipulation tactics: survey-experimental results from the 2024 election in Georgia
Elections can be manipulated in a variety of ways, both legal and illegal. Legal, or formal, electoral manipulation is common, while illegal manipulation is somewhat more variable. This variation h...
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Timothy Ryan @tjryan02.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
🚨Job opportunity🚨 UNC Poli Sci is hiring a postdoc (one year renewable) to advance research on political behavior, with a special focus on free expression in higher education. Competitive salary and benefits. No teaching. Please encourage people to apply. Ad: timryan.web.unc.edu/wp-content/u...
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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
With Radev's win in Bulgaria, imo, we'll see something new at the EU level-- advocacy for pro-Ru positions not from a euroskeptic position a la Orban/AfD/RN but from an ostensibly pro-EU position: Europe should abandon Ukr and go back to cheap Ru energy to be stronger and strategically autonomous.
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Silviya Nitsova @snitsova.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Bulgaria’s been averaging 1.6 elections a year in recent years. Judging by the way things are going with today’s parliamentary election, we’ll probably keep that average going. Also, in a true East European fashion, we couldn’t just have two happy election outcomes in a row in the region, could we?😒
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Olga Onuch @oonuch.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Last BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, "(Anti)corruption and conditionality in the geopolitical enlargement: Ukraine’s EU accession in comparative perspective" @popovaprof.bsky.social @eepolitics.bsky.social tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Olga Onuch @oonuch.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Next, "Beyond the rent-seeking: resilience and civic transformation of Ukrainian business" by Inna Melnykovska @eepolitics.bsky.social tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Emma Ischinsky @emmaischinsky.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
The first paper of my dissertation is published now in @sociologyjnl.bsky.social! Press coverage of the richest Germans is rare but focused on a minority of highly visible individuals and varies along the historical origins of fortunes. doi.org/10.1177/00380385261428292
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Philip Leifeld @leifeld.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Submission deadline for the Political Networks Conference 2026 extended to 22 April following requests and to accommodate Easter breaks. Submission and full scope details: sites.google.com/view/confpol.... Please RT. #NetworkAnalysis #Polisky #publicpolicy #netsci #NetworkScience #SNA
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Hanna Folsz @hannafolsz.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Check out our great Spring/Summer lineup at @eepgworkshop.bsky.social and come join for our first session next Friday, where @isadesisto.bsky.social will present fascinating work in progress with @snitsova.bsky.social serving as discussant!
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Frances Cayton @francescayton.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Looking forward to a great Spring/Summer series with @eepgworkshop.bsky.social! We'll be kicking off next week (Fri April 17) with new work in progress from @isadesisto.bsky.social and @snitsova.bsky.social graciously discussing! More info + full schedule at the link below.
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Silviya Nitsova @snitsova.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
🚨 7 days left! Submit your proposal for the 19th Annual Political Networks Conference by April 12. Don’t miss it 👇
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John Bistline @bistline.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.
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Olga Onuch @oonuch.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Miscalculation of Rheinmetall CEO fails to grasp that the combination of what some might call “low” tech civilian with conventional weapons & tactics is what makes Ukraine’s fight innovative. But what drives civilian engagement? - we have a NEW paper about that! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Silviya Nitsova @snitsova.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Two more weeks to apply!
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Women in Legislative Studies @winls.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
The deadline is approaching to send in your proposal for the 2026 WiLS conference. Please fill out the form by March 31 even if you plan to attend as a discussant/chair/participant. Hope to see in in Virginia in October! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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2026 WILS Conference Application
When: Saturday, October 10-Sunday, October 11, 2026 Where: Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Virginia (near Richmond) Participants should plan to arrive on Friday, October 9. Panels will be held all da...
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Miguel Pereira @miguelpereira.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
With APSA decisions out, we extended the deadline for submissions to the 4th Political Economy of Europe APSA Pre-Conference. If you are travelling to Boston in September, send us your work by March 20th! (CC @mariacarreri.bsky.social @awiedemann.bsky.social @gemmadipoppa.bsky.social)
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Silviya Nitsova @snitsova.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
🚨New version of paper🚨 osf.io/preprints/os... How do oligarchs shape policy outcomes in developing democracies? I argue they do so through informal networks of legislators personally linked to them. Using unique quantitative & qualitative evidence from Ukraine, I show that:
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Scholars Working on East European Politics @sweep-workshop.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
🚨📆 Deadline extension!📆 🚨 If you're interested in presenting your work (at any stage!) submit @ the link below by Fri March 13 at 11:59 PM PST. A big thanks to those who submitted proposals already-- we look forward to reading your submissions & to another great set of workshops✨
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Jack Bailey @jack-bailey.co.uk · 03/03/2026
*Academics of Bluesky:* Do you know a great UG/PG student with excellent quants skills? @nspmartin.bsky.social and I are advertising a great fully-funded PhD on MRP and minority voting with our friends at Ipsos, so send them our way! ✌️ www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Beyond Forecasting: Using MRP (multi-level regression with post-stratification) to investigate minority political behaviour at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Beyond Forecasting: Using MRP (multi-level regression with post-stratification) to investigate minority political behaviour at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Silviya Nitsova @snitsova.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
📣 Paper and poster submissions for the 19th Political Networks Conference are now open! If you do research on political networks, fancy making connections with scholars from North America, Europe, and the UK and want to enjoy a beautiful city in August w/o evaporating from heat, consider applying!
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Filip Kostelka @filipkostelka.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
This will be the 3rd edition. If you study pol. behaviour and work on #CEE, this is the right place to present your research. Dates: June 25-26. Discussants include @simonhix.bsky.social & @eliasdinas.bsky.social. Highlight: roundtable on dem. erosion with H. Kriesi, M. Svolik & N. Wunsch.
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Silviya Nitsova @snitsova.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Four years of Russia’s full-scale war of aggression against Ukraine. Standing with Ukrainians. Supporting them in their fight for freedom and just peace. Bringing Ukraine to rooms and places that matter, big and small. That’s the least we can do.
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Political Networks @politicalnetworks.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
The APSA Political Networks Section is now accepting nominations for its 2026 section awards, including the John Sprague Award, Best Conference Paper Award, and Political Ties Award! Nominations (including self-nominations) are due April 4, 2026. Submit here: forms.gle/cDC8Z3pdS6bm...
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Silviya Nitsova @snitsova.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
This is a fantastic workshop. Apply!
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Silviya Nitsova @snitsova.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Tom Hardy would be a great pick for Andriy Yermak if there were a movie with his character in it.
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Silviya Nitsova @snitsova.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Applications for the 2027 Rotary Peace Fellowships are now open. They offer so much, including the opportunity to obtain a Master’s degree or a professional certificate from a world-class university, to outstanding candidates from around the world working in the field of peace & conflict resolution.
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Peace Fellowships
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Silviya Nitsova @snitsova.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Use these in my own research and cannot underscore their utility strongly enough.
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Silviya Nitsova @snitsova.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Timely and interesting papers.
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Silviya Nitsova @snitsova.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Canadian PM Carney’s speech at Davos is the world leader speech that has impacted me the most since Ukrainian President Zelensky’s address hours before Russia’s unprovoked full-scale invasion. Worth your time. Worth giving it thought.
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Silviya Nitsova @snitsova.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Glad to see UoM making such a move. “65,000 colleagues and students will receive full Microsoft 365 Copilot access and training, making Manchester the world’s first university to deploy equitable access across its entire community”
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World-first AI partnership between The University of Manchester and Microsoft announced
The University of Manchester becomes first university in the world to provide Microsoft 365 Copilot access and training to all students and staff.65,000 staff and students will receive full Microsoft ...
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Sophie Greenwood @sjgreenwood.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Excited to present a new preprint with @nkgarg.bsky.social: presenting usage statistics and observational findings from Paper Skygest in the first six months of deployment! 🎉📜 arxiv.org/abs/2601.04253
Title + abstract of the preprint
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Silviya Nitsova @snitsova.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
As a BA International Fellow, I cannot recommend this opportunity strongly enough. Apply!
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