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Big thanks to our admin team at UoM Politics, BASU chairs, UoM’s Ukrainian Society, conference participants and attendees, and our sponsors—UoM Hallsworth Conference Fund and Razom—for making this happen!

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rooted in a particular place, but speaking to much wider questions in comparative politics and beyond. Glad the community we are building is working toward exactly that. 💜

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In 1926, The Manchester Guardian, the predecessor of The Guardian, wrote of the amazing John Rylands Library: “Geographically it is in Manchester, but in the realm of ideas it belongs to the world.” There is something of that in the study of Ukraine in 2026, too—

Länder-Analysen @laenderanalysen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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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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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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. 🇺🇦 🐝

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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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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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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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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Silviya Nitsova @snitsova.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Okay. We’re not going to keep the average going but oh my, oh my.

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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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Silviya Nitsova @snitsova.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Somehow I missed the big news! Congratulations, Frances!

Frances Cayton @francescayton.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

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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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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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Silviya Nitsova @snitsova.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Big congratulations, Maria!! So well-deserved!!

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Silviya Nitsova @snitsova.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Congratulations, Hanna! Super excited for you!

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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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📌Finding 3: Loyalists also oppose such reforms more consistently than legislators incorporated into oligarchic networks through alternative influence strategies, such as post-election cooptation through media.

📌Finding 2: Legislators embedded in oligarchic networks through pre-existing personal ties (loyalists) are more likely than non-loyalists to vote against reform bills that create a level-playing field for all market actors, consistent with oligarchs’ economic interests.

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The networks of pre-existing ties between oligarchs and legislators are structurally distinctive from other networks, including networks representing alternative oligarchic influence strategies like post-election cooptation through media.

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📌Finding 1: Oligarchs promote as legislators individuals with whom they have pre-existing personal ties. These ties take the form of a fragmented, loosely connected, and decentralized network with distinct clusters, in which oligarchs take central positions.

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