Reposted by Vanessa Cheng-MatsunoBritish Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 17/09/2026w/ papers by @annerasmussen.bsky.social, @stefaniereher.bsky.social, @chrisclaassen.bsky.social, @rosieshorrocks.bsky.social, @danbischof.bsky.social, @vchengm.bsky.social, @gidoncohen.bsky.social, @lottehargrave.bsky.social, @florianfoos.bsky.social, @drjennings.bsky.social & more 031
Reposted by Vanessa Cheng-MatsunoBritish Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 17/09/2026We are pleased to present a collection of BJPolS articles selected by our Editors - cup.org/4A8ytBK #epop2026 242
Vanessa Cheng-Matsuno @vchengm.bsky.social · 17/09/2026WIPS – Women in Political Science will begin its online writing sessions next Friday 25 September. Would you like to join? We are a small, informal network for early-career women in permanent or tenure-track positions that work in politics, broadly defined (interdisciplinary is welcome!) 1/4 122
Reposted by Vanessa Cheng-MatsunoCambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 16/09/2026Deadline extended to October 17, 2026 - CALL FOR PAPERS for a @pspolisci.bsky.social special issue on 'Presidentialism in Latin America: Institutional Paths in the Making'. Find out more - cup.org/4iwxOUs 042
Reposted by Vanessa Cheng-MatsunoBritish Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 17/09/2026From July 2026 - When Legislators Do Not Differentiate: A Field Experiment on British MPs’ Responses to Constituent Policy Queries - cup.org/4hormhs - @danbischof.bsky.social, @vchengm.bsky.social, @gidoncohen.bsky.social, Sarah Cohen, @florianfoos.bsky.social, et al #OpenAccess 195
Vanessa Cheng-Matsuno @vchengm.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Very happy to see this article finally published online in its new home at the @bjpols.bsky.social! 🌟 Thanks once again to my co-authors—and mentors. This project began at the start of my PhD, and I learned so much throughout the journey! Please find the link below 👇 0135
Vanessa Cheng-Matsuno @vchengm.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Please come join us at LASA 2026 in Paris if you’re around next week! @lasabluesky.bsky.social 000
Reposted by Vanessa Cheng-MatsunoPolitics at Southampton @sotonpolitics.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Estaremos en @lasabluesky.bsky.social #lasa2026 la proxima semana! Nuestros colegas presentarán trabajos sobre el clientelismo @marianaborges.bsky.social, la migración irregular @vchengm.bsky.social, la gobernanza regional @piariggirozzi.bsky.social y el presupuesto participativo @pspada.bsky.social 064
Reposted by Vanessa Cheng-MatsunoPSA Latin American Politics Specialist Group @psalatinamerica.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Looking for a methods summer school this year? The University of Southampton will host an Introduction to Experiments in Social Science Summer School from 29 June to 3 July 2026. It is quite accessible and does not require prior experience with quantitative methods 👇 001
Reposted by Vanessa Cheng-MatsunoRob Johns @robjohns75.bsky.social · 24/04/2026🚨❗ C-🐻 🏖️ 🏫 on 🧪 in 🍻 🥼 ♎ 🆙 🕟 www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/sho...ncrm.ac.ukTraining course: C-BEAR SUMMER SCHOOL: Introduction to Experiments in Social ScienceThis five-day summer school introduces experimental methods in the Social Sciences, covering lab, field, and survey experiments. Participants will gain a solid foundation in experimental methodology 041
Vanessa Cheng-Matsuno @vchengm.bsky.social · 09/04/2026🌟 New publication 🌟 Very happy that our paper “When Legislators Do Not Differentiate: A Field Experiment on British MPs' Responses to Constituent Policy Queries” has been accepted at the British Journal of Political Science! Current link here: osf.io/preprints/os... Short thread below 👇osf.ioOSF 1144
Vanessa Cheng-Matsuno @vchengm.bsky.social · 02/04/2026#PSA26 It was lovely to meet members and participants at our panels hosted by the @psalatinamerica.bsky.social at Oxford yesterday! We hope to continue growing our network in future events. @piariggirozzi.bsky.social @marianaborges.bsky.social 082
Vanessa Cheng-Matsuno @vchengm.bsky.social · 26/03/2026The Latin American Politics SG has 2 panels at #PSA26 @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social 👉 Parties, Public Opinion and the New Right: The state of Democracy in Latin America 👉 Bureaucracy, Territory, and Belonging in Latin America @marianaborges.bsky.social @piariggirozzi.bsky.social Néstor Castañeda 272
Vanessa Cheng-Matsuno @vchengm.bsky.social · 26/03/2026At #PSA26 next week, we'll present our work on vulnerabilities, attachments, and intentions to migrate, using original data from El Salvador. Come join on Wed, 1 April, 1:30pm, Wadham, C. Day-Lewis (@piariggirozzi.bsky.social @jackiewahba.bsky.social Guillermo Garcia) @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social 131
Reposted by Vanessa Cheng-MatsunoRob Johns @robjohns75.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Two things can be true: i) QS rankings are heavily subjective, corruptible, self-fuelling and generally an outrage against social science measurement; ii) nonetheless, Politics & IR at Southampton is bloody good, on the rise and great fun, and I'm delighted to be part of it. 0133
Vanessa Cheng-Matsuno @vchengm.bsky.social · 11/03/2026At the University of Southampton, we will be running an interdisciplinary summer school on experiments for students, researchers, and practitioners from 29 June to 3 July. Information and registration details can be found at: www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/sho...ncrm.ac.ukTraining course: C-BEAR SUMMER SCHOOL: Introduction to Experiments in Social ScienceThis five-day summer school introduces experimental methods in the Social Sciences, covering lab, field, and survey experiments. Participants will gain a solid foundation in experimental methodology 141
Reposted by Vanessa Cheng-MatsunoGender and Inequalities Centre at Southampton @gain-centre.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Lastly, we had @emiliabelknap.bsky.social present on how to conduct feminist focus groups with a particular focus on how to encourage collective meaning making. She outlined how to use an intersectional lens to consider consider power hierarchies in focus groups. Then, a Q&A session with our panel! 012
Reposted by Vanessa Cheng-MatsunoGender and Inequalities Centre at Southampton @gain-centre.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Next we have Dr Matthew Hunt discussing sociolinguistics and contextual expectations - about how categories of people of different ages, genders and ethnicities are expected to behave in a particular frame. 101
Reposted by Vanessa Cheng-MatsunoGender and Inequalities Centre at Southampton @gain-centre.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Professor Silke Roth of Sociology @silkeroth.bsky.social kicks off our Spring Into Methods event discusses coalition building as a strategy to achieve intersectionality and her long career in applying intersectional approaches to gender and inequality research. 152
Vanessa Cheng-Matsuno @vchengm.bsky.social · 25/09/2025Are you a woman who has recently started a TT position in politics or a politics related field? Then @katharinalawall.bsky.social and me would like to warmly invite you to join a new network for early career women: WIPS: Women in Political Science. 11311
Vanessa Cheng-Matsuno @vchengm.bsky.social · 25/09/2025Are you a woman who has recently started a TT position in politics or a politics related field? Then @katharinalawall.bsky.social and me would like to warmly invite you to join a new network for early career women: WIPS: Women in Political Science. 1/7 120
Reposted by Vanessa Cheng-MatsunoPSA Early Career Network @psaecn.bsky.social · 02/05/2025🚨 Summer School Alert!!🚨 Don’t miss out this Free opportunity for PhDs and ECRs at @sotonpolitics.bsky.social 🤓 Register by May 9 🗓️ More info here 👇🏽 www.southampton.ac.uk/socsci/news/... 002
Vanessa Cheng-Matsuno @vchengm.bsky.social · 17/04/2025The Latin American Politics Specialist Group at #PSA25 organised 2 engaging panels this year! Insightful discussions on diverse topics in politics/public policy from ‘greenwashing’ policy in Brazil to the relationship anticorruption-democracy in Central America. @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social 1105
Reposted by Vanessa Cheng-MatsunoLawrence McKay @lawrencemckay.bsky.social · 13/04/2025@siennaeverett.bsky.social on climate attitudes @vchengm.bsky.social on bureaucracy @nataliatrujillo.bsky.social on migration @jydenham.bsky.social on Englishness @fransplains.bsky.social on Tory pol. econ + more great work from Bsky-less Bradley Ward, Mariana Borges, Michele Zadra, Deborah Timoni 174
Reposted by Vanessa Cheng-MatsunoBritish Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 21/01/2025#OpenAccess from our new issue - Which Information Do Politicians Pay Attention To? Evidence from a Field Experiment and Interviews - cup.org/4jnwXmY - @rsenninger.bsky.social & @henrikseeberg.bsky.social 0154
Reposted by Vanessa Cheng-MatsunoAmerican Political Science Review @apsrjournal.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Just published on APSR First View: "Gendered Perceptions and the Costs of Political Toxicity: Experimental Evidence from Politicians and Citizens in Four Democracies" by Gregory Eady and Anne Rasmussen. www.cambridge.org/core/journal... 1167
Vanessa Cheng-Matsuno @vchengm.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Overleaf is down 🍃! Anyone else experiencing this, have an idea of what’s going on? Thanks! 🥶 000
Reposted by Vanessa Cheng-MatsunoPolitics at Southampton @sotonpolitics.bsky.social · 22/11/2024This week we launched our Latin American initiative in the Department! We are a group of scholars working in a diverse range of topics and using distinct methodologies. We are deeply interested in the region and are looking to strengthen our work to become a point of reference in the field. 📚 0185
Vanessa Cheng-Matsuno @vchengm.bsky.social · 19/12/2023Do Voters Differentially Punish Transnational Corruption? New publication with @danberliner.bsky.social at the EJPR! doi.org/10.1111/1475...doi.orgDo voters differentially punish transnational corruption?A large literature studies whether, and under what circumstances, voters will electorally punish corrupt politicians. Yet this literature has to date neglected the empirical prevalence of transnation.... 171