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Vera Lomazzi

@veralomazzi.bsky.social
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Made in Italy, grew up in Europe. PhD in Sociology. Gender equality, comparative studies, methods, European Values Study, Board member of European Survey Research Association

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Amy Diehl, Ph.D. @amydiehl.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
As I wrote for @fastcompany.com , women are sounding an alarm about AI. But they are not rooted in a fear of change but in the unequal risks of AI: From bias to privacy to environmental costs to job exposure to competence penalties to emotional labor. www.fastcompany.com/91584377/wom...
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Women are sounding the alarm on AI. Leaders should listen
Their concerns aren't rooted in a fear of change but in understanding the unequal risks AI presents.
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Amy Diehl, Ph.D. @amydiehl.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
It turns out that even "conservative" woman who value motherhood and family want a career, an egalitarian marriage and a voice. They may not use the label but they are feminists. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/u...
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These Conservatives Want to Be Working Moms. The Manosphere Disapproves.
At a conservative center for women leaders, interns told stories about their lives. One said a male classmate told her, “I don’t know if women should be lawyers.”
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men4dem.bsky.social @men4dem.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
How do political youth wings shape democratic participation? MEN4DEM’s latest report, Youth Wings as Catalysts, explores how political youth wings can become spaces where democratic and anti-democratic masculinities are learned, challenged, and carried into formal politics.
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Kim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Sociology studies how social structure, institutions, and cultural beliefs affect individuals, & vice versa. Why is this threatening to the far right? Because it challenges self-serving narratives that explain away outsized wealth & power as natural, inevitable, or divinely or genetically decreed.
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European Survey Research Association (ESRA) @esrasurvey.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Last week, @angelomoretti.bsky.social, Eva Aizpurua & Daniel Seddig were in #Paris to explore the 2027 ESRA conference location, together with representatives from @wapor.bsky.social and local professor Nicolas Sauger. Thank you very much for the great meeting and the hospitality!
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Dr. Carina Cornesse @carinacornesse.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
#ESRA now offers the opportunity to create and join Special Interest Groups! See the website for more info
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men4dem.bsky.social @men4dem.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
The MEN4DEM Team has made it to Gdansk! Stay tuned for more 📢
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Amy Diehl, Ph.D. @amydiehl.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
AI is largely developed by men with uses that are biased against & predatory toward women. Faced with threats to their livelihoods, many admin assistants have felt forced to use it. Women make up 86% of those in jobs vulnerable to be replaced by AI.@chabeli.bsky.social 19thnews.org/2026/05/wome...
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The women who power America's offices are making themselves AI-proof
Administrative assistants know you’re wondering whether AI is coming for their jobs. They’re not waiting to find out.
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European Survey Research Association (ESRA) @esrasurvey.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
📍 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗘𝗦𝗥𝗔 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟳: 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 Preparations for 𝗘𝗦𝗥𝗔 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟳 in Paris are underway. The Local Organising Committee reflects on past ESRA conferences and offers a glimpse of the new host city. See more: 📖 www.europeansurveyresearch.org/inside-esra-... #ESRA2027 #SurveyResearch #Paris #WAPOR
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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 23/05/2026
”No one is encouraging Black women to have more babies” AND I remember a time when there was a concern globally that Black women were having too many babies. The North remembers.
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Pedro Magalhães @pcmagalhaes.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
In this article in Technology in Society, we argue that beliefs about the personal or societal benefits of AI are not enough to explain its generic public acceptance. Beliefs about its 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 should also be crucial (1). t.co/UJZRUNR9bk
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Amy Diehl, Ph.D. @amydiehl.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
More than 2/3 of Americans oppose AI data centers; 55% of women vs 43% of men strongly oppose them. Women are disproportionately impacted by environmental concerns. Data centers can cause water scarcity, noise & air pollution, and high energy use = higher energy bills. 19thnews.org/2026/05/wome...
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Americans overwhelmingly oppose data centers. Women most of all.
New polling shows women have stronger concerns than men over the implications of the massive and costly complexes used to power AI.
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Alexia Katsanidou @alexiakatsanidou.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
For my Horizon Project EDGE I am looking for a senior researcher from October 1st. This is a 3-year position on inequalities and democracy support. All information on the job and application process is here: gesis.jobs.personio.de/job/2639403?...
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Post Doctoral Researcher (SDC-28) | Jobs at GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften
GESIS is one of the world's leading social science infrastructure facilities, supporting researchers at all levels of their research projects with expertise and infrastructure services. We help ensure...
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The Research and Expertise Centre for Survey Methodology @recsm.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
We’re excited to continue our collaboration with @esrasurvey.bsky.social. Thanks to their support, two scholarships are available for the 2026 RECSM Summer School! For more information about the available scholarships see: www.europeansurveyresearch.org/esra-sponsor...
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ESRA Sponsors RECSM Summer School
The European Survey Research Association (ESRA) is the leading professional organisation of survey researchers in Europe, with members from the academic, government, non-profit and commercial sectors
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men4dem.bsky.social @men4dem.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
You’ve probably seen our posts in the last few months about MEN4DEM’s LARP tryouts, but what are we actually preparing for? Here’s some more information about this project! Swipe right to find out more or go to our website, link in bio ➡️🔗 @via_berlin
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Vera Lomazzi @veralomazzi.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
I have rarely encountered a network as vibrant, careful, and brilliant as ESRA’s. I am incredibly honored and excited of becoming the new editor of SRM.
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Lisa Wade @lisawade.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Why do fascists hate sociology? Because it makes transparent everything fascists don't want you to know. A sociological imagination makes us harder to control. Long live the sociological imagination.
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Why Fascists Hate Sociology (opinion)
The anti-sociology politicians are on to something in grasping the field’s power.
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Kristen Olson @olsonkm.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Survey people of BlueSky! Submit your papers to the @surveypractice.bsky.social Special Issue on Survey Costs by June 1. Guest edited by myself, @jameswagner254.bsky.social, Jill DeMatteis, John Eltinge, Daifeng Han, Chris Jackson, and Eric Rancourt! www.surveypractice.org/post/3724-20...
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2027 Special Issue on Survey Costs | Published by Survey Practice
Guest Editors: Kristen Olson, James Wagner, Jill DeMatteis, John Eltinge, Daifeng Han, Chris Jackson, Eric Rancourt
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V-Dem Institute @vdeminstitute.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
#DR2026: In 2025, a total of 62 countries are in episodes of regime transformation – autocratizing (red) or democratizing (blue), according to the Episodes of Regime Transformation (ERT) methodology. The color intensity shows the magnitude of the change. Gray = no significant change. 🧵1(3) #Polisky
A map graph showing the 62 countries that are autocratizing and democratizing in 2025. There are 44 autocratizing countries, while only 18 countries are democratizing. Autocratizing countries can be found in all parts of the world, including North America and Western Europe. The map graph also shows that there are many large countries autocratizing, such as the USA and India, while most countries democratizing are small, with the exception of Brazil, Poland and Thailand.
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Lisa Schiff @lschiff.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Such admiration for these faculty members in Florida who are continuing to teach in the face of #censorship, restrictions on #AcademicFreedom, and the attempt to rewrite history and ignore social relations: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Florida professors quietly defy restrictions on race and gender: ‘This is how authoritarianism works’
Sociology faculty are refusing to alter syllabi, even as state targets how race, gender and inequality are taught
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Chris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
"Under Trump’s presidency, the level of democracy in the USA has fallen back to the same level as in 1965" -- the year most historians/political scientists regard as the start of a true, modern democracy in the country. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Chart of V-Dem liberal democracy index for U.S. since 1995, showing massive plunge from 2024-2025
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European Values Study @evs-values.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
This week, the EVS community came together in Lisbon to give further shape to the new wave! ☀️ Altogether, fruitful days that brought us closer to the EVS 2026 release (and the low flying planes)! ✈️
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European Survey Research Association (ESRA) @esrasurvey.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
📢 Save the date for ESRA conference 2027: Where: Paris, France When: 19th - 23rd July 2027 Local hosts: @progedo.bsky.social, @ined.bsky.social, & @cdsp-sciencespo.bsky.social ESRA 2027 will take place jointly with WAPOR. Updates will be added here: www.europeansurveyresearch.org/conference/p...
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ESRA 2027 Conference
The European Survey Research Association (ESRA) is the leading professional organisation of survey researchers in Europe, with members from the academic, government, non-profit and commercial sectors
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European Survey Research Association (ESRA) @esrasurvey.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
🎙️ 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝙨𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 𝗽𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘄! 🤖 Topic: 𝗠𝗶𝘅𝗲𝗱-𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗱𝘀 and 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘆𝘀 🗣 Host: Barry Schouten 💬 Guests: Joost Kappelhof, Leen Sterckx, Janelle van den Heuvel, and Suzanne Roggeveen 🌍 Watch the video on our website (or on YouTube): www.europeansurveyresearch.org/resources/po...
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Podcast Series on Survey Research
The European Survey Research Association (ESRA) is the leading professional organisation of survey researchers in Europe, with members from the academic, government, non-profit and commercial sectors
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Zachary Levenson @grundrza.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Yesterday, those who teach Intro to Sociology at Florida colleges (as opposed to universities) received a ready-made curriculum from the state and were ordered to teach it. Yes, you read that correctly. The *state* is enforcing a curriculum on college profs, complete w/ the following restrictions:
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Ov Cristian NOROCEL @norocel.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
This is a lucid analysis of the present context, though I for one disagree with the concept of “toxic masculinity” since it’s focusing individuals rather than the system. “The suppression of gender studies is not only an attempt to suppress a critical analytical tool, but also knowledge itself.“
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Gender studies courses are shutting down across the US. The Epstein files reveal why | Joan Wallach Scott
Texas A&M University is the latest school to end women’s and gender studies programs and teaching race. We know why
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Liza Mügge @lizamugge.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
🎤📢 The recording of the public panel 'Political Masculinities in Europe' @BrIAS is now available online. 🦸‍♀️🔥Welcome by Karen Celis. 🎓🪒Interventions by @payoub.bsky.social @tomekbesta.bsky.social @elinbja.bsky.social @veralomazzi.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l_J...
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Political Masculinities in Europe – Public Panel
YouTube video by Brussels Institute for Advanced Studies (BrIAS)
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Alberta Giorgi @albertagiorgi.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Just published! discussing online violence against academics, epistemic conflicts, risky research, solidarity practices - with @haeszi.bsky.social @ariannarubi.bsky.social @debbieging.bsky.social @norocel.bsky.social @audreygagnon.bsky.social @tamtagelashvili.bsky.social and...
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(Un)Silencing Academia in Times of Epistemic Conflicts: Navigating Online Violence
This volume tackles the pressing issue of online violence against academics, considering the diverse forms that cyberbullying and harassment can take, as well as their likely targets. Offering both th...
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Mariia Tepliakova @mtplk.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
wrapping up our political masculinities workshop at BrIAS with this public panel 😎 huge thanks to Karen Celis, @lizamugge.bsky.social @elinbja.bsky.social @tomekbesta.bsky.social @veralomazzi.bsky.social @payoub.bsky.social for their time, feedback and lovely company ✨🤓
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Michael P. Breen @mpbreen21.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
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a young boy wearing a hat that says respect is sitting in a crowd of people
Alt: Derek Jeter son hat tip meme
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Survey Methods: Insights from the Field @surveymethods.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Read our latest special issue in Survey Methodology: ➡️ Advancing Comparative Research: Exploring Error and Quality Indicators in Social Research. Edited by @heinzleitgoeb.bsky.social, Stefanie Kley, Katharina Meitinger & Natalia Menold. surveyinsights.org
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Vera Lomazzi @veralomazzi.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
How do (anti)democratic #masculinities develop as socially-accepted models? In this #men4dem report, we use ~80 indicators to describe #EU27 national contexts of #socialization into (anti)democratic masculinities. We show how they vary within Europe but also highlights commonalities. Check it out!
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers. This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.
A bird's-eye view of a former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp showing a wide dirt pathway flanked by parallel rows of barbed-wire fences. Groups of visitors walk along the path, surrounded by the remnants of brick structures and barracks, now reduced to foundations. Green grass contrasts with the somber history of the site, as the path leads toward a guard tower in the distance.
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European Survey Research Association (ESRA) @esrasurvey.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Time to remember our amazing #ESRA25 conference last year! We have put together a few photos on our web page: www.europeansurveyresearch.org/conference/u... A big thank you to our conference photographer Dasha Nelina and our amazing host, the University of Utrecht (@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social)
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ESRA25 Photos
The European Survey Research Association (ESRA) is the leading professional organisation of survey researchers in Europe, with members from the academic, government, non-profit and commercial sectors
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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 22/01/2026
💯 Loads of excellent advice in this post #AcademicWriting #AcademicChatter
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How To Review Efficiently and Fairly
Instead of Dry January, I’m going review free for January after having nearly 80 review requests last year. My New Year’s resolution was to have a healthier relationships with reviewing…
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Alexia Katsanidou @alexiakatsanidou.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
This is the impact of political ideology on scientific progress.
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US science after a year of Trump: what has been lost and what remains
A series of graphics reveals how the Trump administration has sought historic cuts to science and the research workforce.
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Amy Diehl, Ph.D. @amydiehl.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
As the Trump admin removes safety nets, DEI programs, abortion, paid leave & childcare, caregiving is recast as women’s duty. Women bear the cost: privatize costs, impose costs on households & push the consequences onto women. @sorayachemaly.bsky.social www.thenation.com/article/acti...
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How the Trump Administration Is Downgrading Women’s Citizenship
Gender isn’t just a matter of individual identity. It’s an axis of governance—and for the last year, across a range of policies, the Trump administration has punished women.
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Liza Mügge @lizamugge.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Political Masculinities in Europe – Public Panel 🗓 11 Feb, 10:30–12:00, BrIAS (Brussels) 🎙 With Karen Celis, @payoub.bsky.social @tomekbesta.bsky.social @elinbja.bsky.social @veralomazzi.bsky.social and me! This panel is part of a NWO-VICI Grant brias.be/index.php/ev...
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Political Masculinities in Europe – Public Panel – The Brussels Institute for Advanced Studies
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European Values Study @evs-values.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
EVS 2026 is underway 🌍🚀 The 6th wave of the EVS combines its historic values ​​time series with a new framework on European Values, addressing democracy, rule of law, sustainability, and Europe in a changing world. Fieldwork started in Dec 2025 and continues across Europe in 2026. bit.ly/45T969x
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Center for Global Development @cgdev.org · 19/01/2026
The second Trump administration has curtailed flows of goods, services, finance, and people, w/ outsize effects on LMICs. Directly or indirectly, these policies have had a particularly large impact on women. More from @charlesjkenny.bsky.social: go.cgdev.org/4rmWZKS
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Women Have Been Disproportionately Harmed by Trump Administration Aid, Migration, and Trade Policies
The first year of the second Trump administration has seen a broad assault on global flows of goods, services, finance, and people, with an outsize impact on low- and middle-income countries. As a sid...
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NORC at the University of Chicago @norc.org · 22/12/2025
AI tools can now generate survey responses, creating new data quality challenges. NORC developed a detection tool with over 99 percent precision and recall to identify AI-generated responses and protect research integrity. Explore the innovation brief: go.norc.org/44JUZmy
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AI Can Fake Survey Responses. We Can Catch It.
NORC’s new detection tool spots AI-generated answers before they skew your data—protecting research quality and trust.
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Vera Lomazzi @veralomazzi.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Not a fan of this sport, but impressive what pink gloves can do
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Liza Mügge @lizamugge.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
🎧🎙️Podcast Alert! Lovely to talk to @bvpaassen.bsky.social about stepping out of our comfort zone to bridge research, the arts and practice. Examples from collaborations @men4dem.bsky.social @via-berlin.bsky.social @emancipatornl.bsky.social & Push*Back*Lash @beldan.bsky.social
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beldan sezen (@beldan.bsky.social)
Creator of books at beldansezen.com and curator at Booklyn.org
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European Survey Research Association (ESRA) @esrasurvey.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Apply now for the ESRA–GOR26 Student Support Award 🎓. This award supports student members of either organization who plan to attend the #GOR26 Conference with a free conference ticket 💸 🗓 Application deadline: January 5, 2026 🔗 More info: www.europeansurveyresearch.org/esra-support...
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ESRA Support for students going to GOR26
The European Survey Research Association (ESRA) is the leading professional organisation of survey researchers in Europe, with members from the academic, government, non-profit and commercial sectors
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Amy Diehl, Ph.D. @amydiehl.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
"The most successful anti-feminist women are successful because—while they built their fortunes & grew influence by telling women that the most important thing they’ll ever do is stay home, watch the kids & cheer on husbands—they refused to follow their own advice." www.jezebel.com/woman-with-2...
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Woman With 2 Degrees Who Married at 32 & Had Kids at 34 Warns Women Not to Be Career-Driven
Barf Bag: Apparently, being a career-driven female in Manhattan becomes spiritually corrupt only after you’ve successfully leveraged it.
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Julia Partheymüller @schnizzl.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
The State of #Democracy 2025: Fake news, lack of accountability, extremism and corruption seen as top threats to democracy across Europe and the US www.ipsos.com/en/the-state...
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The State of Democracy 2025: Fake news, lack of accountability, extremism and corruption seen as top threats to democracy across Europe and the US
A new Ipsos KnowledgePanel survey offers an in-depth analysis of democratic perceptions in 9 Western countries, highlighting dissatisfaction with democracy and deep worries about its future.
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men4dem.bsky.social @men4dem.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Want to submit a panel or paper proposal? Go to ecpr.eu today✍️
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Alberta Giorgi @albertagiorgi.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Here we are! Discussing #masculinities and #democracies through art, activism and science at the University of Bergamo - @veralomazzi.bsky.social Fabrizio Arcuri Francesca Tomatis
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Elin Bjarnegård @elinbja.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
This roundtable was the perfect illustration of @men4dem.bsky.social, synthesizing artistic performance, activist experience and academic knowledge all in one.
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