Many of you have asked me for a full-blown desktop version of SciLove. Here it is! 👇 My favorite part is the redesigned feed: now features a progress bar plus an article queue so you always know what’s next.

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📣New article out in @ejprjournal.bsky.social, co-authored with the wonderful @christinaluiset.bsky.social 📣 Do national stereotypes about 'hardworking' or 'lazy' Europeans actually shape public support for #EU solidarity? They do - and we show how. 🔎🇪🇺 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

📣New publication out in Cambridge Review of International Affairs📣 My latest article explores how @consilium.europa.eu officials perceive several #CEE governments—once dismissed as 'Russophobic'—in #EU foreign policy after the full-scale invasion of #Ukraine. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

From historical bias to historical insight: shifting stereotypes about Central and Eastern Europe after the invasion of Ukraine

Following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine (2022), several Western European leaders expressed regret for previously disregarding the warnings of multiple Central and Eastern European (CEE) g...

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📢New article out in 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺 on the parliamentary oversight of the ECB and the Fed during Covid-19 📣 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Is the grass really greener on the other side? Parliamentary oversight of the European Central Bank and the Fed*

This article explores differences in the parliamentary oversight of the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Federal Reserve (the Fed) in the United States during crisis situations. It is often argu...

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Today at 16:00 CET, Christina Toenshoff and I are presenting a paper on national stereotypes and public support for EU redistribution in the online seminar series of the @ecprsgeu.bsky.social You can register here: ecpr.eu/Events/297

Standing Group on European Union (SGEU) Seminar Series

European Consortium for Political Research

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Join us at the next @ecprsgeu.bsky.social online seminar on February 18, 15:00 – 16:30 BST / 16:00 – 17:30 CEST "The honest, the efficient, and the hardworking: What stereotypes Europe needs to increase support for redistribution" by @adinaakbik.bsky.social register: ecpr.eu/Events/297

I created a starter pack of academics working on EU 🇪🇺 politics and European integration 👇. Let me know if you want to be added. go.bsky.app/Bg7sPSp

Many thanks/Hartelijk dank to all the students who nominated me for this award, it means a lot!!! I know our Institute has many outstanding teachers who invest countless hours and energy into their teaching, and we appreciate such student-led initiatives 🙏 www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2024...

Adina Akbik wins Student-led Teaching Award

This September, Adina Akbik received the first-ever Political Science Teaching Award at Leiden University. Created by student members of the Bachelor's and Master's Programme Committees (OLC), the awa...

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🚨Under what conditions do members of parliaments ask different types of oversight questions? 🚨 I answer this question in a new article published in European Union Politics co-authored with the wonderful @martami.bsky.social

We’re hiring: Full Professor of International Relations WIDE OPEN sub-field and method @unileiden.bsky.social : Leiden and The Hague Deadline: 30 September, 2024 universiteitleiden.nl/vacatures/20... Please share widely 🙏🙏 Polisky #Academicsky

Full Professor (Universitair Hoogleraar) of International Relations

Full Professor (Universitair Hoogleraar) of International Relations (38 hours a week) What you will doThe Institute of Political Science of Leiden University is looking for candidates for appointment ...

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Online first: "Police patrols, fire alarms, or ambulance chasers? Parliamentary oversight of European monetary policy and banking supervision" by @adinaakbik.bsky.social & @sebdiessner.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/0140... #Polisky

In a new study for the EU Parliament, Mark Dawson & @adinaakbik.bsky.social demonstrate how the EU Council's tendency to instruct other institutions and its limited accountability have established a gap between its de jure role and its de facto power. Learn more: www.delorscentre.eu/en/publicati...

The Role of the European Council in the EU Constitutional Structure

This study by Mark Dawson and Adina Akbik was commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the AFCO Committee.

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🚨Job alert🚨 Postdoctoral Researcher in Political Science, focus on survey experiments & EU governance. The position is linked to my ERC project EUROTYPES. Good conditions, nice colleagues, cool topic (full-time, 2,5 years). www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/vacancies...

Jobs 📣 Jobs 📣 Jobs 📣 3 fully-funded PhD positions in Political Science (4 years) @ Leiden University, working on cultural stereotypes in #EU governance 2 positions are attached to my ERC project #EUROTYPES, focused on EU agencies: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/vacancies... EUsky polisky

PhD Candidate in Political Science, focus on EU agencies

The Institute of Political Science of Leiden University’s Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences invites applicants for two positions ofPhD Candidate in Political Science, focus on EU agencies (1....

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www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Glad to see my article on Nordic security and defence policies and evolving relations with NATO and CSDP published open access on @jeppjournal.bsky.social

New Nordic pathways? Explaining Nordic countries’ defence policy choices in the wake of the Ukrainian war

In May 2022 Finland and Sweden took the historical decision to apply for membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). One month later, after a three-decade long opt-out, Denmark vot...

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We're hiring! Eén of meer universitair docenten politicologie. Voor deze functies is de Nederlandse taal een must. 𝑂𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝐴𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑓𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑃𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑆𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒. 𝐷𝑢𝑡𝑐ℎ 𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑢𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠. Apply by 17/2 👇 www.universiteitleiden.nl/vacatures/20... polisky

I gave an interview to the European Research Council's Magazine about my experience re-applying for their Starting Grant. My main point: if you fail the first time, it's not the end of the story: erc.europa.eu/news-events/...

It’s always too soon to quit: Reapplying for an ERC grant

We interviewed political scientist Adina Akbik, who was awarded an ERC Starting Grant on her second application attempt. She explained her personal winning methodology, the importance of perseverance ...

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The accountability of the Eurogroup is a key topic in EU economic governance. To what extent can Members of the European Parliament hold the Eurogroup accountable in the Economic Dialogues? I answer this question in a new book chapter: www.cambridge.org/core/books/s... EUsky Polisky