Does anyone have colleagues/friends who recently passed through Canadian work permit application process as postdocs? I'd be very happy to connect and discuss the process. Thanks!

As the #EPSS2026 is approaching, it is important to remember those members of our academic community whose right to conduct scientific research has been violated or taken away by authoritarian regimes around the world. 👇🏻🧵

ISPP stands with Associate Professor Vladimir Mihić following his expulsion from the University of Novi Sad after supporting student-led anti-corruption protests in Serbia. We call on the university to reverse this decision and uphold academic freedom. Read the letter here: https://bit.ly/4ebbLAb

Remember that recent paper claiming to show that "ideological bias" determined the results obtained by immigration policy research teams? A careful, open-code reanalysis by @kauspurg.bsky.social & Josef Brüderl finds that the result arises from a coding error. —> doi.org/10.31222/osf...

Once again, congratulations to @lucas-p-dasilva.bsky.social on winning @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social best dissertation prize in elections, electoral systems, and representation! Well deserved!👏

Will Allen@williamlallen.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Well done @lucas-p-dasilva.bsky.social of @tcdpoliticalsci.bsky.social for winning this year’s @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social best dissertation prize in elections, electoral systems and representation! And congrats to all the worthy recipients, too. www.psa.ac.uk/news/psa-aca...

Had the pleasure of presenting ongoing work at Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI) yesterday! Thanks to Erwan Dujeancourt and Emma von Essen for having me and everyone in the GAINS group for great feedback!

We've extended the deadline for our workshop on Migration and Security at @sotonpolitics.bsky.social to this Friday 15 May. If you have a working paper or pre-analysis plan that would benefit from deeper feedback, you still can submit at the link below! And repost for reach, too #migcitsky #polisky

Will Allen@williamlallen.bsky.social · 3mo ago

📣 Do you work on migration and how it relates to security including economic, policy, political, and psychological aspects? We're hosting a 1-day workshop at @sotonpolitics.bsky.social on 23 June. Limited funding available. Abstracts due 11 May: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/VywDnKXg3c #polisky #migcitsky

A rare opportunity to discuss security and migration research together👇🏻

Will Allen@williamlallen.bsky.social · 3mo ago

📣 Do you work on migration and how it relates to security including economic, policy, political, and psychological aspects? We're hosting a 1-day workshop at @sotonpolitics.bsky.social on 23 June. Limited funding available. Abstracts due 11 May: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/VywDnKXg3c #polisky #migcitsky

Seyla Benhabib, is the 2026 this year’s recipient of the Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science! Read more here: www.skytteprize.com/prize-laurea...

Want a short version of our #polcom study of which sources get more traction on French-language X immigration posts and why? Our new @ecprtheloop.bsky.social blog provides highlights of the full @polcommjournal.bsky.social open-access article here: doi.org/10.1080/1058... #polisky #commsky

Flooding the Feed: The Politics of Social Media Sharing Among Defensive Publics

What political significance do widely-shared sources on social media carry? Efforts at documenting media content have produced useful insights about political phenomena, including right-wing populi...

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The Loop@ecprtheloop.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🗣️ In social media, understanding who posts which sources to raise their visibility is key. 🤳 Katharina Tittel, @williamlallen.bsky.social & @piotram.bsky.social use #immigration in France to show how far-right users of X cite sources strategically to achieve their goals. 👉️ bit.ly/4sVJSQK

*PSA Prize Winners* 🎉Congratulations to Dr William Allen @williamlallen.bsky.social as this year’s academic prize winner of Joni Lovenduski Prize for outstanding professional contribution by an early career scholar. ➡️ buff.ly/dvOF0Sa

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I am an experienced researcher who has worked in higher education, policy, and the… · Experience: University of Southampton · Education: University of Oxford · Location: Greater Oxford Area · 269...

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I have a new #paper available as a preprint on #OSF! 📰 This study introduces "MQ-Class" to tackle two key methodological challenges in measuring #media #ideology : 🟦detecting subtle forms of news bias 💻📱 🟦integrating #human #expertise with LLMs👩‍🔬👨‍🔬 (See more below!) doi.org/10.31235/osf...

👍Very excited to see that my solo-authored article: "Surveying Minoritized Citizens: A Quantitative Study of Identification versus Categorization" has been published in Survey Research Methods✨ I hope survey researchers to reconsider how they survey group membership💪 doi.org/10.18148/srm...

📯📯 I am happy to announce I defended my Ph.D. thesis! Sincere thanks to my examiners @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social & Thomas Chadefaux (@conflictresearch.bsky.social) for thoughtful questions and an engaging discussion about the arguments I presented

Periodic reminder that paper-picnic.com is a terrific one-stop-shop to stay updated on the latest publications in the social sciences. Thanks Moritz! Pro tip: installing the website as an app on your phone to easily access it from your home screen: support.google.com/chrome/answe... (Android/iOS)

Moritz Marbach@moritz-marbach.com · 5mo ago

🧺 Paper Picnic 2.0 is here! More journals. New features. An easier way to keep up with the latest research in political science and adjacent fields. 🧵👇

Had a chance to go through a couple of chapters and it's definitely something worth having at hand if you're researching anything related to trust 👇

Politics at Southampton@sotonpolitics.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Do you work or teach on political trust, and need to get up to speed? Check out this new #openaccess collection edited by @danjdevine.bsky.social @mfair.bsky.social: 12 chapters covering causes and consequences of political trust www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook-o... #polisky #commsky #socsky #econsky

A positive end to the first week back is that the book is now fully available. It's not on their website yet, but it is on mine. I'm really happy with how it turned out and grateful to all the authors. Hope it's useful. 🙌 djdevineorg.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...

Daniel Devine@danjdevine.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Although not yet available to read (January 2026!), very happy to see our book on political trust online. Co-edited with @mfair.bsky.social and available open access, we think it'll be a useful addition to the field. www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/a-r...

How does cinema shape our understanding of migration? Join me for the first @mpc-eui.bsky.social seminar of next year (in-person/online), where I will share ideas based on a global dataset of 410 documentaries, films, and television series on migration. migrationpolicycentre.eu/events/?id=5...

Why social trust is failing – and how Psychology can restore it… David Sharpley, Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, on a ‘cultural drift’ that has ‘unsettled shared principles’. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

Why social trust is failing – and how Psychology can restore it | BPS

David Sharpley, Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, on a ‘cultural drift’ that has ‘unsettled shared principles’.

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A very nice step in expansion of academic and policy co-operation between 🇷🇸 and 🇮🇪 Looking forward to seeing more mutual efforts in the future!

Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju@ifdtbeograd.bsky.social · 10mo ago

International Workshop Opening 27/10/2025 in Belgrade. Keynote: Art O’Leary (Electoral Commission of Ireland). Focus: Democratic Innovation & Policy. 📍 IFDT, 16:30 + Online. Part of @nets4dem.eu (EU Horizon). Details/Reg: ifdt.bg.ac.rs/tasi #InnovatingDemocracy #CivicEngagement #AcademicSky

Submit, submit! 🚨 Pleasant reminder to all, the 5th European PolMeth meeting will be 14-15 May 2026 at Trinity College Dublin 🇮🇪 Submissions close Nov. 15 ⚠️ You can find out more about the conference, including the submission form, here: polmeth.eu If you have any questions, please contact me 😀

Tariffs might be the word of 2025. Given the state of *looks around* we asked: is there demand for tariffs in Europe? @grahn.bsky.social @katharinalawall.bsky.social @sophiemainz.bsky.social Maria Nordbrandt & I show the answer is a resolute no @jeppjournal.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/1350...

A game of tariffs: is there demand for tariffs in Europe?

In April 2025, the United States introduced sweeping tariffs on imports from the European Union and the United Kingdom, raising transatlantic tensions and prompting debate over Europe’s response. T...

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This is your heads up that the deadline for submitting your abstract to the inaugural @epssnet.bsky.social conference in Belfast is a month from now (Nov 7)! I'm chairing the Migration Politics section w/ @aalrababah.bsky.social and we're excited to receive contributions from across the discipline🕺🏻

EPSS@epssnet.bsky.social · 10mo ago

▶️ Migration Politics 👉🏽 Section chairs: @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social & @aalrababah.bsky.social 📢 Our section section brings together research on the politics of migration, including migration flows, government policies to manage mobility, and the politics of forced displacement. >>> 6/

I really strongly feel that some fields of research would profit if researchers stopped collecting online data for some time and instead maybe just read a bit outside of their field.

🎉We're back! 24 hours of Political Psychology is once again coming to Vienna - save the dates: 26 / 27 February 2026 ▶️ Abstract submission is OPEN - find the link & further information here: 24hpolpsy.univie.ac.at Very excited to co-host with @markuswagner.bsky.social and @isabellareb.bsky.social

24 HOURS OF POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY CONFERENCE 2026

24 HOURS OF POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY CONFERENCE 2026

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The success of the far right is not only measured in votes and seats but in its impact on rhetoric, policy and ideology. The fact that a (nominally) social democratic head of government with a huge majority choses to say and do this is maybe the biggest success of the far right in Europe yet.

📕We are delighted to kick off our Wednesday Seminar Series for the new academic year with Dr Marco Seegers and his talk entitled "Equalizer or amplifier? The role of further education for social inequality". Join us in College Green this Wednesday from 3-4pm!

The Münster Replication Games will take place on November 28, 2025! + 1 day event to conduct reproduction/replication + connect with fellow researchers interested in OS + refine your coding skills + become a co-author on a meta-paper Register here: indico.uni-muenster.de/event/3526

The University of Cologne plans drastic cuts to its Political Science department, potentially abolishing the MSc in Political Science and eliminating the professorships in IR and Comparative Politics. This would severely weaken the social sciences at @unicologne.bsky.social. Petition (de/en) ⤵️

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Keine WiSo ohne PoWi! Für eine starke Politikwissenschaft im Bachelor & Master

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V important to call out the strategic use of gender in anti-immigrant politics. Our research shows femonationalism is growing across Europe -- used most (but not only!) by the far right, esp when party rivals converge on anti-immigration positions. Working paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Maryam Aldossari@maryamaldossari.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Prominent women including cultural figures, politicians and campaigners have signed a letter criticising rightwing attempts to link sexual violence in Britain to asylum seekers. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...