🚨Job Posting🚨 I've received funding for a project on "Rethinking the Anti-Corruption Toolkit" and am hiring a 2-year postdoc (political theory or related) to help. Ideally starting this fall, but can be flexible. For best consideration apply by the end of next week! apply.interfolio.com/188955

"I have taken the rather tedious bus necessary precaution of quoting at length from each of the works I have reinterpreted in order to forestall, if possible, raising the suspicion that instead of having read these works in a new way I have not read them at all" (Polsby 1963, viii)

Here's what I have to say about Elon Musk becoming a trillionaire: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Is it bad that Elon Musk has a trillion dollars? Yes, and here’s why | Ingrid Robeyns

Just as the ‘poverty line’ determines what’s required for basic living, we need a ‘wealth line’ to show when extreme wealth becomes harmful, says economist and philosopher Ingrid Robeyns

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In der Politischen Theorie an der Uni Hamburg ist zum 1.10. eine postdoc-Stelle zu besetzen, hier auf Deutsch und im Kommentar auf Englisch: www.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangeb...

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Diese Woche erzählt @ascharpf.bsky.social von seiner Forschung und seinem Leben auf diesem Account: @realscientists.de Mitfolgen lohnt sich 🤩

Pause @ Real Scientists DE@realscientists.de · 2mo ago

Guten Morgen – weiter geht's! Gerade mit Blick auf die Kritik rund um die ⚽🏆 in Katar und die WM 2034 in Saudi Arabien stellt sich die Frage: Warum geben internationale Sportverbände Autokratien überhaupt die Möglichkeit, prestigeträchtige Sportgroßveranstaltungen auszurichten?

#CfA: Call for Applications - zum 01.10.2026 sucht der Lehrstuhl für Politische Theorie und Ideengeschichte der @unigreifswald.bsky.social eine*n neue*n Wissenschaftliche*n Mitarbeiter*in. Die Stelle ist für drei Jahre befristet. Bewerbungsschluss ist der 24.06.2026. 👇

🔊 The magnificent @ddc-sdu.bsky.social x TrygFonden Fellowship Program is open, seeking the 2027 cohort 🚀 3 types of fellowships: 1️⃣ academic 2️⃣ journalist 3️⃣ policy fellows 🗓️ deadline September 1 Read the call for details and instructions 🚨🚨Spread the word 🚨🚨 www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...

📙 We’ve just published the Democratic Capabilities Framework, part of INSPIRE research @horizon-inspire.bsky.social 👇 www.inspiredemocracy.eu/services-9 📍It starts from a simple question: why does participation so often fall short of being truly inclusive? Across many fields including ....

Innsbruck airport has the most stunning views. Fabulous views all week from all the rooms in the university. Fabulous venue for #ecprjs2026 Thanks to all our referendum colleagues for a great week of papers on referendum and initiative votes around the world.

For me, academic life does not get much better than this: some days in an ECPR workshop with 25 bright and kind scholars who share a research interest. I am grateful for all the insights I gained about referendums and the great people that I met, brought together by Alice el-Wakil and Daniel Kübler.

#OpenAccess from @democratictheory.bsky.social - Is Religious Strategic Litigation Special? A Deliberative View - https://cup.org/4cqGw1R - @svenjaahlhaus.bsky.social #FirstView

Come join this LSE philosophy event. In person and online. www.lse.ac.uk/events/inter...

The ethics of foreign intervention

6.30pm Tues 5 May | Kieran Oberman, Jonathan Parry, Paola Romero, Somayeh Tohidi | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE

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⭐️FREE #ECPRHouseSeries lecture: The Stein Rokkan Edition 💻️Cleavage Politics & Democratic Resilience 🗓️8 Apr, 16:15–17:30 BST, Online 🎙️@siljahausermann.bsky.social examines how party politics in European democracies have evolved, using cleavage theory to explain changes in left & right-wing parties

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Streamed from the University of Innsbruck, ECPR Joint Sessions 2026

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Hey #poltheory and #polisky folks, check out this new book on Democracy and Competition from @britishacademy.bsky.social and @livunipress.bsky.social, which I edited with @alfredmoore.bsky.social - www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....

Democracy and Competition | Home

Rethinking the Forms, Purposes, and Values of Competition in Democracy

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Here's today's German language obituary for Jürgen Habermas for Kölner Stadtanzeiger. www.wiso.uni-hamburg.de/fachbereich-...

Check out the new Oxford Handbook of Constituent Power edited by Peter Niesen, Markus Patberg @mpatberg.bsky.social and Lucia Rubinelli @luxirubsi.bsky.social global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Just arrived: MAKING A CAREER IN DICTATORSHIP. Featuring original visualizations throughout, the book reconstructs an entire military organization using career data from 15k officers. A deep dive into how the security apparatus in autocracies really works. Excited to finally hold it in my hands.

Adam Scharpf@ascharpf.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Russia, Venezuela, Iran, China, the Sahel region, the United States ... Want to know why state agents carry out brutal repression — or participate in illegal coups? Our new book "Making a Career in Dictatorship" provides answers — it just got published by @academic.oup.com: tinyurl.com/ystwm3tf

I have a new chapter in The Oxford Handbook of Constituent Power, edited by Peter Niesen, Markus Patberg & Lucia Rubinelli, in which I explore the evolving concept of 'the people' as the bearer of constituent power across various historical contexts. Open access 👇 academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

The People and Constituent Power

AbstractThis chapter offers a brief long durée material intellectual history of ‘the people’ as bearer of constituent power. It engages with the conception

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Just opened: 2 calls for positions in political theory in the "Moralizing Politics" project led by C. Rostbøll @ucph.bsky.social 1️⃣PhD Scholarship, "The Dignity of Work": candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI... 2️⃣PhD Scholarship, "Cancel Culture": candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI... ⏰ April 13

PhD Scholarship at the Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen (UCPH): Moralizing Politics: The Practice of Judging Others (MoPo) – The Dignity of Work: Social Value and Esteem

We hereby invite applications for a PhD scholarship at the Department of Political Science. Enrolment will be at the Faculty of Social Sciences under Copenhagen

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Alice el-Wakil@anewq.bsky.social · 6mo ago

CfA: Postdoc in political theory on "Climate Shaming and Moralizing Politics" @ucph.bsky.social In the ERC project “Moralizing Politics: The Practice of Judging Others” (MoPo) led by Christian Rostbøll 3-year position Deadline Apr. 8 ➡️ employment.ku.dk/faculty/?sho... @erc.europa.eu #PolTheory

The first set of postdocs for our ERC project on popular government have just been advertised. These 3 postdocs will be based at UC Louvain with my co-PI Pierre-Etienne Vandamme and focus on contemporary democratic theory. Apply! jobs.uclouvain.be/Personnelsci...

Our ‘dispatches from the field’ will offer diagnoses, reflections, normative or strategic implications, or predictions regarding democracy in the context of rising authoritarianisms around the world. Find out how to submit your dispatch - cup.org/3OkF4FT

Thrilled to see this volume out and happy to be part of it! My contribution looks at the Haitian Revolution — huge thanks to the editors for their amazing work and the inspiring, collaborative process behind it. Can’t wait to read the other chapters by brilliant colleagues from across the world.

Markus Patberg@mpatberg.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The Oxford Handbook of Constituent Power is out today! Peter Niesen (based @politikuhh.bsky.social), Lucia Rubinelli (@luxirubsi.bsky.social) and I consider ourselves incredibly fortunate to be able to publish the contributions of so many wonderful colleagues. global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Really happy to be part of this volume with a chapter on radical democracy and constituent power! Many of political theorists who have inspired my work the most have also contributed, so it is great to be among them. Thanks to the editors for their wonderful work!

Markus Patberg@mpatberg.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The Oxford Handbook of Constituent Power is out today! Peter Niesen (based @politikuhh.bsky.social), Lucia Rubinelli (@luxirubsi.bsky.social) and I consider ourselves incredibly fortunate to be able to publish the contributions of so many wonderful colleagues. global.oup.com/academic/pro...

The Oxford Handbook of Constituent Power is out today! Peter Niesen (based @politikuhh.bsky.social), Lucia Rubinelli (@luxirubsi.bsky.social) and I consider ourselves incredibly fortunate to be able to publish the contributions of so many wonderful colleagues. global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Russia, Venezuela, Iran, China, the Sahel region, the United States ... Want to know why state agents carry out brutal repression — or participate in illegal coups? Our new book "Making a Career in Dictatorship" provides answers — it just got published by @academic.oup.com: tinyurl.com/ystwm3tf

CfA: Postdoc in political theory on "Climate Shaming and Moralizing Politics" @ucph.bsky.social In the ERC project “Moralizing Politics: The Practice of Judging Others” (MoPo) led by Christian Rostbøll 3-year position Deadline Apr. 8 ➡️ employment.ku.dk/faculty/?sho... @erc.europa.eu #PolTheory

Postdoctoral position in Climate Shaming and Moralizing Politics

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Assistant Professor (tenure track) in Political Science #ECPRMemberJobs 📚 Focus on politics and/or policy of the ecological transitions in/of Europe and the European Union 🏫 @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social ⌛ Thu 5 Feb buff.ly/siQpBZc #PolSciJobs #PoliSky #AcademicSky

Assistant Professor (tenure track) in Political Science 2026

Sciences Po is recruiting an Assistant Professor (tenure track) in Political Science/Ecological transitions in/of Europe and the European Union.

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We are pleased to announce that Democratic Theory is now on Bluesky - @democratictheory.bsky.social All articles accepted for publication from 2026 onwards in Democratic Theory will be #OpenAccess.

4 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 (𝐏𝐡𝐝, 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐜, 𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫) 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐃𝐂!!! 😯🤩 The DDC is expanding its team with *4* new opportunities for researchers passionate about the intersection of AI, media, democracy, & society. Deadline: 📅 Feb 15 for 3 of these roles! The Professorship deadline follows in March.🧵👇

Postdoc position(s) at The Digital Democracy Centre

Application deadline: February 15th, 2026, 23:59 CET/CEST.

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My colleague Yue Guan is organising a fascinating workshop on (In)Voluntary Compliance in Aarhus (9–10 June), which I’m glad to take part in. Special focus on mandatory vaccination and conscription, but open to wide range of policies and approaches. CfP (deadline 15 Feb): cas.au.dk/globale-stud...