Carlos Bravo-Laguna
@cbravuna.bsky.social
Assistant Professor @unileiden.bsky.social. Regulation, governance, & crisis networks. Opinions are my own.
The ECPR General Conference starts today, with Political Networks panels beginning tomorrow! ⏰ 👉 Join us on Wednesday for our Business Meeting and Best Paper Award (18:00), followed by a joint dinner with the Public Policy Standing Group. See you there!
Publication alert! 🔔🔔 I wanted to share with you the new paper that Ixchel Perez Duran, Joaquín Rozas Bugueño, and I have just published in Social Policy & Administration. Link: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... (Thread below)
Managing the COVID‐19 Crisis: Assessing the Responses of Politicians and Service Providers in Long‐Term Care
COVID-19 was a mega-crisis that disproportionately affected vulnerable groups, with nursing home residents accounting for 30%–60% of COVID-19-related deaths in Europe during the Spring 2020. Despite ...
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I'm immensely glad to share that my article with Matthew Donoghue @drdonoghue.bsky.social has just been published in Territory, Politics Governance! @rsa-tpg.bsky.social 🎉 Our findings transform how we think about minority nationalism and the welfare state 🧵 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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📣Deadline extended–POLNET School on Social Network Analysis 🗓️21–25 Sep @uni-konstanz.de Cover core descriptive techniques + advanced methods like Relational Event Models & Discourse Network Analysis 🧑🏫 @fernschreiber.bsky.social @cbravuna.bsky.social @anniewald.bsky.social @petrocelik.bsky.social
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POLNET School on Social Network Analysis
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🚨Deadline: Apply now for the POLNET School on Social Network Analysis @politicalnets.bsky.social 🗓️ 21–25 Sep, Universität Konstanz Curious about SNA and its applications in political network research? ✔️Gain skills in advanced methods, including Relational Event Models & Discourse Network Analysis
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POLNET School on Social Network Analysis, Universität Konstanz, 21 – 25 September 2026
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Submission deadline for the Political Networks Conference 2026 extended to 22 April following requests and to accommodate Easter breaks. Submission and full scope details: sites.google.com/view/confpol.... Please RT. #NetworkAnalysis #Polisky #publicpolicy #netsci #NetworkScience #SNA
Philip Leifeld@leifeld.bsky.social · 7mo agoCall for papers: 19th Annual Political Networks Conference, University of Manchester, 4–7 Aug 2026. sites.google.com/view/confpol... Paper and poster submissions now open (deadline: 12 April). First time in Europe. Training workshops. #NetworkAnalysis #Polisky #publicpolicy #netsci #NetworkScience
🚨 Deadline approaching at the end of this week. Political Networks Conference 2026 at Manchester. sites.google.com/view/confpol... Connecting research communities -- North America + Europe, different disciplines, methods, theories. #NetworkAnalysis #Polisky #publicpolicy #netsci #NetworkScience #SNA
Philip Leifeld@leifeld.bsky.social · 7mo agoCall for papers: 19th Annual Political Networks Conference, University of Manchester, 4–7 Aug 2026. sites.google.com/view/confpol... Paper and poster submissions now open (deadline: 12 April). First time in Europe. Training workshops. #NetworkAnalysis #Polisky #publicpolicy #netsci #NetworkScience
Call for papers: 19th Annual Political Networks Conference, University of Manchester, 4–7 Aug 2026. sites.google.com/view/confpol... Paper and poster submissions now open (deadline: 12 April). First time in Europe. Training workshops. #NetworkAnalysis #Polisky #publicpolicy #netsci #NetworkScience
💫 Join our POLNET School this September for an enriching learning experience curated by the Standing Group on Political Networks @politicalnets.bsky.social 📆 21–25 Sep📍 @uni-konstanz.de 🎓️ @fernschreiber.bsky.social @cbravuna.bsky.social @anniewald.bsky.social @petrocelik.bsky.social
Apply by 30 April 2026
POLNET School on Social Network Analysis, Universität Konstanz, 21 – 25 September 2026
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Our Standing Group on Political Networks invites applications for the 25th anniversary of the POLNET school @politicalnets.bsky.social 📆21–25 Sep📍@uni-konstanz.de ✔️Designed for graduate students & researchers interested in the empirical study of social and political networks #SocialNetworkAnalysis
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POLNET School on Social Network Analysis, Universität Konstanz, 21 – 25 September 2026
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Positive contact dominates Jewish–Palestinian interactions in mixed Israeli neighborhoods. Even in conflict and war, research suggests everyday interactions are often more positive than commonly assumed. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Curious about Social Network Analysis and its applications in political network research? 📣 Apply now for the 25th anniversary of the POLNET school @politicalnets.bsky.social 📆 21–25 Sep 2026 📍 @uni-konstanz.de ✔️ Learn core descriptive techniques and advanced methods, including REM & DNA + more!
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POLNET School on Social Network Analysis, Universität Konstanz, 21 – 25 September 2026
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BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide. This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
Here, Starmer. This is how the far-right discourse is fought. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/o...
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2026 Political Networks Conference: 4-7 August 2026 at the University of Manchester. Save the date! More info will be released in early spring. #SNA #polinetworks #polnet #polisky #networkanalysis #politicalnetworks #politicalnets #policynetworks #complexsystems #netsci #polmeth #polisci
🚨 PUBLICATIONS ALERT! 🚨 After months of work with Monica Di Gregorio, @petrocelik.bsky.social, and Eva Fernández, our special issue on The Politics of Environmental Networks is finally out! It features 11 contributions that investigate the internal and external politics of environmental networks.
Call for abstracts for the Political Networks session at the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) General Conference to be held between 8-11 September 2026 at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland. Deadline: January 5 (23:59 UK time) ecpr.eu/Events/Event....
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📣 Call for #ecprgc26 Papers 🛤️ Political Networks 🪑 @cbravuna.bsky.social & @justynabandola.bsky.social ✅ @politicalnets.bsky.social endorsed ⌛ Deadline: 5 Jan
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General Conference 2026, 8 – 11 September, Jagiellonian University
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The CfP for the ISCRAM2026 track on Networked Approaches to Crisis and Risk Management is now open! Where? Leiden University. When? 31 May to 3 June 2026. - Completed research paper (9 January). - Work in progress & Practitioner insights and perspectives (23 February). More info: iscram2026.com
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Many thanks to the jury for the award and their appreciations: it is truly an honor to receive it! A special thanks also to my brilliant colleague Alejandro, who saw the potential of an idea born almost by chance during a half-hour chat a year and a half ago, and which we later turned into a paper!
PoliticalNets ECPR@politicalnets.bsky.social · last yr.It was our pleasure to personally award the Best Paper Prize presented at the previous ECPR conference in Dublin. @ecpr.bsky.social 🏆 The jury, consisting of Maria Brockhaus, Katia Pilati, and Volker Schneider, unanimously decided for @alexciordia.bsky.social and Luigi Schiavo. Congratulations! 👏
Honored to receive the Best Paper Prize 2024 from @politicalnets.bsky.social together with the brilliant Luigi Schiavo. Many thanks to the jury and colleagues!
PoliticalNets ECPR@politicalnets.bsky.social · last yr.It was our pleasure to personally award the Best Paper Prize presented at the previous ECPR conference in Dublin. @ecpr.bsky.social 🏆 The jury, consisting of Maria Brockhaus, Katia Pilati, and Volker Schneider, unanimously decided for @alexciordia.bsky.social and Luigi Schiavo. Congratulations! 👏
It was our pleasure to personally award the Best Paper Prize presented at the previous ECPR conference in Dublin. @ecpr.bsky.social 🏆 The jury, consisting of Maria Brockhaus, Katia Pilati, and Volker Schneider, unanimously decided for @alexciordia.bsky.social and Luigi Schiavo. Congratulations! 👏
Our #ecprgc_25 has been intense and productive in beautiful Thessaloniki. Thanks to the Aristotle Univ for hosting us and to all participants. We are a big @ecpr.bsky.social family!
PoliticalNets ECPR@politicalnets.bsky.social · last yr.The conference is behind us. 👋 Many thanks to all of you who participated! #ecprgc_25 Thanks also go to the @ecpr.bsky.social #ECPR organizers and the Aristotle University. 🙏 Looking forward to meeting again in Krakow! ⬜🟥
Our last panel was packed! ⚡#ecprgc26 @ecpr.bsky.social Once again, thanks to all who participated. 🙏 #socioecological #systems #networks #environmental #governance
📣 Welcome to Day 1 of #ecprgc25! ⭐ An exciting day ahead awaits: 🎓 Methods Taster by @politicalnets.bsky.social, 15:45-16:30 🎙️ Plenary Welcome, 17:00-18:00 🍸 Welcome Reception, 18:15-19:30 📲 View highlights on event app ecpr.eu/App
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ECPR 2025 General Conference
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✌️ Two more panels behind us. @ecpr.bsky.social ✅ #Climate policy networks chaired by @anttigronow.bsky.social ✅ Comparing political networks chaired by Manuel Fischer and @petrocelik.bsky.social Thanks for the great presentations and discussion! ⚡ We continue today with three more sessions.
Excellent turnout and insights at our panel on Comparing Political Networks today at the ECPR General Conference! Thessaloniki is a perfect location to reconnect with older and newer members of the #polnets gang.
There is little better than 🏖️💻beach office to start into an exicting week at @ecpr.bsky.social in beautiful Thessaloniki - and a great turnaround of our panel on political networks affect output or outcome 🙏 @helgej.bsky.social Maria Brockhaus @anttigronow.bsky.social Bruna Rodriguez Aasa Karimo
