📢 Join our next seminar at the University of Southampton with Professor Johanna Rickne (SOFI, Stockholm University), whose research explores gender inequality, labour economics, political representation, and diversity in politics & the workplace. 🗓 11 May 2026 ⏰ 1–2.15 pm 📍 Building 100, Room 8011

*PSA Book Prize Winner* 🎉Congratulations to Prof. Elizabeth Evans & Prof. Stefanie Reher for their book 'Disability and Political Representation' (OUP) which is this year’s W.J.M. MacKenzie #BookPrize Winner ➡️ buff.ly/dvOF0Sa

Getting kittens is making it hard to concentrate on work #catsofbluesky

Lovely to win the Mackenzie prize when so many great books were nominated, but also really lovely to win it with my brilliant friend @stefaniereher.bsky.social

A hat trick of @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social prizes last night! @elizabethjevans.bsky.social for the Mackenzie Book Prize, @dbonansinga.bsky.social for Specialist Group of the Year @psa-italian.bsky.social & @williamlallen.bsky.social for the Joni Lovenduski early-career achievement award. #psa26

Two colleagues @elizabethjevans.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social are also shortlisted for the @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social Mackenzie Book Prize, with the announcement on Tuesday evening. Good luck to all the nominees! bsky.app/profile/soto...

Politics at Southampton@sotonpolitics.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Two books by our colleagues are shortlisted for this year's @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social Mackenzie Book Prize! @elizabethjevans.bsky.social for 'Disability and Political Representation', and @drjennings.bsky.social for 'The Changing Electoral Map of England and Wales'. www.psa.ac.uk/news/mackenz...

Chuffed that @elsabmeuller.bsky.social and I have won The Ken Young Prize for best article in @policy-politics.bsky.social for our paper on policy responses to incels. @sotonpolitics.bsky.social policyandpoliticsblog.com/2026/03/11/p...

*PSA Mackenzie #BookPrize Shortlist 2025-26* Congratulations to Prof. Elizabeth Evans @elizabethjevans.bsky.social & Dr Stefanie Reher for ‘Disability and Political Representation', published by Oxford University Press @academic.oup.com ➡️ Find out more buff.ly/X13TKjK #Books #Politics #Disability

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Two books by our colleagues are shortlisted for this year's @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social Mackenzie Book Prize! @elizabethjevans.bsky.social for 'Disability and Political Representation', and @drjennings.bsky.social for 'The Changing Electoral Map of England and Wales'. www.psa.ac.uk/news/mackenz...

Mackenzie Book Prize 2025-26 Shortlist Announced - Political Studies Association

Thank you to all who nominated a book for this esteemed prize which celebrates the distinctive contribution these works have made to advancing Political Studies. From an impressive number of entries, ...

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Great to speak about mine and @stefaniereher.bsky.social research at the @centenaryaction.bsky.social event on disabled women and politics at the House of Lords, hosted by Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson 🤩 🤩 🤩

So happy that mine and @stefaniereher.bsky.social ESRC grant application for a 4 year comparative project on disability and political parties was successful!! @sotonpolitics.bsky.social

New article out now in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social in which I provide a comparative analysis of disability & political parties and develop a framework for assessing their accessibility.

Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR@cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · last yr.

#OpenAccess from @poppublicsphere.bsky.social - Making Political Parties Accessible for People with Disabilities: A New Research Agenda - cup.org/41dguu2 - Elizabeth Evans #FirstView

So pleased to see this new steering group set up to support disabled people gain access to elected office - some excellent people on the steering group! www.gov.uk/government/n...

New steering group to champion disabled people in elected office

A new steering group will support disabled candidates in elections, advising on a fund for disability-related expenses to level the playing field.

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Had a great time in Ottawa presenting some of the findings from mine and @stefaniereher.bsky.social research on disability and politics at the Canadian Parliament. Now just soaking up the election fever 🤓🇨🇦🍁

Please do come along to this if you're in Brum for @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

PSA Political Thought Specialist Group@psapolthought.bsky.social · last yr.

Along with our friends in @populismpsa.bsky.social & @psawomenpol.bsky.social we're also sponsoring a roundtable on the much-missed Jonathan Dean 🗣️ @peterallen.bsky.social, @chdesportes.bsky.social, @elizabethjevans.bsky.social & @theoaiolfi.bsky.social ⏰ 11:30 Tues 15 Apr 🏫 The Exchange - Assembly

🚨My small book with @cambridgeuppolisci.bsky.social on timely #empathy #politics is online and I can't be happier! 🚨 shorturl.at/jZyPz *The manuscript can be accessed freely for the next 2 weeks!* The book builds on my PhD thesis, defended @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social

Happy to share this - although it is truly horrendous listening to yourself...

UCL Political Science@uclspp.bsky.social · last yr.

🎙️ UCL Uncovering Politics 🎙️ S14 E6: Disability Representation in Politics. Why are there so few disabled politicians? - with @elizabethjevans.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social and @stefaniereher.bsky.social @unistrathclyde.bsky.social - ucl-uncovering-politics.simplecast.com/episodes/dis...

Our new Gender and Inequalities (GAIN) Centre at @sotonpolitics.bsky.social is officially up and running! 🎉 So excited to be running this with my brilliant colleagues @elizabethjevans.bsky.social and @emiliabelknap.bsky.social Keep an eye out for more to come! 👇

Gender and Inequalities Centre at Southampton@gain-centre.bsky.social · last yr.

Our new website is live! Check it out here to learn more about the new research centre: www.southampton.ac.uk/research/ins...

Disappointed to discover there is currently no All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Disability. There's the very important Special Educational Needs and Disabilities APPG but this group focuses on children and young people rather than disability per se.

In Memoriam Mala Htun (1969-2025) Mala Htun made a major impact on the study of women, gender, and politics as a scholar, teacher, mentor, and advocate. To honor her contributions, we have ungated access to her articles until the end of February 2025. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

We are a new interdisciplinary research centre @sotonpolitics.bsky.social focusing on gender and inequalities. Watch this space as we get up and running, as we have exciting news to share!

Toutes Les Femmes de La Terre vous soutiennent. Merci Gisèle.

Grateful to @sotonpolitics.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social for covering the costs of the production of a (free) easy read version of mine and @stefaniereher.bsky.social book Disability and Political Representation. @disrightsuk.bsky.social eprints.soton.ac.uk/494719/ #AccessibleAcademia

Great to see MPs raising the issue of electronic voting www.theguardian.com/politics/202... it's one of the topics that @stefaniereher.bsky.social and I proposed in our submission to the Modernisation Committee. Accessibility should not be sacrificed on the altar of tradition.

House of Commons should consider electronic voting, MPs say in letter

Exclusive: New MPs and backbenchers complain of wasted time in document sent to leader of Commons

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Our application to set up a School-wide Gender and Inequalities Centre at @unisouthampton.bsky.social @sotonpolitics.bsky.social has been approved! Watch this space for further updates as well as an inclusive programme of activities in the new year @jess-smith.bsky.social @emiliabelknap.bsky.social

Fantastic to have @mikebankole.bsky.social speak to our @sotonpolitics.bsky.social departmental seminar about his research on race, anti-racism protests and the Conservative party

Very handy @ejpgjournal.bsky.social Ed's collection on diversity and representation including me and @stefaniereher.bsky.social on disabled women's experiences of political recruitment bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/subject/Edit...

The revolution starts in Balham! ✊

Other people are still using a Filofax aren't they? Easily one of the highlights of the year when the new refills arrive 🤓

In preparing for the job market I recently wrote a draft syllabus for a proposed course on the Politics of Disability. Sharing it here in case its of interest to others - would love to hear any feedback/suggestions and hope it helps! www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/srq5e...