How did Europeans react to Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs? New registered report (forthcoming, JEPS): a UESD design using a Eurobarometer survey in the field when the tariffs hit. US favorability fell 2.9 pts No change in EU attachment No shift in support for retaliation or rules-based trade

Do women ministers face greater scrutiny? Analysing 15,651 parliamentary questions in Sweden (1994–2023), Josefina Erikson, @sandrahkansson.bsky.social , @ceciliajosefsson.bsky.social & Robert Borges find similar scrutiny of women and men. Open access. doi.org/10.1332/25151088Y2026D000000155

Young teenagers are less likely to identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual than a few years ago, according to a new analysis. “It really does look like a free fall,” Jean Twenge, a professor of psychology, said. “But what’s causing it is unclear.”

Number of teens who identify themselves as gay or bisexual is in ‘free fall’

Conservatives have trumpeted the data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but researchers say the reasons for the decline are unclear.

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How do far-right actors differentiate between LGB and TQ+ subjects? In EJPG, Jana Foxe & @jsciarone.bsky.social compare MAGA, the PVV and the FvD: White Christian homonationalism seeks erasure of TQ+ identities, semi-secular homonationalism containment. doi.org/10.1332/25151088Y2026D000000156

Mexico champions gender equality abroad, yet has one of the highest rates of homicide of women. In our new First View article, @jzulver.bsky.social & @Daniela Philipson García show why the 2021 Women, Peace and Security plan is not fit for purpose. doi.org/10.1332/25151088Y2026D000000158

Some news: EJPG is now on LinkedIn! Follow us there for new research, Editors' Choice articles, calls for papers and journal news. We'll keep posting here on Bluesky too. linkedin.com/company/137454110

Do women candidates help the far right? Not in Britain, finds @turnbulldugarte.com in #EJPG. In 2024, Reform UK's women candidates won no more votes than men, and the gender gap in Reform support was, if anything, wider where it ran a woman.

We are happy to introduce our current Editor’s Choice articles, which are available to download for free until the end of the month. @brisunipress.bsky.social @bupjournals.bsky.social

Our colleague and friend Philipp Köker has left us and i can't begin to order my thoughts. I hope I can express to his family the feeling of loss we can't beginn to understand, but attempt to share. rundblick-niedersachsen.de/politikwisse...

Politikwissenschaftler stirbt überraschend mit 40 Jahren

Philipp Köker, habilitierter Politikwissenschaftler und Experte für die Erforschung politischer Institutionen, ist im Alter von 40 Jahren überraschend gestorben. Die Nachricht hat in Kreisen der Unive...

rundblick-niedersachsen.de

I had the most lovely time during my 2 days in Uppsala 💕 Yesterday @grahn.bsky.social @rozemarijnvandijk.bsky.social & I had a very productive workshop for our book “Rainbow Wings”, which is the 1st to investigate LGBTQ+ party wings (you can read more about it here: www.michalgrahn.com/wings-book).

😯 Today we got exciting news! 🌈 Next month we kick off our 2026-2027 programme with @turnbulldugarte.com! He will present his quasi-experimental evidence on Islamophobic backlash in queer citizens after the Berlin Pride attack. 📆 Be sure to join us on October 8!

Do LGBTQ+ individuals take a nativist turn after Islamist violence? Does the general pop. increase support for the LGBTQ+ community? We, with @wurthmann.bsky.social & @grahn.bsky.social, answer these Qs with a pre-reg. RDiT around the Berlin attack which I'll present at the next QPW on Oct 8th.

Queer Politics Webinar@queerseminar.bsky.social · 4w ago

😯 Today we got exciting news! 🌈 Next month we kick off our 2026-2027 programme with @turnbulldugarte.com! He will present his quasi-experimental evidence on Islamophobic backlash in queer citizens after the Berlin Pride attack. 📆 Be sure to join us on October 8!

Yesterday, I took part in @uu-polisci.bsky.social & @uumediacomms.bsky.social initiative “Statsvetare på stan” — Political Scientists in Town. This is our pre-election initiative to meet the people of Uppsala and answer questions they may have about the upcoming general election and democracy.

Happy to share that together with @maarja.bsky.social I will be chairing the Gender and sexuality section at the upcoming EPSS conference in Copenhagen (June 24–26, 2027). Call for papers will open soon! @epssnet.bsky.social

Department prefect Sven Oskarsson and professor Josefina Erikson manning the "Statsvetare på stan" initiative at Forumtorget.

Department of Government, Uppsala University@uu-polisci.bsky.social · last mo.

Next week, Department of Government staff will be "standing in the election" - standing on Forumtorget to provide information and insights to young and old citizens curious about the scientific perspective on electoral politics! More here: - www.uu.se/press/pressm... - www.uu.se/kalendarium/...

Excited to present work with @payoub.bsky.social at APSA in Boston. We study a real-world disinformation event in which a Swedish far-right organization abused the visual identity of Swedish LGBTQ+ civil-society organizations to make it appear as though they support the legalization of paedophilia.

After-summer kickoff yesterday with presentations of exciting new research projects from @grahn.bsky.social @ajars.bsky.social @shirinaoberg.bsky.social @marcusosterman.bsky.social, followed by guided tours of Uppsala with Carl von Linné and our department's very own progenitor: Johan Skytte!

Yesterday, I got to try my hand at live TV, talking about the growing gap in political attitudes between young men and women. We also discussed the dating reality show Silent Attraction, which centers on this divide and where I appear as an expert. :)

1/ Happy to share our paper 'Still Instrumentally Inclusive' w/ @turnbulldugarte.com in @apsrjournal.bsky.social. Understanding homonationalism remains important. Recent events (Berlin) have shown how quickly LGBT+ rights can become instrumentalized in debates about immigration and Islam.

Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR@cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 3mo ago

#OpenAccess from @apsrjournal.bsky.social - Still Instrumentally Inclusive - https://cup.org/4bhrhsp "Do individuals in Western democracies shift their views on LGBT+ inclusion when exposed to opposition from Muslim out-groups?" - @turnbulldugarte.com & @bertous.bsky.social #FirstView

"Opposition to gender equality has often been associated with far-right politics (...), overlooking the involvement of mainstream parties in reactionary gender politics." This is so true and makes this excellent article by @romainbiesemans.bsky.social & Archibald Gustin so important.

Three weeks ago, the inaugural @epssnet.bsky.social conference took place in Belfast. The enthusiasm, active participation and support from the community made this conference a huge success.

Happy to be at #EPSS2026 in Belfast today. I'm chairing panel PP03 — four papers on youth wings as recruitment grounds and early arenas where patterns of political representation take shape. Drop by if you're around! 🕞 15:20–17:00 · Meeting Room 3a (ICC).

Say hello to our incoming Editors in Chief @grahn.bsky.social and @maarja.bsky.social at #ecpg2026! Michal and Maarja will lead our new Editorial Team from July 2026

Congrats to incoming editors @grahn.bsky.social and @maarja.bsky.social! Go, go, go! #ecpg2026

2nd stop: European Conference on Politics and Gender (ECPG) in Newcastle, where I’ll be talking about my book as well as presenting brand new work on LGBTQ+ party wings in democracies with @grahn.bsky.social and @rozemarijnvandijk.bsky.social.

Very happy to have this paper on a promising sexual harassment intervention published! For those interested in a non-technical summary, we have also written a policy brief based on the paper. freepolicybriefs.org/2026/05/25/c...

Combating Tolerance for Sexual Harassment With Information: Evidence From a Field Experiment

New research shows how correcting sexual harassment misperceptions can reduce tolerance for harassment and improve workplace culture.

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Åshild A Johnsen@aajohnsen.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🚨 New paper: Can light-touch information reduce tolerance of sexual harassment? We tested this in a randomized controlled trial with recruits in the Norwegian Armed Forces. doi.org/10.1016/j.je... with @ollefolke.bsky.social , Torbjørn Hanson, @kotsadam.bsky.social and @johannarickne.bsky.social

Out and voting: LGB candidacies surge across democracies. This analysis by @grahn.bsky.social maps the closet-to-spotlight shift, linking visibility to openness and party incentives. doi.org/10.1080/1350... @jeppjournal.bsky.social

From the closet to spotlight: the rising tide of lesbian, gay and bisexual political candidacies

Is there a positive sexuality gap in access to political candidacy and elected office, similar to those found in other forms of political engagement? We utilise validated data on same- and differen...

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Presenting our new paper on electoral support for trans rights retrenchment in the UK today at the Uni of Bergen Together with @sophiemainz.bsky.social, we find that candidate who endorse the 2025 UK SC ruling on women's rights enjoy an electoral premium. Watch here: www4.uib.no/en/research/...

NEW - Who Do Parties Speak To? Introducing the PSoGA: A New Comprehensive Database of Parties’ Social Group Appeals https://cup.org/43fmXFj - @alonadolinsky.com, @lenamariahuber.bsky.social & @rwillh11.bsky.social #FirstView