So excited (and honored, humbled, grateful, and honestly still in disbelief) to share that I've received the 2025 Victoria Schuck Award from @apsa.bsky.social for my book Defending the Status Quo: On Adaptive Resistance to Electoral Gender Quotas (OUP). politicalsciencenow.com/cecilia-jose...

Cecilia Josefsson Receives the 2025 Victoria Schuck Award for “Defending the Status Quo: On Adaptive Resistance to Electoral Gender Quotas” -

The Victoria Schuck Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor the best book published on women and politics.  Citation from the Award Committee: Cecilia Josefsson’s book, Defending the Status Quo: On [...]

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Honorable mention for the P&G 2025 Best Article Prize 🏆 In "Backlash after Quotas" Myriam Shiran investigates the conservative moral rhetoric about gender quotas found in sub-Saharan African new coverage. gendersky polisky buff.ly/xUfOU3P

Fantastic EGEN workshop at ITAM in CDMX 🇲🇽🌯🌮! Crazy good feedback and discussions. Thanks @egenpolisci.bsky.social and hosts @teele.bsky.social @alucardi1.bsky.social and Juan Pablo Micozzi for putting this together!

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We had an amazing time in ITAM in Mexico City for the 17th Empirical Study of Gender (EGEN) workshop! Our workshop brought together scholars from around the world to discuss projects on gender and power, get feedback, and build community. Look at this group of amazing scholars 🤩

Warmly welcome to my book launch today!

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Welcome to the launch of my book Defending the Status Quo (OUP 2024)! academic.oup.com/book/58626 🗓 May 8, 15:00–16:00 CEST 📍 Dept. of Government, Uppsala University (or Zoom!) Speakers: @jennpiscopo.bsky.social, Drude Dahlerup, @elinbja.bsky.social & me.

Welcome to the launch of my book Defending the Status Quo (OUP 2024)! academic.oup.com/book/58626 🗓 May 8, 15:00–16:00 CEST 📍 Dept. of Government, Uppsala University (or Zoom!) Speakers: @jennpiscopo.bsky.social, Drude Dahlerup, @elinbja.bsky.social & me.

Välkommen till panelsamtal om det offentliga samtalet! Meverkar gör Ingrid Carlberg, journalist, författare, ledamot i Svenska Akademien och Malin Holm, forskare vid Statsvetenskapliga institutionen. Alla är välkomna! 🗓️2 april kl 13-14 📍Plan 7, Östra Ågatan 19

Finally got my hands on the first two books in our OUP Studies in Feminist Institutionalism Series - congrats Elise Stephenson & @ceciliajosefsson.bsky.social! Perfect holiday gifts for family & friends! @fiin.bsky.social

I’m so happy to announce that my book, Defending the Status Quo: On Adaptive Resistance to Gender Quotas, is finally here! academic.oup.com/book/58626 #Polisky #poliSci #GenderSky

🎉Politics & Gender has changed its word-limits policy! To promote greater equity in citation practices in the field, reference lists are🌟no longer subject to word limits.🌟The text, tables, figures, and notes should be no longer than 10,000 words. www.cambridge.org/core/journal... PoliSky GenderSky

Why not spend “midsummer” 2024 discussing your research with gender and politics scholars in Scandinavia? NoPSA in Bergen. CfP👇🏼👇🏼 Polisky Gendersky

Gender and Success - ERC project @gendersuccess.bsky.social · 3y ago

📣 CfP alert 📣 Come and join us in a workshop on "Gender, Politics and Democracy" at the Nordic PSA (NoPSA)! When: 25-28 June 2024 📍in beautiful (and we mean it!!) Bergen, Norway organizers: @rmuriaas.bsky.social and Christina Fiig Info here: www.nopsa2024.no CfP here (WS 22): shorturl.at/mtu04

📣 New #FirstView Book Review 📚 'Making Gender Salient' by Ana Catalano Weeks. The book asks whether, when and how gender quotas matter for policy making, a work Amanda Clayton sees "becoming a staple among our classic texts on representation" PoliSky GenderSky www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Politics & Gender@politicsgenderj.bsky.social · 3y ago

📣 Out on #FirstView & #OpenAccess 📣 Ragnhild Muriaas and Torill Stavenes ask whether increased levels of female representation translates to more women as senior members of parliament in 'Gender and Political Seniority: Three Measures' PoliSky BlueSky www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

🏆The Politics & Gender Best Article Prize now has its own webpage! 🏆Articles are 🌟open-access🌟 here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... The 2023 winner is Daniel Agbiboa for his article on women countering insurgency in Nigeria - direct link: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... Polisky Gendersky

New (and Open Access!) article in Perspectives on Politics: “A Case for Description” from Michelle Jurkovitch, Mary Anne Mendoza-Davé, @mkguliford.bsky.social and me! With a huge thank you to everyone who participated in our workshops, as well!

Medborgarlön - kan det löna sig? Missa inte vårt panelsamtal som utforskar och diskuterar denna fråga. Panelister: Simon Birnbaum, Anna-Carin Fagerlind Ståhl, och Bo Rothstein. Tid: 27 november kl 16.00-18.00. Se även vårt FB-event: facebook.com/events/32972...

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Event in Uppsala, Sweden by Statsvetenskapliga föreningen i Uppsala on Monday, November 27 2023

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📣 Out on #FirstView 📣 In "Made for Men: Political Science Departments in the United States as Gendered Institutions" Annika Hinze surveys female PhD students and faculty in 🇺🇸 poli sci departments about the institutional gender norms they encounter PoliSky GenderSky www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

New paper out & open access: the link b/w electoral reform, quota adoption & women's activism, w/ a focus on gender quota & gender parity adoption in Chile. Coauthored with Gwynn Thomas, Peter Siavelis & Magda Hinojosa: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/....

Delighted to be co-directing an @ecpr.bsky.social Joint Sessions on 'Gender, Parenthood and Political Representation'. Get your papers in by 23rd Nov. More info: ecpr.eu/JointSessions gendersky polisky

Polisky! With @danieladonno.bsky.social @parzetterberg.bsky.social, we are excited to share this new open access article in the American Political Science Review. Can autocrats burnish a reputation for democracy by advancing women’s rights? www.cambridge.org/core/journal...