How do political youth wings shape democratic participation? MEN4DEM’s latest report, Youth Wings as Catalysts, explores how political youth wings can become spaces where democratic and anti-democratic masculinities are learned, challenged, and carried into formal politics.

Is corruption a boys' club by design? This book chapter by @elinbja.bsky.social reveals how male-biased networks and homosociality embed graft in politics, making it harder for women to access—or expose—the dirty deals. doi.org/10.4337/9781...

Chapter 29: Corruption as a male-biased institution

This chapter explores corruption as a male-biased institution, informed by feminist institutionalism and critical studies of men and masculinities. It asserts that gendered opportunity structures are ...

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Quid pro quo without cash? This article by @elinbja.bsky.social, Dolores Calvo, Åsa Eldén, and Sofia Jonsson proposes a conceptual framework of sexual corruption, providing insights in why abuse of power is often overlooked when sex is the currency. doi.org/10.1111/gove... @govjournal.bsky.social

Sex instead of money: Conceptualizing sexual corruption

Research on the dynamics of corruption has rarely considered sex as a currency in corrupt transactions. This article puts forward the argument that the abuse of entrusted power in exchange for person...

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Autocrats touting women's quotas: genuine progress or regime polish? This study by @elinbja.bsky.social and @danieladonno.bsky.social weighs if gender reforms open real opportunities or serve as window-dressing to deflect democratic pressure. doi.org/10.1017/S174... @politicsgenderj.bsky.social

Masculinities missing from political science? This manifesto by @rainbowmurray.bsky.social and @elinbja.bsky.social demands centering men and gender hierarchies to decode power, not just add women to the margins. doi.org/10.1332/2515... @ejpgjournal.bsky.social

Bringing men and masculinities into political science

Most politicians are men, yet there is a surprising lack of focus within political science on the causes and consequences of male dominance. This article outlines how political science could benefit f...

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“We have no terminology for the people in positions of power who make it possible to ‘sleep your way to the top’,” says @elinbja.bsky.social, Professor at the Department of Government. Read more on the new Uppsala University Research Environment on Sexual Corruption here: www.uu.se/en/news/2026...

Elin Bjarnegård leads research into sexual corruption – Uppsala University

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📢 Registration and abstract submissions are now open for #FIIN2027! Join us in Uppsala, Sweden, as we celebrate 20 years of the Feminism and Institutionalism International Network in January 2027. 📝 Abstract deadline: 10 September 🎟️ Early-bird registration: 1 Oct–15 Dec Learn more: www.fiin2027.se

You’ve probably seen our posts in the last few months about MEN4DEM’s LARP tryouts, but what are we actually preparing for? Here’s some more information about this project! Swipe right to find out more or go to our website, link in bio ➡️🔗 @via_berlin

🎤📢 The recording of the public panel 'Political Masculinities in Europe' @BrIAS is now available online. 🦸‍♀️🔥Welcome by Karen Celis. 🎓🪒Interventions by @payoub.bsky.social @tomekbesta.bsky.social @elinbja.bsky.social @veralomazzi.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l_J...

Political Masculinities in Europe – Public Panel

YouTube video by Brussels Institute for Advanced Studies (BrIAS)

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In 2022, Sweden retracted its feminist foreign policy, with the likely result that Sweden will lose its international leadership role on gender issues. ​This and more in the following article by @elinbja.bsky.social, @anntowns.bsky.social & Katarzyna Jezierska. doi.org/10.1093/ia/i...

Can a feminist foreign policy be undone? Reflections from Sweden

In context of the retraction of Sweden's feminist foreign policy (FFP), this policy paper identifies three factors that make the FFP more resilient than ex

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wrapping up our political masculinities workshop at BrIAS with this public panel 😎 huge thanks to Karen Celis, @lizamugge.bsky.social @elinbja.bsky.social @tomekbesta.bsky.social @veralomazzi.bsky.social @payoub.bsky.social for their time, feedback and lovely company ✨🤓

Liza Mügge@lizamugge.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Political Masculinities in Europe – Public Panel 🗓 11 Feb, 10:30–12:00, BrIAS (Brussels) 🎙 With Karen Celis, @payoub.bsky.social @tomekbesta.bsky.social @elinbja.bsky.social @veralomazzi.bsky.social and me! This panel is part of a NWO-VICI Grant brias.be/index.php/ev...

Join us on 26 February, 10.00-11.00 CET 🔗 Event page: odihr.osce.org/event/661996 ✅ Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🧰 Sarajevo Tool for download: odihr.osce.org/odihr/586014

How are we socialized into (anti)democratic gender norms? MEN4DEM’s new report explores how socialization is a multidimensional process that requires to be analysed carefully, unpacking its multiple and intersecting dimensions. To read the full report, click the link below! 🔗 lnkd.in/dhq7ucFt

Political Masculinities in Europe – Public Panel 🗓 11 Feb, 10:30–12:00, BrIAS (Brussels) 🎙 With Karen Celis, @payoub.bsky.social @tomekbesta.bsky.social @elinbja.bsky.social @veralomazzi.bsky.social and me! This panel is part of a NWO-VICI Grant brias.be/index.php/ev...

Whether preying on people’s anxieties or playing the part of the progressive liberal, illiberal leaders see “gender” as a tool that can be adapted to whatever use best serves their interests, @elinbja.bsky.social and @parzetterberg.bsky.social argue.

@elinbja.bsky.social and I are leading SWEPSA (Swedish Political Science Association) for the coming two years! Looking forward to it! :) www.uu.se/en/departmen...

Elin Bjarnegård and Michal Grahn elected to the leadership of SWEPSA – Department of Government – Uppsala University

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”Gender” is increasingly used as a political signal. In a new Journal of Democracy article with Pär Zetterberg we show how authoritarians use 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 and 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 as flexible tools of power - different messages to different audiences, same goal: regime legitimation. 🔗 lnkd.in/e6JDkn93

Very happy, a bit tired, and grateful — with a head buzzing with ideas — after wrapping up the International Workshop on Sexual Corruption together with an amazing group of generous, curious, and deeply engaged experts. l1nq.com/FXUMt

“We realized the importance having a name for it to be able to talk about sexual corruption – and to legislate” says prof. @elinbja.bsky.social at the International Workshop on #sexualcorruption hosted by #UU-RESC research environment, gathering practitioners and academics from the entire field.

Are you in Uppsala next week? Don’t miss this open panel discussion about sexual corruption in Sweden. #uuresc www.uu.se/en/departmen...

Challenging the self-image: Abuse of power for sex in Sweden - Uppsala University

Does abuse of power for sex take place in Sweden? This open panel challenges two aspects of Sweden’s self-image: being non-corrupt and gender-equal. It explores concrete instances of sexual corruption...

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November 25 is White Ribbon Day, a campaign where men and boys pledge to end violence against women and girls. See how MEN4DEM is participating this year 🏳️✊ #men4dem #wespeakup

Read our latest U4-blog Getting the law on sexual corruption right: Why a ‘do no harm’ approach is essential www.u4.no/blog/getting...

Getting the law on sexual corruption right: Why a ‘do no harm’ approach is essential

Case studies from Sri Lanka, Tanzania, and Sweden show that legal recognition is vital – and that legislation must address power imbalances and avoid criminalising the victims.

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Better get your paper submissions in for the @epssnet.bsky.social conference in June 2026, as the deadline is 7 November, and we have no intention of extended that (given the submission numbers)! epssnet.org/belfast-2026...

This roundtable was the perfect illustration of @men4dem.bsky.social, synthesizing artistic performance, activist experience and academic knowledge all in one.

Alberta Giorgi@albertagiorgi.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Such an inspiring roundtable @men4dem.bsky.social at the University of Bergamo with Cerchio degli Uomini, Bharath Ganesh, @norocel.bsky.social @lizamugge.bsky.social and an incredibly powerful performance by @via-berlin.bsky.social so many thanks

MEN4DEM has made it to Bergamo! 🙌📰 #MEN4DEM #GenderEquality #Masculinities #Democracy

It’s here! Gendering Party Politics published with Oxford University Press & available in all good bookshops in hardcover & paperback. Edited by @merylkenny.bsky.social and @elinbja.bsky.social academic.oup.com/book/61464

Gendering Party Politics: Feminist Institutionalist Perspectives

Abstract. Gendering Party Politics explores the relationship between gender and political parties through a feminist institutionalist lens. Across 17 chapt

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Our own @elinbja.bsky.social (chair) and @grahn.bsky.social (treasurer/secretary) have been elected to the new board of SWEPSA! Congratulations! swepsa.org/index.html?f...

🚨Three members of the MEN4DEM team are leading a section at the 2026 ECPG! 🚨 Swipe right to learn more! #MEN4DEM @ecpr.bsky.social

🎤🙌'(Anti)democratic Masculinities Theory in Action': upcoming talk at the University of Lisbon drawing on co-authored work with @elinbja.bsky.social @men4dem.bsky.social. www.ics.ulisboa.pt/en/evento/an...