🚨 Job Alert 🚨 We have an opening for a 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗰 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 @stawi-univie.bsky.social starting Aug/Sep 2026! Focus: political representation, party competition, political institutions, political economy, political behavior, or related fields 📅Apply by 29 April 2026 jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...

Russia, Venezuela, Iran, China, the Sahel region, the United States ... Want to know why state agents carry out brutal repression — or participate in illegal coups? Our new book "Making a Career in Dictatorship" provides answers — it just got published by @academic.oup.com: tinyurl.com/ystwm3tf

New CIS Position Openings including a Senior Research Coordinator, Postdoc Position with Karsten Donnay in Digital Democracy, and a Postdoc Position in the Political Economy of Low-Carbon Technologies: cis.ethz.ch/news-and-eve...

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Early-career researchers: we offer a Peace Research Fellowship at @ipz.bsky.social University of Zurich - fully funded, 2-week research visit with the Decades of Peace team. Deadline: March 20 Application details: www.decadesofpeace.com/fellowship August in Zurich may include a swim in the river.

Time for another highlight of some of our research from the last few years! This week we are showcasing our rich research on #internationalrelations 🧵 #IR

How did the decision to extradite former top-level parliamentarians to the US affect the trust relationship between rank-and-file members of armed groups and the #Colombian government? Check out this piece by Joakim Kreutz and @enzonussio.bsky.social in @isq-jrnl.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/isq/...

Destroying Trust in Government: Effects of a Broken Pact among Colombian Ex-Combatants

Abstract. Mistrust between conflict parties after civil war is a major hurdle to sustainable peace. However, existing research focuses on elite interaction

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🚨Jobs!🚨 3-year PostDoc positions (aka Research Officers) at @lsegovernment.bsky.social to work with me on the local consequences of border change. Please reach out for questions and apply by Jan 4th to join the team and department: I’d love to hear from you! Job ad: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

I used MEMES as a teaching tool: Students designed memes to capture a core idea of the course readings. The ensuing class discussion often led to new perspectives on the readings, plus students had fun. The course was on State and Violence @ipz.bsky.social University of Zurich A selection:

**New Pub Unboxed!** @oxfordup.bsky.social Handbook of #TransitionalJustice 48 Chapters by Leading Scholars 6 Parts / 1154 Pages long A decade in the making Oxford Academic link in next thread

Would you like to know more about my research on violence reduction? Come to my inaugural lecture at the University of Zurich on "Decades of Peace" - based on my consolidator project @snsf.ch. December 8, at 5pm, in the aula (KOL G 201). Apero right after in the Lichthof. @ipz.bsky.social

I'm delighted to announce that my paper "How terrorism affects support for democracy" doi.org/10.1007/s111... is now published in Public Choice. Thanks to all my dear colleagues and friends who supported this project in whatever way over the years.😍🥳🍀

What a fantastic talk this morning by @enzonussio.bsky.social for our second seminar of the 2025-2026 Civil War Paths Seminar Series, discussing violence against ex-combatants in Colombia!

📢 Exciting news from EAFIT University in Medellín 🇨🇴! The Politics and Development Area of the School of Finance, Economics, and Government is opening 3️⃣ tenure-track positions to join our interdisciplinary School. 👇 More details in the next posts.

My team at the Crowd Counting Consortium (@djpressman.bsky.social, Hammam, & Chris Shay) has a new piece, whose title speaks for itself. A 🧵 with some key descriptive takeaways:

The resistance reaches into Trump country

As organizers for No Kings 2 seek historic turnout on Oct. 18, the broader pro-democracy movement has already broken new ground.

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At La Statale Milano in the Social & Political Sciences Dept. with NASP graduate school & EPRA Hub we have organised a new seminar series: Milan Conflict Research Seminars (MiCoReS). Here this term programme.

Dear friends: The ESOC (Empirical Studies of Conflict) is coming to Taipei next June! Renard and I are helping organize the conference this time around, and there will be “lots of” cool people (no spoilers!) attending it and presenting their newest research on conflict.

🚨🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨🚨 We have 3 lines open in CP, IR and IPE — all tenure-track. We offer competitive salaries, a 2:1 teaching load, in a friendly (and fully in English) environment, at one of Europe’s most sought-after cities.

EPSA have announced that they will hold a conference in July 2026. 😵‍💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA. 👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things. A short 🧵

We're very excited to launch our upcoming Civil War Paths seminar series! Our 2025-2026 series explores issues at the forefront of the study of civil war and its aftermath, featuring contributions from @hedstrom.bsky.social and @enzonussio.bsky.social . /1

I am hiring! 1-2 post-docs to join my project on political violence in democracies at @uupeace.bsky.social!

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We are looking for 1–2 postdoctoral researchers to join the project “Political Violence in Democracies”, led by @hannefjelde.bsky.social 📌 Full-time, 2-year postdoctoral position 📆 Start Date: Dec 1, (or by agreement) 📍 Location: Uppsala ⏳ Apply by: Oct 1 Read more: www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

Interested in peace and security? You can now submit your abstract to the next Swiss political science conference (select the group Peace and Security). Dana Landau, Sara Hellmüller and I will be happy. University of Zurich @ipz.bsky.social - 15/16 Jan 2026. www.svpw-assp.ch/spsa-annual-...

You don’t need more ideas. You need a better question. A thread on clarity, chaos, & what a Nobel Prize winner, a mosquito net & a PhD meltdown taught me about writing (+ thinking) better. 🪨 Here’s my new Respect the Marble post: catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/you-dont-n... 🧵

You Don’t Need More Ideas. You Need a Better Question

What Michelangelo, a Nobel Laureate, and a PhD Meltdown Taught Me about Research Questions

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📣 Jobs, jobs, jobs! Aarhus University’s Department of Political Science is hiring: 🔹 Assistant Professor 🗓 Deadline: 25 August 🔗 international.au.dk/about/profil... 🔹 Associate Professor 🗓 Deadline: 8 September 🔗 international.au.dk/about/profil...

Interested in peace and security? You can now submit your abstract to the next Swiss political science conference (select the group Peace and Security). Dana Landau, Sara Hellmüller and I will be happy. University of Zurich @ipz.bsky.social - 15/16 Jan 2026. www.svpw-assp.ch/spsa-annual-...

Just spent time discussing my career and research with our cool @ipz.bsky.social polito students for their newest project PoliTea, a podcast series featuring interviews with different IPZ members. Already online: interviews with Hannah Werner and @enzonussio.bsky.social – check it out!

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Podcast · Institut für Politikwissenschaft UZH | Fachverein Polito · 🎙 Willkommen bei PoliTea – Politik, aber nicht langweilig! Wir bringen euch die spannendsten politischen Themen direkt aufs Ohr! 🧠...

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🎓 Would you like to be a Postdoc at an American university on a research grant that won't be canceled? 📍 Join me at Franklin University Switzerland! 🧠 4-year fully-funded position in my SNF project DIVIDE 🔬 ≥80% working time on research 💰 ≈90k CHF annually 👉 Check: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...

Franklin University Switzerland hiring Post-doctoral Researcher in Sorengo, Ticino, Switzerland | LinkedIn

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🚨3-Year Postdoc Position in Zurich @ipz.bsky.social ❓Political implications of labor market transformation Plenty of flexibility, no teaching obligations, great research environment in an highly livable city. Deadline: May 18, 2025. tinyurl.com/postdoczurich #polisky #poliscijobs #psjminfo

Come work with me. Apply to our PhD program in Economics, Analytics, and Decision Sciences. ✅ Double-degree options (KU Leuven, Univ. of Alicante & more) ✅ International mobility ✅ English-speaking environment ✅ Full scholarship+ Free accommodation & meals in Lucca. eads.imtlucca.it/how-to-apply_1

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New JPR issue now available! Our March issue is here with 18 regular articles and 2 special data features. Thank you also to all the reviewers who generously contributed their time and expertise to JPR over the past year! Read the issue here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/jpra/62/2