Bask in the sun ⛱️ Our editors are taking a well deserved break this summer, and will be back in September 🌞 There is still research coming out over the coming weeks, and for any questions the editorial office is still open🌅

❇️ FirstView - 🎓Teaching & Learning  Sergiu Gherghina, Guadalupe Martinez Fuentes & Paul Tap identify how political science courses prepares students for activities within political parties by considering interviews with political science students from Romania, Spain and the UK. 👉️ buff.ly/IBvTKee

📆 Going to Catania for SGEU? ⏰️ There's still time to book a chat with EPS Editor, Stella Ladi 👉 Book your slot here: buff.ly/CfCU09Y

📆 Heading to @ecprsgeu.bsky.social Biennial Conference in Catania next week? 📝 Connect with EPS Editor - Stella Ladi 💡 Exchange ideas, ask questions, and gain insights! 👉 Book your slot here: buff.ly/CfCU09Y

❇️ FirstView - 📖 Book Review 💬 '...a valuable resource for anyone interested in gamifying their political science classroom...' Kerri Ryer reviews "Short Games and Active Learning in Political Science" Edited by Derek Glasgow & colleagues. ( @routledgebooks.bsky.social, 2026) 👉 buff.ly/ERWtUwf

❇️ FirstView - 📄 Policy Commentary Yannis Karagiannis, @mattiaguidi.bsky.social & Alba Tort Llorens explain policy failures in the 2023 revision of EU Horizontal Guidelines by drawing on historical-institutionalist process tracing. 👉 buff.ly/0z4ykJ1

📆 Are you attending the 13th @ecprsgeu.bsky.social Biennial Conference in Catania next month? ✍️ From experiencing challenges with publishing multidiciplinary reseach to interested in our call for Special Issues? 👋 Come and chat with EPS Editor - Stella Ladi 👉 Book your slot here: buff.ly/CfCU09Y

❇️ FirstView - 📖 Book Review 💬'... a nuanced account of value transformation in contemporary Hungary...’ @peterchai1013.bsky.social reviews "Civic and Uncivic Values in Hungary." by Sabrina P. Ramet & László Kürti. (@routledgebooks.bsky.social, 2026) 👉https://buff.ly/RlT8Gfj

📆 Are you attending the 13th @ecprsgeu.bsky.social Biennial Conference in Catania next month? 📝 Connect with EPS Editor - Stella Ladi 💡 Exchange ideas, ask questions, and gain insights! 👉 Book your slot here: buff.ly/CfCU09Y

❇️ FirstView - 🔍️ Research Jacob Cox and Austin Horng-En Wang explore whether blame-shifting strategies extend beyond domestic political competition to external actors. 👉https://buff.ly/UmdihZu

❇️ FirstView - 🔍️ Research Weiqing Song, Mengdie Zhou, & Ziqing Yang use a combination of bibliometric analysis and documentary analysis of Chinese scholarly literature to reveal the Chinese understanding of European strategic autonomy (ESA). 👉https://buff.ly/HuNpHCb

❇️ FirstView - 📊Dataset Olga Lavrinenko introduces the FEMPOWER dataset, covering the period 1980–2023 for around 9,000 women’s organisations active worldwide. 👉https://buff.ly/BHTTvNY

❇️ FirstView - 📖 Book Review 💬'[This book] stands out for the richness of its empirical observations...’ Oscar Basnier reviews "Politics without politicians: The Case for Citizen Rule " by @landemore.bsky.social (Allen Lane, 2026) 👉https://buff.ly/8hjztul

❇️ FirstView - 📊Dataset Amy Alexander, Susan Banducci, @hildecoffe.bsky.social, @martafraile.bsky.social & @jessfortin-ritt.bsky.social introduce the new module Gender in Contemporary Europe: Rethinking Equality and the Backlash developed for Round 11 of @ess-survey.bsky.social 👉 buff.ly/5W07Y56

❇️ FirstView - 🔍️ Research Bulent Aras challenges the notion of a straightforward ‘rally ‘round the flag’ effect in Russian public sentiment towards its leadership during the Russia–Ukraine war. 👉 buff.ly/uKv4ybD

❇️ FirstView - 💼 Profession Vladimír Naxera analyses the composition of editorial teams and editorial boards of all 187 political science journals indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI). 👉 buff.ly/xHJv6lt

❇️ FirstView - 📄Policy Commentary Susana Sanz-Caballero compares how the EU and the U.S. address hybrid threats, particularly the manipulation of information as a tool to undermine democracies. 👉 buff.ly/s1IWw4C

❇️ FirstView - 🔍️ Research Arash Beidollahkhani, @manchester.ac.uk examines Iran as a case study to explore the effects of state-led Islamization policies on political science curricula. 👉 buff.ly/TPt8Smo

❇️ FirstView - 📖 Book Review 💬'...a timely and analytically rich contribution...’ Ondrej Voznak reviews "Great Power Competition and Middle Power Strategies" Edited by Vinod K. Aggarwal & Margaret A. T. Kenney. @springer.springernature.com, 2023 👉https://buff.ly/w5AyBMW

❇️ FirstView - 🎓️ Teaching & Learning @nataliejester.bsky.social, @apapamichail.bsky.social, @mlebourdon.bsky.social & @louisepears.bsky.social argue that teaching on global challenges should involve teaching with, through, & about social media as a place of politics. 👉 buff.ly/ybmtyPX

📗 EPS features contributions written by and for the #PoliticalScience community 💚 From debates to datasets, original research to reviews - EPS is the place for your next #PoliticalScience article! Submit your work here 👉 buff.ly/bvFVNqI

❇️ FirstView - 📖 Book Review 💬'...a highly interesting read...’ Katinka Linnamäki reviews "The Birth and Death of Liberal Democracy in Hungary: The Populist Logic of Polarisation as Hegemony" by @emiliapalonen.bsky.social @helsinkiupress.bsky.social, 2025 👉 buff.ly/B1txpZJ

❇️ FirstView - 📖 Book Review 💬'...a significant contribution to the terminological understanding of the concept...’ Mălina-Maria Rîndașu reviews "Democracy’s Resilience to Populism’s Threat: Countering Global Alarmism", by Kurt Weyland @universitypress.cambridge.org, 2024 👉 buff.ly/ho4XGUz

❇️ FirstView - 📖 Book Review 💬'One of the book’s greatest strengths is its commitment to the realist paradigm’ Greg Shaw reviews "The EU’s Strategic Dilemma in the Ukraine War", by Viktor Jakupec @springer.springernature.com, 2025 👉 buff.ly/6BStSqq

❇️ FirstView - 📖 Book Review 💬'...an innovative approach...’ Mariana Vahlis reviews "Authoritarian Consolidation in Times of Crisis: Venezuela under Nicolás Maduro", Edited by @jpolga.bsky.social & Raul Sanchez Urribarri @routledgebooks.bsky.social, 2025 👉https://buff.ly/82Ml3uG

📗 EPS features contributions written by and for the #PoliticalScience community 💚 From debates to datasets, original research to reviews - EPS is the place for your next #PoliticalScience article! Submit your work here 👉 buff.ly/bvFVNqI

We hope you've enjoyed the 🌷March Issue🌷 ✒️ Edited by Linda Basile & Stella Ladi 📖 @ljramiro.bsky.social 👏 Thanks to all our brilliant contributors & to the anonymous reviewers 🕵️ who help to make each manuscript the best it can be

That's everything from our 🌷March Issue🌷 📗Volume 25 Issue 1 🔍 7 Research articles, 💼 2 on the Profession, & 📖 4 Book Reviews 🔓 💯 #OpenAccess ✍️ 21 contributors 🕵️ & many more anonymous referees 👉 buff.ly/GSoVK3k

🌷March Issue 📖 Book Review 💬'...[offering a compelling analysis] of Taiwan as a strategic partner for Europe...’ Ryan Brading reviews "Partners in Peace: Why Europe and Taiwan Matter to Each Other" by Zsuzsa Anna Ferenczy Palgrave Macmillan, 2024 👉 buff.ly/NJjO3vM

🌷March Issue 📖 Book Review 💬'...the book highlights the citizen-led dynamics often overlooked...’ Guy Gerba reviews "Populist Mobilization" by Paris Aslanidis @academic.oup.com, 2024 👉 buff.ly/4ZHycEI