Great to meet new and old Friends. @ecprsgeu.bsky.social #Catania #SGEU

🍊 Fresh out! Daniela Braun @politicsunisaar.bsky.social, @rosanavarrete.bsky.social & Eva-Maria Euchnerd explore how politicians used Twitter in 2019 EP election campaigns and if there was a difference between the sexes? 👉 buff.ly/Mw5DYzW

Academic job talk de-briefing with myself: one treat for every good answer, a squeeze of the emotional support rainbow for every imperfect statement and a seagull for the great city and University!!! #thanks for the support and opportunity. #academicLive

Hamburg, as cold as it looks. But so much fun. Thanks for the good time and for the direct but open minded people. #HH #Hamburg #Family

Academics: papers or proposals rejected, did not get the job or promotion you‘ve worked hard for?! 😓 How do you deal with the disappointment? Advice? 🧐 I am trying creating something useful with my hands…

Vor einer Woche war unsere Dozentin Elena Frech mit unserer Exkursion „Macht in der Praxis“ in Straßburg unterwegs! 🇪🇺😁 Unsere Studierenden besuchten den Europarat und verfolgten live eine Plenardebatte im Europaparlament 😬🙃 Viele Fragen, lebendige Diskussionen – Politik hautnah! 👨‍💼👩‍💼👀

Wie gehen eigentlich Kind und Politische Karriere zusammen? im Zwischenruf Podcast des IParl Diskutiere ich mit Nadine Heselhaus (MdB) über Herausforderungen und Reformideen. Hier: Mandat, Mutter, Kind - Eltern im Parlament zwischenruf.podigee.io/30-eltern-im-p… @iparl.bsky.social @spdfraktion.de

27: Mandat, Mutter, Kind - Eltern im Parlament

Mit einem Mandat ist es gewissermaßen wie mit einer Schwangerschaft – man weiß vorher nicht wirklich worauf man sich einlässt. Umso schwieriger ist es, wenn beides zusammen gestemmt wird, denn Abgeord...

zwischenruf.podigee.io

Goodbye Namur! Ill miss my colleagues, the city and Belgian chocolate.

A few days ago I submitted an EU grant proposal. 👷🏼‍♀️👩🏼‍🎓💪🏻… the ones who did. that before know how much work that is. 😥 I‘ve put more work than ever before and submitted days before the Deadline. Why? My career in academia may depend on it… #EU @unisalzburg.bsky.social @jessfortin-ritt.bsky.social

…out of office.

Vielen Dank für die Einladung in "Das Politikteil" - Podcast @zeit.de. Ich habe mit @ileanagrabitz.bsky.social und Peter Dausend über die AfD zwischen Radikalisierung und Deradikalisierung gesprochen.

AfD-Benimmregeln: Hetze mit Etikette?

Die AfD-Fraktion im Bundestag gibt sich neue Benimmregeln. Was das mit Blick auf Alice Weidels Machtplan 2029 bedeutet – und was das intern auslöst.

zeit.de

DIE ZEIT@zeit.de · last yr.

Die AfD-Fraktion im Bundestag gibt sich neue Benimmregeln. Was das mit Blick auf Alice Weidels Machtplan 2029 bedeutet – und was das intern auslöst.

🧨💣Neue Publikation 🧨🎉 Einen Blick hinter die Kulissen des Österreichischen Parlaments und was wir daraus für die Zukunft der Demokratie lernen können finden Sie hier: www.oezp.at/OEZP/article... @sieberer @dvpw-regieren.bsky.social @akpf-dvpw.bsky.social

🎉Last week the president of the European Parliament proposed reforms of the parental leave regulations for MEPs. 🧨 About a year ago we published a paper on the topic proposing similar reforms and discussing the underlying problems. See: www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg... #EP #PiP @SophieKopsch

Beyond Rhetoric: The European Parliament as a Workplace for Parents and Current Reform Debates | Article | Politics and Governance

Elena Frech, Sophie Kopsch

cogitatiopress.com

Grateful for Meeting so many bright people, old and new friends in Madrid #EPSA2025 @corinnakroeber.bsky.social @wdaniel127.bsky.social #ABSP @unamur.bsky.social

#Italy

Bye Prague. Met wonderful people and learned so much. #ECPRJS25 @ecpr.bsky.social #Transitions

Prague at night… #academia #ECPRJS25

Too much sun for paper writing?! #academics

🧨Interested in the complex struggle for gender equality in EU politics? See our recent article on EUROPP @jessfortin-ritt.bsky.social @politicsgenderj.bsky.social #Eu #EUropeanCareers @ecprsgeu.bsky.social @eup_journal t.co/aQcNSRaJxn

💥 New: The complex struggle for gender equality in EU politics ✍️ @frechelena.bsky.social & @jessfortin-ritt.bsky.social present insights from their new special issue @eupthejournal.bsky.social

The complex struggle for gender equality in EU politics

EU gender equality commitments must be translated into sustained action, or future political changes could reverse the progress made so far.

blogs.lse.ac.uk

People around the world are choosing not to buy American products to demonstrate their anger at President Trump’s policies. “We all feel that we are doing something,” said one boycotter. “We are acting on our frustration.”

Why Shoppers Abroad Are Boycotting U.S. Goods

A growing number of Europeans and citizens of other countries are choosing not to buy American products to demonstrate their anger at President Trump’s policies.

nytimes.com

Regierungssysteme in der globalen Demokratiekrise. @transcript-verlag.bsky.social verlost 5 Ex. meines Buches. Der Blog argumentiert, dass nicht alle demokratischen Regierungssysteme gleich anfällig für die Autokratisierung sind. Teilnahme durch Teilen! blog.transcript-verlag.de/globale-demo...

»Es ist keineswegs ausgeschlossen, dass die Zeit der Demokratien zu Ende gehen wird« — transcript.Blog

Steffen GanghofDer weltweite Anstieg rechtspopulistischer Bewegungen verursacht eine globale Demokratiekrise. Besonders besorgniserregend ist, dass Staatsoberhäupter aktiv daran arbeiten, demokratisch...

blog.transcript-verlag.de

Spring has arrived in Belgium. 🤩 #Unamur

This week, my seminar on "Women & Politics: Actors, Discourses, Practices" starts. We look at actors such as female MPs and feminist movements, debates on abortion or focus on gendered interactions in parliament and on social media. Looking forward to interesting sessions 1/ #academicsky #gendersky

a little girl is laughing with her fist in the air while wearing a vest and tie .

ALT: a little girl is laughing with her fist in the air while wearing a vest and tie .

media.tenor.com

Next week Tuesday: join us for the @ecprsgeu.bsky.social online seminar : Career Orientation and Legislative Behaviour in the European Parliament: How Institutional and Political Transformations Re-Shape MEPs’ Behaviour (1979-2024) with Jeremy Dodeigne, @frechelena.bsky.social ecpr.eu/Events/297

Standing Group on European Union (SGEU) Seminar Series

European Consortium for Political Research

ecpr.eu

Monnet & Schuman be like ‘clearly we founded the hottest thing in town, and now some folks are angry they didn’t make the VIP list’

Mark Copelovitch@mcopelov.bsky.social · last yr.

Yes, indeed! It appears that kids who spend time with fathers have more gender egalitarian attitudes and perceive less stereotypical social norms in this paper: www.iza.org/publications...