Congratulations to our incoming faculty member @connerjoyce.bsky.social, who has been awarded the Franklin L. Burdette/Pi Sigma Alpha Award for the best paper presented at the APSA's Annual Meeting! 🎉🎉🎉 politicalsciencenow.com/congratulati...

Congratulations to the 2026 American Political Science Association (APSA) Award Winners -

The American Political Science Association (APSA) is delighted to announce the winners of the 2026 APSA Awards! APSA recognizes and honors the work of various scholars who have made outstanding contributions to political science research, [...]

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Do World Cups reveal which nations are thriving? Andrew Bertoli writes that sporting success can reflect wealth, opportunity, and strong institutions. It can also reflect luck, or governments using athletic achievement to project national strength. www.ie.edu/insights/art... @iepolisci.bsky.social

What Does International Sports Success Say About a Country? | IE Insights

International sporting success can reflect national strength, but luck, politics, and manipulation often matter just as much, writes Andrew Bertoli.

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Learn more about the politics of sports by reading this article by our faculty member Andrew Bertoli. Andrew's book, "Beyond the Stadium: How Sports Change the World" has recently come out with Stanford University Press: www.sup.org/books/politi...

IE Insights @ieinsights.bsky.social · 3w ago

Do World Cups reveal which nations are thriving? Andrew Bertoli writes that sporting success can reflect wealth, opportunity, and strong institutions. It can also reflect luck, or governments using athletic achievement to project national strength. www.ie.edu/insights/art... @iepolisci.bsky.social

Make sure to submit your papers to #MESS2026. MESS is a network of social scientists based in Madrid, which organizes social events and an annual conference. The deadline for the 2026 edition of the conference is tomorrow—don't miss it!

Madrid Empirical Social Sciences@madridempiricalsoc.bsky.social · last mo.

📢 One week left to submit your abstract for #MESS2026! Join us in Madrid on 22–23 October for two days of exciting research and discussion across the social sciences. 🗓️ Deadline: 10 July 2026 🔗 Submit here: forms.gle/K1p8mQXvh27J... We can’t wait to see you in October!

I recently published findings from a data collection in the Kasai (DRC), after the Kamwina Nsapu conflict 2016-2019. Many Kasai communities faced violence, displacement, food insecurity and fragile livelihoods. Check out this thread to learn more about how they navigated supporting each other.

IE Political Science Department@iepolisci.bsky.social · last mo.

Congratulations to our faculty member @swebera.bsky.social on a string of four recent publications reporting results of an impressive data collection effort in Kasai, Congo (coauthored with Peter van der Windt and Nik Stoop). Here is a thread on their work:

Congratulations to our faculty member @swebera.bsky.social on a string of four recent publications reporting results of an impressive data collection effort in Kasai, Congo (coauthored with Peter van der Windt and Nik Stoop). Here is a thread on their work:

Thankful to @freitag.de for this write-up about my book on the normalization of the radical right, which has recently come out in German: www.freitag.de/autoren/der-...

Vicente Valentim: Es gibt keinen Rechtsruck, radikale Ansichten gab es immer

Mit seinem Buch „Die Normalisierung der radikalen Rechten“ hat Vicente Valentim ein Schlüsselwerk zum Verständnis der europäischen Rechtspopulisten geliefert. Seine These: Mehr Rechtsextreme gibt es h...

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IE is building one of the best polisci and PE groups in Europe.

IE Political Science Department@iepolisci.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We are hiring! We have 3 tenure track positions open: - Comparative Politics: apply.interfolio.com/188149 - International Relations: apply.interfolio.com/188150 - Political Economy: apply.interfolio.com/188151 All jobs have deadlines Oct 5th. Please help spread the word to potential candidates.

This is the place to be: amazing group of scholars and fantastic leadership !

Vicente Valentim@valentimvicente.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Our department has three calls for tenure track positions. IE is a fast growing group of scholars doing top-notch work, which offers very attractive conditions in a great European city. If you are looking for an academic job in Europe, definitely do consider applying.

My department, @iepolisci.bsky.social has three TT lines in CP, IR, and PE to start in Fall 2027. I'm on the search committee and happy to answer any questions about the lines, the department, the university, or Madrid (spoiler alert: they're awesome).

IE Political Science Department@iepolisci.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We are hiring! We have 3 tenure track positions open: - Comparative Politics: apply.interfolio.com/188149 - International Relations: apply.interfolio.com/188150 - Political Economy: apply.interfolio.com/188151 All jobs have deadlines Oct 5th. Please help spread the word to potential candidates.

Job alert!!

IE Political Science Department@iepolisci.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We are hiring! We have 3 tenure track positions open: - Comparative Politics: apply.interfolio.com/188149 - International Relations: apply.interfolio.com/188150 - Political Economy: apply.interfolio.com/188151 All jobs have deadlines Oct 5th. Please help spread the word to potential candidates.

Come and work with us @iepolisci.bsky.social & don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. Please share!

IE Political Science Department@iepolisci.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We are hiring! We have 3 tenure track positions open: - Comparative Politics: apply.interfolio.com/188149 - International Relations: apply.interfolio.com/188150 - Political Economy: apply.interfolio.com/188151 All jobs have deadlines Oct 5th. Please help spread the word to potential candidates.

My department @iepolisci.bsky.social is hiring in Comparative Politics, International Relations, and Political Economy! I love it in Madrid - and you should think about applying! Feel free to reach out if you have questions about the university, city, positions...

IE Political Science Department@iepolisci.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We are hiring! We have 3 tenure track positions open: - Comparative Politics: apply.interfolio.com/188149 - International Relations: apply.interfolio.com/188150 - Political Economy: apply.interfolio.com/188151 All jobs have deadlines Oct 5th. Please help spread the word to potential candidates.

Our department has three calls for tenure track positions. IE is a fast growing group of scholars doing top-notch work, which offers very attractive conditions in a great European city. If you are looking for an academic job in Europe, definitely do consider applying.

IE Political Science Department@iepolisci.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We are hiring! We have 3 tenure track positions open: - Comparative Politics: apply.interfolio.com/188149 - International Relations: apply.interfolio.com/188150 - Political Economy: apply.interfolio.com/188151 All jobs have deadlines Oct 5th. Please help spread the word to potential candidates.

We are hiring! We have 3 tenure track positions open: - Comparative Politics: apply.interfolio.com/188149 - International Relations: apply.interfolio.com/188150 - Political Economy: apply.interfolio.com/188151 All jobs have deadlines Oct 5th. Please help spread the word to potential candidates.

Completing my @civica.bsky.social visit in Madrid on a real high. Huge thanks to everyone who was so generous with their time and feedback, including my host @emmylindstam.bsky.social, @catherinedevries.bsky.social, @swebera.bsky.social and many bluesky-less colleagues at @iepolisci.bsky.social 🙏

This is the view I'm fortunate to have from my desk today. This week, I am visiting @iepolisci.bsky.social via the @civica.bsky.social Faculty Visits scheme and presenting my work on Thursday. Thanks @emmylindstam.bsky.social for hosting me! Anyone around Madrid, please feel free to reach out🧋

Congratulations to our HoD @catherinedevries.bsky.social on her publication in @cpsjournal.bsky.social! Studying the UK, they find that while a majority express support for fiscal consolidation in principle, only a minority prioritize it when facing trade-offs. journals.sagepub.com/eprint/RTJFW...

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Excuses voor de zelfpromotie, maar mijn nieuwe boek is uit en ik mocht er over vertellen: Bij Nieuwsweekend op Radio 1: www.nporadio1.nl/fragmenten/n... 🧵

'Symfonie van onvrede' legt stap kiezer naar populisme bloot

Catherine de Vries groeide op op een boerderij in Overijssel. Eind jaren ‘80 veranderde het leven hier ingrijpend: het postkantoor, de buurtwinkel en het lokale ziekenhuis gingen één voor één dicht. M...

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Popular attitudes are often seen as a safeguard against democratic backsliding: if citizens don’t oppose lib democracy, politicians have little incentive to erode it. In @cpsjournal.bsky.social I argue that, while intuitive, this reasoning conflates two states of the world: doi.org/10.1177/0010...

We are excited to welcome Stephane Wolton (LSE) and Mariaelisa Epifanio (Liverpool), who will be staying at IE for two months as Visiting Professors. More information about them and their research can be found at their websites: stephanewolton.com and mariaelisaepifanio.com

Great @ricepolisci.bsky.social dissertation defense for @connerjoyce.bsky.social! He's off to @iepolisci.bsky.social as an assistant professor. Excellent work addressing nonstate actor engagement in political cyber attacks and the potential for international cooperation to control this. So proud!

This Thursday (March 12, 12h) we are very excited to welcome Kristen Kao (Gothenburg), who will give a talk on "The Effects of Injustice on Legitimacy in Post-Conflict Settings".

Happening now: Marius R. Busemeyer (Konstanz) presenting his work on tradeoffs between short and long term social and environmental policy at our seminar series.

Congratulations to our Head of Dept @catherinedevries.bsky.social on her latest publication in @thejop.bsky.social. The paper studies the effects of being socialized under East Germany on gender norms and the political engagement of women. Read more here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....

It's been a week full of great publications our faculty members! Congratulations to Korhan Kocak, whose paper on provoking the opposition just came out in Games and Economic Behavior! 🎉 🎉🎉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Whilst embarking on a big writing project, many of us think about routines to achieve our goal. Wake up earlier. Block our phone. Write 1 hour everyday, etc. But what if long projects stall not because of a lack of routine, but a lack of clarity about why we write? New post: shorturl.at/hbh1g 🧵

You Don’t Need a Writing Routine. You Need a Reason for Writing

The Long Carve #1: Choosing an Idea Worth Living With

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Precies over een maand, op 12 maart verschijnt mijn boek De symfonie van onvrede: De opmars van radicaal-rechts in Europa bij Querido: www.singeluitgeverijen.nl/querido/boek... Dit boek gaat me aan het hart en ik kom graag een lezing geven. 🧵

De symfonie van onvrede - Singel Uitgeverijen

Catherine de Vries groeide op op een boerderij in Overijssel die al generaties in de familie was. Eind jaren tachtig veranderde dat leven ingrijpend: dalende prijzen, Europese regels en terughoudende ...

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I also feel extremely thankful to be part of the special issue that this paper introduces. Because of that I got to discuss these topics with some of the scholars I most admire. I can’t overstate how much I learned from those discussions.

Giovanni Capoccia@gcapoccia.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The article is the introduction to a forthcoming special issue of Comparative Political Studies titled “Back from the Brink: Countering Illiberalism in Liberal Democracies,” which I co-edited with @isabelamares.bsky.social and which features great contributions. Out soon! 7/7

#OpenAccess from @psrm.bsky.social - Analyzing the impact of events through surveys: formalizing biases and introducing the dual randomized survey design - https://cup.org/4cm7aKH - Andrew Bertoli, Laura Jakli & Henry Pascoe #FirstView