Julia Simon
@jusimon.bsky.social
political scientist @Universität Bremen, associate editor @Global Society
If you’ve never recalled a book from yourself, are you even an academic?
Monica C. Schneider@poliscimonica.bsky.social · 2w agoPro-tip: If you are looking for a book, don't spend so much time on the library site or googling for a pdf or ordering it on Amazon until after you've looked through your own shelf.
I just... what are you doing Why are you a trip hazard in two separate doorways
Ein Blick auf die #europäische und #transatlantische Dimension der Entwicklung und des #Mainstreamings der populistischen radikalen Rechten (mit besonderem Fokus auf AfD, MAGA und Fidesz) >> jetzt im Themenheft "Populismus in Europa" von Bürger&Staat verfügbar: www.lpb-bw.de/publikation-...
B&S 4-2025 Populismus in Europa.Einzelanzeige
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The 2026 V-Dem Democracy Report will be released tomorrow. It will certainly render more tangible the observations and analyses many of us have offered regarding the ongoing transformations in the US. I’ve discussed the report w/ SRF, to be broadcast tmrw 6 -10am: www.srf.ch/audio/radio-...
Very much looking forward to our panel "US Politics in Europe" organized by @mikecowburn.bsky.social!
DVPW@dvpw.bsky.social · 5mo ago‼️Das vorläufige Programm zur #Dreiländertagung ist online! "Europas Zukunft - Zukunft Europa" DVPW, @oegpw.bsky.social & SVPW/ASSP 17.-19.06.2026 in Friedrichshafen Details & Download 👉 www.dvpw.de/veranstaltun... #3LT2026 #PoWi #Politikwissenschaft #DACH #Europa #Zukunft
“BLACK PEOPLE AREN’T APES” – Al Green stellte mit dieser Aufschrift auf einem Protestplakat..
Our second monthly pick for February is "Liminally Positioned in the South: Reinterpreting Brazilian and Chinese Relations with Africa" by @janahoenke.bsky.social, @eric-cezne.bsky.social, and Yifan Mia Yang. Do give it a read! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🎉Leviathan-Schwerpunktheft Konservatismus in der Krise II jetzt OA 🎉 mit meinem Beitrag zu konservativem Anti-Intellektualismus und autokratischen Projekten in der US-Bildungspolitik: lnkd.in/eZJ7mNaK Vielen Dank an die Gastherausgeber:innen @tbiebricher.bsky.social & @juliareuschenbach.bsky.social!
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I am absolutely thrilled that I will be joining the phenomenal team @globalsociety.bsky.social as an Associate Editor soon!
Global Society@globalsociety.bsky.social · 6mo agoWe are very excited to announce that @jusimon.bsky.social will be joining Global Society as an Associate Editor! Julia previously guest edited our special issue 'Authoritarian Governmentality and Counter-Conduct from the Local to the Global', linked below. www.tandfonline.com/toc/cgsj20/3...
Entlang des Entwurfs des Bundeshaushaltsgesetzes 2025 sollen die Deutsch-Amerikanischen Zentren um 45 Prozent gekürzt werden. Das trifft die transatlantische Bildungsarbeit ins Mark und gefährdet wichtige Demokratieförderung in der breiten Gesellschaft in Deutschland. www.swr.de/swraktuell/r...
Muss Atlantische Akademie Rheinland-Pfalz Mitarbeiter kündigen?
Die Atlantische Akademie Rheinland-Pfalz, mit Sitz in Kaiserslautern, bekommt den Geldhahn zugedreht. Das sieht zumindest ein Gesetzentwurf des Bundes vor. Das gleiche blüht auch den restlichen zehn A...
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Marko Kukec, Matthew Stenberg & my new paper proposes to expand our perspective on democratic backsliding to include backsliding dynamics related to party cohesion. We study 6 cases across various regime types+forms of territorial state organization. Available OA: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Rule of law backsliding across regime types: a comparative analysis of the role of party cohesion in shaping backsliding dynamics - Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
The rule of law around the world has increasingly been eroded by elected governments seeking to expand their power. A traditional mechanism against rule of law backsliding is the horizontal and vertic...
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📢 Publication alert: Robert Csehi's and my chapter on the TikTok Campaigns of Fidesz and the Rassemblement National in the 2024 EP Elections in “The 2024 European Parliament Elections” edited by Michael Kaeding, Alexander Hoppe, and Manuel Müller is now out (OA): link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
The Populist Far Right and Europe’s Young Voters: Comparing the TikTok Campaigns of Fidesz and the Rassemblement National in the 2024 European Parliamentary Elections
Far-right populist parties have continued to gain relevance in the most recent European Parliament elections. This chapter focuses on the underresearched nexus between these parties and young people i...
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CfP! 💥 "Long Live the King! Authoritarian Right-Wing Populism and Democratic Backsliding in the United States." This peer-reviewed publication aims to critically examine recent political developments in the U.S. through interdisciplinary lenses! @jusimon.bsky.social @profausberlin.bsky.social
It’s amazing to find out at this late date how much the rule of law depended on people simply deciding, on a voluntary, daily basis, not to break the law.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down rules regulating the discharge of water pollution, narrowing the landmark Clean Water Act in an unusual case that featured sewage and an effort by one of the nation’s greenest cities to take on the Environmental Protection Agency.
Supreme Court strikes down EPA rules on discharge of water pollution
The justices found the EPA cannot impose generic prohibitions against violating water quality standards.
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As #ISA2025 continues, this is your reminder that Global Society has an open call for special issue proposals. These can relate to any area of global and international studies, and interdisciplinary scholarship is welcomed. Drop us an email or click the link below for details.
Global Society@globalsociety.bsky.social · 2y agoWe are accepting special issue proposals! We welcome proposals relating to any area of global and international studies as well as interdisciplinary scholarship. For more info, contact us or follow the link below 👇 1. globalsociety@kent.ac.uk 2. www.tandfonline.com/action/journ...
Welcome to the Great Emboldening, where ideas and actions that might have been unthinkable, objectionable, or reputationally risky in the past are now on the table, @cwarzel.bsky.social writes.
The Great Emboldening
Jeff Bezos is stepping over the redline—and he’s not alone.
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This is great, thank you! I was such a pleasure working with @globalsociety.bsky.social and the scholars who contributed these highly insightful research papers
Global Society@globalsociety.bsky.social · last yr.Our monthly picks for February have been the articles in Global Society 39(1), a special issue titled "Authoritarian Governmentality and Counter-Conduct from the Local to the Global", organised by @jusimon.bsky.social. All these articles are available below: www.tandfonline.com/toc/cgsj20/3...
This is a terrific contribution to our 2025 @globalsociety.bsky.social special issue "Authoritarian Governmentality and Counter-Conduct from the Local to the Global". Thanks again to Simin and Abigail for being part of the project!
Global Society@globalsociety.bsky.social · last yr.Our fifth monthly pick is "Counter-Conducts: A Foucauldian Analytics of Popup Civic Actions in Mexico" by Simin Davoudi, Abigail Schoneboom (both @newcastleuni.bsky.social) and Ana Díaz-Aldret (Universidad de Guadalajara). #OpenAccess #Foucault #CounterConduct www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
As a political scientist who studies countries that managed to stop the slide into authoritarianism, I can assure you that ***refraining from provoking the authoritarian*** is not how it works. Without further ado, I will now go tear out another chunk of hair.
Ann M. Lipton@annmlipton.bsky.social · last yr."activist leaders have told him and colleagues that they fear protests against Trump might eventually be used as a predicate for declaring martial law. Other House Democrats echoed this privately" Something something in advance www.cnn.com/2025/02/16/p...
What a nice surprise!
Global Society@globalsociety.bsky.social · last yr.Our first monthly pick for February, "‘After Neoliberalism’ and on the ‘Dark Side’? Governmentality and Counter-Conduct in Times of Growing Autocratisation" by Julia Simon (@unibremen.bsky.social), is #OpenAccess! #Neoliberalism #CounterCulture #Autocracy www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
