Do you sanitise your CV for the postdoc job market? My last two jobs came from an academic CV that had no trace of the decade I spent waiting tables, scrubbing pots, or babysitting. This never sat right with me. How do you work this in without cluttering the CV?

Today’s the day! See you all at @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social for the Hackathon!

Reminder: tomorrow's the Reproducibility Hackathon @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social! 💻🎉 Big thanks to our pals @mpib-berlin.bsky.social for letting us beta-test their new tool, rigor.me. We'll be reproducing a paper and testing our own code's reproducibility. Open science, one step at a time 🔬

We're hosting a Reproducibility Hackathon on July 24th @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social to highlight the ongoing reproducibility crisis in the Social Sciences. All welcome. Lunch provided. So, come for the scran, if not the company! Register here: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/NFZwvM4LC

🙏 Come work with me 🙏 We're hiring a postdoc. to work on a v cool project using AI to better understand local-level social cohesion...

T-minus 2 days until @horizoneu.bsky.social deliverables are due, and I really cannot recommend. 🙃

I'm presenting the first of my two papers at the @epssnet.bsky.social conference today. Catch me from 13:30 to 15:10 in Hall 1D of the ICC. app.oxfordabstracts.com/events/75765...

Welcome to Belfast! 🎉Tonight marks the informal start of #EPSS2026! Before the conference officially opens, there are two great ways to ease in.

Question for #AcademicSky: You reject on methodological grounds — convenience sampling and borderline results that would shift w/ a redesign. Editor overrules, issues R&R, invites you back. The methods likely remain the same. When is it acceptable to decline a re-review?

Please do come to this, if relevant and of interest. I'll be there and looking forward to it.

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☕ First Gen Social — Sat 10:50–12:30, ICC Bar 2. Bring your own coffee & meet fellow first-gen PhDs. Carolina Garriga & Thomas Sattler will share findings from an earlier First Gen roundtable.

A fully funded 2-year postdoc for my ERC project on climate politics, comparative politics and political economy. Deadline: 29 July 2026, 10am CET Starting date: Jan 2027 (flexible) Feel free to reach out next week at EPSS if you’d like to discuss the position www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etude...

Call for Applications - Postdoctoral Position GREENLOSS Project

2 Years - Postdoctoral Position Starting January 2027

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Heading to the #EPSSBelfast conference next week? The EPSS Diversity Committee has organized several events to make this a welcoming space for everyone. Quick thread on what's happening and when 👇

Last call, all #APSA2026 Program Participants must register by today, June 8th, to remain in the meeting program! ➡️ View registration details:

Registration

Registration & Housing Now Open!

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Are you a first generation political scientist? Then join the EPSS First Gen Social Gathering 📆10:50-12:30 Saturday, 20 June, 2026, Bar 2 (ICC) 👥Organizers: @carogarriga.bsky.social and @sattlersthomas.bsky.social Please drop by, bring your own coffee ☕️ and meet other First Gen PhDs 👩‍🎓👨‍🎓🧑‍🎓.

I just paid the rather steep $143 student reg fee for APSA, so see ya'll in Boston ig. ☘️🍻

Last chance: Apply now for the APSA Committee on Contingent Faculty in the Profession’s “Excellence in Scholarship, Teaching, or Leadership” Award recognizes scholars who have made significant #polisci contributions without tenure-track positions. 🏅 Submit by today, May 31: buff.ly/EF9epuV

Nominations Open: Award for Excellence in Scholarship, Teaching, or Leadership by Contingent Faculty | Deadline: May 31, 2026 -

Nominations Open: The APSA Committee on the Status of Contingent Faculty in the Profession’s Award for: “Excellence in Scholarship, Teaching, or Leadership by Contingent Faculty” Submit faculty award…

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🚨 REGISTRATION OPENS TOMORROW! 🚨 MethodsNET Conference, May 28th. Members: Ensure your status is active to access exclusive registration discounts. If you aren't a member yet, join us today and support excellence in social science methods! ⏳ Get ready: methodsnet.org/conference/3... #MethodsNET

Took two and a half weeks, amongst the other bits, but with West wrapped up, that's the full detailed results from the election done! The overall results page now has links to each region, so you've got both the shiny interactives from the day, plus full details available.

2026 Scottish Parliament Election Results

Quick links: Seats Won and Count Progress Constituency Results Regional Results (by Constituency) Regional Results (by Region) Vote Swings by Constituency Whilst you wait for results, you can chec…

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A much-discussed “return to #coal” by some countries in the wake of the Iran war & #fossilfuel is likely to be far more limited than thought, amounting to a global rise of no more than 1.8% in coal power output this year and likely even much lower www.carbonbrief.org/world-will-n...

World ‘will not see significant return to coal’ in 2026 – despite Iran crisis - Carbon Brief

Clean-energy projects are emerging as more appealing investments during the fossil-fuel driven energy crisis.

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⚽ EPSS 2026 Football Match We're organising a football match on Friday 19 June at Queen's Sport PEC! All skill levels welcome. Up to 3 five-a-side pitches, balls & bibs provided. Sign up by Friday 29 May 👇 forms.gle/PwYoedqu7NzF... #EPSS2026

EPSS 2026 football sign-up

A football (soccer) match for EPSS 2026 attendees on a 3G pitch at Queen's Sport PEC, 10 min bike ride or 30 min walk from the ICC. All skill levels are welcome! Sign up by Friday 29 May so we can ...

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Just a reminder, I’m running to make @epssnet.bsky.social more representative of its broader membership! 👊 Please vote! 🗳️

Katelyn Nutley@katelynnutley.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I'm the only PhD student on the @epssnet.bsky.social Council Elections ballot, alongside 12 professors. Academic institutions drift toward those with permanent posts — it's structural, not personal. A 'youth seat' fixes that early. Vote to make EPSS reflect its full membership at EPSSnet.org 🗳️

I'm the only PhD student on the @epssnet.bsky.social Council Elections ballot, alongside 12 professors. Academic institutions drift toward those with permanent posts — it's structural, not personal. A 'youth seat' fixes that early. Vote to make EPSS reflect its full membership at EPSSnet.org 🗳️

New paper in Nature. The more a government controls its domestic media, the more it dominates AI training data, the more pro-regime outputs we get from AI. By scraping the open web, LLMs are unwittingly laundering state-coordinated narratives into seemingly objective answers.

Just resharing! Ipsos UK have clarified that their data was used for an independently-produced seat projection for STV rather than an in-house forecast. And we're happy to set the record straight.

Big news! 🗞️ By total seat projection accuracy, the STAEM team MATCHED or BEAT every major pollster for Holyrood '26 - with a team of just 14 undergraduate students and 2 PhD researchers. @kieranomeara.bsky.social @nstb.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @cglgsta.bsky.social

1 day to #Holyrood2026 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Our model* projects: 🟡 @snp.org 57 🔵 @reformukscotland.bsky.social 19 🔵 @conservatives.bsky.social 12 🔴 @labouruk.bsky.social 16 🟠 @libdems.org.uk 11 🟢 @scottishgreens.org 14 knutley.github.io/STAEM_Project/

Proud to share our interactive Holyrood 2026 election tracker, developed by @katelynnutley.bsky.social, Nick Brooke, 14 @uniofstandrews.bsky.social undergrad-researchers and myself. Using over 130 polls, the model projects: SNP 62, Reform UK 22, Labour 18, Conservatives 10, Lib Dems 9, Greens 8.

2 days to #Holyrood2026 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Our model projects: 🟡 @snp.org 62 - 3 from majority 🔵 @reformukscotland.bsky.social 22 list seats 🔵 @conservatives.bsky.social collapse to 10 🔴 @labouruk.bsky.social 18 🟠 @libdems.org.uk 9 🟢 @scottishgreens.org 8 knutley.github.io/STAEM_Project/

🚨Deadline: Apply now for the POLNET School on Social Network Analysis @politicalnets.bsky.social 🗓️ 21–25 Sep, Universität Konstanz Curious about SNA and its applications in political network research? ✔️Gain skills in advanced methods, including Relational Event Models & Discourse Network Analysis

Apply by midnight, BST, TONIGHT!

POLNET School on Social Network Analysis, Universität Konstanz, 21 – 25 September 2026

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My paper with Fergus Green and Marion Dumas on computationally detecting environmental policy paradigms is going to be on the (CL10) 'European Institutions and Green Agenda Setting' panel! Come say hi - and give us some much-needed feedback! 🌱

Federica Genovese@fgenovese.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Are you coming to the @epssnet.bsky.social conference this year? The programme is live 👏 @antvalentim.bsky.social and I were in charge of constructing the Climate Politics section. Check out the 19 panels crossing fields and subdisciplines! Details here: virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/75765/...