Say hello to our incoming Editors in Chief @grahn.bsky.social and @maarja.bsky.social at #ecpg2026! Michal and Maarja will lead our new Editorial Team from July 2026

The European Journal of Politics and Gender's incoming Lead Editors @maarja.bsky.social and @grahn.bsky.social are at #ECPG2026 and looking forward to getting started as editors next month. @ejpgjournal.bsky.social

Congrats to incoming editors @grahn.bsky.social and @maarja.bsky.social! Go, go, go! #ecpg2026

#ECPG2026 is less than a week away!! If you take your running shoes with you to conferences, join me for a morning fun run on June 16 (9am). The pace will be relaxed and no one gets left behind, I promise. To register, please fill in this form: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon... 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️

📣📣📣 We are hiring @nclpolitics.bsky.social 📣📣📣 Fixed-term Lecturer in Political Philosophy (1 Sep 2026-31 Aug 2027) Don't hesitate to get in touch with any questions about this post. jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl...

Amazing to see my favourite brewery featuring in the pre-ECPG programme 🤩

Louise Luxton@louiseluxton.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Coming to @ecprgender.bsky.social #ECPG2026 and working with quant methods or curious about using them in gender & politics research? Come along & meet other researchers at the @strathplacelab.bsky.social pre-conference social 🍻 📍 Two by Two Brewery 🕡 18:30, 14 June RSVP here: bit.ly/4dPyr8F

Extremely happy - and even more honoured - to be trusted with one of the most exciting journals @ejpgjournal.bsky.social to co-edit with such an amazing team, starting July 1 2026! We'll celebrate already next month at #ecpg2026newcastle 🥳 @nclpolitics.bsky.social @grahn.bsky.social

European Journal of Politics and Gender@ejpgjournal.bsky.social · 3mo ago

We are delighted to present the new editorial team of the @ejpgjournal.bsky.social ! Led by @grahn.bsky.social and @maarja.bsky.social as co-EIC, the six-strong team represents a new generation of gender and politics and LGBTQ+ politics scholars who will take the journal forward from July 2026.

So grateful for the most amazing joint sessions workshop! Heartful thanks to everyone for their incredible papers, presentations & extremely constructive feedback & suggestions. A special shout-out to the amazing @mtplk.bsky.social - job-share dream! Was well worth coming down the mountains for ⛷️

Mariia Tepliakova@mtplk.bsky.social · 4mo ago

and that's a wrap on our @ecpr.bsky.social Joint Sessions workshop that brought together incredible scholars applying quant and computational methods to politics and gender topics! for @maarja.bsky.social (who graciously came down from the mountains for this ⛷️) and I, this was a dream come true ✨

Very excited to discuss my research on candidate selection and gender next week @tcdpoliticalsci.bsky.social! @nclpolitics.bsky.social

Department of Political Science, Trinity College Dublin@tcdpoliticalsci.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The Department of Political Science is looking forward to hosting Dr @maarja.bsky.social at next Monday's Seminar Series.

🚨Call for papers We invite submissions for the 2nd Workshop for Scholars of Elections, Public Opinion, and Parties (EPOP) based in Northern UK 🏛️ University of York, 8-9 June 2026 Theme: Inequality, Authoritarianism, and the Future of Liberal Democracy More info: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Call for papers- Inequality, Authoritarianism, and the Future of Liberal Democracy

Call for papers: Inequality, Authoritarianism, and the Future of Liberal Democracy University of York, 8-9 June 2026 The workshop, supported by the Elections, Public Opinion and Parties’ (EPOP) Anth...

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Ever wondered why Germany, in 2001 only the seventh country in the world after the Nordic ones and Netherlands to have more than 30% of MPs female, has since completed stagnated and been overtaken by 50-odd countries? In this newly published paper, @maarja.bsky.social and I try to explain that.

The myth of compensatory effects: How party organisation shapes women's representation in dual-candidacy mixed electoral systems

Electoral systems are widely recognised as important institutional determinants explaining women's political representation. Mixed-member proportional…

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⚙️ #ecprjs26 Workshop directors 🎬 @maarja.bsky.social & @mtplk.bsky.social 💡 Seeks Papers examining how gender & sexuality shape democratic representation, political participation and power structures ✔️ @sgparliaments.bsky.social endorsed ⌛ Submit by 3 Dec buff.ly/YsJGQYo #Polisky #CallforPapers

Understanding Gender Differences in Legislatures and Beyond: Quantitative and Computational Approaches to Examining the Causes, Consequences, and Institutional Effects

Joint Sessions of Workshops, 7 – 10 April 2026, University of Innsbruck

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Paper proposals for the @ecpr.bsky.social Joint Sessions, taking place in beautiful Innsbruck, April 7-10 2026, are now open. If you're working on an exciting gender paper using quants methods, please apply to our workshop: ecpr.eu/Events/Event... @mtplk.bsky.social @sgparliaments.bsky.social

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🏅In one of our most read articles this week, "When Does Fame Not Matter? Examining Gender Differences in Politicians’ Social Media Experiences", @maarja.bsky.social & co-authors explore the dynamics of gender-based online incivility. 🌟Available #OpenAccess🌟 buff.ly/bGmLoKw

epl.delfi.ee/artikkel/120... EPL published a leading article based on my research ahead of Estonia's local elections. Disheartening that parties still disadvantage women candidates with nominations & list placement, but after 10+ years researching this, nice to see it break into mainstream media.

Politoloog: naisi on poliitikas nii vähe, sest neid pelgavad teised poliitikud, mitte Eesti valijad

Kandidaati, keda nimekirjas ei ole, valida ei saa. Asjaolu, et Eestis ikka veel märksa vähem naisi poliitikas ilma teeb ei tulene valijate eelistustest, vaid erakondade poolt ette antud valikutest.

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Celebrating 10 years in @nclpolitics.bsky.social (Newcastle) with a new staff card. Still can't believe I didn't lose it in all those years 😅

Politoloog @maarja.bsky.social kirjutab, et Eesti naiste vähene esindatus poliitikas ei tulene valijate eelistustest, vaid erakondade pakutud menüüvalikutest. Sest nagu restoranis ei saa tellida rooga, mida menüüs pole, nii ei saa ka valida kandidaati, keda nimekirjas ei ole.

Naisi pelgavad erakonnad, mitte Eesti valijad - Feministeerium

Politoloog Maarja Lühiste kirjutab, et Eesti naiste vähene esindatus poliitikas ei tulene valijate eelistustest, vaid erakondade pakutud menüüvalikutest

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📣Out on #FirstView 📣 In "When Does Fame Not Matter?" @maarja.bsky.social, Stiene Praet, Sebastian Adrian Popa, @yannistheocharis.bsky.social, Pablo Barberá, @zoltanfazekas.bsky.social & @jatucker.bsky.social conduct a cross-national study on online incivility. polisky gendersky buff.ly/vkcPI2Y

Research led by @nclpolitics.bsky.social's @maarja.bsky.social reveals female politicians receive more identity-based attacks on social media than others in the profession. Read the full article article here >> bit.ly/3GOr97K

Women politicians receive more identity-based attacks on social media

Women politicians in Europe receive uncivil tweets regardless of how known they are, new research led by Newcastle University has found.

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We (@matildecer.bsky.social @nzwiener-collins.bsky.social and I) pulled off our small but mighty workshop, bridging boundaries between gender x politics subfield and quantitative methods 👧🏻📊 So grateful to @lmumuenchen.bsky.social and Fritz Thyssen Stiftung for making it possible 🤓

I'm hiring another postdoc (research-focused, for almost 5 years) for my @erc.europa.eu project on the educational cleavage! I'm looking for someone with strong quantitative text-analysis skills (e.g. #NLP, #LLM, etc.) to study the role of political actors in cleavage formation.

Super excited (and relieved!) to see this paper finally published. Both men and women politicians experience incivility and, overall, the more famous they are, the more abuse they receive. BUT women in Europe receive uncivil tweets even when they're not well known www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

“Democratic Resilience in Challenging Times” workshop - connecting Northern UK scholars of Elections, Parties and Public Opinion (EPOP) and hosted by the Governance and Political Organisations research cluster in Newcastle University - is in full swing @nclpolitics.bsky.social

@nclpolitics.bsky.social Research Seminar series had the great pleasure to host the amazing @anjaneundorf.bsky.social yesterday with an extremely timely talk about how we can "sell" democracy better

My favourite part of the job also happened this week. Huge congratulations to @jihedncib.bsky.social for an outstanding viva and excellent thesis!!! Very much looking forward to the publication that will follow ☺️

Jihed Ncib@jihedncib.bsky.social · last yr.

Happy to share that I successfully defended my Ph.D. dissertation! Very grateful to @stefanmueller.bsky.social for being a great mentor and friend. Huge thanks to my examination committee @jamespcross.bsky.social, @maarja.bsky.social, and Caitriona Dowd.

🎉🎉🎉 Super excited that our paper -- on how changing public attitudes on gender equality don't seem to affect parties' candidate selection strategies -- with the amazing @ThomasDäubler and @mihailchiru.bsky.social is now accessible OnlineFirst at the EUP: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

A quick interview at Estonian Public Broadcasting Service's breakfast program early morning yesterday on the (potential) reaction of UK parties and public on Starmer's statement of potentially sending British troops to Ukraine jupiter.err.ee/1609609172/b...

This is probably my most preferred way to get back to work from a holiday. Thank you so much @clint0475.bsky.social & @unibas.ch for hosting us and for all the insightful comments and questions. @nclpolitics.bsky.social

Clint Claessen@clint0475.bsky.social · last yr.

Today, we had the distinct pleasure of kicking off our political science colloquium with the fabulous @maarja.bsky.social and amazing @zacdgreene.bsky.social presenting: Bringing Diversity to Parliament? How gender and candidate quotas impact the content of parliamentary speech @unibas.ch

If you're looking for more morale-boosting and inspiring posts, make sure to follow us @nclpolitics.bsky.social

Newcastle University Politics@nclpolitics.bsky.social · 2y ago

Here's our new departmental morale officer, helping everyone through the remainder of Semester 1 🌈🦄

What a start to the week! Huge congratulations to Rob for a great thesis and an excellent viva! @nclpolitics.bsky.social

Paul Taggart@paultaggart.bsky.social · 2y ago

One of the very best parts of my job is being part of the PhD journey of others and yesterday I was part of @robcronin.bsky.social’s viva on populism in the 2019 UK general election with @maarja.bsky.social at the University of Newcastle. Many congratulations to Rob.