That’s a wrap! 🎉 It has been an honour to organize this year’s Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology. What stood out most was the sense of community & support throughout the week. A cheers on @korinlind.bsky.social @hannahrajski.bsky.social @snmorgenstern.bsky.social & Lisa-Marie Zikesch

Day 5 of our Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology! It’s been inspiring to see participants from across countries exchange ideas, build collaborations, and strengthen a supportive research community. Huge thanks to our fantastic speakers, organizing team, and supporters! 🙌 #PolMeth #WPM

Time to protect domestic producers from unfair galactic imports. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/13/s...

A Sweet Surprise: Scientists Find Sugar Deep in Our Galaxy

It’s the first time a sugar molecule has been detected in interstellar space. The discovery provides tantalizing new clues into how life may have arisen on Earth.

nytimes.com

Amazing how corruption, bribery, and policies that contributed to countless deaths somehow stayed within the acceptable range. But the thing that finally crosses the red line is… a red card.

📢 Job Ad: I am looking for one doctoral researcher (75%) in my newly funded DFG project on misperceptions and factual information on immigration from 1.10. or soon after! 📌 Location: MZES, University of Mannheim 💢 Application Deadline: 21st of July

We are looking for a colleague to fill a part-time (50%) teaching position in IR. Ability to teach in German is required, though courses may also be offered in English. Deadline: 3 July Ad (in German): tinyurl.com/ysnjcwwn Please share - and PM in case of questions @politikuhh.bsky.social

Ausschreibung

uni-hamburg.de

We're hiring 2 postdocs at @uio.no on my ERC-Cog project on how authoritarian regimes shape scientific knowledge. 3–4 years, U. of Oslo. Deadline: 10 Sept 2026. Great dept., terms, well funded, bustling & green Scandi capital. Apply! 👉 jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/303060/postdoctoral-fello

Postdoctoral Fellow  (303060) | University of Oslo

Job title: Postdoctoral Fellow  (303060), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Thursday, September 10, 2026

jobbnorge.no

"Damit sendet das BMFTR eine klare Botschaft: Wissenschaft in Deutschland soll weiterhin prekär bleiben." #IchBinHanna #WissZeitVG

Amrei Bahr@amreibahr.bsky.social · 2mo ago

5 Jahre #IchBinHanna. Alle sind sich inzwischen einig, dass sich grundlegend was ändern muss. Zig konstruktive Vorschläge. Und dann das: Der neue Referentenentwurf fürs #WissZeitVG ist 1 Witz. Und zwar 1 ganz schlechter. Meine Einordnung ⬇️ #IchBinHanna @drkeichhorn.bsky.social @kubon.bsky.social

Was @drkeichhorn.bsky.social, @kubon.bsky.social & ich vom Referentenentwurf fürs #WissZeitVG halten. Spoiler: Überhaupt nichts. #IchBinHanna

Jan-Martin Wiarda@jmwiarda.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"Mutloser Minimalkompromiss" – "Vereinbarter Rahmen ausgeschöpft" – "Arbeitsverweigerung" Was sagen Regierungsfraktionen und Opposition zum WissZEITVG-Entwurf, was Wissenschaftsrat, HRK und Wissenschaftsinitiativen? Ein Überblick zu den Reaktionen. Im Wiarda-Blog: www.jmwiarda.de/blog/2026/05...

1/ With the DR Congo facing another Ebola outbreak, I’ve been reflecting on research I published on the 2018–2020 outbreak, one of the most violent public health emergencies for healthcare workers. Key lesson: Public health emergencies become far more dangerous when they are politicized.

IMPORTANT: The Dutch invested €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart governments do the math on investing in better mobility. Let’s be clear— it WASTES public money to NOT do it. #CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com

Ich wünsche allen Bahnreisenden viel Geduld heute 💔

This chart by @SteveStuWill shows the most male-typical and female-typical reasons for hospital admissions in England (NHS data 2022–25). Women don't fall of scaffolding and men don't give birth.

"The challenge is not that AI will make societies poorer. Rather, it is that it will make them richer in ways that render many citizens economically dispensable for continued economic growth." My latest in @foreignpolicy.com on why our AI future could resemble the petrostate present.

For What AI Could Do to Democracies, Look to the Petrostates

Societies will become richer, but history suggests that wealth may not be equally distributed.

foreignpolicy.com

A reminder that there are already a lot of European alternatives in place. Always worth exploring european-alternatives.eu when looking to buy or switch.

European Alternatives

We help you find European alternatives for digital service and products, like cloud services and SaaS products.

european-alternatives.eu

Hetan Shah@hetanshah.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Scary diagram on how much of our daily lives would fall apart if somehow we were cut off from US tech. Tech sovereignty and resilience is going to be costly! www.ft.com/content/4c3a...

One beautiful thing about Norwegian society: people don’t blast phone calls, facetimes, or speaker mode in public. The sound of silence 🇳🇴✨

Meet Citation Compare: ortutt.github.io/citation-com... Enter an article's link or DOI and get not only its citation number but also see how it compares to all other articles published in the same year and journal. Information based on CrossRef API. Vibe coded by Claude. Hope people find it useful!

Phone-free parties are trending and honestly? I want phone-free universities, phone-free cafés, phone-free bars. I want to make eye contact with a stranger and have a random conversation.

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 3mo ago

“We can't just give someone a self-help book,” says Plante. “We can't just give someone a block on a few apps, tell them to chain their iPhone to the wall, when really what they're looking for is to be propped up in a community of people." www.usatoday.com/story/life/h...

Somewhere Bismarck is looking down in confusion as Germany projects power by sending 4,000 pensioners, 12 buffet stations and a TUI loyalty program through the Strait of Hormuz

Marcel Dirsus@marceldirsus.com · 4mo ago

If you think the nuclear-powered supercarrier USS Gerald R. Ford is the most powerful ship in the world, you are wrong. It's actually the German cruise ship Mein Schiff 4 (pictured), which successfully transited the Strait of Hormuz over the weekend

Talking abundance: Just like some EU countries are failing at managing decreased supply of energy sources in a world with 🔥 demand, EU institutions (the ERC) are struggling to deal with similar dynamics in the research space. The outcome will be exiting and/or finding alternatives in both spaces.

ERC President explains stricter application measures amid rising demand for funding

The text of an open letter sent by ERC President Maria Leptin to ERC panel members, grantees and other stakeholders on 16 April 2026.

erc.europa.eu

Is anyone else genuinely scared about what might happen tonight? The kind of afraid where it feels like the world could cross a line you can’t uncross. I really hope that tomorrow, looking back, this will feel dramatic.

Just had this from Planet Labs, the US government have asked satellite imagery providers for "voluntarily" restrictions on access to satellite imagery. Given a lot of them provide satellite imagery to the USG we can probably guess the outcome of not acquiescing to that request.

It was an honor to serve on the committee selecting the Article of the Year. Very happy to pass last year’s award on to such an outstanding article! 💫🥳

Journal of Peace Research@jpeaceresearch.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The 2025 Nils Petter Gleditsch Article of the Year Award goes to @jasonhartwig.bsky.social (@yale.edu) for his article entitled 'The end of rebel rule: Biased peacekeeping interventions and social order'. Congratulations! 🏆 Read the full announcement here: www.prio.org/journals/jpr...

We’re proud to share that JPR now leads its field in gender-inclusive authorship. Between 2000 and 2024, the share of all-male author teams dropped from nearly 75% to ~40%. This shows the value of inclusive publication policies and collaborative research practices in peace and conflict studies.

Applications are still open until the end of the week!

Melanie Sauter@melinscribe.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🚨 Join us for the next edition Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology in Mannheim 🚨 7 days of hands-on advanced methods + networking for PhDs, postdocs & early-career researchers. Free of charge (limited travel support). Deadline 1 March 2026: summerschoolwpm.org #methodsky #polisky

Want to investigate something using open sources but not sure where to start? 🧵 We’ve gathered some of our go-to resources for learning, practicing, and collaborating on open source research - whether you’re brand new or sharpening your skills...

Don't forget to apply until the end of the week! 🚨

Melanie Sauter@melinscribe.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🚨 Join us for the next edition Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology in Mannheim 🚨 7 days of hands-on advanced methods + networking for PhDs, postdocs & early-career researchers. Free of charge (limited travel support). Deadline 1 March 2026: summerschoolwpm.org #methodsky #polisky

One week left to apply 💫

Melanie Sauter@melinscribe.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🚨 Join us for the next edition Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology in Mannheim 🚨 7 days of hands-on advanced methods + networking for PhDs, postdocs & early-career researchers. Free of charge (limited travel support). Deadline 1 March 2026: summerschoolwpm.org #methodsky #polisky

It's only a matter of time before they come for political science next

Zachary Levenson@grundrza.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Yesterday, those who teach Intro to Sociology at Florida colleges (as opposed to universities) received a ready-made curriculum from the state and were ordered to teach it. Yes, you read that correctly. The *state* is enforcing a curriculum on college profs, complete w/ the following restrictions: