📖 New chapter "Political Parties and Their Relationship with Traditional and New Media" with Marco Guglielmo, in the De Gruyter Handbook of Digital Political Communication, edited by Mark Wheeler & Petros Iosifidis. Grateful to the editors and Francisco Seoane www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

💡 Local action can inspire Europe. Have you helped make EU citizenship rights more accessible in your community? Share your initiative with the #ECASAwards2026 for a chance to be recognised in Brussels and win a €500 prize. Apply 👉 crowdsourcing.ecas.org/en/ecas-awar...

Fostering European Citizenship

Civil Society Organisations are key to turning EU citizenship rights into everyday reality, from freedom of movement and electoral participation to consular protection and access to services across…

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🚀 The Open Research Europe collection “RELINK for Democracy” is live! 3 peer-reviewed papers published & submissions open. ✅ No APCs for COST participants ✅ Open peer review 🔗 relink2.eu/news-events/ #RELINK2 #OpenScience

#OpenAccess from @epsrjournal.bsky.social - The determinants of turnout in intra-party referendums: a meso-level analysis in digital parties - https://cup.org/42pNXBX - Oscar Barberà, @michalmaly.bsky.social, Adrián Megías, F. Ramón Villaplana & @davevitto.bsky.social #FirstView

1/2 📢 New Open Letter in Open Research Europe : "Time to start a research agenda on electoral integrity within political organizations" — with Gabriela Borz, @jasfitzpatrick.bsky.social, Marco Lisi & Oscar Barberà. 🔗 open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/6-1...

🤖 What happens when AI runs for office? New paper out on ORE, we examine 10 AI-driven candidates & parties across 8 countries and ask what "synthetic political actors" mean for democracy, representation, and political linkage. @relink2.bsky.social 👇 open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/6-138

🚀 Our Open Research Europe collection @relink2.bsky.social “RELINK for Democracy” is live! 3 peer-reviewed papers published & submissions open. ✅ No APCs for COST participants ✅ Open peer review 🔗 relink2.eu/news-events/ #OpenScience

What a beautiful day and location to talk about #AI and #democracy. I will focus on efficacy and technology acceptance in my talk. #UV #Valencia @ramonv.bsky.social @giuliasandri.bsky.social @michalmaly.bsky.social

Applications are now open for the Relink² Training School, which will take place from 29 June to 3 July 2026 at New Bulgarian University in Sofia, Bulgaria 👇

Call for Applications: Relink² Training School 2026 – RELINK2 – CA23114

Applications are now open for the Relink² Training School , which will take place from 29 June to 3 July 2026 at New Bulgarian University in Sofia, Bulgaria . O

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Sofia is calling 📍 Applications are open for the @relink2.bsky.eu Training School — 29 June to 3 July 2026 at New Bulgarian University, Sofia. Up to 15 funded spots for ECR working on digital democracy and civic engagement. 🔗 relink2.eu/news/call-for-applications-relink²-training-school-2026/

Call for Applications: Relink² Training School 2026 – RELINK2 – CA23114

Applications are now open for the Relink² Training School , which will take place from 29 June to 3 July 2026 at New Bulgarian University in Sofia, Bulgaria . O

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⏰Call for papers IPSR: 📌 Special Issue: Homo Algorithmus in Contemporary Politics 🗓️ Deadline (abstracts): 16 January 2026 🔗 Full details: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

⏰Call for papers IPSR: 📌 Special Issue: Homo Algorithmus in Contemporary Politics 🗓️ Deadline (abstracts): 16 January 2026 🔗 Full details: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

There's still time to submit your Workshop proposal for #ecprjs26 ⤵️ ✔️ Seeking submissions across all sub-fields of #PolSci 🎬 Director must be an ECPR Full Member affiliate ⏰ Deadline 30 Sep ecpr.eu/JointSessions #PoliSky #IR #CallForProposals

Joint Sessions of Workshops, University of Innsbruck

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I followed the invitation of Marco Valbruzzi and Annarita Criscitiello to present my paper with @ramonv.bsky.social on #digital leaders at #uni_napoli (with some very first results from the next, empirical paper) #lovemyjob www.frontiersin.org/journals/pol...

Frontiers | Digital leaders: political leadership in the digital age

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🚨 Call for papers! 🚨 Excited to co-chair the ESPAnet Milan 2025 stream “New Social Risks 2.0? Social vulnerability in the age of AI, populism, and the cost-of-living crisis” 🌍🤖📉. 📅 Deadline: April 14 @carloknotz.bsky.social

We are exhausted and full of new ideas at the same time! My 3 favorite takeaways: 1) The human is a Home Faber and #AI is a tool. 2) There is no such thing as "just" a tool. 3) Participation is a complex thing. #Relink² #COST @giuliasandri.bsky.social @michalmaly.bsky.social @ramonv.bsky.social

Two months to the first deadline for #EvoteID25! Don't miss the chance!

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🚨#EvoteID25 Second CFP is out, featuring top experts as track chairs: @michelleblom.bsky.social, Pierrick Gaudry, Leontine Loeber, @irobo.bsky.social, @liisapast.bsky.social, Oliver Spycher, Cecilia Passanti, Michael Kirsten, Romanov Bogdan and Enka Blanchard! ℹ️More info: e-vote-id-2025.inria.fr

Don't miss it! 🚀 Our Research Topic @jasfitzpatrick.bsky.social on Leadership, Politics, and Society in the Digital Age is now out in Frontiers in Political Science, featuring 7 articles plus the editorial. Check it out here: www.frontiersin.org/research-top... A huge thanks to all the contributors

Leadership, politics and society in the digital age

The digital age implies substantial transformations of leadership. Digital platforms have allowed leaders to manage teams more efficiently but also to engage with people on a personal level, sharing r...

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👨‍🏫🏛️ Very happy to announce that I will soon be joining the University of Valencia as an Assistant Professor of ​​Political Science and Public Administration, once an independent commission has verified that I should have been hired last October 2024

Open access now: Villaplana, F. R., Megías, A., & Barberà, O. (2025). Party primaries and turnout: Meso-level explanations. Party Politics, 31(1), 86-100. doi.org/10.1177/1354... 📖🆓

#AcademicJobs #HigherEdJobs #recrutement La Faculté des Lettres et Sciences Humaines de l'Université catholique de Lille @univcatholille.bsky.social recrute un enseignant-chercheur (en CDI) en géopolitique/histoire. 👇 taleez.com/apply/enseig...

Institut Catholique de Lille recrute : Enseignant-Chercheur en Géopolitique/Histoire CDI à Lille

Postulez à l'offre Enseignant-Chercheur en Géopolitique/Histoire sur Taleez pour rejoindre Institut Catholique de Lille

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Our paper in Party Politics on Party #Primaries and #Turnout is now published in Volume 31, Issue 1, and that feels good 😄 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... (First published online September 14, 2023)

Party primaries and turnout: Meso-level explanations - F Ramón Villaplana, Adrián Megías, Oscar Barberà, 2025

The impact of party primaries on turnout at the meso level has been particularly under-researched. Thus, the aim of this paper is to explore the determinants of...

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How does the #EU 🇪🇺 navigates the complexities of the already fragmented and crowded #climate #governance landscape? 🌱🏛️🌍 Find out with @earsomj.bsky.social this Thursday at ESPOL! 📅 Thu, 30 January 2025 🕤 14:00-16:00 📍 Hall MF 1092 / Zoom Details & registration 👉 forms.office.com/e/Ad3eZxfsTi

Very grateful for the opportunity to guest edit this special issue in #ActaPolitologica together with Oscar Barberà. Papers by @michalmaly.bsky.social @ramonv.bsky.social and other experts in the field. So, if you are interested in #DigitalParties have a look acpo.fsv.cuni.cz/ACPONEN-7.ht...

Me, opening my email box after the holidays. Send help.

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Last day for paper proposals ⏰

Ramón Villaplana@ramonv.bsky.social · 2y ago

📣🗒️Oscar Barberà and I will be co-chairing a panel on #Integrity and Accountability in #Digital Participatory Processes at #ecprgc25 in Thessaloniki 🇬🇷 👉Send your paper proposal and join us! ecpr.eu/Events/Event... Deadline: Jan 6. @ecpr.bsky.social

📣🗒️Oscar Barberà and I will be co-chairing a panel on #Integrity and Accountability in #Digital Participatory Processes at #ecprgc25 in Thessaloniki 🇬🇷 👉Send your paper proposal and join us! ecpr.eu/Events/Event... Deadline: Jan 6. @ecpr.bsky.social

Internet and Politics in the AI era: digital technologies and their impact on norms, rights and political processes

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1/ 🌐 What does it mean to be a political leader in the digital age? My new paper with Jasmin Fitzpatrick explores how social media is transforming political leadership. . 🧵 www.frontiersin.org/journals/pol...

Frontiers | Digital leaders: political leadership in the digital age

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1/ 🌐 What does it mean to be a political leader in the digital age? My new paper with Jasmin Fitzpatrick explores how social media is transforming political leadership. . 🧵 www.frontiersin.org/journals/pol...

Frontiers | Digital leaders: political leadership in the digital age

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