🚨New publication alert: "De-penalizing Motherhood? Paternity Leave and the Redistribution of Workplace Bias" By @petroleuse-sbd.bsky.social and Gabriela de Carvalho. academic.oup.com/sp/advance-a...

De-penalizing Motherhood? Paternity Leave and the Redistribution of Workplace Bias

Abstract. Paternity leave policies aim to increase men’s caregiving and reduce employer biases against women. Yet fathers’ greater visibility as caregivers

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Despite the heat and last-minute surprises, it has been a pleasure to organise and host this fantastic workshop together with @damjantomic.bsky.social!

DEC@dec-gr.bsky.social · last mo.

🎓We are delighted to host the 14th edition of the Barcelona PhD Workshop at the UAB. A full day where PhD candidates present ongoing work, exchange ideas, and strengthen our research community. For more information, you can consult the workshop page: sites.google.com/view/barcelo...

Our DEC fellows @jessmcnab.bsky.social and Gabriel Biering presenting their ongoing work in the 14th edition of Barcelona PhD Workshop in Empirical Political Science.

Together with @damjantomic.bsky.social, we are organising a new edition of this wonderful workshop at UAB. Register by June 14 and join us!

Barcelona Network of Political Science (BANPS)@bcnpolisci.bsky.social · 2mo ago

📢 XIV Barcelona PhD Workshop on Empirical PoliSci 🎉 Save the date for a day of discussion in political science by PhD researchers! Registration 👉 tuit.cat/4wFkI More info 👉 tuit.cat/25omg 📅 3 July 📍UAB @politiquesuab.bsky.social @politiquesupf.bsky.social @cpoliticaub.bsky.social

A very interesting new article by @kai-arzheimer.com and the ever-insightful @antonialang.bsky.social! It is yet another reminder of the need to examine each country's specific context more closely in order to better understand both the scope and the limitations of the rural–urban divide.

Kai Arzheimer@kai-arzheimer.com · 2mo ago

🚨 🚨 🚨 new publication (with @antonialang.bsky.social) klaxon!!! Over the past decade, scholars have increasingly turned to “place” as a key factor in political behaviour — particularly on the far right, in Europe & the US. Urban-rural divides are especially intriguing. But are they true cleavages? 🤔

Super happy to see this finally published 🥳 Germany continues to be an intriguing case to study the rural-urban divide in!

Kai Arzheimer@kai-arzheimer.com · 2mo ago

🚨 🚨 🚨 new publication (with @antonialang.bsky.social) klaxon!!! Over the past decade, scholars have increasingly turned to “place” as a key factor in political behaviour — particularly on the far right, in Europe & the US. Urban-rural divides are especially intriguing. But are they true cleavages? 🤔

Thank you for the invitation @antonialang.bsky.social! It was a pleasure to be back at @goetheuni.bsky.social and present my paper on rural resentment and access to services in Spain. I really enjoyed the discussion with the students in your 'Politisches Verhalten in Stadt und Land' seminar!

Yesterday, @rgarciadelhorno.bsky.social presented his paper "There is nothing here! Unequal access to services and rural resentment in Spain" to my BA seminar about the rural-urban divide in Europe. Thank you, Rubén, for giving my students the opportunity to talk to a seasoned scholar!

🚨 @eupoplink.bsky.social lanza una gran encuesta sobre el futuro de Europa para todos los países miembros y candidatos a entrar en la UE. Respóndela en el siguiente enlace: get.epoll.eu/index.php/48... @juanperezrajo.bsky.social @gricoc.bsky.social

⏰ CALL FOR PAPERS - EPSS PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP ON PLACE, POLITICS AND EVIDENCE-BASED POLICY ⏰ Submit by Weds 20 May! For all those interested in politics of geographic divides and keen to explore impact potential of their work. More info/submit here: shorturl.at/xS0iS @twanhuijsmans.bsky.social

EPSS pre-conference: “Place, Politics, and Evidence-Based Policy”

In this pre-conference workshop we bring together researchers who study the role of place in politics, and we want to focus particularly on how we (can) make impact on policies and public debates with...

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For those at @epssnet.bsky.social in Belfast this June: If you're interested in Place & Politics and want to join our discussions on the (potential) impact of the research in this field, make sure to register for the pre-conference that @lawrencemckay.bsky.social and I are organizing! 👇

Lawrence McKay@lawrencemckay.bsky.social · 3mo ago

⏰ CALL FOR PAPERS - EPSS PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP ON PLACE, POLITICS AND EVIDENCE-BASED POLICY ⏰ Submit by Weds 20 May! For all those interested in politics of geographic divides and keen to explore impact potential of their work. More info/submit here: shorturl.at/xS0iS @twanhuijsmans.bsky.social

A reminder that applications for this 3-year fully funded PhD position close at the end of next week (May 17). This is a great opportunity to work on climate politics comparative politics in a vibrant environment, with loads of freedom to develop your own project. www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etude...

Call for applications for a 3 years doctoral contract

For the ERC GREENLOSS Project - Application deadline: May 17, 2026

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🎉Congratulations to our fellow @ehernandez.bsky.social on receiving the 2025 National Research Award “Clara Campoamor” in the area of Law and Economic & Social Sciences. www.ciencia.gob.es/Noticias/202...

Diana Morant, en los Premios Nacionales de Investigación 2025: “Sois mucho más que genios, sois trabajadores y trabajadoras de las ideas, sostenidos por la tarea de mejorar la vida de todas y todos no...

Diana Morant, en los Premios Nacionales de Investigación 2025: “Sois mucho más que genios, sois trabajadores y trabajadoras de las ideas, sostenidos por la tarea de mejorar la vida de todas y todos no...

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🚀 Very much looking forward to our new @dfg.de/ @agencerecherche.bsky.social project RECOGNITION with @mfilsinger.bsky.social 🙏 Big thanks to @nilssteiner.bsky.social and @clandwehr.bsky.social for very helpful feedback on the proposal 🎓 Apply now for one of the PhD positions in the project team ⬇️

Maximilian Filsinger@mfilsinger.bsky.social · 3mo ago

In December 2025, @ackermannk.bsky.social and I got the exciting news that our project RECOGNITION: How Social Status and Recognition Shape Attachment to Democracy in France and Germany will be funded by the @agencerecherche.bsky.social & @dfg.de consortium for three years with around 450.000 €! 🎉

Delighted to see this paper, co-authored by brilliant @jessicakuhlm.bsky.social, published!

Jessica Kuhlmann@jessicakuhlm.bsky.social · 3mo ago

New paper out with @antonialang.bsky.social in @electoralstudies.bsky.social 📣 Why is support for the Alternative for Germany often high in low-diversity rural areas, while ethnically diverse cities show mixed patterns? Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Last week, @charlottekuberka.bsky.social and I hosted our ECR Conference on the Political Dimensions of Place-Based Inequalities in Urban & Rural Life at the LSE. Thanks to all participants, @neillee.bsky.social, @msands.bsky.social, @lseinequalities.bsky.social & @lsegovernment.bsky.social 🎉

Delighted to present the first results of my new project at Beyond the Divide: ECR Conference on the Political Dimensions of Place-Based Inequalities in Urban & Rural Life (LSE). Great discussions—thanks to all presenters, and especially to @charlottekuberka.bsky.social & @celiaestruch.bsky.social!

📢Open call for applications. DEC welcomes expressions of interest for the 2026 MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships. Applicants interested in developing a proposal with us are encouraged to get in touch before 15 May. More information ⬇️ marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/post...

Fidesz is an interesting case of a party that had an urban skew to its vote in the 2000s but has become more & more rural as it’s moved to the right. it’s an exemplar of rural populism/nationalism, but it’s also an outlier for ideas that link disruptive politics & rural discontent.

Joost @almodozo.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Urban/rural gap in Hungary's Fidesz vote. Will it grow further?

🎤 Professor Ian Shapiro’s lecture was a great success today. A full room, an engaging talk, and a lively discussion around “Angry Populist Politics: Why Is It Happening and What to Do About It.” Many thanks to Professor Shapiro and to everyone who joined us. A fantastic session for our faculty.

Marta's colleagues can only say that she has a brilliant mind and a huge heart. Congratulations, Doctor @martavallve.bsky.social ! 🎊♥️

DEC@dec-gr.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🎓We’re thrilled to welcome a new Doctor to the department. Congratulations to @martavallve.bsky.social for an outstanding thesis defence and an inspiring piece of research.

⚠️🚨 LAST CALL! Última semana para enviar vuestras propuestas a nuestro GT “The politics of place: Geographic divides in contemporary democracies” en AECPA (Granada, 9-11 Septiembre).

Rubén García del Horno@rgarciadelhorno.bsky.social · 5mo ago

‼️📆 Call for papers – The politics of place: geographic divides in contemporary democracies (AECPA, Granada, 9-11 Septiembre) Con @asanchezgarcia.es @aldeleon.bsky.social @juanperezrajo.bsky.social te invitamos a que nos envíes tu propuesta antes del 31/03 👇 www.aecpa.es/es-es/the-po...

Really happy to see this piece finally out in @poqjournal.bsky.social. We exploit an unexpected global news event to test exogenous measures of exposure varying in granularity. The results have implications for studies using webtracking data, particularly domain-level measures of news exposure #CSS

Public Opinion Quarterly - POQ@poqjournal.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Not all news clicks teach us something. In POQ, Cardenal et al., using digital trace data, find that only article-level exposure to Ukraine stories—not general news browsing—predicted who learned about the Russian invasion. Read now: doi.org/10.1093/poq/...

"The politics of place: geographic divides in contemporary democracies" Coordinan Rubén García del Horno (@rgarciadelhorno.bsky.social), Juan Pérez Rajó (@juanperezrajo.bsky.social), Álvaro Sánchez-García (@asanchezgarcia.es) y Alberto de León (@aldeleon.bsky.social). www.aecpa.es/es-es/the-po...

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‼️📆 Call for papers – The politics of place: geographic divides in contemporary democracies (AECPA, Granada, 9-11 Septiembre) Con @asanchezgarcia.es @aldeleon.bsky.social @juanperezrajo.bsky.social te invitamos a que nos envíes tu propuesta antes del 31/03 👇 www.aecpa.es/es-es/the-po...

📢Next seminar: Next Tuesday (3rd March), Luca Bernardi (@lbernardi.bsky.social) from the University of Liverpool will present his work "Public Perceptions of Politicians with Mental Health Problems in the UK" 📍Sala de Juntes 🕐13:00 Join us!

📢 Study out in Research & Politics! We (@lukasbirkenmai1.bsky.social @wurthmann.bsky.social @msaeltzer.bsky.social) find that directly elected MPs talk more about local & deprived places than list MPs on social media. 🔍 doi.org/10.1177/2053... Some Highlights [1/3]

📝Artículo de @rgarciadelhorno.bsky.social en @agendapublica.es que recoge los resultados de su investigación sobre el resentimiento rural. agendapublica.es/noticia/2068...

Sin médico, sin escuela, sin autopista, así surge el resentimiento rural

Las "opciones políticas antisistema, populistas y de derecha radical" suelen recibir "más apoyos" electorales en "entornos rurales", observa el investigador Rubén García del Horno. Tratando de buscar ...

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It has been great to navigate this paper with amazing @gefjonoff.bsky.social . Started expecting angry right-wing men to feel threatened by feminism and found out more than one surprise 👇

Gefjon Off@gefjonoff.bsky.social · 6mo ago

New publication in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social! Who perceives feminism as a threat, and why do a lot of women perceive feminism as threatening? With @evaanduiza.bsky.social, we explore these questions in the context of Spain. We find: ⬇️ doi.org/10.1017/S174...

Sobre lo de Extremadura, Aragón, Castilla y León... ¿Tiene el resentimiento rural un fundamento real? Sí, las dificultades para acceder a servicios esenciales. Escribo en @agendapublica.es sobre los resultados de mi última investigación 👇 @dec-gr.bsky.social agendapublica.es/noticia/2068...

Sin médico, sin escuela, sin autopista, así surge el resentimiento rural

Las "opciones políticas antisistema, populistas y de derecha radical" suelen recibir "más apoyos" electorales en "entornos rurales", observa el investigador Rubén García del Horno. Tratando de buscar ...

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New paper @jhppl.bsky.social (w/ Michael Shepherd & Alee Lockman) where we find Americans who grew up (socialized) in rural areas are more likely to own guns, support the NRA, & hold more conservative firearm policy attitudes over the lifespan, even after moving away. 1/ doi.org/10.1215/0361...