Very pleased to share this collection of South European Society and Politics articles on **The Left in Southern Europe**, introduced by the fabulous Myrto Tsakatika & Daniel Keith. Several articles are open access or free access until the end of the year www.tandfonline.com/journals/fse...

The Left in Southern Europe

Explore the article collection: The Left in Southern Europe. Published in South European Society and Politics.

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✨ Just published — Special Collection The Left in Southern Europe: 📌 25 articles (2016-2026) 📖introduced by Myrto Tsakatika and Daniel Keith, with a reflection on directions for future research. Explore the collection 👇 www.tandfonline.com/journals/fse...

📢 The call for papers for 'Belgium: The State of the Federation' 2027 is now open! Join us on 21 January 2027 at BrIAS, Brussels. Abstracts (max. 200 words) by 16 October 2026: stateofthefederation2027@gmail.com absp.be/actualites/c... @sciencepoulb.bsky.social @dfuturevub.bsky.social #SOF2027

Call for papers – Belgium: The state of the federation – 21/01/2027 - ABSP • Association belge francophone de science politique

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Over the past two weeks, I had the pleasure to present my paper on party responses to anti-gender politics in Spain at #SISP2026 in Trento and @ecpr.bsky.social #ECPRGC2026 in Kraków. Grateful for the insightful feedback, inspiring panels, and wonderful colleagues who make the PhD journey brighter.

Très heureux d’avoir contribué à l’ouvrage collectif "La démocratie en mutation : les clivages à l’épreuve de la polarisation en Belgique" publié aux éditions Academia avec le chapitre "clivage et conflits autour des enjeux LGBTQIA+" L’ouvrage est disponible en open access: lnkd.in/ezbfba2a

📢Happy to see our article “Far-righting the mainstream: endogenous drivers of reactionary shifts in western party politics” with @alvarooleart.bsky.social published in Compartive European Politics A short thread 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Far-righting the mainstream: endogenous drivers of reactionary shifts in western party politics - Comparative European Politics

Research on the relationship between the far right and the mainstream has predominantly focused on how far-right electoral success exerts external pressure on mainstream parties, leading them to accom...

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[OUT] 'Queer Muslim Experiences in Europe: A Scoping Review of Empirical Research', new paper by @romainbiesemans.bsky.social, researcher at SciencePo ULB (Cevipol), with Marina Garcia-Castillo and Charlotte Weber, in Journal of Muslims in Europe brill.com/view/journal...

"Opposition to gender equality has often been associated with far-right politics (...), overlooking the involvement of mainstream parties in reactionary gender politics." This is so true and makes this excellent article by @romainbiesemans.bsky.social & Archibald Gustin so important.

📢 Happy to share a new blog post with Archibald Gustin for The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social / @ecpr.bsky.social. We look at how conservative right-wing and far-right parties in Belgium and Spain converge in their opposition to gender equality policies. 👇 theloop.ecpr.eu/conservative...

🌈 Conservative parties against gender equality

Reactionary gender politics are not the preserve only of the far right. Through a comparison between Belgium and Spain, Romain Biesemans and Archibald Gustin show how conservative and far-right partie...

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[Rayonnement] This week, several researchers from SciencePo ULB (Cevipol) presented papers at the #ECPG2026 conference in Newcastle: - @clemencedeswert.bsky.social: Gender, Ideology, and the Mediation of Political Leadership in the 2022 French Presidential Campaign

🌈 #GenderingDemocracy No.46 🗣️ Reactionary gender politics are not the preserve only of the far right. ↘️↙️ @romainbiesemans.bsky.social & @archibaldgustin.bsky.social show how conservative and far-right parties in Spain and Belgium converge in their opposition to #GenderEquality. 👉 buff.ly/KMlNqnS

🌈 Conservative parties against gender equality

Reactionary gender politics are not the preserve only of the far right. Through a comparison between Belgium and Spain, Romain Biesemans and Archibald Gustin show how conservative and far-right partie...

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What an exciting start to ECPG 2026! I had the pleasure of presenting a paper with my wonderful colleagues Zoë Lardinois and Aloïsa Pilloy on how LGBTQIA+ politicians navigate visibility and identity throughout their political careers in Belgium If you are around and up for a chat, let’s meet up!

Heureux de vous partager ce billet publié sur Bepolitix, le blog de l'Association belge francophone de science politique coécrit avec Archibald Gustin sur notre récente publication pour l' @ejpgjournal.bsky.social. Bonne lecture!

[Media] 'Comment la droite tente de conquérir les électeurs LGBTQIA+: «Le point d’achoppement, c’est la question trans' Une interview de Romain Biesemans, Chercheur à SciencePo ULB (Centre d'étude de la vie politique de l'ULB - Cevipol), à Le Vif. www.levif.be/belgique/pol...

🚨 Happy to sharea new research note co-authored with @lucaskins.bsky.social! Based on an analysis of nearly 39,000 posts published by Belgian political parties and party leaders on X and Bluesky between 2022 and 2025, our research note examines how LGBTQIA+ issues appear in party communication. ⬇️

(PDF) LGBTQIA+ issues in the social media communication of Belgian parties

PDF | In recent years, gender equality and LGBTQIA+ issues have gained increasing visibility across Europe, often becoming sources of political tension... | Find, read and cite all the research you ne...

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This Thursday 14 of May, I was pleased to give a lecture on anti-trans politics as part of the "Gender, Society and Development" course at @uvic-ucc.cat. It was also a real pleasure to return to the university that hosted me last year and to meet wonderful Catalan colleagues again!☺️

[OUT] 'LGBTQIA+ issues in the social media communication of Belgian parties', new research note of the Social Media Lab at SciencePo ULB (Cevipol) by @romainbiesemans.bsky.social and @lucaskins.bsky.social www.researchgate.net/publication/...

(PDF) LGBTQIA+ issues in the social media communication of Belgian parties

PDF | In recent years, gender equality and LGBTQIA+ issues have gained increasing visibility across Europe, often becoming sources of political tension... | Find, read and cite all the research you ne...

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[Rayonnement] Le 5 mai, Romain Biesemans, Chercheur à SciencePo ULB, interviendra sur le thème «Representación y resistencias LGBTQ+ en política: el caso de España y Bélgica» pour le Grupo de investigación Género y Política GEYPO de l'Université Complutense de Madrid. geypo.es/event/semina...

I am delighted to present next week my paper “From Silence to Salience? Issue Competition on LGBTQIA+ Issues in Belgium" within the @geypog.bsky.social seminar "“Representación y resistencias LGBTQ+ en política: el caso de España y Bélgica”. Registration via the link below ⬇️ geypo.es/event/semina...

✨New seminar on May 5, 2026! ✨If you want to come, it's necessary to register at the link. All the information here ➡️ www.linkedin.com/posts/geypo-...

Seminario Representación y resistencias LGBTQ+ en política: el caso de España y Bélgica | GEYPO Gender and Politics

✨Nuevo seminario en Abril✨ Os invitamos al seminario organizado conjuntamente por los grupos de investigación Género y Política y Antropología, diversidad y convivencia, «Representación y resistencia...

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🎉 Congratulations to @ilheenk.bsky.social for winning The 2025 Loop Best Blog prize #ECPRPrizes @ecprtheloop.bsky.social Her ⭐️compelling⭐️ blog piece, Metapolitical digital wars on gender, race, and queer life, was selected by the jury @dr-akudo.bsky.social, Alejandro Tauber & @priscyll.bsky.social

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Celebrating The Loop's 2025 Best Blog prize winner

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Yesterday, I was delighted to present my thesis project in the Public Opinion class at the Fac’ de Ciencias de la Información y la Comunicación at the UCM. A big thank you to @beatrizranea.bsky.social for the invitation and to the students for their interest, engagement, and thoughtful questions!

[Out] "Different party families, similar opposition to gender equality? A comparative analysis of conservative and far-right parties in parliamentary debates in Belgium and Spain". New paper out by Romain Biesemans, Researcher at SciencePo ULB... 1/2 bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

🚨 I am happy to share my new article “Different party families, similar opposition to gender equality? A comparative analysis of conservative and far-right parties in parliamentary debates in Belgium and Spain”, co-authored with Archibald Gustin and published in the @ejpgjournal.bsky.social.⬇️

I am very glad to start a four-month research stay in the Department of Political Science at the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), as part of the @geypog.bsky.social research group. This opportunity will allow me to further develop my doctoral research within the Spanish context!

I had the pleasure to present at the SoF some results from my thesis dealing with LGBTQIA+ issues in Belgian party manifestos. A huge thank you to Petra Meier for chairing this excellent panel and to Robin Devroe, Aloïsa Pilloy and Zoë Lardinois for the great presentations and discussions!

[Activité] @romainbiesemans.bsky.social, chercheur à SciencePo ULB (Cevipol) interviendra lors de la table ronde organisée par la coalition genre, dans le cadre de l'évènement "résister aux campagnes anti-genre". 20 février, à la Cité Miroir à Liège.

Why did countries back shared EU debt during COVID-19🦠 after rejecting it in the euro crisis? @tiagomramalho.bsky.social explains how a new “solidarity coalition” formed in 2020 and what it reveals about changing ideas of responsibility in the EU.

The letter and the bond: coalitions, anti-coalitions, and the adoption of the coronabond in the European Union | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core

The letter and the bond: coalitions, anti-coalitions, and the adoption of the coronabond in the European Union

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[OUT] Out now in @plc-journal.bsky.social PhD Summary: "Crafting campaigns, messages, and identities: Belgian parties in a digitalized political arena" by @lucaskins.bsky.social, postdoc at SciencePo ULB (Cevipol) plc-journal.eu/article/view...

[Media] @romainbiesemans.bsky.social, chercheur à SciencePo ULB (Cevipol) était l'invité dans le podcast 'Dans de beaux draps - 17 Politiques d'égalité de genre' à écouter ici ⤵️ www.mixcloud.com/48FM/dans-de...

Dans de beaux draps - 17 Politiques d'égalité de genre

Qu'est-ce que les politiques d'égalité de genre? Et où en sommes-nous en Belgique? Avec nous Dans de Beaux Draps, on reçoit Bastien Bomans, chargé de mission au Conseil "Genre et égalité" ULiège, pou...

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[Activité] @romainbiesemans.bsky.social, chercheur à SciencePo ULB (Cevipol) présentera un papier intitulé 'Comment les enjeux LGBTQIA+ influencent la compétition partisane? Etudes de cas en Belgique et en Espagne' lors des midis de STRIGES le 09 décembre, 12h15-14h