Stefanie Walter
@stefwalter.bsky.social
International relations and IPE prof at the University of Zurich and Co-Director of the UZH Crisis Competence Center. Research on globalization backlash, IPE, international (non-)cooperation, and IOs. Optimist expecting the worst.
What is it with Canadian authors presciently predicting dystopian developments in US politics? First @margaretatwood.bsky.social, now @louisepennyauthor.bsky.social.
Global News@globalnews.ca · 3w ago"If Canada will not manage its forests to prevent these fires, the United States will look elsewhere, and act on our own, to protect our people,” said a group of U.S. lawmakers. globalnews.ca/news/1196860...
Have a book out? Submit it for the #EPSS book award!
EPSS@epssnet.bsky.social · 3w ago🏆 Nominations open for EPSS Best Book Award 2027 📚 The 2027 EPSS Best Book Award recognizes an outstanding scholarly contribution to the field of political science. Through this award, the Society seeks to highlight scholarship that advances the discipline and fosters dialogue across its sections
Come work with my amazing colleague @thmskrr.bsky.social!
Thomas Kurer@thmskrr.bsky.social · 3w ago🚨We are hiring a two-year postdoctoral researcher (80%) at the University of Zurich within the new Horizon Europe project WELFAIR on the political implications of technological change, demographic ageing and rising inequality. The full job ad is here: tinyurl.com/3b6ddm25 Apply by August 9, 2026.
We would also like to hear about your thoughts about the conference! All participants have received an email with a link to the post-conference survey. If you haven’t already done so, we would be very grateful if you could fill out the survey so as to help us to make future conferences even better.
If you want more details on the #EPSS2026 conference, you can find it in the Belfast 2026 conference report: epssnet.org/belfast-repo...
Belfast 2026 report - EPSS
Conference co-chairs report Programme archive (pdf)
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Come join us at the Ulster Museum to wrap up #EPSS2026 and mingle with drinks at the museum. 17:00-19:30 www.ulstermuseum.org
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Great discussion yesterday about the Accommodation Dilemma Framework at the #EPSS2026 "Responding to Non-Cooperation in International Relations" Agenda-Setting panel with @lisadellmuth.bsky.social @fgenovese.bsky.social sky.social, Bernhard Reinsberg, @smetanamichal.bsky.social (and myself).
Join us at 5:10pm in Hall 1A (ICC) for a discussion on how to define "non-cooperation" in international politics, how to responses to non-cooperative behavior vary, and how to analyze this variation across different levels of analysis and issue areas.
EPSS@epssnet.bsky.social · 2mo agoSoon - 📒Agenda-Setting Panel: Responding to Non-Cooperation in International Relations virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/75765/... 17:10-18:50 | Hall 1A (ICC), with @lisadellmuth.bsky.social, @fgenovese.bsky.social , Bernhard Reinsberg, @smetanamichal.bsky.social and @stefwalter.bsky.social
Soon - 🔁 Roundtable: Conflict in Europe in an Age of Geopolitics virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/75765/... 15:20-17:00 | Bar 2 (ICC), with Brian Burgoon, @catherinedevries.bsky.social, @simonhix.bsky.social , @sarahobolt.bsky.social, Gary Marks, and @jrovny.bsky.social
OA Virtual conferences
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I am very much looking forward to chairing the panel on "Responding to Non-Cooperation in International Relations" at #EPSS2026! Together with an excellent group of colleagues, we will discuss a research agenda for studying responses to non-cooperation in #InternationalRelations! Join us! #Polisky
ERC project DISINTEGRATION@disintegrationerc.bsky.social · 2mo agoDISINTEGRATION research at #EPSS2026! * How do political parties speak about IOs? by @tommccraehunter.bsky.social & @stefwalter.bsky.social * A theoretical framework on how to think about responses to non-cooperation in intl. politics by @lisadellmuth.bsky.social & @stefwalter.bsky.social
Non-cooperation is a regular feature of international politics, but research on its various forms is fragmented across IR subfields. Our agenda-setting panel proposes and discusses a more unified framework for studying how actors respond to non-cooperation. Overview paper: shorturl.at/HbIvU
New research on weaponized interdependence coming up at 9am:
#EPSS General Meeting and Prize-giving Ceremony starting now in Hall 1A (ICC). Join us - open to all.
🌉Evening programme: 🗳️EPSS Annual General Meeting 18:20-18:50, Hall 1A (ICC) 🏆EPSS Prize-Giving and President's Keynote Address 19:00-19:40, Hall 1A (ICC) 🥂EPSS Reception 19:40-21:00, Halls1B-1D (ICC)
Really excited and thankful to be part of this great panel chaired by @ta-huikuri.bsky.social. Great research on how the contestation of the LIO, IOs, and trade more generally plays out across various domestic arenas.
Free lunch on a first come first served basis. Come early!
EPSS@epssnet.bsky.social · 2mo ago🥪Starting soon - EPSS Diversity Lunch Roundtable: Tackling Barriers in the Discipline: Disability, Chronic Illness, Neurodivergence, and Mental Health 12:30-13:30 | Bar 2, with Andrej Cvetić, Catherine de Vries, Amélie Godefroidt, Anne Rasmussen, Stefanie Reher and Timon Scheuer
DISINTEGRATION research at #EPSS2026! * How do political parties speak about IOs? by @tommccraehunter.bsky.social & @stefwalter.bsky.social * A theoretical framework on how to think about responses to non-cooperation in intl. politics by @lisadellmuth.bsky.social & @stefwalter.bsky.social
Stefanie Walter@stefwalter.bsky.social · 2mo agoFirst conference day at #EPSS2026. Very much looking forward to learning about new research, inspiration for next steps, and seeing colleagues and friends. I am particularly excited about these two panels:
Going through a record number of submissions and putting together an inspiring program is no easy task. @epssnet.bsky.social is fortunate to have so many dedicated colleagues who lived up to the task and curated the program as section chairs. Thank you!
EPSS@epssnet.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe #EPSS2026 program is amazing because of the hard work of these fabulous people: our section chairs. Join us in thanking them - it shows that EPSS is what it is because everyone is willing to invest time, thought and effort for the community. You are the best! 🙏
First conference day at #EPSS2026. Very much looking forward to learning about new research, inspiration for next steps, and seeing colleagues and friends. I am particularly excited about these two panels:
Two of my favorite revolutionaries! Thank you for everything.
EPSS@epssnet.bsky.social · 2mo agoA heartfelt thank you to our amazing outgoing #EPSS president @sarahobolt.bsky.social, who was not only instrumental to creating EPSS, but also sheparded it so successfully through its first year. And equally huge thanks to incoming EPSS president @simonhix.bsky.social for his fabulous leadership!
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Very much looking forward to the @epssnet.bsky.social conference next week and to our Agenda Setting Panel about Responses to Non-Cooperation in International Relations! With @stefwalter.bsky.social, @fgenovese.bsky.social, Bernhard Reinsberg & Michal Smetana! Join us! #poliscisky #europesky
Anita Gohdes@argohdes.bsky.social · 2mo agoOne week to go until the first @epssnet.bsky.social conference! Michal Parizak and I put together the International Relations Section panels, from nuclear politics to IOs and geopolitics, from alliances and international conflict. Full programme: virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/75765/...
Heading to the #EPSSBelfast conference next week? The EPSS Diversity Committee has organized several events to make this a welcoming space for everyone. Quick thread on what's happening and when 👇
Are you a first generation political scientist? Then join the EPSS First Gen Social Gathering 📆10:50-12:30 Saturday, 20 June, 2026, Bar 2 (ICC) 👥Organizers: @carogarriga.bsky.social and @sattlersthomas.bsky.social Please drop by, bring your own coffee ☕️ and meet other First Gen PhDs 👩🎓👨🎓🧑🎓.
