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Lecturer (Assistant Professor) at @uoypolitics.bsky.social I study African politics, democracy, and political institutions (mainly courts and legislatures) www.thaliagerzso.com

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We‘re very excited for the next edition of the Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology in Mannheim! ✨

Join us and apply until 1 March!

More info in @melinscribe.bsky.social‘s thread below and here: summerschoolwpm.org

Application form: sosci.sowi.uni-mannheim.de/wpm/

02.02.2026 17:08 👍 28 🔁 21 💬 0 📌 0
Fellow giving a presentation.

Fellow giving a presentation.

CRASSH is inviting scholars from the Global South to apply for funded Visiting Fellowships in Cambridge in Spring 2027

The fellowship theme is 'Enslavement: histories, legacies and afterlives'

⏳ Apply by 16 Feb 2026
www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/global-south-fellowships

31.01.2026 16:15 👍 30 🔁 36 💬 0 📌 0

So exciting, congrats! Can't wait to read it!

15.01.2026 10:05 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

If you are thinking about pursuing a political science PhD and are interested in authoritarian politics, broadly understood, consider applying for this funded opportunity:

07.01.2026 09:34 👍 11 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 1
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Junior Law and Politics community sign-up The Junior Law and Politics research community and seminar series is a vibrant network of junior researchers (graduate students, post-docs, assistant professors, other non-tenured faculty) in the fiel...

📣 Junior scholars in public law & courts! The Junior Law & Politics Research Community is accepting proposals for our Spring 2026 virtual seminar series. Grad students, postdocs & junior faculty encouraged to apply! ⏰ Deadline: Jan 12, 2026 👉 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

06.01.2026 21:01 👍 4 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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PhD opportunity at the University of Oxford. The Morelli scholarship funds a doctoral student to work with me on on democratic backsliding, strategies of democratic defense and regeneration, or the rise of illiberalism. Deadline Jan 9. More information at users.ox.ac.uk/~ssfc0073/

09.12.2025 18:29 👍 51 🔁 43 💬 3 📌 2
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New Book: Why African Autocracies Promote Women as Leaders by Aili Mari Tripp Why African Autocracies Promote Women as Leaders (Oxford University Press, 2025) by Aili Mari Tripp contrasts authoritarian countries with democracies in Africa to explain how and why autocracies prom...

Congratulations to @ailitripp.bsky.social for her new book, Why African Autocracies Promote Women as Leaders (OUP, 2025). Learn more about this important scholarship in our latest blog post: www.afpol.org/blog/new-boo...

09.12.2025 09:49 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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APCG Officer Elections: Please Vote! Voting will remain open through Monday December 15, 11:59pm Eastern Standard Time.

It's Election Time! Please vote for your new APCG officers. Voting will remain open through Monday, December 15, 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time. www.afpol.org/blog/apcg-of...

08.12.2025 09:51 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Very interesting paper on the rise of design-based empirical work in political science. No surprises: Survey experiments have surged to 45% of designed-based publications, which are highly concentrated in top journals & institutions.

03.12.2025 09:35 👍 9 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 0

Congratulations @tessadevereaux.bsky.social and @ricarthuguet.bsky.social !

24.11.2025 15:18 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

🚨Call for Papers ⬇️ Join us in Kraków

20.11.2025 09:59 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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African Studies Association Annual Conference: APCG Schedule We hope to see you at the African Studies Association Annual Meeting in Atlanta, November 20-22. Please note the following APCG events:

Heading to ASA in Atlanta? Join APCG for our business meeting, social, and panels! 🎉 Full details here: www.afpol.org/blog/african...

19.11.2025 10:05 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
BJPolS abstract discussing the effects of preelection irregularities and fraud on electoral credibility, using the 2019 Malawian presidential election as a case study.

BJPolS abstract discussing the effects of preelection irregularities and fraud on electoral credibility, using the 2019 Malawian presidential election as a case study.

NEW -

How to Distinguish Human Error From Election Fraud: Evidence From the 2019 Malawi Election - https://cup.org/47pxPnc

- Johan Ahlbäck & @ryanjablonski.bsky.social

#OpenAccess

06.11.2025 09:10 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 1
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Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Politics - Nuffield College Oxford University

This year’s call for applications for the Prize Post Doctoral Fellowships in Politics at Nuffield College is now live! It’s a fantastic opportunity for newly minted PhDs to spend three years in a wonderful academic environment:

www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...

06.11.2025 12:30 👍 8 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0

🚨🚨 Final call! Propose a panel for the Law & Courts section at ECPR 2026 (Kraków 🇵🇱, 8–11 Sept).
Submit by 31 Oct:
👉 Short title
👉 ≤80-word abstract
👉 1–2 co-chairs + ECPR emails
📧 Send your proposal to: thalia.gerzso@york.ac.uk & j.k.schaffer@gu.se
@ecpr-law-courts.bsky.social

28.10.2025 10:07 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
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Institute for Qualitative & Multi-Method Research

Grad students in political science and other social sciences! Consider applying to the great 2-week summer program in Qualitative and Multi-Method Research at Syracuse. Info is here:

www.maxwell.syr.edu/research/cen...

24.10.2025 02:22 👍 49 🔁 30 💬 0 📌 2

TODAY: Join the APCG Online Colloquium!

23.10.2025 09:07 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

We’re the party of the family. But we’ll deport your spouse for claiming child benefit.

We’re the party of traditional values. But we’ll deport you if you become a stay-at-home parent.

We’re the party for pensioners. But we’ll deport you if you retire on less than 150% of average pensioner income.

22.10.2025 07:05 👍 47 🔁 15 💬 3 📌 0

Paper alert 🚨 Researching national narratives and democratic processes? Check out this new article from @eunajo.bsky.social

16.09.2025 09:27 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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APCG Schedule for the APSA Annual Conference Join us at APSA in Vancouver for the APCG Business Meeting on Friday, September 12 (6:30–7:30pm, VCC West 220), followed by the APCG Social at Steamworks Brewing (7:45–9:45pm, Wine Room) with drinks a...

Heading to APSA in Vancouver? Join APCG for our business meeting, social, and panels! 🎉 Full details here: www.afpol.org/blog/apcg-sc...

10.09.2025 09:16 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Crackdown on international students could hurt struggling UK cities, thinktank warns University sector, which is reliant on overseas students for a quarter of income, key to economic activity in cities like Leicester and Hull

Deprived places like Hull are deliberately pushed into further economic decline for what? So that Labour can point to a graph showing reduced net migration? And they expect that this will weaken Farage?

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

04.09.2025 06:44 👍 8 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

Great opportunity to present working papers on any topic related to African politics!

02.09.2025 10:06 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

This is a great opportunity for ECRs in the social sciences (and beyond):

www.writersandartists.co.uk/Bloomsbury-A...

02.09.2025 08:37 👍 1 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0
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New Book Release: The Undulating Capacity of the State by Ato Kwamena Onoma In 'The Undulating Capacity of the State

New Book Alert 🚨 In a new blog post, Ato Kwamena Onoma presents his new book: The Undulating Capacity of the State. www.afpol.org/blog/new-boo...

28.08.2025 07:38 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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📢 Today at 3:45 PM: Join our panel on democratic self-defense.
We’ll bring together perspectives from Africa, Brazil, the Post-Soviet states, Western Europe & the U.S. Don’t miss this conversation.

#ecprgc25

27.08.2025 07:19 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Submit to the Junior Law and Politics Research Community by today to be considered for our fall seminar series on zoom!

25.08.2025 12:44 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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15.08.2025 13:05 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Why do people vote for the far right? | Daphne Halikiopoulou | TEDxVitoriaGasteiz
Why do people vote for the far right? | Daphne Halikiopoulou | TEDxVitoriaGasteiz YouTube video by TEDx Talks

The YouTube video of my TEDxVitoria Gasteiz talk on the far right was released on the TEDx channel as an 'Editors' pick' 24 hours ago. It has 16,000 views and many comments, some nice, many hateful. My favourite: 'she is a paid actor'. I'll take it as a compliment! www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCvr...

13.08.2025 04:27 👍 57 🔁 16 💬 4 📌 1

The Junior Law and Politics Research online seminar is back this fall! A supportive space for junior scholars to share work + get feedback. Bullet talks & panels on Zoom. Deadline to submit is Aug 25. Message me if you have questions!
forms.gle/yF7uVXcvDnGc... @sivcheruvu.bsky.social

08.08.2025 07:42 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

This is a MAJOR development for European Political Science. Thanks & congratulations to those who made it happen, @sarahobolt.bsky.social, @simonhix.bsky.social, the rest of the Council and many others.
Time for us to support it in every way we can: SPREAD the word, JOIN the list and EPSS, Donate.

26.06.2025 19:44 👍 40 🔁 11 💬 0 📌 0