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The professional journal of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), publishing contributions written by and for the political science community.
❇️ FirstView - 💼 Profession
@michelesdv.bsky.social, A.Haraldsson, @gelovanishota.bsky.social, S.Banducci, K.Koc-Michalska & @yannistheocharis.bsky.social highlight the challenges, training needs, and preferences of scholars using text analysis methodologies.
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❇️ FirstView - 🔍 Research
@joaoferreiradias.bsky.social examines how Portuguese politicians talk about the country’s maritime epic as a part of national identity and how this is also a flashpoint in today’s culture wars.
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❇️ FirstView – 💼 Profession
Daniel Stockemer, Engi Abou-El-Kheir & Stephen Sawyer explore the relationship between the percentages of female editorial board members, female editors, and of female authors published across 120 political science journals.
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❇️ FirstView – 🔍 Research
@gsamaras.bsky.social presents the first systematic study of how 7 major English-language outlets used the term “Hard-Right”.
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🤩 New Year, New Publisher and New Articles!
✳️ You can now access EPS articles in FirstView
📝 By publishing these articles online before assigning them to an issue, the citable version of record is available much sooner.
🔜 Check back next week for more info on each article!
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Archive content from the European Political Science is now available on Cambridge Core -
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Season’s greetings! 🎁
EPS are going on break. We will be back in the New Year. Thank you to our community for a productive year.
❄️ December Issue Out Now! ❄️
Volume 2️⃣4️⃣ Issue 4️⃣
📗Our final issue of the year is a bumper one!
✍️ 42 Contributors
✒️ Edited by Stella Ladi, Linda Basile & @ljramiro.bsky.social
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This #OpenAccess week, we’re delighted to share that all articles accepted for publication from Volume 25 (2026) onwards in European Political Science will be #OpenAccess.
As part of @ecpr.bsky.social's partnership with @universitypress.cambridge.org
Screenshot of the article “Open science in democracy research: the research infrastructure ‘Monitoring Electoral Democracy’ (MEDem)” published in European Political Science. The header shows the journal name, DOI link, and the label “DEBATE.” Below, the title is followed by the author list: Hajo Boomgaarden, Alexia Katsanidou, Sylvia Kritzinger, Georg Lutz, Johanna Willmann, and Jakob-Moritz Eberl. The abstract explains the aims of MEDem as a European research infrastructure to make democracy research data FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable). Keywords listed include open science, FAIR data, ESFRI roadmap, research infrastructure, democracy research, data harmonization, data linking, and data set search. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41304-025-00534-8
They say: once there’s a paper 📝, it’s real…
🎉 #MEDem in #EPS @ecpr.bsky.social
The paper outlines how MEDem will strengthen #OpenScience by making data #FAIR in #DemocracyResearch – and how scholars across Europe are joining forces to build a truly open #ResearchInfrastructure ⚙️
@epsjournal.bsky.social has just published the articles of a special issue on "Political parties and youth’s political (under) representation", with an introduction by Daniel Stockemer (@uottawa.ca )
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🍃 September Issue Out Now! 🍃
Volume 2️⃣4️⃣ Issue 3️⃣
📗 Explore #LiberalDemocracy, the importance of #PolSci, the legacy of #Sartori & more!
🔓 50%+ articles #OpenAccess
✍️ 36 Contributors
✒️ Edited by Stella Ladi, Linda Basile & @ljramiro.bsky.social
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⭐️ FREE to read ⭐️
We had a fantastic time at #ecprgc25 🇬🇷🥳 and hope you did too!
Our 2025 conference collection of standout ECPR blog posts & articles on #AI is still available completely #OpenAccess 👇
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Spotted in the wild 🌿🫒
Our co-branded bottles with @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org are making their debut at #ecprgc25
📚 Join our Editorial Teams this afternoon to talk about the partnership – and all the exciting things that lie ahead
🔓 #OpenAccess
📍 ECPR Hub @ Expo Hall, Law Building
⏰ 15:45–16:45
💚 Come and say hello to EPS Editor Linda Basile
✅ Exchange ideas, ask questions & gain insights
📗 EPS is the professional journal of @ecpr.bsky.social, publishing contributions written by and for the political science community.
So great to see this!
#AI in #Polsci
📢1 HOUR TO GO! #ecprgc25
🧠 Rethinking AI in Research with EPS & @epsrjournal.bsky.social
📆 Wednesday 27 August
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📢 TODAY! #ecprgc25
🧠 Rethinking AI in Research with EPS & @epsrjournal.bsky.social
📆 Wednesday 27 August
⏰ 13:30 – 15:15 EEST
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🙌 Tomorrow! #ecprgc25
🧠 Rethinking AI in Research with EPS & @epsrjournal.bsky.social
📆 Wednesday 27 August
⏰ 13:30 – 15:15 EEST
📌 Law Building, Floor: Ground Floor, Room: Amphitheatre B
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⭐️ FREE to read ⭐️
🇬🇷 Will you be at #ecprgc25 this week?
Why not take a look 👀 at our curated collection of standout ECPR blog posts & articles on #AI and join us for our panel on Wednesday!
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📝 If you are joining us – add us to your itinerary #ecprgc25
🧠 Rethinking AI in Research with EPS & @epsrjournal.bsky.social
📆 Wednesday 27th August
⏰ 13:30 – 15:15 EEST
📌 Law Building, Floor: Ground Floor, Room: Amphitheatre B
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⭐️ FREE to read ⭐️
Joining us at #ecprgc25 for our 'Rethinking AI in Research' Roundtable?
Get ahead of the discussion 💬 with our specially curated collection of standout ECPR blog posts & articles on #AI
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📢 One week to go! #ecprgc25
🧠 Rethinking AI in Research with EPS & @epsrjournal.bsky.social
📆 Wednesday 27th August
⏰ 13:30 – 15:15 EEST
📌 Law Building, Floor: Ground Floor, Room: Amphitheatre B
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🇬🇷 We can't wait to see you all at #ecprgc25
🧠 Rethinking AI in Research with EPS & @epsrjournal.bsky.social
📆 Wednesday 27th August
⏰ 13:30 – 15:15 EEST
📌 Law Building, Floor: Ground Floor, Room: Amphitheatre B
➡️ buff.ly/6XkDxUP
🗣️ New Debate!
How do PoliSci & IR journals in Central & Eastern Europe navigate publishing from the semiperiphery?
Editors from CEE journals reflect on local vs. global pressures, academic agency & building visibility from the margins.
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