Fiona Buckley

The Department of Government & Politics @ucc.ie will host a research conference on Wednesday 17th September to mark its 25th birthday! All welcome to attend. For info on schedule, venue & registration please see: www.ucc.ie/en/governmen... @uccresearch.bsky.social

Thank you (and all) for attending @karinakosped.bsky.social Questions, feedback & advice were super helpful.

Topical & important roundtable discussion at #ecprgc2025 @ecpr.bsky.social examining threats & harassment directed at political scientists. The extent of harassment experienced, varies by topic researched & researchers' identity. Calls for more institutional supports to protect academic freedom

Notes from the Field article "Reflecting on Legislative Gender Quotas in Ireland" by Fiona Buckley. Introduction begins: Three days before the Irish general election in November 2024, Ireland lost one of its foremost and trailblazing women of the 20th century: Gemma Hussey. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Hussey served as a Senator, Teachta Dála (TD, a member of Dáil Éireann, the lower house of parliament in Ireland), and Cabinet Minister, and before and after her time in Irish politics, she remained a steadfast campaigner for progressive women’s rights, oftentimes in the face of staunch opposition from the Catholic Church, party colleagues, and the public. She was also a strong advocate of measures to support, facilitate, and promote women in politics.I first met Hussey in September 2010, when I and a colleague, Dr. Sandra McAvoy, invited her to address a conference that we had organized in University College Cork, examining the underrepresentation of women in Irish politics.

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In her Notes From the Field "Reflecting on Legislative Gender Quotas in Ireland" @fionamaybuckley.bsky.social reflects on the role of political parties in the stagnation of electoral gender parity in Ireland 🇮🇪 .

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Check out my new paper with Andra Pascu-Lindner @ejpgjournal.bsky.social. Using survey experiments, we show that voters do not view potential women PMs as less competent in forming governments or less influential over policy outputs when compared to men. Read more:

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Reflecting on Legislative Gender Quotas in Ireland - cup.org/4owsa55

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New job opportunity! Come work with me at @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social on my major project on the political representation of men.
You: PhD in relevant area, strong quantitative methods skills, interest in representation.
The job: 18 months full-time, London or remote qmul-jobs.tal.net/vx/appcentre...

Thanks to all at the @wcorklitfest.bsky.social for a organising a wonderful evening of chat, reflections & writing tips from Graham Norton.

Westmeath council elects first female Cathaoirleach Westmeath County Council has elected a woman as the local authority's first ever female Cathaoirleach.

RTE news : Westmeath council elects first female Cathaoirleach

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Thanks to @psawomenpol.bsky.social & @gain-centre.bsky.social for hosting a fab conference this week in @unisouthampton.bsky.social with excellent research, examining women, gender & politics. @jess-smith.bsky.social @elizabethjevans.bsky.social @emiliabelknap.bsky.social #LeahMcCabe #Southampton

Honoured to host an in conversation with Profs Fiona Mackay and Yvonne Galligan to celebrate the amazing contribution they have made to academia and specifically the study of gender and politics

Thank you so much @jess-smith.bsky.social @emiliabelknap.bsky.social @elizabethjevans.bsky.social and Leah McCabe for organising this wonderful event. Lovely to meet a lot of great people working on Gender Politics.

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A brilliant couple of days this week in Maynooth University at the Equitas Conference. Open & honest panel discussions & workshops about the challenges & opportunities for EDI & ESVH work right now across the HEI sector. Great to also share our HEA-funded toolkit on Engaging Men in Gender Equality.

Troubled Times: Gender and Politics in the 21st Century | The Political Studies Association (PSA) PSA Women and Politics Conference, June 17th/18th 2025 Hosted by the Gender and Inequalities (GAIN) Centre at the University of Southampton OverviewThe backlash against gender equality can be found…

*PSA EVENT* Troubled Times: #Gender & #Politics in the 21st Century. Organised by PSA #Women & Politics group @psawomenpol.bsky.social.
📆 17 - 18 June, at Gender & Inequalities (GAIN) Centre @unisouthampton.bsky.social.
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Fabulous to speak at the Massachusetts State House about the 2024 general election on a panel with Prof Gary Murphy yesterday. Thanks to Prof Mary Murphy & Boston College for the invitation & to Rep John Lawn for arranging everything in the State House.

Job Opportunity at the University of Southampton: Research Fellow in Political Process Preferences in Europe (PoPPiE) We are delighted to welcome applications for the position of Research Fellow within a new ERC-funded research group on Political Process Preferences in Europe (PoPPiE): Rethinking Conceptual, Ontologi...

The ERC have given me 5 years to figure out what Europeans really think about democracy. If you would like to come and join me in the endeavour, then I am currently hiring a postdoc @sotonpolitics.bsky.social.

Deadline: 30 April | Details here: jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... #polisky

My book launch is tomorrow. I’ll be chatting to Aditya Chakrabortty about all things contemporary politics and how we can make sense of it. Anyone in Bath/Bristol, come along!

Best wishes for the launch, Peter. Many congratulations.

Executive Summary from the 2025 Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Report makes for some sobering reading. For full report, see www.v-dem.net/publications...

Catch Dr Michelle Maher on panel discussion with @tbuczkowska.bsky.social Brid SmithTD & @hazelchu.bsky.social in Solas Room 2pm today @dcu #womeninleadership #womeninpolitics

Women in Politics: 2025 The IPU-UN Women map, presents global rankings for women in executive and government positions as of 1 January 2025.Read the press release

The IPU-UN Women Map - Global rankings for women in executive and government www.ipu.org/resources/pu... @ipuparliament.bsky.social @womenforelection.bsky.social @seeherelected.bsky.social @nwc.bsky.social

Congratulations. Very well deseved.

How does the “mental load” of taking care of family and household influence decisions about participating in public life?

In a new @bjpols.bsky.social paper w @annanhelgoy.bsky.social we use a survey experiment priming domestic mental load to find out.

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Gen Z men and women most divided on gender equality, global study shows The gender divide in views is greater than for any other generation surveyed

Gen Z men & women most divided on gender equality, global study by @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social & @giwlkings.bsky.social shows @ipsosgroup.bsky.social www.kcl.ac.uk/news/gen-z-m...

Thanks a mill' Rebecca

Thanks Tim

Enjoyed presenting at the Annual Meeting of the American Conference for Irish Studies in lovely Savannah, Georgia. Great to catch up with Peter McLoughlin, Eamonn Wall, Cian McMahon and so many other scholars!

📢 New #PAG20 Book Review 📚

Anne Van Bavel reviews 'Gender and Violence Against Political Actors' by @elinbja.bsky.social & @parzetterberg.bsky.social. This edited volume highlights the theoretical and methodological tools scholars use to study gendered violence in politics.

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