Katrine Beauregard

This new book Women’s Pathway to Power arrived today - edited by my great friend @acarson.bsky.social

New publication in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social!

Who perceives feminism as a threat, and why do a lot of women perceive feminism as threatening?

With @evaanduiza.bsky.social, we explore these questions in the context of Spain.

We find: ⬇️
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So happy that my Cambridge Element with @yesolakweon.bsky.social has been published! Free access for the next two weeks!

"Women and the Wall: Gender Attitudes and Political Engagement in Unified Germany" by Catherine E. De Vries and Diana Z. O’Brien.

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"There are Montreal bagels, & then, like you have in New York, there are bread-like products with a hole in the middle"

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Which groups mobilise on #climate policy in Australia?

📣 Darren Halpin and I have a new paper out in @environmentalpol.bsky.social that systematically maps who mobilises on climate policy in Australia, what side of the issue they fall on, and in which arenas they mobilise.

Key finding include 🧵

New paper! Attacks on transgender rights are part of a global attack on what conservatives call gender ideology. In this paper, grad student Fiona Rodger and I investigate the links between anti-democratic attitudes and opposition to trans rights policies after the 2024 election...

Public Preferences, Gender, and Foreign Support for Armed Movements Cambridge Core - Politics: General Interest - Public Preferences, Gender, and Foreign Support for Armed Movements

Excited to share a new Cambridge Element in the Gender & Politics Series. 📚 Read for free for the next 2 weeks cup.org/49HjK5q
Congratulations @caglayanbaser.bsky.social
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@dzobrien.bsky.social
@rblaifeder.bsky.social

Academic Work Tracker Template v2.3 (2026)

The Academic Work Tracker spreadsheet is now updated with 2026 dates! If you don't already, 2026 is a great time to start treating your academic work like the wage job where you are paid to work a certain amount of hours that it actually is: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Pretty Obvious 975 Leaked Memo on Leaks 729 Police Are Scrambling 918 Resolved and Unresolved 828

🎆🎇🎆2025 HEADLINE OF THE YEAR🎆🎇🎆
🎆🎇🎆🎇🎆🎇🎆GRAND FINAL🎆🎇🎆🎇🎆🎇🎆

After a seeding round and three rounds of voting, we have our finalists: Top seed Pretty Obvious will be facing off against 3rd seed Police Are Scrambling.

A reminder of how we got here:

Excited that "Race, Gender, and Nascent Political Ambition" is now out in @bjpols.bsky.social. W/ survey of white, Hispanic, and Black American respondents, we show primary gap in nascent political ambition is not between men and women but between white men and the majority of the polity.

“The people who teach you to hate everyone now want to sell you something. The majority of Australians have the right to peacefully protest against Israel & its genocidal policies. Not all Jewish ppl support the actions of Israel. Religious extremism is evil. Hatred creates more hatred.”
#Auspol

You will be visited by three spirits

Staying Power: Unpacking Seniority as a Gendered Informal Institution in Parliament Abstract. Political seniority—commonly understood as accumulated parliamentary tenure—is an underexamined informal institution that structures access to po

New article by @rmuriaas.bsky.social and I: While seniority can benefit all parliamentarians and serve as a powerful resource, it does not confer power equally. Women face structural barriers to accessing seniority, and even when they attain it, their legitimacy and influence remains contested.

Racialized candidates and political trust New research shows racialized candidates are often seen as more trustworthy, highlighting a path to strengthening political trust in Canada.

In a Policy Options piece, our team argues that more diverse candidates could have "important positive consequences for Canadians’ trust in their politics and politicians." @kennywilliamie.bsky.social @joannaeveritt.bsky.social @mireillelalancette.bsky.social

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#OpenAccess from @cjps-rcsp.bsky.social -

White Identity Activation and Attitudes toward Diversity and Immigration in Canada - https://cup.org/44dXf5l

- @fsnagovsky.bsky.social, @evanwalkerpolisci.bsky.social & @jaredwesley.ca

#FirstView

Congrats 🥳

Please to see my book chapter co-authored with @blairwilliams26.bsky.social on gender equality in state politics is finally out!

Check it out!

The State of Gender Equality: Victories and Challenges Across Australia This chapter compares the performance of State and Territory governments on gendered political leadership and gender equality policies. We establish a series of indicators grouped into three categorie...

There's been a lot happening in state politics this week.

And what good timing - my latest chapter co-authored with @katrinebeau.bsky.social exploring how state and territory legislatures have helped (or hindered) the quest for gender equality in Australia has just been published!

#AusPol

Do it 👇

American Journal of Political Science | MPSA Journal | Wiley Online Library Studies show that procedural fairness in the form of equal representation has the potential to increase decision legitimacy. At the same time, several studies point to potential adverse effects, wher...

Why women's equal representation increases policy losers’ consent.
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Weird email this morning

What Will it Take for a Woman to Become President of the United States? In this article we consider what it will take for a woman to be elected President of the United States. We examine the available data from the 2024 election, in comparison to previous elections; we i....

@jonilo.bsky.social @politicalquarterly.bsky.social what would it take for a women to become President of the United States? A series of unlikely events. doi.org/10.1111/1467...

Out online: an analysis of tweets posted to LGBTQIA + Australian politicians during the 2022 federal election Social media has increasingly become crucial for political actors, especially during election campaigns. However, these platforms are not without risks, as they can expose politicians to various fo...

It's great to see the publication of the second paper from our "queer pollies" project exploring the social media harassment of LGBTQIA+ politicians during the 2022 Australian federal election.

It's also Open Access!

#AusPol

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Echoes and Barriers: Staff as Key Actors in the Representative Process | Article | Politics and Governance Meagan Cloutier

Thrilled to see my second diss article published as part of the special issue on Staff! Would love to hear your thoughts. It's open access: Echoes and Barriers: Staff as Key Actors in the Representative Process | Article | Politics and Governance www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...

Canada ranks 71st for women in politics Canada ranks 71st in the world for women in parliament. Voters support gender quotas to make politics more representative.

For @policyoptions.irpp.org, I wrote about how Canada lags its European and Anglo peers in electing women to parliament, how that harms their reputation, and, drawing on research w/ @dzobrien.bsky.social & Amanda Clayton, why voters prefer gender parity. policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/10/gend...

Publication day! In @poppublicsphere.bsky.social, Verónica Pérez-Bentancur, Cecilia Rocha-Carpuic & I use data from Chile, Uruguay, Argentina, Guyana & South Africa to propose a new framework for analysing "feminists vs conservative" battles over abortion reform.
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Congratulations to Dr Sonia Palmieri on her new book, Gender Sensitive Parliaments in Fiji.🌺

It examines how global #gender norms intersect with local #politics to shape parliamentary change in #Fiji.

📖 link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

@anubellschool.bsky.social

Constituency representation as crisis leadership: Understanding the potential of policy, service, and symbolic connection-building in response to disasters Abstract. In this paper, I investigate how Members of Parliaments’ (MPs) performance of the important job of connecting constituents to the representative

Interested in MPs' constituency work and how well suited it might be to crisis leadership during disasters like floods, fires and pandemics? I am chuffed to have my new paper out now in Parliamentary Affairs to help answer these questions. Check it out!

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A Brief History of Men are Becoming Less Manly

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