@ceciliajosefsson.bsky.social
Associate professor in political science at Uppsala university. Researching gender and politics.
Honorable mention for the P&G 2025 Best Article Prize ๐
In "Backlash after Quotas" Myriam Shiran investigates the conservative moral rhetoric about gender quotas found in sub-Saharan African new coverage.
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Fantastic EGEN workshop at ITAM in CDMX ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฏ๐ฎ! Crazy good feedback and discussions. Thanks @egenpolisci.bsky.social and hosts @teele.bsky.social @alucardi1.bsky.social and Juan Pablo Micozzi for putting this together!
20.05.2025 02:02 โ ๐ 9 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Warmly welcome to my book launch today!
08.05.2025 07:24 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Spreading the word via #PoliSky #GenderSky @ecpr.bsky.social @uu-polisci.bsky.social @fiin.bsky.social
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Welcome to the launch of my book Defending the Status Quo (OUP 2024)!
academic.oup.com/book/58626
๐ May 8, 15:00โ16:00 CEST
๐ Dept. of Government, Uppsala University (or Zoom!)
Speakers: @jennpiscopo.bsky.social, Drude Dahlerup, @elinbja.bsky.social & me.
Vรคlkommen till panelsamtal om det offentliga samtalet! Meverkar gรถr Ingrid Carlberg, journalist, fรถrfattare, ledamot i Svenska Akademien och Malin Holm, forskare vid Statsvetenskapliga institutionen. Alla รคr vรคlkomna!
๐๏ธ2 april kl 13-14
๐Plan 7, รstra ร
gatan 19
Tack!
29.11.2024 14:38 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Two books in front of a Christmas tree, one blue cover by Cecilia Josefsson called defending the status quo, one pink cover by Elise Stephenson called the face of the nation
Finally got my hands on the first two books in our OUP Studies in Feminist Institutionalism Series - congrats Elise Stephenson & @ceciliajosefsson.bsky.social! Perfect holiday gifts for family & friends! @fiin.bsky.social
29.11.2024 14:26 โ ๐ 13 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1+ All people I cannot find here: Niki Johnson, Amanda Clayton, Drude Dahlerup, Josefina Erikson, Susan Franceschet, Lenita Freidenvall, Alice Kang, Cecilia Rocha, Veronica Perez, Daniel Buquet, and all Uruguayan respondents!
29.11.2024 14:30 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0A million thanks to @parzetterberg.bsky.social @elinbja.bsky.social @merylkenny.bsky.social @jennpiscopo.bsky.social @malahtun.bsky.social @fiin.bsky.social @mlkrook.bsky.social @labaldez.bsky.social @oxunipress.bsky.social
29.11.2024 14:30 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0For those wishing to explore resistance to gender equitable policies elsewhere, the book offers an analytical framework/ guide of how to study the changing nature of resistance across a policy process. ๐ง๐ค๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ
29.11.2024 14:30 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Resistance does not diminish; it mainly takes on new forms as open opposition to the reform and womenโs political inclusion become attached to blame. ๐คฆ
29.11.2024 14:30 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Tracing the process of a 30-year-long power struggle to adopt a gender quota law in Uruguay ๐บ๐พ, I show how the male political elite adapt their resistance strategies over time as quota proponents manage to push the proposal through the policy process.
29.11.2024 14:30 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0I argue that lack of gender equitable institutional change and failure of gender equality policy, including quota failures, many times is the result of male political elitesโ successful resistance โก๏ธ so do not blame women change agents!!
29.11.2024 14:30 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0It deals with resistance to gender equality policy. One of the most popular electoral reforms in recent decades has been electoral gender quotas, which aim to increase the share of women in parliament. ๐ฅณ While over 100 countries have adopted such quotas, they often fail to empower women... ๐
29.11.2024 14:30 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Iโm so happy to announce that my book, Defending the Status Quo: On Adaptive Resistance to Gender Quotas, is finally here!
academic.oup.com/book/58626
#Polisky #poliSci #GenderSky
๐Politics & Gender has changed its word-limits policy! To promote greater equity in citation practices in the field, reference lists are๐no longer subject to word limits.๐The text, tables, figures, and notes should be no longer than 10,000 words. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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JOBS - 2 post-doctoral fellowships on QUALREP project. 3 years with possibility of extension for 2 more years. Apply by 5 January.
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Why not spend โmidsummerโ 2024 discussing your research with gender and politics scholars in Scandinavia? NoPSA in Bergen. CfP๐๐ผ๐๐ผ
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Book cover for Ana Catalano Weeks's "Making Gender Salient: From Gender Quota Laws to Policy"
๐ฃ New #FirstView Book Review ๐ 'Making Gender Salient' by Ana Catalano Weeks. The book asks whether, when and how gender quotas matter for policy making, a work Amanda Clayton sees "becoming a staple among our classic texts on representation"
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14.11.2023 22:14 โ ๐ 9 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
๐The Politics & Gender Best Article Prize now has its own webpage! ๐Articles are ๐open-access๐ here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The 2023 winner is Daniel Agbiboa for his article on women countering insurgency in Nigeria - direct link:
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New (and Open Access!) article in Perspectives on Politics: โA Case for Descriptionโ
from Michelle Jurkovitch, Mary Anne Mendoza-Davรฉ, @mkguliford.bsky.social and me!
With a huge thank you to everyone who participated in our workshops, as well!
Medborgarlรถn - kan det lรถna sig? Missa inte vรฅrt panelsamtal som utforskar och diskuterar denna frรฅga.
Panelister: Simon Birnbaum, Anna-Carin Fagerlind Stรฅhl, och Bo Rothstein.
Tid: 27 november kl 16.00-18.00.
Se รคven vรฅrt FB-event: facebook.com/events/32972...
Screenshot of research article entitled "Made for Men: Political Science Departments in the United States as Gendered Institutions" by Annika Marlen Hinze
๐ฃ Out on #FirstView ๐ฃ In "Made for Men: Political Science Departments in the United States as Gendered Institutions" Annika Hinze surveys female PhD students and faculty in ๐บ๐ธ poli sci departments about the institutional gender norms they encounter
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New paper out & open access: the link b/w electoral reform, quota adoption & women's activism, w/ a focus on gender quota & gender parity adoption in Chile. Coauthored with Gwynn Thomas, Peter Siavelis & Magda Hinojosa: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/....
06.11.2023 07:42 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Delighted to be co-directing an @ecpr.bsky.social Joint Sessions on 'Gender, Parenthood and Political Representation'.
Get your papers in by 23rd Nov. More info: ecpr.eu/JointSessions
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Polisky! With @danieladonno.bsky.social @parzetterberg.bsky.social, we are excited to share this new open access article in the American Political Science Review.
Can autocrats burnish a reputation for democracy by advancing womenโs rights? www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
