Hannes Baumann

Mohamed Dhia Hammami - Working Papers Sampling Elites: A Network-Based Approach to Reduce Bias in Elite Research

Early version of the network based sampling method I use in my dissertation field research is out in the new issue of QMMR. Many thanks to the Emerging Methodologist Workshop team for making this possible.
www.mohameddhiahammami.com/working-papers
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Congratulations to our very own Professor Andrew Russell and his co-author, Professor Andreja Zevnik, for receiving the Award for the Best Scientific Work in the Field of Political Science for their book from Dr Marko Hočevar on behalf of the Slovenian Political Science Association🗣️📚📖

Targeting Civilians: Murder, Hostage-taking and Other Violations by Palestinian Armed Groups in Israel and Gaza Amnesty International confirmed Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in their October 7, 2023, attacks.

New from Amnesty re: October 7th. www.amnestyusa.org/reports/targ...

Manchester are advertising a number of political economy (broadly conceived) fully funded 3 year Hallsworth & Simon post-docs www.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/research/fun... closing date - Jan 16 2026

📣 Job Opportunity: Research Officer

We're seeking a postdoctoral Research Officer to assist in the preparation of a major funding application for an inter-disciplinary study of secularity in the Middle East and North Africa.

Apply by 14 January: https://ow.ly/IKnY50XFCCn

Visa returns to Syria as Damascus seeks access to global financial system | The National Al Shara government has restored SWIFT access, is courting foreign investors and is working to revive pound

Actually a big deal for Syria’s economy.

www.thenationalnews.com/business/eco...

Mira Al Hussein - Political Naturalisation and the Conscription of Transit Citizens in the UAE

Excited about Mira al Hussein’s presentation at our virtual seminar series next week. "Political Naturalisation and the Conscription of Transit Citizens in the UAE” on Tuesday 9 December, 17:00-18.30 London time. For details and to register see: www.exeter.ac.uk/events/detai...

Excited to announce @leverhulmecal.bsky.social posts - we are looking for 7 interdisciplinary fellows to join our Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life, closing date 30 January 2026 (1/3) durham.taleo.net/careersectio...

Arms producer revenue surges globally and there's a record number of Middle East weapons makers on @sipri.org top 100 list: from Israel (3), Turkey (5), and UAE (1). Middle East arms income shot up by 14% over previous year, compared to 6% globally.

In case anyone still doubts the point of the arts....

SIPRI Top 100 arms producers see combined revenues surge as states rush to modernize and expand arsenals. The arms revenues of the SIPRI Top 100 companies totalled $679 billion in 2024, +5.9% from 2023. New #SIPRI data on the #ArmsIndustry available now ➡️ bit.ly/4pzRarN

Congratulations! What a great choice for the award!

2025 book award winners

To my great delight and astonishment, my book, Millennial Dreams in Oil Economies: Job Seeking and the Global Political Economy of Labour in Oman, has received the 2025 AGAPS Biennial Book Award! agaps.org/agaps-awards...

Sobering findings of @ecfrmena.bsky.social report by @tahanimustafa.bsky.social & @hlovatt.bsky.social about Palestinian politics in the West Bank. ecfr.eu/publication/...

If all they're doing is "fact-checking" AI output + using AI for all reading and writing (which most are), they will never have the opportunity to acquire those fundamental cognitive skills which can only be obtained through the challenging and uncomfortable work of actually reading and writing.

I don't think this is right. These kind of metacognitive tasks require that students *already* have the cognitive skills to critically evaluate a piece of text both for empirical accuracy and strength of argument. In an AI-saturated world, I'm not convinced first-year students do.

We invite you to join us next Friday, 28th November, to celebrate the launch of Dr Claire Pierson's new book "Women's Troubles".

Dr Claire Pierson (University of Liverpool) will be in conversation with Dr Emma Campbell (UU) and Mhairi Claire Lynch (QUB).

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/womens-tro...

Israel bombs southern suburbs of Beirut, casualties reported The attack is the latest flagrant violation of the ceasefire Israel signed with Hezbollah one year ago to end the war.

Developing story here:

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...

The ‘Danish model’ is the darling of centre-left parties like Labour. The problem is, it doesn’t even work in Denmark | Cas Mudde This week’s local elections are the latest reminder that when social democrats move rightwards, they’re making a mistake, says academic and author Cas Mudde

After more than 10 years of “the Danish Model”, nativism is hegemonic in the country, the far right polls near level highs again, and the Social Democrats lost Copenhagen and poll at historic low.

European Social Democrats should look at the facts, not the myths!

Me in @theguardian.com

Eine Zeichnung von fröhlichen Leuten, aber einer sieht wütend aus

FINDE DEN DEUTSCHEN KANZLER
Quelle: www.instagram.com/p/DRPTY1tEiF...

Five people in front of a banner for Liverpool Arab Arts Festival.

✨ Could you be LAAF’s new CEO? ✨

We're recruiting a new Chief Executive Officer to be a custodian of identity, a steady hand in the present, and a bold architect of LAAF’s future.

For full details including how to apply head to linktr.ee/LAAF_

An excellent day for the Liverpool politics departments
A superb book launch by the superb @ndmlees.bsky.social at UoL

And a brilliant roundtable at LJMU reflecting on 30 years since the Dayton Peace Agreement organised by @matesuba.bsky.social @birtegippert.bsky.social

#Gaza, #Israel und Deutschlands #Außenpolitik: Im aktuellen #GIGAFocus stellen @christinebinzel.bsky.social und @thomaserichter.bsky.social eine Umfrage vor – zum Hamas-Angriff und der folgenden israelischen Militäroffensive Ein Meinungsbild.

➡️ Hier lesen: www.giga-hamburg.de/de/publikati...

In early 2025, the Israeli military launched an operation that emptied three Palestinian refugee camps. They've blocked their residents from returning and razed many of their homes.

In a new report, HRW finds that Israeli forces carried out war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.

Thrilled to see our latest paper published in @iojournal.bsky.social! 🥳
"Dollar Diminished: The Unmaking of US Financial Hegemony Under Trump" co-authored with Tobias Pforr (@eui-eu.bsky.social) and @fabianpape.bsky.social 🙂

doi.org/10.1017/S002...

Looking forward to this roundtable today @ljmuirp.bsky.social

Happening today, @ndmlees.bsky.social book talk @livunipol.bsky.social

Following the Free Officers title page and abstract

📢 New Paper Alert!

Happy to share that our article “Following the Free Officers: Explaining the Politics of Coup Contagion & Containment” — co-authored with @drpowell.bsky.social — is forthcoming in International Studies Review.

Are coups actually contagious, and if so, how?

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Martijn Konings, Fiscal Dominance? — Sidecar Trump and the Federal Reserve.

New piece about MAGA's Fed strategy:

newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

"Each was an act of endurance disguised as motion. To drive one was to participate in a ritual of managed decline. ... Europe needs to avoid becoming what the Wartburg sedan was in 1987—an artifact of ambition fossilized by fear."