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Podcast Series on Survey Research The European Survey Research Association (ESRA) is the leading professional organisation of survey researchers in Europe, with members from the academic, government, non-profit and commercial sectors

🎙️ 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝙨𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 𝗽𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘄!

🤖 Topic: 𝗠𝗶𝘅𝗲𝗱-𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗱𝘀 and 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘆𝘀
🗣 Host: Barry Schouten
💬 Guests: Joost Kappelhof, Leen Sterckx, Janelle van den Heuvel, and Suzanne Roggeveen
🌍 Watch the video on our website (or on YouTube): www.europeansurveyresearch.org/resources/po...

Yesterday, those who teach Intro to Sociology at Florida colleges (as opposed to universities) received a ready-made curriculum from the state and were ordered to teach it.

Yes, you read that correctly. The *state* is enforcing a curriculum on college profs, complete w/ the following restrictions:

Gender studies courses are shutting down across the US. The Epstein files reveal why | Joan Wallach Scott Texas A&M University is the latest school to end women’s and gender studies programs and teaching race. We know why

This is a lucid analysis of the present context, though I for one disagree with the concept of “toxic masculinity” since it’s focusing individuals rather than the system.

“The suppression of gender studies is not only an attempt to suppress a critical analytical tool, but also knowledge itself.“

YouTube video by Brussels Institute for Advanced Studies (BrIAS) Political Masculinities in Europe – Public Panel

🎤📢 The recording of the public panel 'Political Masculinities in Europe' @BrIAS is now available online.
🦸‍♀️🔥Welcome by Karen Celis.
🎓🪒Interventions by @payoub.bsky.social @tomekbesta.bsky.social @elinbja.bsky.social @veralomazzi.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l_J...

(Un)Silencing Academia in Times of Epistemic Conflicts: Navigating Online Violence This volume tackles the pressing issue of online violence against academics, considering the diverse forms that cyberbullying and harassment can take, as well as their likely targets. Offering both th...

Just published! discussing online violence against academics, epistemic conflicts, risky research, solidarity practices - with @haeszi.bsky.social @ariannarubi.bsky.social @debbieging.bsky.social @norocel.bsky.social @audreygagnon.bsky.social @tamtagelashvili.bsky.social and...

wrapping up our political masculinities workshop at BrIAS with this public panel 😎

huge thanks to Karen Celis, @lizamugge.bsky.social @elinbja.bsky.social @tomekbesta.bsky.social @veralomazzi.bsky.social @payoub.bsky.social for their time, feedback and lovely company ✨🤓

Read our latest special issue in Survey Methodology:
➡️ Advancing Comparative Research: Exploring Error and Quality Indicators in Social Research.
Edited by @heinzleitgoeb.bsky.social, Stefanie Kley, Katharina Meitinger & Natalia Menold.
surveyinsights.org

@francesca-b.bsky.social maybe of your interest?!

How do (anti)democratic #masculinities develop as socially-accepted models?
In this #men4dem report, we use ~80 indicators to describe #EU27 national contexts of #socialization into (anti)democratic masculinities. We show how they vary within Europe but also highlights commonalities. Check it out!

A bird's-eye view of a former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp showing a wide dirt pathway flanked by parallel rows of barbed-wire fences. Groups of visitors walk along the path, surrounded by the remnants of brick structures and barracks, now reduced to foundations. Green grass contrasts with the somber history of the site, as the path leads toward a guard tower in the distance.

Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers.

This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.

Auschwitz took time.

ESRA25 Photos The European Survey Research Association (ESRA) is the leading professional organisation of survey researchers in Europe, with members from the academic, government, non-profit and commercial sectors

Time to remember our amazing #ESRA25 conference last year! We have put together a few photos on our web page:

www.europeansurveyresearch.org/conference/u...

A big thank you to our conference photographer Dasha Nelina and our amazing host, the University of Utrecht (@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social)

How To Review Efficiently and Fairly Instead of Dry January, I’m going review free for January after having nearly 80 review requests last year. My New Year’s resolution was to have a healthier relationships with reviewing…

💯 Loads of excellent advice in this post #AcademicWriting #AcademicChatter

US science after a year of Trump: what has been lost and what remains A series of graphics reveals how the Trump administration has sought historic cuts to science and the research workforce.

This is the impact of political ideology on scientific progress.

How the Trump Administration Is Downgrading Women’s Citizenship Gender isn’t just a matter of individual identity. It’s an axis of governance—and for the last year, across a range of policies, the Trump administration has punished women.

As the Trump admin removes safety nets, DEI programs, abortion, paid leave & childcare, caregiving is recast as women’s duty. Women bear the cost: privatize costs, impose costs on households & push the consequences onto women. @sorayachemaly.bsky.social www.thenation.com/article/acti...

Political Masculinities in Europe – Public Panel

🗓 11 Feb, 10:30–12:00, BrIAS (Brussels)
🎙 With Karen Celis, @payoub.bsky.social @tomekbesta.bsky.social @elinbja.bsky.social @veralomazzi.bsky.social and me!
This panel is part of a NWO-VICI Grant

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EVS 2026 is underway 🌍🚀

The 6th wave of the EVS combines its historic values ​​time series with a new framework on European Values, addressing democracy, rule of law, sustainability, and Europe in a changing world.

Fieldwork started in Dec 2025 and continues across Europe in 2026.

bit.ly/45T969x

Women Have Been Disproportionately Harmed by Trump Administration Aid, Migration, and Trade Policies The first year of the second Trump administration has seen a broad assault on global flows of goods, services, finance, and people, with an outsize impact on low- and middle-income countries. As a sid...

The second Trump administration has curtailed flows of goods, services, finance, and people, w/ outsize effects on LMICs.

Directly or indirectly, these policies have had a particularly large impact on women. More from @charlesjkenny.bsky.social:
https://go.cgdev.org/4rmWZKS

AI Can Fake Survey Responses. We Can Catch It. NORC’s new detection tool spots AI-generated answers before they skew your data—protecting research quality and trust.

AI tools can now generate survey responses, creating new data quality challenges. NORC developed a detection tool with over 99 percent precision and recall to identify AI-generated responses and protect research integrity.

Explore the innovation brief: go.norc.org/44JUZmy

Not a fan of this sport, but impressive what pink gloves can do

🎧🎙️Podcast Alert! Lovely to talk to @bvpaassen.bsky.social about stepping out of our comfort zone to bridge research, the arts and practice. Examples from collaborations @men4dem.bsky.social @via-berlin.bsky.social @emancipatornl.bsky.social & Push*Back*Lash @beldan.bsky.social

ESRA Support for students going to GOR26 The European Survey Research Association (ESRA) is the leading professional organisation of survey researchers in Europe, with members from the academic, government, non-profit and commercial sectors

Apply now for the ESRA–GOR26 Student Support Award 🎓. This award supports student members of either organization who plan to attend the #GOR26 Conference with a free conference ticket 💸

🗓 Application deadline: January 5, 2026
🔗 More info: www.europeansurveyresearch.org/esra-support...

Woman With 2 Degrees Who Married at 32 & Had Kids at 34 Warns Women Not to Be Career-Driven Barf Bag: Apparently, being a career-driven female in Manhattan becomes spiritually corrupt only after you’ve successfully leveraged it.

"The most successful anti-feminist women are successful because—while they built their fortunes & grew influence by telling women that the most important thing they’ll ever do is stay home, watch the kids & cheer on husbands—they refused to follow their own advice."
www.jezebel.com/woman-with-2...

The State of Democracy 2025: Fake news, lack of accountability, extremism and corruption seen as top threats to democracy across Europe and the US A new Ipsos KnowledgePanel survey offers an in-depth analysis of democratic perceptions in 9 Western countries, highlighting dissatisfaction with democracy and deep worries about its future.

The State of #Democracy 2025: Fake news, lack of accountability, extremism and corruption seen as top threats to democracy across Europe and the US

www.ipsos.com/en/the-state...

Want to submit a panel or paper proposal? Go to ecpr.eu today✍️

Here we are! Discussing #masculinities and #democracies through art, activism and science at the University of Bergamo - @veralomazzi.bsky.social Fabrizio Arcuri Francesca Tomatis

This roundtable was the perfect illustration of @men4dem.bsky.social, synthesizing artistic performance, activist experience and academic knowledge all in one.

MEN4DEM has made it to Bergamo! 🙌📰

#MEN4DEM #GenderEquality #Masculinities #Democracy

Such an inspiring roundtable @men4dem.bsky.social at the University of Bergamo with Cerchio degli Uomini, Bharath Ganesh, @norocel.bsky.social @lizamugge.bsky.social and an incredibly powerful performance by @via-berlin.bsky.social so many thanks

Get ready for our upcoming roundtable in Bergamo! We’re bringing together academics, artists and activists to discuss how reshaping masculinities can lead to a fairer, more democratic future for all.

#MEN4DEM @albertagiorgi.bsky.social