Lotem Halevy

Confessional Illiberalism in Europe | Article | Politics and Governance Lotem Halevy, Lenka Buštíková

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In Confessional Illiberalism in Europe, @lotemhalevy.bsky.social (Uni Konstanz) & @lenkabustikova.bsky.social (Uni Florida) show how religious organizations help entrench a form of illiberalism that rejects modernity and fuses state&church

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Young men being recruited by far-right organizations in gyms commit racially motivated crimes.

What century are we living in?

Anyway, if anyone wants to ask me why studying the prewar and interwar period is important today...

Excitedly told some senior scholars that my coauthor + I spent 5 yrs collecting the data their large RA team is gathering.

The reply: “That’s why tenure helps with original data collection.”

Sorry? Was collaboration naive? Will they cite our dissertations the first two to use the approach?

Replies be totally sane and not at all alarming.

Yes, but there should be a period after "headphones".

Our book is out and available to read open access online: academic.oup.com/book/60532. It is dedicated to Niko.

*Women receive substantially lower "potential" ratings despite receiving higher performance ratings
*Differences in potential ratings account for half of the gender promotion gap
*Women’s lower potential ratings do not reflect future performance: women subsequently outperform male colleagues

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Sponsored Hate: How Politicians Paid for Meta Ads to Attack Journalists - VSquare.org Across the Visegrád countries, politicians have increasingly used paid social media ads to attack journalists, human rights activists, and civil society organizations.

In Central Europe, politicians use paid social media ads to attack media, activists & NGOs. From Orbán's Hungary to Fico' Slovakia, these campaigns spread disinformation and hate, reaching tens of thousands while Meta and Google profit from #SponsoredHate.

I’m very happy to announce that I won a book prize from the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians.

You can download the book for free at tinyurl.com/kahnbk. It’s about the history of Turkish migration to Germany and anti-migrant racism.

@ghiwashington.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org

Agentic AI Invading the LMS and Other Things We Should Know A Q&A with Marc Watkins, director of the AI Institute for Teachers.

Appreciated this distinction…

AI literacy: learning how the tech works & understanding its impact on society (could be a part of nearly all classes)
AI fluency: The working-with-AI-responsibly part (may be a part of some classes but not without AI literacy)

www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...

Have you hopped across the border? Defs not. 🤣

Apropos of nothing...

The Whitehead and Perry article quantitatively shows the effects on gender ideology in the US and @lenkabustikova.bsky.social and I trace how these ideologies become embedded in policy in less-than-democratic contexts.

www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...

Paths to Power (PtP) is out in @bjpols.bsky.social! It is a database with data on cabinet members' social profile globally from 1966-2021.

This is a great team effort with @chknutsen.bsky.social, @peterla.bsky.social, @inalkristiansen.bsky.social. But many more helped us along the way 🙏

A short 🧵

Welcoming or Terrifying?: The Migration Effects of the "Constance Stare"

Should we pre-register?

I love this interview, inspiring, yet difficult to reconcile with reality.

The incentives of our discipline are structured against patience and accountability. Unless we begin rewarding patient, careful (and often slow) work at the junior level, fewer scholars will pursue projects that require it.

I remain convinced that spending at least some time *living* in the places we study has a meaningful impact on our research.

And, I mean living, not canvassing, not interviewing, not extracting, but getting to know the people of the states and societies we study.

they ask
what's the minimum to pass?
as if i keep a secret rubric
of disappointment
i say
do your best work
they hear
write more words

Our latest @apsgworkshop.bsky.social call for papers is out 🥳

Apply and share with your PhD, postdoc, assistant professor colleagues that might be interested!

Here is the link to submit your abstract: forms.gle/NTxcY7Ye2JKe...

Deadline is 9 November

Honored to share that my book Parties under Pressure has been awarded the Brian Farrell Prize by the @psaireland.bsky.social for the best book in political science in 2024. A massive thanks to all who supported me, including the fantastic team @uchicagopress.bsky.social. Book: tinyurl.com/bp7tpr4a

Most young men in Britain, despite popular commentary, are *not* flocking to Reform UK.

Just under 1/3 women would vote for Reform
Just over 1/3 would vote for Reform.

We *cannot* reject the null of gender gap homogeneity across cohorts.

Carissa (almost) single-handedly brought back theory-generating papers and changed preconceived assumptions about the linearity of democratization, religion and politics, origins of representative institutions, and so much more.

This is such a rich paper and would be a great addition to syllabi!

How very altruistic of you, a blessed comfort!

a cartoon character in a tuxedo is holding a violin in his hand ALT: a cartoon character in a tuxedo is holding a violin in his hand

The most painful part of the job market is having less time to do the very thing that motivated you to be on it in the first place: research.

a truly revolutionary idea...

That's a lot of positivity over there, Jonathan...

Wales: A Labour member introduces bill for STV Just as Wales is approaching an election that will be its first under a new closed-list proportional representation system, a Labour member of the Senedd is proposing that Wales adopt the single tr…

Wales is going to use a new closed-list PR system next May, replacing MMP. Already at least one Member of Senedd wants to change to STV. fruitsandvotes.wordpress.com/2025/10/24/w...

Just uploaded a new version of my Job Market paper ahead of the USC HPE workshop.

Comments, concerns, and inquiries welcome!

I look forward to answering any questions about how this does or does not relate to "current events".

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Johns Hopkins political scientist Hahrie Han receives MacArthur genius grant Han, who studies political organizing and collective action and who has led the university's SNF Agora Institute since 2019, among 22 individuals to receive coveted MacArthur Foundation recognition

Totally, completely flabbergasted. #MacFellow

hub.jhu.edu/2025/10/08/h...

Just uploaded a new version of my Job Market paper ahead of the USC HPE workshop.

Comments, concerns, and inquiries welcome!

I look forward to answering any questions about how this does or does not relate to "current events".

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....