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            News of more workshops incoming for our @edicaucus.bsky.social funded project on neurodivergent archive accessibility, 'Divergent Minds in the Archive'! Sign up to our mailing list to be the first to know: forms.office.com/e/MDNma65e53
               
            
            
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            Thank you so much @jess-smith.bsky.social @emiliabelknap.bsky.social @elizabethjevans.bsky.social and Leah McCabe for organising this wonderful event. Lovely to meet a lot of great people working on Gender Politics.
@gain-centre.bsky.social 
@psawomenpol.bsky.social
               
            
            
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            The last panel of the day on 'Feminist Histories, Nationalisms and Global Crises' getting under way!
               
            
            
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            Closing this panel, @fionamaybuckley.bsky.social from Uni College Cork presents research with Prof Yvonne Galligan (Tech Uni Dublin) on party candidate strategy in the context of legislative gender quotas by assessing womenโs electoral performance at the 2024 Irish ๐ฎ๐ช general election ๐ณ๏ธ
               
            
            
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            From @sotonpolitics.bsky.social we have PhD researcher ๐ Tom Guyton-Day presenting his work with @elizabethjevans.bsky.social on whether fewer tiers means fewer women? They explore this through the case of gender representation and local government reform in England.
               
            
            
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            ๐จNEW ARTICLE๐จ
The apparent rising gender gap in political preferences is fact becoming one  of the hottest topics in politics today.
In this new short paper, @profrosiecamp.bsky.socialโฌ & Minna Cowper-Coles take a look at the data across generations and countries ๐   
doi.org/10.1332/2515...
               
            
            
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            Next, we welcome @ggomesdacosta.bsky.social from Fed. Uni of Pernambuco discusses queering political representation in Latin America with a specific focus on Brazil ๐ง๐ท and Peru ๐ต๐ช!
               
            
            
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            Next we have โญ๏ธ Sanwal Hussain Kharl from @astonuniversity.bsky.social presenting research on the impact of technology of womenโs political participation in the Global South ๐
               
            
            
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            Early start ๐
 for Day 2 of our conference with @psawomenpol.bsky.social  with @sotonpolitics.bsky.social Alum ๐ @carolineleicht.bsky.social  at Uni of Glasgow on her research on the glass ceiling and glass cliff of Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris in US election coverage.
               
            
            
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            Kicking off day 2 of our conference with @gain-centre.bsky.social. First up our panel on Participation, Representation and Inclusion beginning with  @carolineleicht.bsky.social
               
            
            
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            Honoured to host an in conversation with Profs Fiona Mackay and Yvonne Galligan to celebrate the amazing contribution they have made to academia and specifically the study of gender and politics
               
            
            
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            We're well into our second panel on anti feminist resistance, backsliding and democratic resistance where @jennpiscopo.bsky.social is trying to convince us to be more optimistic!
               
            
            
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            Today we are honoured to host @psawomenpol.bsky.social here at @unisouthampton.bsky.social for the PSA Women and Politics conference! Today we kick off Day 1 of 2 with three panels. (๐งต๐ชก) !
               
            
            
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            Excited to see our conference getting under way! Even if we are in a basement when it is 25 degrees outside... โ๏ธ
               
            
            
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            Our annual conference co-hosted with @gain-centre.bsky.social at @sotonpolitics.bsky.social is well underway with a panel on Feminist Participation in State Building
               
            
            
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                Women and Politics | The Political Studies Association (PSA)
                Troubled Times: Gender and Politics in the 21st CenturyPSA Women and Politics Conference, June 17th/18th 2025Hosted by the Gender and Inequalities (GAIN) Centre at the University of Southamptonโฆ
            
        
    
    
            *PSA EVENT* ๐จ Tomorrow is our PSA Women & Politics 2025 conference: Troubled Times: #Gender & #Politics in the 21st Century. Organised by @psawomenpol.bsky.social.
๐ 17 - 18 June.  At the Gender & Inequalities (GAIN) Centre, Southampton. 
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                Celebrating the Careers of Yvonne Galligan & Fiona Mackay
                The Gender and Inequalities (GAIN) Centre and PSA's Women and Politics Standing Group are holding an Annual Conference titled โTroubled Times: Gender and Politics in the 21st Century' at the Universit...
            
        
    
    
            Tomorrow  @gain-centre.bsky.social & @psawomenpol.bsky.social  host the annual PSA Women &Politics conference! We are so excited to celebrate the careers of Profs Yvonne Galligan & Fiona Mackay. If you have any Qs for them or anecdotes of their careers, use this form: forms.gle/8H8MnSyDzz7F...
               
            
            
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                Troubled Times: Gender and Politics in the 21st Century | University of Southampton Online Store
                A conference exploring contemporary challenges in gender and politics, hosted by the GAIN Centre at the University of Southampton in partnership with the P
            
        
    
    
            ๐จToday is the LAST day to register for our conference ๐with @psawomenpol.bsky.social next week! ๐
It's ยฃ20 to attend the 2-day conference, which includes a lunch๐ฅช, coffee, and an evening reception ๐คcelebrating Professors Fiona Mackay and Yvonne Galligan! Registration link here: tinyurl.com/3xnjn5at
               
            
            
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                Women and Politics | The Political Studies Association (PSA)
                Troubled Times: Gender and Politics in the 21st CenturyPSA Women and Politics Conference, June 17th/18th 2025Hosted by the Gender and Inequalities (GAIN) Centre at the University of Southamptonโฆ
            
        
    
    
            *PSA EVENT* Register now for the PSA Women & Politics 2025 conference: Troubled Times: #Gender & #Politics in the 21st Century. Organised by @psawomenpol.bsky.social
๐ 17 - 18 June, The Gender & Inequalities (GAIN) Centre, Southampton
โก๏ธ Details
               
            
            
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            Register for our annual conference now! A bargain at only ยฃ20!
               
            
            
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            Sign up for our Annual conference below ๐
Featuring great panels on women and politics and a celebration of the retirement of Fiona McKay and Yvonne Galligan
               
            
            
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            Yesterday I presented my @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org #polpsy element at my home @sotonpolitics.bsky.social: brilliant panel discussants @piariggirozzi.bsky.social @terezacapelos.bsky.social @florianfoos.bsky.social,Konstantinos Katsikopoulos & exceptionally supportive colleagues! THANK YOU! ๐
               
            
            
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            We're organizing another round of the Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology ๐
summerschoolwpm.org
Our super-cool speakers include msands.bsky.social @allisonwkoh.bsky.social @melinscribe.bsky.social @rebeccakittel.bsky.social @fabiennelind.bsky.social & @indiiigo.bsky.social 
๐01/05
               
            
            
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                Extended Call for Papers and Prize News
                We won specialist group of the year
            
        
    
    
            Read our latest updates here including an extended Call for Papers for our conference and our exciting Prize news โญ
eocampaign1.com/web-version?...
               
            
            
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            Thanks to all of our amazing panellists, chairs and audience members at #PSA25. 
We were also honoured to have been awarded Specialist Group of the Year (joint with @populismpsa.bsky.social)
               
            
            
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            Our final panel of the conference kicking off now with @carolineleicht.bsky.social on feminist humour in political comedy
               
            
            
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            Followed by @hannahrphill.bsky.social on gendered abuse and intimidation in local politics
               
            
            
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            And our very own Leah McCabe on abortion as an issue in the 2024 General Election
               
            
            
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            Kicking off our panel on Gender and the Elections of 2024 sponsored by @politicsjournal.bsky.social with @jennpiscopo.bsky.social on gendered ambition penalties
               
            
            
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            A reminder if you are enjoying the Women and Politics panels at #PSA25 we have our own conference in June in partnership with Southampton Uni's @gain-centre.bsky.social 
โญ Now with EXTENDED DEADLINE for abstracts of Fri 25th April โญ
Get your papers in now!
               
            
            
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                                            a new interdisciplinary research centre @sotonpolitics.bsky.social focusing on gender and inequalities | Subscribe to our mailing list! ๐งEmail: GAIN@soton.ac.uk | Website: https://tinyurl.com/4kchvk5h | Blog: https://tinyurl.com/38dkac5w
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Mum, trade unionist, lecturer, Ed D student | Chair of BCU UCU, Vice Chair West Mids UCU, UCU NEC | Social reproduction feminism, reproductive labour, education activism. 
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                                            The PSA Populism Specialist Group promotes the study of populist discourses, movements and parties at a local, national, European and international level.
https://psapopulism.org
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Post Doc at the University of Strathclyde | FSU Ph.D. | Comparative political economy & gender | https://www.giuliaventurini.com/
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Professor of Politics
University of Southampton @sotonpolitics.bsky.social
Research: Democracy, populism, attitudes and values. 
Creating new spaces @ecpr-ead.bsky.social
Private: Beaches, boxing and cats.
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Political scientist mostly based at the University of Edinburgh and sometimes found at the Institute for Parliamentary Research in Berlin.
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            We are the Queer Politics Specialist Group of the Political Studies Association 
(@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social)
Web: www.psa.ac.uk/specialist-groups/queer-politics
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Political scientist @iparl.bsky.social | Associate member @cessp.ehess.frโฌ
Parliaments, French politics, gender and some extra stuff
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Nuffield College, Oxford 
Co-Director, British Election Study
Director, Nuffield Politics Research Centre
President, British Polling Council
Voting, surveys, explanation, singing โฆ
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            News and updates from Politics & International Relations at University of Southampton
A top 20 UK Politics Department.
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            The official bluesky account of Politics & International Relations (PIR) of the University of Edinburgh. This account is monitored Mon-Fri.
https://edin.ac/3Bg833c
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Youth Accountability, University of Leeds, Child Care Reform
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Account Director, Chelgate | โBecoming Thatcherโ Routledge (2026) | PhD on Thatcher as Leader of the Opposition
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Lund University, Sweden + Fellow in Politics, Newcastle University, UK
Editorial Boards: Representation + Politics, Groups, Identities
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Lecturer in Politics at the University of York. Interested in gender, elections and public policy.
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Anthropologist - Bayesian modeling - science reform - cat and cooking content too - Director @ MPI for evolutionary anthropology https://www.eva.mpg.de/ecology/staff/richard-mcelreath/
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Expert opinion, news and student stories from the Department of Politics at University of Liverpool.
8-11 Abercromby Square
https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/politics/
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                                            Politics & Gender | European Union | gender equality | gender-sensitive parliaments | parties | civil society organizations 
Academy of Finland Fellow | GSParls project | Tampere University
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Professor of European Politics, University of Helsinki
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            House of Commons Clerk | PhD University of Warwick | legal, women's, sexualities and gender history. All views my own. Also: ๐ ๐โโ๏ธ๐ฟ ๐ถ