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#WomenandPolitics Specialist Group. Resource for researchers working on women/gender and women in the PSA. https://psawomenpolitics.wordpress.com

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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

18.06.2025 08:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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

18.06.2025 11:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The last panel of the day on 'Feminist Histories, Nationalisms and Global Crises' getting under way!

18.06.2025 10:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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 womenโ€™s electoral performance at the 2024 Irish ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช general election ๐Ÿ—ณ๏ธ

18.06.2025 08:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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From @sotonpolitics.bsky.social we have PhD researcher ๐Ÿ“š 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.

18.06.2025 08:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐ŸšจNEW ARTICLE๐Ÿšจ

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.socialโ€ฌ & Minna Cowper-Coles take a look at the data across generations and countries ๐Ÿ“Š

doi.org/10.1332/2515...

18.06.2025 08:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 32    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท and Peru ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช!

18.06.2025 08:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Next we have โญ๏ธ Sanwal Hussain Kharl from @astonuniversity.bsky.social presenting research on the impact of technology of womenโ€™s political participation in the Global South ๐Ÿ”

18.06.2025 08:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Early start ๐ŸŒ… for Day 2 of our conference with @psawomenpol.bsky.social with @sotonpolitics.bsky.social Alum ๐ŸŽ“ @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.

18.06.2025 08:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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

18.06.2025 08:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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

17.06.2025 16:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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!

17.06.2025 14:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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. (๐Ÿงต๐Ÿชก) !

17.06.2025 13:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Excited to see our conference getting under way! Even if we are in a basement when it is 25 degrees outside... โ˜€๏ธ

17.06.2025 12:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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

17.06.2025 12:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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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 Southamptonโ€ฆ

*PSA EVENT* ๐Ÿšจ Tomorrow is our PSA Women & Politics 2025 conference: Troubled Times: #Gender & #Politics in the 21st Century. Organised by @psawomenpol.bsky.social.
๐Ÿ“† 17 - 18 June. At the Gender & Inequalities (GAIN) Centre, Southampton.
โžก๏ธ

16.06.2025 12:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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 โ€™Troubled 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...

16.06.2025 10:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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

๐ŸšจToday is the LAST day to register for our conference ๐Ÿ“with @psawomenpol.bsky.social next week! ๐Ÿ“…It's ยฃ20 to attend the 2-day conference, which includes a lunch๐Ÿฅช, coffee, and an evening reception ๐ŸŽคcelebrating Professors Fiona Mackay and Yvonne Galligan! Registration link here: tinyurl.com/3xnjn5at

13.06.2025 08:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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 Southamptonโ€ฆ

*PSA EVENT* Register now for the PSA Women & Politics 2025 conference: Troubled Times: #Gender & #Politics in the 21st Century. Organised by @psawomenpol.bsky.social
๐Ÿ“† 17 - 18 June, The Gender & Inequalities (GAIN) Centre, Southampton
โžก๏ธ Details

09.06.2025 17:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Register for our annual conference now! A bargain at only ยฃ20!

30.05.2025 13:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sign up for our Annual conference below ๐Ÿ‘‡

Featuring great panels on women and politics and a celebration of the retirement of Fiona McKay and Yvonne Galligan

29.05.2025 09:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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! ๐Ÿ™

08.05.2025 09:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

We're organizing another round of the Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology ๐ŸŽ‰
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

๐Ÿ“†01/05

22.04.2025 07:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 64    ๐Ÿ” 44    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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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

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22.04.2025 10:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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)

16.04.2025 14:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Our final panel of the conference kicking off now with @carolineleicht.bsky.social on feminist humour in political comedy

16.04.2025 12:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Followed by @hannahrphill.bsky.social on gendered abuse and intimidation in local politics

16.04.2025 10:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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And our very own Leah McCabe on abortion as an issue in the 2024 General Election

16.04.2025 10:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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

16.04.2025 10:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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!

15.04.2025 15:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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