@psawomenpol.bsky.social
A space for women and non-binary scholars in the @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social and for gender and politics scholars ✨ Convenors: @carolineleicht.bsky.social @drruthlightbody.bsky.social @skylerehawkins.bsky.social https://psawomenpolitics.wordpress.com
My new article with Anna Elomäki and Claudia Weisner analyses how, despite international policy conversations about building caring economies, even countries well-poised to invest in care after COVID-19 did not do so: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10..... @rhulpir.bsky.social
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🌟PSA PRIZES🌟 Nominations for Academic Prizes are now open!
📢 We invite prize nominations outstanding Research, Professional Contributions and Teaching & Learning.
📆 Deadline for nominations 1 December 2025
➡️ Full details, eligibility, guidelines and forms online
🚨New article🚨 What do people want from political leaders in times of crisis, and are those preferences gendered?
Interested? Then check out our new Electoral Studies paper @jess-smith.bsky.social @viktorv.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social @hannahbunting.bsky.social @carolineleicht.bsky.social
Working on American politics research? 📚
Good news: We've extended our CFP deadline to Dec 10!
APG 52nd Annual Conference
📅 Jan 7-9, 2026
📍 UEA, Norwich
🎤 Keynote: Prof Angelia Wilson
🏆 De Gruyter is sponsoring a prize for the best PGR/ECR paper!
Info: ukpsaapg.co.uk/annual-conference/
📣 Call for Papers: GenElect Annual Workshop on the Study of Gender and Elections
University of Manchester, Jan 12th-13th 26
Deadline: 5th Dec 25
Send us your papers on gender and elections, public opinion, parties, representation! @psaepop.bsky.social
Abstract submission here: lnkd.in/d2AQFYxN
Look what I got in the mail! 📪 The Routledge Handbook of Autocratization in Southeast Asia, edited by Netina Tan and Yuko Kasuya. Check out my chapter on gender equality!
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@edinburghpir.bsky.social @uoe-sps.bsky.social @uoe-gender-ed.bsky.social @psawomenpol.bsky.social
Is partner partisanship associated with vote choice? @cerifowler.bsky.social finds that it was for the 2016 Brexit Referendum & subsequent elections in the UK & argues that this can help us understand gender gaps in vote choice. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/eRDc16d
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #polsky
IN NEW ISSUE: What’s driving the narrowing gender gap in party activism? Susan E. Scarrow, JeongKyu Suh & Jamie M. Wright find shifts in party participation aren’t all about women stepping up but also about men stepping back - buff.ly/xa7cPL9
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social
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 — 👍 4 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
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
The last panel of the day on 'Feminist Histories, Nationalisms and Global Crises' getting under way!
18.06.2025 10:16 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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 women’s electoral performance at the 2024 Irish 🇮🇪 general election 🗳️
18.06.2025 08:59 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
From @sotonpolitics.bsky.social we have PhD researcher 📚 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 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 0
🚨NEW ARTICLE🚨
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.social & Minna Cowper-Coles take a look at the data across generations and countries 📊
doi.org/10.1332/2515...
Next, we welcome @ggomesdacosta.bsky.social from Fed. Uni of Pernambuco discusses queering political representation in Latin America with a specific focus on Brazil 🇧🇷 and Peru 🇵🇪!
18.06.2025 08:35 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Next we have ⭐️ Sanwal Hussain Kharl from @astonuniversity.bsky.social presenting research on the impact of technology of women’s political participation in the Global South 🔍
18.06.2025 08:21 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 1
Early start 🌅 for Day 2 of our conference with @psawomenpol.bsky.social with @sotonpolitics.bsky.social Alum 🎓 @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 — 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
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 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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 — 👍 11 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Today 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. (🧵🪡) !
17.06.2025 13:53 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 1Excited to see our conference getting under way! Even if we are in a basement when it is 25 degrees outside... ☀️
17.06.2025 12:43 — 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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 — 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
*PSA EVENT* 🚨 Tomorrow is our PSA Women & Politics 2025 conference: Troubled Times: #Gender & #Politics in the 21st Century. Organised by @psawomenpol.bsky.social.
📆 17 - 18 June. At the Gender & Inequalities (GAIN) Centre, Southampton.
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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 — 👍 12 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0🚨Today is the LAST day to register for our conference 📝with @psawomenpol.bsky.social next week! 📅It's £20 to attend the 2-day conference, which includes a lunch🥪, coffee, and an evening reception 🎤celebrating Professors Fiona Mackay and Yvonne Galligan! Registration link here: tinyurl.com/3xnjn5at
13.06.2025 08:42 — 👍 4 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 0
*PSA EVENT* Register now for the PSA Women & Politics 2025 conference: Troubled Times: #Gender & #Politics in the 21st Century. Organised by @psawomenpol.bsky.social
📆 17 - 18 June, The Gender & Inequalities (GAIN) Centre, Southampton
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Register for our annual conference now! A bargain at only £20!
30.05.2025 13:16 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Sign up for our Annual conference below 👇
Featuring great panels on women and politics and a celebration of the retirement of Fiona McKay and Yvonne Galligan
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! 🙏
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