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Consuelo Thiers

@consuelothiers.bsky.social

Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Edinburgh. Political psychologist interested in political leaders, interstate rivalries, emotions, foreign policy analysis and Latin America. 🇨🇱 https://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/staff/consuelo-thiers

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FPA Travel Grants

⏰ Last call: FPA Section travel grants for #ISA2026 (Columbus) — two awards of $750. Priority: grad students, Global South scholars, and those with limited institutional support. Send CV + motivation letter by 1 Oct 2025. Details: www.isanet.org/Programs/Awa...

29.09.2025 11:00 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

En mi nueva columna,reflexiono acerca de cómo los bots, las fake news y la política-espectáculo son parte de una industria de la mentira. Hablo de cómo funciona y por qué es un riesgo para la democracia. www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/opi...

04.09.2025 19:49 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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Jara vs. Kast: lo que revela la psicología sobre los futuros estilos de gobierno - CIPER Chile Medio de investigación periodística independiente en Chile, enfocado en reportajes de actualidad y brindar información de calidad a la ciudadanía.

¿Cómo gobernarían Jara y Kast? 🧠🇨🇱
En mi nueva columna en CIPER Chile analizo sus estilos de liderazgo desde la psicología política y lo que esto implica para el futuro de Chile.
#PsicologíaPolítica #EleccionesChile2025 #Kast #Jara

www.ciperchile.cl/2025/08/28/j...

02.09.2025 11:41 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This is my latest piece in The Loop @ecpr.bsky.social based on recent fieldwork in Argentina 🇦🇷. Thank you to all the officials and informants who shared their insights with me.
@edinburghpir.bsky.social

21.08.2025 09:20 — 👍 6    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
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Was die Spieltheorie über Trumps Politik verrät Donald Trumps Strategien sind unberechenbar, er will seine Gegner maximal verwirren. Die Spieltheorie bietet hier überraschend schlüssige Erklärung für Trumps Politik.

Honoured to be part of @3sat.bluesky.com.de Kulturzeit on Trump & how psychology helps decode leaders like him. As strongman politics rise, it’s great to see psychology getting airtime. I don’t speak German, so here’s hoping the subtitles were kind😅
www.zdf.de/video/magazi...

13.06.2025 10:22 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Leaders in the Middle East and North Africa: How Ideology Shapes Foreign Policy. May 5, 2025. 11 am-12 pm (ET). ISA logo. Background: Map showing Middle East and Africa.

Leaders in the Middle East and North Africa: How Ideology Shapes Foreign Policy. May 5, 2025. 11 am-12 pm (ET). ISA logo. Background: Map showing Middle East and Africa.

Leadership in #Africa & the #MiddleEast is complex. Join us to discuss oz7777.bsky.social & drcanbolat.bsky.social's award-winning book, where they profile 14 leaders, explore connections between #Political ideologies & offer insights into #Negotiations: buff.ly/TRVjCdX

30.04.2025 15:03 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
Political Leaders’ Role in Latin American Foreign Policy: A Systematic Review — IR

📢Who really shapes foreign policy in Latin America? Often: the president.
📑My latest article—a systematic review—explores how leadership, ideology & domestic politics drive decisions. Now out in International Relations (open access) @edinburghpir.bsky.social www.ir-journal.com/online-first...

21.04.2025 14:21 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you Pontus!

11.04.2025 16:05 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Thank you!

11.04.2025 16:05 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

My latest on @uk.theconversation.com Keir Starmer’s mindset is unlike other PMs — and that could matter when facing Trump. 🧠 A political psychology perspective @edinburghpir.bsky.social #PoliticalPsychology #Starmer #Trump #leaders

11.04.2025 15:42 — 👍 8    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 1

Thank you Julie :)

09.04.2025 20:03 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🚨 It’s time to put political psychology back at the center of global analysis. My new commentary out today with
@rusi.bsky.social : "Bringing the Leader Back In: The Case for Political Psychology in International Affairs"
Understanding who leads matters more than ever @edinburghpir.bsky.social

08.04.2025 15:48 — 👍 11    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 2

Impressed by the quality of UG Politics & IR dissertations at
@edinburghpir.bsky.social; proof of what brilliant students & committed staff can achieve. This is exactly what job cuts & closures risk destroying. Senior management must reconsider before causing irreversible harm.

04.04.2025 09:33 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

New article alert 🚨

03.04.2025 08:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks Cleo!

26.03.2025 21:20 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Meet our newly elected FPA Section Executive Council! 🎉

🔹 President: Burcu Bayram
🔹 VP & Program Chair: Jordan Tama
🔹 At-large Officers: Consuelo Thiers, Jen Spindel, Adriana Boersner & Mariya Omelicheva
🔹 Past President: Falk Ostermann

Congrats to all! 🎊 #FPA

10.03.2025 08:21 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Our favorite conference, #ISA2025, is over, but here are a few pictures highlighting some key moments from our section.

06.03.2025 16:19 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Dear FPA section members, remember we have our business meeting today (Tuesday 4) at 12:30. Make sure to come! #ISA2025 #FPA

04.03.2025 15:35 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Tomorrow, we will have a great panel on leaders and foreign policy. Stephan Fouquet and I will present our work on Milei and foreign policy bureaucracies. If you are interested in the latest research on this topic, make sure to come! @edinburghpir.bsky.social #ISA2025 @fpa-isa.bsky.social

04.03.2025 15:31 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
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Happening now “Understanding foreign policy change: a role theoretical approach” with Anna Michalsky, @lesliewehner.bsky.social @cameronthies.bsky.social @sibeloktay.bsky.social Kai Oppermann, Stephan Klose & Damian Strycharz #ISA2025

04.03.2025 15:19 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Dear FPA members, remember we have our reception today at 20:00. Don’t miss out! #ISA2024 @isanet.bsky.social

03.03.2025 19:11 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Done!

03.03.2025 11:24 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Added!

02.03.2025 17:53 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Happening now, roundtable “Connecting Global and Regional Dimensions in Foreign Policy” with great panelist #ISA2025 @fpa-isa.bsky.social

02.03.2025 14:40 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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20.02.2025 11:24 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Congratulations to the winners of the Foreign Policy section awards! 🏆#ISA2025

19.02.2025 12:46 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Job Opportunity!

Bennington College seeks a historian for a 1-year visiting position. The field of specialization is open, although there is a strong preference for candidates who do not specialize in Europe or North America. Interdisciplinary approaches are welcome.

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19.02.2025 08:04 — 👍 8    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 0

It baffles me that some political analysts and journalists are still questioning whether Trump is serious about his promises. Are we living in the same world?

18.02.2025 13:58 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Has Trump Changed? Juliet Kaarbo discusses Trump’s ‘changed personality’ and how it may affect his second term.

Pleased to share my blog piece with International Affairs @iajournal.bsky.social, linking my current Leverhulme Trust @leverhulme.bsky.social research on how leaders change, my previous IA article on breaking bad, and Trump 2.0

medium.com/internationa...

08.02.2025 13:58 — 👍 13    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 0
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Yay! a new accepted paper which is now forthcoming in the journal: International Relations. This is very special as it is with my doctoral student @theseangarrett.bsky.social His first article of many more to come for sure :-) For now only the abstract ⬇️

13.02.2025 12:52 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

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