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EPSA have announced that they will hold a conference in July 2026.

😵‍💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.

👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.

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EUI Political Behaviour Colloquium Please fill in the details below to submit your proposal. Kindly provide the title and abstract of your paper, as well as your availability to present. The Colloquium is held every Tuesday from 17:00 ...

📢 CALL FOR PAPERS!

We’re looking for presenters for the upcoming term (early October to mid-December 2025).

If you’d like to present, please fill out the form here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

🗓 Deadline for proposals: August 31

🚨 Very excited to share that the call for papers for the EPSS annual conference in Belfast 2026 is live.

🔝 Lots of innovation to enrich the way we exchange ideas in political science in Europe.

🙏🏼 Sharing is caring!

We are looking for a lecturer in Comparative European Politics at Oxford. Join an incredibly stimulating intellectual environment. It is a 5-year position that should be great for early career researchers. Please get in touch if you have any questions.

Anna Grzymala-Busse Receives the 2025 Heinz I. Eulau Award for American Political Science Review for “Tilly Goes to Church: The Religious and Medieval Roots of European State Fragmentation Anna” The Heinz I. Eulau Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor the best article published in the APSA journal American Political Science Review Citation from the Award Committee: Anna Grzymala-Busse’s “Tilly Goes to Church: The Religious and Medieval Roots of European State Fragmentation” challenges paradigmatic understandings of state development, according to which centralizing European states overcame fragmentation in the early modern era by consolidating strong states through warfare.

Anna Grzymala-Busse Receives the 2025 Heinz I. Eulau Award for American Political Science Review for “Tilly Goes to Church: The Religious and Medieval Roots of European State Fragmentation Anna”

The Heinz I. Eulau Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to…

Much deserved recognition @annagbusse.bsky.social not only for the article but the book, too. A *major* contribution! Congrats!!

🚨New forthcoming paper at JOP: @noamlupu.bsky.social and I use data from 10 surveys in N&S America to see whether lower-income, lower-wealth, and working-class people are less interested in running for office. Interest in running (nascent ambition) can lead to representation gaps. However, ...(1/2)

🚨 Are you interested in Historical Political Economy? 🚨

At the Virtual Workshop in HPE (VWHPE)—organized jointly with @dkofanov.bsky.social & @tinepaulsen.bsky.social—we discuss state-of-the-art research on a regular basis.

‼️ We have just issued a new call for papers. ‼️

Link & info in post #2.

👩‍🦰Do women politicians address violence against women more effectively?

➡️Using data from Mexico and an RDD, @marco-alcocer.bsky.social R. Skillman & @angietorres.bsky.social find fewer female and young female homicides in municipalities led by women www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

MIT Political Science is hiring this fall, with junior lines in both American Politics (members.apsanet.org/CAREERS/eJob...) and IR. Please share widely!

Chinese Students Flocked to Central Illinois. Their Food Followed.

It seems increasingly likely that we will be hiring (two positions — Political Behavior, broadly defined, and American Institutions!) at UIUC this year.

I plan to add this link to all recruitment materials.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/d...

Assistant Professor - Department of Political Science University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

UC Berkeley is hiring an Assistant Professor this fall, with a preference for candidates in International Relations, American Politics, or Public Law.

I am on the committee and glad to answer questions. Please apply!

aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04948

🚨🚨 New paper alert: Culture vs. Institutions

@ainagallego.bsky.social‬, Ana Tur-Prats and I have a new paper out in the JOP that examines the impact of historical family types on modern-day female political representation.

Exactly!

You can read find more about details at www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... Thanks to all that helped along the way!

We find that gender electoral quotas introduced in Spain in the early 1990s *counteracted* patriarchal norms rooted in historical family structures, which had long reinforced gender-based labor specialization.

🚨🚨 New paper alert: Culture vs. Institutions

@ainagallego.bsky.social‬, Ana Tur-Prats and I have a new paper out in the JOP that examines the impact of historical family types on modern-day female political representation.

📢 University of Warwick is hiring two Assistant Professors (apply by 17 July 2025):

•International Relations (Conflict & Security): www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNR672/a...

•International Organisations: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNR770/a...

#PoliSciJobs #PolScijobs

Are you:

✅ A young scholar in econ, poli sci, or law
✅ Working on institutions, broadly defined
✅ Interested in spending a week in Italy with amazing faculty

If so, please apply to this year’s Coase Institute Workshop! It’s a transformative experience for many, and always fun. I’ll be there.

Assistant Professor in International Relations (Conflict and Security) (110624-0625) at University of Warwick Discover Assistant Professor in International Relations (Conflict and Security) (110624-0625) jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.

@uni-of-warwick.bsky.social is hiring! 🎉

Full time & permanent Assistant Professor in International Organisations & Assistant Professor in International Relations (Conflict and Security)📚

Deadline to apply - 17th July 2025 🌟

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Submit your research to PSRM!

And if you were wondering: @epssnet.bsky.social is fully committed to supporting PSRM as a product of the collective efforts of the European political science community. We encourage you to continue submitting your work, reviewing for it & supporting the editorial team

🚨 Big News for European Political Science 🚨

We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community.

🔗 epssnet.org

Here’s a thread with everything you need to know.

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Most Literature Reviews Miss the Point. Don’t Let Yours Critically Engaging Past Work to Confidently Shape Your Own

Most literature reviews miss the point.

Not because they’re sloppy.

But because they treat the literature like a box to tick.

In my latest Respect the Marble Post, I carve out a 6-step process to writing a meaningful lit review:

catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/most-liter...

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The Political Legacy of Elite Repression - Leonid Peisakhin, Didac Queralt, 2025 Most work on the legacies of violence studies mass repression. In this paper, we explore the longterm effects of selective repression of local elites on ordinar...

🚨 New paper alert: Leonid Peisakhin and I published “The Political Legacy of Elite Repression” in CPS: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/.... We show that repression of elites forces ordinary community members to circle the wagons in defense of group identity and to change how they vote.

Consider joining our reception if you are in Madrid the day before EPSA and have no plans that evening:

The Political Legacy of Elite Repression - Leonid Peisakhin, Didac Queralt, 2025 Most work on the legacies of violence studies mass repression. In this paper, we explore the longterm effects of selective repression of local elites on ordinar...

🚨 New paper alert: Leonid Peisakhin and I published “The Political Legacy of Elite Repression” in CPS: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/.... We show that repression of elites forces ordinary community members to circle the wagons in defense of group identity and to change how they vote.

Very happy to share the program for the 3rd edition of the Yale-UB Historical Political Economy Workshop.

Taking place at the University of Barcelona on June 30th and July 1st.

Really looking forward to it!

Cc: @didacqueralt.bsky.social

❗ The 𝘞𝘡𝘉 𝘉𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘯 (@wzb.bsky.social‬) establishes a 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 for the 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐲 and is looking for its future 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 ❗

📣 Let all the excellent democracy researchers out there know! ⁣
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@epsanet.bsky.social @ecpr.bsky.social @apsa.bsky.social

we really hope you join us in future editions!

Thrilled to share the program for the III Yale-UB HPE Workshop — a joint initiative bringing together HPE researchers across continents and disciplines. Huge thanks to our sponsors, presenters, and discussants. Can’t wait for a great conference!
cc @cescamat.bsky.social (UB co-host)