GenElect Network

🎉Thank you to everyone who joined us yesterday for an engaging discussion on the Challenges of Studying Gender and Inequalities in the 21st Century! 🎉 We are especially grateful to the speakers @elizabethjevans.bsky.social @charlie-walker.bsky.social, Dr Maria Villares-Varela & Dr Valentina Tonei.

In Memoriam

Mala Htun (1969-2025)

Mala Htun made a major impact on the study of women, gender, and politics as a scholar, teacher, mentor, and advocate. To honor her contributions, we have ungated access to her articles until the end of February 2025.

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🚨We are so excited to announce that we are hosting the PSA Women & Politics @psawomenpol.bsky.social 2025 Annual Conference here in 📍Southampton! The conference, Troubled Times: Gender and Politics in the 21st Century, will be held from 📅 17 to 18 June! More details are in the CFP linked below.

Stunning 🎥 summary (Spanish 🇪🇸 with 🇬🇧 subtitles) of @atiradocastro.bsky.social & @bcaihuelas.bsky.social's EJPG research on the gender gap in the responsiveness of political elites

doi.org/10.1332/2515...

@bupjournals.bsky.social

Might I politely say that this would be a good moment for anyone who runs a big social or election study to give some serious thought to including a battery of Qs on attitudes to feminism/gender roles? We have some great questions on sexism/household gender roles but need more imho (unsurprisingly!)

Our new Gender and Inequalities (GAIN) Centre at @sotonpolitics.bsky.social is officially up and running! 🎉

So excited to be running this with my brilliant colleagues @elizabethjevans.bsky.social and @emiliabelknap.bsky.social

Keep an eye out for more to come! 👇

Bookcover for "Women, Men, and Elections: Policy Supply and Gendered Voting Behaviour in Western Democracies" by Rosalind Shorrocks.

📢 New #PAG20 Book Review 📚

@anacweeks.bsky.social reviews 'Women, Men, and Elections' by Rosalind Shorrocks. The book explores how gendered policy preferences can explain gender gaps in voting.

gendersky polisky

https://buff.ly/411zJaj

Democracy researchers please take note, and tell relevant colleagues: The Dep. of Pol. Sci. in Gothenburg is hiring a new Director for the V-Dem Institute. The Director will also serve as permanent (tenured) member of the Dep., with reduced teaching responsibilities during their tenure as Director.

Is there a gender age gap in support for the far-right? 🚻 🗳️

Not as much as we thought!

@gefjonoff.bsky.social & colleagues use cross-national data to show that the far-right gender gap is non-existent among some age cohorts

Check out the ✨FREE ACCESS✨paper here: https://buff.ly/4gIsLLS

*Attention PhD students and Early Career Researchers* - Call for papers! With support from @ukandeu.bsky.social
I will be hosting a workshop event for PhDs and ECRs on April 23rd, just after Easter. A chance to present in a supportive environment & meet new colleagues. Details attached

Hello, Bluesky! ☀️

We fund frontier research in Europe—bold ideas, unexpected discoveries and science that shapes the future. So it’s only fitting we’ve landed here. Sorry for being late.

Follow us for updates on ERC funding, research policy, and our grantees' discoveries.

🚨 Postdoc Fellow at LSE in Political Behaviour 🚨

We're hiring a 2-3 year postdoc fellow at the LSE to join our great department (with some teaching in political behaviour and comparative European or EU politics)

Please spread the word and reach out with questions!
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

Job alert 👇🚨

New paper!

Do the (British) public believe there’s a trade-off btwn economic growth and protecting the environment? Does this belief matter for which they prioritise?

Not strongly, and no.

Environmental protection remains a priority even with costs to growth

authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

Lecturer / Assistant Professor - Computational Social Science, School of Sociology - Dublin, Leinster (IE) job with UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN (UCD) | 386526 We are seeking applications from individuals with expertise in one or more of the following areas: Computational Social ...

UCD’s School of Sociology is hiring an Assistant Professor (permanent) in Computational Social Science.

– Salary Scale: €62,855–€99,533
– Application deadline: 10 Feb
– Details: www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/list...

@ucdsociology.bsky.social
@ucddublin.bsky.social

A historic opportunity: gender-equal parliament by 2028  - Politics.co.uk While we’ve come a long way since my great-grandmother Emmeline Pankhurst fought for the right for women in the UK to vote, I’m certain she and her comrades would be deeply frustrated by the slow pace...

Happy to have contributed to this research from the Centenary Action Group showing how much work is needed to achieve a 50:50 parliament www.politics.co.uk/comment/2025...

New Working Paper: Teenage boys and girls in Norway are more ideologically polarized than ever. Using data for 130,000 high-schoolers over 34 years, I find that a surge in anti-feminism among boys is driving much of the recent trend.📈

Read: osf.io/preprints/os...
Findings 🧵👇

❗2-year postdoc at the University of York❗
I am looking for a postdoc for my ERC-funded project “The many faces of prejudice: the “what”, the “why”, and the “how” of inferences we make from membership in social groups”.
To learn more and apply (by Jan 13): jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...
#psychjobs

Thank you @genelectnet.bsky.social for the fab workshop! It was great to present our @blavatnikschool.bsky.social research on Strengthening Democracy by Reducing Threats to Women in Politics and learn from other fab scholars! 🗳️

Next, Marta Antonetti on the 'villian effect' of right wing women leaders mobilising women voters

And now one of our directors @jess-smith.bsky.social on a paper on motherhood penalties and fatherhood bonuses in running for office (with @anacweeks.bsky.social and Susan Franceschet)

Three people giving an academic presentation

Now a group presentation of their paper on gendered abuse in local elections with the dream team of @hannahrphill.bsky.social, Ziyu Deng and Roasrio Grima Algora on a project at @blavatnikschool.bsky.social

Kicking off our second day is @chrisbutlerpol.bsky.social on whether women politicians are less supportive of conflictual political styles

Finishing off our panel this afternoon is @bertous.bsky.social on dating preferences and conservative backlash

Another co-convener @jess-smith.bsky.social presenting work on women as the trusted politician

And now @liranharsgor.bsky.social on a new project on gender generation gaps

In a festive Oxford to run @genelectnet.bsky.social Annual Workshop on Gender and Elections with @cerifowler.bsky.social and @rosieshorrocks.bsky.social

One of our co-convenors @cerifowler.bsky.social currently presenting on work Gender Gaps in the 2024 UK General Election with @profrosiecamp.bsky.social @rosieshorrocks.bsky.social and @annasanders.bsky.social

Excited to be kicking off our Annual Gender and Elections workshop at St Hildas @ox.ac.uk this afternoon

Researcher position in political science (three years) (271092) | University of Oslo Job title: Researcher position in political science (three years) (271092), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, December 16, 2024

Come and join us! We are recruiting a researcher (with PhD) for a three-year position as part of the EU-funded Horizon Europe Consortium "Sustainable Public Administration in Modern Democracies" (SUPA) - PI Yves Steinebach. The application deadline is 16 December 2024.