Felix Dwinger

London Experimental Seminar Series in Political Science We are inviting submissions for the London Experimental Seminar Series in Political Science (LESS), a new forum for discussing experimental political science research among researchers at London unive...

📢 Call for Papers – London Experimental Seminar Series (LESS) in Political Science @lsegovernment.bsky.social.
We are launching a new forum for experimental political science research: First seminar: 19/11/2025. Deadline: 31/08/2025. Submit here: forms.gle/ZUJcBbZoDoaY...

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.

A short 🧵

Former head of detention centre in Russia’s Taganrog personally ordered torture of late Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna – police Ukrainian police investigators have served the former head of Pre-Trial Detention Centre No. 2 in Taganrog, Russia’s Rostov Oblast, with a notice of suspicion for ordering the torture of late Ukrainia...

‼️ Former head of detention centre in Russia's Taganrog personally ordered torture of late Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna – police

Moscow is either preparing to attack Estonia - a NATO nation - or is making new attempts to intimidate NATO.

Russia is moving electronic warfare systems 20km from Estonia against the backdrop of Zapad-2025 military drills in Belarus.

www.eurointegration.com.ua/eng/news/202...

BJPolS abstract discussing how authoritarian regimes use legislative institutions to cope with economic and policy challenges, using the example of Kuwait's National Assembly and collaborative policy mechanisms.

From May 2025 -

Legislative Cooptation in Authoritarian Regimes: Policy Cooperation in the Kuwait National Assembly - cup.org/4iVKa4R

- @danieltavana.bsky.social & Erin York

#OpenAccess

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It's too hot this evening to be outside 🥵 so I decided to sit indoors in the cool & sort through some old papers from uni papers I'd been meaning to clear out.

& I came across this clipping of an editorial from @newscientist.com from 2006!

It makes for some grim reading...

During the nationwide minute of silence in Ukraine, even as heavy rain fell, this man stopped alone in the street — motionless, soaked, and silent — to honor the memory of Ukraine’s fallen defenders.

No words. No gestures. Just pure respect.
Sometimes, the quietest moments speak the loudest.

Last night Russia bombarded Ukraine

741 areal targets including a RECORD 728❗️drones @ 13⚠️ missiles

Reports included a Kh-47M2 Kinzhal missile - which reaches its target in mere minutes.

A friend “it was loud but I tried to sleep” - she means in a basement on a cold floor

Others weren’t so lucky

HUMBOLDT-GOV.LAB | aktuelle Spitzenforschung Das Humboldt Governance Lab (Humboldt GovLab) ist ein Forschungslabor an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

🚀 Launching the Humboldt Governance Lab @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social!

We deliver evidence-based insights and policy advice on today’s key challenges to democracy.

🌐 hu-govlab.de
Follow us for research, updates & collaborations.

#GovLab #Democracy #PolicyResearch

Morning in Kyiv. No sleep. Air quality is extremely bad. City is covered in thick smoke.

This is Russian terror, aimed at people who chose to stay, resist and fight.

Congrats, Gefjon! Looking forward to reading it.

Attitudes toward Political Authoritarianism in Economically Advanced Democracies Cambridge Core - Politics: General Interest - Attitudes toward Political Authoritarianism in Economically Advanced Democracies

Our Element is out! 🎉

Why do authoritarian-leaning leaders target women’s and LGBTQ+ rights? Is there a systematic pattern that reaches beyond individual country cases, and how is this reflected in people’s attitudes and societal norms?

www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Join the team of the Center for Totalitarian Studies! - Instytut Pileckiego The Center for Totalitarian Studies has announced competitions for positions in the humanities. We are looking for professors, adjuncts and assistants.

🚨 Academic job alert!

We are hiring 12 people at graduate, assistant professor, and full prof level in the 20th century history of Central/Eastern Europe.

Our institute is growing, Warsaw is brilliant, and we want young and enthusiastic people. Join us!

Map from the Climate Shift Index of Europe, showing that the current heat wave over much of Western Europe is 4-5 times more likely due to climate change.

A lot of media are covering Europe’s heatwave 🔥 but few are connecting it to the climate crisis.

Tools like the Climate Shift Index show this heatwave is up to 5x 😱 more likely because of climate change. That context matters.

csi.climatecentral.org/climate-shif...

#TerrorinGeorgia :)

📢📢📢 We're hiring at CERGE-EI in Prague! 📢📢📢

💥2 tenure-track AP positions in applied micro, but open across fields for strong candidates
💥1 post-doc in health economics

Perfect for couples! 👫👭👬

#EconTwitter #EconJobMarket #EuropeanJobMarketforEconomists #TimeToMoveToEurope

Fico v Uzbekistane: Volám po zmene politického systému, aj Slovensko by potrebovalo menej strán Robert Fico v Uzbekistane volal po zmene politického systému na Slovensku, v ktorom by bolo menej strán. Chválil režimy v Uzbekistane, Vietname a Číne, pri ktorých podľa neho krajiny s vládami zložený...

Speaking in Uzbekistan Slovak PM Robert Fico calls for reform of Slovakia’s political system reducing numbers of parties. Says Europe needs to draw inspiration from more “economically more efficient” non-democratic systems like those of UZ, China, Vietnam.

dennikn.sk/minuta/46837...

‘It was our hope spot’: scientists heartbroken as pristine coral gardens hit by Western Australia’s worst bleaching event Usually alive with colour and fish, Ningaloo reef and the Rowley Showls now look as though they are ‘painted white’ as temperatures rise

"the temperatures at every reef north of Ningaloo reached as high as or higher than ever recorded.

“We’ve never had every major WA reef affected in a single event. This is the worst coral bleaching event recorded for WA reefs.” "

#ClimateEmergency

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

DON’T SCROLL PAST TERROR. TALK ABOUT KHARKIV.

Workshop on the Political Economy of Autocratic Rule & Democratic Backsliding Workshop on the Political Economy of Autocratic Rule & Democratic Backsliding, Toulouse, TSE/IAST Building, June 23–24, 2025.

Why is democracy so fragile—and autocracy so resilient?
📅June 23-24

Line-up: @bartonelee2.bsky.social @janeesberg.bsky.social @felixhaass.bsky.social @mattingly.bsky.social @monikanalepa.bsky.social @aspaglayan.bsky.social &+

ℹ️ www.iast.fr/conferences/...

Inspired by this lineup? Join us at the IAST workshop.

✍️Register by 15/06: www.iast.fr/registration...

👉Organized with care by: A. Degrave, @dwingerfelix.bsky.social @haasvioleta.bsky.social @hlarreguy.bsky.social @giacomolem.bsky.social K. Michelitch, A. Ezzeldin Mohamed & @asimpser.bsky.social

Plus: @antoinezerbini.bsky.social, Kun Heo, @hannohilbig.bsky.social, Sara Shahanaghi, @asimpser.bsky.social, @hlarreguy.bsky.social, @haasvioleta.bsky.social, @giacomolem.bsky.social, Kristin Michelitch, Ahmed Ezzeldin Mohamed, Anne Degrave

Our lineup: @aasiegel.bsky.social, @monikanalepa.bsky.social, @aspaglayan.bsky.social, @zhuravskaya.bsky.social, @bartonelee2.bsky.social, @janeesberg.bsky.social, @felixhaass.bsky.social, Mai Hassan, Mehdi Shadmehr, Bryn Rosenfeld, Stéphane Wolton, Dan Mattingly

Excited about our upcoming @iast.fr workshop on autocratic politics & democratic backsliding! Join us if you are in the Toulouse area or passing through on your way to #epsa.

Program,registration link, & add'l info on our workshop's website: tinyurl.com/iast-autocracy

Registration is required. ☝️

The clear goal is to suffocate what remains of Hungary’s critical civil society and to intimidate independent media, ahead of the highly contested 2026 elections — elections that the incumbent Fidesz party would lose if held today, writes @danielhegedus.bsky.social.

euobserver.com/rule-of-law/...

My first book piece in German!

Ich habe meinen ersten deutschen Buchbeitrag für die Sächsische Zeitung veröffentlicht, in dem es darum geht, wie man Einwanderung populär machen kann! Wenn Sie in Dresden sind, kommen Sie am Dienstag um 14 Uhr zur MIDEM.

www.saechsische.de/kultur/regio...

Hungary could suspend citizenship to silence dissent The ambitions of the proposed bill are clear: It’s about targeting civil society, journalists and activists — within Hungary and the diaspora — who refuse to fall in line.

"I never thought I’d see the day when Hungary — my country of birth — would threaten to suspend my citizenship for the act of defending democracy. Yet, here we are." Orbán's new law targets U.S.-Hungarian dual citizens like Dávid Korányi, head of Action for Democracy and a target of smear campaigns.

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"We can react by seeing all of this for what it is, and naming it by name: incipient state terror. We can react by associating ourselves with others who are repressed before we are. Only in solidarity do we affirm law."