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@laurahuber.bsky.social

Assistant Prof of Political Science | Gender, Conflict, Security | My views are my own and do not reflect those of my institution.

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Gender in International Bureaucracies: Evidence from UN Field Missions Abstract. Contemporary international organizations, including the UN, employ tens of thousands of staff outside of their headquarters in field offices arou

Pleased to share our article β€œGender in International Bureaucracies: Evidence from UN Field Missions” co-authored with Katharina P. Coleman, Joshua Fawcett-Weiner, and Jessica Di Salvatore in @isq-jrnl.bsky.social!

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LinkedIn This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

You can now pre-order my book, "Putting Women in their Place
Gender, Power, and World Politics!"
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/isb...

If you're interested in having me come to your school, bookstore, bar, classroom, cafe, gym, or whatever to talk about it please don't hesitate to drop me a line!

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Excited to receive page proofs for GOVERNING TRUTH today! It’ll be out early next year, with the paperback priced at $29.95 – run, don’t walk, to get your copy!

You can pre-order here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...

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University of Kentucky Poli Sci is hiring two lines in comparative politics! If you have any questions, please reach out.

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How do gendered beliefs impact reactions to terrorism?

Masculine honor ideology and Neosexism are correlated with support for torture of suspected terrorists, but provoke differing emotional responses.

See more in my paper with @conflictmanagement.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Legacies of Wartime Sexual Violence: Survivors, Psychological Harms, andΒ Mobilization Legacies of Wartime Sexual Violence: Survivors, Psychological Harms, and Mobilization By Summer Lindsey, Rutgers University and Carlo Koos, University of Bergen What are the psychological, social, and political legacies of sexual violence in armed conflicts? While conventional wisdom expects the exclusion of survivors from their societies due to stigma, we advance a theory of sociopolitical mobilization among wartime sexual violence survivors and their households.

Legacies of Wartime Sexual Violence: Survivors, Psychological Harms, andΒ Mobilization

Legacies of Wartime Sexual Violence: Survivors, Psychological Harms, and Mobilization By Summer Lindsey, Rutgers University and Carlo Koos, University of Bergen What are the psychological, social, and political…

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Are you attending #APSA2025 and (thinking of) writing a book on the topic of gender and politics?! Come meet the editors of the @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org Cambridge Studies in Gender & Politics! Friday at 2:30pm at the Sutton Place Hotel (Salon Cezanne). We want to talk w/ you!

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VIP Presenter Interest Form - Fall 2025 Please use this form to submit your project (paper or research design) for potential inclusion in the Fall 2025 sessions of the Violence, Instability, and Peace (VIP) Workshop. The workshops will be h...

There’s still time to apply to the @vipworkshop.bsky.social’s fall series! Send your abstracts here: forms.gle/gN7yUQKBudiK...

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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! πŸŽ‰

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?

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🚨NEW PAPER 🚨 Are police more right-wing and biased against marginalized groups than the general public? If so, why? My new article in
@pnas.org w/ @tylerreny.bsky.social, Newman, and Sears provides some answers. 🧡1/n

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Research Professional The Center for the Study of Global Issues (GLOBIS) is seeking a high-achieving, detail-oriented researcher to support the Center’s Human Rights Research and Education programs. In particular, this pos...

Job alert! Please apply and/or share with your networks!

GLOBIS is hiring a Research Professional to work with us on our Human Rights Programs, especially the Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI). (1/3)

www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/440...

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Individual Mobilization by Victims of Human Rights Abuse: Who Files Petitions in the United Nations? Abstract. Who files petitions against repressive regimes in the United Nations? Victims of human rights abuse face high personal costs of participation, in

As political scientists, we really want to know when, where, and why people mobilize against repressive governments.

Happy to share my latest article is out that helps us understand this in a specific context: intl legal petitions in the UN. How do courageous individuals overcome barriers?

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Want to hear more from fantastic EGEN scholars? Follow this starter pack!
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New article hot off the presses from American Politics Research - "State Courts, Public Opinion, and the Changing Abortion Landscape after Dobbs" with a stellar group of coauthors. See more below πŸ‘‡

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From our new issue: "Legacies of Wartime Sexual Violence: Survivors, Psychological
Harms, and Mobilization" by Summer Lindsey and Carlo Koos. #APSRNewIssue www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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This looks fascinating!

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The Representational Consequences of Electronic Voting Reform Cambridge Core - American Studies - The Representational Consequences of Electronic Voting Reform

🌟Just a few days left! 🌟 Our book is free to downloadβ€” but not for long. Don’t miss your chance to grab it while you can. πŸ“šπŸ‘‡#freebook
@santiago-alles.bsky.social
@cambup-polsci.cambridge.org

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So sorry to hear this! Such a loss for research!

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A huge loss not just for research, but also for the police and citizens worldwide who will lose out on the training, knowledge, and decreased violence this research focuses on.

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It's hard to find the words. NSF just terminated the grant for Journeys, a mentoring workshop that tried to tackle underrepresentation of women in international relations. Future scholarship will be the worse for it. But this photo from our last gathering will motivate me to keep fighting.

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Excited to share that this paper is now forthcoming at the Journal of Politics. It has been a looooooong journey (5 years in the making)! Too many people to thank but most importantly my advisors, three anonymous reviewers and the people of Bihar - forever indebted to their generosity. #gendersky

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Information for the 2025 Journeys in World Politics workshop: www.saramitchell.org/journeysflye...

Applications due on 5/30 for the workshop held at the U of Iowa on 8/24-8/26. Our senior mentors are Kathleen Cunningham & Leah Windsor, along with Kelly Kadera, Jessica Weeks, Christina Schneider.

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Scholars - are you doing research in the area of gender and politics? Submit a 2025 Catt Prize proposal at cattcenter.iastate.edu/research/cat....

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Gender and Leadership in Executive Branch Politics | Annual Reviews Gender influences who has access to power, how leaders behave and are received within institutions, and how institutions are perceived. This review examines gender dynamics in the executive branch, fo...

Really pleased that my @annualreviews.bsky.social on "Gender and Leadership in Executive Branch Politics" w/ @tiffanydbarnes.bsky.social is now out!

www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

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The book launch event for @sabrinamkarim.bsky.social's newest book "Positioning Women in Conflict Studies: How Women's Status Affects Political Violence" is happening this #Thursday!!

We hope you can attend!

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Public Perceptions of Women Peacekeepers in Troop Contributing Countries Abstract. A belief that women's representation increases legitimacy informs United Nations peacekeeping policies and the foreign policy agendas of many sta

Check out this new article by GSS lab affiliate @laurahuber.bsky.social on public perceptions of women peacekeepers in troop-contributing countries! #ElsieInitiative #WomeninPeacekeeping #polisky #gendersky #int-sec

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Mariel Barnes and I have a new paper: The Manosphere and Politics, which argues that the manophere is a political space and theorizes about which parts are more prone to different forms of violence.

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Thanks to @ipinst.bsky.social and Phoebe Donnelly for funding the surveys!

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From our new issue: "β€œKeep Your Heads Held High Boys!”: Examining the Relationship between the Proud Boys’ Online Discourse and Offline Activities" by Catie Snow Bailard et al. #ASPRNewIssue https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/keep-your-heads-held-high-…

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