Fiona Barker

2 PhD positions in Electoral behavior 2 PhD positions to research how social group memberships become connected to vote choices

I'm recruiting 2 PhD researchers to work with me on a project studying how social groups influence vote choices!

Info on the position and how to apply 👉 www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...

Please share with interested students who would like to move to beautiful Leuven!

Important contribution from my Te Herenga Waka-VUW and Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha-UC colleagues on the history, achievements, and limits of the 🇳🇿 Citizenship (Western Samoa) (Restoration) Amendment Act 2024. 👏

I really wish someone in the opposition would move this motion in the House tomorrow (as per, eg, the C19 PHR Act). The motion would almost certainly fail but we need to build a stronger expectation that such scrutiny shouldn’t get dispensed with in the law-making process.

PSA for Wellington folks: Political Science and IR Seminar @VUW today, Thursday 8 May, 3:00pm, 16 Kelburn Parade.
Speaker: Prof Ruth Dassonneville (KU Leuven; Univ. de Montréal)
Title: The Dimensionality of Party Competition As Seen By Citizens
All welcome! Or DM me for Zoom link.

Selecting Diversity: @fionacbarker.bsky.social & @samcrawley.bsky.social examine ethnicity, party strategies & candidate selection in New Zealand Elections (1996–2020) - buff.ly/QWZ2bNU (OPEN ACCESS)

@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky

Wellington, we have an abundance of incredible treats at the Crofton Downs School Fair. Open until 2pm!!

"First They Came for Columbia"
"We must learn from the past. We cannot remain silent in the face of authoritarian attacks on our peers, even if they have not yet come for us."
Me and Levitsky in the Harvard Crimson
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

A vision of the 90s: James Cameron’s Vision for Wellington event, reviewed The new political group's first event drew a large crowd whose ideas for the city's future mostly involved going back to the past.

Vision for Wellington's first event drew a large crowd, but their ideas for the future if the city mostly involved going back to the past.

thespinoff.co.nz/society/21-0...

Windbag: Begonia House and the hypocrisy of ‘nice-to-haves’ The same councillors who decry excessive spending on pet projects just voted to pump millions of dollars on a greenhouse for flowers.

The same councillors who decry excessive spending on pet projects just voted to pump millions of dollars into a house for flowers.

thespinoff.co.nz/politics/18-...

Had an OIA on the Marsden decisions land. This appears to be the ground zero and the level of thinking Collins put into gutting humanities funding. I have found no actual *advice* or analysis on the removal of humanities panels and literally zero engagement with Royal Society or Universities.

Hell. This is what I meant when I said implementation of these reforms matters more than the stated policy.

It is also absolutely counter to the SSAG report that recommended disestablishing Callaghan Innovation; it was very clear that the scale on which these reforms need to be implemented is YEARS

New paper out in @polstudies.bsky.social with @samcrawley.bsky.social on diversity & candidate selection patterns in NZ elections, 1996-2020. We examine ethnicity, representation outcomes, and how parties navigate electoral system incentives. May be of interest to @migcitizenapsa.bsky.social folks!

Come join us at @vicuniwgtn for this important post-doc.

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Thank you for all that you do on council!! Enjoy your summer reading 📚

Great project - congratulations!!

Media Statement: Letter from the Board on funding cuts to New Zealand Marsden Fund

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[Séminaire d'axes] Selecting diversity: party strategies, electoral system incentives, and candidate selection in New Zealand with Fiona Barker, Victoria University of Wellington

Grateful to be spending time at @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social, where I'll be giving a research seminar on Mon, 9 December. If you're in Paris & interested in political parties, candidate selection & ethnic diversity, come along! Registration link: www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etude...

You do not need an EasyVote Card to vote.

You do not even need to be enrolled and you do not need to take identification with you when you go to vote.

If you are a NZer over the age of 18, just show up to a polling booth and you will be able to vote.

Pass it on.

Kia ora! 🙏🏻

Would love to be added to polisky please!