Dr Simona Guerra

Looking for the explanation of who votes for Spain’s new (really new) far-right party, SALF, which made it into the EP for the 1st last year?

@javierpadilla.bsky.social @canalejoalvaro.bsky.social & @bertous.bsky.social have you covered with this great data-rich paper!

doi.org/10.1177/2053...

W3 Professorship in "Political Science with a Focus on International Sustainability" - Universität Münster Universität Münster bietet Stelle als W3 Professorship in "Political Science with a Focus on International Sustainability" in Münster - jetzt bewerben!

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Come join us @uni-muenster.de 🇩🇪 as a W3 Professor in Political Science (🌍 IR & ♻️ Sustainability)

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📍 Münster, Germany
🕒 Deadline: Sept 26, 2025

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CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%. 

Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?

The part of the Bologna Station building that collapsed seen from the outside with rescue workers digging through the rubble.

Rubble and rescue workers on Platform 1 of Bologna Station following the bomb attack.

The collapsed structure of the waiting room and cafeteria of Bologna Station following the explosion.

A view of the aftermath of the bombing from a nearby building.

2nd August 1980, the worst terrorist attack in post-war Italian history is carried out by neo-fascist group NAR. A bomb hidden in a suitcase explodes in the waiting room of Bologna Station, causing the partial collapse of the station structure. 85 people die and 200 are injured [Thread] >> 1

BISCA PhD Studentships - University of Birmingham PhD opportunities in Birmingham Institute for Sustainability and Climate Action (BISCA) at the University of Birmingham.

Know a potential PhD student interested in #democraticresilience, environmental politics & the Baltics? If so pls encourage them to check out this funded studentship & chance to work with my wonderful colleagues Licia Cianetti and Fiona Nunan. For more info: www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/cen...

Pfizer text messages lost right after access request In a potentially explosive development, the European Commission has admitted it did not retain text messages after a journalist requested access to them.

Pfizergate update: "The messages were lost or destroyed after von der Leyen’s chief of staff Björn Seibert judged in the summer of 2021 that they were not important. [..] This decision was made after the initial request for access."

www.ftm.eu/articles/pfi...

22 minors found guilty of supremacism, opposition, and jihadism were searched throughout Italy. 22 minors arrested for being supremacists, antagonists, and jihadists across Italy Read all the latest news on Agenzia Nova

22 young people, aged between 13 and 17 years, have been searched and/or arrested in Italy today - as close to supremacist and extremist groups, more in English here: www.agenzianova.com/en/news/22-m...

Important read 👇

UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese published a Report EXPOSING these 60 Companies Complicit in Aiding Israel

All serious economic analysis suggests Trump's classic trade populism of saying government can make everything better through tariffs will fail (Brexit parallel) but it may take some time for that to be proven and it will leave a big mess to be cleared.

Bad news: after an authoritarian takeover, democracies often fail to recover.

Read "The Myth of Democratic Resilience" by Matías Bianchi, Nic Cheeseman, and Jennifer Cyr.

muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...

World's most powerful passport revealed as UK drops even further down The world's most powerful passport has been revealed and the UK's has plummeted down in rankings.

"Since Brexit, the UK's passport has continued to fall down the list......." It's blue (ish), though.... www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/artic...

My department at Leuphana University offers 6 fully funded PhD scholarships (incl. research funding) for three years.

If you are interested in studying democratic resilience (particularly party competition and elections 🤓) and you have a strong methodolgical background: Apply!

shorturl.at/kcTbG

Traveling within Europe „Should be hassle-free“ but isn’t, given all the Schengen violations by several member states. What will you do about it @europarl.europa.eu ?

Should student mental health responsibility fall to universities? The number of students reporting mental health concerns is rising. But to what extent should the onus be on universities?

Good, nuanced analysis of the student mental health crisis at universities and the obligations & limitations of universities in responding to it:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

🧵 Finalmente Laura Santi è libera. Se n’è andata lunedì mattina dopo una lunga battaglia per sé stessa e per la nostra democrazia. È la prima umbra ad accedere al suicidio medicalmente assistito, la nona persona in Italia

We must break the link between publisher revenue and article volume Volume-driven publishing pushes up costs and threatens research integrity. We need new agreements with healthier incentives, says Anna Vernon

'A 2021 study estimated that UK academics contribute $391 million worth of unpaid labour annually through peer reviewing alone. These non-cash contributions are essential to the functioning of the scholarly publishing system yet are often overlooked in discussions about cost and value.'

Israelis 'rescue' donkeys from Gaza, and now my disabled mother can't flee IDF strikes | Opinion ***

You want to know what dehumanization looks like? It looks like this:

Israel will save your donkey, but not your daughter

Ahmed Najar

www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025...

Reform and young people in the context of votes at 16 Anecdotes may claim rising support for the right among the British youth, but is that so?

Excellent - just as you'd expect from @patrick-pme.bsky.social, of course! ‬

Climate shelters: when the heat is on, where can you escape to? Heatwaves have become more frequent and intense, causing a search for solutions to cool cities. With energy poverty leaving people more unprotected inside their homes, climate shelters can be an option to make cities resistant to extreme temperatures.

Climate shelters: when the heat is on, where can you escape to?

Line graph time series of daily Antarctic sea ice extent for each year from 1979 through 2025. A seasonal cycle is also visible on this graphic, but no long-term trend is visible.

The growth of #Antarctic sea ice has substantially slowed (austral winter), and the total extent of ice is currently the 3rd lowest on record.

Graphic provided by zacklabe.com/antarctic-se...

What's happening in Georgia? Podcast · One Man Army · What's happening in Georgia? In October 2024, the Georgian Dream party extended its 12 years in power following rigged elections. A month later, Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhid...

🔴 The second episode of our podcast, 'What's happening in Georgia?', is live. 'Rewind: the very generous oligarch' tells the story of Bidzina Ivanishvili's rise to power.

🔴 Spotify:
open.spotify.com/show/0VqoA7c...

🔴Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

#GeorgiaProtests

Digital engineering creates not just far-right voters; it manufactures far-right candidates.

Does the EU have the courage to take and enforce adequate structural measures to defend democracy against the weaponisation of digital platforms?

New analysis:

defenddemocracy.eu/poland-2025-...

Photograph of a child holding up an effigy of a dead baby, wrapped in cloth and covered in blood with the following words to the right: "Every war is a war against children" Eglantyne Jebb Founder, Save the Children

"Every war is a war against children" a child holds up an effigy of a dead baby, free Gaza protest, from my forthcoming exhibition – Rebellion!

New call for the SGEU FUTURE Grants European Consortium for Political Research

🚨 New call for the SGEU FUTURE Grants! 🚨

Are you a PhD student doing research on 🇪🇺 European integration? Do you need financial support for your fieldwork?

If yes, apply to the new edition of the SGEU Future Grants.

Deadline is 30 September 2025. Details here:

ecpr.eu/news/news/de...

Final statement: "Descriptive research is important and it is a pity that the general obsession with causal estimates disincentivizes researchers from attempting to publish careful and detailed description." Thank you.

🚨 We're hiring!
Join our CSES Team @gesis.org Cologne as a Senior Researcher. If you’re into comparative electoral research and love diving into data, this is your moment.
Come shape global democracy with us! 🌍📊
www.gesis.org/en/institute...

Six Blue Book Trainees are walking across a zebra crossing in front of the European Commission building in Brussels. EU flags are visible in the background. Bold yellow text at the top reads "BLUE BOOK TRAINEESHIP" and bold white text at the bottom reads "APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN!"

📘 Ever wondered what it's like to work for the EU? Apply for a Blue Book Traineeship!

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Out in the autumn/fall. Nice cover IMHO. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/european-...

15 July 1964 | Costa/ENEL ruling. Or how an unpaid electricity bill led to one of the key principles of EU law.

A groundbreaking case that established the principle of primacy of EU law over the laws of member states.

#EUHistory 🧵🇪🇺