Cecilia Josefsson
@ceciliajosefsson.bsky.social
Associate professor in political science at Uppsala university. Researching gender and politics.
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I’m so happy to announce that my book, Defending the Status Quo: On Adaptive Resistance to Gender Quotas, is finally here!
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#Polisky #poliSci #GenderSky
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#Polisky #poliSci #GenderSky
So excited (and honored, humbled, grateful, and honestly still in disbelief) to share that I've received the 2025 Victoria Schuck Award from @apsa.bsky.social for my book Defending the Status Quo: On Adaptive Resistance to Electoral Gender Quotas (OUP).
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Cecilia Josefsson Receives the 2025 Victoria Schuck Award for “Defending the Status Quo: On Adaptive Resistance to Electoral Gender Quotas” -
The Victoria Schuck Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor the best book published on women and politics. Citation from the Award Committee: Cecilia Josefsson’s book, Defending the Status Quo: On [...]
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August 6, 2025 at 6:25 PM
So excited (and honored, humbled, grateful, and honestly still in disbelief) to share that I've received the 2025 Victoria Schuck Award from @apsa.bsky.social for my book Defending the Status Quo: On Adaptive Resistance to Electoral Gender Quotas (OUP).
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Honorable mention for the P&G 2025 Best Article Prize 🏆
In "Backlash after Quotas" Myriam Shiran investigates the conservative moral rhetoric about gender quotas found in sub-Saharan African new coverage.
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In "Backlash after Quotas" Myriam Shiran investigates the conservative moral rhetoric about gender quotas found in sub-Saharan African new coverage.
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July 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Honorable mention for the P&G 2025 Best Article Prize 🏆
In "Backlash after Quotas" Myriam Shiran investigates the conservative moral rhetoric about gender quotas found in sub-Saharan African new coverage.
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In "Backlash after Quotas" Myriam Shiran investigates the conservative moral rhetoric about gender quotas found in sub-Saharan African new coverage.
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buff.ly/xUfOU3P
Fantastic EGEN workshop at ITAM in CDMX 🇲🇽🌯🌮! Crazy good feedback and discussions. Thanks @egenpolisci.bsky.social and hosts @teele.bsky.social @alucardi1.bsky.social and Juan Pablo Micozzi for putting this together!
We had an amazing time in ITAM in Mexico City for the 17th Empirical Study of Gender (EGEN) workshop! Our workshop brought together scholars from around the world to discuss projects on gender and power, get feedback, and build community. Look at this group of amazing scholars 🤩
May 20, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Fantastic EGEN workshop at ITAM in CDMX 🇲🇽🌯🌮! Crazy good feedback and discussions. Thanks @egenpolisci.bsky.social and hosts @teele.bsky.social @alucardi1.bsky.social and Juan Pablo Micozzi for putting this together!
Warmly welcome to my book launch today!
Welcome to the launch of my book Defending the Status Quo (OUP 2024)!
academic.oup.com/book/58626
🗓 May 8, 15:00–16:00 CEST
📍 Dept. of Government, Uppsala University (or Zoom!)
Speakers: @jennpiscopo.bsky.social, Drude Dahlerup, @elinbja.bsky.social & me.
academic.oup.com/book/58626
🗓 May 8, 15:00–16:00 CEST
📍 Dept. of Government, Uppsala University (or Zoom!)
Speakers: @jennpiscopo.bsky.social, Drude Dahlerup, @elinbja.bsky.social & me.
May 8, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Warmly welcome to my book launch today!
Welcome to the launch of my book Defending the Status Quo (OUP 2024)!
academic.oup.com/book/58626
🗓 May 8, 15:00–16:00 CEST
📍 Dept. of Government, Uppsala University (or Zoom!)
Speakers: @jennpiscopo.bsky.social, Drude Dahlerup, @elinbja.bsky.social & me.
academic.oup.com/book/58626
🗓 May 8, 15:00–16:00 CEST
📍 Dept. of Government, Uppsala University (or Zoom!)
Speakers: @jennpiscopo.bsky.social, Drude Dahlerup, @elinbja.bsky.social & me.
April 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Welcome to the launch of my book Defending the Status Quo (OUP 2024)!
academic.oup.com/book/58626
🗓 May 8, 15:00–16:00 CEST
📍 Dept. of Government, Uppsala University (or Zoom!)
Speakers: @jennpiscopo.bsky.social, Drude Dahlerup, @elinbja.bsky.social & me.
academic.oup.com/book/58626
🗓 May 8, 15:00–16:00 CEST
📍 Dept. of Government, Uppsala University (or Zoom!)
Speakers: @jennpiscopo.bsky.social, Drude Dahlerup, @elinbja.bsky.social & me.
Reposted by Cecilia Josefsson
Välkommen till panelsamtal om det offentliga samtalet! Meverkar gör Ingrid Carlberg, journalist, författare, ledamot i Svenska Akademien och Malin Holm, forskare vid Statsvetenskapliga institutionen. Alla är välkomna!
🗓️2 april kl 13-14
📍Plan 7, Östra Ågatan 19
🗓️2 april kl 13-14
📍Plan 7, Östra Ågatan 19
March 25, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Välkommen till panelsamtal om det offentliga samtalet! Meverkar gör Ingrid Carlberg, journalist, författare, ledamot i Svenska Akademien och Malin Holm, forskare vid Statsvetenskapliga institutionen. Alla är välkomna!
🗓️2 april kl 13-14
📍Plan 7, Östra Ågatan 19
🗓️2 april kl 13-14
📍Plan 7, Östra Ågatan 19
Reposted by Cecilia Josefsson
Finally got my hands on the first two books in our OUP Studies in Feminist Institutionalism Series - congrats Elise Stephenson & @ceciliajosefsson.bsky.social! Perfect holiday gifts for family & friends! @fiin.bsky.social
November 29, 2024 at 2:26 PM
Finally got my hands on the first two books in our OUP Studies in Feminist Institutionalism Series - congrats Elise Stephenson & @ceciliajosefsson.bsky.social! Perfect holiday gifts for family & friends! @fiin.bsky.social
I’m so happy to announce that my book, Defending the Status Quo: On Adaptive Resistance to Gender Quotas, is finally here!
academic.oup.com/book/58626
#Polisky #poliSci #GenderSky
academic.oup.com/book/58626
#Polisky #poliSci #GenderSky
November 29, 2024 at 2:30 PM
I’m so happy to announce that my book, Defending the Status Quo: On Adaptive Resistance to Gender Quotas, is finally here!
academic.oup.com/book/58626
#Polisky #poliSci #GenderSky
academic.oup.com/book/58626
#Polisky #poliSci #GenderSky
Reposted by Cecilia Josefsson
🎉Politics & Gender has changed its word-limits policy! To promote greater equity in citation practices in the field, reference lists are🌟no longer subject to word limits.🌟The text, tables, figures, and notes should be no longer than 10,000 words. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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November 30, 2023 at 9:05 AM
🎉Politics & Gender has changed its word-limits policy! To promote greater equity in citation practices in the field, reference lists are🌟no longer subject to word limits.🌟The text, tables, figures, and notes should be no longer than 10,000 words. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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JOBS - 2 post-doctoral fellowships on QUALREP project. 3 years with possibility of extension for 2 more years. Apply by 5 January.
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow (QUALREP)
We are looking for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with experience in qualitative and quantitative research to join the UKRI-funded research project, QUALREP: The Quality of Women’s Political Represe...
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November 30, 2023 at 7:05 AM
JOBS - 2 post-doctoral fellowships on QUALREP project. 3 years with possibility of extension for 2 more years. Apply by 5 January.
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Why not spend “midsummer” 2024 discussing your research with gender and politics scholars in Scandinavia? NoPSA in Bergen. CfP👇🏼👇🏼
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📣 CfP alert 📣
Come and join us in a workshop on "Gender, Politics and Democracy" at the Nordic PSA (NoPSA)!
When: 25-28 June 2024
📍in beautiful (and we mean it!!) Bergen, Norway
organizers: @rmuriaas.bsky.social and Christina Fiig
Info here: www.nopsa2024.no
CfP here (WS 22): shorturl.at/mtu04
Come and join us in a workshop on "Gender, Politics and Democracy" at the Nordic PSA (NoPSA)!
When: 25-28 June 2024
📍in beautiful (and we mean it!!) Bergen, Norway
organizers: @rmuriaas.bsky.social and Christina Fiig
Info here: www.nopsa2024.no
CfP here (WS 22): shorturl.at/mtu04
NOPSA Congress 2024
www.nopsa2024.no
November 15, 2023 at 6:09 PM
Why not spend “midsummer” 2024 discussing your research with gender and politics scholars in Scandinavia? NoPSA in Bergen. CfP👇🏼👇🏼
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📣 New #FirstView Book Review 📚 'Making Gender Salient' by Ana Catalano Weeks. The book asks whether, when and how gender quotas matter for policy making, a work Amanda Clayton sees "becoming a staple among our classic texts on representation"
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PoliSky GenderSky www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
November 15, 2023 at 3:51 PM
📣 New #FirstView Book Review 📚 'Making Gender Salient' by Ana Catalano Weeks. The book asks whether, when and how gender quotas matter for policy making, a work Amanda Clayton sees "becoming a staple among our classic texts on representation"
PoliSky GenderSky www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
PoliSky GenderSky www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Reposted by Cecilia Josefsson
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📣 Out on #FirstView & #OpenAccess 📣 Ragnhild Muriaas and Torill Stavenes ask whether increased levels of female representation translates to more women as senior members of parliament in 'Gender and Political Seniority: Three Measures'
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November 14, 2023 at 10:14 PM
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🏆The Politics & Gender Best Article Prize now has its own webpage! 🏆Articles are 🌟open-access🌟 here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The 2023 winner is Daniel Agbiboa for his article on women countering insurgency in Nigeria - direct link:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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The 2023 winner is Daniel Agbiboa for his article on women countering insurgency in Nigeria - direct link:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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November 8, 2023 at 9:26 AM
🏆The Politics & Gender Best Article Prize now has its own webpage! 🏆Articles are 🌟open-access🌟 here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The 2023 winner is Daniel Agbiboa for his article on women countering insurgency in Nigeria - direct link:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Polisky Gendersky
The 2023 winner is Daniel Agbiboa for his article on women countering insurgency in Nigeria - direct link:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Polisky Gendersky
Reposted by Cecilia Josefsson
New (and Open Access!) article in Perspectives on Politics: “A Case for Description”
from Michelle Jurkovitch, Mary Anne Mendoza-Davé, @mkguliford.bsky.social and me!
With a huge thank you to everyone who participated in our workshops, as well!
from Michelle Jurkovitch, Mary Anne Mendoza-Davé, @mkguliford.bsky.social and me!
With a huge thank you to everyone who participated in our workshops, as well!
A Case for Description | PS: Political Science & Politics | Cambridge Core
A Case for Description
www.cambridge.org
November 3, 2023 at 10:18 AM
New (and Open Access!) article in Perspectives on Politics: “A Case for Description”
from Michelle Jurkovitch, Mary Anne Mendoza-Davé, @mkguliford.bsky.social and me!
With a huge thank you to everyone who participated in our workshops, as well!
from Michelle Jurkovitch, Mary Anne Mendoza-Davé, @mkguliford.bsky.social and me!
With a huge thank you to everyone who participated in our workshops, as well!
Reposted by Cecilia Josefsson
Medborgarlön - kan det löna sig? Missa inte vårt panelsamtal som utforskar och diskuterar denna fråga.
Panelister: Simon Birnbaum, Anna-Carin Fagerlind Ståhl, och Bo Rothstein.
Tid: 27 november kl 16.00-18.00.
Se även vårt FB-event: facebook.com/events/32972...
Panelister: Simon Birnbaum, Anna-Carin Fagerlind Ståhl, och Bo Rothstein.
Tid: 27 november kl 16.00-18.00.
Se även vårt FB-event: facebook.com/events/32972...
Medborgarlön - kan det löna sig?
Event in Uppsala, Sweden by Statsvetenskapliga föreningen i Uppsala on Monday, November 27 2023
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November 5, 2023 at 7:21 AM
Medborgarlön - kan det löna sig? Missa inte vårt panelsamtal som utforskar och diskuterar denna fråga.
Panelister: Simon Birnbaum, Anna-Carin Fagerlind Ståhl, och Bo Rothstein.
Tid: 27 november kl 16.00-18.00.
Se även vårt FB-event: facebook.com/events/32972...
Panelister: Simon Birnbaum, Anna-Carin Fagerlind Ståhl, och Bo Rothstein.
Tid: 27 november kl 16.00-18.00.
Se även vårt FB-event: facebook.com/events/32972...
Reposted by Cecilia Josefsson
📣 Out on #FirstView 📣 In "Made for Men: Political Science Departments in the United States as Gendered Institutions" Annika Hinze surveys female PhD students and faculty in 🇺🇸 poli sci departments about the institutional gender norms they encounter
PoliSky GenderSky www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
PoliSky GenderSky www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
November 1, 2023 at 6:22 PM
📣 Out on #FirstView 📣 In "Made for Men: Political Science Departments in the United States as Gendered Institutions" Annika Hinze surveys female PhD students and faculty in 🇺🇸 poli sci departments about the institutional gender norms they encounter
PoliSky GenderSky www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
PoliSky GenderSky www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Reposted by Cecilia Josefsson
New paper out & open access: the link b/w electoral reform, quota adoption & women's activism, w/ a focus on gender quota & gender parity adoption in Chile. Coauthored with Gwynn Thomas, Peter Siavelis & Magda Hinojosa: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/....
November 6, 2023 at 7:42 AM
New paper out & open access: the link b/w electoral reform, quota adoption & women's activism, w/ a focus on gender quota & gender parity adoption in Chile. Coauthored with Gwynn Thomas, Peter Siavelis & Magda Hinojosa: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/....
Reposted by Cecilia Josefsson
Delighted to be co-directing an @ecpr.bsky.social Joint Sessions on 'Gender, Parenthood and Political Representation'.
Get your papers in by 23rd Nov. More info: ecpr.eu/JointSessions
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Get your papers in by 23rd Nov. More info: ecpr.eu/JointSessions
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October 30, 2023 at 9:42 AM
Delighted to be co-directing an @ecpr.bsky.social Joint Sessions on 'Gender, Parenthood and Political Representation'.
Get your papers in by 23rd Nov. More info: ecpr.eu/JointSessions
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Get your papers in by 23rd Nov. More info: ecpr.eu/JointSessions
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Reposted by Cecilia Josefsson
Polisky! With @danieladonno.bsky.social @parzetterberg.bsky.social, we are excited to share this new open access article in the American Political Science Review.
Can autocrats burnish a reputation for democracy by advancing women’s rights? www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Can autocrats burnish a reputation for democracy by advancing women’s rights? www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
International Rewards for Gender Equality Reforms in Autocracies | American Political Science Review...
International Rewards for Gender Equality Reforms in Autocracies
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October 27, 2023 at 1:32 AM
Polisky! With @danieladonno.bsky.social @parzetterberg.bsky.social, we are excited to share this new open access article in the American Political Science Review.
Can autocrats burnish a reputation for democracy by advancing women’s rights? www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Can autocrats burnish a reputation for democracy by advancing women’s rights? www.cambridge.org/core/journal...