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The rapid contraction of EU presence in #Sahel has sparked debate over Europe’s diminishing influence.
EU capacity building in #SahelNiger, says Elise Ketelaars, offers lessons for EU Common Security & Defence Policy design – and for crisis management & security sector reform efforts
bit.ly/3MJVy9Q
EU capacity building in #SahelNiger, says Elise Ketelaars, offers lessons for EU Common Security & Defence Policy design – and for crisis management & security sector reform efforts
bit.ly/3MJVy9Q
Lessons from Sahel Niger for EU crisis management
The rapid contraction of EU presence in the Sahel has sparked debate over Europe’s diminishing influence. But what did these missions get right? And what did they get wrong? EU capacity building in Sa...
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December 24, 2025 at 8:21 AM
The rapid contraction of EU presence in #Sahel has sparked debate over Europe’s diminishing influence.
EU capacity building in #SahelNiger, says Elise Ketelaars, offers lessons for EU Common Security & Defence Policy design – and for crisis management & security sector reform efforts
bit.ly/3MJVy9Q
EU capacity building in #SahelNiger, says Elise Ketelaars, offers lessons for EU Common Security & Defence Policy design – and for crisis management & security sector reform efforts
bit.ly/3MJVy9Q
💰 Trump’s 2025 tariff shock marks a turn toward a near-isolationist US #TradePolicy.
💱Yet, in their piece based on @iojournal.bsky.social research,
@andduer.bsky.social & @ainvernizzi.bsky.social argue the international trading system is likely to weather the storm.
#TrumpTariffs
⤵️ bit.ly/4pPsGeG
💱Yet, in their piece based on @iojournal.bsky.social research,
@andduer.bsky.social & @ainvernizzi.bsky.social argue the international trading system is likely to weather the storm.
#TrumpTariffs
⤵️ bit.ly/4pPsGeG
Will the global trading system weather Trump 2.0?
Trump’s 2025 tariff shock marks a sharp turn toward a near-isolationist US trade policy. Yet given that US protectionism is expected to ease, Andreas Dür and Alessia Invernizzi argue that the internat...
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December 23, 2025 at 9:02 AM
💰 Trump’s 2025 tariff shock marks a turn toward a near-isolationist US #TradePolicy.
💱Yet, in their piece based on @iojournal.bsky.social research,
@andduer.bsky.social & @ainvernizzi.bsky.social argue the international trading system is likely to weather the storm.
#TrumpTariffs
⤵️ bit.ly/4pPsGeG
💱Yet, in their piece based on @iojournal.bsky.social research,
@andduer.bsky.social & @ainvernizzi.bsky.social argue the international trading system is likely to weather the storm.
#TrumpTariffs
⤵️ bit.ly/4pPsGeG
💪 Through strongman toughness or maternal guardianship, populists model idealised versions of a nation’s citizens + they naturalise exclusion.
♀️♂️ Selina Mabrouki of @ecprgender.bsky.social shows how #populist leaders exploit gendered role models as tools of emotional persuasion.
👉 bit.ly/44HLcNH
♀️♂️ Selina Mabrouki of @ecprgender.bsky.social shows how #populist leaders exploit gendered role models as tools of emotional persuasion.
👉 bit.ly/44HLcNH
Strongmen and mother-figures: role models in today’s populist politics
Populist leaders don’t just claim to represent the people – they embody them. Through strongman toughness or maternal guardianship, populists model idealised versions of a nation’s citizens, and they ...
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December 22, 2025 at 10:30 AM
💪 Through strongman toughness or maternal guardianship, populists model idealised versions of a nation’s citizens + they naturalise exclusion.
♀️♂️ Selina Mabrouki of @ecprgender.bsky.social shows how #populist leaders exploit gendered role models as tools of emotional persuasion.
👉 bit.ly/44HLcNH
♀️♂️ Selina Mabrouki of @ecprgender.bsky.social shows how #populist leaders exploit gendered role models as tools of emotional persuasion.
👉 bit.ly/44HLcNH
🎈 #RepresentativeDisconnect No.4
🔗 Can we re-establish the connection between political institutions + citizens?
🔃 Dario Castiglione says we must first rethink democratic representation as a process of mutual engagement; then re-imagine its political practices + institutions.
👉 bit.ly/4pXC3ta
🔗 Can we re-establish the connection between political institutions + citizens?
🔃 Dario Castiglione says we must first rethink democratic representation as a process of mutual engagement; then re-imagine its political practices + institutions.
👉 bit.ly/4pXC3ta
🎈 Who elected Mark Rutte? Representation as political engagement
In his introductory piece for this series, Luca Verzichelli asked whether we can re-establish a connection between political institutions and citizens. Dario Castiglione suggests we can. But first, we...
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December 22, 2025 at 9:26 AM
🎈 #RepresentativeDisconnect No.4
🔗 Can we re-establish the connection between political institutions + citizens?
🔃 Dario Castiglione says we must first rethink democratic representation as a process of mutual engagement; then re-imagine its political practices + institutions.
👉 bit.ly/4pXC3ta
🔗 Can we re-establish the connection between political institutions + citizens?
🔃 Dario Castiglione says we must first rethink democratic representation as a process of mutual engagement; then re-imagine its political practices + institutions.
👉 bit.ly/4pXC3ta
🗳️ New NYC mayor #ZohranMamdani's electoral campaign prioritised face-to-face interactions with voters.
🗣️ Portia Roelofs argues that this is a standard part of Nigerian political practice + offers the potential for a new kind of accountability.
👉 bit.ly/48MiPQV
🗣️ Portia Roelofs argues that this is a standard part of Nigerian political practice + offers the potential for a new kind of accountability.
👉 bit.ly/48MiPQV
Nigerians have a name for what Zohran Mamdani is doing: accessibility
The new Mayor of New York’s electoral campaign prioritised face-to-face interactions with voters. Western commentators have struggled to find a language for this new ‘politics of listening’. Portia Ro...
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December 19, 2025 at 10:33 AM
🗳️ New NYC mayor #ZohranMamdani's electoral campaign prioritised face-to-face interactions with voters.
🗣️ Portia Roelofs argues that this is a standard part of Nigerian political practice + offers the potential for a new kind of accountability.
👉 bit.ly/48MiPQV
🗣️ Portia Roelofs argues that this is a standard part of Nigerian political practice + offers the potential for a new kind of accountability.
👉 bit.ly/48MiPQV
📣 Applications are OPEN for the 5th edition of the Summer School of @ecpr-ead.bsky.social
📆 6–10 Jul 2026, University of Bologna @unibo.it
✅ 5 teaching days
✅ 2 keynote speeches
✅ Networking opportunities + more!
⌛ Find out more and apply by 25 Feb ecpr.eu/Events/353
📆 6–10 Jul 2026, University of Bologna @unibo.it
✅ 5 teaching days
✅ 2 keynote speeches
✅ Networking opportunities + more!
⌛ Find out more and apply by 25 Feb ecpr.eu/Events/353
Learn more
Summer School of the Standing Group on Extremism and Democracy, University of Bologna, 6 – 10 July 2026
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December 19, 2025 at 10:00 AM
📣 Applications are OPEN for the 5th edition of the Summer School of @ecpr-ead.bsky.social
📆 6–10 Jul 2026, University of Bologna @unibo.it
✅ 5 teaching days
✅ 2 keynote speeches
✅ Networking opportunities + more!
⌛ Find out more and apply by 25 Feb ecpr.eu/Events/353
📆 6–10 Jul 2026, University of Bologna @unibo.it
✅ 5 teaching days
✅ 2 keynote speeches
✅ Networking opportunities + more!
⌛ Find out more and apply by 25 Feb ecpr.eu/Events/353
🌈 #GenderingDemocracy No.33
💭 #DigitalViolence research must account for its metapolitical dimension.
🗣️ @ilheenk.bsky.social of @ecprgender.bsky.social reveals how proponents of the far-right metapolitical project are shaping public discourse to fit their anti-democratic interests. 👉 bit.ly/4j3e4pL
💭 #DigitalViolence research must account for its metapolitical dimension.
🗣️ @ilheenk.bsky.social of @ecprgender.bsky.social reveals how proponents of the far-right metapolitical project are shaping public discourse to fit their anti-democratic interests. 👉 bit.ly/4j3e4pL
🌈 Metapolitical digital wars on gender, race, and queer life
Research on digital violence must account for its metapolitical dimension. Silvia Díaz Fernández reveals how proponents of the far-right metapolitical project are shaping public discourse to fit their...
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December 19, 2025 at 9:25 AM
🌈 #GenderingDemocracy No.33
💭 #DigitalViolence research must account for its metapolitical dimension.
🗣️ @ilheenk.bsky.social of @ecprgender.bsky.social reveals how proponents of the far-right metapolitical project are shaping public discourse to fit their anti-democratic interests. 👉 bit.ly/4j3e4pL
💭 #DigitalViolence research must account for its metapolitical dimension.
🗣️ @ilheenk.bsky.social of @ecprgender.bsky.social reveals how proponents of the far-right metapolitical project are shaping public discourse to fit their anti-democratic interests. 👉 bit.ly/4j3e4pL
⛓ #ConstraintsOnAcademicFreedom No.13
Birzeit University in the #WestBank recently halted teaching to mourn one of its students, killed by Israeli gunfire nearby. The case, says Serena Fraiese, reveals how freedom crumbles in the world outside academe before it even reaches campus.
👉 bit.ly/4rUIj66
Birzeit University in the #WestBank recently halted teaching to mourn one of its students, killed by Israeli gunfire nearby. The case, says Serena Fraiese, reveals how freedom crumbles in the world outside academe before it even reaches campus.
👉 bit.ly/4rUIj66
⛓️ Academic freedom begins on the streets
On 23 November 2025, Birzeit University in the Palestinian West Bank halted all teaching to mourn one of its law students, killed by Israeli gunfire in a nearby village. The case, says Serena Fraiese,...
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December 18, 2025 at 9:52 AM
⛓ #ConstraintsOnAcademicFreedom No.13
Birzeit University in the #WestBank recently halted teaching to mourn one of its students, killed by Israeli gunfire nearby. The case, says Serena Fraiese, reveals how freedom crumbles in the world outside academe before it even reaches campus.
👉 bit.ly/4rUIj66
Birzeit University in the #WestBank recently halted teaching to mourn one of its students, killed by Israeli gunfire nearby. The case, says Serena Fraiese, reveals how freedom crumbles in the world outside academe before it even reaches campus.
👉 bit.ly/4rUIj66
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@ecprtheloop.bsky.social features an article on our recent Special Issue "The Complexity of Nuclear (Dis)ordering" in @cambridgecria.bsky.social. The full issue is available (open access) at www.tandfonline.com/toc/ccam20/3...
☢️ #NuclearPoliticsParadox No.31
🌍 The global nuclear order is more crowded than ever, with new actors + rules constantly emerging.
🔄 @carmenwunderlich.bsky.social & @msenn.bsky.social argue, however, that this is less chaos than a continuous process of ordering + disordering.
👉 bit.ly/49aHG0O
🌍 The global nuclear order is more crowded than ever, with new actors + rules constantly emerging.
🔄 @carmenwunderlich.bsky.social & @msenn.bsky.social argue, however, that this is less chaos than a continuous process of ordering + disordering.
👉 bit.ly/49aHG0O
☢️ The many moving pieces of nuclear order
The global nuclear order is more crowded than ever, with new actors, rules, and arenas constantly emerging. Carmen Wunderlich and Martin Senn argue, however, that this is less chaos than a continuous ...
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December 16, 2025 at 4:45 PM
@ecprtheloop.bsky.social features an article on our recent Special Issue "The Complexity of Nuclear (Dis)ordering" in @cambridgecria.bsky.social. The full issue is available (open access) at www.tandfonline.com/toc/ccam20/3...
Reposted by The Loop
Glad to start this new adventure in such a good company!
Laura, @pcaravantes.bsky.social and I are happy to receive submissions! Do you want to contribute to #GenderingDemocracy 🌈and have idea, data, opinion you want to share? Write to us!
Self-promotion 👍🏽, especially from early career scholars 🔝
Laura, @pcaravantes.bsky.social and I are happy to receive submissions! Do you want to contribute to #GenderingDemocracy 🌈and have idea, data, opinion you want to share? Write to us!
Self-promotion 👍🏽, especially from early career scholars 🔝
In 2023, The Loop launched its 🌈 #GenderingDemocracy series, led by Conny Roggeband & Andrea Krizsan. The two have now handed the reins to a fresh team: @pcaravantes.bsky.social, Laura Eigenmann & @francescafeo.bsky.social, who are keen to receive submissions! @ecprgender.bsky.social
bit.ly/4pwm452
bit.ly/4pwm452
🌈 New scholars at the helm for The Loop’s Gendering Democracy series
European Consortium for Political Research
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December 16, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Glad to start this new adventure in such a good company!
Laura, @pcaravantes.bsky.social and I are happy to receive submissions! Do you want to contribute to #GenderingDemocracy 🌈and have idea, data, opinion you want to share? Write to us!
Self-promotion 👍🏽, especially from early career scholars 🔝
Laura, @pcaravantes.bsky.social and I are happy to receive submissions! Do you want to contribute to #GenderingDemocracy 🌈and have idea, data, opinion you want to share? Write to us!
Self-promotion 👍🏽, especially from early career scholars 🔝
🤝 Alexandros Ntaflos argues that the unexpectedly cordial #TrumpMamdani meeting reflects shared populist appeals to 'the people' + pragmatic calculations of institutional power. But as concrete policies emerge, left-right ideological divisions will reassert themselves.
➡️ bit.ly/49gampe
➡️ bit.ly/49gampe
Explaining the surprisingly friendly Trump-Mamdani meeting
Alexandros Ntaflos argues that Trump and Mamdani’s unexpectedly cordial meeting reflects shared populist appeals to 'the people', and pragmatic calculations of institutional power. But as concrete pol...
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December 17, 2025 at 10:25 AM
🤝 Alexandros Ntaflos argues that the unexpectedly cordial #TrumpMamdani meeting reflects shared populist appeals to 'the people' + pragmatic calculations of institutional power. But as concrete policies emerge, left-right ideological divisions will reassert themselves.
➡️ bit.ly/49gampe
➡️ bit.ly/49gampe
🎈 #RepresentativeDisconnect No.3
😷 Zsófia Papp & Godfred Bonnah Nkansah show that during #C19, Hungarians judged the quality of democracy more by government performance. Their findings reveal when citizens in backsliding regimes accept violations of democratic standards.
👉 bit.ly/3N2Fkse
😷 Zsófia Papp & Godfred Bonnah Nkansah show that during #C19, Hungarians judged the quality of democracy more by government performance. Their findings reveal when citizens in backsliding regimes accept violations of democratic standards.
👉 bit.ly/3N2Fkse
🎈 When do citizens tolerate democratic violations? Lessons from Hungary’s pandemic emergency
Zsófia Papp and Godfred Bonnah Nkansah show that during Covid-19, Hungarians judged the quality of democracy less by procedural norms and more by government performance. Their findings reveal when cit...
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December 17, 2025 at 9:21 AM
🎈 #RepresentativeDisconnect No.3
😷 Zsófia Papp & Godfred Bonnah Nkansah show that during #C19, Hungarians judged the quality of democracy more by government performance. Their findings reveal when citizens in backsliding regimes accept violations of democratic standards.
👉 bit.ly/3N2Fkse
😷 Zsófia Papp & Godfred Bonnah Nkansah show that during #C19, Hungarians judged the quality of democracy more by government performance. Their findings reveal when citizens in backsliding regimes accept violations of democratic standards.
👉 bit.ly/3N2Fkse
🦋 #ScienceOfDemocracy No.129
💭 Gulay Icoz explores how this rejuvenated series challenges conventional #DemocraticTheory + opens new pathways for citizen-led innovation while raising critical questions about institutional grounding + feasibility.
👉 bit.ly/48In3Ji
💭 Gulay Icoz explores how this rejuvenated series challenges conventional #DemocraticTheory + opens new pathways for citizen-led innovation while raising critical questions about institutional grounding + feasibility.
👉 bit.ly/48In3Ji
🦋 Reimagining democratic theory
Gulay Icoz explores how the rejuvenated Science of Democracy series – Science of Democracy 2.0 – challenges conventional democratic theory. Here, she explains how it opens new pathways for citizen-led...
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December 16, 2025 at 9:20 AM
🦋 #ScienceOfDemocracy No.129
💭 Gulay Icoz explores how this rejuvenated series challenges conventional #DemocraticTheory + opens new pathways for citizen-led innovation while raising critical questions about institutional grounding + feasibility.
👉 bit.ly/48In3Ji
💭 Gulay Icoz explores how this rejuvenated series challenges conventional #DemocraticTheory + opens new pathways for citizen-led innovation while raising critical questions about institutional grounding + feasibility.
👉 bit.ly/48In3Ji
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Happy to share that @ecprtheloop.bsky.social has published a blogpost summarising the key findings from my paper @wepsocial.bsky.social on how opposition party strategies relate to their performance in election polls.
Paper: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Blog post: shorturl.at/lLPgm
Paper: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Blog post: shorturl.at/lLPgm
How election polls shape government-opposition conflict
Elias Koch finds that opposition parties become more confrontational towards the government when losing in the polls, and particularly when their support drops below the previous election result. But ...
theloop.ecpr.eu
December 12, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Happy to share that @ecprtheloop.bsky.social has published a blogpost summarising the key findings from my paper @wepsocial.bsky.social on how opposition party strategies relate to their performance in election polls.
Paper: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Blog post: shorturl.at/lLPgm
Paper: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Blog post: shorturl.at/lLPgm
☢️ #NuclearPoliticsParadox No.31
🌍 The global nuclear order is more crowded than ever, with new actors + rules constantly emerging.
🔄 @carmenwunderlich.bsky.social & @msenn.bsky.social argue, however, that this is less chaos than a continuous process of ordering + disordering.
👉 bit.ly/49aHG0O
🌍 The global nuclear order is more crowded than ever, with new actors + rules constantly emerging.
🔄 @carmenwunderlich.bsky.social & @msenn.bsky.social argue, however, that this is less chaos than a continuous process of ordering + disordering.
👉 bit.ly/49aHG0O
☢️ The many moving pieces of nuclear order
The global nuclear order is more crowded than ever, with new actors, rules, and arenas constantly emerging. Carmen Wunderlich and Martin Senn argue, however, that this is less chaos than a continuous ...
bit.ly
December 15, 2025 at 9:33 AM
☢️ #NuclearPoliticsParadox No.31
🌍 The global nuclear order is more crowded than ever, with new actors + rules constantly emerging.
🔄 @carmenwunderlich.bsky.social & @msenn.bsky.social argue, however, that this is less chaos than a continuous process of ordering + disordering.
👉 bit.ly/49aHG0O
🌍 The global nuclear order is more crowded than ever, with new actors + rules constantly emerging.
🔄 @carmenwunderlich.bsky.social & @msenn.bsky.social argue, however, that this is less chaos than a continuous process of ordering + disordering.
👉 bit.ly/49aHG0O
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Jana Belschner @janabelschner.bsky.social & Linn Sandberg analysed every public Twitter conversation between citizens and candidates in Germany's 2021 federal election campaign => blog post in @ecprtheloop.bsky.social on Online toxicity and political equality 👇
🌈 Online toxicity and political equality
Jana Belschner analysed 875,000 Twitter exchanges during Germany's 2021 election. Here, she reveals complex patterns in online toxicity between citizens and elites. Politicians’ behaviour matters, but...
theloop.ecpr.eu
December 11, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Jana Belschner @janabelschner.bsky.social & Linn Sandberg analysed every public Twitter conversation between citizens and candidates in Germany's 2021 federal election campaign => blog post in @ecprtheloop.bsky.social on Online toxicity and political equality 👇
📉 In @wepsocial.bsky.social research, @eliaskoch.bsky.social finds opposition parties become more confrontational towards the govt when losing in the polls.
🫵 But what does this mean for political systems thriving on an antagonistic relationship b/w the opposition + the executive?
➡️ bit.ly/4oQbpRy
🫵 But what does this mean for political systems thriving on an antagonistic relationship b/w the opposition + the executive?
➡️ bit.ly/4oQbpRy
How election polls shape government-opposition conflict
Elias Koch finds that opposition parties become more confrontational towards the government when losing in the polls, and particularly when their support drops below the previous election result. But ...
bit.ly
December 12, 2025 at 9:27 AM
📉 In @wepsocial.bsky.social research, @eliaskoch.bsky.social finds opposition parties become more confrontational towards the govt when losing in the polls.
🫵 But what does this mean for political systems thriving on an antagonistic relationship b/w the opposition + the executive?
➡️ bit.ly/4oQbpRy
🫵 But what does this mean for political systems thriving on an antagonistic relationship b/w the opposition + the executive?
➡️ bit.ly/4oQbpRy
🌈 #GenderingDemocracy No.32
👩💻 Do digital spaces threaten or enhance political equality?
📱 @janabelschner.bsky.social of @ecprgender.bsky.social analysed 875,000 Twitter exchanges during Germany's 2021 election + reveals complex patterns in #OnlineToxicity between citizens & elites.
👉 bit.ly/4aIxygY
👩💻 Do digital spaces threaten or enhance political equality?
📱 @janabelschner.bsky.social of @ecprgender.bsky.social analysed 875,000 Twitter exchanges during Germany's 2021 election + reveals complex patterns in #OnlineToxicity between citizens & elites.
👉 bit.ly/4aIxygY
🌈 Online toxicity and political equality
Jana Belschner analysed 875,000 Twitter exchanges during Germany's 2021 election. Here, she reveals complex patterns in online toxicity between citizens and elites. Politicians’ behaviour matters, but...
bit.ly
December 11, 2025 at 10:51 AM
🌈 #GenderingDemocracy No.32
👩💻 Do digital spaces threaten or enhance political equality?
📱 @janabelschner.bsky.social of @ecprgender.bsky.social analysed 875,000 Twitter exchanges during Germany's 2021 election + reveals complex patterns in #OnlineToxicity between citizens & elites.
👉 bit.ly/4aIxygY
👩💻 Do digital spaces threaten or enhance political equality?
📱 @janabelschner.bsky.social of @ecprgender.bsky.social analysed 875,000 Twitter exchanges during Germany's 2021 election + reveals complex patterns in #OnlineToxicity between citizens & elites.
👉 bit.ly/4aIxygY
🎈#RepresentativeDisconnect No.2
Marco Improta & Elisabetta Mannoni reveal an ideological gap between young men + women across Europe ♂️↔️♀️. This gap – strong in the UK, but absent in Norway – may relate to perceptions of the 'winners and losers' of feminism.
👉 bit.ly/3XObxpy
Marco Improta & Elisabetta Mannoni reveal an ideological gap between young men + women across Europe ♂️↔️♀️. This gap – strong in the UK, but absent in Norway – may relate to perceptions of the 'winners and losers' of feminism.
👉 bit.ly/3XObxpy
🎈 Youth and the new gender divide
Who benefits from feminism, and who loses from it? Marco Improta and Elisabetta Mannoni reveal an ideological gap between young men and women across Europe. This gap – strong in the UK, but absent in ...
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December 11, 2025 at 9:36 AM
🎈#RepresentativeDisconnect No.2
Marco Improta & Elisabetta Mannoni reveal an ideological gap between young men + women across Europe ♂️↔️♀️. This gap – strong in the UK, but absent in Norway – may relate to perceptions of the 'winners and losers' of feminism.
👉 bit.ly/3XObxpy
Marco Improta & Elisabetta Mannoni reveal an ideological gap between young men + women across Europe ♂️↔️♀️. This gap – strong in the UK, but absent in Norway – may relate to perceptions of the 'winners and losers' of feminism.
👉 bit.ly/3XObxpy
In 2023, The Loop launched its 🌈 #GenderingDemocracy series, led by Conny Roggeband & Andrea Krizsan. The two have now handed the reins to a fresh team: @pcaravantes.bsky.social, Laura Eigenmann & @francescafeo.bsky.social, who are keen to receive submissions! @ecprgender.bsky.social
bit.ly/4pwm452
bit.ly/4pwm452
🌈 New scholars at the helm for The Loop’s Gendering Democracy series
European Consortium for Political Research
bit.ly
December 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
In 2023, The Loop launched its 🌈 #GenderingDemocracy series, led by Conny Roggeband & Andrea Krizsan. The two have now handed the reins to a fresh team: @pcaravantes.bsky.social, Laura Eigenmann & @francescafeo.bsky.social, who are keen to receive submissions! @ecprgender.bsky.social
bit.ly/4pwm452
bit.ly/4pwm452
📈 The German government is selling its record #WageIncrease as 'support for workers'.
💰 But the wage hike also reveals a shift in how the country thinks about migration and economic planning, writes Chimdi Chukwukere.
👉 bit.ly/4rT8xWQ
💰 But the wage hike also reveals a shift in how the country thinks about migration and economic planning, writes Chimdi Chukwukere.
👉 bit.ly/4rT8xWQ
Germany’s wage hike is about more than fair pay — it’s a test of its migration philosophy
The German government is selling its record wage increase as 'support for workers'. But the wage hike also reveals a shift in how the country thinks about migration and economic planning. The higher w...
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December 10, 2025 at 9:34 AM
📈 The German government is selling its record #WageIncrease as 'support for workers'.
💰 But the wage hike also reveals a shift in how the country thinks about migration and economic planning, writes Chimdi Chukwukere.
👉 bit.ly/4rT8xWQ
💰 But the wage hike also reveals a shift in how the country thinks about migration and economic planning, writes Chimdi Chukwukere.
👉 bit.ly/4rT8xWQ
🌐 The #MiddleEast is entering a phase of recalibration.
⚖️ As Gulf powers prioritise stability and de-escalation, says Nadeem Ahmed Moonakal, they are also gearing up to play a leading role in #GlobalAI, which is likely to have a profound influence on regional geopolitics.
👉 bit.ly/44JO1Og
⚖️ As Gulf powers prioritise stability and de-escalation, says Nadeem Ahmed Moonakal, they are also gearing up to play a leading role in #GlobalAI, which is likely to have a profound influence on regional geopolitics.
👉 bit.ly/44JO1Og
The New Middle East: geoeconomics driving power and partnerships
The Middle East is entering a phase of recalibration. As Gulf powers prioritise stability and de-escalation, says Nadeem Ahmed Moonakal, they are also positioning themselves to play a leading role in ...
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December 9, 2025 at 10:43 AM
🌐 The #MiddleEast is entering a phase of recalibration.
⚖️ As Gulf powers prioritise stability and de-escalation, says Nadeem Ahmed Moonakal, they are also gearing up to play a leading role in #GlobalAI, which is likely to have a profound influence on regional geopolitics.
👉 bit.ly/44JO1Og
⚖️ As Gulf powers prioritise stability and de-escalation, says Nadeem Ahmed Moonakal, they are also gearing up to play a leading role in #GlobalAI, which is likely to have a profound influence on regional geopolitics.
👉 bit.ly/44JO1Og
🦋 #ScienceOfDemocracy No.128
💭 This series opens space for multiple democratic practices + concepts that defy a single definition, but can plurality alone unsettle colonial knowledge structures?
🔎 Paul Emiljanowicz explores the project’s decolonial aspirations.
👉 bit.ly/48HgoOq
💭 This series opens space for multiple democratic practices + concepts that defy a single definition, but can plurality alone unsettle colonial knowledge structures?
🔎 Paul Emiljanowicz explores the project’s decolonial aspirations.
👉 bit.ly/48HgoOq
🦋 Democracy beyond collection
This new phase in the Science of Democracy series – 2.0 – opens space for multiple democratic practices and concepts that defy a single definition. Yet, can plurality alone unsettle colonial knowledge...
bit.ly
December 9, 2025 at 9:40 AM
🦋 #ScienceOfDemocracy No.128
💭 This series opens space for multiple democratic practices + concepts that defy a single definition, but can plurality alone unsettle colonial knowledge structures?
🔎 Paul Emiljanowicz explores the project’s decolonial aspirations.
👉 bit.ly/48HgoOq
💭 This series opens space for multiple democratic practices + concepts that defy a single definition, but can plurality alone unsettle colonial knowledge structures?
🔎 Paul Emiljanowicz explores the project’s decolonial aspirations.
👉 bit.ly/48HgoOq
🗳️ #Romania’s recent elections didn’t just happen at the ballot box.
🤳 Madalina Botan argues that the digital battleground – platforms such as TikTok, Facebook & X – expanded beyond borders, as Romanians abroad became powerful co-authors of a polarised political story.
👉 bit.ly/4oFcpry
🤳 Madalina Botan argues that the digital battleground – platforms such as TikTok, Facebook & X – expanded beyond borders, as Romanians abroad became powerful co-authors of a polarised political story.
👉 bit.ly/4oFcpry
The algorithmic ballot: how digital platforms shaped Romania’s vote
Romania’s recent elections didn’t just happen at the ballot box. They unfolded across TikTok, Facebook, X, and other similar platforms on which nationalism, conspiracy, and algorithmic propaganda turn...
bit.ly
December 8, 2025 at 9:25 AM
🗳️ #Romania’s recent elections didn’t just happen at the ballot box.
🤳 Madalina Botan argues that the digital battleground – platforms such as TikTok, Facebook & X – expanded beyond borders, as Romanians abroad became powerful co-authors of a polarised political story.
👉 bit.ly/4oFcpry
🤳 Madalina Botan argues that the digital battleground – platforms such as TikTok, Facebook & X – expanded beyond borders, as Romanians abroad became powerful co-authors of a polarised political story.
👉 bit.ly/4oFcpry
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India has a new friend: the Taliban
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Diplomatic ties with Taliban,responsible for gender,ethnic & religious apartheid,would undermine India’s professed pluralism.Recognising it as Afghanistan's legitimate representative would normalise atrocities against women/minorities.I write @ecprtheloop.bsky.social theloop.ecpr.eu/india-has-a-...