Edward Goldring
@edwardgoldring.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer at University of Melbourne. Comparative authoritarianism, elite politics, and North Korea. A political science account with some sport 🟡🟢
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🔎 Check this article
‘Blame Shifting in Autocracies following Large-Scale Disasters: Evidence from Turkey’ by Edward Goldring, Jonas Willibald Schmid and Fulya Apaydin (IBEI).
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‘Blame Shifting in Autocracies following Large-Scale Disasters: Evidence from Turkey’ by Edward Goldring, Jonas Willibald Schmid and Fulya Apaydin (IBEI).
Read here 👉 t.ly/8uHxg
@cambridge.org
@poppublicsphere.bsky.social
Blame Shifting in Autocracies following Large-Scale Disasters: Evidence from Turkey | Perspectives on Politics | Cambridge Core
Blame Shifting in Autocracies following Large-Scale Disasters: Evidence from Turkey
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January 15, 2026 at 10:49 AM
🔎 Check this article
‘Blame Shifting in Autocracies following Large-Scale Disasters: Evidence from Turkey’ by Edward Goldring, Jonas Willibald Schmid and Fulya Apaydin (IBEI).
Read here 👉 t.ly/8uHxg
@cambridge.org
@poppublicsphere.bsky.social
‘Blame Shifting in Autocracies following Large-Scale Disasters: Evidence from Turkey’ by Edward Goldring, Jonas Willibald Schmid and Fulya Apaydin (IBEI).
Read here 👉 t.ly/8uHxg
@cambridge.org
@poppublicsphere.bsky.social
Page proofs for my first solo publication🎉
January 15, 2026 at 4:48 AM
Page proofs for my first solo publication🎉
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We are happy to release the Paths to Power Dashboard. It is the perfect tool for politics nerds!
You can find it here: ptp.isv.sv.uio.no/ptp/
It allows you to explore governments from 1966-2021 using the PtP and WhoGov datasets. See examples below.
The app has been programmed by Stuart Bramwell.
You can find it here: ptp.isv.sv.uio.no/ptp/
It allows you to explore governments from 1966-2021 using the PtP and WhoGov datasets. See examples below.
The app has been programmed by Stuart Bramwell.
January 14, 2026 at 11:44 AM
We are happy to release the Paths to Power Dashboard. It is the perfect tool for politics nerds!
You can find it here: ptp.isv.sv.uio.no/ptp/
It allows you to explore governments from 1966-2021 using the PtP and WhoGov datasets. See examples below.
The app has been programmed by Stuart Bramwell.
You can find it here: ptp.isv.sv.uio.no/ptp/
It allows you to explore governments from 1966-2021 using the PtP and WhoGov datasets. See examples below.
The app has been programmed by Stuart Bramwell.
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We are happy to announce the call for papers for the third WhoGov Mini-Conference on Political Elites!
It will be held on August 20-21st, 2026 in Oslo. We welcome research on political elites broadly understood and not just papers using WhoGov.
You can find the call here: bit.ly/whogovminico...
It will be held on August 20-21st, 2026 in Oslo. We welcome research on political elites broadly understood and not just papers using WhoGov.
You can find the call here: bit.ly/whogovminico...
January 9, 2026 at 2:53 PM
We are happy to announce the call for papers for the third WhoGov Mini-Conference on Political Elites!
It will be held on August 20-21st, 2026 in Oslo. We welcome research on political elites broadly understood and not just papers using WhoGov.
You can find the call here: bit.ly/whogovminico...
It will be held on August 20-21st, 2026 in Oslo. We welcome research on political elites broadly understood and not just papers using WhoGov.
You can find the call here: bit.ly/whogovminico...
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If you are thinking about pursuing a political science PhD and are interested in authoritarian politics, broadly understood, consider applying for this funded opportunity:
AUCD Ad Astra Doctoral Scholarship: Authoritarian Politics #ECPRMemberJobs
🎓 Minimum grade of 2.1 (GPA: 3.6) in a relevant Master's degree
🇮🇪 @ucddublin.bsky.social
⌛ Friday 6 February
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#PolSciJobs #PoliSky #AcademicSky
🎓 Minimum grade of 2.1 (GPA: 3.6) in a relevant Master's degree
🇮🇪 @ucddublin.bsky.social
⌛ Friday 6 February
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#PolSciJobs #PoliSky #AcademicSky
January 7, 2026 at 9:34 AM
If you are thinking about pursuing a political science PhD and are interested in authoritarian politics, broadly understood, consider applying for this funded opportunity:
Great interview. Well worth reading. One of my favourite sections below:
December 23, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Great interview. Well worth reading. One of my favourite sections below:
I’m puppy sitting this week. She prefers a ball but Philip Pullman is also acceptable.
December 9, 2025 at 10:34 AM
I’m puppy sitting this week. She prefers a ball but Philip Pullman is also acceptable.
My School is hiring fixed term and ongoing lecturers in public policy. I have nothing to do with hiring but love working in Melbourne and happy to answer any Qs about working and living here.
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Lecturer in Public Policy
Role type: Continuing ; Full-time Faculty: Arts Department/ School: School of Social and Political Sciences Salary: Level B - $124,656 -$148,023 p.a. plus 17% super Build on Melbourne's public polic...
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December 4, 2025 at 2:56 AM
My School is hiring fixed term and ongoing lecturers in public policy. I have nothing to do with hiring but love working in Melbourne and happy to answer any Qs about working and living here.
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Good thread 👇
.@gordongchang predicted China's collapse in 2001. It never happened.
Now he's turned his attention to South Korea—and the data shows something remarkable about his output.
Here's what the numbers reveal about one pundit's influence on U.S.-Korea policy
koreapro.org/2025/12/how...
Now he's turned his attention to South Korea—and the data shows something remarkable about his output.
Here's what the numbers reveal about one pundit's influence on U.S.-Korea policy
koreapro.org/2025/12/how...
December 3, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Good thread 👇
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Are you a bachelor or master's student interested in authoritarian politics? @fabioangiolillo.bsky.social is recruiting an intern to work on authoritarian political parties and with the APSG team in-person at the University of Gothenburg. Email your application by Nov 28 to fabio.angiolillo@gu.se
November 24, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Are you a bachelor or master's student interested in authoritarian politics? @fabioangiolillo.bsky.social is recruiting an intern to work on authoritarian political parties and with the APSG team in-person at the University of Gothenburg. Email your application by Nov 28 to fabio.angiolillo@gu.se
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We are hiring PhDs and postdocs to work on the ERC project GETGOV, where I am the PI.
We will investigate governing elites since 1789. I am sure that it will be a lot of fun and result in great research!
Postdocs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
PhDs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
We will investigate governing elites since 1789. I am sure that it will be a lot of fun and result in great research!
Postdocs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
PhDs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science (3-4 years) (288628) | University of Oslo
Job title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science (3-4 years) (288628), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, November 17, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
October 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
We are hiring PhDs and postdocs to work on the ERC project GETGOV, where I am the PI.
We will investigate governing elites since 1789. I am sure that it will be a lot of fun and result in great research!
Postdocs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
PhDs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
We will investigate governing elites since 1789. I am sure that it will be a lot of fun and result in great research!
Postdocs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
PhDs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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Our latest @apsgworkshop.bsky.social call for papers is out 🥳
Apply and share with your PhD, postdoc, assistant professor colleagues that might be interested!
Here is the link to submit your abstract: forms.gle/NTxcY7Ye2JKe...
Deadline is 9 November
Apply and share with your PhD, postdoc, assistant professor colleagues that might be interested!
Here is the link to submit your abstract: forms.gle/NTxcY7Ye2JKe...
Deadline is 9 November
October 19, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Our latest @apsgworkshop.bsky.social call for papers is out 🥳
Apply and share with your PhD, postdoc, assistant professor colleagues that might be interested!
Here is the link to submit your abstract: forms.gle/NTxcY7Ye2JKe...
Deadline is 9 November
Apply and share with your PhD, postdoc, assistant professor colleagues that might be interested!
Here is the link to submit your abstract: forms.gle/NTxcY7Ye2JKe...
Deadline is 9 November
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And if you want to learn more about how people make a career in dictatorship, pre-order the authors' (Christian Gläßel and @ascharpf.bsky.social) new book "Making a Career in Dictatorship":
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September 29, 2025 at 7:50 AM
And if you want to learn more about how people make a career in dictatorship, pre-order the authors' (Christian Gläßel and @ascharpf.bsky.social) new book "Making a Career in Dictatorship":
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No apologies necessary!
It’s an excellent book - check it out and go get yourself a copy.
It’s an excellent book - check it out and go get yourself a copy.
With no apologies for the shameless self promotion, thanks to @alexdukalskis.bsky.social for his review of mine and @pward89.bsky.social’s book on succession in personalist autocracies: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Grateful for the review; he does a great job of summarizing our arguments.
Grateful for the review; he does a great job of summarizing our arguments.
Authoritarian Survival and Leadership Succession in North Korea and Beyond
Published in Asian Affairs (Ahead of Print, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
September 19, 2025 at 6:02 AM
No apologies necessary!
It’s an excellent book - check it out and go get yourself a copy.
It’s an excellent book - check it out and go get yourself a copy.
With no apologies for the shameless self promotion, thanks to @alexdukalskis.bsky.social for his review of mine and @pward89.bsky.social’s book on succession in personalist autocracies: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Grateful for the review; he does a great job of summarizing our arguments.
Grateful for the review; he does a great job of summarizing our arguments.
Authoritarian Survival and Leadership Succession in North Korea and Beyond
Published in Asian Affairs (Ahead of Print, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
September 19, 2025 at 3:31 AM
With no apologies for the shameless self promotion, thanks to @alexdukalskis.bsky.social for his review of mine and @pward89.bsky.social’s book on succession in personalist autocracies: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Grateful for the review; he does a great job of summarizing our arguments.
Grateful for the review; he does a great job of summarizing our arguments.
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Please share widely! Great #PostDoc opportunity at one of Australia's top #PoliticalScience departments, on a #FutureFellowship on electoral resilience. 3yrs, great pay, and a workplace practically next to the Great Barrier Reef!
Closing date is 1 Oct 2025
jobs.smartrecruiters.com/GriffithUniv...
Closing date is 1 Oct 2025
jobs.smartrecruiters.com/GriffithUniv...
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Grade 1
Company Description: Every institution values excellence. What matters most is why.
Griffith was created to be a different type of university. You’ll find we’re about leading research, academic excel...
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September 16, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Please share widely! Great #PostDoc opportunity at one of Australia's top #PoliticalScience departments, on a #FutureFellowship on electoral resilience. 3yrs, great pay, and a workplace practically next to the Great Barrier Reef!
Closing date is 1 Oct 2025
jobs.smartrecruiters.com/GriffithUniv...
Closing date is 1 Oct 2025
jobs.smartrecruiters.com/GriffithUniv...
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Author copies for
Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics
by me & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social arrived today!
If you re-post this by Sept 30 we'll put you in a drawing & send the winner a free signed copy anywhere they happen to be on the planet.
Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics
by me & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social arrived today!
If you re-post this by Sept 30 we'll put you in a drawing & send the winner a free signed copy anywhere they happen to be on the planet.
September 15, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Author copies for
Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics
by me & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social arrived today!
If you re-post this by Sept 30 we'll put you in a drawing & send the winner a free signed copy anywhere they happen to be on the planet.
Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics
by me & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social arrived today!
If you re-post this by Sept 30 we'll put you in a drawing & send the winner a free signed copy anywhere they happen to be on the planet.
@pward89.bsky.social and I were delighted to win the Best Article Award from APSA’s Democracy and Autocracy section for our @worldpolitics.bsky.social article “Elite Management Before Autocratic Leader Succession: Evidence from North Korea.” muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
September 13, 2025 at 9:25 PM
@pward89.bsky.social and I were delighted to win the Best Article Award from APSA’s Democracy and Autocracy section for our @worldpolitics.bsky.social article “Elite Management Before Autocratic Leader Succession: Evidence from North Korea.” muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
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NOW OUT ON FIRSTVIEW!!
#Blame #Shifting in #Autocracies following Large-Scale Disasters: Evidence from #Turkey
By @edwardgoldring.bsky.social, @jonaswschmid.bsky.social & Fulya Apaydin
doi.org/10.1017/S153...
#Blame #Shifting in #Autocracies following Large-Scale Disasters: Evidence from #Turkey
By @edwardgoldring.bsky.social, @jonaswschmid.bsky.social & Fulya Apaydin
doi.org/10.1017/S153...
September 8, 2025 at 10:51 AM
NOW OUT ON FIRSTVIEW!!
#Blame #Shifting in #Autocracies following Large-Scale Disasters: Evidence from #Turkey
By @edwardgoldring.bsky.social, @jonaswschmid.bsky.social & Fulya Apaydin
doi.org/10.1017/S153...
#Blame #Shifting in #Autocracies following Large-Scale Disasters: Evidence from #Turkey
By @edwardgoldring.bsky.social, @jonaswschmid.bsky.social & Fulya Apaydin
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New article out on blame shifting in autocracies…and we’ve got a video!
September 8, 2025 at 10:16 AM
New article out on blame shifting in autocracies…and we’ve got a video!
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#OpenAccess from @poppublicsphere.bsky.social -
Blame Shifting in Autocracies following Large-Scale Disasters: Evidence from Turkey - cup.org/4ggTyAv
- @edwardgoldring.bsky.social, Jonas Willibald Schmid & Fulya Apaydin
#FirstView
Blame Shifting in Autocracies following Large-Scale Disasters: Evidence from Turkey - cup.org/4ggTyAv
- @edwardgoldring.bsky.social, Jonas Willibald Schmid & Fulya Apaydin
#FirstView
September 8, 2025 at 7:15 AM
#OpenAccess from @poppublicsphere.bsky.social -
Blame Shifting in Autocracies following Large-Scale Disasters: Evidence from Turkey - cup.org/4ggTyAv
- @edwardgoldring.bsky.social, Jonas Willibald Schmid & Fulya Apaydin
#FirstView
Blame Shifting in Autocracies following Large-Scale Disasters: Evidence from Turkey - cup.org/4ggTyAv
- @edwardgoldring.bsky.social, Jonas Willibald Schmid & Fulya Apaydin
#FirstView
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🚨 Call for Papers: 2026 WPSA Mini-Conference on Authoritarian Politics 🚨
Jun Sudduth, @paulschuler.bsky.social, and I are excited to see y’all in San Diego! We welcome formal and empirical papers on a broad range of topics.
📌 Apply here. Share with colleagues & students:
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Jun Sudduth, @paulschuler.bsky.social, and I are excited to see y’all in San Diego! We welcome formal and empirical papers on a broad range of topics.
📌 Apply here. Share with colleagues & students:
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Mini-Conference on Authoritarian Politics, WPSA 2026
April 2-4, 2026
Location: Manchester Grand Hyatt, San Diego, California
Contact us: pschuler@arizona.edu; jsudduth@iu.edu; zirui.yang@emory.edu
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September 2, 2025 at 7:32 PM
🚨 Call for Papers: 2026 WPSA Mini-Conference on Authoritarian Politics 🚨
Jun Sudduth, @paulschuler.bsky.social, and I are excited to see y’all in San Diego! We welcome formal and empirical papers on a broad range of topics.
📌 Apply here. Share with colleagues & students:
forms.gle/Dv2SBEduFxSh...
Jun Sudduth, @paulschuler.bsky.social, and I are excited to see y’all in San Diego! We welcome formal and empirical papers on a broad range of topics.
📌 Apply here. Share with colleagues & students:
forms.gle/Dv2SBEduFxSh...
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My colleague Ferran Martinez i Coma has a three year, full-time postdoc available for his Australian Research Council project "Resilient Elections: How to Strengthen Our Democracies."
Great project ✔️
Awesome supervisor ✔️
Excellent department ✔️
Lovely City ✔️
jobs.smartrecruiters.com/GriffithUniv...
Great project ✔️
Awesome supervisor ✔️
Excellent department ✔️
Lovely City ✔️
jobs.smartrecruiters.com/GriffithUniv...
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Grade 1
Company Description: Every institution values excellence. What matters most is why.
Griffith was created to be a different type of university. You’ll find we’re about leading research, academic excel...
jobs.smartrecruiters.com
September 1, 2025 at 11:11 PM
My colleague Ferran Martinez i Coma has a three year, full-time postdoc available for his Australian Research Council project "Resilient Elections: How to Strengthen Our Democracies."
Great project ✔️
Awesome supervisor ✔️
Excellent department ✔️
Lovely City ✔️
jobs.smartrecruiters.com/GriffithUniv...
Great project ✔️
Awesome supervisor ✔️
Excellent department ✔️
Lovely City ✔️
jobs.smartrecruiters.com/GriffithUniv...
Josef Woldense is running his fantastic ‘research presentation as storytelling’ workshop in a few weeks. It’s held virtually; details on how to sign up are below. @woldense.bsky.social
August 14, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Josef Woldense is running his fantastic ‘research presentation as storytelling’ workshop in a few weeks. It’s held virtually; details on how to sign up are below. @woldense.bsky.social