As someone who still believes in the sanity of politicians, I’m deeply saddened today.

✨Dr Ieva Hofmane!
Closing my chapter at @eui-eu.bsky.social with so much gratitude for everything I’ve learned and everyone I’ve met. Looking forward to new challenges ➡️🏠🇱🇻

Dear #youthpolrep colleagues and friends, I’m excited to invite you to my thesis defence - online or in person at EUI! 🎓✨
Endless thanks to @simonhix.bsky.social and Aksel Sundström for guiding me to the PhD finish line 🥳

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☀️ 35°C+fulfilling discussions=perfect workshop! Many thanks to @filipkostelka.bsky.social for organizing the workshop on Political Behavior in #CEE at the @eui-eu.bsky.social! I’m very grateful about all the suggestions, and happy to have met a truly wonderful group of outstanding scholars.

🗳️ Why are parliaments still dominated by older politicians?

@ievahofmane.bsky.social @eui-sps.bsky.social looks at how young people enter, survive & shape politics in Latvia and Estonia. Her research asks: are parties holding youth back? & Do young MPs speak up for their generation?

#MyPhDPitch

Wonderful feeling to be back at the Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies at University of Tartu where I did my MA. Our work on #youth #substantive #representation in #Estonia w/ Tatiana Lupacheva continues. Many thanks to the PhD researchers and especially Martin Molder for feedback!

📢 Special #call for funded research visits for PhD researchers (September-December 2025).

Under #EUIWidening Europe Programme, this call gives the chance to work with faculty members, enriching their research and contributing to the Institute's activities.

📆 #Apply by 31 March 👉 buff.ly/iyabnUF

📢 #CallForPapers: @eui-sps.bsky.social invites submissions for the 2nd EUI Workshop on Political Behaviour in #Central & #EasternEurope.

🗣️ Join EUI Profs. @filipkostelka.bsky.social, @simonhix.bsky.social & Hanspeter Kriesi
🗓️ 19-20 June 2025, Florence
⏳ Submit abstracts by 𝟐𝟖 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡: buff.ly/6I3pBqP

Full circle moment: Today I’m back at my Alma Mater—University of Latvia. But this time with a guest lecture on candidate recruitment. Passion for this topic shaped my journey into pol representation.

For nostalgia, here’s me in 2018 with my BA thesis—unaware it will lead me to @eui-eu.bsky.social.

🥳 This is a huge achievement!! The first #Latvian film ever to have won at the #GoldenGlobes. Congratulations, and I sincerely recommend everyone to watch the #Flow ❤️

🤩 Had an amazing time at the EU&I voting advice app 2024 EP election data workshop yesterday at @eui-schuman.bsky.social, representing #Latvia. Huge thanks to Andres Reiljan & Lorenzo Cicchi! Looking forward to dive in to the data and navigate collaborations on research about the #Baltics & #CEE.

Hi! We have finally created a profile here as well and hope that you will share this profile with others who might be interested in youth's political representation!

We will soon host a virtual get-together for everyone interested, so keep your eyes open :)

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