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Mariely Lopez-Santana
@marielylopezs.bsky.social
Assoc Prof of PoliSci at ScharSchool (GMU). Co-editor of Regional and Federal Studies; MPE co-director. Comparative PolEcon, Welfare, Federalism, and Debt. UMICH grad. Jerezana. 🇵🇷
Join us for a program information session on Tuesday, December 9th at 2pm ET. Please share with your talented undergraduate students.

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The application portal for the 2026 Mobilization and Political Economy Summer Program is now open.

Please share with your talented undergraduate students. #politicaleconomy

@mpepitt.bsky.social @cape-team.bsky.social @ripejournal.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
@scharschool.bsky.social
joined the Political Science Predoctoral Summer Institute Consortium.

At least 1 of our students will have the opportunity to attend the 2026 the Political Science Predoctoral Summer Institute, which will take place at Georgetown

government.georgetown.edu/ps-psi/
Political Science Predoctoral Summer Institute - Department of Government
The Institute offers an opportunity to meet other prospective graduate students with similar interests, and to interact and network with faculty and Ph.D. students from Georgetown University and beyon...
government.georgetown.edu
November 22, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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📣Do you teach American politics or policy? Join our upcoming webinar on how to integrate American Political Economy into your classroom and discover new strategies, resources and real world-examples!
www.americanpoliticaleconomy.org/post/announc...

#APE #PoliticalEconomy #HigherEd
November 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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#APSAawards and prizes honor the work of scholars who make outstanding contributions to political science research, teaching, and service. Awards will be presented at the 2026 APSA Annual Meeting in Boston. Submit your nominations by February 11th.
Apply: buff.ly/4VHk2AE
Learn more: buff.ly/6IFDXYL
APSA Awards - American Political Science Association (APSA)
APSA Awards Program: Recognizing the Merit of our Peers Now Open! 2026 Franklin L. Burdette/Pi Sigma Alpha Award Nominations The Burdette/Pi Sigma
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November 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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The application portal for the 2026 Mobilization and Political Economy Summer Program is now open.

Please share with your talented undergraduate students. #politicaleconomy

@mpepitt.bsky.social @cape-team.bsky.social @ripejournal.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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🚨 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲! 🚨
🇵🇷🇨🇦 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺 and the transformation of 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀: the cases of Puerto Rico and Québec

Read the new article by @drvalvez.bsky.social & André Lecours here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...

#politics #nationalism #Québec #PuertoRico
Nationalism and the transformation of party systems: the cases of Puerto Rico and Québec
Why do new political parties develop and become successful to the point of altering party systems in internal national communities where politics is most often structured by questions of self-deter...
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November 7, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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We are delighted to support the publication of a new blog series by @regfedst.bsky.social, identifying and analysing emerging issues in the study of federalism, regionalism, and multi-level governance.

The first blog in the series is live here: edin.ac/43V8AH0
💭 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗴!
You can find the blog post by Philip Toney here 👉 www.centreonconstitutionalchange.ac.uk/blog/2025/ri...
November 7, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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​​⏪ 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗙𝗦…
🇮🇶 Filip Sommer investigated the post-2017 development of territorial #governance in #𝗜𝗿𝗮𝗾 's 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 of northern Diyala and Kirkuk.
🇮🇷🇹🇷 How do #Iran and #Turkey use 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀-𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 to support local allies on the ground?
Read it here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...
November 12, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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🚨𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲! 🚨
🇮🇳 Identity superimposition model: 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮 and its mechanism and process
Read the new article by Dingkun Lei and Huming Li here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...
#India #identity #politics #state
Identity superimposition model: internal secession in India and its mechanism and process
The question of statehood has persistently shaped the discourse on political evolution in post-independence India. Since the turn of the millennium, the formation of new states such as Uttarakhand,...
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November 14, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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​​⏪ 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗙𝗦…
🇪🇹 N. Afesha and H.R. Barrett explored how 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 are governed and practiced in the 𝗘𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.
🤝 Will the institutionalization of 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗚𝗥 be successful?
Read the article here👉https://doi.org/10.1080/13597566.2025.2519918

#IGR #Ethiopia #federalism
November 17, 2025 at 9:14 AM
The application portal for the 2026 Mobilization and Political Economy Summer Program is now open.

Please share with your talented undergraduate students. #politicaleconomy

@mpepitt.bsky.social @cape-team.bsky.social @ripejournal.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Check this out, if you are interested in #federalism, multilevel governance, regionalism and adjacent topics.

@regfedst.bsky.social now has a blog!!
📢 Great news: we have launched 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹'𝘀 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗴!
If you are interested in #regionalism and #federalism, take a look at the first article and find out how you can contribute:
www.centreonconstitutionalchange.ac.uk/blog/2025/sh...
Shaping the Debate: Launching the Regional & Federal Studies Blog | Centre on Constitutional Change
Centre on Constitutional Change
www.centreonconstitutionalchange.ac.uk
October 27, 2025 at 9:43 PM
The satisfaction of moving a paper from the “in progress” to the “forthcoming” section of your CV. This has been a hard one to write, but it is finally accepted:

“US Federalism and the Political Economy of Territorial Status: Evidence from Puerto Rico.”
October 9, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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States are facing catastrophic SNAP cuts from the Big Beautiful Bill--North Carolina is saying they may shutter their SNAP program. The Bill cuts the budget to administer SNAP, charges states billions for making administrative mistakes, all while adding even more admin complexity to the program.
October 1, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Those Conservatives who are loosing it about Bad Bunny are forgetting about the basic principle that makes this country go round—- $.

As capitalists, they “just need follow the $”… the “rest” is just frosting.
October 1, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Call for proposals for the 2026 IPSA Research Committee Colloquium co-hosted by
@IPSA_RC28

Minorities under Siege? Plural Societies Facing Plural Challenges
June 23-26, 2026
Bolzano, Italy

For more information, see:
sites.google.com/view/ipsarc1...

#federalism #multilevelgovernance
rc14.ipsa.org - Bolzano/Bozen 2026
Image credit: Eurac Research | Marion Lafogler
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September 17, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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✈️ 🤝 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿 at the 121st @apsa.bsky.social Annual Meeting & Exhibition!
@marielylopezs.bsky.social is happy to discuss your ideas for the journal in Vancouver.

Here the 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹’𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲𝘀 👉 www.tandfonline.com/toc/frfs20/0/0

#federalism
#regionalism
#apsa
#apsa25
Learn about Regional & Federal Studies
Learn about Regional & Federal Studies aims & scope, editorial board, journal metrics and more.
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September 12, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Today at @apsa.bsky.social conference we will be discussing the governance of debt from a comparative perspective. #Federalism #multilevelgovernance
September 11, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Federalism, Intergovernmental Relations Scholars (& Co.) who will be attending @apsrjournal.bsky.social

We've put together a solid lineup covering a wide range of topics: Democ. Backsliding; Migration; Debt; Social & Education; and an AMCP panel (Rocco's "Counting Like a State"):
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APSA Annual Meeting & Exhibition 2025
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September 5, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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​​⏪ 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗙𝗦…
🇸🇪 D. Feltenius and J. Wilde investigated the process behind 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝘄𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗻 between the central government and the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SALAR).
🔓 #openaccess article here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...

#regions #sweden #healthcare
August 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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🏛️ The @ecpr.bsky.social General Conference in Thessaloniki has ended.
✍️ Take another look at your papers. Members of the @ecprfederalism.bsky.social and all other participants who dealt with federalism/regionalism are welcome to submit them to us!
Read here how 👉 www.tandfonline.com/action/autho...
Submit your article to Regional & Federal Studies
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August 29, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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🇨🇲 How intergroup contact with Francophones shapes Anglophone 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗻

Read the new article by Elvis Nshom here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...

#Cameroon #federalism #secession
How intergroup contact with Francophones shapes Anglophone support for independence and federalism in Cameroon
As a result of its colonial legacy, Cameroon is currently composed of two major linguistic communities: Anglophones and Francophones. Over the past nine years since 2016, the country has been embro...
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September 1, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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🚨 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲! 🚨
🇧🇪 The end of the ‘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗼𝗼𝗱’? Generational differences in 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲-𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 among Belgian Dutch-speakers

Read the new article by Ann-Mireille Sautter here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...

#Belgium #regionalization #Dutch
The end of the ‘consociational mood’? Generational differences in sense-making of regionalization among Belgian Dutch-speakers
Regionalization has become increasingly salient for citizens. To assess whether citizens perceive the process as legitimate, studies have increasingly focused on understanding public opinion toward...
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September 3, 2025 at 8:56 AM