Meray Maddah
@meraymaddah.bsky.social
PoliSci PhD Candidate @ University of Konstanz
Doctoral Researcher in "International Politics of National Legislators"
political elite behavior | international parliamentary assemblies/IOs | representation | hybrid regimes
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Doctoral Researcher in "International Politics of National Legislators"
political elite behavior | international parliamentary assemblies/IOs | representation | hybrid regimes
Own views
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Beyond proud to see this piece with @simonotjes.bsky.social published. In the article, we quantitatively assess what drives the size of parliamentary administrations. We find that staff size reflects assembly size, population size and parliamentary power.
doi.org/10.1111/lsq....
doi.org/10.1111/lsq....
Parliamentary Staff Size Around the World
This article is the first to take a global perspective on parliamentary administrations, which are vital for democratic governance. Basic facts like what drives the number of parliamentary staffers a...
doi.org
November 20, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Beyond proud to see this piece with @simonotjes.bsky.social published. In the article, we quantitatively assess what drives the size of parliamentary administrations. We find that staff size reflects assembly size, population size and parliamentary power.
doi.org/10.1111/lsq....
doi.org/10.1111/lsq....
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New article out today in @iojournal.bsky.social that tackles a pressing question: As the US retreats from democracy promotion, will autocracies abandon liberal norms and return to overt repression? Our @danieladonno.bsky.social Jon Pevehouse and @cjschneider.bsky.social answer: not so fast.🧵1/
November 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
New article out today in @iojournal.bsky.social that tackles a pressing question: As the US retreats from democracy promotion, will autocracies abandon liberal norms and return to overt repression? Our @danieladonno.bsky.social Jon Pevehouse and @cjschneider.bsky.social answer: not so fast.🧵1/
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Several recent studies have found that politicians aren't very good at estimating public support for policies. But we have little idea about whether politicians are good at knowing which issues are more important to voters. Our new publication has a first go at answering this question rdcu.be/eQGm4
How Politicians (mis)Perceive Policy Salience
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November 19, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Several recent studies have found that politicians aren't very good at estimating public support for policies. But we have little idea about whether politicians are good at knowing which issues are more important to voters. Our new publication has a first go at answering this question rdcu.be/eQGm4
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Excited to share the latest issue of @politicsgenderj.bsky.social featuring research on WPS, gender and diplomacy, feminist foreign policy, and UNSCR 1325.
All articles are currently ungated for readers around the world.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Gendersky Polisky
All articles are currently ungated for readers around the world.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Gendersky Polisky
Latest issue | Politics & Gender | Cambridge Core
Politics & Gender
www.cambridge.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Excited to share the latest issue of @politicsgenderj.bsky.social featuring research on WPS, gender and diplomacy, feminist foreign policy, and UNSCR 1325.
All articles are currently ungated for readers around the world.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Gendersky Polisky
All articles are currently ungated for readers around the world.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Gendersky Polisky
and @uni-konstanz.de is one of them 🙌
Deadline: 9 Jan, 2026 | 11:00 AM (CET)
Deadline: 9 Jan, 2026 | 11:00 AM (CET)
Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
Early Career Rescue Fellowship
www.uni-konstanz.de
November 12, 2025 at 9:07 AM
and @uni-konstanz.de is one of them 🙌
Deadline: 9 Jan, 2026 | 11:00 AM (CET)
Deadline: 9 Jan, 2026 | 11:00 AM (CET)
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"Underpinning a current of WPS activism and scholarship is a radical conceptualisation of feminist peace rooted in anti-militarism, anti-capitalism, and anti-imperialism."
Check out Hannah Wright & Columba Achilleos-Sarll's article in our latest issue!
📘 👉 buff.ly/nSQ1tei
Check out Hannah Wright & Columba Achilleos-Sarll's article in our latest issue!
📘 👉 buff.ly/nSQ1tei
November 10, 2025 at 9:07 AM
"Underpinning a current of WPS activism and scholarship is a radical conceptualisation of feminist peace rooted in anti-militarism, anti-capitalism, and anti-imperialism."
Check out Hannah Wright & Columba Achilleos-Sarll's article in our latest issue!
📘 👉 buff.ly/nSQ1tei
Check out Hannah Wright & Columba Achilleos-Sarll's article in our latest issue!
📘 👉 buff.ly/nSQ1tei
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🚨 Job Alert! Postdoc in POLITICAL TEXT ANALYSIS in the MULTIREP project
You do quant text analysis? You are interested in political representation? Enjoy working in teams? Would like to live in a great city? Consider joining us in Vienna!
⏱️ Apply by 15/12/2025
wratil.eu/files/MULTIR...
1/4 🧵
You do quant text analysis? You are interested in political representation? Enjoy working in teams? Would like to live in a great city? Consider joining us in Vienna!
⏱️ Apply by 15/12/2025
wratil.eu/files/MULTIR...
1/4 🧵
November 10, 2025 at 6:50 AM
🚨 Job Alert! Postdoc in POLITICAL TEXT ANALYSIS in the MULTIREP project
You do quant text analysis? You are interested in political representation? Enjoy working in teams? Would like to live in a great city? Consider joining us in Vienna!
⏱️ Apply by 15/12/2025
wratil.eu/files/MULTIR...
1/4 🧵
You do quant text analysis? You are interested in political representation? Enjoy working in teams? Would like to live in a great city? Consider joining us in Vienna!
⏱️ Apply by 15/12/2025
wratil.eu/files/MULTIR...
1/4 🧵
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Small states with their interesting combinations of policy fields 😅
September 17, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Small states with their interesting combinations of policy fields 😅
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Late to the party. New publication with Axel Bayer in the International Political Science Review about political interactions of MPs in Zambia that switched their party affiliation. doi.org/10.1177/0192...
July 23, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Late to the party. New publication with Axel Bayer in the International Political Science Review about political interactions of MPs in Zambia that switched their party affiliation. doi.org/10.1177/0192...
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The Pardee Institute's Country and Organizational Leader Travel (COLT) dataset is freely available to use and a great resource for studying global patterns of diplomacy: korbel.du.edu/pardee/count...
theloop.ecpr.eu/world-leader...
theloop.ecpr.eu/world-leader...
July 23, 2025 at 8:17 PM
The Pardee Institute's Country and Organizational Leader Travel (COLT) dataset is freely available to use and a great resource for studying global patterns of diplomacy: korbel.du.edu/pardee/count...
theloop.ecpr.eu/world-leader...
theloop.ecpr.eu/world-leader...
🚨 New piece for @ecpr.bsky.social's @ecprtheloop.bsky.social — @maxheermann.bsky.social & I map trips of world leaders using @josefkorbelschool.bsky.social's COLT of over 78K+ foreign trips by heads of state and gov from 1990-2023.
Reference: bsky.app/profile/jose...
Reference: bsky.app/profile/jose...
July 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
🚨 New piece for @ecpr.bsky.social's @ecprtheloop.bsky.social — @maxheermann.bsky.social & I map trips of world leaders using @josefkorbelschool.bsky.social's COLT of over 78K+ foreign trips by heads of state and gov from 1990-2023.
Reference: bsky.app/profile/jose...
Reference: bsky.app/profile/jose...
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(2) Remember the rapid early trips of "Außenkanzler" Friedrich Merz? In a blog post for @ecprtheloop.bsky.social, @meraymaddah.bsky.social and I explore a rich new dataset on diplomatic travels to analyse where state leaders go for their inaugural foreign visits.
bsky.app/profile/ecpr...
bsky.app/profile/ecpr...
🌐 World leaders' first foreign trips reveal more than diplomatic protocol - they are carefully crafted political stories.
✈️ @meraymaddah.bsky.social and @maxheermann.bsky.social analyse inaugural diplomatic journeys to uncover stability and change in global networks
👇 bit.ly/4lY2FHQ
✈️ @meraymaddah.bsky.social and @maxheermann.bsky.social analyse inaugural diplomatic journeys to uncover stability and change in global networks
👇 bit.ly/4lY2FHQ
World leaders use their first foreign trips to signal political priorities
World leaders' first foreign trips reveal more than diplomatic protocol. They are carefully crafted political stories. Meray Maddah and Max Heermann analyse inaugural diplomatic journeys to uncover st...
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July 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
(2) Remember the rapid early trips of "Außenkanzler" Friedrich Merz? In a blog post for @ecprtheloop.bsky.social, @meraymaddah.bsky.social and I explore a rich new dataset on diplomatic travels to analyse where state leaders go for their inaugural foreign visits.
bsky.app/profile/ecpr...
bsky.app/profile/ecpr...
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🌐 World leaders' first foreign trips reveal more than diplomatic protocol - they are carefully crafted political stories.
✈️ @meraymaddah.bsky.social and @maxheermann.bsky.social analyse inaugural diplomatic journeys to uncover stability and change in global networks
👇 bit.ly/4lY2FHQ
✈️ @meraymaddah.bsky.social and @maxheermann.bsky.social analyse inaugural diplomatic journeys to uncover stability and change in global networks
👇 bit.ly/4lY2FHQ
World leaders use their first foreign trips to signal political priorities
World leaders' first foreign trips reveal more than diplomatic protocol. They are carefully crafted political stories. Meray Maddah and Max Heermann analyse inaugural diplomatic journeys to uncover st...
bit.ly
July 21, 2025 at 8:03 AM
🌐 World leaders' first foreign trips reveal more than diplomatic protocol - they are carefully crafted political stories.
✈️ @meraymaddah.bsky.social and @maxheermann.bsky.social analyse inaugural diplomatic journeys to uncover stability and change in global networks
👇 bit.ly/4lY2FHQ
✈️ @meraymaddah.bsky.social and @maxheermann.bsky.social analyse inaugural diplomatic journeys to uncover stability and change in global networks
👇 bit.ly/4lY2FHQ
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From May 2025 -
Legislative Cooptation in Authoritarian Regimes: Policy Cooperation in the Kuwait National Assembly - cup.org/4iVKa4R
- @danieltavana.bsky.social & Erin York
#OpenAccess
Legislative Cooptation in Authoritarian Regimes: Policy Cooperation in the Kuwait National Assembly - cup.org/4iVKa4R
- @danieltavana.bsky.social & Erin York
#OpenAccess
July 15, 2025 at 8:35 AM
From May 2025 -
Legislative Cooptation in Authoritarian Regimes: Policy Cooperation in the Kuwait National Assembly - cup.org/4iVKa4R
- @danieltavana.bsky.social & Erin York
#OpenAccess
Legislative Cooptation in Authoritarian Regimes: Policy Cooperation in the Kuwait National Assembly - cup.org/4iVKa4R
- @danieltavana.bsky.social & Erin York
#OpenAccess
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📢📢📢 CfP: What is a Parliament?
***Hurry! Deadline is this Friday!***
Interdisciplinary workshop on 19th September 2025 in London.
Full details below.
Kindly sponsored by Birkbeck, the University of Birmingham and
@psa-parliaments.bsky.social
Please apply and/or spread the word!
***Hurry! Deadline is this Friday!***
Interdisciplinary workshop on 19th September 2025 in London.
Full details below.
Kindly sponsored by Birkbeck, the University of Birmingham and
@psa-parliaments.bsky.social
Please apply and/or spread the word!
June 30, 2025 at 9:50 AM
📢📢📢 CfP: What is a Parliament?
***Hurry! Deadline is this Friday!***
Interdisciplinary workshop on 19th September 2025 in London.
Full details below.
Kindly sponsored by Birkbeck, the University of Birmingham and
@psa-parliaments.bsky.social
Please apply and/or spread the word!
***Hurry! Deadline is this Friday!***
Interdisciplinary workshop on 19th September 2025 in London.
Full details below.
Kindly sponsored by Birkbeck, the University of Birmingham and
@psa-parliaments.bsky.social
Please apply and/or spread the word!
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How are the classic social identities (urban-rural, education, etc. ) and perceptions about those groups related to a persons own European and national identity? Read it here (in fantastic company) in print
And (5) "Who are the Cosmopolitans? How Perceived Social Sorting and Social Identities Relate to European and National Identities" by Ronja Sczepanski @ronjasczepanski.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
June 30, 2025 at 1:01 PM
How are the classic social identities (urban-rural, education, etc. ) and perceptions about those groups related to a persons own European and national identity? Read it here (in fantastic company) in print
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And here it is: introducing the European Political Science Society EPSS!
🎉🎉🎉
Follow @epssnet.bsky.social on bsky, visit its website www.epssnet.org, and become a member!
🎉🎉🎉
Follow @epssnet.bsky.social on bsky, visit its website www.epssnet.org, and become a member!
June 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
And here it is: introducing the European Political Science Society EPSS!
🎉🎉🎉
Follow @epssnet.bsky.social on bsky, visit its website www.epssnet.org, and become a member!
🎉🎉🎉
Follow @epssnet.bsky.social on bsky, visit its website www.epssnet.org, and become a member!
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🏳️🌈This Pride Month, we are proud to support an initiative that challenges the systemic invisibility in data.
Representation isn’t optional — it drives equity and action.
When entire communities are erased from datasets, injustice gets coded in.
We’re working to change that.
Representation isn’t optional — it drives equity and action.
When entire communities are erased from datasets, injustice gets coded in.
We’re working to change that.
🏳️🌈 We're celebrating #PrideMonth at @gesis.org!
🏳️🌈 Did you collect data from #LGBTIQ+ persons and want to share it with other researchers? The first 5 submissions get our Archiving PLUS package for free 🥳
🏳️🌈 Find out more:
www.gesis.org/en/pride-mon...
🏳️🌈 Did you collect data from #LGBTIQ+ persons and want to share it with other researchers? The first 5 submissions get our Archiving PLUS package for free 🥳
🏳️🌈 Find out more:
www.gesis.org/en/pride-mon...
June 2, 2025 at 7:02 AM
🏳️🌈This Pride Month, we are proud to support an initiative that challenges the systemic invisibility in data.
Representation isn’t optional — it drives equity and action.
When entire communities are erased from datasets, injustice gets coded in.
We’re working to change that.
Representation isn’t optional — it drives equity and action.
When entire communities are erased from datasets, injustice gets coded in.
We’re working to change that.
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📢📢📢 JOBS: 4 postdocs 📢📢📢
Uni Münster has opened a call for 4! postdoc positions. I'm involved in one hiring and really hope that suitable candidates (in particular quants) apply!
Why would you apply? Check out @thiloalbers.bsky.social FAQ!
sites.google.com/site/tnhalbe...
Uni Münster has opened a call for 4! postdoc positions. I'm involved in one hiring and really hope that suitable candidates (in particular quants) apply!
Why would you apply? Check out @thiloalbers.bsky.social FAQ!
sites.google.com/site/tnhalbe...
May 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
📢📢📢 JOBS: 4 postdocs 📢📢📢
Uni Münster has opened a call for 4! postdoc positions. I'm involved in one hiring and really hope that suitable candidates (in particular quants) apply!
Why would you apply? Check out @thiloalbers.bsky.social FAQ!
sites.google.com/site/tnhalbe...
Uni Münster has opened a call for 4! postdoc positions. I'm involved in one hiring and really hope that suitable candidates (in particular quants) apply!
Why would you apply? Check out @thiloalbers.bsky.social FAQ!
sites.google.com/site/tnhalbe...
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Overleaf is down. Everyone take the day off
May 14, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Overleaf is down. Everyone take the day off
🌟 Thanks to the @winls.bsky.social for the opportunity to present on international parliamentary assemblies and their influence on gender-mainstreaming policies!
Special thanks to the organisers @emisimison.bsky.social and for the great and helpful discussion points by @ronjasczepanski.bsky.social
Special thanks to the organisers @emisimison.bsky.social and for the great and helpful discussion points by @ronjasczepanski.bsky.social
It's our virtual conference day! We have an exciting lineup of new research today.
April 28, 2025 at 8:26 AM
🌟 Thanks to the @winls.bsky.social for the opportunity to present on international parliamentary assemblies and their influence on gender-mainstreaming policies!
Special thanks to the organisers @emisimison.bsky.social and for the great and helpful discussion points by @ronjasczepanski.bsky.social
Special thanks to the organisers @emisimison.bsky.social and for the great and helpful discussion points by @ronjasczepanski.bsky.social
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Who deserves representation, and when? August De Mulder, Ine Gevers & @zeljkopoljak.bsky.social unpack the temporal dynamics of politicians’ claims of representation on social media: buff.ly/sTufzit
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #ECRs
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #ECRs
April 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Who deserves representation, and when? August De Mulder, Ine Gevers & @zeljkopoljak.bsky.social unpack the temporal dynamics of politicians’ claims of representation on social media: buff.ly/sTufzit
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #ECRs
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #ECRs
Attending #MPSA2025 and interested in how IOs interact with gender representation across different political systems?
Join us for the panel on "Substantive Representation"
📍 Sat, April 5 | 11:40am–1:10pm CDT / 12:40–2:10pm EDT
I’ll be presenting our coauthored work with @dalangmalang.bsky.social
Join us for the panel on "Substantive Representation"
📍 Sat, April 5 | 11:40am–1:10pm CDT / 12:40–2:10pm EDT
I’ll be presenting our coauthored work with @dalangmalang.bsky.social
April 3, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Attending #MPSA2025 and interested in how IOs interact with gender representation across different political systems?
Join us for the panel on "Substantive Representation"
📍 Sat, April 5 | 11:40am–1:10pm CDT / 12:40–2:10pm EDT
I’ll be presenting our coauthored work with @dalangmalang.bsky.social
Join us for the panel on "Substantive Representation"
📍 Sat, April 5 | 11:40am–1:10pm CDT / 12:40–2:10pm EDT
I’ll be presenting our coauthored work with @dalangmalang.bsky.social
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The latest #afkarDebate analysed #Lebanon's reconstruction, governance, economic, and security challenges with Aurélie Daher and @meraymaddah.bsky.social.
A webinar hosted by @andrealopeztomas.bsky.social.
Watch the full latest webinars devoted to #Lebanon and #Syria 👇🏽
youtu.be/1gjPsLzY0Qg?...
A webinar hosted by @andrealopeztomas.bsky.social.
Watch the full latest webinars devoted to #Lebanon and #Syria 👇🏽
youtu.be/1gjPsLzY0Qg?...
March 31, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The latest #afkarDebate analysed #Lebanon's reconstruction, governance, economic, and security challenges with Aurélie Daher and @meraymaddah.bsky.social.
A webinar hosted by @andrealopeztomas.bsky.social.
Watch the full latest webinars devoted to #Lebanon and #Syria 👇🏽
youtu.be/1gjPsLzY0Qg?...
A webinar hosted by @andrealopeztomas.bsky.social.
Watch the full latest webinars devoted to #Lebanon and #Syria 👇🏽
youtu.be/1gjPsLzY0Qg?...
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How will #Lebanon address challenges such as reconstruction, forming a new government, and Hezbollah’s disarmament? What role will the international community play?
Do not miss our upcoming #afkarDebate
🗓️ Friday 28 March 12-1 pm
💻 On Zoom
🌐 iemed.org/events/leban...
Do not miss our upcoming #afkarDebate
🗓️ Friday 28 March 12-1 pm
💻 On Zoom
🌐 iemed.org/events/leban...
March 26, 2025 at 9:16 AM
How will #Lebanon address challenges such as reconstruction, forming a new government, and Hezbollah’s disarmament? What role will the international community play?
Do not miss our upcoming #afkarDebate
🗓️ Friday 28 March 12-1 pm
💻 On Zoom
🌐 iemed.org/events/leban...
Do not miss our upcoming #afkarDebate
🗓️ Friday 28 March 12-1 pm
💻 On Zoom
🌐 iemed.org/events/leban...