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Alba Huidobro
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Assistant Professor at Universitat Pompeu Fabra • Previously at Stanford and Humboldt Uni Berlin • Researching gender inequalities in political selection and governance

https://www.albahuidobro.com/
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heikekluever.bsky.social
📣 Tomorrow!

Why are far-right parties becoming more attractive to young people — and what can strengthen democratic resilience?

Join researchers, policymakers, educators & civil society for insights and discussion.

🗓️ Berlin, 21 Nov, 14–17h
👉 Register: tinyurl.com/bdenyfnw
heikekluever.bsky.social Heike Klüver @heikekluever.bsky.social · 15d
More and more young people are turning to the far right. Why and what can we do about it?

Join our #COVIDEU Workshop on Nov 21 (2–5 PM) to discuss causes and counter-strategies.

🚀 Hosted by @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social
💡 Funded by @volkswagenstiftung.de
👉 Register: tinyurl.com/bdenyfnw
November 20, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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bcnpolisci.bsky.social
🗓️ Nova data JCPOP: 10 de desembre 2025 (IBEI/UPF).

Si no plou molt, el dia 10 tindrà lloc la propera edició de la Jornada de Comportament Polític i Opinió Pública de Catalunya.

▶️Ja la podeu marcar al calendari! @ibei.org @politiquesupf.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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behaviour-eui.bsky.social
📢 CALL FOR PAPERS!

We’re looking for presenters for the upcoming term (early January to mid-June 2026).

If you’d like to present, please fill out the form here: forms.gle/wdq27WcDLC7i...

🗓 Deadline for proposals: December 15
EUI Political Behaviour Colloquium
Please fill in the details below to submit your proposal. Kindly provide the title and abstract of your paper, as well as your availability to present. The Colloquium is held every Tuesday from 17:00 ...
forms.gle
November 17, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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eui-sps.bsky.social
🎉 Congratulations to our alumna @nerealidad.bsky.social, PhD supervised by Prof @eliasdinas.bsky.social, who has received the Juan Linz Award for the Best PhD Thesis in Political Science from cepcgob.bsky.social !👏

Read more 👉 www.cepc.gob.es/noticias/res...
Resolución de concesión del Premio Juan Linz 2024 | CEPC
www.cepc.gob.es
October 6, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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chriswratil.bsky.social
🚨 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 🧵
November 10, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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simonhix.bsky.social
We have just advertised a Full Prof position in the Political and Social Sciences department at the EUI (@eui-sps.bsky.social). Here are the details. Please spread the word, and get in touch if you have any questions.
www.eui.eu/Documents/Se...
www.eui.eu
October 23, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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sdrecercaupf.bsky.social
@albalanau.bsky.social and @demosocupf.bsky.social are looking for a #PhDcandidate working on the dynamics of
child poverty and the role of social policies in Spain and Southern Europe.

📅 22nd October

#AcademicSky #ResearchJobs
albalanau.bsky.social Alba Lanau @albalanau.bsky.social · Oct 15
One week left to apply to join us as a PhD student @demosocupf.bsky.social @politiquesupf.bsky.social in the project UNPACK.
Deadline Oct 22nd
Further info: drive.google.com/file/d/12vlp...
CALL_Predoc_UNPACK 2025_F.pdf
drive.google.com
October 15, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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jwaeckerle.bsky.social
New data for legislative scholars! Committee Membership Dataset with @bcastanho.bsky.social, @dmpullan.bsky.social and Firuze Taner:

Committee assignments for all MPs (Wikidata IDs!) in 14 countries
Harmonized roles/policy areas

Data: doi.org/10.7802/2940
Working paper: tinyurl.com/vf54r78p

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GESIS-Suche
doi.org
October 8, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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polstudies.bsky.social
Short-term rentals can disrupt urban life & influence the ballot box - @tonirodon.bsky.social, Raya & Llaneza link high Airbnb density in Barcelona to increased support for parties targeting home-sharing regulation: buff.ly/gPwEQxf

@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com
October 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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galais.bsky.social
📢 Call open!
We are hiring a Postdoctoral Researcher for the EU-funded project TaCT-FoRSED, which studies how conspiracy theories affect democratic attitudes.

ℹ️ Info: tauler.seu-e.cat/detall?idEns...

🔗 Application: seleccio.uab.cat/seleccio/log...
e-TAULER - Consorci Administració Oberta de Catalunya
e-TAULER - Consorci Administració Oberta de Catalunya
tauler.seu-e.cat
October 1, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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evaanduiza.bsky.social
We have a new paper out with @gricoc.bsky.social in @jwpp.bsky.social (this time I swear I am going to post the right link): www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Sexism and the Gender Gap in Support for the Radical Right
Using survey data from Spain we show that the gender gap in the probability of voting for the radical-right party Vox is mainly due to men having higher levels of modern sexism than women. We find ...
www.tandfonline.com
September 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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katharinalawall.bsky.social
✨Join our friendly network for early career women in TT positions in politics! Community, chats and weekly writing sessions - more info below and sign up at: Https://forms.office.com/e/UK09a5bfCw
vchengm.bsky.social Vanessa Cheng-Matsuno @vchengm.bsky.social · Sep 25
Are you a woman who has recently started a TT position in politics or a politics related field? Then @katharinalawall.bsky.social and me would like to warmly invite you to join a new network for early career women: WIPS: Women in Political Science.
September 25, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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evaanduiza.bsky.social
🧲 We are hiring!
✨ PhD position to join @dec-gr.bsky.social
🏁 4-year FPI contract
🎓 Pol Sci / Social Sci background + Master’s + English
📧 Send expression of interest with CV and motivation letter to gr.dec@uab.cat
🔗 tinyurl.com/yc3epmv2
Call for expressions of interest for a PhD scholarship within the project GPOL – Democracy, Elections and Citizenship
tinyurl.com
September 17, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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antvalentim.bsky.social
@fgenovese.bsky.social and I have put together some notes on the CfP for the Climate Politics section we’re co-chairing at @epssnet.bsky.social .

Happy to answer any questions and look forward to your submissions!

(thanks to @macartan.bsky.social & @pavisuri.bsky.social for showing us the way!)
fgenovese.bsky.social Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · Sep 12
📣 Climate politics (+ adjacent subfields) researchers!

@antvalentim.bsky.social and I will co-chair the Climate Politics section of @epssnet.bsky.social Belfast 2026. Thanks to those who already submitted papers 🌟

We put together notes for the CfP for the section curious. Reach out if you have qs:
Call for Papers: Climate Section – EPSS 2026, Belfast
Call for Papers: Climate Section – EPSS 2026, Belfast We invite submissions of high-quality work on any topic related to climate change politics (and adjacent areas, e.g. environmental and energy pol...
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September 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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turnbulldugarte.com
Radical right accommodation really does not work.

New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk

doi.org/10.31235/osf...
September 5, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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jackstilgoe.bsky.social
We're hiring a new lecturer @stsucl.bsky.social. We're looking for someone with particular interests in the environment. Please share widely www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
September 4, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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macartan.bsky.social
Time to re-up this to avoid confusion on EPSS and EPSA
The @epssnet.bsky.social (nonprofit!) call is here:
epssnet.org/belfast-2026...

bsky.app/profile/epss...
September 3, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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pengzell.bsky.social
WE ARE HIRING! 2 Lecturers in Quantitative Social Science. Want a friendly interdisciplinary department in one of the world's most vibrant cities? This just might be for you.

Apply by: 10 Oct

www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
September 1, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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cmonden.bsky.social
Job alert! Join us at @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social as a postdoctoral fellow to work on your own research for three years. #sociology
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk
August 20, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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eliasdinas.bsky.social
Once again, PBC is back and calling for your applications! As always, this is a no-budget but heart-rich story — and we can’t wait to see your proposals!
August 18, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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anacweeks.bsky.social
🎉 Delighted to share new research out today: The Political Consequences of the Mental Load

📄 European Sociological Review
doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf019
@europeansocreview.bsky.social

What happens to political engagement when the “mental load” of running a household gets too heavy? 🧵
The political consequences of the mental load
Abstract. How do levels of cognitive household labour—the ‘mental load’ involved in anticipating, fulfilling, and monitoring household needs—affect politic
doi.org
August 15, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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daviddarmofal.bsky.social
The University of South Carolina's Department of Women's & Gender Studies is hiring for two Assistant Professor positions. They're looking for people doing work on global social movements; Latina/o, Asian American, and/or Indigenous activism in the USA; or girlhood studies.
OPEN: Search for Assistant Professors
The Department of Women's and Gender Studies is seeking two assistant professors
www.sc.edu
August 14, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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jdbk.bsky.social
Yet again, Trump is falsely claiming that Democrat-controlled cities like DC are letting crime get out of control. Our research – from cities across the US – shows that this just isn't true @chriswarshaw.bsky.social @dbjones.bsky.social @matttheeconguy.bsky.social
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 11
Trump mentions NYC, Baltimore, and Oakland, says "they're so far gone," and adds, "this will go further. We'll starting very strongly with DC."
August 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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fabioellger.bsky.social
Excited to host the 4th iteration of the Transformations of Democracy Junior Scholars Workshop at WZB Berlin together with Hanno Hilbig!
Amazing talks & exchanges with colleagues from Princeton, Harvard, UC Davis, Toulouse School of Economics, Copenhagen, Humboldt, Chemnitz, EUI, and beyond..
August 7, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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behaviour-eui.bsky.social
📢 CALL FOR PAPERS!

We’re looking for presenters for the upcoming term (early October to mid-December 2025).

If you’d like to present, please fill out the form here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

🗓 Deadline for proposals: August 31
EUI Political Behaviour Colloquium
Please fill in the details below to submit your proposal. Kindly provide the title and abstract of your paper, as well as your availability to present. The Colloquium is held every Tuesday from 17:00 ...
docs.google.com
August 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM