Allison McCulloch
@allimcculloch.bsky.social
Political Science, travel, dogs. Not in that order.
Editor-in-chief, Nationalism & Ethnic Politics
Editor-in-chief, Nationalism & Ethnic Politics
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Bosnia’s Serb entity names an interim president after separatist Milorad Dodik is barred from politics by a state court.
Bosnia’s Republika Srpska installs temporary president as Dodik steps aside
Bosnia’s Serb entity names an interim president after separatist Milorad Dodik is barred from politics by a state court.
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October 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Bosnia’s Serb entity names an interim president after separatist Milorad Dodik is barred from politics by a state court.
Excited to see this out in the world, now available open access
🚨 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲! 🚨
🇱🇧🇮🇶𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿-𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 between adoptability and durability insights from 𝗟𝗲𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗿𝗮𝗾
🔓Read the new #openaccess article by @allimcculloch.bsky.social, Soeren Keil, Eduardo Wassim Aboultaif and Sahar Ammar 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...
#Iraq #Lebanon #power
🇱🇧🇮🇶𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿-𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 between adoptability and durability insights from 𝗟𝗲𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗿𝗮𝗾
🔓Read the new #openaccess article by @allimcculloch.bsky.social, Soeren Keil, Eduardo Wassim Aboultaif and Sahar Ammar 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...
#Iraq #Lebanon #power
Power-sharing between adoptability and durability insights from Lebanon and Iraq
Under what conditions do power-sharing agreements come into being? Once agreed, how might an agreement’s perceived acceptability affect its ability to deliver functional governance and durable peac...
doi.org
October 10, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Excited to see this out in the world, now available open access
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Thank you to @allimcculloch.bsky.social and @jonathanarlow.bsky.social for joining me on the @psaireland.bsky.social panel today! #APSA2025
(Side note: one person using she/her pronouns, one using they/them, and one using he/him—do we get some kind of award for absolutely nailing gender balance?)
(Side note: one person using she/her pronouns, one using they/them, and one using he/him—do we get some kind of award for absolutely nailing gender balance?)
September 14, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Thank you to @allimcculloch.bsky.social and @jonathanarlow.bsky.social for joining me on the @psaireland.bsky.social panel today! #APSA2025
(Side note: one person using she/her pronouns, one using they/them, and one using he/him—do we get some kind of award for absolutely nailing gender balance?)
(Side note: one person using she/her pronouns, one using they/them, and one using he/him—do we get some kind of award for absolutely nailing gender balance?)
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September 14 deadline is approaching 🚨
Excited to be co-organizing an APSA MENA Methods Workshop on "Participatory and Engaged Research in the MENA" with @apsamena.bsky.social colleagues @separkinson.bsky.social, @ammars.bsky.social and Lara Khattab at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies. ECRs & practitioners, apply by 9/14.
2026 APSA MENA Methods Workshop
APSA is pleased to announce a Call for Applications from early-career scholars who would like to participate in a 4-day workshop titled, "Participatory and Engaged Research in the MENA Region."
Organ...
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September 5, 2025 at 10:19 AM
September 14 deadline is approaching 🚨
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EDITORIAL: The BDO final report should be of serious concern to Minister Cable, incoming university president Dr. Christine Cnossen and the current members of the Brandon University Board of Governors. www.brandonsun.com/opinion/2025... #bdnmb #mbpoli
Opinion: Botched BU project begs for comprehensive review
In its final report to Brandon University over the failure of the “Renew BU” Enterprise Resource Planning implementation project with Florida-based computer firm Anthology, BDO Canada pointed to…
www.brandonsun.com
September 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
EDITORIAL: The BDO final report should be of serious concern to Minister Cable, incoming university president Dr. Christine Cnossen and the current members of the Brandon University Board of Governors. www.brandonsun.com/opinion/2025... #bdnmb #mbpoli
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Friends who study all things demonic: For the CHA this coming June at UPEI, my colleagues and I are arranging sessions that explore aspects of devil belief & their consequences in any historical period, w/ any geographical focus. Please get in touch with @devilprof.bsky.social if you have questions!
September 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Friends who study all things demonic: For the CHA this coming June at UPEI, my colleagues and I are arranging sessions that explore aspects of devil belief & their consequences in any historical period, w/ any geographical focus. Please get in touch with @devilprof.bsky.social if you have questions!
Join us for the online launch of a special issue of Nationalism and Ethnic Politics on 'Conflict and Peace: The Cultural Dimension.' Expertly edited by @giudifontana.bsky.social with some great articles by @elisabethking.bsky.social @laiabalcells.bsky.social and many others! 4 Sept, 9am EST
On 4 September, join @giudifontana.bsky.social and some of the authors of articles from the new special issue of @tandfresearch.bsky.social's Nationalism and Ethnic Politics on 'Conflict and Peace: The Cultural Dimension' for an online event launching the issue. www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/gove...
Conflict and Peace: The Cultural Dimension
This webinar launches the Special Issue on Conflict and Peace: The Cultural Dimension, published by Nationalism and Ethnic Politics in June 2025.
www.birmingham.ac.uk
September 3, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Join us for the online launch of a special issue of Nationalism and Ethnic Politics on 'Conflict and Peace: The Cultural Dimension.' Expertly edited by @giudifontana.bsky.social with some great articles by @elisabethking.bsky.social @laiabalcells.bsky.social and many others! 4 Sept, 9am EST
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📝 Don't miss this #openaccess article from the current issue of #BJPIR 27(3)
'Getting things done?: Process, performance, and decision-evasion in consociational systems' by Allison McCulloch.
🔗: buff.ly/tLIXZEz
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'Getting things done?: Process, performance, and decision-evasion in consociational systems' by Allison McCulloch.
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September 1, 2025 at 8:25 AM
📝 Don't miss this #openaccess article from the current issue of #BJPIR 27(3)
'Getting things done?: Process, performance, and decision-evasion in consociational systems' by Allison McCulloch.
🔗: buff.ly/tLIXZEz
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
'Getting things done?: Process, performance, and decision-evasion in consociational systems' by Allison McCulloch.
🔗: buff.ly/tLIXZEz
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
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Announcing a call for applications for the Spring 2026 POMEPS Virtual Research Workshops! The deadline to apply is October 15, 2025. For more information on how to apply, visit:
pomeps.org/call-for-app...
pomeps.org/call-for-app...
Call for Applications: Spring 2026 Virtual Research Workshops - Project on Middle East Political Science
The POMEPS Spring Virtual Research Workshop convenes online discussions of groups of three thematically linked journal article-length papers focusing on topics/cases in the MENA region. To provide fee...
pomeps.org
September 1, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Announcing a call for applications for the Spring 2026 POMEPS Virtual Research Workshops! The deadline to apply is October 15, 2025. For more information on how to apply, visit:
pomeps.org/call-for-app...
pomeps.org/call-for-app...
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This Labour Day, the CAUT Journal is proud to release its newest issue, Seeing Equity as Labour Justice.
As stated in its introduction: “As our academic union struggles have repeatedly shown, equity gains are collective gains, benefiting all of us in the long run.”
Read more: journal.caut.ca
As stated in its introduction: “As our academic union struggles have repeatedly shown, equity gains are collective gains, benefiting all of us in the long run.”
Read more: journal.caut.ca
September 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM
This Labour Day, the CAUT Journal is proud to release its newest issue, Seeing Equity as Labour Justice.
As stated in its introduction: “As our academic union struggles have repeatedly shown, equity gains are collective gains, benefiting all of us in the long run.”
Read more: journal.caut.ca
As stated in its introduction: “As our academic union struggles have repeatedly shown, equity gains are collective gains, benefiting all of us in the long run.”
Read more: journal.caut.ca
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In his recent article, just attributed to the latest issue of Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, PhD candidate Alexandre Raffoul explores conceptual issues in the typology of ethnic power-sharing – and proposes ways to "reassemble" the framework more productively: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Unstable Concepts, Unresolved Controversies: Reassembling Power-Sharing, Consociationalism, and Centripetalism
After half a century of research, the literature on institutional design for ethnic conflict management is still in search of a scientific consensus. This article argues that underlying conceptual ...
www.tandfonline.com
August 22, 2025 at 12:54 PM
In his recent article, just attributed to the latest issue of Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, PhD candidate Alexandre Raffoul explores conceptual issues in the typology of ethnic power-sharing – and proposes ways to "reassemble" the framework more productively: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Research Committee 14 Politics and Ethnicity of @ipsa.org will be organising a colloquium hosted by @euracminorities.bsky.social and @autonomyexperience.bsky.social in Bolzano/Bozen in June 2026. See the RC14 website for further details. sites.google.com/view/ipsarc1...
rc14.ipsa.org - Bolzano/Bozen 2026
Image credit: Eurac Research | Marion Lafogler
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August 28, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Research Committee 14 Politics and Ethnicity of @ipsa.org will be organising a colloquium hosted by @euracminorities.bsky.social and @autonomyexperience.bsky.social in Bolzano/Bozen in June 2026. See the RC14 website for further details. sites.google.com/view/ipsarc1...
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L'APPUSB a déjà récolté plus de 200 signatures.
Avez-vous envoyé votre lettre ? Deux minutes suffisent:
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APPUSB has collected over 200 signatures.
Have you sent your letter? It only takes two minutes:
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APPUSB has collected over 200 signatures.
Have you sent your letter? It only takes two minutes:
https://f.mtr.cool/qynsahohxd
August 27, 2025 at 1:04 PM
L'APPUSB a déjà récolté plus de 200 signatures.
Avez-vous envoyé votre lettre ? Deux minutes suffisent:
https://f.mtr.cool/qgadwknnxc
–––– ––– –––
APPUSB has collected over 200 signatures.
Have you sent your letter? It only takes two minutes:
https://f.mtr.cool/qynsahohxd
Avez-vous envoyé votre lettre ? Deux minutes suffisent:
https://f.mtr.cool/qgadwknnxc
–––– ––– –––
APPUSB has collected over 200 signatures.
Have you sent your letter? It only takes two minutes:
https://f.mtr.cool/qynsahohxd
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On 4 September, join @giudifontana.bsky.social and some of the authors of articles from the new special issue of @tandfresearch.bsky.social's Nationalism and Ethnic Politics on 'Conflict and Peace: The Cultural Dimension' for an online event launching the issue. www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/gove...
Conflict and Peace: The Cultural Dimension
This webinar launches the Special Issue on Conflict and Peace: The Cultural Dimension, published by Nationalism and Ethnic Politics in June 2025.
www.birmingham.ac.uk
June 20, 2025 at 3:18 PM
On 4 September, join @giudifontana.bsky.social and some of the authors of articles from the new special issue of @tandfresearch.bsky.social's Nationalism and Ethnic Politics on 'Conflict and Peace: The Cultural Dimension' for an online event launching the issue. www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/gove...
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Dalhousie faculty association facing imminent lockout.
“Academic staff from across the country are watching closely and will be fully supporting the @dalfaculty.bsky.social and its members.”
Read more: www.caut.ca/news/dalhous...
“Academic staff from across the country are watching closely and will be fully supporting the @dalfaculty.bsky.social and its members.”
Read more: www.caut.ca/news/dalhous...
August 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Dalhousie faculty association facing imminent lockout.
“Academic staff from across the country are watching closely and will be fully supporting the @dalfaculty.bsky.social and its members.”
Read more: www.caut.ca/news/dalhous...
“Academic staff from across the country are watching closely and will be fully supporting the @dalfaculty.bsky.social and its members.”
Read more: www.caut.ca/news/dalhous...
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Professors are calling on Manitoba’s only French-language university to take their input on campus issues more seriously, and put that pledge in writing.
Professors demand more input, reduced workload, better wages at French-language university
Professors are calling on Manitoba’s only French-language university to take their input on campus issues more seriously, and put that pledge in writing.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
August 19, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Professors are calling on Manitoba’s only French-language university to take their input on campus issues more seriously, and put that pledge in writing.
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As of today, 19,892 square kms of Manitoba has burned this wildfire season.
That’s 3.6% of Manitoba’s land mass.
For context, that area is equivalent to burning the entire land mass of New Jersey.
That’s 3.6% of Manitoba’s land mass.
For context, that area is equivalent to burning the entire land mass of New Jersey.
August 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM
As of today, 19,892 square kms of Manitoba has burned this wildfire season.
That’s 3.6% of Manitoba’s land mass.
For context, that area is equivalent to burning the entire land mass of New Jersey.
That’s 3.6% of Manitoba’s land mass.
For context, that area is equivalent to burning the entire land mass of New Jersey.
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With Syria's minorities allying to demand decentralisation, tensions continue over how to balance local autonomy with the need to preserve national unity 👇
Federalism or fragmentation? The future of Syria’s minorities
With Syria’s minorities allying to demand decentralisation, tensions continue over how to balance local autonomy with the need to preserve national unity
www.newarab.com
August 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
With Syria's minorities allying to demand decentralisation, tensions continue over how to balance local autonomy with the need to preserve national unity 👇
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I think a lot of people continue to operate in, theorize and conduct analysis about a world that no longer exists.
August 11, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I think a lot of people continue to operate in, theorize and conduct analysis about a world that no longer exists.
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As of today, 3% of Manitoba’s land mass has burned this fire season.
The total burn this wildfire season in this province is 16,735 square kilometres.
That’s equivalent to three Prince Edward Islands.
The total burn this wildfire season in this province is 16,735 square kilometres.
That’s equivalent to three Prince Edward Islands.
August 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
As of today, 3% of Manitoba’s land mass has burned this fire season.
The total burn this wildfire season in this province is 16,735 square kilometres.
That’s equivalent to three Prince Edward Islands.
The total burn this wildfire season in this province is 16,735 square kilometres.
That’s equivalent to three Prince Edward Islands.
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Starvation is also being used as a weapon of war in Sudan. Famine and death is on the rise and largely absent from the media.
news.un.org/en/story/202...
news.un.org/en/story/202...
Sudan gripped by deadly crisis as hunger, disease and heat intensify
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) raised the alarm on Wednesday over the rising toll of hunger, disease and displacement in various conflict-ridden parts of Sudan.
news.un.org
July 31, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Starvation is also being used as a weapon of war in Sudan. Famine and death is on the rise and largely absent from the media.
news.un.org/en/story/202...
news.un.org/en/story/202...
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The Washington Post just published the names of more than 18,500 children in Gaza killed by Israel.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...
60,000 Gazans have been killed. 18,500 were children. These are their names.
Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one per hour since the war began.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The Washington Post just published the names of more than 18,500 children in Gaza killed by Israel.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...
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BREAKING: The number of Palestinians who have died from Israeli-induced starvation in Gaza has risen to 147 people, including 88 children, says Gaza's health ministry.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/ym2wr7
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/ym2wr7
July 28, 2025 at 9:41 AM
BREAKING: The number of Palestinians who have died from Israeli-induced starvation in Gaza has risen to 147 people, including 88 children, says Gaza's health ministry.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/ym2wr7
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/ym2wr7