Brandy Jolliff Scott
@bjolliffscott.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Political Science at Illinois State University. I study constitutional monarchy, soft power, and women executives. Mom to E. Coffee, books, nature, and golden retrievers are good for my soul.
Where is the polisci discourse on House of Dynamite? Asking for my anxiety.
November 8, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Where is the polisci discourse on House of Dynamite? Asking for my anxiety.
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Please share!: Last week to apply for @epssnet.bsky.social Belfast 2026
really good news is that there's been an amazing response to the call for papers already; now very excited for this meeting
⬇️ We put together a quick FAQ on Qs that have come up on submitting: epssnet.org/conferences/...
really good news is that there's been an amazing response to the call for papers already; now very excited for this meeting
⬇️ We put together a quick FAQ on Qs that have come up on submitting: epssnet.org/conferences/...
EPSS 2026 submissions FAQ - EPSS
Submissions are coming in fast for Belfast 2026 and so are your questions about submissions. Here are answers to the most common questions: Where do I go to submit? For panel submission: https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/events/75765/symposia/create For paper submission: https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/79266/submissions/new? How many papers can I submit? We put a constraint of max one presentation per person. This does …
epssnet.org
November 3, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Please share!: Last week to apply for @epssnet.bsky.social Belfast 2026
really good news is that there's been an amazing response to the call for papers already; now very excited for this meeting
⬇️ We put together a quick FAQ on Qs that have come up on submitting: epssnet.org/conferences/...
really good news is that there's been an amazing response to the call for papers already; now very excited for this meeting
⬇️ We put together a quick FAQ on Qs that have come up on submitting: epssnet.org/conferences/...
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Reading the BBC live updates on the Louvre jewel heist in reverse chronological order is a wonderful time you can have right now www.bbc.com/news/live/c6...
Hunt continues for thieves after priceless jewels stolen in heist at Louvre museum in Paris - live updates
France's Culture Minister Rachida Dati says the incident happened as the museum opened this morning.
www.bbc.com
October 19, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Reading the BBC live updates on the Louvre jewel heist in reverse chronological order is a wonderful time you can have right now www.bbc.com/news/live/c6...
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There are people in public life clearly and accurately stating the danger to America at this bizarre moment. Those people need support from every Conservative and Liberal American who find our Constitution worth preserving.
Pritzker on Trump sending troops into cities: "He has other aims other than fighting crime... he would like to stop the elections in 2026 or frankly take control of those elections. He'll just claim there's some problem with an election and then he's got troops on the ground that can take control."
September 1, 2025 at 12:08 PM
There are people in public life clearly and accurately stating the danger to America at this bizarre moment. Those people need support from every Conservative and Liberal American who find our Constitution worth preserving.
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A plane carrying Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the EU's executive arm, suffered from jamming of GPS navigation while flying over Bulgaria. The authorities believe that Russia was behind the operation, European officials said on Monday.
Russia Suspected of Jamming GPS for E.U. Leader’s Plane, Officials Say
The Bulgarian authorities believe that Russia disrupted navigation signals that would have been used by a plane carrying Ursula von der Leyen, European officials said.
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September 1, 2025 at 3:10 PM
A plane carrying Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the EU's executive arm, suffered from jamming of GPS navigation while flying over Bulgaria. The authorities believe that Russia was behind the operation, European officials said on Monday.
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We are really excited to welcome so many excellent scholars to Oslo for our WhoGov workshop/mini conference on political elites on September 1-2.
If you are in or around Oslo and want to join for a session or a day, please reach out. You can find the program here: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/wp9m6...
If you are in or around Oslo and want to join for a session or a day, please reach out. You can find the program here: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/wp9m6...
August 18, 2025 at 12:56 PM
We are really excited to welcome so many excellent scholars to Oslo for our WhoGov workshop/mini conference on political elites on September 1-2.
If you are in or around Oslo and want to join for a session or a day, please reach out. You can find the program here: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/wp9m6...
If you are in or around Oslo and want to join for a session or a day, please reach out. You can find the program here: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/wp9m6...
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🧵IR scholars, let's start a thread of what we know that's relevant for a US attack on Iran. Won't change any minds, but might help us teach this crisis and learn new angles. Please add (incl. your own work!), forgive/correct omissions. Nobody can cover everything and it's great to find new work. 1/?
June 18, 2025 at 11:38 AM
🧵IR scholars, let's start a thread of what we know that's relevant for a US attack on Iran. Won't change any minds, but might help us teach this crisis and learn new angles. Please add (incl. your own work!), forgive/correct omissions. Nobody can cover everything and it's great to find new work. 1/?
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US researchers, help me out:
More and more of my European colleagues are in the proces of cancelling visits to your institutions. For reasons of both politics and safety.
What is your sense?
How do Europe best support you?
More and more of my European colleagues are in the proces of cancelling visits to your institutions. For reasons of both politics and safety.
What is your sense?
How do Europe best support you?
March 29, 2025 at 12:28 PM
US researchers, help me out:
More and more of my European colleagues are in the proces of cancelling visits to your institutions. For reasons of both politics and safety.
What is your sense?
How do Europe best support you?
More and more of my European colleagues are in the proces of cancelling visits to your institutions. For reasons of both politics and safety.
What is your sense?
How do Europe best support you?
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Massive, horrifying news.
Turkish police have detained Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, a key opposition figure and rival of President Erdogan, as part of investigations into alleged corruption and terror links.
It is seen as a major escalation in the government’s crackdown on opposition and dissent.
It is seen as a major escalation in the government’s crackdown on opposition and dissent.
March 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Massive, horrifying news.
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Really pleased that my @annualreviews.bsky.social on "Gender and Leadership in Executive Branch Politics" w/ @tiffanydbarnes.bsky.social is now out!
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Gender and Leadership in Executive Branch Politics | Annual Reviews
Gender influences who has access to power, how leaders behave and are received within institutions, and how institutions are perceived. This review examines gender dynamics in the executive branch, fo...
www.annualreviews.org
March 10, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Really pleased that my @annualreviews.bsky.social on "Gender and Leadership in Executive Branch Politics" w/ @tiffanydbarnes.bsky.social is now out!
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
If you could only assign undergrads one think-piece on the European Union today, what would you choose? I need some inspiration!
January 22, 2025 at 10:55 PM
If you could only assign undergrads one think-piece on the European Union today, what would you choose? I need some inspiration!
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Ever wondered why Flanders and Wallonia vote so differently? 🇧🇪🗳️
In my second PhD chapter – out now in EPSR – we look at cleavage structures in both regions
Very (!) happy to see this published: cambridge.org/core/journal...
In my second PhD chapter – out now in EPSR – we look at cleavage structures in both regions
Very (!) happy to see this published: cambridge.org/core/journal...
October 28, 2024 at 1:25 PM
Ever wondered why Flanders and Wallonia vote so differently? 🇧🇪🗳️
In my second PhD chapter – out now in EPSR – we look at cleavage structures in both regions
Very (!) happy to see this published: cambridge.org/core/journal...
In my second PhD chapter – out now in EPSR – we look at cleavage structures in both regions
Very (!) happy to see this published: cambridge.org/core/journal...
The parenting equivalent of the walk of shame is having to text the parents of the kid who came over for a play date to tell them that your kid started vomiting just a few hours later and you are SO SORRY if their kid gets it too 😫
January 13, 2025 at 1:25 AM
The parenting equivalent of the walk of shame is having to text the parents of the kid who came over for a play date to tell them that your kid started vomiting just a few hours later and you are SO SORRY if their kid gets it too 😫
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As the far right grows stronger, use of the wishy-washy term 'hard right' to describe it has risen. Using Nexis (limiting searches to Newspapers/Europe/English lang), you see an increase of 91% in stories mentioning 'far right' in 2024 compared to 2022. For 'hard right' the increase is 184%. 🧵1/n
Oh FFS. Now the @economist.com seems to have joined
@thetimes.com in refusing to call a spade a spade.
@thetimes.com in refusing to call a spade a spade.
January 8, 2025 at 8:27 AM
As the far right grows stronger, use of the wishy-washy term 'hard right' to describe it has risen. Using Nexis (limiting searches to Newspapers/Europe/English lang), you see an increase of 91% in stories mentioning 'far right' in 2024 compared to 2022. For 'hard right' the increase is 184%. 🧵1/n
This news day has been absolutely crap for my anxiety.
January 7, 2025 at 10:46 PM
This news day has been absolutely crap for my anxiety.
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🧐Do you teach comparative politics?
❓Do your students sometimes struggle to find the right data for their projects?
If so, my chapter might be what you need! It offers a collaboratively curated collection of data sets specifically tailored for the study of political institutions polisky
❓Do your students sometimes struggle to find the right data for their projects?
If so, my chapter might be what you need! It offers a collaboratively curated collection of data sets specifically tailored for the study of political institutions polisky
September 24, 2024 at 8:37 AM
🧐Do you teach comparative politics?
❓Do your students sometimes struggle to find the right data for their projects?
If so, my chapter might be what you need! It offers a collaboratively curated collection of data sets specifically tailored for the study of political institutions polisky
❓Do your students sometimes struggle to find the right data for their projects?
If so, my chapter might be what you need! It offers a collaboratively curated collection of data sets specifically tailored for the study of political institutions polisky
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Trump Jr. is visiting Greenland "in a private capacity" as we speak. This Greenland issue is more real than many of us are considering it to be. It may end with more U.S. bases with special rights (read: protectorate of the U.S.), if not full annexation.
www.counton2.com/news/nationa...
www.counton2.com/news/nationa...
Donald Trump Jr. arrives in Greenland after his father said the U.S. should own the Arctic territory
The eldest son of President-elect Donald Trump arrived in Greenland on Tuesday for a private visit that heightened speculation that the incoming U.S. administration could seek to take control of th…
www.counton2.com
January 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Trump Jr. is visiting Greenland "in a private capacity" as we speak. This Greenland issue is more real than many of us are considering it to be. It may end with more U.S. bases with special rights (read: protectorate of the U.S.), if not full annexation.
www.counton2.com/news/nationa...
www.counton2.com/news/nationa...
Can’t wait to read this!
New Working Paper: Teenage boys and girls in Norway are more ideologically polarized than ever. Using data for 130,000 high-schoolers over 34 years, I find that a surge in anti-feminism among boys is driving much of the recent trend.📈
Read: osf.io/preprints/os...
Findings 🧵👇
Read: osf.io/preprints/os...
Findings 🧵👇
January 7, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Can’t wait to read this!
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New Working Paper: Teenage boys and girls in Norway are more ideologically polarized than ever. Using data for 130,000 high-schoolers over 34 years, I find that a surge in anti-feminism among boys is driving much of the recent trend.📈
Read: osf.io/preprints/os...
Findings 🧵👇
Read: osf.io/preprints/os...
Findings 🧵👇
January 7, 2025 at 10:12 AM
New Working Paper: Teenage boys and girls in Norway are more ideologically polarized than ever. Using data for 130,000 high-schoolers over 34 years, I find that a surge in anti-feminism among boys is driving much of the recent trend.📈
Read: osf.io/preprints/os...
Findings 🧵👇
Read: osf.io/preprints/os...
Findings 🧵👇
Is there any good work out there on how the Zoom era has changed the work of field interviews for better/worse?
January 6, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Is there any good work out there on how the Zoom era has changed the work of field interviews for better/worse?
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This semester I teach a graduate course on "The Transformation of European Politics". The course is very book-heavy. The main focus is on party politics, which we analyze through a broad range of issues, such as democracy, ethnicity, gender, populism, and sexuality.
Below the books we'll discuss.
Below the books we'll discuss.
January 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
This semester I teach a graduate course on "The Transformation of European Politics". The course is very book-heavy. The main focus is on party politics, which we analyze through a broad range of issues, such as democracy, ethnicity, gender, populism, and sexuality.
Below the books we'll discuss.
Below the books we'll discuss.
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The office of the Prime Minister is largely a creature of convention and royal prerogative.
Formally speaking, one can be Prime Minister without being a party leader or even a parliamentarian.
Formally speaking, one can be Prime Minister without being a party leader or even a parliamentarian.
January 6, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The office of the Prime Minister is largely a creature of convention and royal prerogative.
Formally speaking, one can be Prime Minister without being a party leader or even a parliamentarian.
Formally speaking, one can be Prime Minister without being a party leader or even a parliamentarian.
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Teaching idea request: Good novels or narrative non-fiction about the European Union?
#polisky #TeachLearnSky
#polisky #TeachLearnSky
December 23, 2024 at 5:52 PM
Teaching idea request: Good novels or narrative non-fiction about the European Union?
#polisky #TeachLearnSky
#polisky #TeachLearnSky