ECONENGAGE will be hiring *1 PhD fellow* (start date 09/26) and *2 postdocs* (start dates 09/26 and 01/28). Please spread the word! Great welfare system = lots of saving from salaries. Generous conference funds, little teaching, fantastic workplace!

Project summary below. #ERCStG

ECONENGAGE will be hiring a PhD fellow (start date 9/2026) and two postdocs (start dates 9/2026 and 01/2028) at the University of Gothenburg. Please spread the word! Generous funding for conferences, little teaching, and lovely workplace!

Project detail below. #ERCStG

New ERC StG. Eternal thanks to my husband @samkschi.bsky.social, my academic friends and colleagues @comppollu.bsky.social and Gothenburg, & @lunduniversity.bsky.social research services - John Philips, Kerstin Gidlöf, and Carl Lagerqvist!

This would be impossible without supportive colleagues 👇

August is ending. That means the Comparative Politics Group @comppollu.bsky.social is gearing up for an exciting seminar series, organized by the brilliant @jonathanpolk.bsky.social and Alex Ryan. Come join us! @hannaeback.bsky.social @robertklemmensen.bsky.social @agustingoenaga.bsky.social

Big shoutout to Jonathan Polk and Alex Ryan, who, as new convenors of our Comparative Politics Group @comppollu.bsky.social at Lund, have organized a fantastic spring 2024 schedule of our CP Seminar Series! @hannaeback.bsky.social @robertklemmensen.bsky.social @agustingoenaga.bsky.social

The comparative politics group (@comppollu.bsky.social) at Lund (@pollu.bsky.social) is stoked to have @mpovitkina.bsky.social present her fascinating paper on environmental NGOs in emerging democracies today at noon! @robertklemmensen.bsky.social @hannaeback.bsky.social @agustingoenaga.bsky.social

The next theme of Lund's CP Seminar Series is gender. @comppollu.bsky.social is super excited to have @elinbja.bsky.social present her exciting research on autocratic genderwashing at noon tomorrow! Open to public! @robertklemmensen.bsky.social @hannaeback.bsky.social @agustingoenaga.bsky.social

This month, the @comppollu.bsky.social at Lund is stacked with fantastic presenters. Last week we were amazed with Fredrik Mohammadi Norén and his SWERIK project - a research corpus with open data of the Swedish Riksdag, from 1867 to now! @hannaeback.bsky.social @agustingoenaga.bsky.social

The Comparative Politics Group (@comppollu.bsky.social) is so excited to welcome another rising star @laurasilvialungu.bsky.social to present her research on subjective economic status tomorrow at noon! Open to public! @robertklemmensen.bsky.social @hannaeback.bsky.social @agustingoenaga.bsky.social

@comppollu.bsky.social at Lund is thrilled to welcome the rising star @elenaleuschner.bsky.social to present her exciting and timely research on when and why emotions matter in protest at noon tomorrow! Open to public! @robertklemmensen.bsky.social @hannaeback.bsky.social @agustingoenaga.bsky.social

One week ago, these amazing scholars gathered at our gender politics workshop at Lund University to discuss the importance of gender equality (w/ @hannaeback.bsky.social @bcegerod.bsky.social @grahn.bsky.social Julie Hassing Nielsen). Social sci folks, gender is not just a control variable!

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LU's Comparative Politics Group and Department of Gender Studies are beyond honored to have @mlkrook.bsky.social present her exciting research on semiotic violence and the U.S. Capitol insurrection today at noon! @robertklemmensen.bsky.social @hannaeback.bsky.social @agustingoenaga.bsky.social

Once in a while, a department is lucky enough to welcome a stellar group of scholars discussing a theoretically and normatively important topic. Well, this week, our poli sci dept at Lund University has the privilege of doing so! Stoked to learn about the new frontiers of gender politics research!