Maarja Lühiste
@maarja.bsky.social
Reader in Comparative Politics & Gender, Newcastle Uni Politics Co-Head, skiing, (conference) running, hiking, mushroom foraging, cooking & eating
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⚙️ #ecprjs26 Workshop directors 🎬 @maarja.bsky.social & @mtplk.bsky.social
💡 Seeks Papers examining how gender & sexuality shape democratic representation, political participation and power structures
✔️ @sgparliaments.bsky.social endorsed
⌛ Submit by 3 Dec buff.ly/YsJGQYo
#Polisky #CallforPapers
💡 Seeks Papers examining how gender & sexuality shape democratic representation, political participation and power structures
✔️ @sgparliaments.bsky.social endorsed
⌛ Submit by 3 Dec buff.ly/YsJGQYo
#Polisky #CallforPapers
Understanding Gender Differences in Legislatures and Beyond: Quantitative and Computational Approaches to Examining the Causes, Consequences, and Institutional Effects
Joint Sessions of Workshops, 7 – 10 April 2026, University of Innsbruck
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November 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
⚙️ #ecprjs26 Workshop directors 🎬 @maarja.bsky.social & @mtplk.bsky.social
💡 Seeks Papers examining how gender & sexuality shape democratic representation, political participation and power structures
✔️ @sgparliaments.bsky.social endorsed
⌛ Submit by 3 Dec buff.ly/YsJGQYo
#Polisky #CallforPapers
💡 Seeks Papers examining how gender & sexuality shape democratic representation, political participation and power structures
✔️ @sgparliaments.bsky.social endorsed
⌛ Submit by 3 Dec buff.ly/YsJGQYo
#Polisky #CallforPapers
Paper proposals for the @ecpr.bsky.social Joint Sessions, taking place in beautiful Innsbruck, April 7-10 2026, are now open. If you're working on an exciting gender paper using quants methods, please apply to our workshop: ecpr.eu/Events/Event... @mtplk.bsky.social @sgparliaments.bsky.social
Events
European Consortium for Political Research
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November 5, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Paper proposals for the @ecpr.bsky.social Joint Sessions, taking place in beautiful Innsbruck, April 7-10 2026, are now open. If you're working on an exciting gender paper using quants methods, please apply to our workshop: ecpr.eu/Events/Event... @mtplk.bsky.social @sgparliaments.bsky.social
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🏅In one of our most read articles this week, "When Does Fame Not Matter? Examining Gender Differences in Politicians’ Social Media Experiences", @maarja.bsky.social & co-authors explore the dynamics of gender-based online incivility.
🌟Available #OpenAccess🌟
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🌟Available #OpenAccess🌟
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October 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
🏅In one of our most read articles this week, "When Does Fame Not Matter? Examining Gender Differences in Politicians’ Social Media Experiences", @maarja.bsky.social & co-authors explore the dynamics of gender-based online incivility.
🌟Available #OpenAccess🌟
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🌟Available #OpenAccess🌟
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EPL published a leading article based on my research ahead of Estonia's local elections.
Disheartening that parties still disadvantage women candidates with nominations & list placement, but after 10+ years researching this, nice to see it break into mainstream media.
EPL published a leading article based on my research ahead of Estonia's local elections.
Disheartening that parties still disadvantage women candidates with nominations & list placement, but after 10+ years researching this, nice to see it break into mainstream media.
Politoloog: naisi on poliitikas nii vähe, sest neid pelgavad teised poliitikud, mitte Eesti valijad
Kandidaati, keda nimekirjas ei ole, valida ei saa. Asjaolu, et Eestis ikka veel märksa vähem naisi poliitikas ilma teeb ei tulene valijate eelistustest, vaid erakondade poolt ette antud valikutest.
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October 9, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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EPL published a leading article based on my research ahead of Estonia's local elections.
Disheartening that parties still disadvantage women candidates with nominations & list placement, but after 10+ years researching this, nice to see it break into mainstream media.
EPL published a leading article based on my research ahead of Estonia's local elections.
Disheartening that parties still disadvantage women candidates with nominations & list placement, but after 10+ years researching this, nice to see it break into mainstream media.
Celebrating 10 years in @nclpolitics.bsky.social (Newcastle) with a new staff card. Still can't believe I didn't lose it in all those years 😅
September 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Celebrating 10 years in @nclpolitics.bsky.social (Newcastle) with a new staff card. Still can't believe I didn't lose it in all those years 😅
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Politoloog @maarja.bsky.social kirjutab, et Eesti naiste vähene esindatus poliitikas ei tulene valijate eelistustest, vaid erakondade pakutud menüüvalikutest. Sest nagu restoranis ei saa tellida rooga, mida menüüs pole, nii ei saa ka valida kandidaati, keda nimekirjas ei ole.
Naisi pelgavad erakonnad, mitte Eesti valijad - Feministeerium
Politoloog Maarja Lühiste kirjutab, et Eesti naiste vähene esindatus poliitikas ei tulene valijate eelistustest, vaid erakondade pakutud menüüvalikutest
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August 27, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Politoloog @maarja.bsky.social kirjutab, et Eesti naiste vähene esindatus poliitikas ei tulene valijate eelistustest, vaid erakondade pakutud menüüvalikutest. Sest nagu restoranis ei saa tellida rooga, mida menüüs pole, nii ei saa ka valida kandidaati, keda nimekirjas ei ole.
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📣Out on #FirstView 📣
In "When Does Fame Not Matter?" @maarja.bsky.social, Stiene Praet, Sebastian Adrian Popa, @yannistheocharis.bsky.social, Pablo Barberá, @zoltanfazekas.bsky.social & @jatucker.bsky.social conduct a cross-national study on online incivility.
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In "When Does Fame Not Matter?" @maarja.bsky.social, Stiene Praet, Sebastian Adrian Popa, @yannistheocharis.bsky.social, Pablo Barberá, @zoltanfazekas.bsky.social & @jatucker.bsky.social conduct a cross-national study on online incivility.
polisky gendersky
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August 11, 2025 at 1:02 PM
📣Out on #FirstView 📣
In "When Does Fame Not Matter?" @maarja.bsky.social, Stiene Praet, Sebastian Adrian Popa, @yannistheocharis.bsky.social, Pablo Barberá, @zoltanfazekas.bsky.social & @jatucker.bsky.social conduct a cross-national study on online incivility.
polisky gendersky
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In "When Does Fame Not Matter?" @maarja.bsky.social, Stiene Praet, Sebastian Adrian Popa, @yannistheocharis.bsky.social, Pablo Barberá, @zoltanfazekas.bsky.social & @jatucker.bsky.social conduct a cross-national study on online incivility.
polisky gendersky
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Research led by @nclpolitics.bsky.social's @maarja.bsky.social reveals female politicians receive more identity-based attacks on social media than others in the profession.
Read the full article article here >> bit.ly/3GOr97K
Read the full article article here >> bit.ly/3GOr97K
Women politicians receive more identity-based attacks on social media
Women politicians in Europe receive uncivil tweets regardless of how known they are, new research led by Newcastle University has found.
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July 31, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Research led by @nclpolitics.bsky.social's @maarja.bsky.social reveals female politicians receive more identity-based attacks on social media than others in the profession.
Read the full article article here >> bit.ly/3GOr97K
Read the full article article here >> bit.ly/3GOr97K
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We (@matildecer.bsky.social @nzwiener-collins.bsky.social and I) pulled off our small but mighty workshop, bridging boundaries between gender x politics subfield and quantitative methods 👧🏻📊
So grateful to @lmumuenchen.bsky.social and Fritz Thyssen Stiftung for making it possible 🤓
So grateful to @lmumuenchen.bsky.social and Fritz Thyssen Stiftung for making it possible 🤓
July 31, 2025 at 1:01 PM
We (@matildecer.bsky.social @nzwiener-collins.bsky.social and I) pulled off our small but mighty workshop, bridging boundaries between gender x politics subfield and quantitative methods 👧🏻📊
So grateful to @lmumuenchen.bsky.social and Fritz Thyssen Stiftung for making it possible 🤓
So grateful to @lmumuenchen.bsky.social and Fritz Thyssen Stiftung for making it possible 🤓
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I'm hiring another postdoc (research-focused, for almost 5 years) for my @erc.europa.eu project on the educational cleavage!
I'm looking for someone with strong quantitative text-analysis skills (e.g. #NLP, #LLM, etc.) to study the role of political actors in cleavage formation.
I'm looking for someone with strong quantitative text-analysis skills (e.g. #NLP, #LLM, etc.) to study the role of political actors in cleavage formation.
July 25, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I'm hiring another postdoc (research-focused, for almost 5 years) for my @erc.europa.eu project on the educational cleavage!
I'm looking for someone with strong quantitative text-analysis skills (e.g. #NLP, #LLM, etc.) to study the role of political actors in cleavage formation.
I'm looking for someone with strong quantitative text-analysis skills (e.g. #NLP, #LLM, etc.) to study the role of political actors in cleavage formation.
Super excited (and relieved!) to see this paper finally published.
Both men and women politicians experience incivility and, overall, the more famous they are, the more abuse they receive. BUT women in Europe receive uncivil tweets even when they're not well known
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Both men and women politicians experience incivility and, overall, the more famous they are, the more abuse they receive. BUT women in Europe receive uncivil tweets even when they're not well known
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
When Does Fame Not Matter? Examining Gender Differences in Politicians’ Social Media Experiences | Politics & Gender | Cambridge Core
When Does Fame Not Matter? Examining Gender Differences in Politicians’ Social Media Experiences
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July 30, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Super excited (and relieved!) to see this paper finally published.
Both men and women politicians experience incivility and, overall, the more famous they are, the more abuse they receive. BUT women in Europe receive uncivil tweets even when they're not well known
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Both men and women politicians experience incivility and, overall, the more famous they are, the more abuse they receive. BUT women in Europe receive uncivil tweets even when they're not well known
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
“Democratic Resilience in Challenging Times” workshop -
connecting Northern UK scholars of Elections, Parties and
Public Opinion (EPOP) and hosted by the Governance and Political Organisations research cluster in Newcastle University - is in full swing @nclpolitics.bsky.social
connecting Northern UK scholars of Elections, Parties and
Public Opinion (EPOP) and hosted by the Governance and Political Organisations research cluster in Newcastle University - is in full swing @nclpolitics.bsky.social
June 17, 2025 at 1:29 PM
“Democratic Resilience in Challenging Times” workshop -
connecting Northern UK scholars of Elections, Parties and
Public Opinion (EPOP) and hosted by the Governance and Political Organisations research cluster in Newcastle University - is in full swing @nclpolitics.bsky.social
connecting Northern UK scholars of Elections, Parties and
Public Opinion (EPOP) and hosted by the Governance and Political Organisations research cluster in Newcastle University - is in full swing @nclpolitics.bsky.social
@nclpolitics.bsky.social Research Seminar series had the great pleasure to host the amazing @anjaneundorf.bsky.social yesterday with an extremely timely talk about how we can "sell" democracy better
March 6, 2025 at 11:09 AM
@nclpolitics.bsky.social Research Seminar series had the great pleasure to host the amazing @anjaneundorf.bsky.social yesterday with an extremely timely talk about how we can "sell" democracy better
My favourite part of the job also happened this week. Huge congratulations to @jihedncib.bsky.social for an outstanding viva and excellent thesis!!! Very much looking forward to the publication that will follow ☺️
Happy to share that I successfully defended my Ph.D. dissertation! Very grateful to @stefanmueller.bsky.social for being a great mentor and friend. Huge thanks to my examination committee @jamespcross.bsky.social, @maarja.bsky.social, and Caitriona Dowd.
March 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
My favourite part of the job also happened this week. Huge congratulations to @jihedncib.bsky.social for an outstanding viva and excellent thesis!!! Very much looking forward to the publication that will follow ☺️
🎉🎉🎉 Super excited that our paper -- on how changing public attitudes on gender equality don't seem to affect parties' candidate selection strategies -- with the amazing @ThomasDäubler and @mihailchiru.bsky.social is now accessible OnlineFirst at the EUP: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
February 24, 2025 at 1:17 PM
🎉🎉🎉 Super excited that our paper -- on how changing public attitudes on gender equality don't seem to affect parties' candidate selection strategies -- with the amazing @ThomasDäubler and @mihailchiru.bsky.social is now accessible OnlineFirst at the EUP: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
A quick interview at Estonian Public Broadcasting Service's breakfast program early morning yesterday on the (potential) reaction of UK parties and public on Starmer's statement of potentially sending British troops to Ukraine jupiter.err.ee/1609609172/b...
February 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
A quick interview at Estonian Public Broadcasting Service's breakfast program early morning yesterday on the (potential) reaction of UK parties and public on Starmer's statement of potentially sending British troops to Ukraine jupiter.err.ee/1609609172/b...
This is probably my most preferred way to get back to work from a holiday. Thank you so much @clint0475.bsky.social & @unibas.ch for hosting us and for all the insightful comments and questions. @nclpolitics.bsky.social
Today, we had the distinct pleasure of kicking off our political science colloquium with the fabulous @maarja.bsky.social and amazing @zacdgreene.bsky.social presenting: Bringing Diversity to Parliament? How gender and candidate quotas impact the content of parliamentary speech @unibas.ch
February 17, 2025 at 1:55 PM
This is probably my most preferred way to get back to work from a holiday. Thank you so much @clint0475.bsky.social & @unibas.ch for hosting us and for all the insightful comments and questions. @nclpolitics.bsky.social
If you're looking for more morale-boosting and inspiring posts, make sure to follow us @nclpolitics.bsky.social
Here's our new departmental morale officer, helping everyone through the remainder of Semester 1 🌈🦄
November 21, 2024 at 3:21 PM
If you're looking for more morale-boosting and inspiring posts, make sure to follow us @nclpolitics.bsky.social
What a start to the week! Huge congratulations to Rob for a great thesis and an excellent viva! @nclpolitics.bsky.social
One of the very best parts of my job is being part of the PhD journey of others and yesterday I was part of @robcronin.bsky.social’s viva on populism in the 2019 UK general election with @maarja.bsky.social at the University of Newcastle. Many congratulations to Rob.
November 20, 2024 at 8:01 AM
What a start to the week! Huge congratulations to Rob for a great thesis and an excellent viva! @nclpolitics.bsky.social
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📣Announcement📣
Politics & Gender Conference 2025
A conference celebrating 20 years of P&G for scholars working on all aspects of women, gender, & politics.
📅 May 28-29, 2025
📍 Rutgers University
CFP: mlkrook.org/PAGC_CFP_202...
Website: www.pagconference.org
Submit: forms.gle/nc6ZpaEX7qnz...
Politics & Gender Conference 2025
A conference celebrating 20 years of P&G for scholars working on all aspects of women, gender, & politics.
📅 May 28-29, 2025
📍 Rutgers University
CFP: mlkrook.org/PAGC_CFP_202...
Website: www.pagconference.org
Submit: forms.gle/nc6ZpaEX7qnz...
Call for Participation
Dates
May 28-29, 2025 (with graduate student pre-conference reception on May 27)
Location
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
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November 18, 2024 at 3:17 PM
📣Announcement📣
Politics & Gender Conference 2025
A conference celebrating 20 years of P&G for scholars working on all aspects of women, gender, & politics.
📅 May 28-29, 2025
📍 Rutgers University
CFP: mlkrook.org/PAGC_CFP_202...
Website: www.pagconference.org
Submit: forms.gle/nc6ZpaEX7qnz...
Politics & Gender Conference 2025
A conference celebrating 20 years of P&G for scholars working on all aspects of women, gender, & politics.
📅 May 28-29, 2025
📍 Rutgers University
CFP: mlkrook.org/PAGC_CFP_202...
Website: www.pagconference.org
Submit: forms.gle/nc6ZpaEX7qnz...
Today's the deadline to submit your new exciting research to #MPSA2025. I'm delighted to chair Section 2 on Representation and Electoral Systems and can't wait for your submissions!!
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About Conference - Midwest Political Science Association
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October 8, 2024 at 3:17 PM
Today's the deadline to submit your new exciting research to #MPSA2025. I'm delighted to chair Section 2 on Representation and Electoral Systems and can't wait for your submissions!!
www.mpsanet.org/conference/
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We're hiring @nclpolitics.bsky.social!!!
Lecturer in International Politics: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DGM298/l... (15-4-2024)
Research Associate on Demetra project: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DGM239/r... (1-4-2024)
Don't hesitate to get in touch: maarja.luhiste@ncl.ac.uk or find me at #PSA & #MPSA conferences.
Lecturer in International Politics: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DGM298/l... (15-4-2024)
Research Associate on Demetra project: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DGM239/r... (1-4-2024)
Don't hesitate to get in touch: maarja.luhiste@ncl.ac.uk or find me at #PSA & #MPSA conferences.
Lecturer in International Politics at Newcastle University
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March 13, 2024 at 3:48 PM
We're hiring @nclpolitics.bsky.social!!!
Lecturer in International Politics: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DGM298/l... (15-4-2024)
Research Associate on Demetra project: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DGM239/r... (1-4-2024)
Don't hesitate to get in touch: maarja.luhiste@ncl.ac.uk or find me at #PSA & #MPSA conferences.
Lecturer in International Politics: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DGM298/l... (15-4-2024)
Research Associate on Demetra project: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DGM239/r... (1-4-2024)
Don't hesitate to get in touch: maarja.luhiste@ncl.ac.uk or find me at #PSA & #MPSA conferences.
The joy to support Louise Luxton on her PhD journey has come to an end. Huge congratulation to Dr Luxton for passing her viva with minor revisions last Friday!
Louise's PhD thesis on "Women's Political Parties' Issue Concerns & Communication Strategies" is a must-read to any gender/parties scholar!
Louise's PhD thesis on "Women's Political Parties' Issue Concerns & Communication Strategies" is a must-read to any gender/parties scholar!
December 11, 2023 at 11:11 AM
The joy to support Louise Luxton on her PhD journey has come to an end. Huge congratulation to Dr Luxton for passing her viva with minor revisions last Friday!
Louise's PhD thesis on "Women's Political Parties' Issue Concerns & Communication Strategies" is a must-read to any gender/parties scholar!
Louise's PhD thesis on "Women's Political Parties' Issue Concerns & Communication Strategies" is a must-read to any gender/parties scholar!
Heading back from Lund, feeling more excited about Gender and politics research that I have had for a very long time. Thank you @floriso.bsky.social for organising such an amazing workshop, bringing together so theoretically innovative and methodologically rigorous empirical research! Had a blast!!
September 30, 2023 at 9:50 AM
Heading back from Lund, feeling more excited about Gender and politics research that I have had for a very long time. Thank you @floriso.bsky.social for organising such an amazing workshop, bringing together so theoretically innovative and methodologically rigorous empirical research! Had a blast!!
Visited Estonia via radio yesterday at Vikerraadio Uudis+ discussing the electoral and party political motives behind Sunak's u-turn on environmental politics
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September 26, 2023 at 10:12 AM
Visited Estonia via radio yesterday at Vikerraadio Uudis+ discussing the electoral and party political motives behind Sunak's u-turn on environmental politics
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