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📊 European research continues to overlook how race, class, and legal status shape victims' experiences of #WorkplaceSexualHarassment, despite rising EU concern.
↪️ Irene Landini says studies of higher education cases should take an intersectional turn.
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Why European research on sexual harassment must shift focus
EU-level concern about inclusion and workplace sexual harassment is on the rise. Despite this, European academic research continues to overlook how race, class, and legal status shape victims'…
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August 26, 2025 at 10:02 AM
#ecprgc25: there are still a few slots left on blog-writing for The Loop. And even if you are without a pre-booked slot but interested in speaking with us, please drop by our stand and we will see what we can do to accommodate you @ecprtheloop.bsky.social
August 27, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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🧭 #EUEnlargementDilemmas No.27
↔️ Enlargement, without credible enforcement of democratic standards, threatens the Union’s integrity.
📈 Rafaela Gonzalez Lucioni argues that the #EU must reform internal mechanisms and adopt a phased, conditional approach to accession.
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🧭 How Hungary and Serbia expose the EU’s enlargement vulnerabilities
EU enlargement, without credible enforcement of democratic standards, threatens the Union’s integrity. Cases like Hungary and Serbia expose the dangers of performative reforms and weak…
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August 27, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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💭 Are we nearing a new incarnation of the French vision of a Gaullist Europe?
☢️ Focusing on #NuclearDeterrence, threat perception and defence capability,  Amélie Jaques-Apke examines the strategic dilemmas and operational deficiencies in European #DefencePolicy.
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Toward a 'not-so-grand' security strategy for European defence policy
Are we nearing a new incarnation of the French vision of a Gaullist Europe? Focusing on strategic autonomy, nuclear deterrence, coalitions of the willing, threat perception, and defence capability,…
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August 27, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Operation Churchill: Inside secret plans for King to woo Trump on second state visit - The i Paper
June 8, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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👏 Congratulations to ‪@ecprtheloop.bsky.social authors @profgustafsson.bsky.social & @linushagstrom.bsky.social on winning the 2024 Jacqui Briggs 📗 EPS Prize!
✍️ Read their Loop blog piece 'Embracing anxiety can help us do better research', based on the winning research: ow.ly/pIIq50W4ULl
June 6, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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💊 #RescuingDemocracy No.14
🏫 Higher education has polarising effects in many countries.
👩‍🎓 @titusa.bsky.social argues that we need to learn from Nordic models of adult education and recognise teaching as a form of scholarship to help citizens renew democracy.
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💊 The power of social models for teaching democratic politics
Our models of higher education have polarising effects. Titus Alexander argues that we need to learn from Nordic models of adult education and recognise teaching as a form of scholarship to help citiz...
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June 6, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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🥕🥗 Have you ever tried to change your diet based on new information, perhaps after reading about the environmental benefits of plant-based eating or the health risks associated with processed meat –– only to slip back into old habits?
🍔🍟 If so, you are not alone, says Carolin Zorell
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The politics of eating: why facts and social norms don't shift diets
Have you ever tried to change your diet based on new information, perhaps after reading about the environmental benefits of plant-based eating or the health risks associated with processed meat –– onl...
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April 10, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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🧭 #EUEnlargementDilemmas No.12
🪆 Russia is emboldening sovereigntist #populism, spreading #disinformation, and weaponising economic hardship, all of which poses a threat to #EUEnlargement.
🤝 @dioniscenusa.bsky.social suggests countermeasures to protect the EU's resilience.
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🧭 Russia’s hybrid warfare on EU enlargement
Russia’s hybrid tactics — emboldening sovereigntist populism, spreading disinformation, and weaponising economic hardship — threaten EU enlargement.
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April 10, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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🪖 #Russia’s Arctic policy has shifted from economic ambitions to military dominance, says @dgssnmz.bsky.social
❄️ As Western sanctions isolate Moscow, the Kremlin is deepening ties with China while militarising the #Arctic to counter #NATO’s northern expansion
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Russia’s changing Arctic policy: from economic ambitions to military dominance
Russia’s Arctic policy has shifted from economic ambitions to military dominance, especially since the outbreak of war in Ukraine. As Western sanctions isolate Moscow, it is deepening ties with China ...
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April 11, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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🧭 #EUEnlargementDilemmas No.2
↔️ The EU is caught in a dilemma between its geopolitical urge to enlarge & the high institutional standards for membership.
⏹️ Frank Schimmelfennig argues that differentiated integration would help square the circle.
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🧭 'Differentiated membership' would overcome the EU’s enlargement dilemma
The EU is caught in a dilemma between its geopolitical urge to enlarge and the high institutional standards for membership. Frank Schimmelfennig argues that differentiated integration would help squar...
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January 3, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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🤳 Thanks to his TikTok tactics, Călin Georgescu has emerged as a serious contender in Romania.
📈 His ascent has been marked by a sophisticated disinformation strategy, writes Mimi Mihăilescu, revealing the vulnerabilities of modern politics to social media manipulation.
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How Călin Georgescu's TikTok tactics rewired Romanian politics
In an unexpected twist to Romania’s 2024 presidential election, Călin Georgescu, virtually unknown a year ago, has emerged as a serious contender. Georgescu's ascent has been marked by antisemitic rhe...
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November 28, 2024 at 9:35 AM
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🗺️ Ukraine faces an urgent need to mobilise and focus has shifted to enticing the Ukrainian diaspora to enlist.
⚖️ Eban Raymond explores the legality of Ukraine’s repatriation initiative and questions whether it breaches human rights and international law.
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Ukraine is conscripting its citizens abroad. Is that strictly legal?
As Ukraine faces an urgent need to mobilise, focus has shifted to conscripting Ukrainian men abroad. Using population data from various sources, Eban Raymond explores the multifaceted legality of Ukra...
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November 25, 2024 at 9:32 AM