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Postdoctoral Research Associate at Queen Mary University of London Explore an exciting academic career as a Postdoctoral Research Associate. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.

Three year postdoc going at @qmulsse.bsky.social working with @karlpike.bsky.social on ‘Politics and mythmaking: disentangling myth from ideology’, funded by the Leverhulme Trust. Details here:

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Concentrated academic recruiting. 10% of political science departments produce 60% of all polsci professors in Germany. FU Berlin produced most professors, followed by Mannheim, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Heidelberg. In psychology,...

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Vacancy — Assistant Professor (UD) in Political Science (international peace and security) Are you a political scientist with an engaging research agenda and a strong profile in international peace and security? Then, please apply at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU).

🚨 Job Alert: AsstProf International Peace & Security in Amsterdam (VUA)🚨
workingat.vu.nl/vacancies/as...

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👀 We're looking for a full-time, permanent Assistant Professor in Political Science to join us @ School of Politics and IR.

We're fairly open on specialism (DM if interested in security), applicants must have experience teaching and using "R" for our quants work.

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRD143/a...

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Job vacancy announcement for a postdoctoral position at the University of Vienna Department of Government, starting August/September 2026. Research focus includes political representation, party competition, political institutions, political economy, political behavior, or related fields. Application deadline: 29 April 2026. Full details are also available through the shared link.

Job vacancy announcement for a postdoctoral position at the University of Vienna Department of Government, starting August/September 2026. Research focus includes political representation, party competition, political institutions, political economy, political behavior, or related fields. Application deadline: 29 April 2026. Full details are also available through the shared link.

🚨 Job Alert 🚨

We have an opening for a 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗰 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 @stawi-univie.bsky.social starting Aug/Sep 2026!

Focus: political representation, party competition, political institutions, political economy, political behavior, or related fields

📅Apply by 29 April 2026

jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...

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The Moon! The Sun's corona! A crewed spacecraft! Oh my!

The Moon! The Sun's corona! A crewed spacecraft! Oh my!

HOLY SHIT

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The untold story of Niger is that, despite being one of the poorest countries in the world, the country had made real progress under its democratically elected presidents in the decade before the 2023 military coup.

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Linkedin & Persona: In drei Minuten in den Datenschutz-Wahnsinn - Golem.de Ich habe meine Identität auf Linkedin verifiziert. Hier erzähle ich, was ich preisgegeben habe, nur um ein blaues Häkchen zu bekommen.

Du hast deine Identität bei LinkedIn verifizieren lassen für ein blaues Häkchen? Tut mir leid für dich.

Dein Pass, ID und biometrische Daten schlummern jetzt bei Peter Thiels finanziertem "Persona Identitites". And you're screwed. Here is why:

www.golem.de/news/linkedi...

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Targeting of energy facilities turned Iran war into worst-case scenario for Gulf states Iran has responded in kind to attacks on its energy infrastructure. With the energy assets of Gulf states now in play for Tehran, regional chaos grows by the hour.

The US war with Iran has now reached what scholars call the worst-case scenario for Gulf states. Energy infrastructure that built regional power over three decades is now a battlefield, according to a scholar who studies the Gulf.
theconversation.com/targeting-of...

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We are hiring! The Department of Inequality, Transformation and Conflict is looking for Postdoc & Doc Researchers (m/f/d). Find out more & apply via www.ips.mpg.de #MaxPlanck #Postdoc #PhD #Sociology #SocialScience #PoliticalScience #Inequality #Conflict www.ips.mpg.de/13135/stelle...

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Schande mit fataler Signalwirkung: #CDU und #Weimarwerk stimmen im Stadtrat von Weimar zusammen mit dem extrem rechten #AfD-Ableger FBW gegen die Förderung des Bündnisses gegen Rechtsextremismus. Und das in der Stadt der Weimarer Demokratie und am Tag der Demokratiegeschichte. Bin fassungslos.

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In recognition of CSIS’s 40th Anniversary, SIH is proud to announce a C$3,400 travel award for Canadian students researching Canadian intelligence.

In recognition of CSIS’s 40th Anniversary, SIH is proud to announce a C$3,400 travel award for Canadian students researching Canadian intelligence.

In recognition of CSIS’s 40th Anniversary, SIH is proud to announce a C$3,400 travel award for Canadian students researching Canadian intelligence. To be considered, note this in your submission. If already applied, email to confirm candidacy.

Submit to SIH2026Conf@gmail.com by March 23

@kcsi.uk

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Exclusive | Russia Is Sharing Satellite Imagery and Drone Technology With Iran Moscow has expanded intelligence sharing and military cooperation to help keep Tehran in the fight against U.S. and Israeli military might.

Russia Is Sharing Satellite Imagery and Drone Technology With Iran
www.wsj.com/world/russia...

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The Terrorism Warning Lights Are Blinking Red Again Echoes of the run-up to 9/11.

Two possible terrorist attacks in the United States today, at Old Dominion University in Virginia and Temple Israel in Michigan. It’s fair to say, as is so often the case, that “The Terrorism Warning Lights Are Blinking Red Again.” @foreignaffairs.com

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PhD Studentship Political Science #ECPRMemberJobs
📅 Four-year doctoral programme
🏫 @tcdpoliticalsci.bsky.social
⌛ Wed 1 April
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#PolSciJobs #PoliSky #AcademicSky

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Call for Applications – Fellowship 2026 Call for Applications – Fellowship 2026

📢 CfA: #MegatrendsAfrika Fellowship 2026

3 fully funded 3-month research stays (fall 2026) in Berlin, Bonn or Kiel for scholars from African countries. Topics include peace & security, democracy, economic prospects, global order & science diplomacy. Deadline is 25/03/2026.
🔎 Apply now: t1p.de/3tt3s

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Horrific news from Iraq where feminist activist and human rights defender Yanar Mohammed, co-founder and director of the Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq (OWFI), has been assassinated by gunmen outside of her home just days after returning from Canada.

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🎉 New publication 😍 The 4th wave of the #farright is marked by #mainstreaming & #normalisation - but how can we distinguish between them? In our new article, @gefjonoff.bsky.social and I map the existing literature, introduce a conceptual framework & outline research avenues. doi.org/10.1017/S147...

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NYU is hiring two postdocs at the Center for Social Media, AI & Politics:
csmapnyu.org/jobs

And a grant manager in Sociology with the Social Science Research Hub:
uscareers-nyu.icims.com/jobs/15327/g...

I'm part of both groups--please share with anyone who is interested!

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Postdoctoral researcher in Peace and Conflict Studies/African politics (2-year position) Job Details | Universiteit Leiden Postdoctoral researcher in Peace and Conflict Studies/African politics (2-year position)

Magnificent job opportunity

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Landtagswahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2026 | bpb.de Zur Landtagswahl in Rheinland-Pfalz 2026 am 22. März 2026 treten 12 Parteien an. Hier finden Sie zu jeder ein Kurz-Profil.

🗓Am 22. März 2026 ist in #Rheinland-Pfalz #Landtagswahl. Wir in der Abteilung Innenpolitik/Politische Soziologie des @powimz.bsky.social haben im Auftrag der Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung Profile für alle zur #Wahl stehenden #Parteien verfasst. ⬇️ www.bpb.de/themen/parte...

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Four Scenarios for a Postwar Iran Trump wants regime change but not the messy aftermath.

State failure and collapse into civil war is a more likely outcome than either democracy or a monarchical restoration in a postwar Iran, writes Marc Lynch.

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Submit Form Here: Help APSA Recognize New Scholars & Dissertations in 2025 Every year, the American Political Science Association (APSA) publishes a list of new scholars who have completed their dissertations. This year's list will be published in APSA's new magazine, …

Help APSA recognize new scholars and dissertations!

Submit information about any #dissertations defended in your department in the 2025 calendar year by March 9, 2026. Scholars will be recognized in our Political Science Today Spring issue! #polisky

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UN investigators accuse Sudanese paramilitary of ‘genocidal’ atrocities Rapid Support Forces sought to eliminate non-Arab communities in and around El Fasher, report finds

"The report found that the Rapid Support Forces had engaged in a widespread and co-ordinated pattern of violence that ranged from targeted mass executions, rape and deliberate starvation during the siege and in their takeover of the city in late October."

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ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN POLITICAL SCIENCE (294884) | NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology Job title: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN POLITICAL SCIENCE (294884), Employer: NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Deadline: Wednesday, April 29, 2026

📢 Job Opportunity in International Relations!

If you work in IR (broadly defined) and are searching for a permanent professorship, we have an opening you’ll want to see.
🗓 Deadline: 29 April
🔁 Please boost/RT!

#Polisky #InternationalRelations #PoliticalScience

www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

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The tipping point of intolerance: radical-right elections and terrorist attacks as catalysts for anti-Muslim hate crime in Europe - Comparative Migration Studies Comparative Migration Studies - This paper provides a cross-country analysis of anti-Muslim hate crimes in Europe, using ODHIR-OSCE data for 30 countries between 2016 and 2022. We systematically...

Happy to share our new paper in Comparative Migration Studies, with @hcebolla.bsky.social , @borchgrevink.bsky.social , and Inmaculada Serrano, within @equalstrength.bsky.social, where we show that #Radical-Right electoral gains increase anti-Muslim #HateCrime across Europe.

shorturl.at/UDGh9

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Check out this new paper by @ucdpolitics.bsky.social PhD candidate @linettelim.bsky.social on how and why Chinese authorities portray foreign media as a threat, and why it matters.

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My team at the Crowd Counting Consortium (@djpressman.bsky.social, Soha Hammam, & Chris Shay) has shared a big data update, covering all recorded US protests through Jan 2026. Some key takeaways 🧵:

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Public Opinion on Intelligence and Counterterrorism Cooperation between Democracies and Autocracies: The Case of German-Egyptian Relations The literature on international intelligence and counterterrorism cooperation increasingly covers the strategic challenges and moral hazards that democracies face in their interactions with authori...

How do democracies weigh intelligence and counterterrorism cooperation with autocracies? My study with Stephan Lau of German views on ties with Egypt shows that reports of rights abuses and meddling reduce public support. First fifty copies free! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #PublicOpinion

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