EU’s top court finds Hungary’s anti-LGBTQ+ law in breach of key values ECJ says law passed in 2021 is discriminatory and ‘contrary to the identity of the union’, in early test for new PM

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A turning point for Hungary? A SSEESing roundtable on the results and implications of the parliamentary elections

Tonight - roundtable @uclssees.bsky.social analysing the results & potential impacts of last week's Hungarian elections, drawing on a range of academic and policy expertise. In person and virtual.

Chaired by @sherrillstroschein.bsky.social of @uclspp.bsky.social

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Thinking back on this experience today, an incredible display symbolizing change could come 🌈

New article on Fast Track by @payoub.bsky.social & Sam Whitt, “Silence or Solidarity? The Political Pitfalls of an LGBTQI Avoidance Strategy in Hungary,” doi.org/10.5129/0010...

Justices Reject Colorado Law Banning ‘Conversion Therapy’ for L.G.B.T.Q. Minors

Justices Reject Colorado Law Banning ‘Conversion Therapy’ for L.G.B.T.Q. Minors www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/u...

APSA celebrates #PrideMonth 2025! 🌈 Check out recent political science research that advances understanding of LGBTQ+ politics, rights, and representation across the globe. Explore new scholarship from APSA members and more! ⬇️

Is it possible to phase out coal and still win an election? Yes! Excited that my paper w @fergusgreen.bsky.social
& Mikel González-Eguino on the electoral success of JustTransition policies in coalmining communities is now available OpenAccess at the APSR doi.org/10.1017/S000...

Polisky

Check out the newest article from Phillip M. Ayoub, Douglas Page, and Samuel Whitt, “Anti-LGBTIQ rhetoric and electoral outcomes under the shadow of war: Evidence from Poland's 2023 parliamentary election” in the @EJPRjournal. buff.ly/DA1zNSB buff.ly/wVu3VkP

Take a look at this publication from Phillip Ayoub, Vera Mironova, and Sam Whitt, “The Recognition of Shared Suffering After Violence: ISIS Victimization and LGBT+ Support in Mosul Iraq” in @cps_journal. buff.ly/ORfCcCW buff.ly/Ac11X8o

EPSS Diversity Committee is happy to announce the launch of our mentoring program: a new initiative designed to develop a new network within the EPSS community.

March 31 is deadline, and program runs from May 1, 2026, to April 30, 2027.

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I am moderating this tonight with truly exceptional panelists -- please do stop by if you have time!

Thrilled that my new research w/ @kiranstallone.bsky.social on Bogota's Manzanas del Cuidado -- Blocks of Care -- is now published via the @genderrhul.bsky.social and Ladysmith: we find that feminist care policy *is* possible and reproducible across contexts! pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/files/699028...

Did you present a paper at APSA on European politics and happen to be proud of it? Did you 👀 a paper at APSA on European politics that you wish you had written? Then submit it for the @apsa-europe-polsky.bsky.social best paper award.
Committee: @pkostad.bsky.social, Ines Wagner & me
Deadline: 15/03

This is wonderful news, Vicente! Congratulations!!!

Nick Vivyan, Chris Hanretty (@chanret.bsky.social) and I have a new book out: “Idiosyncratic Issue Opinion and Political Choice”. The core of the book is making the argument that citizens’ views about political issues neither reduce to an ideological orientation nor to a lack of substance. (1/10)

Map showing tens of thousands of protests across the US between Trump's inauguration last year and January 31, 2026.

The volume & geographic distribution of protest nationwide during year 1 of Trump's second term was extraordinary.

Political Masculinities in Europe – Public Panel YouTube video by Brussels Institute for Advanced Studies (BrIAS)

🎤📢 The recording of the public panel 'Political Masculinities in Europe' @BrIAS is now available online.
🦸‍♀️🔥Welcome by Karen Celis.
🎓🪒Interventions by @payoub.bsky.social @tomekbesta.bsky.social @elinbja.bsky.social @veralomazzi.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l_J...

Rallied by thy neighbor: how minority spatial concentration increases voter turnout | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No ja

New paper out in the @thejop.bsky.social with @rafaelahlskog.bsky.social & @grahn.bsky.social

Your neighbours shape your politics — but can living near people like *cause* higher turnout?

We studied 20,000+ queer individuals across the entire Swedish population to find out

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Heading into fieldwork for your dissertation or next project? This course helps you get fieldwork-ready!

Build a practical toolkit for turning an idea into a workable field plan—methods, ethics, funding, and how to handle challenges on the ground. No prerequisites.

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And this response is also especially important bsky.app/profile/juli...

This is a fantastic piece (congrats!), well worth a careful read:

Political Masculinities in Europe – Public Panel

🗓 11 Feb, 10:30–12:00, BrIAS (Brussels)
🎙 With Karen Celis, @payoub.bsky.social @tomekbesta.bsky.social @elinbja.bsky.social @veralomazzi.bsky.social and me!
This panel is part of a NWO-VICI Grant

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PhD workshop - call for papers — Conflict & Change

The CfP is out for a great annual PhD student workshop run out of our department: www.conflictandchange.org/phdworkshop2...

Apologies for being self-referential but

Thanks so much, Markus!!

Figure 1. Pre-colonial cave paintings (reproduced as sketches) near Guruve in Zimbabwe. Source: Garlake (Reference Garlake1992, 450–616); see also Mehra et al. (Reference Mehra, Lemieux and Stophel2019).

Why “rooted”? Translating human rights locally matters now more than ever. Local history may help defang opponents’ “foreignness” claims. E.g., we draw on pre-colonial cave paintings to show queer presence long before colonial laws. (3/3)

Key takeaway: rooted messages are one way to talk about LGBTQI people in hard contexts. An indigeneity frame reduced hostility toward LGBTQ neighbors; a liberation frame nudged support for equal rights. Movement without backlash is important where LGBTQI people have low visibility. (2/3)

Out now with @adamsharris.bsky.social in @bjpols.bsky.social : We test “rooted” activist frames for LGBTQI tolerance—grounded in local history & national narratives—in Zimbabwe. Biggest thanks to the many people who helped get this off the ground. (1/3) Read here:

Job opportunity: Lecturer in British and Comparative Politics The UCL Department of Political Science and Constitution Unit are seeking to appoint a Lecturer in British and Comparative Politics. The successful candidate will join the senior team at the Unit.

Join and help to lead the Constitution Unit!

@uclspp.bsky.social is looking for a Lecturer in British and Comparative Politics who will also join our senior team and contribute to our research and impact activities.

Applicants must have, or be near to finishing, a PhD.

Apply 👇

Today is the UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Disability shapes people’s lives in many ways — including how they participate in elections. To mark the day, here’s a selection of our research on this important topic.