Okay. We’re not going to keep the average going but oh my, oh my.

With Radev's win in Bulgaria, imo, we'll see something new at the EU level-- advocacy for pro-Ru positions not from a euroskeptic position a la Orban/AfD/RN but from an ostensibly pro-EU position: Europe should abandon Ukr and go back to cheap Ru energy to be stronger and strategically autonomous.

Bulgaria’s been averaging 1.6 elections a year in recent years. Judging by the way things are going with today’s parliamentary election, we’ll probably keep that average going. Also, in a true East European fashion, we couldn’t just have two happy election outcomes in a row in the region, could we?😒

Last BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, "(Anti)corruption and conditionality in the geopolitical enlargement: Ukraine’s EU accession in comparative perspective"
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Next, "Beyond the rent-seeking: resilience and civic transformation of Ukrainian business"
by Inna Melnykovska
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The first paper of my dissertation is published now in @sociologyjnl.bsky.social!

Press coverage of the richest Germans is rare but focused on a minority of highly visible individuals and varies along the historical origins of fortunes.

doi.org/10.1177/00380385261428292

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The British Association For The Study of Ukraine will host the first ever BASU National Conference “A Showcase of Research and Policy on Resistance Resilience and Recovery in the Context of Russia’s Hybrid War in Ukraine and Europe” September 23-26, 2026 @ University of Manchester!

Submission deadline for the Political Networks Conference 2026 extended to 22 April following requests and to accommodate Easter breaks. Submission and full scope details: sites.google.com/view/confpol.... Please RT. #NetworkAnalysis #Polisky #publicpolicy #netsci #NetworkScience #SNA

Check out our great Spring/Summer lineup at @eepgworkshop.bsky.social and come join for our first session next Friday, where @isadesisto.bsky.social will present fascinating work in progress with @snitsova.bsky.social serving as discussant!

Somehow I missed the big news! Congratulations, Frances!

Looking forward to a great Spring/Summer series with @eepgworkshop.bsky.social! We'll be kicking off next week (Fri April 17) with new work in progress from @isadesisto.bsky.social and @snitsova.bsky.social graciously discussing! More info + full schedule at the link below.

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Submit your proposal for the 19th Annual Political Networks Conference by April 12.

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This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.

Miscalculation of Rheinmetall CEO fails to grasp that the combination of what some might call “low” tech civilian with conventional weapons & tactics is what makes Ukraine’s fight innovative.

But what drives civilian engagement? - we have a NEW paper about that! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Two more weeks to apply!

2026 WILS Conference Application When: Saturday, October 10-Sunday, October 11, 2026 Where: Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Virginia (near Richmond) Participants should plan to arrive on Friday, October 9. Panels will be held all da...

The deadline is approaching to send in your proposal for the 2026 WiLS conference. Please fill out the form by March 31 even if you plan to attend as a discussant/chair/participant. Hope to see in in Virginia in October!

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Big congratulations, Maria!! So well-deserved!!

Congratulations, Hanna! Super excited for you!

With APSA decisions out, we extended the deadline for submissions to the 4th Political Economy of Europe APSA Pre-Conference. If you are travelling to Boston in September, send us your work by March 20th!
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📌Finding 3: Loyalists also oppose such reforms more consistently than legislators incorporated into oligarchic networks through alternative influence strategies, such as post-election cooptation through media.

📌Finding 2: Legislators embedded in oligarchic networks through pre-existing personal ties (loyalists) are more likely than non-loyalists to vote against reform bills that create a level-playing field for all market actors, consistent with oligarchs’ economic interests.

The networks of pre-existing ties between oligarchs and legislators are structurally distinctive from other networks, including networks representing alternative oligarchic influence strategies like post-election cooptation through media.

📌Finding 1: Oligarchs promote as legislators individuals with whom they have pre-existing personal ties.
These ties take the form of a fragmented, loosely connected, and decentralized network with distinct clusters, in which oligarchs take central positions.

🚨New version of paper🚨
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How do oligarchs shape policy outcomes in developing democracies?
I argue they do so through informal networks of legislators personally linked to them.
Using unique quantitative & qualitative evidence from Ukraine, I show that:

🚨📆 Deadline extension!📆 🚨

If you're interested in presenting your work (at any stage!) submit @ the link below by Fri March 13 at 11:59 PM PST.

A big thanks to those who submitted proposals already-- we look forward to reading your submissions & to another great set of workshops✨

Beyond Forecasting: Using MRP (multi-level regression with post-stratification) to investigate minority political behaviour at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Beyond Forecasting: Using MRP (multi-level regression with post-stratification) to investigate minority political behaviour at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com

*Academics of Bluesky:* Do you know a great UG/PG student with excellent quants skills?

@nspmartin.bsky.social and I are advertising a great fully-funded PhD on MRP and minority voting with our friends at Ipsos, so send them our way! ✌️

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2026 Manchester Application and registration

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📣 Paper and poster submissions for the 19th Political Networks Conference are now open! If you do research on political networks, fancy making connections with scholars from North America, Europe, and the UK and want to enjoy a beautiful city in August w/o evaporating from heat, consider applying!

This will be the 3rd edition. If you study pol. behaviour and work on #CEE, this is the right place to present your research. Dates: June 25-26. Discussants include @simonhix.bsky.social & @eliasdinas.bsky.social. Highlight: roundtable on dem. erosion with H. Kriesi, M. Svolik & N. Wunsch.