Call for papers- Inequality, Authoritarianism, and the Future of Liberal Democracy Call for papers: Inequality, Authoritarianism, and the Future of Liberal Democracy University of York, 8-9 June 2026 The workshop, supported by the Elections, Public Opinion and Parties’ (EPOP) Anth...

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We're hosting the 2nd Workshop for scholars of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties (EPOP) based in the North of the UK.

🏛️University of York, 8-9 June 2026.

Theme: Inequality, Authoritarianism and the Future of Liberal Democracy

Info below 👇

Academic Job Market Trends in Politics and International Relations - Political Studies Association Academic Job Market Trends in Politics and International Relations: Evidence from the UK, 2012-25 Authored by: Dr Ralph Scott, Dr Lawrence McKay, and Dr William Allen Read the full report here   Execu...

🚨 NEW REPORT! 🚨

What is the state of the UK academic job market in politics, and what does this mean for the field and #highered?

In a new @psaecn.bsky.social report, @lawrencemckay.bsky.social @williamlallen.bsky.social and I find worrying trends in job adverts and HESA data from 2012-25

#PSA26

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📝 Don't miss one of our most cited #openaccess #BJPIR articles!

'‘Hyper-active incrementalism’ and the Westminster system of governance: Why spatial policy has failed over time' by Patrick Diamond, Jack Newman, David Richards, @annasanders.bsky.social & @andywestwood.bsky.social

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Call for papers- Inequality, Authoritarianism, and the Future of Liberal Democracy Call for papers: Inequality, Authoritarianism, and the Future of Liberal Democracy University of York, 8-9 June 2026 The workshop, supported by the Elections, Public Opinion and Parties’ (EPOP) Anth...

🚨Call for papers

We invite submissions for the 2nd Workshop for Scholars of Elections, Public Opinion, and Parties (EPOP) based in Northern UK

🏛️ University of York, 8-9 June 2026

Theme: Inequality, Authoritarianism, and the Future of Liberal Democracy

More info: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Late deciders, higher turnout: what the Gorton and Denton byelection taught us about voters High numbers of undecideds may partially explain the late swing to the Greens.

New piece from w/ @hannahbunting.bsky.social & @jess-smith.bsky.social on the Gorton & Denton byelection, and what it might tell us about British politics.

We cover turnout, late-deciding voters, gender gaps & the continuing fragmentation of the party system 🧵

theconversation.com/late-decider...

Check out the post below by @philipjcowley.bsky.social, who’s written a great summary of ongoing work by me, @hannahbunting.bsky.social, @cerifowler.bsky.social, @jess-smith.bsky.social, and @annasanders.bsky.social on gender gaps in “don’t know” responses👇

Targeting the cereal woman: Campaigns, gender, and Scottish independence Abstract. How do political campaigns construct and mobilize voter identities in high-stakes constitutional contests? This article examines the 2014 Scottis

Delighted to share my first single-authored article, now published in Parliamentary Affairs:
“Targeting the cereal woman: Campaigns, gender & Scottish independence”

🆓 Open access: tinyurl.com/85cxsefm
@hansardsociety.bsky.social @academic.oup.com

#GenderPolitics #BritishPolitics (🧵👇)

🧵 Thread on new research on gender gaps in “don’t know” responses

Some of you will know that my stellar coauthors @hannahbunting.bsky.social @cerifowler.bsky.social @jess-smith.bsky.social @annasanders.bsky.social & I have been working on a large-scale project on “don’t know” responses in surveys.

Yay! Super enthusiastic about this project, and can't wait to work with @pavlosvas1.bsky.social, @annasanders.bsky.social and all contributors to put together this Introduction to Voting Behaviour!

Group of Labour MPs seeking to steer young men away from ‘toxic influencers’ Exclusive: new group of predominantly male MPs urge party to speak to men directly to tackle toxic masculinity

@kcl-spe.bsky.social @rosieshorrocks.bsky.social @cerifowler.bsky.social @annasanders.bsky.social our research cited in the guardian today www.theguardian.com/society/2025... showing gender generation gap in party support

Anna Leslie Sanders

In honour of IWD (9/9): Meet York’s Dr. Anna Sanders @annasanders.bsky.social , an
Associate Editor of Political Studies @polstudies.bsky.social who specialises in British
politics and the politics of gender. Read more about her work at
pure.york.ac.uk/portal/en/pe...

In honour of IWD (1/9) Did you know that the Editorial team of Political Studies @polstudies.bsky.social is based here in the University of York’s Politics & IR department? This International Women’s Day, we’d like to introduce you to all of the outstanding women scholars on our team!

Why does 25% AfD among young men spark a thousand "what is going on with young men?" posts yet Die Linke 34% among young women generates...nothing at all?

Yes, young men voting for the radical right is an important phenomenon. But so is young women going rad left *at even higher rates*.

📈Trending in BJPIR

'‘Hyper-active incrementalism’ and the Westminster system of governance: Why spatial policy has failed over time' by Patrick Diamond, @jacknewman.bsky.social, David Richards, @annasanders.bsky.social & @andywestwood.bsky.social

🔓Available here: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi…

Are you (or your Masters students) puzzled by why polling misses happen in elections worldwide? Curious to uncover when, why, and how to fix it?

Interested? Then apply for a fully-funded PhD w/ me, @robfordmancs.bsky.social @martinboon.bsky.social @deltapoll.bsky.social to help solve this puzzle👇

Very interested to read what you write on it!

What’s on offer: how do parties appeal to women voters in election manifestos? Existing research has tended to examine party manifesto appeals to women voters as a homogenous group however we know relatively little about how parties appeal to different groups of women voters....

I did some work with Francesca Gains and Claire Annesley looking at party appeals to different demographic groups of women (which includes pledges to recompensate WASPI women in 2019 - from Labour and the Lib Dems): www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... (Sorry for the shameless plug!)

‘Whitby Woman’, ‘Waitrose Woman’: Gender and Voting Behaviour at the 2024 UK General Election Women were identified as key targets in the 2024 British general election. There was much speculation as to whether ‘Whitby’ or ‘Waitrose’ women would swing the result for Labour. This interest in wo...

New from @profrosiecamp.bsky.social @cerifowler.bsky.social, Rosie Shorrocks and me on the gender gap at the 2024 UK GE. We find that the gender gap looked different at this election, shifting from a Lab/Con gap to a broader left-right gap.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

‘Whitby Woman’, ‘Waitrose Woman’: Gender and Voting Behaviour at the 2024 UK General Election Women were identified as key targets in the 2024 British general election. There was much speculation as to whether ‘Whitby’ or ‘Waitrose’ women would swing the result for Labour. This interest in wo...

@cerifowler.bsky.social @annasanders.bsky.social @giwlkings.bsky.social we find that the gender gap in the 2024 British general election shifted from Labour/Conservative to Green/Reform onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

New from me, @annasanders.bsky.social , @profrosiecamp.bsky.social and Rosie Shorrocks: some first reflections on gender & the 2024 UK election @politicalquarterly.bsky.social . More to come from the same team too- watch this space! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

A starter pack of academics (mostly political scientists and political historians) I found on here who (broadly) work in the British Politics subfield. Please (self) recommend others I’ve missed. go.bsky.app/EqXUQbt