Thanks to everyone who joined us at our MA Open Day last Saturday! 🎓 It was great meeting so many prospective students and sharing what studying with us is all about.

Curious to learn more? Check out our program pages: www.ru.nl/en/education...

🚨 Departmental Newsletter 🚨

Assistant Professor: International Relations | Radboud University Do you want to work as a Assistant Professor: International Relations at the Nijmegen School of Management? Check our vacancy!

Assistant Professor of International Relations #ECPRMemberJobs
🎓 PhD degree in International Relations
🏫 @radboudpol.bsky.social
⌛ Fri 27 March
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#PolSciJobs #PoliSky #AcademicSky

PhD Position: Factual Belief Polarisation and its Attitudinal Consequences | Radboud University Do you want to work as a PhD at the Nijmegen School of Management? Check our vacancy!

🚨 Job Alert 🚨
For an NWO-funded project, @roderikrekker.bsky.social is advertising a PhD position on Factual Belief Polarization and Attitudinal Consequences 👇👇👇

www.ru.nl/en/working-a...

Assistant Professor: International Relations | Radboud University Do you want to work as a Assistant Professor: International Relations at the Nijmegen School of Management? Check our vacancy!

🚨Job Alert 🚨

We are looking for an Assistant Professor in International Relations, with a specialization in Global Political Economy (additional expertise in Climate Governance and/or European cooperation welcome).

Apply and come join our fantastic team!

👉 www.ru.nl/en/working-a...

SUMMER SCHOOL CLIMATE ACTION BEYOND GOVERNMENTS (22-26 Jun'26)
Business,cities,& civ.society are stepping up, but greenwashing concerns are rising. Work on integrity challenges, and codevelop roadmaps (e.g.,for cities,businesses)
Register by: 15May; Radboud Univ.(NL),more: www.ru.nl/en/education...

Promovendus: Rechtvaardig Onderwijs | Radboud Universiteit Als Promovendus: Rechtvaardig Onderwijs werken bij Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen? Bekijk hier de vacature!

🚨 PhD Vacancy Alert: 'Just Education' 🚨

www.ru.nl/werken-bij/v...

Es war den Studierenden eine Ehre und Freude! Glückwünsche zurück an alle Teilnehmenden und das Organisationsteam 🙏

🎉🎉🎉

🔥 English Final Time! 🔥

@radboudpol.bsky.social vs. @unicologne.bsky.social - two outstanding teams, one last debate and an English final, packed with sharp arguments, passion and true European spirit 🇪🇺

Who will convince the jury?

Let the final begin! 💬✨

#NRWdebattiertEuropa

🥈 #2 Most Read

🗣️ Parlasent: mapping sentiment in political discourse with large language models

✒️ Michal Mochtak (@radboudpol.bsky.social), Peter Rupnik, Taja Kuzman & Nikola Ljubešić (all Jožef Stefan Institute)

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Our project #NRWdebattiertEuropa has grown from a regional format into a cross-border European project with English-language debates.

Last year already joined by @radboudpol.bsky.social -
this year we are looking forward to welcoming @maastrichtu.bsky.social! www.uni-due.de/politik/nrwd... #UDE

Quick note that while we happen to indeed claim Anna as our own, we're Radboud University's Department of Political Science only. We hope that the central university team will join us here on Bsky soon! 😅

Elif's joy in studying, as evinced by the short film she made together with her friends, and her dedication to improving the world serve as an inspiration for us all.

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Lounge named after deceased former student - Vox magazine The student lounge in the new building of the Nijmegen School of Management bears the name of former student Elif Yavuz, who was killed in a terrorist attack in Kenya five years ago. 'We hope she’ll c...

In Elif's memory, the student lounge in 'our' Elinor Ostrom Building was named after her in 2018.

www.voxweb.nl/en/lounge-na...

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On 21 September 2013, Elif, her partner and 67 others were killed by a terrorist group in a shopping mall in Nairobi. Elif, who was 33 at the time, was heavily pregnant and had just started her career, dedicated to fighting malaria.

news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

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After studying in Nijmegen, Elif went to Bologna and then Washington DC for her MA at SAIS/Johns Hopkins University. She conducted research on malaria in Uganda for the Clinton Foundation, where she met her partner. In March 2013, Elif's obtained a PhD at Harvard University.

6/9

For many, watching this film about Elif's student life will be a special and emotional experience. In 2013, Elif and her partner were killed in a terrorist attack in Nairobi, which also claimed the lives of more than 60 other victims. 🖤

5/9

We also see how students enjoy their breaks and go for drinks after lectures. The film shows the canteen and the CultuurCafé (still around!), where smoking was still allowed indoors at the time.

The film ends with a cozy dinner with housemates.

4/9

We see Elif get up and attend a seminar by Kees van Kersbergen, Markus Haverland & Maarten Cras (who is still with us!). Students also consult study advisor Rob Verhofstad with questions about their careers.

3/9

The film was made by then-students of the Political Science program, which is evident from the film's style and humorous tone.

It is a great testament to change and continuity at Radboud - but also to the life of Elif Yavuz, a former Political Science student, whose day we follow.

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Radboud Archives | "Een dag uit het leven van een student politicologie" (2000) YouTube video by Radboud University

🕯️Happy Advent 🕯️

To celebrate the start of December, here's a rare thread from us on something very special: this amazing short film, entitled 'The life of a Political Science student', made in 2000 and featuring our department.

The film is available here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPEw...

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‘Uit onderzoeken blijkt dat de inhoudelijke meningsverschillen onder burgers vele malen kleiner zijn dan die tussen politici of stemmen in de media.’ Carolien van Ham

@casperthomas.bsky.social @groene.nl @radboudpol.bsky.social #democratie
www.groene.nl/artikel/onze...

On 29 January 2026, students will once again take the floor at
@unidue.bsky.social to debate:

• Online hate speech
• Trump's tariff policy
• Open borders in Europe

With amazing teams from @unicologne.bsky.social, @maastrichtu.bsky.social and @radboudpol.bsky.social! 💪

#UDE #NRWdebattiertEuropa

🚨 Publication Alert 🚨

Racism, colonialism, and tax havens: tracing the offshore world’s hidden histories This article advances a decolonial intervention in International Political Economy (IPE) by examining the centrality of racism in the formation of offshore zones under British and American colonial...

🚨 Publication Alert 🚨

Miguel A. Rivera-Quiñones with a new article in @ripejournal.bsky.social titled "Racism, colonialism, and tax havens: tracing the offshore world’s hidden histories" - check it out here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

In her MA course on applying theoretical approaches to conflict, @haleyswedlund.bsky.social brought out the legos - for students to redesign global justice and build the future of conflict studies amidst a rapidly changing world.

A playful way to end a 'heavy' course!

Political scientists in (inter)national media on elections | Radboud University During elections, our experts are particularly busy explaining electoral systems, voting behaviour and the specifics of Dutch politics in national and international media.

Our experts were busy explaining the Dutch election - outcomes, voting behavior, coalition dynamics, etc. - to a wide range of international and national audiences, across different outlets.

Check out a selection here: www.ru.nl/en/about-us/...

Benchmarking labour competitiveness: the politics of institutionalizing unit labour cost surveillance in the European Union In responding to the 2008 financial crisis, EU crisis management evolved through successive diagnostic reframings that shifted the root causes from credit crunch to sovereign debt crisis to competi...

🚨Publication Alert 🚨
Our own @angelawigger.bsky.social and co-author with a new piece in Policy Studies, exploring how unit labour cost scoreboards remain firmly embedded in EU post-crisis governance. This reveals the persistence of competitiveness logics.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Types of decorations, their social meaning and influence on moral injury: A mixed methods approach Research on moral injury has thus far paid little attention to social factors and cultural elements. This study addresses this gap by examining the effects of one particular cultural artefact on moral...

🚨 Publication Alert 🚨
Our own Tine Molendijk and co-author with a new article in @plosone.org on the linkage between military decorations and moral injury. Check it out here: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...