Thank you, Seth! Really nice to hear that the book has been useful!

🚨Reminder that the nomination deadline for the inaugural @epssnet.bsky.social Best Book Award is coming up soon on March 31! Details below👇

A great opportunity for pre-conference workshops at EPSS in Belfast! Please spread the word!

Find out more and apply Deadline: Thursday 7 May 2026

📣 Applications are open for the Summer School of the Standing Group on Parliaments!

🗓️ 27 Jul–6 Aug, Goethe University Frankfurt

@sgparliaments.bsky.social proudly presents its Summer School which offers a platform to:
✔️ Explore recent advancements
✔️ Present research
✔️ Receive career advice

⌛️7 May

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.

More info: epssnet.org/about/divers...

🚨 Important news from EPSS, we are inviting proposals for pre-conference workshops.

Proposals should be submitted via the form on the EPPS website by 2 April 2026. Applicants will be notified of decisions by 10 April 2026.

Please find more information here: epssnet.org/pre-conferen...

Please consider submitting your book for the @epssnet.bsky.social 2026 Best Book Award in Political Science! 📚🏆

Full details on eligibility and how to submit are below.

Reminder that the deadline for nominations for the EPSS Best Book award 2026 is March 31, 2026!

The EPSS Best Book Award recognizes an outstanding scholarly contribution to the field of political science.

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EPSS Travel Grants for 2026 Belfast conference:

PhD students & junior scholars @ institutions in European countries that are often underrepresented, can apply for full fee waiver & £500 stipend

Apply: lnkd.in/ehXjhCgf
Deadline: March 8, 11:59pm GMT.

More details: lnkd.in/eZTP5sWR

📢 Registration Reminder for EPSS Belfast 2026

If you haven't registered already, please note that the registration deadline for the EPSS Belfast Conference is Friday, 13 March 👇🏼

Register here: app.oxfordabstracts.com/register/eve...

🚨 Join us for the next edition Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology in Mannheim 🚨

7 days of hands-on advanced methods + networking for PhDs, postdocs & early-career researchers.
Free of charge (limited travel support).

Deadline 1 March 2026: summerschoolwpm.org
#methodsky #polisky

Logo for the European Journal of Political Research displaying the text "EJPR European Journal of Political Research" in cream letters on a blue background, accompanied by the hashtag "#OpenAccess".

#OpenAccess from @ejprjournal.bsky.social -

Voices of the party base: How supporters want established parties to respond to new parties - https://cup.org/4q1M0ET

- Dominik Duell, @dielea.bsky.social, @sopro.bsky.social, Jonathan B. Slapin & @chriswratil.bsky.social

#FirstView

Better get your paper submissions in for the @epssnet.bsky.social conference in June 2026, as the deadline is 7 November, and we have no intention of extended that (given the submission numbers)!
epssnet.org/belfast-2026...

🚨 EPSS Belfast 2026 Call for Papers - One week to go! 🚨

Don't forget to submit your paper or panel proposal to the European Political Science Society @epssnet.bsky.social 2026 conference - just one week to go before the deadline: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...

Screenshot of the start of the paper. Title (Political knowledge and perceptions of minority governments in Europe), authors (Jens Wäckerle and Sven-Oliver Proksch) and journal (European Journal of Political Research)

New from @erc.europa.eu project #MINORITYRULE with @sopro.bsky.social: We study voters’ knowledge about and perceptions of minority governments in 🇩🇰, 🇩🇪 and 🇸🇪.

Link: doi.org/10.1017/S147...

When survey researchers or politicians talk about minority governments, what do voters understand? ⬇️

New publication with @jwaeckerle.bsky.social on citizens' knowledge and perceptions of minority governments in Europe from the ERC project #MINORITYRULE! @erc.europa.eu ⬇️

📢 Call for Papers for EPSS 2026 conference in Belfast is out: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...

This we’’ll feature two sections to provide more information about the conference.

🔝 This week: Formal Political Theory & Political Representation

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▶️ Political Representation

👉🏽 Section chairs: @hannaeback.bsky.social
& @sopro.bsky.social

📢 Our section welcomes work that addresses representation, legislative politics, or electoral institutions, esp. research advancing our theoretical understanding + offers new empirical evidence. >>>

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This is a fantastic public good for scholars working on parliaments and representation!

New data for legislative scholars! Committee Membership Dataset with @bcastanho.bsky.social, @dmpullan.bsky.social and Firuze Taner:

Committee assignments for all MPs (Wikidata IDs!) in 14 countries
Harmonized roles/policy areas

Data: doi.org/10.7802/2940
Working paper: tinyurl.com/vf54r78p

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📢 Call for Papers for EPSS 2026 conference in Belfast is out: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...

We'll feature two sections each Tuesday & Thursday to provide more information about the conference.

🔝 This Tuesday: Party Politics & Historical Political Economy

📢 Call for Papers for EPSS 2026 conference in Belfast is out: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...

Starting today, we'll feature two sections each week to provide more information about the conference.

🔝 This week: Electoral + Voting Behaviour & Climate Politics

▶️ Electoral + Voting Behaviour

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▶️ International Relations

👉🏽 Section chairs: @argohdes.bsky.social & Michal Parizek

📢 Our section welcomes empirically investigate international relations and global affairs, including topics such as:

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▶️ Comparative Politics

👉🏽 Section chairs: @nathaliegiger.bsky.social & @filipkostelka.bsky.social

📢 Our section welcomes individual papers and panels that engage with states, political regimes, welfare institutions, and governance from both contemporary and historical perspectives.

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📢 Call for Papers for EPSS 2026 conference in Belfast is out: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...

Starting today, we'll feature two sections each week to provide more information about the conference.

🔝 This week: Comparative Politics & International Relations

Herzlichen Glückwunsch, Jan!!

Congratulations, Catherine!!!

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Download our new book for FREE! Thiago, Laron, and I explain why studying whether and how voters know what parties want (and who goes with whom) is important and layout a framework for how to do this better. Check out the cover, promotional comic, and abstract

cup.org/4mkBibw

Let’s make next year’s EPSS Political Representation section a space for rigorous scholarship, vibrant exchange, and new collaborations!

📅 EPSS 2026 submission deadline: November 7, 2025
📎 Submit here: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...

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When evaluating complete panel proposals, we will look for panels that are cohesive and bring together diverse groups of scholars. We aim not to break up panels, but may do so to achieve thematic coherence across the section.

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