My new article, "The psychology of interstate rivalries: leaders' beliefs and the dynamics of conflict and cooperation," is out today. I explain why leaders' beliefs on both sides matter for understanding conflict and cooperation.
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📝 Don't miss one of our most cited #openaccess #BJPIR articles!
'Britain’s COVID-19 battle: The role of political leaders in shaping the responses to the pandemic' by @consuelothiers.bsky.social & @lesliewehner.bsky.social
🔗 buff.ly/EBmzNsu
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
Congratulations to the winners! See you in Columbus :)
📣 New #openaccess #BJPIR article out now!
'No more Mr nice guy? A leadership trait analysis of UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer' by @consuelothiers.bsky.social, Benjamin Martill & Alan Convery
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Los invito a leer mi columna en Ciper sobre el caso venezolano y lo que revela acerca de la bancarrota moral de Europa. Es una reflexión sobre incoherencias, silencios y valores que se declaran, pero no siempre se practican
www.ciperchile.cl/2026/01/10/e...
Understanding HOW leaders think helps predict WHAT they'll do next.
Starmer scores exceptionally high on:
Distrust (questions motives, demands loyalty)
Belief in the ability to control events (constraint-challenger)
Need for power (reshapes environments)
Self-confidence (decisive, resists feedback)
Not the consensus-seeker expected.
New paper out with Benjamin Martill & Alan Convery in @bjpir.bsky.social We used Leadership Trait Analysis on UK PM Keir Starmer. Turns out he's much tougher than the "cautious technocrat" image suggests🧵
@edinburghpir.bsky.social
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I answered some questions for Anadolu Agency about José Antonio Kast and recently elected right and far-right presidents in Latin America. Read here 👇
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I was interviewed by the
@timeshighered.bsky.social on the current concerns around higher education and research in Chile under José Antonio Kast. You can read the article here
Chilean academics fear funding cuts under new far-right leader www.timeshighereducation.com/news/chilean...
⏰ Last call: FPA Section travel grants for #ISA2026 (Columbus) — two awards of $750. Priority: grad students, Global South scholars, and those with limited institutional support. Send CV + motivation letter by 1 Oct 2025. Details: www.isanet.org/Programs/Awa...
En mi nueva columna,reflexiono acerca de cómo los bots, las fake news y la política-espectáculo son parte de una industria de la mentira. Hablo de cómo funciona y por qué es un riesgo para la democracia. www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/opi...
¿Cómo gobernarían Jara y Kast? 🧠🇨🇱
En mi nueva columna en CIPER Chile analizo sus estilos de liderazgo desde la psicología política y lo que esto implica para el futuro de Chile.
#PsicologíaPolítica #EleccionesChile2025 #Kast #Jara
www.ciperchile.cl/2025/08/28/j...
This is my latest piece in The Loop @ecpr.bsky.social based on recent fieldwork in Argentina 🇦🇷. Thank you to all the officials and informants who shared their insights with me.
@edinburghpir.bsky.social
Honoured to be part of @3sat.bluesky.com.de Kulturzeit on Trump & how psychology helps decode leaders like him. As strongman politics rise, it’s great to see psychology getting airtime. I don’t speak German, so here’s hoping the subtitles were kind😅
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Leaders in the Middle East and North Africa: How Ideology Shapes Foreign Policy. May 5, 2025. 11 am-12 pm (ET). ISA logo. Background: Map showing Middle East and Africa.
Leadership in #Africa & the #MiddleEast is complex. Join us to discuss oz7777.bsky.social & drcanbolat.bsky.social's award-winning book, where they profile 14 leaders, explore connections between #Political ideologies & offer insights into #Negotiations: buff.ly/TRVjCdX
📢Who really shapes foreign policy in Latin America? Often: the president.
📑My latest article—a systematic review—explores how leadership, ideology & domestic politics drive decisions. Now out in International Relations (open access) @edinburghpir.bsky.social www.ir-journal.com/online-first...
Thank you Pontus!
Thank you!
My latest on @uk.theconversation.com Keir Starmer’s mindset is unlike other PMs — and that could matter when facing Trump. 🧠 A political psychology perspective @edinburghpir.bsky.social #PoliticalPsychology #Starmer #Trump #leaders
Thank you Julie :)
🚨 It’s time to put political psychology back at the center of global analysis. My new commentary out today with
@rusi.bsky.social : "Bringing the Leader Back In: The Case for Political Psychology in International Affairs"
Understanding who leads matters more than ever @edinburghpir.bsky.social
Impressed by the quality of UG Politics & IR dissertations at
@edinburghpir.bsky.social; proof of what brilliant students & committed staff can achieve. This is exactly what job cuts & closures risk destroying. Senior management must reconsider before causing irreversible harm.
New article alert 🚨
Thanks Cleo!
Meet our newly elected FPA Section Executive Council! 🎉
🔹 President: Burcu Bayram
🔹 VP & Program Chair: Jordan Tama
🔹 At-large Officers: Consuelo Thiers, Jen Spindel, Adriana Boersner & Mariya Omelicheva
🔹 Past President: Falk Ostermann
Congrats to all! 🎊 #FPA
Our favorite conference, #ISA2025, is over, but here are a few pictures highlighting some key moments from our section.
Dear FPA section members, remember we have our business meeting today (Tuesday 4) at 12:30. Make sure to come! #ISA2025 #FPA
Tomorrow, we will have a great panel on leaders and foreign policy. Stephan Fouquet and I will present our work on Milei and foreign policy bureaucracies. If you are interested in the latest research on this topic, make sure to come! @edinburghpir.bsky.social #ISA2025 @fpa-isa.bsky.social
Happening now “Understanding foreign policy change: a role theoretical approach” with Anna Michalsky, @lesliewehner.bsky.social @cameronthies.bsky.social @sibeloktay.bsky.social Kai Oppermann, Stephan Klose & Damian Strycharz #ISA2025