*PSA Book Prize Winner*
🎉Congratulations to Prof. Elizabeth Evans & Prof. Stefanie Reher for their book 'Disability and Political Representation' (OUP) which is this year’s W.J.M. MacKenzie #BookPrize Winner
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*PSA Prize Winners*
🎉 Congratulations to Autocracy and Regime Change
@psaautocracy.bsky.social as PSA Specialist Group of the Year joint prize winner. This group is recognised for remarkable energy and impact as a relatively new group and building an impressive group membership.
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*PSA Prize Winners*
🎉Congratulations to Italian Politics @psa-italian.bsky.social as PSA Specialist Group of the year joint prize winner. This group stood out for exceptional commitment & collaboration across the PSA community.
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*PSA Prizes*
Nominations sought for Elizabeth Wiskemann Dissertation Prize; for PhD dissertations focused on the study of (in)equality and social justice.
Deadline: 29 April
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*New Resource*
'Territorial Politics: parties, #nationalism, and the reshaping of territorial #politics in the UK' As part of @acadsocsciences.bsky.social campaign for Social Science’s series on #devolution, a recorded session took place at PSA26.
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*PSA Prize Winners*
🎉 Congratulations to The ESRC Northern Ireland General Election Study, this year’s academic prize winner of Pippa Norris Prize for outstanding contribution to advancing knowledge in #PoliticalStudies by a research team.
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Congratulations to all the PSA Prize winners and especially The Northern Ireland General Election Study, involving some of our + @livunipol.bsky.social staff, who were awarded the Pippa Norris Prize for outstanding contribution to advancing knowledge in political studies.
#TeamLivUni
Thanks @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social for the award, and particularly for recognizing mentoring in the citation! I’m increasingly of the view that we shouldn’t just be leading folks to the right doors for them and their careers: we should, where possible, pitch in to help open them too.
📝 Don't miss this #BJPIR article!
'Will there be war over Taiwan? Structural stability and policy pitfalls in cross-Strait deterrence' by Brandon K Yoder
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📖We Need Book Reviewers!📖
We have a long list of fantastic books we are looking to have reviewed!
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For further info contact our editor @historydafydd.bsky.social:
dafydd.townley@port.ac.uk
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*PSA Prize Winners*
🎉Congratulations to Prof. Susan Banducci this year’s academic prize winner of Carole Pateman Prize for outstanding research contributions
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*PSA Prize Winners*
🎉 Congratulations to Dr Ashlee Christoffersen @drashleec.bsky.social, this year’s academic prize winner of Richard Rose Prize for outstanding research contributions by an early career scholar
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*PSA Prize Winners*
🎉Congratulations to Dr Barbara Piotrowska @bpiotrowska.bsky.social, this year’s academic prize winner of Sir Bernard Crick Prize for outstanding contributions to teaching & learning by an early career scholar
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Congratulations to the "ESRC Northern Ireland General Election study group" which has been awarded the Pippa Norris Prize at #PSA26
The group includes our Prof Peter Shirlow and @drseanhaughey.bsky.social as well as @jontonge.bsky.social and academics from LSE and @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social.
*PSA Prize Winners*
🎉Congratulations to Dr Jeremy Moulton @jeremymoulton.bsky.social this year’s academic prize winner of Vicky Randall Prize for outstanding contributions to teaching & learning
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What makes technical expertise a legitimate source of authority? Trym Nohr Fjørtoft (@trymnf.com) examines “technical legitimacy”, proposing conditions under which expertise can justify delegation to non-majoritarian institutions. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/ybHpmPQ
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #ECRs
*PSA Prize Winners*
🎉 Congratulations to Professor Matthew Flinders @mattflinders.bsky.social academic prize winner of Sir Isaiah Berlin Prize for outstanding professional contributions to #PoliticalStudies
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*PSA Prize Winners*
🎉Congratulations to Dr William Allen @williamlallen.bsky.social as this year’s academic prize winner of Joni Lovenduski Prize for outstanding professional contribution by an early career scholar.
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*NEW ACADEMIC JOB MARKET REPORT*
If you missed the launch of the new #Politics #Academic #Job Market Report at #PSA26 it's now online. Authored by @ralphscott.bsky.social, @lawrencemckay.bsky.social & Dr William Allen in collaboration with PSA ECN @psaecn.bsky.social
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*PSA PRIZES*
🎖️ Congratulations to all 2025-26 Academic Prize Winners who were awarded their prizes at PSA26. Individual winner announcements will follow.
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@psagreekpol.bsky.social @psagermanpol.bsky.social @psafrenchpol.bsky.social @psairishpol.bsky.social @psa-italian.bsky.social @psainter-relations.bsky.social @uaces.bsky.social 👀👆
@psaturkish.bsky.social 👀👆
*PSA EVENTS*
How does language shape what voters remember?
🧠 Online Political Psychology Spring Seminar by @psapolpsychology.bsky.social
📆 30 April, 12.00 - 13.00
➡️ Free and open to all,
Focusing on centrism as a purported set of ideas – a centre beyond left and right – @karlpike.bsky.social offers a new theory of centrism as a structure for political action: a politics which oscillates between left and right. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/r8Nq38r
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #polisky
Abstract How do opposition parties become viable alternatives under dominant-party rule? Existing studies often attribute opposition change to electoral shocks or short-term campaign strategies, offering limited insight into how governing capacity is constructed under asymmetric political conditions. This article introduces the concept of transformative accumulation to analyze the recent trajectory of Turkey’s Republican People’s Party under the long-standing dominance of the Justice and Development Party. Drawing on 13 elite-level interviews with incumbent and former party officials, campaign consultants, and local leaders, the study identifies three interwoven narratives—ideological, institutional, and leadership—that structure this transformation. It shows how the Republican People’s Party recalibrated its ideological appeal, adopted a more inclusive leadership model, and strengthened its administrative and communicative capacities despite persistent institutional constraints. While acknowledging the continued structural advantages enjoyed by the Justice and Development Party, the article demonstrates how opposition parties can reposition themselves as viable alternatives within competitive authoritarian regimes. Conceptually, it shifts the analysis of opposition politics away from episodic electoral moments toward a process-based framework for studying opposition agency under dominant-party rule.
How do opposition parties become viable under dominant-party rule? Nur Sinem Kourou & Ahmet Cemal Ertürk examine Turkey’s CHP, arguing “transformative accumulation” builds capacity through ideology, leadership and organisation. Read more: buff.ly/cYglzNS
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #polsky #polsci
@psagermanpol.bsky.social 👀👆
Do preferential voting reforms weaken gender quotas? @petrahrens.bsky.social & Sabine Lang examine German Länder reforms, arguing party culture shapes whether open lists help or hinder women’s rep. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/IHoc7H3
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #GenderRep #ECRs #polsci
Abstract The fracture between citizens and elites on European integration remains understudied, most notably when it comes to specific issues. One of these issues, particularly salient in the aftermath of Brexit, is holding further European Union exit referendums across the Union. While regularly floated by (Eurosceptic) parties for electoral purposes, it remains unclear to what extent parties and citizens agree to actually hold European Union exit referendums. We examine the relationship between party and citizen stances on this issue in 10 European Union member states, leveraging original cross-country survey data and expert survey data on parties’ positions, both collected in 2019. The results show that parties tend to be more against holding a European Union exit referendum than their voters, less so the more extreme parties. Moreover, higher media saliency correlates with greater party–voter congruence, and the issue is more polarised among the electorate than at the party level.
Do parties & voters agree on EU exit referendums? @acgoldberg.bsky.social & @alessandronai.bsky.social examine 10 countries, showing parties are more opposed than voters, with gaps narrowing as issue salience rises. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/eUxRCV1
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #EuropeanPolitics
