Research article titled "Who Gets to Speak? How Institutions and Political Careers Shape Gender Bias in South Africa's Parliamentary Debates" by Edalina Rodrigues Sanches and Ana Espírito-Santo.
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In "Who Gets to Speak?", Edalina Rodrigues Sanches & Ana Espírito-Santo investigate gender bias in speechmaking in South Africa 🇿🇦
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BJPolS abstract discussing the influence of women's pre-election experiences on their behavior in government, with a focus on Uganda and Zimbabwe, and topics related to wartime experiences.
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Acting Out and Speaking Up: The Parliamentary Behavior of Ex-Rebel Women - https://cup.org/4oUHGqY
- Elizabeth L. Brannon & Nikolaos Frantzeskakis
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New Cambridge Element, Legislating Peace, by Elizabeth L. Brannon and Jakana Thomas, out now! Read for free for the next 2 weeks at
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The Center for Cyclone Civics is pleased to announce an opening for a postdoc interested in conducting research on civic engagement and civic education, starting August 1, 2026. Apply by March 13, 2026.
More Info: jobs.iastate.edu
Our February protessional development seminar is coming up this Friday, February 13 at 11:00 AM Pacific Time.
The topic is Consulting and Coaching for Academics and you can register here: csus.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Why are legislatures in some authoritarian regimes more powerful than others? @emisimison.bsky.social (@qmulsse.bsky.social) and Alejandro Bonvecchi (UTDT-Conicet) tackle this question Lawmaking under Authoritarianism
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The University of Missouri, Columbia is seeking a Hicks and Martha Griffiths Endowed Chair in American Politics.
Details and application here: hr.missouri.edu/job-openings (Job Opening ID 58208)
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Call for papers: Conference on ”Frontiers in Representation: Citizen Assemblies, Deliberative Mini-Publics, and Participatory Democracy,” August 14th, Vanderbilt University
Apply here by March 1st: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Very cool new piece out from @jkaslovsky.bsky.social and Michael P. Olson in @thejop.bsky.social: "Legislature Size and Party Unity: Evidence from Historical US State Legislatures"
Check it out here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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New from Rosalyn Cooperman in the Journal of Policy History: "Gender and Party Polarization in the US Congress: Hypervisibility and Invisibility"
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Check out the call for papers for a special issue of the Italian Political Science Review (published in English), focusing on the comparative politics of gender.
The call is provided here: ipsrbrief.substack.com/p/call-for-p...
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Sarah Allen Gershon and @brownphdgirl.bsky.social use the case of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr’s nomination hearing to examine Senate messaging at the intersection of party, gender, and race.
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Scott LaCombe, Margot Audero and Avery Spicka analyze the diffusion of LGBTQ policies in the states, with a focus on the influence of model legislation.
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
@hannabrant.bsky.social and @jordanmbutcher.bsky.social track LGBTQ+ representation in state legislatures in the 2024 election.
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Dartmouth College invites applications for a Guarini Dean’s Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Program in Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies and the Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and the Social Sciences.
Details: apply.interfolio.com/178487
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Politics & Gender is currently soliciting abstract proposals for a collection on Abortion Storytelling in State Politics. Details here:
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Register for this month's professional development seminar, "Teaching Political Science in Turbulent Times."
Date: January 16
Time: 11:00 a.m. Pacific
Registration: csus.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Hope to see you there!
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Check out "Predicting Support for the Christian Democrats in the 2025 German Bundestag Election: A State-Level Approach" in the most recent issue of PS, by @marystegmaier.bsky.social and Kamil Marcinkiewicz
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New article: "Legislative Control and Partisan Disparities in Dyadic Representation" in @lsqjournal.bsky.social w/ Dan Butler and @steverogersinfo.bsky.social. GOP leadership doesn't shy away from policies where GOP constituencies disagree with the party platform, impairing dyadic representation!
The Consortium on the American Political Economy Junior Working Group is soliciting papers for their spring workshop, which focuses on the relationship between markets and governance in the United States, broadly construed.
Details + submit by Jan 16: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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"Gendered Perceptions of Legislative Influence" by @jkaslovsky.bsky.social, Tabitha Koch, and Michael P. Olson in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social!
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It's pretty cool that my Human Trafficking Research Lab at Millikin will be featured on a professional development panel "Academic Entrepreneurship: Launching and Leading Centers, Labs, and Institutes" for Women in Legislative Studies @winls.bsky.social with others from Dartmouth and Arizona State!
Dartmouth College invites applications for a Guarini Dean’s Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Program in Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) and the Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and the Social Sciences (Rocky).
Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/178487
A team of scholars is soliciting abstracts on Abortion Storytelling in State Politics. The collection will be featured in a Critical Perspectives proposal for Politics & Gender.
🗓️Deadline: February 1, 2026.
Read the call in the link below:
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This Friday, December 12th at 2:00pm ET is the next Women in Legislative Studies Professional Development Seminar.
The topic for this week is "Academic Entrepreneurship: Launching and Leading Centers, Labs, and Institutes."
To attend, please register here: forms.gle/iaVCB2HQj6Ej...
Cornell University is hosting the Congress & History Conference on May 28-29, 2026. Proposals are due December 24, and should be submitted here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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The Victoria Schuck Award honors the best book published on women and politics.
For complete details about the award, including details about eligibility, please visit:
apsanet.org/PROGRAMS/APS...
Nominations Due February 11:
openwater-os.secure-platform.com/americanpoli...
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The Center for Effective Lawmaking is looking to recruit post-doctoral fellows for the coming academic year (AY 2026-2027) to be in residence at Vanderbilt University or the University of Virginia. Details here:
Vanderbilt: apply.interfolio.com/175483
UVA: jobs.virginia.edu/us/en/job/R0...
This Friday, October 10 at 2pm ET is the next WILS Professional Development Seminar. The topic for this week is "Getting Organized."
Register: forms.gle/ynvw3P56sBa3...
Read Shiri Noy's recent Inside Higher Ed article on organizing your research: www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...
