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elinbja.bsky.social
Professor at Uppsala University. Member of UPPGAP. Director of FIIN. Studies gender and masculinities in politics, authoritarianism, violence, corruption.
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👋🌍the @men4dem.bsky.social website is online! 🧑‍🎓✊🎭🤹‍♂️Scroll, explore and find out what our consortium of academics, activists and artists is up to the coming 3 years. 🇪🇺 🇳🇱 🇸🇪 🇩🇪 🇬🇷 🇵🇱 🇮🇹 men4dem.eu

📣 We've got news 📰 We are absolutely delighted to share that Anna Elomäki (Tampere University) has now joined the EJPG editor team as an Associate Editor Anna brings expertise in European Union level politics at the intersection of gender and economic governance. Welcome Anna!

So happy to be back in Uppsala for a great book workshop with @elinbja.bsky.social & @parzetterberg.bsky.social, some lovely dinners with friends, and a stop at Swedish radio to talk about gender research in the era on Trump!

What a privilege to have four brilliant people read and discuss our (me and @parzetterberg.bsky.social) book manuscript on Autocratic Genderwashing. Thank you Michael Wahman, Li Bennich Björkman, @jennpiscopo.bsky.social and Björn Holmberg. This was so inspiring!

📢 New #PAG20 Book Review 📚 Anne Van Bavel reviews 'Gender and Violence Against Political Actors' by @elinbja.bsky.social & @parzetterberg.bsky.social. This edited volume highlights the theoretical and methodological tools scholars use to study gendered violence in politics. buff.ly/3WPkT46

📢New issue of #PAG20 is out!📢 In "Comparing Gendered Exposure and Impact in Online Election Violence", Malin Holm, @elinbja.bsky.social, & @parzetterberg.bsky.social investigate candidate experiences of gendered election violence in 🇹🇳. 🌟#OpenAccess 🌟 polisky gendersky https://buff.ly/3WCxCHe

We've finally made it to this side! 👋 Check out our semester schedule—we’ve got a stellar lineup of international researchers:

UPPGAP - Uppsala Politics and Gender - is now on Bluesky! Follow us! @uppgap.bsky.social

In Memoriam Mala Htun (1969-2025) Mala Htun made a major impact on the study of women, gender, and politics as a scholar, teacher, mentor, and advocate. To honor her contributions, we have ungated access to her articles until the end of February 2025. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Our research seminar today is from @elinbja.bsky.social on "Autocratic Genderwashing: Women’s Rights as Authoritarian Strategies" at 1pm in McCrea 201 👩‍🏫

Check out the UPPGAP seminar schedule for the spring semester!

Today is the launch of the Horizon Europe project MEN4DEM - masculinities for the future of European democracy. Follow us at @men4dem.bsky.social for updates! #men4dem

Masculinities for the future @men4dem.bsky.social launching even as we speak. How being a man does not have to be toxic for democracy.

Thrilled to see my and Cherry Miller's new methods paper in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social ! Drawing on our experiences with combining ethnography and feminist new institutionalism, we share a set of best practices for feminist scholars interested in using ethnography www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

1/6 What is MEN4DEM? MEN4DEM is a European project led by @lizamugge.bsky.social that challenges how far-right ideologies use distorted ideas of masculinity to erode democracy. We focus on healthier, democratic models of masculinity to support equality, inclusion, and fair political participation

Interview with me about the new research environment on sexual corruption @uppsalauniversitet.bsky.social www.uu.se/en/departmen...

Nominations for the 2025 Skytte Prize in Political Science are open until January 31! www.skytteprize.com/nominate

📢 Join us for the MEN4DEM launch on Friday January 24th @aissr.bsky.social @fmg-uva.bsky.social A project introduction, interventions #ViaBerlin and a round table w #DimitrisBouris @norocel.bsky.social @katarzynawojnicka.bsky.social #JolantaReingrade #AleksDimitrijevic aissr.uva.nl/content/even...

The website of my research group Politics of Diversity is online! Scroll and explore our ongoing and completed projects on migration/ethnicity/race, gender/sexuality and intersectionality www.politicsofdiversity.eu

A few weeks ago, I received funding from the Swedish Research Council, which will enable me to spend the next six years developing a research environment focused on sexual corruption. www.uu.se/en/departmen...

I’m so happy to announce that my book, Defending the Status Quo: On Adaptive Resistance to Gender Quotas, is finally here! academic.oup.com/book/58626 #Polisky #poliSci #GenderSky

Apply to the PhD program in political at Uppsala University! Application open now! www.uu.se/en/departmen...

📣Announcement📣 Politics & Gender Conference 2025 A conference celebrating 20 years of P&G for scholars working on all aspects of women, gender, & politics. 📅 May 28-29, 2025 📍 Rutgers University CFP: mlkrook.org/PAGC_CFP_202... Website: www.pagconference.org Submit: forms.gle/nc6ZpaEX7qnz...

DEMSCORE v4.0 is now available! Explore new data and features on our website, including two new thematic datasets on Corruption, and Security & Violence. More details coming soon. www.demscore.se @ucdp.bsky.social @medem.bsky.social @digitalsocietyproject.org

🎓✨Here’s your starter pack for experts on gender and its intersections in elections, public opinion, political parties, and the women in the EPOP discipline. 💡📚 Nominate yourself and others! 📣 📣 go.bsky.app/HC7Pvbd

I've put together a starter pack of academic researchers working on political party organisations. Feel free to suggest yourself or others who work on *organisations* (i.e. members, branches, structures, intra-party democracy, finances, rules etc.) go.bsky.app/76Zdx3c

We noticed there wasn't a starter pack on authoritarian politics yet – Now there is! go.bsky.app/UFHn7sS Spread and ask to join!

📣 Out on #FirstView 📣 In "Comparing Gendered Exposure and Impact in Online Election Violence", Malin Holm, @elinbja.bsky.social , & @parzetterberg.bsky.social investigate candidate experiences of gendered election violence in 🇹🇳. Available 🌟 #OpenAccess 🌟 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

📢New #PAG20 Critical Perspectives In "Window-Dressing or Window of Opportunity?" @elinbja.bsky.social & @danieladonno.bsky.social look to the role of implementation laws to understand whether autocratic gender equality reforms improve women's lives polisky gendersky www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Celebrating 20,000 views! 🥂 But keep on watching and listening - we don’t mind the bubbles! m.youtube.com/watch?v=XVTA...

polisky Our call for PhD students is still open - now with two additional project-related positions. If you are interested, you can read more on our webpage, and sign up for a digital information session on Tuesday Jan 16. www.statsvet.uu.se/education/ph...

Proud to have contributed to this volume. "Gender and Violence against Political Actors" is a very cool compilation of qualitative and quantitative research, theoretical approaches, and synthesized discussions on gender and violence in political arenas.

Early View in @govjournal.bsky.social : Sex instead of money: conceptualizing sexual corruption doi.org/10.1111/gove...

Very happy about this review of our book - by Kyle Beardsley in the Journal of Peace Research. www.prio.org/journals/jpr...

Three fully funded PhD positions now open at Uppsala Uni. This truly is one of the best places for gender and politics PhD studies in the world. Please do reach out if you have any questions for a recent PhD graduate.

Come work with us! We are hiring at least three new PhD students, fully funded. www.statsvet.uu.se/education/ph...

Check out this webinar on online gendered political violence in #Zimbabwe organized by the Nordic Africa Institute. nai.uu.se/news-and-eve...

I enjoyed participating in this pod about the state of gender equality globally (in Swedish). omvarlden.se/poddar/avsni...

Marking the start of the #16Days of Activism by starting a 🧵about Policy Responses to gendered violence against political actors. Stay tuned for insights from Part IV of the #gpvbook #OrangeTheWorld #NoExcuse #StopGBV shorturl.at/giu24 (1/7)