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patrickmello.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of International Security, Dep. Political Science & Public Administration, @vuamsterdam.bsky.social, foreign policy, research methods. QCA: https://bit.ly/3NXzhTG, Handbook: http://bit.ly/3VLE4bS 🌐 https://patrickmello.com
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🙏 Power of wrong mapping... I never understood why German media use maps from 🇬🇧 majoritarian voting to illustrate 🇩🇪 proportional voting.... 🤷 #btw25

One thing seems certain about Germany's general election on Sunday: for the first time, the former "Volksparteien" (catch all parties) will receive less than 50% of the vote. The CDU/CSU and the SPD are particularly weak among younger voters, so this trend is likely to continue. (1/2)

Thanks for the interview, Adrián Romero @rtvenoticias.bsky.social, in light of the upcoming German #elections and their implications for security policy, especially the continued support for #Ukraine. 👇

Just in time for the elections: my take on German 🇩🇪party politics during the🚦traffic-light coalition, in the wake of the Russian war against Ukraine #openaccess #CRIA doi.org/10.1080/0955...

🚨 Just out: "The party politics of national role contestation: Germany’s ‘traffic light’ coalition and the Russian war against Ukraine" #openaccess (thread to follow)

🚨Registration opened: 'Exploring Causal Complexity with Qualitative Comparative Analysis (#QCA)', 29th @USI_en Summer School (11-15 August 2025)

Thanks for your inspiring guest talk @vuamsterdam.bsky.social on your PhD research on "Visual Narratives in Foreign Policy" İrem Karamık Kaya - and good luck with the final steps!

It is legit hard to focus and all the different unbelievable things do matter. A couple of things that just happened that reveal the attack on the invisible, boring systems that help keep US national security going: 1/

🚨Registration opened: 'Exploring Causal Complexity with Qualitative Comparative Analysis (#QCA)', 29th @USI_en Summer School (11-15 August 2025)

Lecture in a movie theater, nice for a change!

Getting ready for the next teaching period with courses in our Bachelor and Master Political Science. #Methods all the way.

🚀Come work with us at VU Amsterdam! Excellent opportunity in pol sci/international relations: werkenbij.vu.nl/vacatures/as...

#Zeitenwende at Twilight: Will #Germany's Shift Last?, a brief piece on the transitional phase between the breakdown of the 🟥🟩🟨 coalition and the upcoming elections in February for CentrumBalticum & #BalticRimEconomies

Calling it a day in Tilburg. Thanks to Roel Rutten and the whole organizing team for a great first day of the 2025 #QCA Paper Development and Expert Workshops!

The program for the 29th Summer School in Social Sciences at the Università della Svizzera italiana (#USI) in Lugano has been announced: I'm offering "Exploring Causal Complexity with Qualitative Comparative Analysis (#QCA)". Registration opens in January 2025.

The program for the 29th Summer School in Social Sciences at the Università della Svizzera italiana (#USI) in Lugano has been announced: I'm offering "Exploring Causal Complexity with Qualitative Comparative Analysis (#QCA)". Registration opens in January 2025.

⚡️We're hiring! Two assistant/associate professors in public administration (deadline Jan 4): werkenbij.vu.nl/vacatures/tw...

Happy to see @vuamsterdam.bsky.social has joined the blue skies over here! 🦋

Yesterday I joined the protest, with many of my @vuamsterdam.bsky.social colleagues, on the #Malieveld against the outrageous budget cuts in Dutch higher education by the current government. Happy to see such a large crowd of 20.000 people protesting! 🟥 #WOinActie #doehetniet #Stopdebezuinigingen

Thanks to this fantastic international group (hailing from 10 countries across 🇪🇺🇨🇭🇯🇵🇭🇰🇸🇬🇺🇸🇬🇧) for a splendid Qualitative Comparative Analysis #QCA Summer School workshop #Lugano! Thanks so much to the organizers at the Università della Svizzera italiana #USI!

What an evening with Patti Smith and her band in the wonderful Paradiso Amsterdam. Amazing setlist and such a pleasure to see her in top form after all these years!

"Der Gruß stehe für Nationalismus, Rassismus und Antisemitismus, sei antipluralistisch und antidemokratisch. Küpeli sagt:"Und diejenige, die angegriffen werden durch den Gruß, die Kurden, Aleviten, Jesiden,die wissen auch,dass ihnen damit Angst gemacht werden soll." www.t-online.de/nachrichten/...

This year's #QCA workshop #USI Lugano has been confirmed - registration is still open until July 19. Don't miss the opportunity! #MethodsNET #FORSresearch

Want to learn Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) in presence, rather than online? 🏫 Register for the #QCA Workshop at the 28th Summer School in Social Science Methods at the Università della Svizzera italiana #USI in beautiful #Lugano (Aug 19-23). www.usi.ch/en/education...

Want to learn Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) in presence, rather than online? 🏫 Register for the #QCA Workshop at the 28th Summer School in Social Science Methods at the Università della Svizzera italiana #USI in beautiful #Lugano (Aug 19-23). www.usi.ch/en/education...

A great step for Foreign Policy Analysis and an excellent resource for years to come: the new Oxford Handbook, edited by @jkaarbo.bsky.social & Cameron Thies. #IR #FPA @fpajrnl.bsky.social

Want to learn Qualitative Comparative Analysis? Register for the #QCA Workshop at the 28th #USI Summer School in Social Science Methods (August 19-23) - in presence, in beautiful #Lugano #MethodsNET. www.usi.ch/en/education...

Want to learn Qualitative Comparative Analysis? Register for the #QCA Workshop at the 28th #USI Summer School in Social Science Methods (August 19-23) - in presence, in beautiful #Lugano #MethodsNET. www.usi.ch/en/education...

🚨 Join us tomorrow at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam for a book talk by @kseniyaoksamytna.bsky.social on her recent book "Advocacy and Change in International Organizations", with @uelistaeger.bsky.social as discussant - looking forward to this!