Associate Professor @LSEGovernment | Studying representation, politics of identity, parties, development | #FirstGen | he/him
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29 Nov 2024
🎉 Thrilled that my new book, *Creating Partisans: The Organizational Roots of New Parties in Latin America*, is finally out! 🎉 @CUP_PoliSci
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Excited to welcome Natalia Bueno at the LSE Latin American Politics Seminar series today *12:00 - 1:30 pm UK time* (in-person and online). She will present “Coordination Advantage: How Partisan Favoritism Persists Under Accountability Institutions” @LSEnews @LSEGovernment
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Mathias Poertner retweeted
Mar 27
Really pleased to advertise these 4 LSE postdocs in the history of popular government as part of our ERC Synergy Project "Popular Government in Global Perspective (POPGOV)"
Mar 27
🔺We're #hiring.
We are recruiting four #research #officers who will be part of the research project “Popular Government in Global Perspective” (POPGOV) co-led by Assistant Professor @BrunoLeipold. The positions are full time for a period of four years.👇🏾
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Excited to welcome @jmangonnet for a joint session of the LSE Latin American Politics Seminar and Political Behaviour series today *12:00 - 1:30 pm UK time* (in-person and online). He will present “The Insurgent Roots of Indigenous Rights Litigation” @LSEnews @LSEGovernment
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If you can’t come in-person (CBG 4.17), you can also join remotely. For more info on how to join remotely and to sign up for the email list, please email gov.comms@lse.ac.uk
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Mar 2
*Job Search*
3-year Departmental Lecturer position in International Political Economy at Oxford.
Deadline March 18th. Please circulate!
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Feb 25
The position has good pay, no teaching, and can be renewed for a second year. You'll have time for your own research.
We need your CV, cover letter, writing sample, and two letters. Review begins March 20.
Details & apply here: apply.interfolio.com/182135
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Excited to welcome Kenneth F. Greene at the LSE Latin American Politics Seminar series today *12:00 - 1:30 pm UK time* (in-person and online). He will present parts of his new book “Against the Machine: Why Party Competition Disrupts Vote Buying” @LSEnews @LSEGovernment
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Looking forward to all the exciting talks in the @LSEnews Latin American Politics Seminar (LAPS) series this term!
Talks will be on-campus (open to anyone interested) but you can also join remotely.
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The presenters this term include Kenneth F. Greene, @jmangonnet, and Natalia Bueno with more talks to come—keep an eye out for announcements.
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đź“Ś Save the Date: 30 January 2026 | LSE
We are pleased to share the preliminary programme for the LSE–PEPS Early Career Workshop. The workshop features an excellent line-up of speakers, and we warmly welcome attendees.
đź”— Registration: shorturl.at/AEm5G
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Mathias Poertner retweeted
8 Oct 2025
“Bringing War Back In” is finally out in paperback 📖
Help me spread the word with a rt and I’ll dm a discount voucher valid for a week.
• Winner of the 2025 Hedley Bull Award to the best book in International Relations (ECPR)
• Honorable mention, 2025 Charles H. Levine Prize to best book in Public Administration (IPSA)
• Shortlisted for the 2025 Luebbert Award to the best book in Comparative Politics in the past two years (APSA)
"A modern-day comparative historical masterpiece" James Mahoney
"A new and powerful explanation for the state in Latin America" James Robinson
"The most ambitions work on state formation to date" Victoria Hui
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11 Sep 2025
Excited and honored that “Creating Partisans” has won the Leon Epstein Outstanding Book Award for its contributions to research on pol. organizations and parties from @APSA_POP ! Many thanks to the committee and everyone who helped improve the book! @CUP_PoliSci @APSAtweets
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Mathias Poertner retweeted
5 Sep 2025
🚨🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨🚨
We have 3 lines open in CP, IR and IPE — all tenure-track.
We offer competitive salaries, a 2:1 teaching load, in a friendly (and fully in English) environment, at one of Europe’s most sought-after cities.
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Mathias Poertner retweeted
9 Jul 2025
đź“Ł Call for Applications đź“Ł
3-year Postdoc position in Berlin 🚀
Join our Comparative Political Behavior Group at @HumboldtUni & the Humboldt Governance Lab
Great people, great projects, great city – come work with us!
🗓️ Deadline: 31 July 2025
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