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*PSA New Trustees*
Welcome to Dr Simon Choat, Kingston University and Dr Roula Nezi, University of Surrey. Prof. Nicholas Allen, Royal Holloway University of London, has been appointed for a second term.
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*PSA STUDENT BLOG WINNER*
🌟Congratulations to Michaela Amiekhai from Harris Chobham Academy, winner of our 2026 student blog competition in partnership with FT for schools and Shout-Out UK.
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Deadline Extended! Apply by 6/15! Submit full-panel proposals for the International Conference Panel #TravelGrant! We invite APSA members to utilize these panel allocations at conferences of select national political science associations. View here: buff.ly/JK59Olb
📢 PUBLICATION ALERT!
@alexkyates2000 examines how anti-populists seek to “cure” populism across UK and US debates.
Through a mixed-methods analysis, he shows these remedies are often elite-centric and risk reinforcing the very dynamics they oppose.
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Exciting PhD opportunity at Loughborough University on 'Inclusive Leadership and and Workforce Diversity in Global Sport'. More details and how to apply here: lboro.ac.uk/study/postgradua…@CarolynneMason
“Can Social Media help save Democracy?”
🏅Congratulations to winner & runners up of our Student Blog Competition.
🌟 This year’s winner is 16 year old Michaela Amiekhai, from Harris Chobham Academy @harrisinstitute.bsky.social
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*PSA BLOG*
❓️What can Anarchists teach us about Education?
Professor Ruth Kinna, University of Loughborough & co-founder of PSA group Anarchist Studies Network, explores what we might learn from and for #education.
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*PSA EVENTS*
TLN Annual Conference - Call for Papers
Seeing paper proposals for #Teaching & #Learning Network conference; 'Teaching amid Chaos' at University of Glasgow, 3 - 4 September 2026.
📆 Deadline for proposals 30 June
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*PSA & APSA EVENT*
#Teaching#PoliticalScience in an Age of Generative Artificial Intelligence.
22 – 26 June 2026, online
Fully booked
A joint symposium bringing together political science educators from to share best practices.
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*PSA EVENT*
📊 Creative Methodologies in Political Research Workshop
📆 24–25 June 2026 | Scottish Political Archive, University of Stirling
➡️ Organised by the PSA Territorial Politics Specialist Group
Supported by the PSA Excellence & Impact Fund
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*PSA27 Annual Conference*
⛵️ Join us in #Hull for #PSA27 to discuss 'Seismic Politics: impacts and responses from the global to the local'
📆 22 - 24 March 2027, University of Hull
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*PSA EVENTS*
Call for Papers -“Dis(mis)information and the Public Sphere in the Age of #AI”
for the joint annual conference of PSA’s Media & #Politics and #Technology, Information & Policy groups.
📆 Deadline: 7 Sept 2026
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*PSA News*
Congratulations to Peter Geogheganl, editor of PSA Political Insights magazine, for winning Private Eye’s Investigative Journalism award for his work with colleague Khadija Sharife on their ‘Democracy for Sale’ newsletter.
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*PSA Membership*
Choose membership that's right for you.
💙 Academic - for all career stages, incl. #ECRs, PhD students.
💙 Public - for all engaged with #politics,#IR research, incl. policy-makers, think-tankers.
💙 Join 1000 members.
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*PSA Publications*
FINAL REMINDER
📢 New Opportunity. We're looking for new editors for the British Journal of #Politics and #InternationalRelations (BJPIR)
Expressions of interest invited by 31 May 👇
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*PSA EVENTS*
TLN Annual Conference - Call for Papers
Seeing paper proposals for #Teaching & #Learning Network conference; 'Teaching amid Chaos' at University of Glasgow, 3 - 4 September 2026.
📆 Deadline for proposals 30 June
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*PSA EVENTS*
TOMORROW - How to ‘Get Out the Participation’? Testing the Efficacy of Policy-Oriented vs Social-Relational Recruitment Approaches
🧠 Online talk by PSA Political Psychology Group
📆 27 May, 1 - 2pm
➡️ Free, open to all
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