Shortlist Els Witte PhD Prize

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On behalf of the jury, we are pleased to announce the shortlist for the Els Witte PhD Prize this year! From all submitted dissertations, the jury selected the following theses for the shortlist (names in alphabetical order).

  • Dr. Imogen T. Liu (Maastricht University) – Investing for the state: a finance-sensitive reading of the transnationalisation of Chinese state capital in Europe
  • Dr. Franziska Petri (KU Leuven) – One message, many messengers? The role of European Union Delegations in implementing climate and energy diplomacy across the globe
  • Dr. Željko Poljak (University of Antwerp) – Negativity in politics from election to election: attacks in parliaments throughout the electoral cycle
  • Dr. Emma Turkenburg (KU Leuven) – On Silver Tongues and Silver Linings. Examining controversial political communication and its effects on citizens’ reasoning

The winner of the award will be announced at the Annual Political Science Workshops of the Low Countries (Politicologenetmaal). The award ceremony for the Els de Witte PhD Prize will take place on the 13th of June. We would like to thank all colleagues for submitting your nomination!

Acta Politica Vacancy: Journal Co-Editor

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Acta Politica – international journal of political science, published by Palgrave Macmillan as part of Springer Nature and covered by the Social Science Citation Index – has a vacancy for the post of Journal Co-Editor.

It is expected that the journal editor will:

• Actively acquire manuscripts in all fields of political science

• Select proper peer reviewers for an assessment of submissions

• Make decisions regarding publication of submitted manuscripts

• Edit manuscripts – if needed – to ensure these are presented in good English

• Manage contacts with the publisher, Palgrave Macmillan

• Develop ideas on the journal and its position in political science.

The candidate should be:

• A political scientist working at a university or a related academic or research institution, preferably a Dutch or Flemish institution

• Have demonstrable affinity with political science in the Low Countries

• Well-acquainted with European political science and its organisations (ECPR, EPSA, and EPSnet)

• Well versed in written English; experience in language editing is a bonus

The successful candidate is expected to start as Co-Editor per January 1, 2025.

The incoming Editor will work together with the other editor, Benjamin Leruth (University of Groningen). The editors are supported by an editorial secretary. Acta Politica strives for an editorial board that is diverse in terms of gender and research background: so, we encourage a wide diversity of people to apply for this position. The editor receives a stipend of approximately 1.100 EUR per year. For more information about the journal, please visit the journal’s homepage at: www.palgrave-journals.com/ap/index.html.

If you are interested in this position, please send your CV (including list of publications), and motivation letter by email before 15 May, 2024 to Loes Aaldering Board Member of the Dutch Political Science Association (NKWP): l.aaldering@vu.nl

Applications may be written in Dutch or English.

For further enquiries, please contact Emilie van Haute (Emilie.Van.Haute@ulb.be) or Benjamin Leruth (b.j.j.leruth@rug.nl), current co-Editors of Acta Politica.

Acta Politica vacancy: Book Review Editor

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Acta Politica – international journal of political science, published by Palgrave Macmillan as part of Springer and covered by the Social Science Citation Index – has a vacancy for a position of Book Review Editor.

It is expected that the book review editor will:

• Actively acquire book reviews in all fields of political science

• Make decisions regarding publication of submitted book reviews

• Edit book reviews – if needed – to ensure these are presented in good English

• Manage contacts with the publisher, Palgrave Macmillan

The candidate should be:

• A political scientist working at a university or a related academic or research institution, preferably a Dutch or Flemish institution

• Have demonstrable affinity with political science in the Low Countries

• Well versed in written English; experience in language editing is a bonus

The successful candidate is expected to start as Book Review Editor per July 1, 2024.

The incoming Book Review Editor will work together with the journal co-editors, Benjamin Leruth (University of Groningen) and Emilie van Haute (Université libre de Bruxelles). The book review editor is supported by an editorial secretary. Acta Politica strives for an editorial board that is diverse in terms of gender and research background: so, we encourage a wide diversity of people to apply for this position. The book review editor receives a stipend of 250 EUR per year. For more information about the journal, please visit the journal’s homepage at: www.palgrave-journals.com/ap/index.html.

If you are interested in this position, please send your CV (including list of publications), and motivation letter by email before 15 May, 2024 to Loes Aaldering, Board Member of the Dutch Political Science Association (NKWP): l.aaldering@vu.nl

Applications may be written in Dutch or English.

For further enquiries, please contact Emilie van Haute (Emilie.Van.Haute@ulb.be) or Benjamin Leruth (b.j.j.leruth@rug.nl), co-Editors of Acta Politica, or Tim Mickler (t.a.mickler@fsw.leidenuniv.nl) the current book editor of Acta Politica.

Call for papers Annual Political Science Workshops of The Low Countries 2024

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The next Politicologenetmaal, also known as the Annual Political Science Workshops of The Low Countries 2024 will take place on 13-14 June in Maastricht (the Netherlands). The call for papers is now launched: https://politicologenetmaal.eu/call-for-papers-2024/

Check whether your paper would fit one of the 14 excellent workshops and submit your abstract via the website by March 31 at 11:59 pm.

* During the Etmaal, we also award two prizes:

(1) The jury of the Els Witte Annual Prize for Political Science 2024 awards the best Ph.D. dissertation in political science (and related disciplines). The dissertation was defended in 2023 at a Belgian/Dutch university or elsewhere but relates to Dutch or Belgian politics.

(2) Every master thesis submitted in 2023 that obtained a score of at least 8 (The Netherlands) or 16 (Belgium) is eligible for the Daniel Heinsius thesis prize.

Call for Workshops voor het Etmaal in Maastricht

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Dear colleagues,

Mark your calendars with a bold red circle because on Thursday and Friday, June 13-14, 2024, the ‘Politicologenetmaal’ or Annual Political Science Workshops of the Low Countries will take center stage in Maastricht. This exciting event is a collaboration between the Dutch Political Science Association (NKWP) and the Association for Political Science (VPW), and we are thrilled to announce that Maastricht University’s Department of Political Science will be the proud host of the upcoming edition!

We are now actively seeking engaging workshop proposals that span the diverse spectrum of political science, encompassing empirical research, political theory, international relations, and local politics. For detailed information, please refer to the attached PDF.

To contribute to this intellectually stimulating event, kindly submit your workshop proposal using the submission form available on our website:

Call for Workshops 2024

The deadline for workshop proposals is January 15, 2024, at midnight.

The organizing team eagerly anticipates your participation, either as workshop chairs or presenters. Should you have any inquiries or require further clarification, feel free to reach out to us via email at Etmaal2024-politics@maastrichtuniversity.nl.

We look forward to hosting a vibrant and insightful conference, and we hope to welcome many of you to Maastricht.

Best regards,

Christine Arnold, Soetkin Verhaegen, and Iskander De Bruycker

Organizing Team – Politicologenetmaal 2024

www.politicologenetmaal.eu

Politicologenetmaal in Leuven op 1 en 2 juni 2023

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Het Politicologenetmaal in Leuven op 1 en 2 juni 2023 was een groot succes! We willen graag het lokale organisatieteam bedanken voor hun geweldige inzet en uitstekende organisatie. Dankzij hun harde werk konden we genieten van een zeer geslaagde conferentie.

We zijn verheugd te melden dat het Politicologenetmaal deelnemers trok uit maar liefst 17 verschillende landen en van 42 universiteiten. Het totale aantal deelnemers was 206. Dit onderstreept de internationale aantrekkingskracht van het evenement en geeft een duidelijk beeld van de grote belangstelling en betrokkenheid bij het Politicologenetmaal.

Het succes van deze conferentie was niet alleen te danken aan het indrukwekkende aantal deelnemers, maar ook aan de kwaliteit van de presentaties, de discussies en de interacties tussen de deelnemers. Het Politicologenetmaal heeft een platform geboden waar academici, onderzoekers en practitioners uit verschillende landen en universiteiten elkaar konden ontmoeten, ideeën konden uitwisselen en waardevolle netwerken konden opbouwen.

We zijn trots op het resultaat van het Politicologenetmaal in Leuven en bedanken nogmaals het lokale organisatieteam voor hun inzet en toewijding. We kijken nu al uit naar het volgende evenement en hopen dat het net zo succesvol zal zijn als deze editie!

Forum Workshop

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Op 1 september organiseert International Political Sociology Belgium een Forum Workshop aan de ULB. Dit nieuwe format is speciaal ontworpen voor jonge onderzoekers die op zoek zijn naar inspiratie op het gebied van de besproken onderwerpen, namelijk schandalen, geweld en het antropoceen. Voor meer informatie kunnen jullie terecht op de volgende website:

https://www.doingips.org/news-events/ips-forum-workshops-parallel-inquiries-into-scandal-violence-and-the-anthropocene

Winnaar Els Witte PhD Prijs en Daniël Heinsiusprijs

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De jury heeft de winnaar voor de Els Witte Jaarprijs Politicologie voor het beste proefschrift bekend gemaakt. De winnaar is geselecteerd uit de genomineerde proefschriften die in het afgelopen jaar zijn verschenen. De jury heeft besloten de prijs toe te kennen aan Charlotte de Roon (Universiteit Leiden) voor haar proefschrift “The Functioning of Dutch Party Youth Wings: a comparison of the 1980s and 2010s”. Van harte gefeliciteerd!

Ook willen we Agnes Termeer (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) feliciteren met het winnen van de Daniël Heinsiusprijs voor de beste scriptie van het voorgaande jaar. Haar scriptie, getiteld ‘Jihadist Justice: Dissecting Rebel Legal Order, Governance and Legitimacy in the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and the Taliban Insurgency’, heeft de jury overtuigd. Nogmaals van harte gefeliciteerd!