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Dr Redmond Scales
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PhD in IR from UCD.
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This issue includes articles by our colleague, Dr Dawn Walsh @dawnwalsh.bsky.social , and our former PhD student, Dr Emma Murphy @emmamurphy.bsky.social , including:

"Gender quota adoption for commissions in post-conflict societies" by Dawn Walsh and Emma Murphy

journals.sagepub.com/toc/ipsa/46/5
IPSR Special Issue: Inclusion and Commissions in Peace Processes
www.ipsa.org/na/news/ipsr...
November 19, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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Applications are now open for the UCD Iseult Honohan Doctoral Scholarship 2026.

Closing Date: 30 January 2026

✔️Covers full fees (EU and Non-EU)
✔️Provides a living stipend of €25,000 per year for up to four years
✔️Is open to EU and non-EU applicants

👇
www.ucd.ie/spire/study/...
November 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Delighted to say that the UCD Iseult Honohan Doctoral Scholarships Scheme 2026 is now open. Deadline: Friday 30th January 2026 at 5pm Dublin time.

We're looking for exceptional doctoral candidates - from anywhere in the world - to join us @ucdpolitics.bsky.social

www.ucd.ie/spire/study/...
Iseult Honohan Doctoral Scholarship - UCD School of Politics and International Relations
www.ucd.ie
November 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Amazing! 👏👏
The home of the O'Donovan family is being used as a polling station in Coolmoyne, Co Tipperary. Around 250 people are eligible to vote at the house and after they cast their ballot, they will be treated to a cup of tea, a slice of apple or rhubarb tart, or a scone | More: rte.ie/b/1540324
October 24, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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Author copies for

Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics

by me & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social arrived today!

If you re-post this by Sept 30 we'll put you in a drawing & send the winner a free signed copy anywhere they happen to be on the planet.
September 15, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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I found authoritarianism a much more appealing topic to study than regime to live in.
August 26, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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Was great for me & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social to talk with @leslievinjamuri.bsky.social on the the Chicago Council on Global Affairs @global-affairs.bsky.social podcast about Ukraine & our new book Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics.

Have a listen here:
The US and Europe Unite with Ukraine—What Comes Next?
What do Putin and Trump have in common? Both turn grievance into power, and our guests explain how.
globalaffairs.org
August 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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No love for John Bolton. But the FBI is raiding him for criticizing Trump’s foreign policy. The government’s being weaponized to silence opposition—and it’s only going to get worse.
August 22, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I’m Delighted to share that I have joined the Department of Political Science at Trinity College Dublin as a Teaching Fellow in Applied Social Data Science 🎉
August 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Powell is all of us…🤦🏻
Powell called out Trump for making stuff up to smear him

"I'm not aware of that, Mr President. I haven't heard that from anybody at the Fed. You just added in a third building is what that is. No, it was built five years ago. We finished it five years ago. It's not new."
July 24, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Version 2.0 of the National Elections Database is online! nationalelectionsdatabase.com
We cover presidential and parliamentary elections 1789–2023, extending the post-1945 data of Electoral Turnovers @reveconstudies.bsky.social (academic.oup.com/restud/advan...)
w/ Benjamin Marx and Vincent Rollet
June 5, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Bhí an ghrian ag scoilteadh na gcloch innú i gCuan na Cuime (Keem bay)☀️
May 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
*On the train to Galway*

Irish rail steward over intercom:

“If you have any queries please let me know and if I don’t know the answer sure we’ll Google it” 😂
April 5, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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March 24, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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Such an important read. Please repost.
Make this @OfficialUoM press release viral
“Trump … echoed Kremlin talking points, by falsely claiming …Zelensky’s approval rating stands at a mere 4%…polling…puts his approval rating at 63% - making him the most popular politician in the country.”
www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/t...
Trump is making false claims about Zelensky's popularity, say experts
US President Donald Trump has once again echoed Kremlin talking points, by falsely claiming that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s approval rating stands at a mere 4%. In reality, polling by ex...
www.manchester.ac.uk
February 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Cool to see my next book Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics co-authored w/ Alex Cooley as one of "The Most Anticipated Books of 2025" in @foreignpolicy.com
The Most Anticipated Books of 2025
The biggest releases in foreign affairs, history, and economics.
foreignpolicy.com
January 3, 2025 at 12:52 PM
13 days, hmmm…
December 4, 2024 at 1:19 PM
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🗳️
#GE24
Exit Poll: Irish Times/RTE/Ipsos/TG4/TCD
(MoE ~1.4%)

Sinn Féin 21.1%
Fine Gael 21%
Fianna Fáil 19.5%

Soc Dems 5.8%
Greens 4%
Labour 5%
PBP 3.1%
Aontú 3.6%
Ind Ireland 2.2%
Independents 12.7%
Others 1.9%
November 29, 2024 at 10:01 PM
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I love an Irish General election. You can keep Jake Tapper striding through a VR map like a Colossus. I don't want Wolf Blitzer using a touchscreen to show voter turnout.
Give me a frazzled RTE reporter coming live from a playschool in Offaly watching votes being added with a pencil for two weeks.
November 29, 2024 at 2:50 PM
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Worth another share, for the week that's in it… 

How Ireland's PR-STV electoral system works, explained with a 🔴specific 🟠 (#notspon) 🟡 brand 🟢 of 🔵 popular 🟣 colourful 🟤 chocolate confectionery.

@virginmedianews.bsky.social #ge24

(Part 1 of 4)
November 26, 2024 at 9:32 PM
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📖 To celebrate the migration to Bluesky I will put everyone who reposts this before Dec 2nd into a random drawing & send the winner a free paperback copy of my 2021 book Making the World Safe for Dictatorship anywhere they happen to be in the world. 📖
November 26, 2024 at 1:10 PM
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My @news.rte.ie article today focuses on trends in voter turnout over time and in a comparative perspective, measurement issues, satisfaction with democracy, the age gap in turnout, and the implications of low turnout.
#GE24

➡️ www.rte.ie/news/electio...
November 24, 2024 at 9:16 AM
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Given the recent increase in Irish users, I’m sharing the Starter Pack on Irish Politics and Political Science one last time.
The list includes over 100 political scientists and journalists. Let me know if you’d like to be added.

➡️ bsky.app/starter-pack...
November 20, 2024 at 4:00 PM
A great resource! 👏👏
Dashboard of Irish Party Manifestos

Our website contains over 85 manifestos from General, Local, and EP Elections.
You can read/download the documents or search for specific terms.

We’ll add more #GE24 manifestos as soon as they get published.

➡️ irishpoliticsdata.shinyapps.io/manifestoexp...
November 18, 2024 at 7:54 PM
Repost a GIF describing your exit from Twitter
November 16, 2024 at 9:01 PM