Leiv Marsteintredet
leivm.bsky.social
Leiv Marsteintredet
@leivm.bsky.social
Professor and Head of Department of Comparative politics, University of Bergen. Tweet mostly about Latin America. Personal account
Reposted by Leiv Marsteintredet
Reposted by Leiv Marsteintredet
New: @theins.press saw the Witkoff-Dmitriev plan six months ago in draft form—except it was all Dmitriev. Bloomberg reports now Dmitriev told Ushakov he’d pass along a Russian plan and the Americans “can present it as their own”: theins.press/en/politics/...
Made in Moscow: The “U.S. peace plan” for Ukraine was substantially formulated months ago by Kremlin operative Kirill Dmitriev
Since it was first published on Nov. 20, the much-discussed 28-point plan for ending the war in Ukraine has borne all the signs of a Kremlin information operation. In fact, many of its most controvers...
theins.press
November 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Reposted by Leiv Marsteintredet
Quizás te interesa acompañarnos mañana. Esperamos que sea el comienzo de una renovada discusión sobre los legislativos en América Latina. Estaremos online con @milagroscampos.bsky.social en el coloquio iberoamericano del Max Planck Institut
November 26, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Reposted by Leiv Marsteintredet
Honduras nears the Sunday elections with last-minute institutional infighting, criminal investigations, fraud accusations and a state of exception. Amid Trump’s Venezuela gunboat diplomacy, the United States called for the OAS to meet today on the Honduran election. beta.elfaro.net/en/central-a...
Honduras Heads to Election Day Amid Infighting, Lawfare, Fraud Accusations
Honduras approaches the Sunday elections with last-minute institutional infighting, criminal investigations, accusations of fraud, and under a three-year state of exception. With Trump’s Venezuela gun...
beta.elfaro.net
November 25, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Reposted by Leiv Marsteintredet
Today is the 65th anniversary of the slaying of las hermanas Mirabal, killed by the regime of Dominican Republic dictator Rafael Trujillo. The anniversary of their deaths has become the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
November 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Reposted by Leiv Marsteintredet
🌟 JOB ALERT! 🌟

I’m hiring 1 postdoc for my ERC project ECONENGAGE (@ Gothenburg 🇸🇪)! Starting ca. Aug '26! Congenial colleagues + int'l & supportive environment. 💸 for conferences + workshops! Lots of professional networking opportunities with scholars! Deadline Jan 7th. Apply! (see more below 🧵)
Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science PAR 2025/838
The Department of Political Science is an international academic environment that welcomes students, researchers and
web103.reachmee.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Reposted by Leiv Marsteintredet
🔔Job Alert 🔔
Thrilled to share that @stefaniebailer.bsky.social and I have been awarded 1.5 million CHF in SNSF funding for our new project: “Electoral choice: Which role does legislators’ quality play?”
We’re recruiting 1 postdoc and 2 PhD candidates to join us in Basel and Geneva!
November 25, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Reposted by Leiv Marsteintredet
November 24, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Reposted by Leiv Marsteintredet
New publication 🚨 Happy to have a chapter in the new Handbook of Comparative Political Economy, which offers a great overview of the state of the field, edited by Marino Regini.

doi.org/10.4337/9781...

@sampol.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Reposted by Leiv Marsteintredet
Join @stevelevitsky.bsky.social & me online, Monday 11/24 at 3:30pm ET, to talk about where we are in the US struggle for democracy. ash.harvard.edu/events/the-b...
The Breakdown with Erica Chenoweth and Steve Levitsky – Ash Center
Join Erica Chenoweth and Steven Levitsky for The Breakdown, a webinar series on the ongoing struggle for American democracy. Each month, Chenoweth and Levitsky will break down key developments, reflec...
ash.harvard.edu
November 22, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Reposted by Leiv Marsteintredet
Jag sätter mina slantar på att de kunskaper och färdigheter som kommer att stå högt i kurs i framtiden är de klassiska: att kunna läsa, skriva, tänka och resonera på egen hand – inte att skriva prompter i ChatGPT.

"det finns en ny sorts kunskapsklyfta, säger Annika Waern. Den mellan dem som kan […]
Original post on mastodon.nu
mastodon.nu
November 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Reposted by Leiv Marsteintredet
Interested in the theory and empirics of multi-party governments? Thomas Bräuninger and I edited a Handbook on Coalition Politics with Edward Elgar Publishing: lnkd.in/eis8Yc2y /1
November 24, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Reposted by Leiv Marsteintredet
📣 Attention, postdoctoral researchers!

❗ Apply now for our MZES Visiting Fellowships 😊

💡 Spend 2-4 weeks at the MZES to share ideas
💰 Funding for accommodation, travel, daily allowance
📆 Deadline: 28 November

Full information:
👉 www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/news/deta...
September 22, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Reposted by Leiv Marsteintredet
Spennende fast stilling på UiT Norges arktiske universitet for kvantitative samfunnsvitere (statsvitenskap, organisasjonsteori eller sosiologi). I tillegg får du muligheten til å bo i Tromsø og Nord-Norge 😁 www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-still...
Førsteamanuensis i samfunnsvitenskap (288658) | UiT Norges arktiske universitet
Stillingstittel: Førsteamanuensis i samfunnsvitenskap (288658), Arbeidsgiver: UiT Norges arktiske universitet, Søknadsfrist: onsdag 3. desember 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
November 23, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Reposted by Leiv Marsteintredet
So, the question is, did Trump know it was a Russian wishlist when he was pushing Ukraine to accept it by Thanksgiving? Or does he know absolutely nothing about anything going on in the entire administration and just spouts whatever nonsense people tell him?
November 22, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Reposted by Leiv Marsteintredet
Republican Senator Mike Rounds said Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in a call to senators, confirmed the so-called 28-point “peace plan” was actually a Russian wishlist and is “not the administration’s position”. Nor is there any threat to cut off weapons or intelligence to Ukraine.
November 22, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Reposted by Leiv Marsteintredet
Former president Jair Bolsonaro was taken into preventive custody on Saturday, days before he is set to begin a 27-year prison sentence, after Brazil’s Supreme Court alleged he was plotting a possible escape attempt — claims his lawyers deny.
Brazil’s ex-leader Bolsonaro arrested over allegations of escape plot
A judge said he ordered the arrest after learning Bolsonaro’s ankle monitor had been tampered with. The Trump ally was convicted earlier this year of attempting a military coup.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Reposted by Leiv Marsteintredet
“For all the deadly weapons floating off the coast, it seems increasingly clear that all the Trump administration’s push for regime change in #Venezuela has done so far is create a potentially disastrous political trap.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
Opinion | I’m in Venezuela. This Is the True Cost of Trump’s Gunboat Diplomacy.
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Reposted by Leiv Marsteintredet
US Navy F/A-18 off Venezuela.
November 20, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Reposted by Leiv Marsteintredet
A new postdoc position is now available at the Center for European Studies at Harvard for 2026 2027, The Guido Goldman postdoctoral fellowship, named after our center's founder

A great opportunity to work at Harvard for the year. Here is more information:

ces.fas.harvard.edu/opportunitie...
Guido Goldman Fellowship
Guido Goldman, co-founding director of the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies The Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES) is…
ces.fas.harvard.edu
October 30, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Reposted by Leiv Marsteintredet
The Maduro regime is not in a position to design, or even participate in, an institutional framework that could guide Venezuela back to democracy. With no golden parachute in sight, he's digging in. My piece @foreignpolicy.com on off-ramps from dictatorship

foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/19/m...
Maduro Needs a Golden Parachute
The only way to avoid war in Venezuela may be if its leader doesn’t fear leaving office.
foreignpolicy.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Reposted by Leiv Marsteintredet
Be part of my panel on "Courts and their allies" at #ecprgc26!

It is part of the section on "Judicial Politics in an Age of Democratic Contestation", endoserd by @ecpr-law-courts.bsky.social.

Please don´t hesitate to contact me in case of any questions!

ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
Judicial Politics in an Age of Democratic Contestation
European Consortium for Political Research
ecpr.eu
November 19, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Reposted by Leiv Marsteintredet
A two-year LABOR HISTORY postdoc @brownhist.bsky.social and @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social

Possible foci: migration/displacement/ human trafficking; automation/technology/processes of global integration; or gender/sexuality/politics of reproductive labor

Please apply!
Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio
apply.interfolio.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Reposted by Leiv Marsteintredet
Trump Team Calls Maduro a ‘Cartel’ Boss. That Word Doesn’t Mean What You Think.

Venezuelans coined a figure of speech for the phenomenon of generals corrupted by drug money: “Cartel de los Soles.” Then the US started talking about it as a literal organization.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
Trump Team Calls Maduro a ‘Cartel’ Boss. That Word Doesn’t Mean What You Think.
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Reposted by Leiv Marsteintredet
Når en gruppe norske akademikere etter 27 desk rejects endelig får manuset sitt sendt ut til vurdering:
November 17, 2025 at 7:26 PM