ECPR Knowledge

🇬🇷 We are looking forward to our @ECPRKnowledge section #ecprgc25 in Thessaloniki 26-29 August with 10 exciting panels on politics & policies of academic freedom, universities, science diplomacy, Artificial Intelligence & more ecpr.eu/Events/Event/S… @ECPR

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🌏 If you are at #IPSA2025 check this panel RC30.09 Policy Innovations to Meet Society's Grand Challenges: Comparing Higher Education Politics and Policies in Asia, chaired by Meng-Hsuan Chou Taking place on Wednesday 16 July 17:30 @ipsa_aisp wc2025.ipsa.org/wc/home

In case you missed it 👇

1/13 🧵 Does college actually make students more socially responsible? You might think so. But our new study in Studies in Higher Ed (doi.org/10.1080/030750…) finds students' sense of social responsibility actually stagnates (or declines). 👇 @GRAIL_center @purduepolsci @C21U

🇱🇹🇱🇻🇪🇪 Frontiers of digital sovereignty: drones and military security in the Baltic States, new article from @JLingevicius out in @JournalCES tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… #DigitalSovereignty

We need social science as much as STEM in policymaking - Impact of Social Sciences blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocial…

👩‍🔬 Hot off the press: How impact-focused funding influences researchers’ knowledge mobilization activities, new article from Stephen MacGregor, Creso Sá & Nadiia Kachynska academic.oup.com/rev/article/do… #universities

Are UK universities doing too much research? If so, what should we do about it? Debates about how to address the financial sustainability of university research have a familiar ring to them, as I write in @ResFortnight researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-politi… #scipolicy

🗳️Nominations for the 2025 🌟 Rising Star Award are open #ECPRPrizes 🚀 Honour PhD students & early career researchers excelling in the field of #PolSci & #IR 🏆 We offer the winner opportunities to grow their network & skills with our support ➡️ Nominate ecpr.eu/prizes/rising-…

👩‍🔬🧬🔭Beyond the buzzwords: rethinking diplomacy through the lens of higher education New blog post by @MarinaCinoP | Europe of Knowledge era.ideasoneurope.eu/2025/06/24/bey… #HigherEducation #Universities #ScienceDiplomacy

If you have defended your PhD in politics in 2024, please consider applying 👇

Security fears are creating new pressures and expectations on national research systems across Europe. My @MIOIR colleague Andrew James and I have a piece in @ResProfNews @ResearchEurope on findings from our new report on the topic. #scipolicy #security researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-europe…

📚 Curious about latest public policy research? Explore fresh insights, research and policy discussions, in our newest issue on Governance of Generative AI. Browse here: academic.oup.com/policyandsocie….

👩‍💻 High Skills for High Tech: Higher Education as Industrial Policy, new article by Niccolo Durazzi,  Patrick Emmenegger,  Alina Felder-Stindt @europraline onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/go… #HigherEducation

📕NEW BOOK: University Governance, Management and the Academic Profession: Transformations and Challenges link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9… #HigherEducation #University

New report! #scipolicy in Europe has seen internationalisation as a driver of excellence and soft power. Geopolitics has altered this calculation. We examined #researchsecurity concerns + responses for 7 EU countries (CZ, FR, DE, NL, ES, IT, SE) Report bit.ly/4kLbXGt