Antwerpse mamadag 🥰

My little boy turned 5 last Friday. It was a great weekend but also a reminder how the combination of work and family life is a difficult balancing exercise. I will continue contacting MPs to update the status of academics in 🇧🇪, hopefully sthg will change.

It includes calls for events, a list of the most recent publications in the field, expert interviews with Nathalie Brack and Marta Lorimer or @mlorimer in other places, reviews of Eviane Leidig @evianeleidig.bsky.social's and Manès Weisskircher's books by Pelevina Nuppu and Lazaros Karavasilis, and much more! 🤩

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Feeling as ready as one can be for 10 Master thesis defenses in a row

Piece of wisdom I received from a colleague yesterday & I will try to remember during the rush of the upcoming semester: if you aren't satisfied with a paper, you can forget about it or start again. The same cannot be said for your children or other important people in your life

Nice and productive meeting of the Polevpop team coordinated by Stefaan Walgrave

The webinar series on researching the far right is back for another academic year! 🤩

#AcademicChatter

[Media] 'Ursula von der Leyen dispose de (presque) toutes les pièces du puzzle pour former sa Commission'. Une interview de Nathalie Brack, Professeure à SciencePo ULB (Centre d'étude de la vie politique de l'ULB - Cevipol), à BrusselsTimes. brusselstimes.com/eu-affairs/120…

Perhaps if I see this everyday the self-doubt and imposter syndrome will disappear...

The draft table is clearly incomplete, as it doesn't include key portfolios such as Home Affairs and Rule of Law. But it's nevertheless interesting as many options make sense with the country *and* the candidate. Gerardo Fortuna has a write-up: euronews.com/my-europe/2024…