👏 Kudos to all for an incredible 'Gender Equality Elections' debate! Massive shoutout to the organising team !

👏👏 Special thanks to our attentive audience and moderators Dave Sinardet & Karen Celis. And a big thank you to all participants as well!

🗓 REMINDER: Don't forget the 'gender equality elections' debate is taking place tomorrow 7th of March in Auditorium QD at 19h! See you there!
#Gender #Equality #Elections #Debate

📅 Upcoming event on the 7th of March !

In the context of the RHEA Gender Week, some POLI colleagues are organising a Dutch-speaking debate named 'Gender Equality Elections' with prominent politicians from Belgium.

Want to attend? Register here 📝: mailchi.mp/f0135d2269b7/k…

Children and schools should never be targets. This isn’t a matter of opinion — it’s international law.

I continue my call for a ceasefire. The Israeli government must end these indiscriminate attacks that have cost thousands of innocent Palestinian children and families their…

Het Ahli Arab ziekenhuis in Gaza is net gebombardeerd terwijl hier patiënten werden behandeld. Mensen op de vlucht werden hier opgevangen. Het is een bloedbad. Dit is absoluut onaanvaardbaar.

🎉 Fantastic news! 🎉

Thrilled to share that Anne Van Bavel and Enduena Klajiqi from our POLI VUB Department have both secured FWO PhD mandates! 🌟

Congrats on this incredible achievement, and best of luck with your future research endeavors! 📚🍀
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🌟 Welcome Margot Thewis, our new VUB POLI PhD researcher i! 🎓

Her focus on 'Symbolic Representation in Politics' is a valuable addition to our department.

Margot is also part of the exciting EDGE project, and we can't wait to see her contributions unfold! 🗳️✨

'One of the criticisms I've faced over the years is that I'm not aggressive enough or assertive enough, or maybe somehow, because I'm empathetic, it means I'm weak. I totally rebel against that. I refuse to believe that you cannot be both compassionate & strong.' Jacinda Ardern

Onze paper is nu ook te lezen in blogvorm op Stuk Rood Vlees! Kom in drie minuten te weten waarom sommige democratieën meer met polarisatie te maken krijgen dan andere. Kamil_Bernaerts Didier Caluwaerts FWO EUTOPIA Norface GOVERNANCE VUB
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Follow my week over at the Constructing the Limes account as I head to the #EAA2022 to present my poster about some exciting isotope results from Valkenburg!

Meet Margot, our new job student! 🤗Margot will join the POLI team in August, where she will work on the 'Religion at the European Parliament' project. Welcome aboard Margot Thewis

For 50 years, Roe v. Wade safeguarded the right to choose for millions of women in Georgia + nationwide.

Today, the Supreme Court struck down abortion rights.

I am appalled. Enraged. Undaunted & ready to fight back.

Our freedom matters. Our rights matter. We will not be still.

Het historische arrest dat het landelijke recht van een vrouw om al of niet een abortus te willen in de VS , afschaft, 50 jaar na Roe v. Wade. #vrtnws

My thoughts on the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

'Rusland' is meer dan Vladimir Poetin.

Vanavond riskeren tienduizenden Russen een celstraf om te protesteren tegen de oorlog. Sint-Petersburg, Moskou, Novosibirsk en Jekaterinenburg. #Oekraine

History tells us that wars cause irreversible and unimaginable loss. Civilians are killed; homes, schools and places of worship destroyed. People need peace, stability and dignity more than anything else. Russia must stop the attack on Ukraine immediately.

Absolutely shocking footage of a Russian warplanes firing missiles into a residential area in #Ukraine 🇺🇦.

A child screams in terror.

Dear friends - many of you reached out with words of solidarity and a question 'what can I do?'. Here are some (rather simple and straightforward) ways you might want to #StandWithUkraine : 1/4

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To celebrate reaching 100 followers on here I’ll be giving away a 20x30cm fine art print of one of my photographs (of your choice).
To participate you just need to follow me here, like and retweet this!
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Exactly two months after Mr. Borrell humiliation in Moscow, Mr. Erdogan embarrasses Mrs. von der Leyen. The world is changing indeed.