We're excited to share the papers for our session on interest groups next Wednesday, 9/27, at 3PM ET (sponsored by Interest Groups & Advocacy and featuring presentations from Amy D. Meli, Ph.D. and Mellissa Meisels) If you haven't registered, you can do so here: ucr.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

📢📢 New open access article just out in Interest Groups & Advocacy 📢📢 "From rhetoric to regulation: inferring lobbying influence on EU efforts to regulate CO2 emissions of cars using network analysis" link.springer.com/article/10.105…

Amy D. Meli, Ph.D. Interest Groups & Advocacy colleagues - check out the APSA Research Group focused on #politicalparties that the new Research Collaborative on Studying Political Party Conventions is co-sponsoring w/ APSA POP Section - how do groups advocate & intermediate? connect.apsanet.org/virtual-resear…

✨🐢Grad Student Highlight 🐢✨ Tristan M. Hightower Tristan M. Hightower is a PhD candidate studying the context of issue spaces to explain political activities of interest groups in the U.S. His work is published or forthcoming in outlets like PSRM Journal Interest Groups & Advocacy and Political Research Quarterly.

Calls for Papers and Panels for #ecprgc2024 in #Dublin fair city are now OPEN 📚 Vibeke Wøien Hansen and I curate the Interest Group Politics and Lobbying Section ECPR Standing Group on Interest Groups! Submit your proposal to S43 under our themes 🙂 All info at ecpr.eu/Events/Event/S… Deadline: Jan 18

Hello!!! If you are back from the Christmas break consider putting together an abstract or a panel proposal to submit to ECPR Standing Group on Interest Groups Section for #ecprgc24 Deadline is Jan 16 PM me or Vibeke Wøien Hansen for Qs

📊 Delve into the new dynamics & trends in researching interest group politics and lobbying at ECPR Standing Group on Interest Groups' Summer School ⤵️ 📆 24 – 29 Jun Inter-University Centre Dubrovnik 🫂 Steering Committee Anne Rasmussen - @annerasmussen.bsky.social @djberkhout Zando038 & Meta Novak ⏰ Apply by Fri 29 Mar ecpr.eu/Events/270

⭐ Exciting news for early career interest groups researchers 🎓 Seize this unique opportunity to debate challenges in lobbying regulation in the #EU, as part of an international roundtable at ECPR Standing Group on Interest Groups' Summer School 📍 Inter-University Centre Dubrovnik ⏰ Fri 29 Mar ecpr.eu/Events/270

"New" with @LaGina_Gause at Interest Groups & Advocacy : How separation of powers and resource constraints shape interest groups' venue selection decisions. link.springer.com/article/10.105… * New == 10 years old, started as a term paper for a grad seminar. Very different now!

💡 Interested in attending ECPR Standing Group on Interest Groups' Summer School? 🇭🇷 Hosted by Inter-University Centre Dubrovnik 🏫 one of Europe's most captivating destinations known for its 🌇 beautiful architecture & 🎓 rich history ✍️ Learn, network & be inspired ⏰ Register by Fri 29 Mar ecpr.eu/Events/270

Great (sea-front 😁) opportunity for PhD and Master students interested in the politics of groups and movements. Don't miss out and apply 🚨

Sad news. Copenhagen's historic Børsen bulding (hosting a big business group) is in flames, and the iconic spire used here as a symbol of our standing group has collapsed 😢😢😢

Great to see this Danny Stalker paper now available at Interest Groups & Advocacy on grass roots activism in Liverpool link.springer.com/article/10.105…

Hello! Are you planning to come to Dublin for #ECPR2024 and present our work in our super ECPR Standing Group on Interest Groups section? Don't forget to register Registrations close this week!

Excited to share my first solo academic publication – ‘The Loci of Power and Connection (LOPAC): a framework for exploring the democratic relationships of civil society organisations’ (CSOs). Open Access with @IGA_Journal thanks to UTS Management link.springer.com/article/10.105… 🧵

In a new paper with Anne Rasmussen - @annerasmussen.bsky.social and Jens van der Ploeg we show new evidence on the relation between the revolving door and access to decision-makers in the EU. The article is open access in Interest Groups & Advocacy: link.springer.com/article/10.105… Future studies should probe further with better data 1/5

Benjamin Egerod Anne Rasmussen - @annerasmussen.bsky.social Jens van der Ploeg Interest Groups & Advocacy Congrats! Neat paper - I remember an earlier version of this one. Glad to see it published! Hope to see more of this EU lobbying good stuff :)

The KCL Department of Political Economy communications team wrote a news story about Benjamin Egerod Jens van der Ploeg & my recent article in Interest Groups & Advocacy on the impact of the revolving door 🚪🚪 Link to the article in the news story ⤵️ kcl.ac.uk/news/benefits-…

Perfect article for #apsa224 from Nanna A. G. Fredheim in Interest Groups & Advocacy: “how interest groups use seminars and conferences for political influence” link.springer.com/article/10.105…

New special issue on Interest Groups & Advocacy on lobby reg!!! Much needed update after 2017 SI, and before then in 1998 in Hansard Society 9 amazing papers with case studies of DE, IE, EU, CH and US, and more on #foreignlobbying #selfregulation #lobbyingreform OA link.springer.com/journal/41309/…