Political Science Weekly Digest for Friday, June 27, 2025
June 27, 2025
We acknowledge and respect the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Songhees and Xʷsepsəm/Esquimalt) Peoples on whose territory the university stands, and the Lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ Peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.
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CONGRATULATIONS TO CLAIRE CUTLER!
Claire has a new publication. “Medellín manifesto on transnational value chains and international law,” London Review of International Law 2025 13 (1): 117- 125.
CONGRATULATIONS TO AMY VERDUN!
Amy’s new publications:
- Quaglia, L., & Verdun, A. (2025). Introduction: the new political economy of central banks: reluctant Atlases? New Political Economy, 1–14.
- Quaglia, L., & Verdun, A. (2025). The geoeconomics of Central Banks Digital Currencies (CBDCs): the case of the European Central Bank (ECB). New Political Economy, 1–13.
- Amy’s analysis about migration was published in La Razon
CONGRATULATONS TO OLIVER SCHMIDTKE!
Oliver’s latest publications. PhD student, Fazila Mat, is co-author on the first paper.
- Chiodi, L., Mat, F. and O. Schmidtke. Seizing Transnational Opportunities in Times of Political Backlash: The Transformation of Civil Society Organizations’ Activism in Italy. In: C. Milan and A. Buzogány (eds.). Contentious Politics in the Transnational Arena: Political Contention in Europe and its Wider Neighborhood (Palgrave Studies in Political Sociology), Berlin/ London/ New York: Springer Nature, 2025.: 25-48 ()
- Schmidtke O. Transforming the centre right in Germany and the United Kingdom: the increasing prominence of identity politics and “culture wars” narratives. Frontiers in Political Science. Volume 7, 2025 ()
- Schmidtke, O. Kanada: Trump rettet die Liberalen. Blätter für deutsche und internationale Politik. 6 (June), Commentary, 19-22, 2025 ()
- “The politics of blame: Accusing immigrants won’t solve Germany’s antisemitism problem”
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