Mathias Poertner

Associate Professor @LSEGovernment | Studying representation, politics of identity, parties, development | #FirstGen | he/him

[Mathias Poertner @MathiasPoertner]

🎉 Thrilled that my new book, *Creating Partisans: The Organizational Roots of New Parties in Latin America*, is finally out! 🎉 @CUP_PoliSci

https://t.co/NwrIfrHMRz

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If you can’t come in-person (CBG 4.17), you can also join remotely. For more info on how to join remotely and to sign up for the email list, please email [email protected]

For more information on the LAPS series:

https://t.co/HmTGZSmIHA

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Excited to welcome Natalia Bueno at the LSE Latin American Politics Seminar series today *12:00 - 1:30 pm UK time* (in-person and online). She will present “Coordination Advantage: How Partisan Favoritism Persists Under Accountability Institutions” @LSEnews @LSEGovernment

[Bruno Leipold @BrunoLeipold]

Really pleased to advertise these 4 LSE postdocs in the history of popular government as part of our ERC Synergy Project "Popular Government in Global Perspective (POPGOV)"

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For more information on the PB seminar series:

https://t.co/C537npJspa

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Excited to welcome @jmangonnet for a joint session of the LSE Latin American Politics Seminar and Political Behaviour series today *12:00 - 1:30 pm UK time* (in-person and online). He will present “The Insurgent Roots of Indigenous Rights Litigation” @LSEnews @LSEGovernment

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For more information on the LAPS series:

https://t.co/HmTGZSmIHA

[Mathias Poertner @MathiasPoertner]

If you can’t come in-person (CBG 4.17), you can also join remotely. For more info on how to join remotely and to sign up for the email list, please email [email protected]

[krzysztof pelc @KrzPelc]

*Job Search*
3-year Departmental Lecturer position in International Political Economy at Oxford.
Deadline March 18th. Please circulate!
https://t.co/eKBgq2WqJX

[Alexander Kustov @akoustov]

The position has good pay, no teaching, and can be renewed for a second year. You'll have time for your own research.

We need your CV, cover letter, writing sample, and two letters. Review begins March 20.

Details & apply here: https://t.co/Rm4uophklt

[Mathias Poertner @MathiasPoertner]

If you can’t come in-person (CBG 4.17), you can also join remotely. For more info on how to join remotely and to sign up for the email list, please email [email protected]

For more information on the LAPS series:
https://t.co/HmTGZSmIHA

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Excited to welcome Kenneth F. Greene at the LSE Latin American Politics Seminar series today *12:00 - 1:30 pm UK time* (in-person and online). He will present parts of his new book “Against the Machine: Why Party Competition Disrupts Vote Buying” @LSEnews @LSEGovernment

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For more information and to sign up for the mailing list: https://t.co/HmTGZSmIHA

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Looking forward to all the exciting talks in the @LSEnews Latin American Politics Seminar (LAPS) series this term!

Talks will be on-campus (open to anyone interested) but you can also join remotely.

https://t.co/HmTGZSmIHA

@vic_paniagua @LSEGovernment

[Mathias Poertner @MathiasPoertner]

The presenters this term include Kenneth F. Greene, @jmangonnet, and Natalia Bueno with more talks to come—keep an eye out for announcements.

[Felipe Torres-Raposo @ftraposo]

📌 Save the Date: 30 January 2026 | LSE
We are pleased to share the preliminary programme for the LSE–PEPS Early Career Workshop. The workshop features an excellent line-up of speakers, and we warmly welcome attendees.
🔗 Registration: https://t.co/xWLvTda4zX

[Luis L. Schenoni @llschenoni]

“Bringing War Back In” is finally out in paperback 📖

Help me spread the word with a rt and I’ll dm a discount voucher valid for a week.

• Winner of the 2025 Hedley Bull Award to the best book in International Relations (ECPR)

• Honorable mention, 2025 Charles H. Levine Prize to best book in Public Administration (IPSA)

• Shortlisted for the 2025 Luebbert Award to the best book in Comparative Politics in the past two years (APSA)

"A modern-day comparative historical masterpiece" James Mahoney

"A new and powerful explanation for the state in Latin America" James Robinson

"The most ambitions work on state formation to date" Victoria Hui

https://t.co/dxKVROLe9m

[Mathias Poertner @MathiasPoertner]

Excited and honored that “Creating Partisans” has won the Leon Epstein Outstanding Book Award for its contributions to research on pol. organizations and parties from @APSA_POP ! Many thanks to the committee and everyone who helped improve the book! @CUP_PoliSci @APSAtweets

[IE Political Science Department @IEpolisci]

🚨🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨🚨

We have 3 lines open in CP, IR and IPE — all tenure-track.

We offer competitive salaries, a 2:1 teaching load, in a friendly (and fully in English) environment, at one of Europe’s most sought-after cities.

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@Korhan_Kocak @IEuniversity @nyuad Congratulations, Korhan!