Political Networks

Twitter feed for the APSA Political Networks section.

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Now available, the 43 chapters you really need, @OUPAcademic Handbook of Political Networks.
https://t.co/9njgBS9rIJ

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John Sprague Award is for the best paper on political networks presented by a graduate student at a political science conference in the previous year

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Please join me in congratulating APSA Political Networks Section Award Winners (2026)

John Sprague Award: Kadir Cihan Duran (Penn State University)

Title: “Graph Neural Networks for Inferential Network Analysis”

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Political Networks Best Conference Paper Award is for the best paper on political networks presented by a faculty person and delivered at a political science conference in the previous year.

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Join me in congratulating APSA Political Networks Section Award Winners (2026)

Best Conference Paper: @haoliuhoward, Ching-Hsuan Su, and Yi-Ying Wang

Title: “Keeping it Secret: Surveillance, Informant Networks, and the Protection of Informants in Authoritarian Regimes”

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Recipient: @haoliuhoward (University of South Carolina), Ching-Hsuan Su (National Pingtung University, Taiwan), and Yi-Ying Wang (National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan)

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Political Ties Award is for the best article published on the subject of political networks.

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Please join me in congratulating APSA Political Networks Section Award Winners (2026)

Political Ties Award: @AndresGannonthe (Vanderbilt U)

Title: “Complementarity in Alliances: How Strategic Compatibility and Hierarchy Promote Efficient Cooperation in International Security”

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Join us for the PolNet Online Colloquium on Mon Apr 13 at 11am ET for Juan Acevedo-Ossa’s paper “It’s who you are, not only what you do: Stereotypes and Status Gains in IOs.”

Discussants: Olga Chyzh and Tyler Pratt. Sign up: https://t.co/EE3p4S3yp6

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[cfp] The 43rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Political Methodology will take place July 16–18, 2026 at MSU.
🗓Proposal deadline: 3/26/2026
📄Decisions: Late April
📝Submit: https://t.co/ODj6y3txGs
✨Bonus: VIM pre-conf workshop (July 15) — apply by 3/26

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Join us for the PolNet Online Colloquium, Mon 16 Feb at 11am ET for Jiwon Kim's paper, “Does Issue Domain Matter? A Reassessment of Interstate Shaming at the UN Human Rights Council.” Discussants: [X: @YooneuiK & @michal_ovadek]. Sign up at https://t.co/aNPwDHZ0co

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📣 Call for Nominations!
The APSA PolNet Section is accepting nominations for its 2026 awards:
• John Sprague Award (grad conference paper)
• Best Conference Paper Award (faculty)
• Political Ties Award (best article)
⏰ Due: April 4, 2026
🔗 https://t.co/A6rnh5z8qD

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📢 Call for Papers!
We're pleased to share an opportunity to contribute to the Network Science Special Collection, “Political Networks: New Trends & Directions."
👉Deadline: October 15, 2025
👉 Submission site: https://t.co/mc3hydeQL2
👉More info: https://t.co/lMthTH07rB

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📢 Call for Papers!
We’re inviting submissions for the Political Networks Online Colloquium (2025–26).
🔹 Monthly, 1-hr sessions
🔹 Read-ahead format (no presentations)
🔹 Open to scholars in poli sci & related fields
🔹 Deadline: 17 Oct 2025

👉 submit: https://t.co/fXn8kw5DmK

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Poster/paper presenter tips & logistics in thread📷See you in Boston!

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📷 The #PolNetPaCSS 2025 program is live! Join us Aug 11–14 at Harvard & Northeastern for workshops + cutting-edge research on political networks & comp soc sci.
📷 Program: https://t.co/SPfayRUR99
📷 RSVP for mentoring + meetups: https://t.co/qMeDhdHMTm

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📢 CFP: Political Networks: New Trends and Directions

A call for a special collection of articles on how #network #analysis can illuminate fundamental questions across #politicalscience.

ℹ️ Info: https://t.co/ANmNA1uXvs
🗓️ 15 Oct 2025

Collaboration with #PolNet-PaCSS2025

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Honorable mention to Mariana Giusti-Rodríguez for her work on Indigenous party-building in Bolivia, published in @apsrjournal

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🏆 Congratulations to Noah L. Nathan (@noahlnathan) for winning the Political Ties Award for "Do Grids Demobilize? How Street Networks, Social Networks, and Political Networks Intersect," published in @AJPS_Editor

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🏆 Congratulations to Charlie Carter (@LSEGovernment) for winning the 2025 John Sprague Award for "The Co-Evolution of Conflict Aid and Terrorism Rhetoric"!

Honorable mention to Haoming Xiong (@OhioState) for his paper on the US-China 5G competition.

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🏆 Congratulations to Weidong Zhang (@weidong_Bond ) for winning the 2025 Best Conference Paper Award for "The Importance of Money and Connections: Explaining International Status from UNGA Draft Sponsorship Networks," published in International Interactions (@II_journal).