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Highest levels of female cabinet representation in 2024*
👏 Finnish Orpo I: 57.9%
👏 Dutch Rutte IV: 57.9%
🥇 Icelandic Frostadóttir I: 63.6%
Read the PDY report: bit.ly/4shTOUJ
#IWD2026
(*according to PDY data from 37 countries)
🌍✨ Celebrating International Women’s Day ✨🌍
This #InternationalWomensDay, we’re highlighting a collection of articles exploring women’s representation, participation, and gender equality in politics
📚 Explore the research and join the conversation
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#IWD #WomenInPolitics
♀️ The average % of women in ministerial positions is gradually increasing across the 37 countries PDY reports on, from 30% in 2022
⬆️ 2023: 32%
⬆️ 2024: 34%
🔗 Read the full report: bit.ly/4shTOUJ
🤞 Look out for 2025 reports coming soon to see if this figure continues to increase.
#IWD2026
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👩🏫 Our forthcoming articles will be #OpenAccess on Cambridge Core, which means it’s easier to share them with students, use them in teaching, or pass them on to colleagues — all for free!
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🆕 articles coming soon!
#OpenAccess on Cambridge Core means all new research from PDY journal will be free to read and share without subscriptions barriers.
Same high-quality research from our country experts, now available to everyone.
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This week, it's ✒️ all about authors ✒️ as part of our #OpenAccess spotlight 🔓️
Across ECPR journals, #OA means:
✅️ same rigorous peer review
✅️ barrier-free publishing
✅️ global reach for your research
👇️ Learn more about our move towards open scholarship with @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org
🔎 We're increasing the visibility and accessibility of political science research!
➡️ For PDY contributors, the new @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org & ECPR partnership means clearer, more supported pathways to Open Access publishing.
👀 Read more: bit.ly/4tbqssd
📔 2026 marks the start of a new chapter!
🤝 PDY is now published with @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org as part of a new strategic partnership with ECPR.
📆 This month, we'll be sharing what this means for readers, authors, and the global political science community.
👀 bit.ly/4tbqssd
🚨 4 days left to apply 🚨
Calling for a Co-Editor of our #OpenAcess journal @pdyearbook.bsky.social
If you have a strong research background in:
✅ Political parties
✅ Governments in Europe
✅ Advanced industrial democracies
👉 Apply by Sat 31 Jan
Short-term position from 1 Apr 2026 – 31 Dec 2027
🔓 We have an #OA option for every PDY contributor, ensuring every contributor can publish and enjoy the benefits of OA.
👀 If you're writing a report for us this year, check out our page on Cambridge Core for more details: buff.ly/vP2xYLl
📣 Calling for a Co-Editor of our #OpenAcess journal @pdyearbook.bsky.social
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✅ Advanced industrial democracies
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Short-term position starting from 1 Apr 2026 – 31 Dec 2027
📢 BIG news!
🥳 From January 2026, Political Data Yearbook is a fully open access journal.
🏠 Plus, we've moved to our new home at @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org.
🆕 Stay tuned for new #OA articles coming soon on Cambridge Core: buff.ly/vP2xYLl
📣 We are calling for a Co-Editor of @pdyearbook.bsky.social
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🤩 Looking for a new challenge this year? Join the @pdyearbook.bsky.social editorial team!
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🎄 PDY will be closed for the festive period.
We look forward to resuming in the New Year 🎆 . Warm wishes to our authors, reviewers, and readers.
✨ Exciting opportunity to join the @pdyearbook.bsky.social editorial team ✨
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📣 Call for Co-Editor for @pdyearbook.bsky.social
💡 We're seeking a skilled political scientist to join the editorial team of its unique and extensive resources for tracking political developments, PDY and PDYinteractive
📆 Short-term role of 21 months, starting from 1 April 2026
👇 Apply by 31 Jan
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The year 2024 confirmed a global environment defined by:
↔️ pronounced political fragmentation
🗳️ heightened electoral activity
📈 + a deepening wave of autocratisation that continued a 25-year trajectory.
⬇️ Read the 2025 yearbook now!
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📢 The new Political Data Yearbook is out now!
🌍 Look back on all the 2024 election results, government changes, institutional reforms and more with our expert contributors from 37 countries.
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🗳️ 2024 was the biggest election year in human history.
🌎 More than 1 billion people cast ballots in more than 60 countries.
📖 Explore the results of #LocalElections, #NationalElections + the #EPelections across 37 countries in 2024 on PDY + PDYi.
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🆕 #Cyprus #PoliticalData
🗳️ 2024 saw stalled reunification talks, UN envoy Holguín’s departure, #FidiasPanayiotou’s election success, a Turkish Cypriot university scandal + strengthened US-Cyprus relations, report Hubert Faustmann & @ahmetsozen.bsky.social.
👉 buff.ly/niGcGzX
🆕 #Finland 2024 #PoliticalData
🗳️ #AlexanderStubb won the presidential election in a year of tense government-opposition clashes, welfare + immigration reforms and an austerity backlash, reports @emiliapalonen.bsky.social. 🔓 #OA
👉 buff.ly/5kjaJKu
🆕 #Luxembourg #PoliticalData
🗳️ In the 2024 #EPElections, Luxembourg’s ADR won its first seat, joining the ECR, while the Liberal party fell to third place + lost its second seat, report Patrick Dumont & Raphael Kies.
👉 buff.ly/Orkbldv
🆕 #Belgium #PoliticalData
🗳️ Belgium’s 2024 elections reshaped politics, report @audreyvdleene.bsky.social & colleagues, as #MR & #LesEngagés ended Socialist dominance, N-VA led Flanders, the ecologists declined + new ‘Arizona’, ‘Azur’ & tripartite coalitions emerged.
👉 buff.ly/QBFkVRi
🆕 #Greece #PoliticalData
🗳️ In a turbulent 2024, Greece saw low-turnout for the #EUelections, #SYRIZA's leadership crisis, #Wildfires, inflation + became the 1st Orthodox Christian country to legalise 💒 #SameSexMarriage, reports @harrismylonas.bsky.social.
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❤️ If you like your research #OpenAccess, then you'll love @pdyearbook.bsky.social.
🆓 PDYinteractive is our free-to-use, customisable data resource, covering 37 countries.
🆓 More than 1/2 of our articles are #OA this year + all will be from 2026! #OAweek
👉 bit.ly/4lyEH5g