Interested in the effects of the D'Hondt formula, malapportionment and electoral geography? All you wanted to know about the partisan bias in proportional representation, just published in @govandopp.bsky.social : www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Daniel Bochsler
@dbchslr.bsky.social
Political Scientist, working on elections, democracy, ethnic politics/nationalism, Central & Eastern Europe, Swiss politics. Central European University (CEU) & University of Belgrade Tweets = multilingual www.bochsler.eu
AI as election observer? My take in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). www.nzz.ch/meinung/wie-...
KI als Hilfsmittel zur Wahlbeobachtung – Chance oder Gefahr?
Mit Methoden der künstliche Intelligenz können grosse Datenmengen verarbeitet und damit auch Unregelmässigkeiten in einer politischen Wahl aufgespürt werden. Die KI kann aber nicht alle Phasen einer W...
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🚨 Interested in public opinion, political psychology, democratic backsliding, conspiracies?🛸 ➡️You have until this Thursday to apply for the postdoctoral position in the @tact-forsed.bsky.social. 📍 @uab.cat 🕗 Full-time (37.5h/week), flexible schedule 💶 36.000€ 🗓️ 27 months contract 👇
TaCT-FoRSED Project@tact-forsed.bsky.social · 10mo agoWould you like to work on tackling #conspiracytheories and improving democratic resilience? Are you looking for a postdoctoral position? Our colleagues @galais.bsky.social and @mguinjoan.bsky.social at @uab.cat have this great opportunity: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/377587 Deadline 16th October!
🇨🇭 Das Sparprogramm des Bundesrats gefährdet Swissinfo – ein zentrales demokratisches Instrument zur mehrsprachigen Information und zur Verbindung mit den Auslandschweizer:innen. 🔗 www.swissinfo.ch/ger/inside-s...
Swissinfo unter Druck: Eine Frage des politischen Willens
Swissinfo stellt für Auslandschweizerinnen und -schweizer wichtige Brücken zur Heimat her – doch das Angebot ist durch geplante Bundeskürzungen bedroht.
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Stürzt die neue US-Aussenpolitik die Demokratie weltweit in die Krise? An Osteuropa könnte die Eiszeit der Demokratie vorbeiziehen. Mein Kommentar in der NZZ am Sonntag. www.nzz.ch/nzz-am-sonnt...
Was haben kriminelle Machenschaften mit politischer Polarisierung zu tun? Einiges, schreibt @dbchslr.bsky.social www.swissinfo.ch/ger/globale-...
As many of you were wondering whether the student protests in Serbia are still active, and amidst expectations that they would die over the summer. Today is the first day of school. The high school students organised big rallies, and boycotted the start of the school year.
Schweizer Kantone: "Freiwilliger Proporz" als Mythos? 1) Meine Einschätzung für Zentralplus zu den Zuger Wahlen. www.zentralplus.ch/politik/mach... 2) Studie mit Karima Bousbah: Minderheit wird eingebunden wenn Mehrheit inhaltlich od strategisch gespalten ist onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Machtpolitik oder naiver Wunsch? Freiwilliger Proporz spaltet Zug | zentralplus
Die Zuger Alternative-die Grünen hätten erwartet, dass die Mitte ihren dritten Sitz freiwillig abgibt. Doch diese wollte nichts davon wissen.
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Serbia: Former state minister of police from the regime party reportedly circulated revenge porn against our student at the Uni Belgrade, Pol Sci. . The pictures show our student as an underage girl. The former minister is documented to have close links to the mafia. She has never been sentenced.
Concerned with conflicts over political liberties & the regime in federal states? Just out in @democratization.bsky.social - A new, regime-change driven „genotype of secession“. - How it mattered in the breakup of the Soviet Union & Yugoslavia. Is California next? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Join us on Monday 18.00h in Vienna. with @scharlatanja.bsky.social @ninogoz.bsky.social by @ceu-polsci.bsky.social & @fesonline.bsky.social line.bsky.social democracy.fes.de/e/democracy-...
Erste EU-Ministerin, die sich tatsächlich vor und hinter die serbischen Studentinnen stellt. #pumpaj www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
Meinl-Reisinger zu serbischen Studierenden in Wien: "Was ihr wollt, will auch die EU"
Nach dem umjubelten Empfang serbischer Radprotestler im April trafen nun am Mittwoch 21 Protestläufer in Wien ein. Außenministerin Beate Meinl-Reisinger begrüßte die Studierenden, die mit ihrem Lauf n...
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Personal take... banning Marine Le Pen from running in elections is as scandalous as the US left's plan to prevent the incumbent from running in 2028.
If you are an academic wanting to support academics under attack in Serbia, this is the place to sign. forms.office.com/pages/respon...
Microsoft Forms
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#Serbia: largest protest in history, est. 5% the pop, despite the authorities having closed down all rail traffic for 2 days & coerced bus companies to cancel all regular&chartered services. Student organisers kept peace & order, despite the regime trying to instigate violence.
#Serbia: largest protest in history, est. 5% the pop, despite the authorities having closed down all rail traffic for 2 days & coerced bus companies to cancel all regular&chartered services. Student organisers kept peace & order, despite the regime trying to instigate violence.
A few days ago, I posted about how authoritarian leaders fear student activism. I wrote a new article dives much deeper into this pattern – and why Trump's recent threats are so revealing. It's a global, historical phenomenon. (Short 🧵⬇️)
The Power of Student Protests in the Fight for Democracy: Why Trump and Authoritarians Worldwide Fear Campus Activism
Trump's Threat to Universities and the Global History of Student-Led Democratic Change
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Lässt sich die Schweizer Demokratie exportieren? @lukasleuzinger.bsky.social spricht mit @cengizgunay.bsky.social und mir fürs Magazin Upgrade. (1) www.donau-uni.ac.at/de/aktuelles... (2) Mein Kapitel hierzu im Oxford Handbook of Swiss Politics. www.bochsler.eu/uploads/publ...
I was lucky enough that Valentina Petrović @sociology-uzh.bsky.social invited me to a book talk on "Structural origins of post-Yugoslav regimes". Here I wrote down for @democratization.bsky.social @felixschulte.bsky.social why you should read the book: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The Center for Eastern European Studies @CEES at Zurich University offers 3-4 residential fellowships to young/mid-career social sciences/humanities scholars working on historical/contemporary topics related to #EasternEurope, #Russia, the #Caucasus, or #CentralAsia: www.cees.uzh.ch/de/CEES-Fell...
Call for Applications Fall 2025
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Randnotiz. Tolle Sache: Roger Köppel bringt einen Hauch Südkaukasus ins Albisgüetli.
The Electoral Commission of Kosovo has refused to register the „Serbian List“, the main representative of the Serbian minority, for the upcoming parliamentary elections of 9 February 2025. This is a scandalous decision and a major setback for the peace process. (Thread)
⚠️ Six-year position at our department - work in lovely Vienna with a friendly team, 2 classes a term, and follow/develop your own research agenda. Feel free to ask me questions you might have. Deadline 24/01/25 jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
University Assistant (postdoc)
University Assistant (postdoc)
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In #Georgia, also #academic freedom is at risk. Please consider signing this letter. I know some of our colleagues under threat will appreciate it. 🇪🇺 🇬🇪 ruta-association.org/news/open-le...
Open Letter in Solidarity with Georgian Academics and Students - Ruta
We, the undersigned academics, stand in solidarity with the professors, researchers, and students of Georgia in their ongoing fight for democracy, justice,
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It's that time of year again... The call for our UCL Conflict & Change PhD Workshop is out! We invite ECRs working on IR, conflict and contentious politics to apply by 8 December. We look forward to having you in London 24-25 February, 2025. Apply here: conflictandchange.org/phdworkshop2025
PhD workshop - call for papers — Conflict & Change
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