Thomas Sattler
@sattlersthomas.bsky.social
IPE Prof, University of Geneva. Political economy. Fiscal and monetary politics. #FirstGen. www.thomassattler.org
🎙️Neue Folge des In_equality Podcasts: “Spaltet Sparpolitik die Gesellschaft?“ @mbusemeyer.bsky.social und Gabi (@uni-konstanz.de) sprechen mit Evelyne Hübscher und @sattlersthomas.bsky.social über Sparmaßnahmen und deren Auswirkungen auf Wahlverhalten & politische Polarisierung ➡️ t1p.de/7let1
Beginning soon - 🤝☕EPSS First Gen Social Gathering: Bring your own coffee, and meet other First Gen academics 10:50-12:30 | Bar 2 (ICC), with Ana Carolina Garriga and @sattlersthomas.bsky.social
Out now and open access: www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... Right on time to present some follow up work at @ councilforeuropeanstudies.org/2026-confere... and @epssnet.bsky.social Belfast with @sattlersthomas.bsky.social
Austerity and Populism
A large literature explains the rise of populist parties with the economic insecurities stemming from globalization and technological change. But despite the long-standing focus of the comparative and...
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Join us for the @epssnet.bsky.social First Gen Meeting on Saturday 20 June. Here is the poster that @carogarriga.bsky.social and I will talk about (no worries, we'll be quick!), based on a roundtable on First Gens in political science a couple of years ago.
EPSS@epssnet.bsky.social · 5mo agoAre you a first generation political scientist? Then join the EPSS First Gen Social Gathering 📆10:50-12:30 Saturday, 20 June, 2026, Bar 2 (ICC) 👥Organizers: @carogarriga.bsky.social and @sattlersthomas.bsky.social Please drop by, bring your own coffee ☕️ and meet other First Gen PhDs 👩🎓👨🎓🧑🎓.
Are you a first generation political scientist? Then join the EPSS First Gen Social Gathering 📆10:50-12:30 Saturday, 20 June, 2026, Bar 2 (ICC) 👥Organizers: @carogarriga.bsky.social and @sattlersthomas.bsky.social Please drop by, bring your own coffee ☕️ and meet other First Gen PhDs 👩🎓👨🎓🧑🎓.
The deadline is approaching fast (next Tuesday). If you are an EPSS member and can mentor, or would like to get advice (or both), we look forward to your applications!
EPSS@epssnet.bsky.social · 8mo ago🚨Reminder that the application for the @epssnet.bsky.social mentoring program is March 31, details below👇
EPSS Diversity Committee is happy to announce the launch of our mentoring program: a new initiative designed to develop a new network within the EPSS community. March 31 is deadline, and program runs from May 1, 2026, to April 30, 2027. More info: epssnet.org/about/divers...
Mentorship program - EPSS
The EPSS Diversity Committee is happy to announce the launch of our mentoring program. This initiative builds on the success of this scheme by the LGBTQ+ group in previous years. The EPSS Mentoring Program is a new initiative designed to develop a new network of contacts within the EPSS community. Our mentoring program is designed …
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Paper w/ @carogarriga.bsky.social: Academia’s Class Problem. PoliSci is dominated by the upper middle class / people with parents who went to university – unlike society as a whole. dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...
Academia's Class Problem: First-Generation Scholars in Political Science
Political scientists devote a massive amount of attention to socioeconomic background of political actors and descriptive representation in political institutio
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▶️ Political Economy 👉🏽 Section chairs: Jane Gingrich & Thomas Sattler 📢 Our section welcomes submissions examining how economic & political processes, policies and outcomes influence each other. We welcome studies from both comparative (CPE) or international (IPE) political economy >>> 4/
🌍 Diversity matters The EPSS Diversity Committee has convened and is planning activities for EPSS and Belfast. More updates soon. 6/
🙌 Section Chairs We’ve assembled an impressive team of Section Chairs for #EPSS2026. We’ll be highlighting two sections per week across our channels, stay tuned! 5/
📄 Call for Papers: #EPSS2026 Belfast The call is out! Submit your proposals here: epssnet.org/belfast-2026... Proposals are already coming in, please help us spread the word! 4/
Call for Papers | EPSS Belfast 2026 Conference
Submit your abstract or full paper for EPSS Belfast 2026. Share cutting‑edge political science research, network with peers & contribute to academic impact.
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‼️ New paper out in EJPR! With @mauritsmeijers.bsky.social, we use a new survey item that we fielded in surveys in five countries to examine who accepts party policy change. Check out the 🧵 by Maurits below for an overview of our findings!
Maurits Meijers@mauritsmeijers.bsky.social · 2y agoParties often change their policy positions, but what do citizens actually think about party policy change? In our new EJPRjournal article, @rdassonneville.bsky.social and I study party policy change acceptance among citizens in 5 countries (🇩🇪🇳🇱🇵🇱🇪🇸🇬🇧) ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 1/n
Academics from poorer socio-economic backgrounds are more likely to - not publish - have outstanding publication records - introduce more novel scientific concepts - less likely to receive recognition, as measured by citations, Nobel Prize nominations, and awards. www.nber.org/papers/w33289
🆕 Are citizens in declining powers less supportive of bilateral economic cooperation than those in rising powers? ↕️ Quynh Nguyen, @sattlersthomas.bsky.social and I explore this with survey-embedded experiments in 🇨🇳 and the 🇺🇸! More👉 bit.ly/4iIm6DG #China #USA
Great power dynamics and international economic cooperation: Experimental evidence from parallel surveys in China and the United States
Power transitions among major states have shaped the course of cooperation in the history of the international system. We study this relationship from a public opinion angle by examining the effect o...
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The fear of a power transition between explains the trade war between U.S / China. doi.org/10.1111/1475...
Great power dynamics and international economic cooperation: Experimental evidence from parallel surveys in China and the United States
Power transitions among major states have shaped the course of cooperation in the history of the international system. We study this relationship from a public opinion angle by examining the effect o....
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Austerity, economic vulnerability, and populism by Leonardo Baccini and Thomas Sattler is now available in Early View. @sattlersthomas.bsky.social ajps.org/2024/05/17/a...
Do exchange rates affect elections? Yes! See new paper in International Organization, with Dennis Quinn and Stephen Weymouth: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Here it is one more time, then I'll stop, I promise :). @evehubscher.bsky.social, @markuswagner.bsky.social
British Journal of Political Science@bjpols.bsky.social · 3y ago#OpenAccess from our new issue - Does Austerity Cause Polarization? - cup.org/3rWUOnM - Evelyne Hübscher, Thomas Sattler & Markus Wagner
Our paper on the effect of fiscal austerity on political polarization is now officially published in the current issue of @bjpols.bsky.social: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... With @evehubscher.bsky.social and @markuswagner.bsky.social
British Journal of Political Science@bjpols.bsky.social · 3y agoNEW ISSUE - British Journal of Political Science - Volume 53 - Issue 4 - October 2023 - cup.org/491n4pZ
My first post over here: our new paper in @cpsjournal.bsky.social shows that IMF interventions can increase public support for adjustment policies.
Evelyne Hübscher@evehubscher.bsky.social · 3y agoThread: How do voters judge IMF interventions? In a new paper (doi.org/10.1177/0010... forthcoming with CPS), together with @sattlersthomas.bsky.social and @markuswagner.bsky.social we find that voters often see IMF interventions more positively than generally assumed. Survey experiments… 1/4
