Magnus B Rasmussen
@magnusrasmussen.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science, specialising in Historical Political Economy. www.magnusbrasmussen.com
📄 And another working paper: **Pretty much all citizens say they support democracy.** But what do they mean by that? We ask whether voters from different partisan camps mean the same thing when they talk about "democracy." Paper: osf.io/preprints/so...
If anyone had any doubt about what kind of publisher Frontiers is, this is a shocking whistleblower account
Michael Okun@michael-okun.bsky.social · 2mo agoOver the last month I saw that human editors are now stripped of control. I could no longer stop the system from auto-inviting "reviewers" with zero relevant expertise. Even worse - the AI began actively revoking the invitations I manually sent out to actual, qualified experts.
A great opportunity for an ambitious scholar to work with some of the best researchers ( and people )in Norwegian political science!
Henning Finseraas@finseraas.bsky.social · last mo.We have an open call for a postdoc interested in causal effects of Voting Advice Applications on political behaviour (deadline Aug 20): www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
🚨We are hiring a two-year postdoctoral researcher (80%) at the University of Zurich within the new Horizon Europe project WELFAIR on the political implications of technological change, demographic ageing and rising inequality. The full job ad is here: tinyurl.com/3b6ddm25 Apply by August 9, 2026.
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The Aug. issue of @cpsjournal.bsky.social is out and our article on support coalitions and regime survival is in it: Larger & more diverse coalitions correspond to longer-lived regimes @sirianned.bsky.social @magnusrasmussen.bsky.social @torewig.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Who Rules? Support Coalitions and Regime Survival, 1789–2020 - Carl Henrik Knutsen, Sirianne Dahlum, Magnus Bergli Rasmussen, Tore Wig, 2026
All political regimes rely on coalitions of supporters to govern and remain in power. We discuss, specify, and test arguments pertaining to how the numerical si...
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Lyst til å ta en PhD - og å jobbe med @magnusrasmussen.bsky.social og meg? Søk her da vel!
Magnus B Rasmussen@magnusrasmussen.bsky.social · last mo.Er du interessert i politisk økonomi, makt, institusjoner og ulikhet? Søk doktorgradsstipendiat ved USN Handelshøyskolen i Drammen. Du vil jobbe tett med meg og @taraldberge.bsky.social i et ambisiøst forskningsmiljø. www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-still...
Er du interessert i politisk økonomi, makt, institusjoner og ulikhet? Søk doktorgradsstipendiat ved USN Handelshøyskolen i Drammen. Du vil jobbe tett med meg og @taraldberge.bsky.social i et ambisiøst forskningsmiljø. www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-still...
Stipendiat i Management: Politisk økonomi og ledelse (304792) | Universitetet i Sørøst-Norge
Stillingstittel: Stipendiat i Management: Politisk økonomi og ledelse (304792), Arbeidsgiver: Universitetet i Sørøst-Norge, Søknadsfrist: mandag 31. august 2026
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Sorry, SAS Men nå er begeret faktisk fullt. Si fra når dere tar tak i dette 👉🏻👉🏻 ingeborgsenneset.blogspot.com/2026/06/sorr... @birgitskarstein.bsky.social
Happy to announce that I will defend my PhD dissertation August 12th in Oslo 💃🏽 tinyurl.com/4p326pyb More exciting announcements to come (because I also got a new position) 💅🏽
Disputation: Louisa Boulaziz - Department of Political Science
Master of Political Science Louisa Boulaziz will be defending her dissertation at the Department of Political Science: Breaking the Glass Ceiling is not Enough: Gendered Selection Bias and Inequitable...
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new working paper out today! we explore the role played by structural transformation in shaping the Swedish income distribution between 1870 and 1970 ehes.org/wp/EHES_305....
🚨 What happens with voters when politicians use simpler language? New @thejop.bsky.social paper with @rsenninger.bsky.social: simple language changes not just what citizens understand, but who they think politicians are. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Can Simple Language Affect Voters’ Political Knowledge and Their Beliefs About Politicians? | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No 0
How does the level of sophistication in political messages affect citizens? While research has examined how politicians use this element to distinguish themselves, little is known about how it resonat...
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All Souls College, Oxford, is seeking 5 Postdoctoral Research Fellows in - Asian and Middle Eastern Studies - History of Art/History of Music - Law - Life Science - Theoretical Computer Science These are 5-year appointments starting autumn 2027. Deadline: 4 Sep 2026 www.asc.ox.ac.uk/post-doctora...
Post-Doctoral Research Fellowships | All Souls College
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Introducing Dr. Noah Pruitt (@noahpruitt99.bsky.social)! I am incredibly proud of you, and I look forward to everything you will accomplish. Sincere thanks to a wonderful and supportive committee. (@fthames.bsky.social, Sayan Banerjee, and Austin McCrea)
The key implication: people have a general tendency to personal favoritism in professional selection, even in highly formalized bureaucracies. If autocrats can instrumentalize this tendency to select people who are in line with regime objectives, it stabilizes the regime instead of threatening it.
Cadre networks and bureaucratic careers in autocracies | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No ja
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🚨 New publication alert! 🚨 Our article "Cadre networks and bureaucratic careers in autocracies" has just been published online first in @thejop.bsky.social 🎉 — joint work with Alexander De Juan & Jan Pierskalla www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... Short summary thread below 👇
For anyone interested, here is the syllabus for my graduate-level course on "Computational Methods for Area Studies" hegghammer.net/assets/docum...
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I am looking for a postdoc to join my team at the University of Bremen. 5-year-contract, top-up to 100% possible for most of the contract period. Apply by 04 May 2026. If you have questions about the position, send me an email! www.uni-bremen.de/en/universit...
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Det ble vedtatt å utrede lobbyregister i går. I den anledning har @ma1ken.bsky.social og jeg skrevet om utsiktene for å faktisk få det på plass. Politikerne har ikke vist at de er villig til å innføre sterkere regulering av seg selv, så vi er ikke kjempeoptimisiske. www.altinget.no/artikkel/det...
Det gjenstår å se om et lobbyregister faktisk kommer på plass - Altinget
En utredning av behovet for et lobbyregister er et skritt i riktig retning mot økt åpenhet om påvirkningsarbeid i norsk politikk. Men demokratisk valgte politikere har ikke gjort seg kjent for å innfø...
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The dept of Economic History in Lund is hiring a new Senior Lecturer! Ad is here, deadline 17 May: lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Senior Lecturer in Economic History
The department of Economic History employs around 70 researchers, teachers, doctoral candidates, and administrative personnel. Research at the department includes topics such as Economic demography, E
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The Welsh Senedd has a new electoral system; replacing MMP with low-magnitude closed list PR (with DM=6), ie. bang in the middle of the Carey-Hix “sweet spot” 😉 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Se...
2026 Senedd election - Wikipedia
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Viktor Orbán created a new state foundation that forced independent media owners to transfer ownership, changed the state media into a propaganda mouthpiece, and hounded the remaining few free media with tax audits, raids, and surveillance. Over 80% of the media in Hungary is now in his hands.
Skye@simplyskye.bsky.social · 4mo agoBrendan Carr: “Look at the results so far — PBS defunded, NPR defunded, Joy Reid gone from MSNBC, Sleepy Eye Chuck Todd gone, Jim Acosta gone, John Dickerson gone, Colbert is leaving, CBS is under new ownership — & soon enough CNN is going to have new ownership as well” #NoKings protest tomorrow 🤘🏼
Har laget podkast. En fascinerende og godt over middels spinnvill historie fra virkeligheten. radio.nrk.no/podkast/radi...
Arsenikkmysteriet - Historier fra virkeligheten - NRK Radio
Historier fra virkeligheten - Arsenikkmysteriet
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Very happy and proud to have co-authored this paper in @ejprjournal.bsky.social, with @plutscher.bsky.social & @chknutsen.bsky.social 😊 doi.org/10.1017/S147... Please see Philipp's 🧵 below for the main findings 😊
The effects of government propaganda in electoral authoritarian regimes: Evidence from Turkey | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
The effects of government propaganda in electoral authoritarian regimes: Evidence from Turkey
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Philipp Lutscher@plutscher.bsky.social · 4mo ago(1/8) New Open Access paper out today in the @ejprjournal.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1017/S147... "The effects of government propaganda in electoral authoritarian regimes: Evidence from Turkey" with @draege.bsky.social & @chknutsen.bsky.social #polisky #socsky #commsky #dictatorsky #OA
We are launching the dual degree between our Master in Institutions and Political Economy at the University of Barcelona @ubmipe.bsky.social and King's College London www.ub.edu/mipe/#dual @ub.edu
Master in Institutions and Political Economy | UB
The Master in Institutions and Political Economy (MIPE) is a Social Science research program that combines Political Science, Economics, Economic History.
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It was an immense honor to contribute to the 30th anniversary issue of Party Politics. Richard Katz and I advocate for the continued relevance of studying party organization, both to understand how politics in democracies actually works and to articulate how it should work. doi.org/10.1177/1354...
Politics remains a team sport: On the continued relevance of studying party organization - Richard S Katz, Tristan Klingelhöfer, 2026
In advanced industrial democracies, politics has become heavily personalized. What are the implications of this process for research on, and the practice of, de...
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Emilie van Haute@emilievh.bsky.social · 5mo agoI’m delighted to share a special milestone in the life of Party Politics 🎉 To mark the journal’s 30th anniversary, I had the pleasure of co-ed a Symposium with Paul Webb The symposium revisits the journal’s origins, intellectual trajectory, and its role in shaping the field over the past 3 decades.
Tomorrow I’ll outline a new project on electoral malfeasance in Norwegian history, arguing that fraud was widespread—especially amid heightened polarization and certain electoral rules—despite the “high trust, low corruption” narrative.
Happy to head to bed after getting an acceptance from @worldpolitics.bsky.social .
