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Markus Wagner

@markuswagner.bsky.social

Political scientist @ University of Vienna 🇬🇧🇩🇪🇦🇹🏳️‍🌈

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Reto Mitteregger@indubioproreto.bsky.social · last wk.

New publication out in @epsrjournal.bsky.social! We know young voters vote for different parties and hold different attitudes than older citizens. What we know less about: whether they also care differently about political issues. Using novel experimental survey data, I show: they do! 👇

“Nothing else matters?” Salience differences between young and old | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core

“Nothing else matters?” Salience differences between young and old

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Isabella Rebasso@isabellareb.bsky.social · 3w ago

Very belatedly sharing this because the last months were busy: The limits of appraisal theory for political emotions is out in Political Psychology! @gijsschumacher.bsky.social, @mrooduijn.bsky.social and I ask whether appraisal theories of emotion work the same way in politics as in everyday life.

The limits of appraisal theory for political emotions: Evidence from two U.S. surveys

Emotions, such as anger and anxiety, play a central role in political behavior and are extensively studied by political scientists. However, political science has largely adopted psychological theori...

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Koichi Osamura@koichiosamura.bsky.social · last mo.

I'm very happy to share that my first dissertation paper is now online in Party Politics (🔓)! I examine how political appointments (patronage) relate to coalition support in multiparty presidential systems, using roll-call data from Brazil's Chamber of Deputies (2003-2018). doi.org/10.1177/1354...

Bureaucratic appointments and coalition support in presidential systems – An analysis of Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies - Koichi Osamura, 2026

How does the provision of political appointments influence coalition support in multiparty presidential systems? While the importance of cabinet portfolios for ...

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Institut für Staatswissenschaft / Department of Government@stawi-univie.bsky.social · last mo.

Why does democracy backslide even when most people say they support it? ⚖️🏛️ Senior Scientist Dr. Marta Vukovic @martav.bsky.social explains why citizens sometimes tolerate democratic violations and what it takes to protect liberal democracy in Rudolphina's newest article and video. ⬇️ @univie.ac.at

Democratic backsliding explained | University of Vienna

Democracy can backslide even when most people say they support it. University of Vienna political scientist Marta Vukovic explains why citizens sometimes tolerate democratic violations and what it tak...

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Piotr Marczyński@piotrmarczynski.bsky.social · last mo.

Our study on how citizens imagine their political opponents is out in Political Studies! It was great to engage with open responses in the Polish case. Below you can find the link to the article and the summary thread by @eelcoharteveld.bsky.social. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Blurred boundaries: Exploring political stereotyping in Brazil, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Poland - Eelco Harteveld, João Areal, Markus Wagner, Piotr Marczynski, 2026

Political stereotypes—beliefs about the attributes of politically defined groups—can deepen polarization by obscuring commonalities among citizens. Yet little i...

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Eelco Harteveld@eelcoharteveld.bsky.social · last mo.

Now out: our study on what citizens imagine their political opponents to be like in Brazil, the UK, Germany & Poland 💭 We use open-ended survey answers to show how political stereotypes often blur issues, groups, traits, voters and elites. Paper: doi.org/10.1177/0032... See thread for a summary 👇

Markus Wagner@markuswagner.bsky.social · last mo.

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Eelco Harteveld@eelcoharteveld.bsky.social · 11mo ago

What do citizens imagine their political opponents to be like? Polarization is real, but it also lives in our heads, fueled by stereotypes. We asked people in 🇧🇷, 🇬🇧, 🇩🇪 & 🇵🇱 to describe opponents in their own words. With @jnareal.bsky.social, @markuswagner.bsky.social & @piotrmarczynski.bsky.social 👇

Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte@turnbulldugarte.com · last mo.

I'm exceptionally proud of this paper so it is nice to hear that others found some merits in it too. Very grateful to the award committee for taking the time to read and engage with the paper. It is exhibit 79816 in the school of "partisanship is one helluva drug" doi.org/10.1017/psrm...

Heroes and villains: motivated projection of political identities | Political Science Research and Methods | Cambridge Core

Heroes and villains: motivated projection of political identities - Volume 14 Issue 1

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Political Science Research and Methods@psrm.bsky.social · last mo.

🏆 The 2025 Vera Troeger Best Paper Award goes to Stuart J. Turnbull-Dugarte (@turnbulldugarte.com) and Markus Wagner (@markuswagner.bsky.social) for "Heroes and Villains: Motivated Projection of Political Identities". 🎉 Congratulations! 👏 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Markus Wagner@markuswagner.bsky.social · last mo.

It was such a pleasant surprise to receive this award, and thanks to @turnbulldugarte.com for letting me tag along on this fun paper!

Political Science Research and Methods@psrm.bsky.social · last mo.

🏆 The 2025 Vera Troeger Best Paper Award goes to Stuart J. Turnbull-Dugarte (@turnbulldugarte.com) and Markus Wagner (@markuswagner.bsky.social) for "Heroes and Villains: Motivated Projection of Political Identities". 🎉 Congratulations! 👏 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Evelyne Hübscher@evehubscher.bsky.social · 2mo ago

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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Tobias Widmann@twidmann.bsky.social · 2mo ago

📢 I’m hiring 2 three-year postdocs at Dept of Political Science, @au.dk! Come work with me on The Politics of Shaming and Shamelessness — a new project on elite rhetoric, emotions, norms, hostility and political violence. Deadline: 31 August 2026 Start: Dec 2026–Feb 2027 Please share widely! 🙏

2 three-year postdocs in political communication and political psychology at Aarhus University - Vacancy at Aarhus University

Vacancy at Department of Political Science, Aarhus University

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Vicente Valentim@valentimvicente.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Our department has three calls for tenure track positions. IE is a fast growing group of scholars doing top-notch work, which offers very attractive conditions in a great European city. If you are looking for an academic job in Europe, definitely do consider applying.

IE Political Science Department@iepolisci.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We are hiring! We have 3 tenure track positions open: - Comparative Politics: apply.interfolio.com/188149 - International Relations: apply.interfolio.com/188150 - Political Economy: apply.interfolio.com/188151 All jobs have deadlines Oct 5th. Please help spread the word to potential candidates.

Kai Arzheimer@kai-arzheimer.com · 2mo ago

🚨 🚨 🚨 new publication (with @antonialang.bsky.social) klaxon!!! Over the past decade, scholars have increasingly turned to “place” as a key factor in political behaviour — particularly on the far right, in Europe & the US. Urban-rural divides are especially intriguing. But are they true cleavages? 🤔

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European Journal of Political Research@ejprjournal.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Taking a stand ✋️🧍 These authors 🧵 use survey data across 9 countries to assess the downstreams consequences of #AffectivePolarization & intervene to successfully reduce participants #AffectivePolarization in 6 of the 9, improving interpersonal relations and social norms buff.ly/tHRWa65

The (alleged) consequences of affective polarization: A survey experiment in nine democracies | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core

The (alleged) consequences of affective polarization: A survey experiment in nine democracies

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Sven Hegewald@svenhegewald.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Super happy to see the last paper from my dissertation published in @polbehavior.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉 In this paper, I investigate stereotyping along the urban–rural divide using data from a conjoint experiment fielded in nine European countries. The paper is available here: doi.org/10.1007/s111...

The Urban–Rural Divide in People’s Minds: Stereotypes of Urbanites and Ruralites in Nine European Countries - Political Behavior

Recent scholarship increasingly views the reemergence of the urban–rural divide in political behavior through the lens of social identity theory. Given this understanding of political divisions between cities and the countryside, it is crucial to investigate how urban and rural social groups are perceived, specifically, to what extent these groups are associated with entrenched stereotypes. Examining the urban–rural divide in people’s minds through a conjoint experiment, this paper sheds light on stereotypes of urbanites and ruralites in nine European countries. The results indicate that rural residents are typically viewed as Eurosceptic, anti-immigrant, working-class, older, and less educated. By contrast, typical urbanites are perceived as Europhile, pro-immigrant, upper-middle-class, younger, and university-educated. These perceptions are not held uniformly, however. Individuals tend to project their own characteristics onto others, perceiving those similar to themselves as more typical members of their place-based in-group. Likewise, a similar logic emerges regarding the relationship between urban–rural stereotypes and affect. While individuals tend to express warmer feelings toward those they perceive as typical members of their place-based in-group, these affective evaluations critically depend on whether individuals themselves align with the stereotypes in question. Overall, these findings provide systematic evidence on stereotyping along the urban–rural divide. By way of that, they further underscore the importance of a social identity perspective to political divisions between urban and rural residents.

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Anita Gohdes@argohdes.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Post-doc position at @scripts-berlin.eu! If you are a survey researcher interested in cross-national research on how people perceive liberalism, democracy etc, take a look! You’ll get to work with 🥳 @swenhutter.bsky.social: www.wzb.eu/en/jobs/post...

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (f/m/x) (ID 402)

For the research project “Public Attitudes towards the Liberal Script” (PALS) at the Center for Civil Society Research, in collaboration with other research units and the Cluster of Excellence...

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Étienne Ollion@eollion.bsky.social · 2mo ago

✨ We are hiring @crestumr.bsky.social ✨ Post-doc position, up to 3 years, in a Horizon project. Profile: at the intersection of NLP & Social Sciences. More information here: shorturl.at/TxDLN 🥰 RT appreciated 🥰

Post-doctoral Position: Computational Analysis of Judicial Decisions (CREST/CNRS-Ecole polytechnique) – CSS @ IP-Paris

Site web de l'axe sciences sociales computationnelles du CREST-CNRS. Cours et tutoriels pour l'analyse des données numériques en sciences sociales.

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