Immigrants and immigration are under attack everywhere. My forthcoming book looks at the other side, to examine the people who actually support immigration in Europe. cambridgeblog.org/2026/10/beyo...

peter hull comparing TWFE and modern DIDs & it seems TWFE is OK. people will go "YOU SEE IT DIDN'T MATTER AFTER ALL" but regardless of whether TWFE is ultimately useful or not that all DiD chaos was a net good because it clarified the estimand. tinyurl.com/twfevsdid

The share of children who died before they were 5 years old in 1950 and 75 years later. Africa: 33% ↘ 6% Asia: 25% ↘ 2.5% Oceania: 9.3% ↘ 2% Latin America: 21% ↘ 1.5% Northern America: 3.8% ↘ 0.6% Europe: 10.5% ↘ 0.4% Globally: 23% ↘ 3.5%

We are hiring at LMU Munich: two PhD positions and one postdoc on democracy, political psychology and computational social science. Start: January 2027 or as soon as possible. We review applications on a rolling basis until October 20. Details below. Reposts very welcome! 1/7

Well, as nice as this might sound, this is only partly true. More importantly, it mixes up many myths surrounding Swiss direct democracy. 👇

Switzerland’s love of referendums keeps the far right at bay | Joseph de Weck

Brexit gave direct democracy a bad name. But the Swiss approach could be what Europe needs now, says Guardian Europe contributor Joseph de Weck

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📄 New paper in @electoralstudies.bsky.social: “From the center to the fringes: A comparative test of attitudinal explanations for mainstream-to-challenger defection” 👥 with @krausewe.bsky.social and @aigneranna.bsky.social 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.el...

Election in occupied areas by Russia - voting under military supervision.

𝐒𝐨𝐠𝐚𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐢 𝐒𝐕𝐏-𝐀𝐧𝐡ä𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫:𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐙𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐳𝐮𝐫 𝐍𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭ä𝐭𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 Gemäss der 2. Welle der 20 Minuten-/Tamedia-Umfrage von LeeWas sagen 68% Nein zur Neutralitätsinitiative (31% Ja, 1% Unentschiedene) @lucasleemann.bsky.social | @mariostauble.bsky.social | @rfrbrghs.bsky.social

Twenty-five years ago this morning, I happened to be on a panel in lower Manhattan. We heard something like an explosion, but New York was full of strange sounds. The panel continued until someone came in and told us a plane had hit the World Trade Center, the event was over.

New study finds the social cost of driving a car 1 km—including pollution, crashes, infrastructure, and noise—is more than *triple* the private cost paid by the car owner. doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...

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Mayor Mamdani announces a ban on generative AI in schools through 8th grade: AI is not going to replace student-teacher interaction in NYC public schools. We have also heard the importance of protecting childhood—allowing students the opportunity to ask questions, to engage, to fail, to learn.

Have we all been gaslit into believing that regularly spaced, externally imposed deadlines improve our performance? 🧪 The influential study behind that claim – cited more than 2,200 times – failed to replicate and the original data now show strong signs of fabrication. datacolada.org/138

[138] Artificial Deadlines (Part 1): Evidence of Fraud in an Influential Study About Procrastination

A new paper in Psychological Science (.htm) reports a failure to replicate Study 2 of Ariely and Wertenbroch’s influential article entitled, “Procrastination, Deadlines, and Performance: Self-Contr…

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The Democratic Party has let a consulting industry exploit elderly donors in its name, wreck its reputation and finances in the process, and walk away rich whether the party wins or loses. When a mirror is held up, the instinct is to break the glass rather than look. On why the press looks away:

The Bulwark Killed an Investigation into Political Fundraising Spam After Its Publisher Took the Consultants’ Side

This is a story about the Democratic Party captured by its consultants, and about what happens when the pro-democracy press is asked to say so.

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Presenting on the Replicability Crisis is Prof. Dr Alexander Wuttke (@kunkakom.bsky.social). Open to anyone to virtually join this lecture and learn more about the replicability crisis, with evidence from various fields. Register here: bit.ly/4pI2GTC 📆 Monday, 07th September, 09:45-10:45 (CEST)

We will- I have no doubt- look back at this as one of the greatest scandals of our time. It he killing of the golden goose for the UK. A destruction of one of the most profitable and successful sectors.Yet, for now all politicians have their head in the sand on this one… A critically important read.

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Behind the bewildering transformation of British universities, are management consultants being paid millions Really proud to have this vital piece on our unis are being gutted from the inside by @jheathershaw.bsky.social on Democracy for Sale. Do read democracyforsale.substack.com/p/inside-bri...

New paper with @adrauc.bsky.social and @ajungherr.bsky.social, published in @jeppjournal.bsky.social: How does the use of AI in government affect citizens’ sense of democratic control? Experimental evidence: greater efficiency can come with hidden legitimacy costs.

🚨 The Electoral Atlas of the Spanish Second Republic keeps growing! 🎉 We've expanded the project with new data, new resources, and a few exciting additions @politiquesupf.bsky.social @pauvallprat.bsky.social @diegomartin-916.bsky.social 🔗 tonirodon.cat/second-repub...

📢 Now online in AJPS (@ajpseditor.bsky.social)! With Katie Clayton, Aaron Kaufman, @kinggary.bsky.social , and @mayyakomis.bsky.social, we offer a unified framework for conjoint analysis—and argue for analyzing data at the CHOICE level. 📊 📄 doi.org/10.1111/ajps... 🛠️ yhoriuchi.github.io/projoint/

Cambridge University and Trinity College have launched a global hunt for a new Professor of Sustainability 🌍 The Hatton Professorship of Sustainability will be advertised this summer, with the successful candidate starting in the academic year 2026/27. Find out more: https://bit.ly/4weOeVh

🙏 Come work with me 🙏 We're hiring a postdoc. to work on a v cool project using AI to better understand local-level social cohesion...

Europe’s growing urban-rural divide in voting along the transnational cleavage is not merely a reflection of underlying educational differences, as @theresakuhn.bsky.social, @bramlancee.bsky.social and I show in this new study in @ejprjournal.bsky.social. A short thread 🔽

Our (with Radha Sarkar) meta-reanalysis of the experimental religion and politics literature is now out at @apsrjournal.bsky.social Open-access link: doi.org/10.1017/S000... Brief thread

This Day in Labor History: June 24, 1867. Chinese workers building the transcontinental railroad across Sierra Nevada went on strike over the horrific conditions of their work for the Central Pacific Railroad. Let's talk about their brave, if failed struggle and how awful the railroads were!!

What a wonderful few days in Belfast for #EPSS2026 and what a fantastic community! Thank you to everyone who joined the conference with such enthusiasm A special thanks to @simonhix.bsky.social @kenbenoit.bsky.social @macartan.bsky.social & the rest of the EPSS Council for making it all possible

A fully funded 2-year postdoc for my ERC project on climate politics, comparative politics and political economy. Deadline: 29 July 2026, 10am CET Starting date: Jan 2027 (flexible) Feel free to reach out next week at EPSS if you’d like to discuss the position www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etude...

Call for Applications - Postdoctoral Position GREENLOSS Project

2 Years - Postdoctoral Position Starting January 2027

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This spring, I had the honor of giving the 2026 @ecpr.bsky.social Stein Rokkan Lecture. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii5V... Based on joint work with @dpzollinger.bsky.social, @simonbornschier.bsky.social, I argued that the lens of cleavage politics is most useful to study democratic resilience.

House Series: Cleavage Politics and Democratic Resilience

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Come and work with us @iepolisci.bsky.social & don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. Please share!

IE Political Science Department@iepolisci.bsky.social · 4mo 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.

"Ethnonationalism" (aka plain ol' racism, some say) is alive and well among Reform members and supporters (Source: lordashcroftpolls.com/2026/06/will...)

What, NO mention of ethnicity, religion, migration status (or favourite Prince album)?!? 👇🏾 ‘Hero’ teacher stabbed while protecting students in Manchester school knife attack is named | The Independent share.google/49lE8gc3cBut...

Teacher stabbed while protecting students in Manchester school knife attack is named

Maysum Abdullah has been praised after he stepped in to protect his students

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