Research by day, networking by night! Great to see many of our PhD Researchers and Alumni presenting their work at the first Annual Conference of the European Political Science Society in Belfast. We are proud of the ideas they shared and the conversations that continued after the panels ended.

Extended proposal submission deadline - #CfA for the 4th Int. #FReDA User Conference 26–27 November 2026 in Cologne, Germany Extended Submission deadline: 21 June 2026 Submission: Abstracts (max. one DIN-A4 page) should be sent by to freda.conference@gesis.org www.freda-panel.de/F...

I am very excited to be part of the first edition of EPSS and to present two of my projects: Today, 15:20, meeting room 2b (ICC): "Liberal framings of immigration by Western political parties" Tomorrow, 15:20, meeting room 3b (ICC): "Gender (gaps), Social norms and Social Desirability Bias"

On my way to the inaugural @epssnet.bsky.social conference in Belfast. I'm very much looking forward to presenting two papers! Paper I on party strategies in contested liberal democracies: 13:30-15:10, 20 June, Lagan B (Hilton)

We’re excited to announce this summer semester’s DYNAMICS Lecture Series talks featuring @minekuhn.bsky.social , Aksel Sundström, and Ruth Ditlmann. 🚀 First talk: Monday, March 23, 12:30 @hertieschool.bsky.social Mine Kühn – “From Breakups to New Beginnings: Family Pathways and Health” Join us!

We’re organizing a workshop at Aarhus University. Please share and consider submitting! 🗓️ 13–14 April 2026 | 📝 Deadline: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 (extended abstract) — junior scholars prioritized 🎤 Keynotes: @stefwalter.bsky.social (Univ. of Zurich) & @hhuang.bsky.social (Ohio State)

🚨Happy to finally see this out in the @ejprjournal.bsky.social (with @leonardocarella.bsky.social) ⁉️ Does growing up when immigration is salient make people vote for parties they agree with on immigration *for the rest of their lives*? doi.org/10.1017/S147...

Yesterday, I returned to snowy Kiel to receive the award for the best political science master’s thesis. The thesis examines how cuts to local train services affected political alienation following German railway privatization in 1994. Big thanks to @swegmann.bsky.social & @chwmartin.bsky.social!

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I repeat "Mind the Gap" ! Please get on board for submission. 🚂🚉

Two more weeks to apply for this job! Tenure track or tenured! Living in Paris! Nice colleagues (and me)! Let me know if you have any questions! Details: www.shorturl.at/E57le

Postdoctoral Researchers #ECPRMemberJobs 📅 Two-year contract 🇩🇪 Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies ⌛ Monday 15 December buff.ly/To2VLHn #PolSciJobs #PoliSky #AcademicSky

Postdoctoral Program 2026

Postdoctoral Program

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🚀 We’re hiring a Postdoc! Our group is looking for a Postdoc to join the team working on computational comm research. If you’re excited about automated content analysis, large text & social-media data, open science, this might be for you. 💡 Sounds like you or someone you know? Please share/boost!

From tasty Potluck bites to White Elephant steals and endless chats – our DYNAMICS Holiday Party delivered all the holiday vibes! ✨ @humboldtuni.bsky.social @hertieschool.bsky.social

‼️ Noch 9 Tage bis zum Bewerbungsschluss ‼️ Call for Papers: DGfP Young Researchers Conference 2026 📅 Wann? 13. Februar 2026, 10:00–17:00 📍 Wo? Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg 📝 Deadline für Abstracts: 19. Dezember 2025 Wir, @ronaldschleehauf.bsky.social und ich, freuen uns auf Einreichungen!

🔍 Der wiss. Stab von #SVRMigration sucht eine/n Mitarbeiter/in für die sozialwissenschaftliche Erhebung zu integrationsbezogenen Fragen im kommunalen Kontext in Form einer wiederholten #Panelbefragung. 📆 Bewerbungsfrist: 8. Dezember 2025 Alle Infos 👉 www.svr-migration.de/oeffentlichk...

Thrilled to celebrate our doctoral resesearcher @jeinhoff.bsky.social ´s successful PhD defense! 🎉 His dissertation on the social stratification of extending working lives is officially wrapped — and now he’s kicking off his postdoc journey at the @mpidr.bsky.social . Congrats!

The 8th European Conference on Social Networks (EUSN 2026) will take place on 11-15 August 2026 in Norrköping, Sweden, hosted by @iasliu.bsky.social ⌛ Deadline for workshop and session proposals: 1 December 2025 More information: liu.se/en/event/eus...

The 8th European Conference on Social Networks (EUSN 2026)

The 8th European Conference on Social Networks (EUSN 2026) will take place on 11–15 August 2026 in Norrköping, Sweden, hosted by the Institute for Analytical Sociology (IAS), Linköping University. The conference brings together scholars and ...

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📢 Call for Abstracts Join us at the Family Diversity & Health Workshop June 29-30 2026 in Berlin! We welcome submissions on intersections of health & family research, especially using register data. 🌏 🫶 No participation fees & hotel costs are covered. 📨 Send us your abstracts by Jan 31 2026

Last week we ran the first “Career Planning Workshop for Within and Outside Academia” for female and non-binary doctoral researchers — a space to openly discuss career goals and skills. Thanks to everyone who took part and contributed. More to come.

📢 Call for Papers 📢 Excited to co-edit a Special Issue on “Time Use and Family Dynamics in Contemporary Europe” in Comparative Population Studies (CPoS)! We invite submissions using time-use data to advance research on family life across Europe. 🔗 www.comparativepopulationstudies.de/index.php/CP...

Three @dynamics.bsky.social alums in one paper 🤩 Congrats to @antvalentim.bsky.social , Tom Arend and @fabioellger.bsky.social on the new @bjpols.bsky.social publication exploring how voters react to new, disruptive political actors!

António Valentim@antvalentim.bsky.social · 10mo ago

🚨 New paper out! Very happy to see our (Tom Arend, @fabioellger.bsky.social and mine) paper out at the @bjpols.bsky.social. We explore how voters react to new, disruptive political actors. 1/3

This week, we hosted “A PhD 101” with alumni @tabeanaujoks.bsky.social, @cornelius-erfort.bsky.social and @markuskollberg.bsky.social who shared insights from their own journey, and a workshop on how to kick off a successful PhD. Our new cohort is ready to dive into their PhDs! 🚀

📢 Call for Papers for EPSS 2026 conference in Belfast is out: epssnet.org/belfast-2026... We'll feature two sections each Tuesday & Thursday to provide more information about the conference. 🔝 This Tuesday: Party Politics & Historical Political Economy

New 📝 out in @reggovjournal.bsky.social 1. Governments are taking a more active role in education and training 2. Linking technical issues to politically salient debates, such as climate change and digitalization, helps open the door to new public policies onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

👇 Great opportunity for post-docs! Come to the @mzesunimannheim.bsky.social for 2-4 weeks as visiting fellow! Application deadline 28 Nov 2025.

MZES Uni Mannheim@mzesunimannheim.bsky.social · 11mo ago

📣 Attention, postdoctoral researchers! ❗ Apply now for our MZES Visiting Fellowships 😊 💡 Spend 2-4 weeks at the MZES to share ideas 💰 Funding for accommodation, travel, daily allowance 📆 Deadline: 28 November Full information: 👉 www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/news/deta...

We are incredibly proud of our newest PhD @stefaniamolina.bsky.social who successfully defended her dissertation today on “The influence of family dynamics on the well-being of adults and children.” Congratulations on this outstanding achievement, Stefania! 🎓👏 @dynamics.bsky.social

It is the time of the year when I tell you about my favorite post-doc ever 👇 Unless you are allergic to the French, this one sits up there with the Nuffield postdoc (life style, productivity, interdisciplinary stimulation). Share widely! Apply! #poliscky www.iast.fr/research-fel...

Research Fellowships

Each year, IAST invites applications for post-doctoral Research Fellowships, which offer candidates an opportunity to devote themselves full-time to their research at the start of their careers. Fello...

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In terms of city or department, doesn't get much better than this

Kristian Bernt Karlson@kbkarlson.bsky.social · 11mo ago

We're hiring in wonderful Copenhagen 🇩🇰 Two or more open rank sociology professorships (tt assistant, associate with tenure, or full prof with tenure). You'll join a leading sociology department in Europe with many core fields represented! #sociology More 👇 jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...

This week we welcomed our 6th (and final) cohort of doctoral researchers 🎉 @dynamics.bsky.social We kicked off with an inspiring keynote by Ursula Daxecker and can’t wait to support these talented researchers on their PhD journey. Excited to see all the amazing research projects ahead! 🚀

✨Very happy to see my paper "Attitudinal ambivalence toward multiculturalism" out on @jeppjournal.bsky.social ! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 1/8 🧵

Summer party vibes at DYNAMICS this week – with amazing pizza! 🍕☀️ Huge thanks to our alumnus @cornelius-erfort.bsky.social , who served up one delicious pie after another. Thanks to everyone who made it such a fun evening 💛 @dynamics.bsky.social @humboldtuni.bsky.social @hertieschool.bsky.social