What happens when voters are exposed to several crises in succession? With @lukaslauener.bsky.social we examine how the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine, and the energy crisis shaped turnout and vote choice in the 2023 Swiss elections. @spsr.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Elections in Times of Multiple Crises: Turnout and Vote Choice in the Swiss Federal Elections of 2023

This article examines how successive crises shaped electoral participation and vote choice in the 2023 Swiss federal elections. We assess the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine, a...

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🚨 Job Alert 🚨 We're hiring a six-year Postdoc @stawi-univie.bsky.social, starting in Oct 2026 (or thereafter). Research: political representation, party competition, institutions, political economy, political behavior, or related fields 📅 Deadline: 20 Aug 2026 Apply here: tinyurl.com/dyf9bt7h

Very proud to see such a strong representation from the @unil.bsky.social at the inaugural #EPSS2026 conference, and deeply grateful to have such supportive, warm, and exceptionally productive colleagues @philipptrein.bsky.social @eliemichel.bsky.social! Todsy is day 3 in Belfast, rise and shine!

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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In June, Switzerland will vote on what is so far the most radical far-right popular initiative launched by the Swiss People‘s Party SVP: capping the population at 10M (currently ≈9.1M). In this thread, I’ll break down what it’s about and how it fits into broader findings on Swiss direct democracy

Why do some people who strongly identify with their region hold more negative attitudes toward immigrants? With Mia Gandenberger and Anita Manatschal, we examine how regional intergroup dynamics shape immigration attitudes in Belgium in @actapolitica.bsky.social. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Regional affects and attitudes towards immigrants: the case of Belgium - Acta Politica

Current research on regional identities does not fully account for the role of regional intergroup dynamics in shaping immigration attitudes. Drawing on insights from the party literature on affective...

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La version française du "Manuel d'anti-autocratie" est désormais disponible.. Il s'agit d'un appel à l'action, à la résilience et à la défense collective de la démocratie, de la vérité et de la liberté académique face à la montée de l'autoritarisme zenodo.org/records/1960...

In the wake of HU elections, social media flooded with „Just do x and far-right populism will be defeated“-solutionism. If it were as simple as anti-corruption campaigning, Fidesz would have been defeated by 2018.

📻18h20 Municipales : les résultats du second tour bouleversent-ils vraiment les rapports de force ? Sur @franceculture.fr, @quentinlafay.bsky.social recevra Adélaïde Zulfikarpasic, sondeuse à Ipsos BVA, @auroremalval.bsky.social, grand reporter et @eliemichel.bsky.social, chercheur

Municipales : les résultats du second tour bouleversent-ils vraiment les rapports de force ?

Une abstention record qui s'élève à 42,62 %, et des chefs, des représentants de partis, de tous les bords, qui tous annoncent avoir remporté la bataille des municipales. Comment analyser ce scrutin ?

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Penser la recherche autrement : comment l’université de Lausanne se rêve en laboratoire de la transition écologique

L’établissement s’est lancé dans une révolution avec le lancement d’assises pour modifier en profondeur ses pratiques. Un panel de 70 volontaires réfléchit à de nombreux enjeux liés à la transition éc...

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My article “War in the campaign? Issue emphasis and issue salience during the 2022 French presidential campaign” is now published in Party Politics. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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L'adoption du mode de scrutin proportionnel apparaît aujourd'hui, selon deux politistes, comme une condition nécessaire pour redonner à la démocratie française la capacité de renouer avec des gouvernements représentatifs, stables et opérationnels.

La proportionnelle : une urgence démocratique

L'adoption du mode de scrutin proportionnel apparaît aujourd'hui, selon deux politistes, comme une condition nécessaire pour redonner à la démocratie française la capacité de renouer avec des gouvernements représentatifs, stables et opérationnels.

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[OUT] 'The impact of party-voter congruence on affective polarization: evidence from Belgium', new paper by @bjarneck.bsky.social & @emilievh.bsky.social, researchers at SciencePo ULB (Cevipol), with @eliemichel.bsky.social, in JEPOP www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The impact of party-voter congruence on affective polarization: evidence from Belgium

Ideology drives affective polarization, yet research often overlooks horizontal polarization – emotions toward other voters – and struggles to disentangle ideology from partisanship. This study shi...

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Out in the Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties - with @bjarneck.bsky.social and @emilievh.bsky.social. We show that actual differences in policy positions between voters and parties are important predictors of how voters sympathize with other voters (horizontal affective polarization)

Bjarn Eck@bjarneck.bsky.social · 8mo ago

New article out in JEPOP with @eliemichel.bsky.social and @emilievh.bsky.social We study how individual-level party-voter congruence shapes horizontal affective polarization (sympathy to other voters), using matched data of a Voting Advice Application in Belgium Paper: tinyurl.com/4skwumdr

"Political Life" most salient issue among French citizens in 2025. Ahead traditional most important problems like purchasing power, law and order, immigration, or the environment.

CEVIPOF - Sciences Po@cevipof.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🔴 La vie politique devient la #préoccupation n°1 des Français selon le #baromètre “Priorités françaises” du L’ObSoCo x CEVIPOF, coordonné par Sylvain Brouard. Elle dépasse l’inflation, le pouvoir d’achat, la justice/criminalité, le budget, la dette et l’immigration. www.sciencespo.fr/cevipof/fr/e...

Special issue on “Wartime Europe” in the @jeppjournal.bsky.social With @bjarneck.bsky.social, we examine public opinion on the war in Ukraine, and on supporting Ukraine. And we find little evidence of war fatigue…

JEPP Journal@jeppjournal.bsky.social · 8mo ago

📢 New issue, including the Special Issue on "Wartime Europe: EU Integration, Reform and Enlargement" edited by @vanghel.bsky.social, a debate on EU & NATO enlargement after 2022 and JEPP news 👇 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjpp20/3...

Share widely with your students in Switzerland 🇨🇭thinking about a PhD @eui-eu.bsky.social 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗘𝗨𝗜 𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗽 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸 🇨🇭 21 Nov 2025 | 2:30pm CET @alissasiara.bsky.social introduces the program & life at EUI, I share my experience, and we answer your questions. 👉 Register: www.eui.eu/events?id=58...

Very much looking forward to this workshop organized by @linerenn.bsky.social and Oscar Mazzoleni at @unil.bsky.social !

Line Rennwald@linerenn.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Looking forward to the GREC workshop @sspunil.bsky.social @forsresearch.bsky.social @matthiasenggist.bsky.social @eliemichel.bsky.social @anketresch.bsky.social @dweisstanner.bsky.social @pauluswagner.bsky.social @klaudiakoxha.bsky.social @philiprathgeb.bsky.social @lukaslauener.bsky.social

#CNES took the floor at the 3rd #MEDemConference at @gesis.org as Olga Gyarfasova presented our activities to the #DemocracyResearch community 💡 #CNES is a proud partner of @medem.bsky.social and we look forward to a continued collaboration with this emerging European #ResearchInfrastructure 🚀

Next at the #MEDemConference – @LorenzoDeSio presents his vision for the #MEDemServiceGatewayHub 🌐 – featuring #ATLAS, our living encyclopedia designed to make democracy data findable, comparable, reusable, and linkable. Discover more about our #MEDemTools 👉 link in bio!

🚀 Kicking off day 1 of the 3rd #MEDemConference at @gesis.org! From @sldelange.bsky.social discussing radical-right normalization 🗳️ to calls to consolidate democracy data by @simonsaysnothin.bsky.social 📊 — keynotes spotlight why #MEDem matters for democracy.

📊 New Dataset Release: Belgian Electoral Panel Survey 2024 🇧🇪 We’re excited to announce the release of a new dataset from a 4-wave panel survey conducted during the 2024 Belgian elections! 📥 Download the dataset now: www.sodha.be/dataset.xhtm...

Antoher thorough demonstration that geography can mirror politics - but does not produce political preferences in itself!

Dr. Jan Philipp Thomeczek@drphilphil.bsky.social · 11mo ago

New Publication 📖 with @aikowagner.bsky.social in @electoralstudies.bsky.social "Issue congruence outweighs geography: Understanding the appeal of Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) in east and west Germany" Full paper (open access)👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... What did we find? 🧵

Important roundtable on academic freedom at #ecprgc25. Insightful (but grim) presentation by @isaliba.bsky.social on attacks on academic freedom globally and also in Europe.

🚨 We're hiring! Join our CSES Team @gesis.org Cologne as a Senior Researcher. If you’re into comparative electoral research and love diving into data, this is your moment. Come shape global democracy with us! 🌍📊 www.gesis.org/en/institute...

Glad to share a symposium on my book "How the Radical Right Has Changed Capitalism and Welfare" with SER: academic.oup.com/ser/advance-.... Featuring @alexandreafonso.bsky.social, @vapunkt.bsky.social, @ankehassel.bsky.social, @danielk24.bsky.social, @gscheiring.bsky.social, & rejoinder by myself 👇

New publication with @bjarneck.bsky.social on public opinion toward supporting Ukraine in Europe out in @jeppjournal.bsky.social @forsresearch.bsky.social @sspunil.bsky.social

Bjarn Eck@bjarneck.bsky.social · last yr.

New publication in the Journal of European Public Policy together with @eliemichel.bsky.social. We study public opinion toward supporting Ukraine in 6 European countries and ask whether citizens want to increase, sustain, or decrease support. 1/4 Paper (OA): doi.org/10.1080/1350...

#VendrediLecture New paper out @eliemichel.bsky.social & Sylvain Brouard @cevipof.bsky.social on the effect of crises on electoral behavior: "Retrospective voting in times of pandemic: comparative evidence from panel data" in Political Science. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... OPEN ACCESS

Retrospective voting in times of pandemic: comparative evidence from panel data

Existing studies on the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on elections provide incongruent results. For governments’ handling of the pandemic to be a competence signal, voters should believe that inc...

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New paper out (with Sylvain Brouard) on the effect of crises on electoral behavior: "Retrospective voting in times of pandemic: comparative evidence from panel data" in Political Science. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @forsresearch.bsky.social @sspunil.bsky.social @cevipof.bsky.social

Retrospective voting in times of pandemic: comparative evidence from panel data

Existing studies on the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on elections provide incongruent results. For governments’ handling of the pandemic to be a competence signal, voters should believe that inc...

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New paper out in @bjpols.bsky.social, co-authored with Emilien Paulis. Using survey data from 13 European democracies, we show that electoral winners are less supportive of referendums, especially when they are affectively polarized. 1/6 Paper: doi.org/10.1017/S0007123425000365