I asked a (brilliant female) colleague about the apparent gender gap in AI uptake in our field and she suggested that it was driven by women being more likely to be judged as incompetent if they use AI. This resume study suggests, sadly, that she may be correct codeforgoodnow.com/wp-content/u...

📢 Open call for two additional contributions to our Special Issue "Methodological Advances for the Study of German Politics" @pvs-journal.bsky.social. 📄 Submit by July 12: www.sosci.uni-hamburg.de/pvs/ ℹ️ www.dvpw.de/gliederung/s... @gessler.bsky.social @lukrudolph.bsky.social @dvpw.bsky.social

We are looking for a colleague to fill a part-time (50%) teaching position in IR. Ability to teach in German is required, though courses may also be offered in English. Deadline: 3 July Ad (in German): tinyurl.com/ysnjcwwn Please share - and PM in case of questions @politikuhh.bsky.social

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Der DVPW-Vorstand hat soeben eine Stellungnahme zum aktuellen #Referentenentwurf des #BMFTR zur Reform des #WissZeitVG im Rahmen der Verbändebeteiligung abgegeben. 👉 www.dvpw.de/informatione... #IchBinHanna & #IchBinReyhan warten auch nach fünf Jahren noch auf eine umfassende Reform!

New paper out in the @thejop.bsky.social (w/ @christinagahn.bsky.social) Do opinion polls shape election results? Using both cross-national data and a survey experiment, the answer we find is yes - though it depends on how we communicate polling results. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

There was a Fidesz ideologue who once said, "What you call corruption is the essence of the system." Seems he was right but we're just learning by how much. The Integrity Authority estimates Orban's rule cost Hungary €160B(!) in corruption. That equals ~2/3 of 🇭🇺 GDP. www.ft.com/content/0c44...

AI used to hunt Viktor Orbán’s alleged corruption

Head of Hungary’s anti-graft body says €160bn may have been siphoned off during ex-PM’s 16 years in power

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🚨🚨 Job: Please share 🙌 - what? PhD position in my DFG-funded project on how citizens understand their role in democracy. - when? Application deadline Jul 1, job start Sept 1 or soon thereafter - how? www.uni-hamburg.de/en/stellenan...

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Very excited to welcome @versteegenluca.bsky.social as a colleague at @politikuhh.bsky.social soon!

Peter Luca Versteegen@versteegenluca.bsky.social · 2mo ago

It’s time to share that I’ve decided to move to a new postdoc position. In July, I’ll join the team of @gessler.bsky.social at @uni-hamburg.de. In my almost 2 years in Vienna, I grew as a scholar and person, and I’m deeply grateful to the people at @stawi-univie.bsky.social who made this possible.

Today in four weeks, Switzerland will vote on a far-right SVP initiative that demands a cap on the Swiss population of 10 million. What is often misunderstood is that the initiative does not necessarily demand an end to immigration, but — even worse — the complete disenfranchisement of immigrants.

Excited to contribute to the teaching at @ecpr.bsky.social this year, with a short course on Causal Inference for Observational Data ✨ Do you hesitate to reach out if you may be interested, have questions, or want to chat about research in this space

European Consortium for Political Research@ecpr.bsky.social · 3mo ago

✅️ Learn to draw credible causal conclusions from observational data using design-based approaches at our 🔥 NEW 🚀 #ecprms course 📆 8-11 Sep, Jagiellonian University & 14–15 Sep, Online. 👨‍🏫 @gloriagennaro.bsky.social 🔐 FREE observer access to #ecprgc26 🐦️ Save £55 by 2 Jun 💰️ Funding open until 13 May

💥Hungary's newly elected PM Péter Magyar, in his first speech, apologizes to victims of the Orbán government's smear campaigns and harassment, including NGOs and journalists. For 16 years, dozens if not hundreds of us had to endure our newsrooms being taken over, surveillance and pressure campaigns.

📢 We're hiring for my project RESPOL on residential mobility & electoral realignment 📍 University of Hamburg 📅 4y, 75% FTE 🔍 pol behavior, comp politics, regional inequalities 📊 quant, administrative & survey data Please share with talented MA students! 🔗 www.uni-hamburg.de/en/stellenan...

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Congratulations to the brilliant @martav.bsky.social for a stellar PhD & defense! 🎉 Serving on PhD committees and getting to read all this new & exciting work is one of the best parts of our job. 🙃

Marta Vukovic@martav.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Soo, since yesterday I am officially PhDone! 😮🎓✨🥂 I’m incredibly grateful to my supervisors Sylvia Kritzinger & @markuswagner.bsky.social for their guidance & support in this journey, and to my wonderful committee @gessler.bsky.social & @chrisclaassen.bsky.social for the thoughtful discussion. 1/2

There's lots of people more affected by yday's news but seeing Orbán concede has been a dream for me since I moved to Hungary to study in 2013 & I was not confident I'd see this happen. I have lots of reservations about Magyar but I'll remember yesterday as a day of joy. Reading recommendations⏬

theresa gessler@gessler.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Keeping this for the future: Orbán on TV saying that the election results are painful but clear. This feels momentous. #Hungary

For years, but especially in the last few months, I have been trying hard to imagine what it will feel like seeing Orban decisively defeated. I just couldn't. And yet here we are: it is truly and well over. I have more reservations about Peter Magyar than I could say in 300 characters or a thread...

Zoltan Miklosi@zmiklosi.bsky.social · 4mo ago

What a night

Keeping this for the future: Orbán on TV saying that the election results are painful but clear. This feels momentous. #Hungary

Palma Polyak@palmapolyak.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Péter Magyar FB: “Prime Minister Viktor Orbán just called to congratulate us on our victory.” IT'S DONE. IT'S DONE.

Péter Magyar FB: “Prime Minister Viktor Orbán just called to congratulate us on our victory.” IT'S DONE. IT'S DONE.

Voting in Hungary is underway. Opposition leader Péter Magyar, leading in polls, has cast his vote. Turnout at 7am is 3.46%—a record, twice as high as 4 years ago. Early data shows opposition areas overperforming, while Fidesz strongholds are lagging. Follow me for updates on the #HungaryElection

Karin Prien setzt bei Demokratiearbeit Kettensäge an: Durch den geplanten Umbau der Förderung "Demokratie leben!", droht bundesweit ein Kahlschlag bei Prävention, Beratung und zivilgesellschaftlichen Strukturen – genau dort, wo sie am dringendsten gebraucht werden. 1/x

🎉 We are excited to welcome Andrea De Angelis and @gessler.bsky.social as Methods School Directors for our Methods School #ecprms, overseeing all academic matters for the event They bring internationally recognised experience in researching, teaching and training in #qual & #quant research methods

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Two new articles in Party Politics With @gessler.bsky.social Measuring party positions and issue salience with mass media and manifesto data" doi.org/10.1177/1354... With Hanspeter Kriesi "Restructuring party systems in Northwestern Europe" doi.org/10.1177/1354... Feedback very welcome!

We're excited about the next edition of our Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology, this time organized by the 💫 local team in Mannheim!

Melanie Sauter@melinscribe.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🚨 Join us for the next edition Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology in Mannheim 🚨 7 days of hands-on advanced methods + networking for PhDs, postdocs & early-career researchers. Free of charge (limited travel support). Deadline 1 March 2026: summerschoolwpm.org #methodsky #polisky

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theresa gessler@gessler.bsky.social · 8mo ago

We're looking for a colleague (postdoc) 📢 @politikuhh.bsky.social 3+3 years Doing your own research while teaching 2.5 courses per semester Research agenda with links to our team (democracy, digital politics, political competition/behaviour) DL 🗓️ 05/01 stellen.uni-hamburg.de/jobposting/6...

One week left to apply - join us in Hamburg @politikuhh.bsky.social for the next years 👋

theresa gessler@gessler.bsky.social · 8mo ago

We're looking for a colleague (postdoc) 📢 @politikuhh.bsky.social 3+3 years Doing your own research while teaching 2.5 courses per semester Research agenda with links to our team (democracy, digital politics, political competition/behaviour) DL 🗓️ 05/01 stellen.uni-hamburg.de/jobposting/6...

We're looking for a colleague (postdoc) 📢 @politikuhh.bsky.social 3+3 years Doing your own research while teaching 2.5 courses per semester Research agenda with links to our team (democracy, digital politics, political competition/behaviour) DL 🗓️ 05/01 stellen.uni-hamburg.de/jobposting/6...

We're looking for a colleague (postdoc) 📢 @politikuhh.bsky.social 3+3 years Doing your own research while teaching 2.5 courses per semester Research agenda with links to our team (democracy, digital politics, political competition/behaviour) DL 🗓️ 05/01 stellen.uni-hamburg.de/jobposting/6...

⏰ One week left to apply for SekMethoden 2026 — the annual meeting of the DVPW Section "Methods of Political Science". Submit your abstract by Sunday! ⬇️ See below for the CfP and link to the application portal. @gessler.bsky.social @lukrudolph.bsky.social @donyhu.bsky.social @dvpw.bsky.social

Denis Cohen@denis-cohen.bsky.social · 9mo ago

🚨 CfP: SekMethoden 2026 🗓️ March 12-13, 2026 🗺️ Hannover, Germany ⏰ DL Dec 07, 2025 👉 Apply here: sosci.sowi.uni-mannheim.de/sekmethoden2... 👥 @gessler.bsky.social, @lukrudolph.bsky.social, @donyhu.bsky.social, Jona Baumert, Morten Harmening and I look forward to your submissions!

@sonjapriebus.bsky.social Aleksandra Maatsch& me are organizing a workshop on 'Opposing challenges to democracy across contexts' in Frankfurt (Oder) 26-27 March 2026. Do you have a paper that might fit? ➡️Call for Papers (📆Deadline: 05/12) www.dvpw.de/informatione...

Institute for European Studies @ Europa-Universität Viadrina@ifesviadrina.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Call for Papers for the workshop “Turning the tide: Opposing challenges to democracy across contexts”, Mar. 26-27, 2026 @viadrina.eu. Send your application to @sonjapriebus.bsky.social until Dec. 5, 2025. Successful applicants will be notified before Christmas🎄. All details👉 www.europa-uni.de/ifes

🤔 Illiberal policy frames? Turns out it’s fear-mongering, not crisis-driven 👥 @miklossebok.bsky.social, @buzogany.bsky.social, @juliafleischer.bsky.social, @gessler.bsky.social, Anna Takács, @seanmtheriault.bsky.social & Ákos Holányi 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Crisis-exploitation or fear-mongering? A research agenda for the comparative study of policy crises and illiberal policy frames

The pervasive and growing illiberal movement is, perhaps, the greatest global challenge to liberal democracy today. Scholars argue that domestic and international crises have played an important ro...

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Just published in @bjpols.bsky.social: @sergipardos.bsky.social and I show that inter-regional moves in pursuit of employment security reduce individual worries about immigration—a mobility pattern that, in the aggregate, reinforces spatial polarization in anti-immigration sentiment. cup.org/3XiB6yD

British Journal of Political Science@bjpols.bsky.social · 9mo ago

NEW - Regional Labor Markets, Residential Mobility, and Anti-Immigration Sentiment - https://cup.org/3XiB6yD - @denis-cohen.bsky.social & @sergipardos.bsky.social #OpenAccess