we have 5 positions open at @goetheuni.bsky.social in Frankfurt - a 4,5 year postdoc in my @erc.europa.eu project on the educational cleavage - 2 postdoc & 2 PhD positions, 4 years, in a research group on Reconfiguration & Internalization of Social Structure www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794784/FB0...

🚨 Postdoc in Comparative Politics/Public Opinion (2 years) We’re hiring a 100% Postdoc at the University of Greifswald. ✨ What makes this job special: Two full years to focus on research (no teaching, no admin overload) embedded into an International Research Training Group

A big congrats to our amazing Postdoc Dr. Magdalena Breyer, Dr. Tabea Palmtag & Dr. Delia Zolliger for their new publication in CPS! 🥂🎉🎈 The article offers innovative findings on perceived social status shifts in Germany and their implications for cultural backlash narratives: Go check it out! 🙃👇

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New article out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social with Tabea Palmtag and @dpzollinger.bsky.social 📝 We use open-ended survey questions (in Germany) to assess how and among whom social status shifts are perceived. This tests cultural backlash narratives in voters' perceptions. 🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0010...

Our amazing team is back in the media! 🫠😎 Check out this intriguing article by @dahoehmann.bsky.social, Tomoko Latteier, and @stefaniebailer.bsky.social in the University News: 👇👇👇 shorturl.at/VBukv

Hass im Netz drängt Frauen aus der Politik

Sexistische Anfeindungen auf Online-Plattformen entmutigen junge Frauen, sich politisch zu engagieren. Das zeigt eine neue Studie der Universität Basel. Die Konsequenzen tragen nicht nur die direkt Be...

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It also analyzes how these factors influence vote choice, and how the role of quality in elections can be strengthened – with cross-national surveys, survey and field experiments and panel data. Find more information on our website: tinyurl.com/2s4afzkx

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Two PhD positions and one Postdoc opening in Basel and Geneva

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⚠️⚠️ Prof. Stefanie Bailer and Prof. Nathalie Giger are collecting grants left and right - They are now looking for one Postdoc and two PhD students in Basel and Geneva! 🎓 👇 Check out the full job ads here: tinyurl.com/postdocUNIGE tinyurl.com/phdUNIGE tinyurl.com/phdUNIBAS

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

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

Pro Tag sterben ca. 20 Kinder im Gazastreifen Die Schweiz will nun ingesamt 20 Kinder aufnehmen Prof. Laurent Goetschel hofft, dass dies erst der Anfang ist – und erwartet vom Bundesrat weitere Schritte zur Linderung des Leids in Gaza Schau den den Beitrag, unter 👇👇 www.srf.ch/play/tv/-/vi...

Die Schweiz plant die Aufnahme verletzter Kinder aus Gaza - 10 vor 10 - Play SRF

Der Bundesrat plant bis zu 20 Kinder in Begleitung von Angehörigen aus Gaza in die Schweiz zu holen, um sie hier medizinisch zu versorgen. Symbolpolitik oder echte Hilfe?

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Our new study in @jwpp.bsky.social shows that online abuse on social media discourages young women from pursuing political offices—before their actual political careers have even begun. with @dahoehmann.bsky.social and Tomoko Latteier www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

🌅📙64.3 Does #Gender affect candidate selection? 🤔 Using a two-part experiment with Austrian 🇦🇹 party leaders @cerpintaxt.bsky.social & @jochenrehmert.bsky.social look at how women benefit in rankings & what happens during the candidate selection process 🧑🏻🏫 🔗 buff.ly/vJrSWmf

Selecting and ranking female candidates under PR: Evidence from a two-stage conjoint experiment with party elites

MICHAEL JANKOWSKI, JOCHEN REHMERT

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Another piece on candidate selection of mine is forthcoming in @thejop.bsky.social : Intra-party Competition, Geographic Responsiveness and Incumbent Deselection in Closed-List PR” (doi.org/10.1086/734244)

Intra-party Competition, Geographic Responsiveness and Incumbent Deselection in Closed-List PR | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No ja

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Now out with volume number! “Selecting and Ranking Female Candidates under PR” (with Michael Jankowski @cerpintaxt.bsky.social) in European Journal of Political Research (doi.org/10.1111/1475...)

Selecting and ranking female candidates under PR: Evidence from a two‐stage conjoint experiment with party elites

Does gender affect candidate selection and list placement under proportional representation (PR)? Existing research argues that PR systems have a positive effect on women's representation due to a mo...

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⚖️🗳️ Fehlendes Verfassungsgericht, intransparente Lobbystrukturen im Parlament und ein wachsender Einfluss von finanzstarken Akteuren – die Analyse der @republik.ch zeigt: Auch unser direktdemokratisches System steht unter erheblichem Reformdruck. 🇨🇭🔧 Lesenswerter Artikel unter 👇👇 tinyurl.com/3b7d9buy

Serie «Demokratie unter Druck»: Die Schweizer Drei-Viertel-Demokratie

Das politische System scheint in der Schweiz stabil. Einverstanden?

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🎉 We are so thrilled to share that our amazing postdoc Magdalena Breyer has won the 3rd prize of the 2025 SAGW Early Career Award! 👏 Congratulations, Magdalena 💐🎉 We are very proud and inspired by your work! @mabreyer.bsky.social @unibas.ch @dgw.philhist.unibas.ch

Our team just returned from the @ecpr.bsky.social Joint Sessions in Prague, where we hosted the workshop "Inequality and the Politics of Class in the 21st Century", organized by our amazing Magdalena Breyer @mabreyer.bsky.social and Peter Langsæther @peterla.bsky.social University of Oslo 😀

A snowy Zurich today created a cozy atmosphere for our workshop on representation at @ipz.bsky.social Fascinating & innovate studies on governments, representation, voters, parties & candidates! @reidingerve.bsky.social @lenamariahuber.bsky.social @donyhu.bsky.social @anacweeks.bsky.social & more!

We're hiring! 5-year Postdoc/university assistant position in Methods focusing on comparative politics, University of Salzburg. Application deadline: 1.11. More details: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/zf0il... Please share! polisky

🚨 I have an opening for a PhD position (4-year) in my team in the Department of Political Science, University of Zurich, starting Jan 1, 2024. Join our vibrant research environment and come to beautiful Zurich, Switzerland! Focus of the position is on studying the #digitaltransformation of politics.

Excited to share on 🟦 as well: My project on Multidimensional Polarization received a 4-year grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation 🎉 🚨 Please help me share the ad for the PhD position on the project! jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stell... polisky PSJMinfo