🆕 When carbon taxes feel unfair 💸 David Hope, @julianlimberg.bsky.social & Yves Steinebach carry out a survey in the UK to provide observational and experimental evidence to highlight the impacts of rural resentment on support for carbon taxation

Unequal treatment perceptions and rural backlashes against carbon taxation | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core

Unequal treatment perceptions and rural backlashes against carbon taxation

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Noch ein Job: Für das Projekt "Knowledge, Epistemic Marginalization, and the Politics of Resentment" (Co-PI: Joachim Blatter) suche ich einen Postdoc an der Universität Bremen. Vertragsdauer: 3,5 Jahre Stelle: 100% Bewerbung: Bis 05.05. Stellenausschreibung: www.uni-bremen.de/universitaet...

#OpenAccess from @ejprjournal.bsky.social - Unequal treatment perceptions and rural backlashes against carbon taxation - https://cup.org/41QJfN3 - David Hope, @julianlimberg.bsky.social & Yves Steinebach #FirstView

🥁 New paper in BJPS @bjpols.bsky.social 🥁 While there has been a lot of great research on how technological change shapes social policy preferences, I argue with Patrick Emmenegger and @ndurazzi.bsky.social that this literature is missing an important link: the role of skills, notably dual VET.

New article out in @ejprjournal.bsky.social: Why do we see such strong backlashes against carbon taxes in rural areas? We find that when rural residents feel disadvantaged by the state, a carbon tax feels like a punishment on top of a punishment: a "double disadvantage." 👉 tinyurl.com/3rhmvar7

🚨 Job Alert 🚨 We have an opening for a 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗰 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 @stawi-univie.bsky.social starting Aug/Sep 2026! Focus: political representation, party competition, political institutions, political economy, political behavior, or related fields 📅Apply by 29 April 2026 jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...

@kcl-spe.bsky.social is hosting a Junior International Political Economy Researchers Workshop on 28 April and we have a great line-up of papers by early-career researchers. @adreher.bsky.social will also share expertise on publishing in the field. Register here: forms.office.com/e/q7rUFAVg21

🧵1/ Our first meta-science paper (with 350+ coauthors) is published today in Nature. It presents one of the largest-ever reproducibility projects in economics & political science. Here’s what we found 👇

Für @katapultmagazin.bsky.social haben @nilsblossey.bsky.social und ich aufgeschrieben, wie die Tiefe der Kohle und die Wahlergebnisse der AfD im Ruhrgebiet zusammenhängen. Und die Katapult-Redaktion hat ein paar sehr schöne Karten erstellt: katapult-magazin.de/de/artikel/w...

Wie die AfD von der Geschichte des Bergbaus profitiert

Im nördlichen Ruhrgebiet legte die AfD bei der letzten Bundestagswahl deutlich zu. Der Süden liegt weiterhin fest in der Hand der SPD. Wie beeinflusst die Industrialisierung das Wahlverhalten?

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My former job @mpifg.bsky.social now comes with a tenure track. I'm obviously biased, but this is a great opportunity for comparative/international political economists and an important milestone for the MPIfG (see Philipp's thread). Happy to answer questions about what the job was like for me!

Philipp Golka@pgolka.bsky.social · 7mo ago

We are hiring a tenure track (!) senior researcher in political economy! This is obviously a great job (permanent without teaching obligation) and I hope you all apply. However, I would like to take a moment to share just how significant this is in the German academic context ⬇️

It’s been quite some time, but it still isn’t easy to grasp. I worked for Leo as a research assistant and found him to be a great scholar, but much more importantly a very inspiring and kind person. Please consider taking a moment to read this remembrance. www.polsoz.fu-berlin.de/polwiss/fors...

Nils Steiner@nilssteiner.bsky.social · 7mo ago

This news has really shocked and saddened me. I held Leo in very high regard, both as a researcher and as a person. Thank you for sharing the obituary, Felix. “His work will be remembered as precise, honest, and innovative.”

Also finding it hard to keep up with new research? I built something to fix this. SciLove — swipe through recent papers in your field. The feed learns from your saves. Also matches you with researchers saving your work back (opt-out if you prefer). www.scilove.app 3,000+ journals, updated daily

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I didn't post this yesterday because we were too busy getting our April issue launched—but I've written a piece in it! It's about a big current in the Atlantic ocean, how it could collapse, and to what extent we, in the UK, are prepared for that. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/enviro...

Is a deep freeze coming?

The Atlantic ocean current that keeps northern Europe warm is in danger of collapsing. Compared with threats of war and disease, it is given relativel...

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🧺 Paper Picnic 2.0 is here! More journals. New features. An easier way to keep up with the latest research in political science and adjacent fields. 🧵👇

📢 JOB ALERT! Fully funded 3-year PhD in Climate & Comparative Politics at @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social. Starting in September. The project is on the political consequences of climate policies in carbon-intensive communities across Europe. 🗓 Deadline: May 17 www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etude...

Call for applications for a 3 years doctoral contract

For the ERC GREENLOSS Project - Application deadline: May 17, 2026

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One point I agree with: taxing the rich was never the big money machine progressives hoped for. But there is an important part missing here: low taxes on the rich corrode public support for broad-based taxation. This can undermine the fiscal sustainability of the state. 👉 cup.org/45lgPwN

The Economist@economist.com · 8mo ago

It will not work, and is wrong in principle

⏰ Call for proposals!⏰ Organisers are calling for full panel proposals, author-meets-critics sessions, or individual papers from those who would like to attend the next annual PPE conference at King's The deadline for submissions is February 20👇 ppesociety.org/ppe-society-...

2026 PPE Society London Meeting - The Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Society

We are pleased to share that, in addition to the PPE Society’s Annual Meetings held each year in New Orleans, the international PPE Society will…

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Oh and the paywall is down til Monday, so you can read @benansell.bsky.social, @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social, @jenstout.bsky.social, @isabelh.bsky.social, @danielharris.bsky.social and others to your heart's content. (And then maybe subscribe? 🙏)

Prospect Magazine@prospectmagazine.co.uk · 9mo ago

📰 Prospect’s latest issue hits newsstands today! Here’s a peek at what’s inside... 1/7 For the cover essay of his first issue as Prospect’s new editor, Philip Collins surveys the wreckage of the two party system: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/722...

We are happy to release the Paths to Power Dashboard. It is the perfect tool for politics nerds! You can find it here: ptp.isv.sv.uio.no/ptp/ It allows you to explore governments from 1966-2021 using the PtP and WhoGov datasets. See examples below. The app has been programmed by Stuart Bramwell.

The super-rich pay often pay *lower* total tax rates than the rest of the population. How do people respond when they are told about this? New empirical research from David Hope @lhaffert.bsky.social & @julianlimberg.bsky.social in our latest blog post #LSEInequalitiesBlog buff.ly/Es4zLlL

The hidden cost of low taxes on the super-rich

The super-rich pay often pay lower total tax rates than the rest of the population. How do people react - in their tax beliefs - when they find out about this?

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New in @bjpols.bsky.social! Dave Hope, @lhaffert.bsky.social and I show that low taxes on the rich have a hidden cost: They undermine public support for broad-based taxation. 🖋️ cup.org/45lgPwN

NEW - The Hidden Cost of Tax Regressivity at the Top - https://cup.org/45lgPwN - David Hope, @julianlimberg.bsky.social & @lhaffert.bsky.social #OpenAccess

Two inspiring days at the Nuffield Politics of AI workshop! This was social science at its best, thanks to all involved! @benansell.bsky.social @jburnmurdoch.ft.com @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social

🚨 New paper in @thejop.bsky.social Why do politicians often misperceive what citizens' policy positions are? @simonotjes.bsky.social and I study ~10,000 estimates of public opinion by politicians in Denmark & the Netherlands to uncover the sources of these (mis)perceptions Thread 🧵1/10

I don't often write opinion, but I got fed up seeing examples of men claiming to be the "protectors" of the very people they (sometimes literally) attack. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/710...

The hypocrisy of our hard-right ‘protectors’

Anti-immigrant rioters and vigilante groups say they want to defend women, children and British communities—while attacking these very things

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Radical right accommodation really does not work. New paper out with this exceptionally talented team @katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk doi.org/10.31235/osf...

Did you ever wonder why governments don’t do more to counteract wealth inequality? In our new @worldpolitics.bsky.social article, we seek to answer this question, studying the electoral politics of inheritance taxation muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl... 1/n

(3) "Revenue, Redistribution, and the Rise and Fall of Inheritance Taxation" by Philipp Genschel, Julian Limberg, and Laura Seelkopf @julianlimberg.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Department of Political Economy at King’s College London is hiring 2 permanent lecturers (teaching-focused) in political science: - Research methods: www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/117268-... - Comparative politics: www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/117245-... Application deadline: June 29, 2025

AEP Lecturer in Politics and Research Methods

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Skytte prize winners speak out www.ft.com/content/939b...

Letter: Prize-winning political scientists speak out

From Francis Fukuyama and others

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