🚨 New GERDA update: - Large update of mayoral elections (6 new states) - Landrat elections - Wahlkreis (district)-level results (BW & LW) - Local council seats (Gemeinde/Stadt & Kreis) - 2026 elections: BW state, BY & HE local More info below and here: www.german-elections.com

GERDA: German Election Database

Comprehensive dataset of local, state, federal, European, mayoral, Landrat, and county election results in Germany at the municipality and constituency (Wahlkreis) level, plus subnational public opini...

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📣 2 entfristete Vollzeitstellen in der Politikwissenschaft und Soziologie in Greifswald! Tiptop KollegInnen inklusive ✨ Beantworte gerne alle Fragen zum Arbeiten in Greifswald - Bewerbungsfrist ist der 31.08.

Jochen Müller@jocmuel.bsky.social · 3w ago

An der @unigreifswald.bsky.social sind zwei unbefristete Vollzeitstellen ausgeschrieben: eine für Politikwissenschaftler:innen, eine für Soziolog:innen. Bewerbungsfrist: 31. August 2026. Teilen ausdrücklich erwünscht. Die Ausschreibungen folgen im nächsten Post. Fragen gerne per DM.

Join us in Greifswald! ⬇️

Jochen Müller@jocmuel.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🚨 Job alert! 🚨 Postdoc in Comparative Politics/Public Opinion/IR (3 yrs) @unigreifswald.bsky.social Work on democratic resilience in times of crisis using cross-national survey data. flexible start (earliest possible) deadline: 31 May 2026 🔗 www.uni-greifswald.de/en/universit...

📣 Call for Papers! Die Themengruppe Vergleichende Parlamentarismusforschung lädt zur Tagung am 🗓 1.–2. Oktober 2026 📍 in Greifswald (dieses Jahr bei uns vor Ort – ich freue mich sehr!) Einreichungen bis 15. Mai 👇 Hier gehts zum Call for Papers shortlink.uk/1tdsI

Very excited to be in Mannheim tomorrow to present research on rising energy prices and political support! ⤵️

MZES Uni Mannheim@mzesunimannheim.bsky.social · 4mo ago

❗️ Tue, Apr 21, 12:15-13:30 CET 📍 A 231 and ZOOM MZES Speaker Series with @laurakettel.bsky.social "Under Pressure: Household Energy Costs and Satisfaction with Democracy" 👉 www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/news/even... 1/2

This summer term, our joint lecture series at @baltic-peripeties.bsky.social and @ifzo.bsky.social returns with "Democratic Challenges in Europe". For this term's programme, @oksanaalekseev.bsky.social and I invited 7 fantastic scholars to discuss democratic resilience, stability, and contestation.

I am looking for a postdoc to join my team at the University of Bremen. 5-year-contract, top-up to 100% possible for most of the contract period. Apply by 04 May 2026. If you have questions about the position, send me an email! www.uni-bremen.de/en/universit...

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Some news: ✨ This week I started my new postdoc position at the University of Greifswald. Very happy to join this department!

This is an excellent paper, very happy to see it in the AJPS!

Michael Hankinson@hankinson.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Building affordable housing ➡️ support for funding housing. Nearby homeowners ⬆️ support; renters ⬇️ support. Both are “the policy adjacent”—secondhand recipients & drivers of policy feedback. Forthcoming @ajpseditor.bsky.social ( doi.org/10.1111/ajps...) w/ A. Magazinnik & @msands.bsky.social 1/9

I'm hiring a postdoc! @goetheuni.bsky.social Focus: CSS, political behavior, political communication & transforming information environments. 📍 Frankfurt | ⏳ 3 years | 📅 Deadline: 14 April 2026 Full job ad here: www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794987/Zen... (search for “political behavior” to find it)

🔥 POSTDOC POSITIONS ON CHILDREN'S POLITICAL SOCIALIZATION 🔥 Wanna understand young people's beliefs about political leadership, politics, and power? Then this is your chance! I'm looking for two 2-year postdocs to join my ERC-funded research project @au.dk international.au.dk/about/profil...

2 two-year postdocs on children’s political socialization at Aarhus University - Vacancy at Aarhus University

Vacancy at Department of Political Science, Aarhus University

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🚨NEW PAPER The Logic of Connective Faction: How Digitally Networked Elites and Hyper-Partisan Media Radicalize Politics w/ @yunkangyang.bsky.social & @mikecowburn.bsky.social Online radicalization doesn't just affect the public. It also reshapes how elites & parties behave. doi.org/10.1080/1058...

The Logic of Connective Faction: How Digitally Networked Elites and Hyper-Partisan Media Radicalize Politics

Across democratic systems, ideological cleavages increasingly emerge not only between but also within political parties. At the same time, hyperpartisan and digitally networked media ecosystems amp...

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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...

I spoke with @politiken.dk about the potential end of the U.S. government shutdown: politiken.dk/del/Tm70J6AF...

Ekspert: Det er ikke en særlig god aftale for demokraterne

USA | Følg med i seneste nyt fra USA, Trump og Det Hvide Hus. Politiken dækker de internationale nyheder fra stormagten og følger udviklingen i verden.

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Ich habe mit @zeit.de über die Reaktionen etablierter Parteien auf den Erfolg der radikalen Rechten gesprochen – warum Anpassung und Einbindung riskant sind und wo Chancen jenseits reaktiver Strategien liegen.

DIE ZEIT@zeit.de · 10mo ago

Italien, Schweden oder Österreich: In manchen EU-Ländern haben Rechtsaußenparteien Regierungserfahrung. Hat sie das geschrumpft – oder hilft nur radikale Abgrenzung?

Job Alert! We are hiring two post-docs (full time, 4+ years) in our project SCEPTIC - Social, Computational and Ethical Premises of Trust and Informational Cohesion with @annanosthoff.bsky.social @guzoch.bsky.social and Prof. Andreas Peters (uol.de/informatik/s...)

Super happy to see this out!! Congratulations @andreasalbertsen.bsky.social

Andreas Albertsen@andreasalbertsen.bsky.social · 11mo ago

When cities exclude the homeless, it is wrongful discrimination! In @bjpols.bsky.social Knight and I argue that hostile design (anti-sleep benches, spikes on window ledges) should be understood as discriminatory, and wrong for the same reasons as more familiar forms of discrimination. Very proud🥳

🚨 Excited to kick off #APSA2025 by attending the PECE pre-conference in Vancouver! I'm presenting new survey results on the politics of energy burden—specifically, what happens when people in Germany face rising energy prices. ⚡

This August marks the official start of my new @erc.europa.eu funded project on youth & their conceptions of political power #YOPOW 🫅🏻 & with that I can also announce the 1st postdoc joining the team: @lisaherbig.bsky.social 💫 Lisa's skill and creativity make her a true win for the project 🙌🏻

📢 CALL FOR PAPERS! We’re looking for presenters for the upcoming term (early October to mid-December 2025). If you’d like to present, please fill out the form here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🗓 Deadline for proposals: August 31

EUI Political Behaviour Colloquium

Please fill in the details below to submit your proposal. Kindly provide the title and abstract of your paper, as well as your availability to present. The Colloquium is held every Tuesday from 17:00 ...

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📣New publication! Out in Perspectives on Politics Reassessing the Impact of Local Control: When Smaller Local Governments Permit More Housing Coauthored w/ @mvinaes.bsky.social 👉 doi.org/10.1017/S153... We study the effect of a municipal reform in DK: 🏘️ What happens to housing supply? ⤵️ (1/2)

Super happy to be in Barcelona this week for such a great workshop! Thank you @dec-gr.bsky.social for organizing.

DEC@dec-gr.bsky.social · last yr.

Today, we concluded our two-day workshop on Political Behaviour and Public Opinion. Many thanks to all presenters and participants for the inspiring discussions and contributions!

Meet our new team and follow our work @demolaw.bsky.social

Steffen Hurka@steffenhurka.bsky.social · last yr.

Meet the DEMOLAW-Team! Constantin Kaplaner (@kaplaner.bsky.social), Stefanie Rueß (@steffiru.bsky.social), myself, Amelie Sieber and Mike Cowburn (@mikecowburn.bsky.social). So much looking forward to the years ahead! Follow us at @demolaw.bsky.social!

Deadline approaching! ⌛️The APSA Urban & Local Politics section awards are waiting for your (self-)nomination! ✨

APSA Urban and Local Politics Section@apsaurban.bsky.social · last yr.

📢 It’s time to nominate for the 2025 Urban & Local Politics Section Awards! We’re recognizing outstanding work in urban politics across multiple categories, including best dissertation, book, and career contributions. 🏆 Deadline: March 15, 2025

A Starter Pack to connect with political scientists at Aarhus University 🥳 go.bsky.app/CbDyBb1

We welcome full papers but also short contributions and comments!

Sebastian E. Wenz@sewenz.bsky.social · 2y ago

📢 CfP: "SRM Special Issue: Learning Through Failures"   The issue is dedicated to learning from survey experiments that failed or led to unexpected results.   🗞️ ESRA’s Survey Research Methods 🧐 Eds: @llhipp.bsky.social & @sewenz.bsky.social 🗓️ Submit by 15 Dec 🌐 ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/srm/article/...