Are you working on affective polarisation or related concepts and/or its link with democracy? Or are you just thoroughly frustrated with the concept and its conceptual/measurement problems? 👉 Look at this workshop bringing together perspectives from across disciplines 🔗 shorturl.at/gFXlu

The best celebration of the year, the one in which we remember the Liberation from fascism 🇮🇹🇵🇹

🚨 When does motivated reasoning break? Onishi shows that in Britain’s Partygate, clear misconduct + clear blame made even copartisans punish the governing party - lower ratings and vote intent. Read more here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Little room for motivated reasoning? How partisans respond to government misconduct with well-substantiated evidence - Wataru Onishi, 2026

How do voters respond to a political scandal? Previous studies emphasize partisan motivated reasoning as a key factor in shaping responses to political scandals...

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📢 New blog from 2025 #CSES Klingemann Prize winners ( @luanarusso.bsky.social & Paula Schulze Brock) How do mainstream parties shape attitudes toward populist radical right parties? 🔗 Read it here: cses.org/2026/03/31/k...

Mainstream Parties, Radical Right Cooperation, and Citizens’ Feelings - CSES

The 2025 GESIS Klingemann Prize for the Best CSES Scholarship was awarded to Luana Russo and Paula Schulze Brock for their article “Mainstream partisans’

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📢 Call for Nominations: 2026 #CSES Awards 📢 Recognizing outstanding scholarship using CSES data: 🏆 GESIS Klingemann Prize 📄 David Howell Award We welcome nominations across regions, methods, & career stages. ⌛️Learn more & submit by April 22: cses.org/2026/03/06/2...

CSES Announcement: Call for Nominations - 2026 Awards for Outstanding Scholarship Using CSES Data - CSES

Note: The following announcement was sent to the CSES email list. To receive notices like this one by email, please join our mailing list.   March 6,

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Sharing this from the @affpol.bsky.social — truly impressed by the number and quality of submissions this year. Looking forward to the @ecpr.bsky.social GF conference in Krakow!

SG Affective Polarization@affpol.bsky.social · 6mo ago

For the upcoming @ecpr.bsky.social 2026 GC in Krakow, this Standing group/Section received 93 🤯 submissions for 40 slots. We asked for extra space and got it ✅ 12 panels / 48 presentations.

🚨 We’re hiring an Assistant Professor in Political Science ⏰ Deadline 4th January 2026 🙋‍♀️ Any questions, please reach out 👇

Sara Hobolt@sarahobolt.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🚨 LSE Assistant Professor in Political Science 🚨 We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor - any area of empirical political science - to join our wonderful Government Dept @lsegovernment.bsky.social Any questions, please reach out to me 📣 Please share! 📣 jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

We are hiring 📣 At FASoS we are looking for Post-a doctoral researcher in Disinformation and European Democracy (4-year). I can vouch for a fantastic work environment and great colleagues. All info here 👉 vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...

📣 Call for #ecprgc26 Panels and Papers 🎓 Affective Polarisation in Comparative Perspective 🪑 @luanarusso.bsky.social & @eelcoharteveld.bsky.social ⌛ Deadline: 5 Jan buff.ly/AGcZGGN #Polisky #CallforPapers #CallforPanels

Affective Polarisation in Comparative Perspective

General Conference 2026, 8 – 11 September, Jagiellonian University

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🚨🚨 We're #hiring! 🚨🚨 Assistant Professor of Political and Social Philosophy @maastrichtu.bsky.social @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social @hdijkstra.bsky.social @ccmmody.bsky.social @masssimons.bsky.social www.academictransfer.com/nl/jobs/3566...

Assistant Professor in Political and Social Philosophy

Welcome to Maastricht University! At Maastricht University, philosophy plays a vital role in understanding a world marked by political tensions, technological upheaval, and societal transformations. H...

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🚨 We’re hiring @giesugent.bsky.social: Join us as TT Professor in "The EU in Global Politics". Come research & teach in the heart of Europe 🇪🇺📍Ghent. 📝 Apply: jobs.ugent.be/job/Ghent-Do... 📅 Deadline: 27/11/2025 #AcademicJobs #EUStudies #GhentUniversity #TenureTrack #GlobalPolitics

What do we know about negative partisanship in Western Europe? This study in Electoral Studies examines its prevalence, components, predictors, and links to the radical right. 🔗 authors.elsevier.com/a/1lxsLxRaZn...

This is a highly interesting, timely and great initiative - a new diamond OA journal for #replication research! It is interdisciplinary, but #PolSci is specifically invited. Hence, if you or someone you know has an interesting replication paper, do not hesitate to submit!

Lukas Röseler@aufdroeseler.bsky.social · 10mo ago

ReplicationResearch.org is now open for submissions! Submit replications and reproductions from many different fields, as well as conceptual contributions. With diamond OA, open and citable peer review reports, and reproducibility checks, we push the boundaries of open and fair publishing.

Learn to design and conduct surveys independently, master research design, sampling, measurement & data quality ⭐ Signature course: Survey Design 📆 12–14 Nov 👩‍🏫 Taught by @schnizzl.bsky.social ⏰ Register by 27 Oct buff.ly/ShRAPRO 💰 #ECPRMemberPerks: member affiliates get 50% off #MethodsTraining

Find out more and register!

Survey Design, 12–14 November 2025, Online

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💥Out now: The introduction to the Special Issue "Cleavage Politics in Western Democracies" "Updating cleavage theory for the twenty-first century" by @dpzollinger.bsky.social & @davidattewell6.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/0140...

Great event co-hosted with BrIAS on Challenges to Democracy. Grateful to all panelists for their insights and to everyone who joined us for the lively and inspiring discussions! @dfuturevub.bsky.social @sciencepoulb.bsky.social

At the Department of Political Science (University of Amsterdam, @uva-fmg.bsky.social), we are looking for a new Assistant Professor to join our team. Interested? You can find all details and apply here: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies....

Vacancy — Assistant Professor in Political Science

The Department of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam invites applications for one and possibly two tenure-track Assistant Professor (Universitair Docent) positions in Political Science w...

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Today I found in my pigeonhole 📬 the printed version of the Handbook of Affective Polarization! 😍 Thanks again to the wonderful editors @marianotorcal.bsky.social & @eelcoharteveld.bsky.social Best bit: you do not need to buy it! It is accessible open access 👉 www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook-o...

📘64.4 A new regime divide? @gessler.bsky.social & N.Wunsch show partisan emotions among opposition supporters drive attitudes toward democratic norms. What does this mean for #DemocraticResilience? 🤔 Read more 👇 ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

A new regime divide? Democratic backsliding, attitudes towards democracy and affective polarization

THERESA GESSLER, NATASHA WUNSCH

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📣 We are hiring! 👇 This PhD position is part of a research project that examines how growing income inequality can reshape the way democracy functions by influencing both political discourse and public opinion. More info here: www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3542...

📣PLC is pleased to reintroduce this state of the profession by @rebeccagebauer.bsky.social, Min Reuchamps, @luanarusso.bsky.social @maastrichtu.bsky.social "Insight into Gender Authorship in Politics in the Low Countries"! 🔗Available in #OpenAccess in PLC at: plc-journal.eu/article/view...

‼️ There are a few more days left to apply for the PhD positions in my group at KU Leuven. Make sure to send in applications by July 4! 👇

Ruth Dassonneville@rdassonneville.bsky.social · last yr.

I'm recruiting 2 PhD researchers to work with me on a project studying how social groups influence vote choices! Info on the position and how to apply 👉 www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo... Please share with interested students who would like to move to beautiful Leuven!

➡️ Interested ? 👉 Send your proposal to @turkenburgemma.bsky.social and @luanarusso.bsky.social 1. Title and abstract of the PhD thesis successfully defended as from 2023 in BE, LUX, or NL 2. Details of the PhD holder and PhD project 3. Details of the PhD reviewer and relation to the PhD candidate

What an amazing @ecpr.bsky.social joint sessions edition! Many thanks to the directors @lisajanssen.bsky.social and Hanna Werner, for a wonderfully organised workshop, and to all participants for great papers followed by even greater discussions! 🍒 on top of the 🍰: all of this in beautiful Prague 🇨🇿

Are you an early career researchers working on elections, public opinion, or political behavior? Apply to the @epovb.bsky.social fellowship!

@epovb.bsky.social · last yr.

Call for proposals! EPOVB Early-Career Fellowship deadline: July 1, 2025 Submit to Melissa R. Michelson, at melissa.michelson@menlo.edu dropbox.com/scl/fi/rcmsv...

Join us for the Annual Meeting of the Swedish Political Science Association (SWEPSA), October 1-3 in Växjö! See the call for papers here (deadline June 13): lnu.se/en/meet-linn...

SWEPSA 2025

Welcome to SWEPSA 2025 conference, hosted by the Department of Political Science at Linnaeus University

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This is a special day for Italians 🇮🇹 and for Portugueses 🇵🇹. This is the day in which liberal democracy was chosen over authoritarian regimes. This is the day we embraced social justice. #25Aprile will always remind us of how much we should value liberal democracies, justice, and freedom.

"women's higher level of affective polarization in Western Europe is [...] explained by their stronger disapproval of populist radical right‐wing parties as well as their greater concern for issues around gender and the natural environment." ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Gender and affective polarization

Though many empirical analyses on affective polarization demonstrate that women hold a higher level of affective polarization than men in industrialized democracies, a theoretical explanation for the...

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