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.

Three weeks ago, the inaugural @epssnet.bsky.social conference took place in Belfast. The enthusiasm, active participation and support from the community made this conference a huge success.

📢 Job Ad: I am looking for one doctoral researcher (75%) in my newly funded DFG project on misperceptions and factual information on immigration from 1.10. or soon after! 📌 Location: MZES, University of Mannheim 💢 Application Deadline: 21st of July

Today we launch the new version of The PopuList! The PopuList provides an overview of far-left, far-right and populist parties in 31 European countries from 1989 until 1 May 2026. Explore the new website here: popu-list.org

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The PopuList Interactive Version 4.0 Static Version 4.0 CSV Version 4.0 What is the PopuList? The PopuList offers researchers, journalists, […]

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💻 🚀 Das Nationale Forschungsprogramm «Digitale Transformation» ( #NFP77) legt seine Ergebnisse vor: Der digitale Wandel bietet Chancen – doch sie lassen sich nur nutzen, wenn Politik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft zusammenarbeiten. 🤝🏛️ ➡️ www.snf.ch/de/e2nPYfBDa... #Digitalisierung

NFP 77: Digitalen Wandel gestalten

Das NFP 77 zeigt: Die Schweiz steckt im digitalen Wandel. Erfolg hat er nur wenn Politik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft gemeinsam handeln.

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🆕 Voters at cross swords ⚔️ @walderm.bsky.social & @nathaliegiger.bsky.social analyse situations where the average voter and the party electorate don't align, using Swiss context to highlight how parties responses toward party #VoterPreferences compares to the median voter 🗳️ buff.ly/v4Ugd7E

Parties’ responsiveness to voters’ positions in a direct democratic setting | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core

Parties’ responsiveness to voters’ positions in a direct democratic setting

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And this one as well! With @walderm.bsky.social we exploit the Swiss Direct Democratic setting to study party responsiveness to voters' positions

Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR@cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 3mo ago

#OpenAccess from @ejprjournal.bsky.social - Parties’ responsiveness to voters’ positions in a direct democratic setting - https://cup.org/4sSGIgh - @walderm.bsky.social & @nathaliegiger.bsky.social #FirstView

Happy to see that this piece👇 found a home!

Nadja Wehl@na-wehl.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Out now in #Socio-EconomicReview ( @sasemeeting.bsky.social) "Individual ideology and biased perceptions of relative income position" Jointly with @mbusemeyer.bsky.social (@excinequality.bsky.social) & @nathaliegiger.bsky.social 🔗 academic.oup.com/ser/advance-...

🚨 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...

🔔We are hiring!🔔 In Geneva, we are looking for a new colleague in comparative politics: jobs.unige.ch/www/wd_porta... Feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions!

🔔Job Alert 🔔 Thrilled to share that @stefaniebailer.bsky.social and I have been awarded 1.5 million CHF in SNSF funding for our new project: “Electoral choice: Which role does legislators’ quality play?” We’re recruiting 1 postdoc and 2 PhD candidates to join us in Basel and Geneva!

🔔Job Alert 🔔 Thrilled to share that @stefaniebailer.bsky.social and I have been awarded 1.5 million CHF in SNSF funding for our new project: “Electoral choice: Which role does legislators’ quality play?” We’re recruiting 1 postdoc and 2 PhD candidates to join us in Basel and Geneva!

🆕 Side income impacts trust in politicians? 💰 @ohuwyler.bsky.social @stefaniebailer.bsky.social & @nathaliegiger.bsky.social study voters across 7 🇪🇺 countries to see how transparency about parliamentarians’ extra income shapes #VoterPerceptions, #Trust, and electability

Transparency matters: The positive effect of politicians’ side income disclosure on voters’ perceptions | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core

Transparency matters: The positive effect of politicians’ side income disclosure on voters’ perceptions

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Mise au concours #Postdoc.Mobility. Approfondissez votre expérience de #recherche grâce à un séjour à l’étranger. Si vous voulez en savoir plus sur cet appel, participez à notre événement d’information en ligne, le 17.11.2025. ➡️ sohub.io/f091 🗓️ Délai de soumission: 03.02.2026

Better get your paper submissions in for the @epssnet.bsky.social conference in June 2026, as the deadline is 7 November, and we have no intention of extended that (given the submission numbers)! epssnet.org/belfast-2026...

📣 New EJPR publication! @stefaniebailer.bsky.social, @nathaliegiger.bsky.social and I study citizens’ attitudes toward MPs’ side income disclosure in 7 European countries. MPs who conceal income are trusted least, even less than those with very high side incomes. doi.org/10.1017/S1475676525100303

📢 Call for Papers for EPSS 2026 conference in Belfast is out: epssnet.org/belfast-2026... Starting today, we'll feature two sections each week to provide more information about the conference. 🔝 This week: Comparative Politics & International Relations

I am very happy to serve as section co-chair for #EPSS Belfast next June, please consider submitting your most excellent work!

Simon Hix@simonhix.bsky.social · last yr.

And we have an incredible list of section co-chairs for Belfast 2026, from 18 countries and every part of Europe. We are really grateful to these dedicated colleagues for taking on this role and helping us shape the future of political science in our continent. epssnet.org/belfast-2026...

Excited to have become a member of this great initiative - do the same and show support!

EPSS@epssnet.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨 Big News for European Political Science 🚨 We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community. 🔗 epssnet.org Here’s a thread with everything you need to know. 🧵

"Invitation Letters Increase Response Rates in Elite Surveys" with @nathaliegiger.bsky.social. Short report @ JEPS. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

📣 New research in EJPR together with the wonderful @nathaliegiger.bsky.social, @stefaniebailer.bsky.social, T. Turner-Zwinkels & S. Heller: We find: 1) MPs use more constituency signals while campaigning, 2) voters notice the signals, 3) but don't reward that behaviour. doi.org/10.1111/1475...

Constituency references in social media: MPs' usage and voters' reaction

Social media platforms offer MPs the opportunity to directly signal attention to their local voters in the constituency. And while previous research has linked the strategic use of such local cues in...

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Are you a parent, and an early career scholar? Are you going to #EPSA? I'm thinking of organizing an event on #parenting and #academia at EPSA. Are you interested? Drop me an email. I'm looking for "partners in crime".

📢 We are hiring: 4-year PhD position at the Department of Government @univie.ac.at 👇

Markus Wagner@markuswagner.bsky.social · 2y ago

Interested in pursuing a PhD in comparative politics (institutions, behaviour, representation, parties)? We have a four-year position at our department, with great conditions, lots of freedom and a reasonable teaching load. Get in touch if you have questions! jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...

📚 New book review published Ari Ray @ariray.bsky.social reviews "Unequal Democracies" (eds. Noam Lupu @noamlupu.bsky.social and Jonas Pontusson) in the SPSR @cambridgeuppolisci.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Unequal Democracies: Public Policy, Responsiveness and Redistribution in an Era of Rising Economic Inequality, Noam Lupu & Jonas Pontusson (Eds.). Cambridge, Cambridge University Press (2023)

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⚠️ Six-year position at our department - work in lovely Vienna with a friendly team, 2 classes a term, and follow/develop your own research agenda. Feel free to ask me questions you might have. Deadline 24/01/25 jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...

🚨 Publication alert I am so glad my publication "Political Attitudes and Sexual Identity in Germany: Examining the Sexuality Gap" has now been published in Swiss Political Science Review. While there is an increasing literature on political behaviour, research on... #LGB #LGBTQ

Out now! Thijs Vos, Lianne van Kalken, Geerten Boogaard and I look at voting patterns in Dutch municipal councils and what shapes the importance of the coalition-opposition divide onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Swiss Political Science Review

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🚨 Call for Papers: #EPSAXV in Madrid! 🚨 📅 June 26-28, 2025 📍 UC3M, Madrid, Spain 🔗 Submit: coms.app/epsa2025 🗓️ Deadline: Dec 18, 2024 Showcase your research in one of 18 divisions! 🌍🌞 Don’t miss out—join us in sunny Madrid! Details: epsanet.org

If you are a PhD student and work on inequality, you can get funded for spending some time at our Cluster 'Politics of Inequality' @excinequality.bsky.social www.exc.uni-konstanz.de/en/ungleichh...

New @excinequality.bsky.social working paper together with @mbusemeyer.bsky.social & @nathaliegiger.bsky.social based on data from the #InequalityBarometer "Individual Ideology and Biased Perceptions of Income" kops.uni-konstanz.de/bitstreams/c...