🛎️ 1 week left to apply for the Summer School on Parliaments @sgparliaments.bsky.social 🗓️ 27 Jul–6 Aug, Goethe University Frankfurt 🎓️ Our expert instructors: @markuswagner.bsky.social @olgaeisele.bsky.social @profrosiecamp.bsky.social @stefanmueller.bsky.social @tomlouwerse.nl ⌛️ Apply by Thu 7 May

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Summer School of the Standing Group on Parliaments, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, 27 July – 6 August 2026

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🚨 TODAY: #EarlyCareers lounge on Political Communication @ecpr-polcom.bsky.social @11:00 BST 🗣️ @kgraneng.bsky.social explores how umbrella narratives function as sources of legitimacy in composite polities like the #EU 🎤 @adalgisamartinelli.bsky.social 🪑 @olgaeisele.bsky.social 💻14 Apr

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Standing Group on Political Communication ECR Club

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Please fill in @society-rse.org's 2026 International RSE Survey. You don’t need to be called an RSE to complete the survey. If you develop software for academic research as part of your work, they want to hear from you. @nl-rse.bsky.social www.software.ac.uk/news/2026-in...

There indeed is so much to fight for, and in some countries (looking at you, US), some old fights have become new fights. One thing (academic) men can do is not participate in manels! It can be uncomfortable at times but it is also still necessary. Here’s my experience: 🧵

Sarah de Lange@sldelange.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Be our allies, there is so much to fight for in this era of eroding rights #IWD2026

🚀 PhD (100%) | Disinformation, Youth & Cross-Platform Dynamics 👤 Profile: Strong affinity with CSS, Experience with digital data (social media, text corpora, etc.), Quantitative & computational methods (e.g., NLP, ML), Interest in political disinformation 📍 Cologne (up to 60% remote) is.gd/dYxJ9L

Doctoral Researcher in Computational Social Science (CSS-117) | Jobs at GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften

GESIS is one of the world's leading social science infrastructure facilities, supporting researchers at all levels of their research projects with expertise and infrastructure services. We help ensure...

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Pics or it didn't happen! 📱 @olgaeisele.bsky.social, @hdnrch.bsky.social & @phoebemaares.bsky.social look at a decade of EU social media posts to show that how images are used strongly shapes user engagement

Pics or it didn’t happen! EU institutions’ visual communication and user engagement on Facebook and Instagram | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core

Pics or it didn’t happen! EU institutions’ visual communication and user engagement on Facebook and Instagram

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#OpenAccess from @ejprjournal.bsky.social - Pics or it didn’t happen! EU institutions’ visual communication and user engagement on Facebook and Instagram - https://cup.org/4txpTt0 - @olgaeisele.bsky.social, @hdnrch.bsky.social & @phoebemaares.bsky.social #FirstView

🌍 A drizzle, not a storm: Polarisation around climate change in dutch political and media debates. Join us at the next ECR Club session with Edwin Jans (Wageningen University). #polcom #ecpr 🗓 Tue, 10 Feb 2026 🕚 11:00–11:45 GMT 🎤 Chair: Mariken van der Velden 🔗 ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

A drizzle, not a storm: Polarisation around climate change in dutch political and media debates

European Consortium for Political Research

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"How do class gaps compare to race and gender gaps? Strikingly, we find that the class gaps in tenure-track academia are as large as or larger than analogous race or gender gaps."

John Holbein@johnholbein1.bsky.social · 6mo ago

In academia, class background strongly shapes who advances and who stalls.

So excited to join the #YOPOW project beginning next year! Thanks to @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social for the warm welcome and kind words. Until then, I’m focused on wrapping up my PhD with my wonderful team in Amsterdam and enjoying my last borrels, stroopwafels, and canal bike rides 🌷

Kristina Bakkær Simonsen@kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social · 12mo ago

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 🙌🏻

I'm very happy to share our newest publication! 🛂 Internal border controls are back across the EU. 🗣️ And they require public justification. In this article, we analyze a decade of German government communication (2013–2023) to examine how border policies are publicly justified.

JEPP Journal@jeppjournal.bsky.social · 7mo ago

🤔 How does the German government justify its border policies? @lisaherbig.bsky.social, @olgaeisele.bsky.social, @kgattermann.bsky.social, @theresakuhn.bsky.social examine speeches and press conferences from 2013 until 2023 ⤵️ 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🤔 How does the German government justify its border policies? @lisaherbig.bsky.social, @olgaeisele.bsky.social, @kgattermann.bsky.social, @theresakuhn.bsky.social examine speeches and press conferences from 2013 until 2023 ⤵️ 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Hosted by the PolCom Groups at @ecpr.bsky.social & @ecreaeu.bsky.social. 🤝

🧠 Piotr explores how small groups of elite conspiracy entrepreneurs disproportionately shape public discourse—especially via far-right channels. 💬 With @curdknupfer.bsky.social as discussant & @alenakluknavska.bsky.social as chair. #PolCom #ECRClub #ECPR #ConspiracyTheories #PoliticalElites #ECREA

🎉 Kick off 2026 with our first #ECR Club session of the year! 📅 Tue, Jan 13, 12:00 CET 🎙️ Piotr Marczynski (@piotrmarczynski.bsky.social) presents: "The Few, The Loud: Platform-Mediated Articulation of Conspiratorial Discourse by Political Elites" Sign up 👉 ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

The few, the Loud: Platform-mediated articulation of conspiratorial discourse by political elites

European Consortium for Political Research

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Next Tuesday (13.01) at 12-13 (CET), I will present the paper on how political elites spread conspiratorial discourse across X and Facebook for the ECR online series of @ecpr-polcom.bsky.social. Link below for anyone interested! Event is free of charge, but one needs to register ecpr.eu/Events/332

Excited to share that, with @cat-tebaldi.bsky.social , we’ve published a new article in New Media & Society! We examine how far-right actors on X (formerly Twitter) instrumentalize wellness culture to spread reactionary ideology. Thread below 🧵

The wellness pipeline: Tracing far-right health narratives on X - Piotr Marczyński, Catherine Tebaldi, 2025

This article examines how far-right groups advance political agendas through digital platforms, specifically by embedding reactionary ideology within health and...

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😲 Ooooh, the full programme for the @qutdmrc.bsky.social Summer School 2026 is out now, and it's full of sciencey goodness. If you were still on the fence about signing up, you have until 19 Dec. to do so. ⌛ The Summer School dates are 2-6 Feb. 2026. #dmrcss26 research.qut.edu.au/...

We are hiring PhDs and postdocs to work on the ERC project GETGOV, where I am the PI. We will investigate governing elites since 1789. I am sure that it will be a lot of fun and result in great research! Postdocs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... PhDs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science (3-4 years) (288628) | University of Oslo

Job title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science (3-4 years) (288628), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, November 17, 2025

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I am hiring PhD candidates to study the psychology of attention & technology use at @tilburg-university.bsky.social. We're looking for motivated & curious scholars with expertise in cognitive psychology and statistics, and offer a friendly work environment with great terms & benefits. tiu.nu/22989

🔔 Join at tomorrow's PolCom ECR Club! 📅 Tue 14 Oct | 12:00–13:00 CEST 💻 Online: shorturl.at/Sax2j "Domestic opinion vs international obligations: how governing centre-left parties in Australia responded to Trump’s re-election" 🎤 Daniel Casey (Australian CU) Disc.: Johannes Karremans (U C. de Lille)

Domestic opinion vs international obligations: how governing centre-left parties in Australia responded to Trump’s re-election

European Consortium for Political Research

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Wrapping up the week - Posted two new (tt) Assistant Professorship position in my department: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies... ... I am chairing this committee, so let me know if you have questions

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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Wir würden uns sehr freuen, wenn ihr uns mit einer Teilnahme unterstützen könntet 😊 Keinerlei persönliche Erfahrung mit politischem Engagement ist erforderlich!

Dr. Anne-Kathrin Kreft@annekreft.bsky.social · 11mo ago

🚨Teilnehmer*innen für eine kurze Online-Befragung gesucht Thema: Wie nehmen Menschen politisches Engagement und die mediale Berichterstattung darüber wahr? Wenn ihr ein paar Minuten habt, freuen wir uns über eure Teilnahme. Teilen erwünscht! www.soscisurvey.de/surveyKFN/

❗️Our next workshop will be on August 28th, 6 pm CEST, on Efficient R by @selina-b.bsky.social Register or sponsor a student by donating to support Ukraine! Details: bit.ly/3wBeY4S Please share! #AcademicSky #EconSky #RStats

PLEASE GIVE ME MORE WACKY DATA! Crazy questions make memorable examples! My students will thank you! buff.ly/a3hUOBA Speeding tickets! Cookie consumption! Feeling thermometers about cats and dogs and people who eat anchovies straight from the tin!

More Random Data!

More random data questions for student analysis - focusing on continuous/numerical variables this time.

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LAST DAY 🚨: a simple repost of the post I'm quoting here will increase money donated to my organization. Please take the time to click and amplify it! 🙏🏼 So will follows, detailed below. Russ generously offered to donate $1 to @51st.news "through this weekend" for every repost his offer receives.

Russ@russ41.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Now through this weekend, I'll donate $1 to @51st.news for each: - person who reposts this post - new follower @51st.news ws gets - new follower @maustermuhle.bsky.social gets - new follower @christurdisani.bsky.social gets - new follower I get And tag/DM me your donation = I'll match it 1:1.

The European Media Freedom Act is here. From today, 8 August, new EU rules will apply to better protect journalists and make media more free and independent. Hear from Vice-President Sabine Verheyen on what today means for EU journalists and media outlets ↓

I am looking for a PhD student in Comparative Politics @powimz.bsky.social. My research focuses on political (in-)equality, representation, and responsiveness. I would be grateful if you could help to spread the word. stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de#/jgu/job/49637

🚀 New postdoc position for Platform Data & Computational Social Science Join us to drive @gesis.org' efforts around the Digital Services Act (DSA) and conduct research with online platform data 💼 TV-L EG 14 | Location: Cologne 📌 Apply now: www.gesis.org/en/institute... #DSA #CSS #DataScience

I've been tracking my peer review activity over the years (like @alessandronai.bsky.social @turnbulldugarte.com) ad wanted to share some of that for transparency, manage expectations, and reflect on what it suggests for early-career researchers' development, esp. in #polisky #commsky #policom 1/n