Rebecca Kittel
@rebeccakittel.bsky.social
PostDoc FU Berlin & Research Affiliate WZB | PhD from EUI | Populism, Parliamentary Behaviour, Party Communication, Protest Behaviour, Text-as-Data | https://rebecca-kittel.eu/
Disinformation is out there. Can you spot it? 🕵🐢 We've made a game that puts YOU in the shoes of a disinformation spreader, teaching you about common techniques so you can avoid getting manipulated. Play from your browser at voteforturtle.eu In cooperation with @eudiplomacy.bsky.social
In our new article in @govandopp.bsky.social @tomlouwerse.nl and I examine whether concerns about the "blurring" or "waning" of opposition are supported by empirical evidence. We analyse 75 years of parliamentary behaviour in 🇨🇦 🇩🇰 🇳🇱 🇬🇧 doi.org/10.1017/gov.... 👇
Opposition Distinctiveness in Parliaments: A Longitudinal Analysis | Government and Opposition | Cambridge Core
Opposition Distinctiveness in Parliaments: A Longitudinal Analysis - Volume 61
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📢 I’m hiring 2 three-year postdocs at Dept of Political Science, @au.dk! Come work with me on The Politics of Shaming and Shamelessness — a new project on elite rhetoric, emotions, norms, hostility and political violence. Deadline: 31 August 2026 Start: Dec 2026–Feb 2027 Please share widely! 🙏
2 three-year postdocs in political communication and political psychology at Aarhus University - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at Department of Political Science, Aarhus University
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❗Confrontational tactics like street blockades and food attacks on art hurt activists' image, but not their cause. 📄 New paper out in Political Behavior (@polbehavior.bsky.social) w/ @dasalgon.bsky.social @sophiahunger.bsky.social & @swenhutter.bsky.social. 🧵1/7
Don't forget to apply until the end of the week! 🚨
Melanie Sauter@melinscribe.bsky.social · 8mo ago🚨 Join us for the next edition Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology in Mannheim 🚨 7 days of hands-on advanced methods + networking for PhDs, postdocs & early-career researchers. Free of charge (limited travel support). Deadline 1 March 2026: summerschoolwpm.org #methodsky #polisky
🚨 Join us for the next edition Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology in Mannheim 🚨 7 days of hands-on advanced methods + networking for PhDs, postdocs & early-career researchers. Free of charge (limited travel support). Deadline 1 March 2026: summerschoolwpm.org #methodsky #polisky
It was a very special day when my book arrived, and I got to open the package with my family :) Constitutional Change under Autocracy explores how autocrats use constitutional amendments not as mere legal tweaks, but as strategic tools.
🚨 Applications Now Open for the EUI PhD Programmes 2026-2027! 📊 Economics |⚖️ Law |📘 History | 🏛 Political and Social Sciences Join the EUI's 50th PhD cohort! Apply by 15 January 2026 (14:00 CET) for the academic journey of a lifetime! 👉: eui.eu/phd #EUIPhD #PhDOpportunity
📣 Come work with us! The @wzb.bsky.social Center for Civil Society Research is looking for a research associate/doctoral candidate (75%) for a 3 year period, starting on Apr 1, 2026. The researcher will work in the Manifesto Project. More: wzb.hr4you.org/job/view/428... Apply by Jan 25, 2026! 🗓️
Research associate – doctoral candidate (75%) (ID 377)
The Manifesto Project analyses parties’ election manifestos in order to study parties’ policy preferences. To this end, the project conducts conte...
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🔔 New paper on party brands with @swenhutter.bsky.social in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social We study the supply (how parties call themselves) and demand (what voters reward) sides. We pair a new European dataset of party names with conjoint experiments on voter reactions OA 👉 doi.org/10.1017/S153...
💫New paper out with @chjncke.bsky.social in @europeansocieties.bsky.social: 📝"Far-right contention in civil society: Multiple lenses on action repertoires, actors, and targets" 🧵A short thread about the paper:
New from @erc.europa.eu project #MINORITYRULE with @sopro.bsky.social: We study voters’ knowledge about and perceptions of minority governments in 🇩🇰, 🇩🇪 and 🇸🇪. Link: doi.org/10.1017/S147... When survey researchers or politicians talk about minority governments, what do voters understand? ⬇️
Excited to share my first single-authored dissertation paper! I study how voters react to party differentiation in coalitions. Voters like clear partisan signals, but the gains are short-lived and limited to aligned supporters. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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New data for legislative scholars! Committee Membership Dataset with @bcastanho.bsky.social, @dmpullan.bsky.social and Firuze Taner: Committee assignments for all MPs (Wikidata IDs!) in 14 countries Harmonized roles/policy areas Data: doi.org/10.7802/2940 Working paper: tinyurl.com/vf54r78p ⬇️
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New paper out with @dasalgon.bsky.social: “Far-Right Agenda Setting: How the Far Right influences the Political Mainstream” doi.org/10.1017/S1475676525100066 #openaccess in @ejprjournal.bsky.social🧵
1/ How does migration affect political attitudes? Using 380k obs from 104 sending & 28 receiving countries, @filipkostelka.bsky.social, Nicolas Sauger & I find some migrants’ attitudes align with locals, while others exceed origin-host context, reshaping ideological space. 👉 doi.org/10.1111/ajps...
📣 Manifesto Project Data & Corpus Update 2025 is here! What's new? 🧵:
The University of Cologne plans drastic cuts to its Political Science department, potentially abolishing the MSc in Political Science and eliminating the professorships in IR and Comparative Politics. This would severely weaken the social sciences at @unicologne.bsky.social. Petition (de/en) ⤵️
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Keine WiSo ohne PoWi! Für eine starke Politikwissenschaft im Bachelor & Master
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👋🏻 Welcome to those attending the ECPR General Conference #ecprgr25! Our section this year is action-packed with panels every day of the conference - here is an outline of what to expect:
"Wissenschaftskommunikation ist Teil meiner Arbeit und nicht mein Privatvergnügen." Genau deshalb muss der Umgang mit Wissenschaftsfeindlichkeit systematisch erfolgen und darf nicht an Individuen hängenbleiben. Auch wenn gerade bei kommunizierenden Forscherinnen die "Kritik" ad personam erfolgt.
Jan-Martin Wiarda@jmwiarda.bsky.social · last yr.Hotline gegen Hass Wie der Scicomm-Support angefeindeten Wissenschaftler:innen hilft: Teresa Völker und Matthias Fejes über Drohungen, Schutzstrukturen und den Mut, in der Öffentlichkeit weiter für Wissenschaft einzustehen. Im Wiarda-Blog: www.jmwiarda.de/blog/2025/08...
On my way home after a great day of teaching Web-Sraping and Automated Data Collection at the Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology @unibremen.bsky.social. It was a pleasure to meet all these motivated and talented researchers! #wpm #WomenInPolMeth
Really happy to see my work with @dweisstanner.bsky.social published with @bjpols.bsky.social. In this letter, we look at symbolic class signalling through cultural consumption and how effective it is across voters of different parties. A thread 👇 (1/n) #OpenAccess - cup.org/3GSCIKV
The Electoral Appeal of Symbolic Class Signalling Through Cultural Consumption | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core
The Electoral Appeal of Symbolic Class Signalling Through Cultural Consumption - Volume 55
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🤔 The #EU 🇪🇺 aspires to be a global actor 🌍 — but do other states recognize it as such? My new study in @intlinteractions.bsky.social develops targeted #NLP / #TextAsData tools to analyze 50 years of foreign policy discourse in the annual #UN General Debate (1970–2020). A thread (1/n)
🚨 New article out in Journal of Civil Society with Swen Hutter! We explore how civil society organizations (CSOs) mobilized volunteers during the COVID-19 pandemic, a moment of both rising need and shrinking organizational capacity. 📖 Open access link: doi.org/10.1080/1744...
🚨 NEW PUBLICATION! Who belongs to “the people” – and who does not? What a great way to start the week. I’m really happy that my article on populist in- and outgroup references is now out in @polstudies.bsky.social #openaccess 🔓 doi.org/10.1177/0032... 🧵 1/10
📣 "Contentious Politics in Catalonia" Join us June 20, 2pm @wzb.bsky.social Book launch "Organizing for Independence" by @hajogu.bsky.social (WZB) Discussion: @laiabalcells.bsky.social (Georgetown) on aff. polariz. & nat. conflicts Info & registration (on site/Zoom) www.wzb.eu/de/veranstal...
During the past months, I've been working on a debate section for JEPP. I invited a group of scholars with (very) different disciplinary backgrounds and substantive views to revisit Fritz Scharpf's asymmetry thesis, discussing its relevance in the twenty-first-century EU.
🚨 New WP! 📄 "Publish or Procreate: The Effect of Motherhood on Research Performance" (w/ @valentinatartari.bsky.social 👩🔬👨🔬 We investigate how parenthood affects scientific productivity and impact — and find that the impact is far from equal for mothers and fathers.
When politicians use simple language, citizens understand more and see them as less elite. New paper with @danbischof.bsky.social out in @thejop.bsky.social! doi.org/10.1086/736693
Can Simple Language Affect Voters' Political Knowledge and Their Beliefs About Politicians? | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No ja
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