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 very happy to share that my first dissertation paper is now online in Party Politics (🔓)! I examine how political appointments (patronage) relate to coalition support in multiparty presidential systems, using roll-call data from Brazil's Chamber of Deputies (2003-2018). doi.org/10.1177/1354...

Bureaucratic appointments and coalition support in presidential systems – An analysis of Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies - Koichi Osamura, 2026

How does the provision of political appointments influence coalition support in multiparty presidential systems? While the importance of cabinet portfolios for ...

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📢 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

The first ever #EPSS 2026 football games were a great success! Thanks to @charlottekuberka.bsky.social and @vheddesheimer.bsky.social for organizing.

It is finally out‼️ THANK YOU to everyone involved, especially for the openness to participate and believe in a book idea presented by - at the time - two Phd candidates :) As with most things, the process took longer than expected, but I'm super excited that the book has now become reality 🥰

Youth Political Representation Research Network@youthpolrep.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🚨OUT NOW🚨 Youth Political Representation - A Global Perspective on Young Adults Presence in Political Institutions Edited by @kirareneekurz.bsky.social & @britanlar.bsky.social link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

📣 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

📣 Applications are open for the Summer School of the Standing Group on Parliaments! 🗓️ 27 Jul–6 Aug, Goethe University Frankfurt @sgparliaments.bsky.social proudly presents its Summer School which offers a platform to: ✔️ Explore recent advancements ✔️ Present research ✔️ Receive career advice ⌛️7 May

Find out more and apply

Deadline: Thursday 7 May 2026

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@christinastremming.bsky.social and I are very happy to present our paper on party reactions to external shocks. Main findings : Foreign policy events restructure party politics! You can find the full paper here: doi.org/10.1080/0964... More details below.

🚨 So excited about our new paper in @BJPS: h7.cl/1iliZ! We (Corinna, Lena, Camila, Sarah) analyze how gender shapes the extent to which ministers are scrutinized by parliament.

Final reminder - deadline today! 🚨🦉

European Consortium for Political Research@ecpr.bsky.social · 8mo ago

📣 Call for #ecprgc26 Papers 🛣️ Advancing the Study of Parliaments: Structures, Actors and Processes at a Crossroads 🪑 @sophsuda.bsky.social & @ortuttnauer.com ✅ @sgparliaments.bsky.social endorsed ⌛ Deadline: 9 Jan buff.ly/LtNLlvQ #Polisky

📣 Call for #ecprgc26 Papers 🛣️ Advancing the Study of Parliaments: Structures, Actors and Processes at a Crossroads 🪑 @sophsuda.bsky.social & @ortuttnauer.com ✅ @sgparliaments.bsky.social endorsed ⌛ Deadline: 9 Jan buff.ly/LtNLlvQ #Polisky

Advancing the Study of Parliaments: Structures, Actors and Processes at a Crossroads

General Conference 2026, 8 – 11 September, Jagiellonian University

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Call for Papers open! The ECPR General Conference is taking place in September in Krakow and our section (organised by @sophsuda.bsky.social and @ortuttnauer.com) is open for papers! Please submit by 5 Jan! Full details on our section are here: ecpr.eu/Events/Event... 🦉

Advancing the Study of Parliaments: Structures, Actors and Processes at a Crossroads

European Consortium for Political Research

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Very happy that I defended my PhD Thesis last week about "Elites, Coalitions, Opposition. Party Behaviour in Parliament over the Legislative Cycle". Main insight: Time is important!

🚨Publication Alert! My first first-author publication with @msaeltzer.bsky.social and @pluggedchris.bsky.social is out in @polbehavior.bsky.social, which began as my bachelor's thesis. We study how party polarization shapes affective polarization—with a particularly important role of the AfD. (1/7)🧵

⚠️⚠️ Prof. Stefanie Bailer and Prof. Nathalie Giger are collecting grants left and right - They are now looking for one Postdoc and two PhD students in Basel and Geneva! 🎓 👇 Check out the full job ads here: tinyurl.com/postdocUNIGE tinyurl.com/phdUNIGE tinyurl.com/phdUNIBAS

Great opportunity for three four-year positions in Switzerland to do research on the quality of politicians

Nathalie Giger@nathaliegiger.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🔔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!

New article out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social with Tabea Palmtag and @dpzollinger.bsky.social 📝 We use open-ended survey questions (in Germany) to assess how and among whom social status shifts are perceived. This tests cultural backlash narratives in voters' perceptions. 🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0010...

Have a multilingual cross-country text analysis project? We just published a paper in @computationalcommunication.org with advice for validating your empirics! 👉 doi.org/10.5117/CCR2....

I feel overwhelmed and incredibly honoured to announce that I have been awarded an @erc.europa.eu Starting Grant for my project “VisibleQueers”, fully titled as “Making the Queers Visible: Partisanship and Support among Sexual and Gender Minorities in Eastern and Western Europe”. #ERCStG

🧵 New article out in @govandopp.bsky.social ! Why do opposition parties sometimes support government legislation? Should they not be, well... opposing? I analysed 75 years of parliamentary votes in 4 parliamentary democracies. Here is what I found👇🔗 cup.org/3JeLkw4

To Oppose or Not to Oppose? Strategies of Opposition Parties’ Parliamentary Support for Government Legislation | Government and Opposition | Cambridge Core

To Oppose or Not to Oppose? Strategies of Opposition Parties’ Parliamentary Support for Government Legislation

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In our new study, @rozemarijnvandijk.bsky.social and I looked at who gets interrupted during debates in the parliaments of 🇦🇺🇭🇷🇬🇧. We find that women and men get interrupted just as often. Yet, when more women join the debate, politicians interrupt less. ➡️ Read the full study: doi.org/10.1093/pa/g...

Amazing office (4km to the sea), great working environment, fun colleagues and a mensa with the best Kohlroulade!

Jochen Müller@jocmuel.bsky.social · last yr.

📣 Postdoc (75 %, 3 yrs) at @unigreifswald.bsky.social — start autumn 2025 on perhaps Germany’s most beautiful campus. Know someone with a PhD (or nearly done) in Political Science? ⬇️ #PolSci #Postdoc

Thank you to everybody that attended our #sgop25 conference last week - here are some of the highlights:

Populism is a political reality in many European countries. A study by @sophsuda.bsky.social and her research team now shows that coalition governments that include populist parties are often unstable. But it isn’t the radicalism of the party that counts, rather it’s the political style.

Increased risk: why coalitions with populists fail sooner

Populism is a political reality in many European countries – both on the right and on the left. A study now shows that coalition governments that include populist parties are often unstable. But it is...

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🏆⚽ Go Team!! ⚽🏆 Mit vollem Einsatz hat unser Team vom FB Basel und @swisspeace.bsky.social am diesjährigen Powi-Fussballturnier teilgenommen – und abgeräumt! Vielen Dank an alle Mitspielenden, Fans und Organisator*innen – wir sind stolz auf Euren Einsatz und freuen uns schon aufs nächste Jahr!! 💪🎉

Populist concepts are not in line with the willingness to compromise required by coalitions, which makes governing with them much harder 👇

Rick van Well@rickvanwell.bsky.social · last yr.

Wilders’ populist logic that his asylum plans reflect “the will of the people” and must be implemented immediately clashes with the logic of governing. It fits a broader pattern: coalitions with populists are less stable. doi.org/10.1093/pa/g... @sophsuda.bsky.social @mlewandowsky.bsky.social

🎉 We are so thrilled to share that our amazing postdoc Magdalena Breyer has won the 3rd prize of the 2025 SAGW Early Career Award! 👏 Congratulations, Magdalena 💐🎉 We are very proud and inspired by your work! @mabreyer.bsky.social @unibas.ch @dgw.philhist.unibas.ch

Happy to present our paper about the influence of populist parties on government stability. Overall, populists in cabinet is one of the strongest predictors of premature government termination - but more in some countries than others

Marcel Lewandowsky@mlewandowsky.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨 Publication Alert 🚨 Do populists get “disenchanted” in office? We analyze if coalitions with populists are less stable than mainstream coalitions and find that indeed, populists coalitions have a high chance of early termination. But—it depends. New paper out👇🏻 academic.oup.com/pa/advance-a...

🔊🔊 Tuesday, 29 April is Sexual Harassment Awareness Day at the University of Basel. We invite you to a German-English Roundtable to reflect on how our university addresses sexual violence. We are also content to have our expert Jude Schönberg from the Basel Institute on Governance on the panel!

Not long now until registration for our conference closes - you have until tomorrow! All participants must register to attend the conference. We will be in the glorious city of Barcelona. Please join us! 🦉

ECPR Parliaments Standing Group@sgparliaments.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨 Registration for our conference in Barcelona, 2-4 July, is now OPEN! Please check out the ECPR website for further details: ecpr.eu/Events/319 🦉