Simone Wegmann

@swegmann.bsky.social

Professor of democratic political systems at @uni-kiel.de research interests: opposition, parliaments, human rights. www.simonewegmann.com

🚨 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...

Postdoctoral Research Associate - Interdisciplinary Centre for Baltic Sea Region Research (IFZO) 26/E08

Stellenausschreibung des Interdisziplinären Forschungszentrum Ostseeraum (IFZO)

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🚨 Postdoctoral Position at the University of Konstanz 🚨 We’re hiring a post-doc for our @excinequality.bsky.social project on political elites and decision-making. 4-year position | Deadline: Feb. 20 | Start: Sept 2026 Please share widely 🙏 The ad is here stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/f...

Postdoctoral Position at the Cluster of Excellence “The Politics of Inequality”

Deadline: 20 February 2026, 12:00 pm CET

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🙂📢 We are hiring! 👋 We're looking for candidates for a PhD/Predoc in Political Science (60%), working on comparative politics (representation, legislative studies, methods, and more) with Prof. Stefanie Bailer! 👨‍💻👩‍💻 🗓 Start: 01.03.2026 ⏰ Deadline: 23 Jan 26 📍 University of Basel 🔗 shorturl.at/WaOXV

Universität Basel: PhD/Predoc Position in Political Science (60 %)

The Department of Social Sciences of the University of Basel invites applications for a PhD position in Political Science (with Prof. Stefanie Bailer) for a duration of four years. This position is fo...

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🚨 Postdoc in Comparative Politics/Public Opinion (2 years) We’re hiring a 100% Postdoc at the University of Greifswald. ✨ What makes this job special: Two full years to focus on research (no teaching, no admin overload) embedded into an International Research Training Group

Postdoctoral Research Associate - International Research Training Group 2560 “Baltic Peripeties" 25/E19

Stellenausschreibung Institut für Politik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft

uni-greifswald.de

You don’t need more ideas. You need a better question. A thread on clarity, chaos, & what a Nobel Prize winner, a mosquito net & a PhD meltdown taught me about writing (+ thinking) better. 🪨 Here’s my new Respect the Marble post: catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/you-dont-n... 🧵

You Don’t Need More Ideas. You Need a Better Question

What Michelangelo, a Nobel Laureate, and a PhD Meltdown Taught Me about Research Questions

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We are hiring: 4-year post doc position at our department, open to all topics in political science. 75% research and 25% teaching, good salary, great department and colleagues, and a beautiful city. Deadline: February 15 www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science (4 years) (272043) | University of Oslo

Job title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science (4 years) (272043), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Saturday, February 15, 2025

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🚨 SUMMER SCHOOL ON PARLIAMENTS This is a great place for PhD students and early career scholars working on topics related to the legislature. Many excellent scholars cover topics ranging from representation to polarization, from government to opposition. ecpr.eu/Events/265

Programme of the ECPR Summer School on Parliaments. Visit website for similar information.

Immer wieder instruktiv, die Rede zu lesen, die Peer Steinbrück 2009 zur Einführung der Schuldenbremse im Bundestag gehalten hat. Habe mal vier charakteristische Passagen rausgesucht:

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Polisky this is shameless self-promotion: My book "The Power of Opposition. How Legislative Organization Influences Democratic Consolidation" is now available in paperback! You can even get an extra 25% off during black friday sale.

The Power of Opposition: How Legislative Organization Influences Democratic Consolidation

Proposing a novel way to look at the consolidation of democratic regimes, this book presents important theoretical and empirical contributions to the study of democratic consolidation, legislative org...

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Heute hat mein Vater Geburtstag. Jedes Jahr rufe ich ihn an und jedes Jahr sagt er: Wir dürfen aber besonders heute die Geschichte nicht vergessen. Du musst es dir ansehen, auch wenn es schmerzt. Es ist unsere Pflicht und unsere einzige Chance. Also, liebe alle, nie wieder ist jetzt 👇🏼

Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie@bundeswirtschaftsministerium.de · 3y ago

Am 9.November 1938 brannten in Deutschland die Synagogen. 85 Jahre nach der Reichspogromnacht, hat Bundesminister und Vizekanzler Robert Habeck den jüdischen Pianisten Igor Levit gefragt, wie es heute ist, Jude in Deutschland zu sein. Danke für das Gespräch, @igorpianist.bsky.social.

Today at school, my daugther and her two friends started a "nature club". They held their first climate conference because we adults don't care enough. They are 6 years old and I just leave this here...