I have started a one-year sabbatical, starting today (from the autumn 2026 to the spring 2027 semester). I will mostly be doing research in Japan. However, I plan to do some short-term research abroad, such as during the spring. Please get in touch if you have any interesting research opportunities.

Glad to share our recently published article titled "Technocrats Instead of Political Parties? Synthetic Control Approach to the Effect of Technocratic Government on the Government Trust" in Representation. 62/1 - The first 50 copies freely from the link below. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/HMG8W...

Technocrats Instead of Political Parties? Synthetic Control Approach to the Effect of Technocratic Government on the Government Trust

When facing a dilemma between the responsibility to formulate reasonable policies and responsiveness to the public will, political parties frequently delegate policy decisions to technocrats. Since...

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🥳 New year, new publication 📑"Contested memories: the political effects of de-commemoration proposals" @jeppjournal.bsky.social With Francesco Colombo, we study a street renaming proposal in Berlin and find -contrary to conventional wisdom- no political backlash, but a positive feedback effect.

📢📢 Happy to announce a new update to the PPEG database! The data now covers - > 3.000 parties - 1.100 parliamentary elections - 402 presidential elections - 2.044 cabinets across 73 countries (1945 - 2025, Oct 31). All info: ppeg.wzb.eu We hope that data is helpful to the community!

We have a new political science association that is not-for-profit. We can create the best kind of European political science in an association with transparency and accountability. Where we work on being more inclusive instead of creating profits for a few. Sign up below to learn more and join.

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. 🧵

Check out our latest paper! By @tito-labo.bsky.social‬, Tatsuya Iseki & Serika Atsumi - "Technocrats Instead of Political Parties? Synthetic Control Approach to the Effect of Technocratic Government on the Government Trust" #Representation #Trust #Government www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New publication in Industrial Law Journal 🎉 The early EU once imagined a different kind of environmental policy. It was rooted in social democracy, not neoliberal logic. It's open access so you can give it a read at the link below 👇 doi.org/10.1093/indl...

The CHES is a survey of national party experts to place parties on political dimensions. It is generally considered the gold standard of comparative party research. The new data has just come you. You can check it out with the link below. Big thank you to the team! bsky.app/profile/ches...

Chapel Hill Expert Survey@chesdata.bsky.social · 2y ago

We are thrilled to anounce the release of the 2024 CHES-Europe at chesdata.eu/2024-chapel-.... As always, the data are freely available on the website. Thank you to the hundreds of experts who share their expertise to make these data possible!

Delighted to share our paper, "Technocrats Instead of Political Parties? Synthetic Control Approach to the Effect of Technocratic Government on the Government Trust" -with Tatsuya Iseki and Serika Atsumi - is now out in Representation @repjournal.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Technocrats Instead of Political Parties? Synthetic Control Approach to the Effect of Technocratic Government on the Government Trust

When facing a dilemma between the responsibility to formulate reasonable policies and responsiveness to the public will, political parties frequently delegate policy decisions to technocrats. Since...

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