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Alex Hartland

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Political Science | Postdoc Uni Saarland | acteu.org

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Sabrina J. Mayer @sabrinajmayer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Looking for a postdoc for our research project on Negational Social Identities!
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Computational Communication Science Lab (CCL) @compcommlab.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
📣 Deadline extended! If you think this could be the right position for you, don’t miss the opportunity to apply. 👇✨
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Timea Balogh @tbalogh.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Want a sneak peak into our survey results on Europeans' political AI usage? You can read about it in this new @euractiv.com article featuring our work! @parliview.bsky.social @louiseluxton.bsky.social www.rapporteur.com/news/europea...
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European voters turn to AI for election information | Rapporteur
A survey finds those most likely to use AI for politics are also those most likely to trust traditional news
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Sofia Morét @moretsof.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
📢 #cfp One month to go for submissions! @haakjes.bsky.social and I look forward to receiving your proposals for our panel "Climate Change Communication on Social Media: Public Opinon and Elite Communication" at #dvpw2027 @dvpw.bsky.social in Leipzig! Info and submission: www.dvpw.de/dvpw2027/en
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Andreas Küpfer @ankuepfer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
📽️What do MPs communicate beyond their words? Our DFG project (w/ @chrisguarnold.bsky.social + @pluggedchris.bsky.social) studies not just what MPs say, but how and why they say it: voice, gestures, eye contact. We draw on 30,000+ hours of video from the German Bundestag and all 16 state parliaments.
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Alex Hartland @alexhartland.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
📄 New Publication 📄 When AI Talks Politics: How reliable is ChatGPT? Co-authored with Daniela Braun, @giucarny.bsky.social and @rosanavarrete.bsky.social Now available Open Access @electoralstudies.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🧵
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Mara Weber @marathwe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
📢 CALL FOR PAPERS! We invite submissions for the Political Methodology Seminar Series on frontiers in empirical political science and CSS. We welcome research examining political behaviour, public opinion, comparative politics, and CSS. Research on adjacent topics are also highly encouraged.
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Alexander Wuttke @kunkakom.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We are hiring at LMU Munich: two PhD positions and one postdoc on democracy, political psychology and computational social science. Start: January 2027 or as soon as possible. We review applications on a rolling basis until October 20. Details below. Reposts very welcome! 1/7
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Alex Hartland @alexhartland.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
📄 New Publication 📄 When AI Talks Politics: How reliable is ChatGPT? Co-authored with Daniela Braun, @giucarny.bsky.social and @rosanavarrete.bsky.social Now available Open Access @electoralstudies.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🧵
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European Journal of Political Research @ejprjournal.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Do emotions affect political trust judgments? 😌 🆚 😔 Camille Landesvatter & @gesis.org's Paul Bauer offer novel empirical evidence to show that in addition to informed and rational reasoning, emotional state plays a role in #Trust evaluations, looking at a U.S. sample buff.ly/Gz5F61w
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Do emotions affect political trust judgments? | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Do emotions affect political trust judgments?
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European Politics @USAAR - Daniela Braun | Georg Wenzelburger @politicsunisaar.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
We have two open professorships at @i2sc.net's SOUNDS project! One in #CompSocSci, one in #PoliSci. #hiring
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Giuseppe Carteny @giucarny.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
📢 New publication out! Mapping party competition on gender-related issues in Europe There has been growing discussion about the politicization of gender in European politics. We wanted to take a broad, systematic look at it. 👇🧵
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Giuseppe Carteny @giucarny.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
What does the corpus include? 📄 Full election manifestos 📑 Shorter electoral programmes 🗳️ Other relevant campaign material where no comparable programme was available Plus metadata on parties, electoral lists, document type, source, vote shares and more.
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Giuseppe Carteny @giucarny.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
📢 The Euromanifesto Study 2024 Documents are now available! We collected, checked and systematised electoral programmes and campaign materials from across Europe for the 2024 European Parliament elections. A new resource for studying the 2024 EP campaign 🧵
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Tobias Widmann @twidmann.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Only 3 more weeks left to apply! Please share widely 🙏
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European Politics @USAAR - Daniela Braun | Georg Wenzelburger @politicsunisaar.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Our project #ActEU was presented in the European Commission's Success Stories blog: projects.research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/en/projects/...
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Mapping political trust shows Europeans’ faith in democracy is unevenly spread
Democracy is under threat in the EU, but the evidence needed to respond effectively is lacking. “Despite a lot of empirical research, clear findings that can guide policymakers remain limited,” says p...
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Brian Boyle @bpboyle.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Newcastle is hiring a Lecturer in Public Policy (T&R permanent), if anyone has any questions about the city or University feel free to get in touch! Closing date is 7th August
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Lecturer in Public Policy
Lecturer in Public Policy
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Chris Wlezien @cbwlezien.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Here's a little something that might interest a number of you in my network, part of a forum in the Journal of Public Policy: www.cambridge.org/core/journal.... Many thanks to editor Josh Ryan and the commentators Samuel Bagg, Tara Grillos, Agustin Markarian, and Mary Scudder!
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On policy responsiveness: conditions for effective demand and supply | Journal of Public Policy | Cambridge Core
On policy responsiveness: conditions for effective demand and supply - Volume 46 Issue 2
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Endre Borbáth @eborbath.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
I’m hiring 2 doctoral researchers in Politics of Climate Change at Heidelberg University 🌍 📊 Survey Research & Political Participation 🗣️ Qualitative Research & Group Formation Part of “The New Climate Divide” Deadline: 21 June 2026 Calls: www.ipw.uni-heidelberg.de/en/about-us/... Please share!
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Job Vacancies - Institute for Political Science
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Katjana Gattermann @kgattermann.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
🚨New PolCom Postdoc Vacancy🚨@kathleenbeckers.bsky.social & I are hiring on project "Media, Inequality, and Democratic Support" as part of the Horizon Europe project EDGE ⬇️ Start: 1 Oct 2026, length: 30 months, location: @ascor.bsky.social 🤩, DL: 7 June 2026! More info & apply: tinyurl.com/23zdmjhe
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Vacancy — Postdoc Position "Media, Inequality, and Democratic Support"
<p><span>Are you looking for a postdoctoral position in political communication research? Are you interested in media, inequality, and democratic attitudes, and would like to become an expert on the t...
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Louise Luxton @louiseluxton.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Coming to @ecprgender.bsky.social #ECPG2026 and working with quant methods or curious about using them in gender & politics research? Come along & meet other researchers at the @strathplacelab.bsky.social pre-conference social 🍻 📍 Two by Two Brewery 🕡 18:30, 14 June RSVP here: bit.ly/4dPyr8F
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Martin Gross @martingross.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Wanna talk about the cordon sanitaire (the "Brandmauer"?) 🚨We (@christinajuen.bsky.social, @pluggedchris.bsky.social and I) have a new paper out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social 🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0010... What do we do in the paper? A 🧵: 1/7
Abstract of the article "The Cordon Dilemma: How Voters Evaluate Cooperation With the Far-Right in Parliament" by Martin Gross, Christina-Marie Juen and Christian Stecker. Published online first in Comparative Political Studies.
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Alona O. Dolinsky @alonadolinsky.com · 15/05/2026
🎉🚨New Publication 🚨🎉 Beyond thrilled this is finally out! First large-scale, cross-national database of parties' social group appeals — who they speak to, the stance they take towards the groups, and whether a policy is mentioned. 55 years, 8 European countries, fully public and available here:
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James David Griffiths @jamesdgriffiths.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
🚨 New Research Recently accepted at the @bjpols.bsky.social, our paper shows that Brexit led to weaker British 🇬🇧 identities among Remainers! You can read the paper by @jaclarner.bsky.social, me, and @danielwincott.bsky.social here: tinyurl.com/mrj96ywu
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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 29/04/2026
#OpenAccess from @psrm.bsky.social - Validating open-source machine translation for quantitative text analysis - cup.org/4tHDIVv - Hauke Licht, Ronja Ida Sczepanski, Moritz Laurer & Ayjeren Bekmuratovna #FirstView
Logo of Political Science Research and Methods featuring the initials "PSRM" in a stylized grey font on a black background.
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Alex Hartland @alexhartland.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Deadline for this great postdoc vacancy is tomorrow 👇 Happy to chat about the position, department and all things Saarland, just send me a DM/ email or find me at #comptext2026
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Alex Hartland @alexhartland.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
New postdoc vacancy in political science/ CSS at Uni Saarland Please share widely/ consider applying If you have any questions, feel free to drop me a DM or find me at the @comptext.bsky.social conference in a few weeks
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Jack Bailey @jack-bailey.co.uk · 01/04/2026
Do I know a German speaker with a few minutes to spare?
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Trans European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA) @tepsa.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
🚨 #OUTNOW 👉 The #ActEU book on activating European citizens' political trust📚 This new book looks at the future of European democracy, featuring perspectives from ActEU researchers✍ and a chapter authored by the TEPSA team‼️ Read it now🔗 link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Lena Maria Huber @lenamariahuber.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Another day, another publication: Our new paper introduces a transformer-based approach to measure how parties talk about each other, capturing who talks about whom and with what stance, with applications to coalition signals in Germany and negative campaigning in Austria. Out now, open access!
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Trans European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA) @tepsa.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
🧲 How did #ActEU researchers collect data on political trust? 📽️This animated video explores ActEU's web-scraping tool, one of the largest collections of European political communications 🔗 youtu.be/LwTeWZjWMtE @alexhartland.bsky.social @pfcdgayo.bsky.social @politicsunisaar.bsky.social
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How do we collect data on political trust? | Animated Explainer
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Philine Widmer @phinifa.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Can feed algorithms shape what people think about politics? Our paper "The Political Effects of X's Feed Algorithm" is out today in Nature and answers "Yes." www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Trans European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA) @tepsa.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
How can we measure political trust in Europe? 👉 #ActEU researchers have explored this topic with the help of a large-scale survey 🔍 Find out more about the results and test your knowledge of #ActEU findings with this video🔗 youtu.be/aI1tGW13V2s @uni-saarland.de @unidue.bsky.social
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How do we measure political trust? | TEPSA Animated Explainer
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Politische Vierteljahresschrift @pvs-journal.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Looking for speeches from all German state parliaments? @cgnguyen.bsky.social , Eric Beltermann, Sabine Kropp & Antonios Souris have you covered. Introducing the StateParl Corpus. Now open access with PVS: doi.org/10.1007/s11615-025-00643-5
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Decoding German Politics with StateParl—A Text Corpus of Plenary Protocols in the 16 German Länder Parliaments - Politische Vierteljahresschrift
The availability of large amounts of machine-readable text data has enabled political scientists to explore a variety of novel and innovative research questions. In this context, parliamentary documen...
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Swen Hutter @swenhutter.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Two new articles in Party Politics With @gessler.bsky.social Measuring party positions and issue salience with mass media and manifesto data" doi.org/10.1177/1354... With Hanspeter Kriesi "Restructuring party systems in Northwestern Europe" doi.org/10.1177/1354... Feedback very welcome!
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Interdisciplinary Institute for Societal Computing @i2sc.net · 10/02/2026
The Societal Observatory Using Novel Data Sources (SOUNDS) project is inviting applications for the following position: 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗰 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 (𝗳/𝗺/𝘅) 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 (𝗿𝗲𝗳: 𝗪𝟮𝟴𝟬𝟭) Paygrade: E13 TV-L 100% Duration: 2 years @ingmarweber.de @politicsunisaar.bsky.social @uni-saarland.de
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Jasper Tjaden @jaspertjaden.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Looking for RAs based in Berlin/Brandenburg. Please share! 🙏
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Trans European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA) @tepsa.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
After a short break, the first panel of the #ActEU Final Conference will begin 👉 Sofie Marien, @anthonyzach.be, @valeriefrey.bsky.social & @alexhartland.bsky.social will discuss political trust in democracy. Keep following the conference on our YouTube channel 👉 youtube.com/live/YVOClu1...
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European Politics @USAAR - Daniela Braun | Georg Wenzelburger @politicsunisaar.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Coming soon: Activating European Citizens’ Trust in Times of Crisis and Polarization This #PoliSci book will explore how trust and legitimacy shape Europe’s representative democracies, introducing the #ActEU framework to assess democratic change and polarization.
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European Politics @USAAR - Daniela Braun | Georg Wenzelburger @politicsunisaar.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
We're #hiring: This time we're looking for a project lead assistant for our large-scale #compsocsci project SOUNDS!
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Endre Borbáth @eborbath.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Big supply-side takeaway: since the 1960s, parties increasingly drop “party” and classic ideology words. By the early 2020s, nearly 2/3 of parties no longer identify as “parties” in their official name; “movement” references rise in waves (e.g., post-2008).
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Katrin Weller @kwelle.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
January 16, 2026: Julian Jaursch from the German Digital Service Coordinator @bnetza.bsky.social will introduce the EU's #DSA Data Access Portal during the series "Show & Tell – Social Media Data in Research Practice". Register here: events.gwdg.de/event/1259/ #digitalservicesact #platformdata
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Applications via the EU's DSA Data Access Portal: An Introduction
Researchers can submit requests to the EU's "Data Access Portal" to obtain non-public data from very large online platforms in certain cases. What information do researchers need to provide and what d...
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Giuseppe Carteny @giucarny.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
New Publication out! 🔥 Italy’s right-wing politics has changed dramatically over the past two decades. With @gippone.bsky.social and @leonardo-puleo.bsky.social we started from a basic question: Why has the radical right surged inside Italy’s right coalition? Radicalisation or something different?
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Trans European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA) @tepsa.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
🎶“The relationship between voters and parties is a complicated dance, with high potential for misalignment” 🎶 Find out more in this #ActEU blog post 👉 www.foederalist.eu/2025/12/acte... ✍️ @alexhartland.bsky.social, Daniela Braun, Giuseppe Carteny, @rosanavarrete.bsky.social & @annreinl.bsky.social
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The COMPTEXT Association @comptext.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
The Call for Papers and Panels for #COMPTEXT2026 in Birmingham (23-25 April) is out; feel free to circulate: shorturl.at/gRg0p! Deadline: January 16!
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European Politics @USAAR - Daniela Braun | Georg Wenzelburger @politicsunisaar.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
European parties often miss what voters actually care about. New #ActEU research shows clear gaps between party platforms and voter priorities with consequences for trust and political stability. Read more in our latest #PoliSci blogpost:
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Out of step? The EU’s difficult election dance
Ein Blog über die Demokratie in Europa
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Ceri Fowler @cerifowler.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Deadline today!! :)
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Anna Kurella @annakurella.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Happy to share that the German Research Foundation DFG funds my new project: “Countering Polarization: The Borda count as a basis for proportional representation”. I am recruiting 2 PhD candidates to join me in Hannover as of March 2026 or later! Feel free to reach out!
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European Politics @USAAR - Daniela Braun | Georg Wenzelburger @politicsunisaar.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
And another job ad: We're looking for four student assistants! #hiring
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