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Alina Vranceanu

@alinavranceanu.bsky.social
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Political scientist @ Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Previously @ European University Institute and UPF. Voters, political parties, political representation, radical right politics, public opinion about immigration. alinavranceanu.github.io

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Alina Vranceanu @alinavranceanu.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
📢 Call for expressions of interest for a 4-years PhD position within my research project ‘Minority rights in an age of immigration: democracy, deservingness and elite influences’. ⏳ Deadline: 9 October. Questions welcome!
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Alina Vranceanu @alinavranceanu.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
📢 Call for expressions of interest for a 4-years PhD position within my research project ‘Minority rights in an age of immigration: democracy, deservingness and elite influences’. ⏳ Deadline: 9 October. Questions welcome!
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Alejandro Fernández-Roldán @aleferna.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🚨 New paper in @electoralstudies.bsky.social with @klaramueller.bsky.social! “How snap election calls shape vote intention uncertainty” We show that when a snap election is called, voters resolve their uncertainty about who to vote for almost *immediately* www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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DEC @dec-gr.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🗓️ MIÉRCOLES 9 16:00–17:45. Seminario 2. GT 9.1 — coordina @leirerincon.bsky.social comenta @pzuluaga.bsky.social - Gender issues and attitudinal constraint in Spain 2010–2025 @evaanduiza.bsky.social coautorado con @alinavranceanu.bsky.social
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Alina Vranceanu @alinavranceanu.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Excited to attend APSA in Boston this week and to present new research on what sustains the antiprejudice norm in European democracies. If you’re around, please pass by (Panel ‘European Far-Right Discourse and Mainstream Responses’ September 5, 8:00 am EDT) or reach out.
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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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American Journal of Political Science (AJPS) @ajpseditor.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The American Journal of Political Science has updated it's policy on AI accountability and transparency for authors and reviewers. Read the Editor's Blog here: ajps.org/2026/08/11/r.... The updated policy can be referenced here: ajps.org/ajps-ai-poli....
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Revised AJPS Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy for Authors and Reviewers
The American Journal of Political Science has just published a revised artificial intelligence (AI) policy for authors and reviewers, available here. This new policy reflects our desire to prioriti…
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Florian Foos @florianfoos.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Some early morning impressions of Cluj, where I just moved for my upcoming sabbatical. Let me know if you are in town/in the region or if you want me to talk in CEE.
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Alina Vranceanu @alinavranceanu.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Delighted to share that the project MINIM (Minority rights in an age of immigration: democracy, deservingness and elite influences) has been selected for funding by the Spanish Research Agency under its 2025 call for projects Generación de Conocimiento. 🎉 🧵
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Alina Vranceanu @alinavranceanu.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
At the 2026 CES Conference in Dublin to talk about nativist resentment and national identity. Join us if you’re around!
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Markus Wagner @markuswagner.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
A great overview of the accommodation question by Hanno Hilbig, worth your time!
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Alina Vranceanu @alinavranceanu.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Pretty Cluj-Napoca hosting this year’s conference of the ECPR Standing Group on Central and East European Politics
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Anita Gohdes @argohdes.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
We're hiring a Post-Doc (3 years) at the @hertieschool.bsky.social for a @scripts-berlin.eu project on authoritarian influence in the video games industry (I am soooo excited about this project)! More details here (deadline 31 May): hertie-school.dvinci-easy.com/en/p/en/jobs...
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Postdoctoral Researcher - Narrative, Power, and Control (gn) full-time (40 hours/week)
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Francesc Amat @cescamat.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
📢 Postdoc opportunity at @UB-IPERG (University of Barcelona) 1-year position in Historical Political Economy. 💶 €35–40k | Start: Fall 2026 🗓️ Deadline for Expressions of Interest: June 5, 2026 All the info: 🔗 www.ub.edu/iperg/postdo...
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Postdoctoral Position in Historical Political Economy at the University of Barcelona (UB-IPERG) – IPERG
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Alina Vranceanu @alinavranceanu.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Come join us!
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Alina Vranceanu @alinavranceanu.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Come join us! #MSCA
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TransDeM @transdem.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
⏰ ICYMI ⁉️ We are excited to have Charlotte Cavaillé presenting tomorrow in our joint seminar with @dec-gr.bsky.social. See the details below 👇
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IPSA @ipsa.org · 17/03/2026
📣 Join us for the launch of the IPSA Companion to Political Science! IPSA’s new open-access book, IPSA Companion to Political Science: A Practical Introduction to the 200 Most Important Concepts, will be launched on 18 March 2026 from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. 📍 University of Ottawa go.ipsa.org/BS3s7a
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Alina Vranceanu @alinavranceanu.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
One week left to apply! We are looking to hire a research assistant on the project ‘The antiprejudice norm in times of growing immigration’ at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Short (2.5 months, mid-April to end-June) part-time (10h/week, in-person) position to provide support during (1/2)
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European Journal of Political Research @ejprjournal.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
🆕 Mainstream or normalised? 🤷‍♀️ @asheinze.bsky.social & @gefjonoff.bsky.social look at the meaning of mainstreaming and normalisation in existing literature on the #FarRight and discuss an expanded framework for future research
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Mainstreaming vs. normalisation: Towards more conceptual clarity on how mainstream parties legitimise the far right | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Mainstreaming vs. normalisation: Towards more conceptual clarity on how mainstream parties legitimise the far right
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European Journal of Political Research @ejprjournal.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
🌀 👣 @alinavranceanu.bsky.social & @bpetrova.bsky.social show that in Western Europe, generous #welfare systems – perhaps counterintuitively – make natives more favourably inclined toward #immigrants. 💸Indeed, cutting benefits risks exacerbating anti-immigrant sentiment 👇🏾
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How welfare policy affects immigration attitudes
Social policies shape public opinions on immigration. A study by Alina Vrânceanu and Bilyana Petrova shows that in Western Europe, generous welfare systems – perhaps counterintuitively – make natives…
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Korinna Lindemann @korinlind.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Don't forget to apply until the end of the week! 🚨
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Danbischof @danbischof.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
🚨📄 New paper (conditional accepted at @thejop.bsky.social): We test whether social desirability bias actually distorts answers in online surveys. Short version: It mostly doesn’t. w. @timallinger.bsky.social @kristianvsf.bsky.social @morganlcj.bsky.social URL: osf.io/preprints/os...
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Simon Chauchard @simonchauchard.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
📣📣📣 GREAT, time-sensitive opportunity for senior/mid-career scholars to join us in Madrid at UC3M´s social sciences department (UC3M-ATRAE Program 2026) on an attractive pay+research funds package 📣📣📣 This does NOT happen everyday. THREAD below if this is of interest 1/n
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Alina Vranceanu @alinavranceanu.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
On culinary sovereigntism www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The myth of traditional Italian cuisine has seduced the world. The truth is very different | Alberto Grandi
The comforting tourist-brochure idea of what Italian food looks like obscures a story shaped by hunger, migration and innovation, says Alberto Grandi, author and professor of food history
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Armin Schaefer @arminschaefer.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
In line with the 'credibility revolution', we are thinking about research designs that allow us to get closer to causal effects. Those who use surveys have often turned to survey experiments. At the same time, survey response rates have dropped considerably. Below are the figures for the ESS.
This plot shows average response rates of the European Social Survey. Between 2002 and 2023 the have fallen from 61 to 41 per cent.This plot breaks down ESS response rates by country. In almost all countries, the rate has gone down over time - in some cases, like Sweden, quite dramatically so.
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NBER @nber.org · 27/11/2025
Curriculum shapes more than skills as taking STEM in high school boosts tech careers—but also shifts politics as boys grow more conservative and girls more progressive, from Robert Ainsworth, Rajeev H. Dehejia, Andrei Munteanu, Cristian Pop-Eleches, and Miguel Urquiola www.nber.org/papers/w34502
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Reto Mitteregger @indubioproreto.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
New Publication with @lhaffert.bsky.social in @ejprjournal.bsky.social! We study the role of generations in the urban-rural divide, which is increasingly shaping the politics of many democracies. Studying Switzerland, we show: The urban-rural divide is stronger among younger generations. (1/10) 🧵👇
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Ignacio Jurado @jurado.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Postdoc call‼️ I am opening a call for a postdoctoral position within my ERC project CONSENT. Come to Madrid to be part of my research team and more broadly of the @ipp-csic.bsky.social community. Application deadline: December 10th. Call details: tinyurl.com/yfu83p9m
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James Dennison @jamesrdennison.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Thrilled to share my new article in Political Psychology: “The psychology of political attitudinal volatility.” In it, I attempt to answer why do some people change their political views more than others? Open access at: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... @ispp-pops.bsky.social
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Alina Vranceanu @alinavranceanu.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Yesterday I attended the Workshop on #Immigration and #Democracy at Leiden University, organised by Steven Denney. Lots of interesting discussions on civic fairness, authoritarianism, national identity, welfare chauvinism, NIMBY-ism, depopulation and immigration politics in Europe and East Asia.
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Sarah de Lange @sldelange.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Always fun to share the election ballot for international audiences
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Tadeas Cely @celytadeas.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
⚠️New paper fothcoming in POQ! ⚠️ With @marcjacob.bsky.social and @seanjwestwood.bsky.social, we worried about norm-violating local politicians rising to higher office. We tested when voters defect from such politicians in local, state and federal races. osf.io/preprints/ps... 🧵...
Preprint: Levels of Office and Voter Accountability for Democratic Norm Violations
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Simon Hix @simonhix.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
We have just advertised a Full Prof position in the Political and Social Sciences department at the EUI (@eui-sps.bsky.social). Here are the details. Please spread the word, and get in touch if you have any questions. www.eui.eu/Documents/Se...
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Nuria Font @nuriafontb.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
📢📢We’re hiring - Postdoc position Political Science @uab.cat Barcelona Project PEUTRANSP 12 months, full-time, starting 2025 Advanced quantitative methods + survey / experimental design 📆 Deadline: 23/10 Details + submissions: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/380176 + info nuria.font@uab.es
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Postdoctoral researcher (2025DILIFRUA132)
Job position Postdoc Researcher Job position requirements (skills/languages/required experience)
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Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
A EU politics tenure track position at Ghent university 👇 #polisky #psjobs #poliscijobs
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Alina Vranceanu @alinavranceanu.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Japan set for first female PM after Sanae Takaichi - a hardline conservative who favours tighter restrictions on immigration - wins LDP leadership race www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...
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Takaichi to become Japan’s first female prime minister | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
Japan is set to have its first female prime minister after Sanae Takaichi won the leadership election of the Liberal Democratic Party on Oct. 4.
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Alina Vranceanu @alinavranceanu.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Hard to think of anyone more deserving of this important award - congratulations on this well-earned recognition @ehernandez.bsky.social!
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Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
We're looking forward to putting together a *fantastic* Electoral and Voting Behaviour section for the @epssnet.bsky.social 2026 meeting in Belfast! ‼️ Make sure to submit your papers by 7 November 2025!
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Eva Anduiza @evaanduiza.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
🧲 We are hiring! ✨ PhD position to join @dec-gr.bsky.social 🏁 4-year FPI contract 🎓 Pol Sci / Social Sci background + Master’s + English 📧 Send expression of interest with CV and motivation letter to gr.dec@uab.cat 🔗 tinyurl.com/yc3epmv2
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Call for expressions of interest for a PhD scholarship within the project GPOL – Democracy, Elections and Citizenship
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Alina Vranceanu @alinavranceanu.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Our article is out now in the latest issue of the EJPR. Available Open Access:👇
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ECPR Standing Group on Public Opinion & Voting Behaviour @ecprpovb.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Our first panel starts on Tuesday, 26 August 2025, at 08:30, and our last panel starts on Friday, 29 August 2025, at 13:30. First we have In person icon Building: Explaining Populist and Radical Right Support (Law Building, Floor: 2, Room: 212)Tuesday 08:30 - 10:15 EEST (26/08/2025)
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ECPR Standing Group on Public Opinion & Voting Behaviour @ecprpovb.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Did you know we do a Best Paper Award at each General Conference?! 🏆🚨‼️ To be considered for the 2025 POVB Best Paper Competition, you must upload your paper to the ECPR platform or email it to the chairs/discussants before your presentation. 🏆 #ecprgc25
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Bruno Leipold @brunoleipold.com · 22/08/2025
Very grateful to the ECPR political theory jury for this wonderful news!
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Alina Vranceanu @alinavranceanu.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Bookmarked! Good to see renewed attention to the topic of ambivalence in immigration attitudes
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Pavlos Vasilopoulos @pavlosvas1.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Excited to have signed an editor contract with Oxford University Press for a volume on Voting Behaviour planned to come out in December 2027! We really hope this book will spark social science student interest in the discipline, especially at a time when democracy faces major challenges.
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Bogdan G Popescu @bgpopescu.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Big news: Imperial Borderlands is now out in paperback @universitypress.cambridge.org James Robinson (2024 Econ Nobel) calls it "pathbreaking." Empire + institutions + data science—same frontier, softer cover. www.amazon.com/Imperial-Bor...
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EUI Political Behaviour Colloquium @behaviour-eui.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
📢 CALL FOR PAPERS! We’re looking for presenters for the upcoming term (early October to mid-December 2025). If you’d like to present, please fill out the form here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🗓 Deadline for proposals: August 31
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EUI Political Behaviour Colloquium
Please fill in the details below to submit your proposal. Kindly provide the title and abstract of your paper, as well as your availability to present. The Colloquium is held every Tuesday from 17:00 ...
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Whocounts @whocounts.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
🔍 Interested in poverty, stats & “invisible” populations? We're hiring a PhD researcher to re-examine how poverty is measured across Europe. Join our friendly interdisciplinary team at UAB @igopbcn.bsky.social 📍3-year funded post | Starting late 2025 📎 euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/356896
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Alina Vranceanu @alinavranceanu.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Upper House elections today in Japan, with 125 seats up for grabs out of 248. After a campaign dominated by inflation, taxes and immigration, the ruling coalition (Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito) looks set to suffer losses asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Jap...
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Japan election live: LDP slumps as Sanseito, DPFP make gains
PM Ishiba vows to stay on; Opposition parties rule out coalition
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