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Andreas Goldberg @acgoldberg.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

📢🎓 PhD position in our "Perceptions of Democracy in the Age of Populism" project 💶 Good salary & money for conference travels 📝 Interdisciplinary supervision team 🌍 Trondheim 🇳🇴 lively student city with great nature 🗓️ DL 10.10. www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... Thanks for sharing & RT! #polisky #EUsky

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Ph.D. Position in European Studies (307748) | NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Job title: Ph.D. Position in European Studies (307748), Employer: NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Deadline: Saturday, October 10, 2026

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Pedro Magalhães @pcmagalhaes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The Atlas of Social Attitudes is now live: www.atlasofsocialattitudes.eu What is it, what can you do with it, and why did we build it? A short🧵. (1)

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Atlas of Social Attitudes

Explore comprehensive public opinion data from the European Social Survey and the European Values Survey. Discover insights across topics, countries, an...

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Miriam Sorace @miriamsorace.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Delighted to be co-chairing the Electoral and Voting Behaviour section @epssnet.bsky.social with the brilliant @carolinaplescia.bsky.social! We welcome papers on the themes below. Have an idea for a Roundtable or Authors Meet Critics session? Contact us! ⏰ 13 Nov. 2026 👉 Call: shorturl.at/CB8Lr

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Julia Partheymüller @schnizzl.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

📣 Call for papers now open! The next Annual Conference of the European Political Science Society will take place in Copenhagen, 24–26 June 2027. Submission deadline: 13 November 2026 (23:59 CET) Looking forward to it! #EPSS2027 @epssnet.bsky.social

Screenshot of the European Political Science Society website announcing “Copenhagen 2027.” Under “Join us in Copenhagen!”, a photo shows colourful waterfront buildings and boats. Text announces the society’s next meeting on 24–26 June 2027, with panels and networking. An orange notice reads: “Call for papers is now open!”

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Fabrizio Gilardi @fgilardi.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I'm hiring! Three-year postdoc (80%) in my research group at @ipz.bsky.social, starting January 2027. Digital technology and politics, some teaching. Deadline: 30 September 2026. Questions welcome, and please share! www.ipz.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:bbee... (pdf)

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European Journal of Political Research @ejprjournal.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

65:3 🐟️ Why is #Politics so negative right now? 🤔 Ming M. Boyer, @carolinaplescia.bsky.social & André Blais finds two kinds of negativity: ⚡ #Voting against a candidate ⚡ Feeling like voting doesn’t matter at all

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Voting against or against voting? | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core

Voting against or against voting? - Volume 65 Issue 3

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Reto Bürgisser @retobuergisser.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

🚨 Job Alert 🚨 We're hiring a six-year Postdoc @stawi-univie.bsky.social, starting in Oct 2026 (or thereafter). Research: political representation, party competition, institutions, political economy, political behavior, or related fields 📅 Deadline: 20 Aug 2026 Apply here: tinyurl.com/dyf9bt7h

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Theres Matthieß @theresmatthiess.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

🚨Our article “Who deserves? Ideological gaps in citizens’ deservingness perceptions?” is out in @epsrjournal.bsky.social. Joint work with @elisadeisshelbig.bsky.social and @iguinaudeau.bsky.social from the 🇫🇷🇩🇪 UNEQUALMAND project. 👉🏻 shorturl.at/qoBDU%F0%9F%... 1/3

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Claudia Landwehr @clandwehr.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

I had a great time presenting my book project with @arminschaefer.bsky.social today @lsepoltheory.bsky.social Thank you @kspiekermann.bsky.social for the invitation and to everyone attending for excellent comments!

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Lena Maria Huber @lenamariahuber.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

📣 New paper out in BJPolS 📣

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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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Institut für Staatswissenschaft / Department of Government @stawi-univie.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

🚨Out now 🚨 The second DeVOTE policy brief "Sticking to Eighteen: Status Quo and the Politics of Lowering the Voting Age" provides a concise analysis of public preferences on the franchise question of lowering the voting age. @carolinaplescia.bsky.social @callegall.bsky.social

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Ben Crum @bencrum.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

It is here: 'The Promise of EU Democracy' Building upon the findings of the RECONNECT project, we explore the potential and the shortcomings of building transnational democracy in the European Union 1/4 global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Cover of book "The Promise of EU Democracy" with beautiful Delaunay painting

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Andrew Gordon @andrewgordon.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

New preprint out today (osf.io/preprints/ps...). We tested whether AI agents are actually infiltrating online surveys. Spoiler alert: they aren't Thread 🧵 [1/9]

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MEDem @medem.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

🌍📊 From survey data quality to research infrastructures: The #CSDIWorkshop 2026 in Vienna brought together researchers and practitioners to discuss current challenges and innovations in comparative survey design and implementation. Read more in our latest #MEDemBlog: www.medem.eu/csdi-worksho...

Workshop graphic for the CSDI Workshop 2026 in Vienna featuring the logos of CSDI, MEDem, the Generations & Gender Programme, and Meeting Destination Vienna above three event photos showing speakers presenting at the University of Vienna.

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Julia Partheymüller @schnizzl.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

🎉 New release! An updated version of the #AUTNES Online Panel Study 2017–2024 (SUF edition) is now available via @aussda.bsky.social. 📊 Now includes the post–coalition formation wave (March 2025). 🔗 Download & explore: doi.org/10.11587/HNU... #openscience #elections #PoliSky

Screenshot of the AUSSDA (Austrian Social Science Data Archive) webpage for the “AUTNES Online Panel Study 2017–2024 (SUF edition).” The page shows the dataset title, version 2.0, authors, citation information with DOI link, and a description noting it is a multi-wave panel survey covering Austrian national elections (2017, 2019, 2024). On the right, there is a blue “Access Dataset” button and a metric indicating 8,594 downloads. Keywords and licensing information are listed below.

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Universität Wien / University of Vienna @univie.ac.at · 19/03/2026

📅 Event tip: "How Can Democracy Be Measured? Is #Democracy Currently in Danger?" 🗳️ What do we actually mean when we talk about "democracy", and how can we tell whether it is thriving or in decline? 🤔 Public Lecture with @carolinaplescia.bsky.social at the University of Vienna, 26 March, 3-4.30 pm.

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Public Lecture with Carolina Plescia at the University of Vienna

On March 26 2026, the University of Vienna cordially invites to a public lecture by Carolina Plescia, member of the steering committee of the research network 'Democracy and Human Rights'.

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Jennifer Oser @jenny-oser.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

📢New co-authored article in @polbehavior.bsky.social about PARTICIPATION and REPRESENTATION! ✨We ask "Are the Politically Active Better Represented?" Our answer, using the most comprehensive data to date: A clear "YES" for nonelectoral participation like protest. ⬇️See Jesper's 🧵for more ✨

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Institut für Staatswissenschaft / Department of Government @stawi-univie.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

🚨 Job Alert! We are looking for a Senior Scientist (40h/week) to develop, establish, and organize the research network “Democracy and Human Rights”. Start: March 1, 2026 Application deadline: February 2, 2026 Find out more👇 jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Senior-S...

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Institut für Staatswissenschaft / Department of Government @stawi-univie.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

🚨Job Alert! The Department of Government is looking for a PhD researcher with a focus on political representation, party competition, political institutions, political economy or political behaviour. Start: October 1, 2026 Deadline: January 28, 2026 Interested? Find out more: tinylink.net/CiQaE

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Thomas M. Meyer @thomasmmeyer.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Im Fall Brandenburg wird gerade oft "Wählerwille" bzgl einer Regierung bemüht, den ein Wahlergebnis vermeintlich ausdrückt. Wie problematisch diese Idee ist, habe ich mit meinen Kolleg*innen @carolinaplescia.bsky.social & Alejandro Ecker nach den LTW-Wahlen 2024 untersucht: tinyurl.com/3frxua8x

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Klarer Regierungsauftrag? Wie Wähler*innen ein Regierungsmandat aus Wahlergebnissen ableiten. Ein Beitrag von Alejandro Ecker, Thomas M. Meyer und Carolina Plescia

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Shir Raviv @shirraviv.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

🚨 Excited to share that my job market paper is now online at @thejop.bsky.social! "When Do Citizens Resist the Use of AI Algorithms in Public Policy? Theory and Evidence" shorturl.at/hHoxw 1/6

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European Journal of Political Research @ejprjournal.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Why is #Politics so negative right now? 🤔 Ming M. Boyer @carolinaplescia.bsky.social & André Blais finds two kinds of negativity: ⚡ #Voting against a candidate ⚡ Feeling like voting doesn’t matter at all Only one threatens #Democracy--and it’s not the one you think. 👀

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Voting against or against voting? | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core

Voting against or against voting?

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Gefjon Off @gefjonoff.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

New publication w/ my friend & amazing coauthor @fedetrastulli.bsky.social in @ejprjournal.bsky.social! 🎉 doi.org/10.1017/S147... We explore: Who considers which political issues as important & how is this related to sociodemographic/socioeconomic variables?

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Who prioritises what? Determinants and measurement of voters’ issue prioritisation | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core

Who prioritises what? Determinants and measurement of voters’ issue prioritisation

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Laura Serra @lauraserra.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

🚨 New paper with Maria Grasso on generational shifts in political values. Despite talk of rising age polarisation, we show that gaps in attitudes are stable or even narrowing. Economic attitudes move in cycles, while social values have become more liberal – mainly due to generational replacement.

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Political Socialisation in the UK: Describing Generational Changes of Values - International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society

A growing bulk of research examines intergenerational shifts in attitudes and the extent to which they are attributable to new cohorts of voters being socialised under different socioeconomic and cult...

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Jennifer Oser @jenny-oser.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

📢Launching our webinar series Wed Nov 19 with Neta Kligler-Vilenchik @netakv.bsky.social, "Young People’s Political Expression on Social Media”! 16:30 Israel, 15:30 CET, 14:30 London, 9:30 ET. For zoom link, reading & series info: www.prd-erc.eu/events/ And save the dates for our next 2 webinars:

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Instituto de Políticas y Bienes Públicos @ipp-csic.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Votar no siempre entusiasma. A veces, incluso incomoda. El próximo miércoles 22 de octubre a las 11, Carolina Plescia (@carolinaplescia.bsky.social) de la @univie.ac.at abordará por qué algunos ciudadanos rechazan las urnas. Te esperamos en la sala Herbert Simon del @cchscsic.bsky.social

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Belén Abdala @beluabdala.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Thrilled to share that "The Meanings of Voting for Citizens" is out with OUP! Loved working on this with brilliant mentors, co-authors, and friends 📘 The book (open access) explores how people think about voting and how these meanings influence participation 📊 And the data’s open too via AUSSDA

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Universität Wien / University of Vienna @univie.ac.at · 23/06/2025

New book publication by @carolinaplescia.bsky.social et al.: What does #voting mean to citizens around the world? 🗳️ A new open access (via @oxunipress.bsky.social) explores answers from 25,000+ people in 13 countries. Read here: ⤵️ staatswissenschaft.univie.ac.at/news-detaila... #PoliticalScience 📚

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Belén Abdala @beluabdala.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

✨Big news✨ I successfully defended my PhD last month! Still can’t quite believe it. So grateful to everyone who made it possible, especially my amazing supervisors @carolinaplescia.bsky.social @rdassonneville.bsky.social & committee @turnbulldugarte.com @zeynsom.bsky.social @thomasmmeyer.bsky.social

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Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

🚨 Editor of Open Science - call for applications At the EJPR we are looking for one Editor of Open Science, to help us develop new OS initiatives - including registered reports (RRs) Interested? Check out the call below! DL April 17 Please repost for N and diversity 👇👇👇 Reach out for any Q

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Kathrin Ackermann @ackermannk.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

📣 CfP for a Special Issue on the 2025 German Federal Election 💡 We are looking forward to your proposals (until 30/04/2025)! 👇 All detalis in the post below...

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Stephan Lewandowsky @lewan.uk · 23/02/2025

It's never about merit. It's about white (male) privilege. If you want meritocracy, you should be in favour of e.g., gender quotas. Quotas help get rid of mediocre men who've been riding on their privilege. (Look around you... we've all seen those guys.) This paper explains: doi.org/10.1257/aer....

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Gender Quotas and the Crisis of the Mediocre Man: Theory and Evidence from Sweden

(August 2017) - We develop a model where party leaders choose the competence of politicians on the ballot to trade off electoral success against their own survival. The predicted correlation between t...

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Thomas M. Meyer @thomasmmeyer.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Beinhalten Wahlergebnisse so etwas wie einen klaren Regierungsbildungsauftrag? Dieser Frage sind @carolinaplescia.bsky.social, Alejandro Ecker und ich auf Basis neuer Daten der @gles.bsky.social nachgegangen. Ein kurzer Thread 👇

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Thomas M. Meyer @thomasmmeyer.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

📢 We are hiring: 4-year PhD position at the Department of Government @univie.ac.at 👇

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Markus Wagner @markuswagner.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Interested in pursuing a PhD in comparative politics (institutions, behaviour, representation, parties)? We have a four-year position at our department, with great conditions, lots of freedom and a reasonable teaching load. Get in touch if you have questions! jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...

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University assistant predoctoral

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David Fortunato @fortunato.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

PLEASE SHARE! Thread on EITM Europe where I will teach this summer with my brilliant friend @dzobrien.bsky.social as well as Thomas Bräuninger and Richard Traunmüller. There is NO TUITION FEE, but students must find funding for travel and accommodation. June 9-20 www.sowi.uni-mannheim.de/eitm/

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Markus Wagner @markuswagner.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

⚠️ Six-year position at our department - work in lovely Vienna with a friendly team, 2 classes a term, and follow/develop your own research agenda. Feel free to ask me questions you might have. Deadline 24/01/25 jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...

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University Assistant (postdoc)

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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Welcome to Bluesky 🦋 The European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO) is now here too: @edmo-eu.bsky.social EDMO is a unique stakeholder in the battle against #disinformation. It unites scholars, fact checkers, media literacy communities, and policy work. Share this and make EDMO blue 🚀🦋 edmo.eu

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EDMO – United against disinformation

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Julia Partheymüller @schnizzl.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

🎄🌟 Exciting news! 📊🎉 The AUTNES Online Panel Study 2017–2024 is here! 🎁🤩 Explore 23 survey waves to uncover the dynamics of voting behavior and public opinion in Austria. 🗳️🇦🇹 Access the data via #AUSSDA ➡️ doi.org/10.11587/HNU... #AUTNES #ElectionStudies #Polisky #DataRelease #WeLoveData ❤️

Sankey diagram illustrating the patterns of vote switching across the parliamentary elections 2013, 2017, 2019, and 2024.

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Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine @chriswratil.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Just created a starter package on political scientists *explicitly* working on political representation from my contact list. Let me know if you want to be added! 🙏 go.bsky.app/Tu5YrVx

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Michele Fenzl @mfenzl.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

I just created a starter pack of Italian political scientists and political scientists with an interest on/that publish about Italian politics. Feel free to self-nominate or suggest colleagues for the list! go.bsky.app/EKpz1Lj

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