Dylan Paltra @dpltr22.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I couldn't have found any better words. Goodbye, Philipp. You will be deeply missed. 080
Reposted by Dylan PaltraCorinna Kroeber @corinnakroeber.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Do you know graduates looking for a PhD position? The interdisciplinary IRTG “Baltic Peripeties” studies political and social change around the Baltic Sea—escalating crises, shifting expectations, and competing narratives. Please share shorturl.at/7nIrZshorturl.atResearch Assistants - International Research Training Group “Baltic Peripeties. Narratives of Reformations, Revolutions and Catastrophes” 26/ES20Stellenausschreibung Institut für Deutsche Philologie 157
Reposted by Dylan PaltraLena Stephan @lenastephan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Happy to see our paper with @annevanbavel.bsky.social on the negative consequences of political harassment towards MPs on their staff out in Parliamentary Affairs! Almost all staffers witness harassment towards MPs which discourages them from politics … (1/3) academic.oup.com/pa/advance-a...academic.oup.comThe negative spillover effect of political harassment toward MPs: evidence from MPs personal staffAbstract. Harassment politicians face has direct consequences on their working reality, yet the indirect spillover effects on those who witness it remain u 1158
Reposted by Dylan PaltraEmma Hoes @emmahoes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Thrilled to share that I have received an ERC Starting Grant for my project HIDDENPOL: The Hidden Politics of Everyday Media. 🎈 @erc.europa.eu 5394
Reposted by Dylan PaltraMartin Gross @martingross.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The German Local Manifesto Project (GLMP) is now online! 🇩🇪 GLMP provides a systematically documented & reproducible corpus of local manifestos & related political programmes from municipalities across Germany. Browse & download the data: localmanifestoproject.de @christinajuen.bsky.sociallocalmanifestoproject.deGerman Local Manifesto ProjectBesuche den Beitrag für mehr Info. 34928
Reposted by Dylan PaltraStefano Sangiovanni @stesangio.bsky.social · 07/08/2026📢 First paper from my PhD dissertation now out in JEPOP! Parties don’t just campaign on policies. They also try to convince voters they’re competent, trustworthy and capable of governing. But do valence appeals actually relate to polling gains during election campaigns? 📄 doi.org/10.1080/1745...doi.orgValence strategies and polling support during electoral campaignsValence issues play a central role in electoral competition, yet less is known about whether emphasizing valence during campaigns is associated with shifts in party support, and under what conditio... 1136
Reposted by Dylan PaltraChristina Gahn @christinagahn.bsky.social · 06/08/2026🥳 New Paper with @jadevrielink.bsky.social and @skruikemeier.bsky.social: on how voters perceive the political ads they receive, and why that tailoring perception matters more than we usually assume. 🧵 1/3 📄 doi.org/10.1080/1369... 22613
Reposted by Dylan PaltraJochen Müller @jocmuel.bsky.social · 17/07/2026An der @unigreifswald.bsky.social sind zwei unbefristete Vollzeitstellen ausgeschrieben: eine für Politikwissenschaftler:innen, eine für Soziolog:innen. Bewerbungsfrist: 31. August 2026. Teilen ausdrücklich erwünscht. Die Ausschreibungen folgen im nächsten Post. Fragen gerne per DM. 16271
Reposted by Dylan PaltraKoichi Osamura @koichiosamura.bsky.social · 04/07/2026I'm very happy to share that my first dissertation paper is now online in Party Politics (🔓)! I examine how political appointments (patronage) relate to coalition support in multiparty presidential systems, using roll-call data from Brazil's Chamber of Deputies (2003-2018). doi.org/10.1177/1354...journals.sagepub.comBureaucratic appointments and coalition support in presidential systems – An analysis of Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies - Koichi Osamura, 2026How does the provision of political appointments influence coalition support in multiparty presidential systems? While the importance of cabinet portfolios for ... 35826
Reposted by Dylan PaltraSophie in't Veld @sophieintveld.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Excellent! Who is next? No place for Palantir and Thiel in Europe. 28339
Reposted by Dylan PaltraJessica Haak @haakjes.bsky.social · 30/06/2026💭 Looks like the heat wave has brought some attention to my study - enough that it got a mention in the New York Times 👉 www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/w... It’s also a good example of how weather extremes can shift public attention toward climate change (without necessarily prompting policy change).nytimes.comAs Europe Sweats, Some Politicians Talk of Air-Conditioning, Not Climate Action 3275
Dylan Paltra @dpltr22.bsky.social · 22/06/2026It's a wrap! Conference marathon is over! First, I had such a great time presenting my work at @ecprgender.bsky.social in Newcastle upon Tyne. I met so many bright and young scholars working on exciting and important topics! I thank everyone involved in organizing this fantastic #ECPG2026! 1112
Reposted by Dylan PaltraSteffen Hurka @steffenhurka.bsky.social · 10/06/2026📢 PhD position in Political Science Join the ERC-funded #DEMOLAW project, studying the design, creation and survival of democratic laws across the US, UK and EU using computational methods. 📍 Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen 📅 Apply by 12 July 2026 #PhD #PoliticalScience #AcademicJobs 11012
Reposted by Dylan PaltraEuropean Journal of Political Research @ejprjournal.bsky.social · 29/05/2026🆕 An emotional #Climate 🌳 @dienerjulius.bsky.social argues that the emotional investment in #ClimateIssues is on the up, particularly among young MPs or MPs from #Green and progressive parties, by looking at who was most emotionally engaged during German speeches from 2011-2020buff.lyAn emotional climate: Legislators’ emotional engagement with climate issues across age, party and time | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge CoreAn emotional climate: Legislators’ emotional engagement with climate issues across age, party and time 077
Reposted by Dylan PaltraTobias Rüttenauer @ruettenauer.bsky.social · 28/05/2026📢 Open positions! I’m recruiting 2 postdocs + 3 PhD positions at C³S, @goetheuni.bsky.social in #ClimateJustice, environmental inequality, #Demography & #ComputationalSocialScience 🌍📊💻 3–4 years + strong support for training🎒 Deadline: 23 June 2026 More: www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794987/Zen... 06880
Reposted by Dylan PaltraBenedikt Seisl @bseisl.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Officially finished my PhD and defended on Friday, May 22 🎉🎓 It’s been years of balancing teaching, research, work, and mental health – with plenty of challenges and growth along the way. This means a lot, and I still can’t believe that it’s done. 1084596170
Reposted by Dylan PaltraLouise Luxton @louiseluxton.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Coming 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 01110
Reposted by Dylan PaltraAlona 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:dataverse.harvard.edu 25721
Reposted by Dylan PaltraChristina Gahn @christinagahn.bsky.social · 15/05/2026🎯 New paper alert! It includes the main theoretical & empirical contribution of my dissertation: disentangling targeting and tailoring in political social media advertising. Really happy @meinungsfuehrer.bsky.social and I found such a great home for it 🏠 Open Access 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1369... 1/4doi.orgTargeting and/or tailoring?! A theoretical framework and its application to political social media advertisingDespite the widespread use of data-driven campaigning (DDC), there is limited conceptual clarity and empirical understanding of how political parties employ the advertising strategies of targeting ... 13721
Reposted by Dylan PaltraMartin Gross @martingross.bsky.social · 13/05/2026🚨Stellenausschreibung🚨 Postdoc-Stelle im Bereich „Politisches System Deutschlands und der EU“ (100%, 3 Jahre), Uni Oldenburg Bewerbungsfrist: 9.6.2026 Bei Fragen gerne per E-Mail bei mir melden. Gerne teilen! 🙂 uol.de/job/wissensc...uol.deWissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in im Bereich „Politisches System Deutschlands und der EU“ zur Habilitation // Universität Oldenburg 03135
Reposted by Dylan PaltraJule Kegel @julekgl.bsky.social · 13/05/2026My first paper is out! Co-authored with @falkscheidig.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/pa/g... 16224
Reposted by Dylan PaltraDr. Dominika Tronina @dom-of-tronina.bsky.social · 11/05/2026New Job! Started as a Postdoc at the Uni of Oldenburg 🪩🥳 Within the SCEPTIC project, we examine how online information environments are reshaping trust and social cohesion. Excited to work with @msaeltzer.bsky.social @annanosthoff.bsky.social @guzoch.bsky.social Sebastian Block, Andreas Peter 3224
Reposted by Dylan PaltraJulius Diener @dienerjulius.bsky.social · 11/05/2026What drives legislators' emotional engagement with climate issues? I explore the role of their age and party affiliation and over-time developments in a new research note in European Journal of Political Research. (a thread) 57131
Reposted by Dylan PaltraMarta Vukovic @martav.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Soo, since yesterday I am officially PhDone! 😮🎓✨🥂 I’m incredibly grateful to my supervisors Sylvia Kritzinger & @markuswagner.bsky.social for their guidance & support in this journey, and to my wonderful committee @gessler.bsky.social & @chrisclaassen.bsky.social for the thoughtful discussion. 1/2 10735
Dylan Paltra @dpltr22.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Does anyone else have issues accessing the @manifestoproj.bsky.social website? I tried several times since yesterday, but I always get 503 error. 100
Dylan Paltra @dpltr22.bsky.social · 27/04/2026My 2nd @comptext.bsky.social is officially in the books! It was an incredible conference and a fantastic opportunity to reconnect with old friends and meet so many new faces in the field. Huge thanks to everyone involved in organizing #COMPTEXT2026, I‘m already looking forward to next year! 1211
Reposted by Dylan PaltraLukas Haffert @lhaffert.bsky.social · 13/04/2026I am looking for a postdoc to join my team at the University of Bremen. 5-year-contract, top-up to 100% possible for most of the contract period. Apply by 04 May 2026. If you have questions about the position, send me an email! www.uni-bremen.de/en/universit...uni-bremen.deJob Vacancies - Universität BremenOffene Stellen 07277
Reposted by Dylan PaltraTarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Still in 2025, some political scientists argued that we should not misinterpret Trump's illiberal policies as undemocratic. Some continue to say the same about the European far right. It's time to understand that racism, misogynie, anti-queerness are building blocks of authoritarianism. 1/ 18920
Reposted by Dylan PaltraSemih Çakır @mascakir.bsky.social · 07/04/2026🚨 New paper with great co-authors (@oguzhan-alkan.bsky.social @rdassonneville.bsky.social @zeynsom.bsky.social) in Political Behavior! How well do citizens perceive where parties stand? 🤔 Open access: rdcu.be/fb83Z 25818
Reposted by Dylan PaltraDaniel Höhmann @dahoehmann.bsky.social · 07/04/2026📢 Are women MPs better at estimating their party voters’ preferences on women’s issues? In our new paper (with @stefaniebailer.bsky.social and @breunig.eurosky.social), we analyze whether and under which conditions women MPs assess these preferences more accurately. doi.org/10.1017/S147...doi.orgElectoral vulnerability and women MPs’ estimation of voters’ preferences on women’s issues | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge CoreElectoral vulnerability and women MPs’ estimation of voters’ preferences on women’s issues 12212
Reposted by Dylan PaltraPoWiMZ @powimz.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Neue Professur "Politisches Verhalten und Repräsentation" Univ.-Prof. Dr. Constantin Wurthmann tritt zum 1.4.2026 die neue Professur "Politisches Verhalten und Repräsentation" am Institut für Politikwissenschaft an. Wir begrüßen Herrn Wurthmann und seine Mitarbeiterin, Frau Wiegmann, herzlich. 0263
Reposted by Dylan PaltraJule Kegel @julekgl.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Are you a policymaker, teacher, practitioner, academic in political science, psychology, education or related field? We’re inviting experts to complete a short survey on youth political participation: tinyurl.com/ywnseae3 For every completion, we’ll donate €1.20 to UNICEF. Please share!tinyurl.comQualtrics Survey | Qualtrics Experience ManagementThe most powerful, simple and trusted way to gather experience data. Start your journey to experience management and try a free account today. 01122
Reposted by Dylan PaltraLisa Oswald @lfoswaldo.bsky.social · 18/03/2026I'm hiring a postdoc! @goetheuni.bsky.social Focus: CSS, political behavior, political communication & transforming information environments. 📍 Frankfurt | ⏳ 3 years | 📅 Deadline: 14 April 2026 Full job ad here: www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794987/Zen... (search for “political behavior” to find it)uni-frankfurt.de Goethe-Universität — Zentrale Einrichtungen Die Goethe-Universität ist eine forschungsstarke Hochschule in der europäischen Finanzmetropole Frankfurt. Lebendig, urban und weltoffen besitzt sie als Stiftungsuniversität ein einzigartiges Maß an E... 06351
Reposted by Dylan PaltraFrau Büüsker @uedio.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Die Forschungsministerin freut sich auf Insta darüber, dass jetzt "Porträts" von Frauen der Geschichte in ihrem Haus hängen. Nur: Die sind mit KI erstellt. Und schleifen die Gesichter der Frauen gemäß moderner westlicher Schönheitsideale glatt. Was für ein irres Projekt Z.B. 1032429861
Reposted by Dylan PaltraGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 22/02/2026This creep's entire line of thought here is eugenicist trash. People are PEOPLE. You don't measure their value by energy consumption. They have inherent value as HUMAN BEINGS. A fucking LLM has no inherent human value. You cannot compare them. 201759470
Reposted by Dylan PaltraNSU-Watch @nsuwatch.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Wir gedenken: Gökhan Gültekin Sedat Gürbüz Said Nesar Hashemi Mercedes Kierpacz Hamza Kurtović Vili Viorel Păun Fatih Saraçoğlu Ferhat Unvar Kaloyan Velkov Ermordet vor 6 Jahren, am 19. Februar 2020, beim rassistischen Anschlag von #Hanau. Wir gedenken Ibrahim Akkuş, verstorben an den Spätfolgen. 211890823
Reposted by Dylan PaltraMelanie Sauter @melinscribe.bsky.social · 02/02/2026🚨 Join us for the next edition Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology in Mannheim 🚨 7 days of hands-on advanced methods + networking for PhDs, postdocs & early-career researchers. Free of charge (limited travel support). Deadline 1 March 2026: summerschoolwpm.org #methodsky #polisky 17863
Reposted by Dylan PaltraJulius Diener @dienerjulius.bsky.social · 22/01/2026I am happy to announce that I have joined the team of Politische Vierteljahresschrift / German Political Science Quarterly @pvs-journal.bsky.social as Managing Editor alongside the new Editor-in-Chief Marc Debus. I will assist Marc and the team of Associate Editors in managing this great journal. 1669
Reposted by Dylan PaltraBritish Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 22/01/2026NEW - Gender Bias in Legislative Oversight: Do Parliamentarians Control Women Ministers More Tightly than Men Ministers? - cup.org/45Rm9Z6 - @corinnakroeber.bsky.social, @lenastephan.bsky.social, @sarahdingler.bsky.social & @camilamontero.bsky.social #OpenAccess 02011
Reposted by Dylan PaltraZentrum für Politische Schönheit @politicalbeauty.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Diese Studie ist eine Sensation: Heike Klüver hat 1.237 Regierungen in 57 Demokratien über 50 Jahre ausgewertet. Die Schlüsselfrage: Werden Rechtsextreme „entzaubert“, wenn sie mitregieren? Die Antwort – eindeutig: Nein. Sobald rechtsextreme Parteien an der Regierung sitzen, profitieren sie. 491781900
Reposted by Dylan PaltraAndreas Küpfer @ankuepfer.bsky.social · 14/01/2026🎊 I successfully defended my PhD at the University of Mannheim yesterday! Huge thanks to my fantastic supervisors, Christian Stecker (@pluggedchris.bsky.social) and Chris Arnold (@chrisguarnold.bsky.social), for guiding and supporting me every step of the way! #multimodaldata #politicalbehaviour 11594
Reposted by Dylan PaltraAdrian Daub @adriandaub.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Allow me to translate: “it’s okay to kill these people because they’re queers” 14910282
Reposted by Dylan PaltraKarsten Donnay @karstendonnay.bsky.social · 19/12/2025📄 New paper out in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social with my amazing co-author @plutscher.bsky.social ! 💡 Ever wondered if authoritarian strongman messaging also works in democracies? We find that, yes, it did under Trump during the BLM protests in the U.S. in 2020. polisky csssky socsky commsky 12713
Reposted by Dylan PaltraEuropean Journal of Political Research @ejprjournal.bsky.social · 19/12/2025Fear, anger, and populism on Twitter/X 😡 Using machine learning on 1M UK tweets, @giulianoformisano.bsky.social, Jörg Friedrichs, Florian S. Schaffner & Niklas Stoehr seperate #Populist from #Governmentalist rhetoric and track how emotions drive #PoliticalCommunicationbuff.lyPopulism and governmentalism as thin-centered ideologies: Emotions and frames on social media | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge CorePopulism and governmentalism as thin-centered ideologies: Emotions and frames on social media 0105
Reposted by Dylan PaltraCorinna Kroeber @corinnakroeber.bsky.social · 17/12/2025🚨 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 Groupuni-greifswald.dePostdoctoral Research Associate - International Research Training Group 2560 “Baltic Peripeties" 25/E19Stellenausschreibung Institut für Politik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft 13641
Dylan Paltra @dpltr22.bsky.social · 01/12/2025🚨Publication Alert! My first first-author publication with @msaeltzer.bsky.social and @pluggedchris.bsky.social is out in @polbehavior.bsky.social, which began as my bachelor's thesis. We study how party polarization shapes affective polarization—with a particularly important role of the AfD. (1/7)🧵 78619
Reposted by Dylan PaltraNathalie Giger @nathaliegiger.bsky.social · 25/11/2025🔔Job Alert 🔔 Thrilled to share that @stefaniebailer.bsky.social and I have been awarded 1.5 million CHF in SNSF funding for our new project: “Electoral choice: Which role does legislators’ quality play?” We’re recruiting 1 postdoc and 2 PhD candidates to join us in Basel and Geneva! 410254
Dylan Paltra @dpltr22.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Excited to be back at my alma mater, the University of Zurich, for the Digital Democracy Workshop! Looking forward to two days of interesting presentations, reconnecting with familiar faces, and meeting new ones. Thank you very much for hosting me @karstendonnay.bsky.social over the week! 1101
Reposted by Dylan PaltraTeresa Bücker @teresabuecker.bsky.social · 20/10/2025Ich kotze. „Fragen Sie mal Ihre Töchter“, entgegnet Merz einen Journalisten, der nachfragt, ob eine Entschuldigung angemessen wäre. Zur Erinnerung: Junge Frauen haben die CDU kaum gewählt. Die Merz-Regierung macht keinerlei Gleichstellungspolitik. Aber Frauen für Rassismus instrumentalisieren. 1553163967
Dylan Paltra @dpltr22.bsky.social · 17/10/2025🚀Two post-doc positions at my institute! If you have any questions about our institute or Oldenburg, please feel free to reach out! 040