Reposted by Felix HaassJacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 03/10/2025German Reunification Day invites both gratitude and reflection. Gratitude, because the peaceful revolution of 1989 was nothing short of a miracle — a bloodless dismantling of a repressive regime. Reflection, because the wounds of the transition still mark the country —and because 58431
Reposted by Felix Haasssamuel mehr @mehr.nz · 02/10/2026early-career academics, if you don't have a website, make yourself one. yes it's annoying but just do it it can be plain text on a white background, or google sites, or even a free Wix one with ads. nobody cares we just need to be able to look you up, quickly, bc there's like 100 other apps here 1018154
Reposted by Felix HaassDanbischof @danbischof.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Postdoc position within my group 3 years (100% TVl-13): stellen.uni-muenster.de/jobposting/2... ⏱️ 06.11.2026 If you have questions: get in touch!stellen.uni-muenster.dePostdoctoral Research Associate (Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in, salary level E 13 TV-L) 14640
Reposted by Felix HaassTarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026For my new research unit Politics of Democracy at the Berlin Social Science Center @wzb.bsky.social, we have 3 open research positions. 2 postdocs: 4 + 2 years (100%) 1 doc: 2 years (75%) Starting date: 1 March 2027 (negotiable) Application deadline: 1 November 1149114
Reposted by Felix HaassAlex Dukalskis @alexdukalskis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026My department - @ucdpolitics.bsky.social - is hiring two PERMANENT posts in any area of politics, international relations, theory, or development studies. Please apply if you are on the academic job market, and if you're not, please do us a solid & spread the word! Deadline NOV 9. 34655
Reposted by Felix HaassPaper Skygest Team @paper-feed.bsky.social · 19/08/2025**Please repost** If you're enjoying Paper Skygest -- our personalized feed of academic content on Bluesky -- we'd appreciate you reposting this! We’ve found that the most effective way for us to reach new users and communities is through users sharing it with their network 2114142
Reposted by Felix HaassJulius Kölzer @juliusk.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Es gibt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Aber es gibt auch Mecklenburg und Vorpommern. Wie wir heute Abend voraussichtlich wieder sehen werden, unterscheiden sich beide Regionen deutlich in ihrem Wahlverhalten. Woher kommen diese Unterschiede? Ein Thread mit Daten aus dem Kaiserreich bis heute. 🧵 21968400
Reposted by Felix HaassFabrizio Gilardi @fgilardi.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I'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) 34745
Reposted by Felix HaassAnselm Hager @anselmhager.bsky.social · 21/08/2026EuroWEPS 14 is here! We'll meet in Berlin @wzb.bsky.social and discuss designs/papers focusing on causal inference. No presentations, just constructive discussions. Early career scholars especially welcome to apply! Deadline is Sept 11. 13222
Felix Haass @felixhaass.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Fantastic positions in a great city and department. Apply! 053
Reposted by Felix Haass🎃Darin S Pumpkins🎃 @darinself.com · 24/07/2026If you teach on authoritarian politics you may be interested in an edited volume on how to teach different elements of autocracy. In it I write on how to use classic works on authoritarianism Many thanks to @edwardgoldring.bsky.social for putting this together! www.e-elgar.com/shop/usd/tea...e-elgar.comTeaching Autocracy and Autocratic Politics‘This is a terrific and thoughtful book about a question our field has overlooked: how to teach the politics of authoritarianism well. Filled with creative ideas and practical tools, it will be invalu... 083
Reposted by Felix HaassHeike Klüver @heikekluever.bsky.social · 09/07/2026📣 We're hiring! Looking for a PostDoc? Join our team in Berlin! Work with @heikekluever.bsky.social, @macartan.bsky.social and Johannes Giesecke at Humboldt University, @scripts-berlin.eu and @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social Great people, great project, great city! 🗓️ Deadline: 15 August 2026 04042
Reposted by Felix HaassThomas Tichelbaecker @ttichelbaecker.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Happy to share that I've (re)joined @aleininger.bsky.social at @uni-hamburg.de as a postdoc! I'll continue my research on party organizations, building on my dissertation @princeton.edu. My first dissertation spin-off examines how far-right parties tap into rural communities. 1/5 15714
Reposted by Felix HaassCIS ETH @ciseth.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Postdoctoral fellowships at ETH Zurich: grantsoffice.ethz.ch/funding-oppo...grantsoffice.ethz.chETH Postdoctoral FellowshipsThe ETH Postdoctoral Fellowship programme (ETH Fellows) supports incoming postdoctoral researchers at ETH Zurich. The programme is intended to foster young researchers who have already demonstrated sc... 177
Reposted by Felix HaassRoman Senninger @rsenninger.bsky.social · 23/06/2026The Department of Political Science at Aarhus University is hiring both Assistant Professors and Associate Professors. Assistant Professor: international.au.dk/about/profil... Associate Professor: international.au.dk/about/profil... Please share these opportunities with your networks!international.au.dkAssistant Professor in Political Science - Vacancy at Aarhus UniversityVacancy at Department of Political Science, Aarhus University 1120124
Reposted by Felix HaassTarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 15/06/2026The Berlin Social Science Center (@wzb.bsky.social) is looking for a new director for the study of international relations. The director will establish and lead a new research research department. I am happy to chat with interested candidates. www.wzb.eu/en/jobs/dire... 02715
Reposted by Felix HaassPause @ Real Scientists DE @realscientists.de · 03/06/2026Guten Morgen – weiter geht's! Gerade mit Blick auf die Kritik rund um die ⚽🏆 in Katar und die WM 2034 in Saudi Arabien stellt sich die Frage: Warum geben internationale Sportverbände Autokratien überhaupt die Möglichkeit, prestigeträchtige Sportgroßveranstaltungen auszurichten? 14410
Reposted by Felix HaassPause @ Real Scientists DE @realscientists.de · 01/06/2026Hallo zusammen! Ich bin Adam Scharpf und freue mich, diese Woche den Account zu übernehmen und euch Einblicke in meine Forschung zu geben. Ich arbeite als Associate Professor für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft an der Universität Kopenhagen. Mehr zu mir und meiner Arbeit: www.adamscharpf.net 2639
Reposted by Felix HaassJochen Müller @jocmuel.bsky.social · 26/05/2026🚨 Job alert! 🚨 Predoc position on foreign and security policy attitudes in the Baltic Sea region (3.5 yrs, 65%) Research on democratic resilience and societal responses to security crises. Open to different approaches and interests. Deadline: 30 June 2026 🔗 www.uni-greifswald.de/en/universit...uni-greifswald.deWissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in - Interdisziplinäres Forschungszentrum Ostseeraum (IFZO) 26/ES12Stellenausschreibung Institut für Politik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft 11815
Felix Haass @felixhaass.bsky.social · 21/05/2026🚨 New publication alert! 🚨 Our article "Cadre networks and bureaucratic careers in autocracies" has just been published online first in @thejop.bsky.social 🎉 — joint work with Alexander De Juan & Jan Pierskalla www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... Short summary thread below 👇 1315
Reposted by Felix HaassAdam Scharpf @ascharpf.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Thrilled to see Making a Career in Dictatorship featured in The New York Times @nytimes.com My favorite line: “[The book] reads like what you might get if you crossed Hannah Arendt’s ideas about the ‘banality of evil’ with a business school guide on how to get the most out of low performers.”nytimes.comActually, Democracy Dies in H.R. 15916
Reposted by Felix HaassHannah Waight @hwaight.bsky.social · 13/05/2026I’m excited to share a new paper in Nature that shows how large language models launder the strategic rhetoric of authoritarian states. Paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41.... A thread.nature.comState media control influences large language models - NatureGovernment-controlled media influences the output of large language models via their training data, and models queried in the languages of countries with lower media freedom show a stronger ... 111651
Reposted by Felix HaassHeike Klüver @heikekluever.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Looking forward to the talk by the fabulous @suthank.bsky.social in our Politics Lecture Series at @humboldtuni.bsky.social today! Come and join us! 0111
Reposted by Felix HaassJonas W. Schmid @jonaswschmid.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Are top public officials rewarded for good performance? In our new paper "Governing for growth?" (doi.org/10.1177/1065...). @jacobnyrup.bsky.social and I study how economic performance affects the political survival of finance ministers to show that this depends on the regime they work in. Thread ⬇️doi.orgSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 2165
Reposted by Felix HaassArndt Leininger @aleininger.bsky.social · 30/04/2026📢 We're hiring for my project RESPOL on residential mobility & electoral realignment 📍 University of Hamburg 📅 4y, 75% FTE 🔍 pol behavior, comp politics, regional inequalities 📊 quant, administrative & survey data Please share with talented MA students! 🔗 www.uni-hamburg.de/en/stellenan...uni-hamburg.deJob advertisement 04946
Reposted by Felix HaassThe Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · 30/04/2026🌊 #Illiberal Wave No.46 💪 @plutscher.bsky.social, @draege.bsky.social, @karstendonnay.bsky.social & @chknutsen.bsky.social draw on 3 experiments across Venezuela, Türkiye + the US to show that visual strongman #Propaganda can deter opposition movements + mobilise supporters. 👉️ bit.ly/48vkRV3bit.ly🌊 The dark logic of visual strongman propagandaPhilipp Lutscher, Jonas Bergan Dræge, Carl Henrik Knutsen and Karsten Donnay draw on three survey experiments across Venezuela, Turkey and the United States to show that visual strongman propaganda ca... 196
Reposted by Felix HaassHeike Klüver @heikekluever.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Looking forward to a fantastic line-up of speakers in our Politics Lecture Series @humboldtuni.bsky.social this term starting with the fabulous Aksel Sundström today! 0162
Felix Haass @felixhaass.bsky.social · 13/04/2026@au.dk is hiring 3 postdocs (2 yrs) on personality cults & strategic communication in autocracies, led by Jakob Tolstrup & Alexander Baturo. They're looking for profiles with text-as-data, survey experiments and/or Chinese politics experience. Start fall 2026. Looks like a great opportunity!international.au.dkThree 2-year Postdoctoral positions at Aarhus University: Projects on personality cults and strategic communication in autocracies - Vacancy at Aarhus UniversityVacancy at Department of Political Science, Aarhus University 03946
Reposted by Felix HaassLukas 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 Felix HaassPhilipp Lutscher @plutscher.bsky.social · 11/04/2026In an effort to promote open data, I just uploaded my media-based data collection on political DDoS attacks from 2008-2016 with manual coding of attacker types, targets, and attribution certainty. Feel free to explore the early days of Anonymous and Russian hacktivists: osf.io/preprints/so...osf.ioOSF 1104
Reposted by Felix HaassGESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 09/04/2026#jobs #stellenangebote #GESISjobs Pursue your scientific career at GESIS! youtu.be/zMY2zqYFIMg We offer a job as a #PostDoc for the Development of #Training in Empirical Social Research Methods (Salary group 13 TV-L, 100% full-time position, initially limited to 4 years) gesis.jobs.personio....youtu.beScientific career at GESISAt GESIS, researchers work in various phases of their scientific careers: as student assistants, doctoral candidates, postdocs, senior researchers, team leaders, and department heads. The institute's goal is to provide its scientific staff with the best possible support in their various career phase 043
Reposted by Felix HaassVincent Heddesheimer @vheddesheimer.bsky.social · 03/04/2026🚨 Just shipped a major update to GERDA, the German Election Database. - State elections update: new years + mail-in - 3 new election types: Mayoral, County, European - Municipal elections: 1984-2025 - Meinungsbild public opinion - New website & features german-elections.com 311735
Reposted by Felix HaassPhilipp Lutscher @plutscher.bsky.social · 26/03/2026(1/8) New Open Access paper out today in the @ejprjournal.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1017/S147... "The effects of government propaganda in electoral authoritarian regimes: Evidence from Turkey" with @draege.bsky.social & @chknutsen.bsky.social #polisky #socsky #commsky #dictatorsky #OA 3348
Reposted by Felix HaassSteffen Mau @steffenmau.bsky.social · 23/03/2026We are hiring! The Department of Inequality, Transformation and Conflict is looking for Postdoc & Doc Researchers (m/f/d). Find out more & apply via www.ips.mpg.de #MaxPlanck #Postdoc #PhD #Sociology #SocialScience #PoliticalScience #Inequality #Conflict www.ips.mpg.de/13135/stelle...ips.mpg.deStellenangebote 110254
Reposted by Felix HaassBastian Becker @beckerbastian.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Also finding it hard to keep up with new research? I built something to fix this. SciLove — swipe through recent papers in your field. The feed learns from your saves. Also matches you with researchers saving your work back (opt-out if you prefer). www.scilove.app 3,000+ journals, updated dailyscilove.appSciLove — Discover new research on the goA personalized feed of the latest peer-reviewed papers — swipe to save, skip, and make connections in minutes a day. 1217784
Reposted by Felix HaassDepartment of Political Science, University of Oslo @statsvitenskap.bsky.social · 14/03/2026📣Two days left to apply for this Postdoctoral Fellow Position (3-4 years) in international politics, comparative politics, or political data science. The successful applicant will be part of the ERC project, “Waging of War” (WOW) - PI Scott Gates.👇 www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...jobbnorge.noPostdoctoral Fellow in Political Science (3-4 years) (295112) | University of OsloJob title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science (3-4 years) (295112), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, March 16, 2026 064
Felix Haass @felixhaass.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Periodic reminder that paper-picnic.com is a terrific one-stop-shop to stay updated on the latest publications in the social sciences. Thanks Moritz! Pro tip: installing the website as an app on your phone to easily access it from your home screen: support.google.com/chrome/answe... (Android/iOS) 0142
Reposted by Felix HaassDr. Alexandra “Ali” Cirone @alicirone.bsky.social · 21/02/2026For anyone looking for postdocs for their students, over the next few months LSE “fellow” positions will start being listed. Research + teaching but 2-3 year runway. The new Global School of Sustainability has 5 new ones posted now! jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...jobs.lse.ac.ukGSOS LSE FellowGSOS LSE Fellow, , <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span>LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university</span></em></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong><spa... 087
Reposted by Felix HaassAuthoritarian Political Systems Group @apsgworkshop.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Join us next week! On February 24, @gmelios.bsky.social (LSE) will present "Propaganda, party mobilisation and Electoral Oppression". @felixhaass.bsky.social (Humboldt), @serkant.bsky.social (Sabancı), & @sofiavasilopoulou.bsky.social (@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social) will comment. 054
Felix Haass @felixhaass.bsky.social · 16/02/2026This is such a fantastic book & I'm extremely happy to see this print! Can't wait to put my hands on a physical copy. It will help us to better understand the inner workings of dictatorships and of "evil" organizations more broadly--should definitely go on every "Autocratic politics 101" syllabus. 0130
Felix Haass @felixhaass.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Excellent postdoc opening in a great department. Apply! 030
Reposted by Felix HaassMelanie 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 Felix HaassDVPW-Sektion Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft @dvpw-vergleich.bsky.social · 28/01/2026PhD Student:in (m/w/x) (75%, Beginn zwischen März und Mai 2026, 3 Jahre) in München (LMU) im Projekt „DemocraGPT – Entwicklung eines KI-gestützten Gesprächstrainings zur Förderung demokratischen Austausches“ Deadline 31. Januar job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/7...job-portal.lmu.dePhD Student / Studentin (m/w/d) 085
Reposted by Felix HaassCarl Henrik Knutsen @chknutsen.bsky.social · 14/01/2026Check out our easy-to-use dashboard, which allows you to draw maps, time trends, and other vizualisations on governments and cabinet ministers from across the world 👇 0172
Reposted by Felix HaassLaia Balcells @laiabalcells.bsky.social · 22/12/2025First time writing for Broadstreet blog! With @apvjustino.bsky.social and @andrearuggeri.bsky.social, we wrote about the Special Issue just published at Comparative Political Studies: www.broadstreet.blog/p/legacies-o...broadstreet.blogLegacies of Repression: How Europe’s Violent 20th Century Still Shapes Its Politicsby Laia Balcells, Patricia Justino, and Andrea Ruggeri 0276
Felix Haass @felixhaass.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Very excited about Alexander De Juan's talk today in the Politics Lecture Series! Topic is "Devolving the Monopoly on Violence." 🗓️Today, 12-1pm, Room 002, ISW. Stop by, if you're interested! 071