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Daniel Kovarek @kovarek.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

sure, June Ball parties are wild & graduations are moving, but for me it's always been the CEE pol behavior conf organized by @filipkostelka.bsky.social that marks the end of EUI spring term when familiar & new faces, grad school friends & emeriti show there's great research east of the Oder/Leitha

group picture of smiling conference participants at the EUI

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Max Schaub @maxschaub.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

We are looking for a colleague to fill a part-time (50%) teaching position in IR. Ability to teach in German is required, though courses may also be offered in English. Deadline: 3 July Ad (in German): tinyurl.com/ysnjcwwn Please share - and PM in case of questions @politikuhh.bsky.social

uni-hamburg.de

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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 17/06/2026

#OpenAccess from @ejprjournal.bsky.social - Mass attitudes towards Russia’s aggression against Ukraine: Tentative support for top-down opinion formation - cup.org/4exQAbn - @filipkostelka.bsky.social, @elyaminaeva.bsky.social, @silviaporciuleanu.bsky.social, et al #FirstView

Banner for the European Journal of Political Research displaying the text "EJPR European Journal of Political Research" in cream letters on a blue background, accompanied by the hashtag "#OpenAccess".

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Filip Kostelka @filipkostelka.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Our paper shows, indeed, that attitudes towards the war in Ukraine seem to primarily reflect partisan alignment and disinformation. (So no support for preconception, I do not know where the term and statement come from)

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Bjarn Eck @bjarneck.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Last Friday, I defended my PhD dissertation "Every Rose Has Its Thorn? The Interplay Between Elections, Affective Polarization, and Political Behaviour" at @sciencepoulb.bsky.social. Very happy to have done this among dear colleagues, family, and friends.

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Filip Kostelka @filipkostelka.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

One of the most well-attended PhD defences in recent memory at the EUI, according to an experienced colleague. Max produced an excellent dissertation and demonstrates a strong potential for a distinguished academic career. Political science departments should take note.

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

📝In the latest @theconversation.com piece, @filipkostelka.bsky.social @eui-sps.bsky.social examines the factors driving pro-Kremlin sentiments in the EU. 🔗https://loom.ly/W7Rc2j0

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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

🚨 World Press Freedom Index 2026 just dropped The US is now placed 64 in the world. Between Panama and Botswana. #pressfreedom rsf.org/en

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EUI Department of Political and Social Sciences @eui-sps.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

📢 Hungary votes. Central Europe watches. Join us on 16 April 15:30 CEST for a roundtable unpacking what’s at stake in Hungary’s election and what it might mean for the EU, for populism, and for the region's political future. Registration: www.eui.eu/events?id=58... #EUI #HungaryVotes #EUpolitics

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Endgame or entrenchment? Hungary

Organized by the Eastern Europe as Laboratory of Change Working Group, this roundtable event features a discussion on the recent Hungarian general elections.

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Daniel Kovarek @kovarek.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

fmr gov't commissioner & billionaire entrepreneur György Wáberer, after defecting #Fidesz 3 days ago & launching GOTV campaign to choose Europe & vote against #Russia, now promises a reward of 300K HUF (cca. 800 EUR) to anyone who reports or was targeted by electoral fraud tmr at #HungarianElections

György Wáberer with the text "I'll give you 300 000 HUF"

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Daniel Kovarek @kovarek.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

join @filipkostelka.bsky.social @zsofia-v.bsky.social Imogen Bayley & me in Florence @eui-eu.bsky.social or via Zoom on 16 April, as we discuss the implications of the #HungarianElection 🇭🇺🗳️ Register here: www.eui.eu/events?id=58...

Picture from the EUI website, where under the title "Endgame or entrenchment? Hungary's parliamentary election in comparative perspective" someone is seen waving a Hungarian flag

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Tadeas Cely @celytadeas.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

🎉Excited to share our forthcoming paper in POQ! And don’t worry—it’s not all about our mums 😉. With @lenkahrbkova.bsky.social and @matejjung.bsky.social, we ask: did younger generations in post-communist Europe develop more conventional left–right belief systems? Tl;dr: not really. (🧵)

We share a new article, forthcoming in Public Opinion Quarterly, titled: Not Your Mama’s Ideology (But Close) Modest Generational Differences in Ideological Alignment in Post-Communist Europe. The picture shows its title page on OSF.

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Filip Kostelka @filipkostelka.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

This will be the 3rd edition. If you study pol. behaviour and work on #CEE, this is the right place to present your research. Dates: June 25-26. Discussants include @simonhix.bsky.social & @eliasdinas.bsky.social. Highlight: roundtable on dem. erosion with H. Kriesi, M. Svolik & N. Wunsch.

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 20/01/2026

Looking forward to discussing this article with a bunch of clever MA students tomorrow (morning 🥱)

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Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

🎄 Now if this isn't the perfect Christmas gift for scholars of elections! A fresh @cses.bsky.social Module 6 Advance Release for you all to analyze and explore!

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Sarah Brierley @sarahbrierley.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

I am hiring a post-doctoral fellow (2 years) to work on all things political finance in Africa. There are no teaching obligations, and lots of opportunities for fieldwork. A PhD in Political Science is a requirement. Please spread the word! Happy to answer questions - send them to my LSE email.

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Ingvild Zinober @ingvildzinober.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

A week has passed since I successfully defended my dissertation at @eui-sps.bsky.social, and I still feel extremely proud of the skills I have learned and the research I have produced.

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Daniel de Kadt @dandekadt.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Good morning. A coda (from me) on this replication business. While I understand the impulse, it is disheartening that most of the discussion generated by this replication is about the replication "process" -- both the APSR's process and my own process. What could we be talking about instead?

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Daniel de Kadt @dandekadt.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

I have now read the response by Turnbull-Dugarte and López Ortega again with a clearer eye. Multiple claims in this response are untrue or seek to obscure the truth. My interest has always been the accuracy of the scientific record, so I feel compelled to note some of these claims here.

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Arnout van de Rijt @arnoutvanderijt.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

📢New publication: The poor want redistribution regardless of whether they think society is meritocratic. 🎉 Big congrats to my former supervisees — now co-authors, @irenepaneda.bsky.social, @jonnekamphorst.bsky.social, and Bala Battu! 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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The relevance of meritocratic beliefs for redistributive preferences increases with income

A leading explanation for why in democratic societies the rich are not taxed more is that meritocratic beliefs breed tolerance for inequality. We prob…

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Eva Krejcova @evakrejcova.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Here is a short interview for the @eui-eu.bsky.social about our article (w/ @filipkostelka.bsky.social & Nicolas Sauger) in the AJPS @ajpseditor.bsky.social. We discuss the key findings, why they matter, and how they speak to broader debates on migration and politics. www.eui.eu/news-hub?id=...

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Rethinking politics after migration, with Eva Krejcova

Moving abroad can change how people see politics A new article led by Eva Krejcova in the American Journal of Political Science reveals a dual dynamic: migran

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Filip Kostelka @filipkostelka.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

The EUI Department of Political and Social Sciences invites prospective PhD candidates to join the SPS Virtual Open Day 2025. Discover online our doctoral programme, meet faculty and researchers, and learn about life at the EUI. 📅 4 December 2025 | Online event 🔗 www.eui.eu/events?id=58...

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Tena Prelec @tenaprelec.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

New OA article @europe-asia.bsky.social: The Incumbency Advantage and the Enabler Effect: How Londongrad Beat the UK AML Regime Drawing on £2bn of property data, we show that not a single incumbent kleptocrat (0/72!) lost their UK assets. with @jheathershaw.bsky.social T. Mayne & S. Tokubayev

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Filip Kostelka @filipkostelka.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

If you know anyone considering doing a PhD in political science or sociology, encourage them to apply to the EUI PhD program and join the institute's landmark 50th cohort of PhD researchers in the SPS Department! Applications from Central and Eastern Europe are particularly welcome!

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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

We have reached peak "NATO expansion propaganda". Jeffrey Sachs claims he was personally told by someone he didn't meet that there was a broken promise to a person who says it wasn't made.

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Simon Hix @simonhix.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Better get your paper submissions in for the @epssnet.bsky.social conference in June 2026, as the deadline is 7 November, and we have no intention of extended that (given the submission numbers)! epssnet.org/belfast-2026...

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Call for Papers | EPSS Belfast 2026 Conference

Submit your abstract or full paper for EPSS Belfast 2026. Share cutting‑edge political science research, network with peers & contribute to academic impact.

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Sara Hobolt @sarahobolt.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

🚨 EPSS Belfast 2026 Call for Papers - One week to go! 🚨 Don't forget to submit your paper or panel proposal to the European Political Science Society @epssnet.bsky.social 2026 conference - just one week to go before the deadline: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...

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Call for Papers | EPSS Belfast 2026 Conference

Submit your abstract or full paper for EPSS Belfast 2026. Share cutting‑edge political science research, network with peers & contribute to academic impact.

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Filip Kostelka @filipkostelka.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Last week, I presented my research at the University of Rijeka (@unirijeka.bsky.social) during an event celebrating Croatia's accession to @eui-eu.bsky.social. I am grateful to the session's chair, Tena Prelec (@tenaprelec.bsky.social), & the audience for great questions & engagement.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Sheffield Hallam University appeased China Govt to protect its income from Chinese student enrollment. It shut down research into forced labour and human rights abuses, intimidated academics, suppressed academic papers. Outrageous. Universities functioning as corporations. Must be investigated.

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China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show

Sheffield Hallam University apologises to Professor Laura Murphy for restricting her academic freedom.

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Eva Krejcova @evakrejcova.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Join us on October 30 (12:00, IDHEAP Learning Lab) for the next IDHEAP–LAGAPE seminar! Anna Gwiazda (@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social) will present her work on Women’s Political Participation and Democratic Resilience in an Era of Democratic Decline. @unil.bsky.social @sspunil.bsky.social

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Miriam Sorace @miriamsorace.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Nano-targeting is not a persuasive weapon: it is a dissuasion and polarization weapon. New paper out osf.io/preprints/so... with the brilliant Thomas Robinson, @simonhix.bsky.social and @fresejoris.bsky.social – the first to quantify the perverse incentives/inherent democratic dangers of this tech.

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West European Politics @wepsocial.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

What explains the rising turnout in recent EP elections? @filipkostelka.bsky.social & @evakrejcova.bsky.social find that it's the strength of Eurosceptic parties at the national level. The more seats they hold in national parliament, the more mobilizing the EP election is doi.org/10.1080/0140...

Abstract of the article "Awakening the sleeping giant: rising Euroscepticism and turnout in European Parliament elections" by Filip Kostelka and Eva Krejcova. Published online first in West European Politics.

Figure 1, displaying voter turnout in EP elections between 1979 and 2024.

Figure 2, displaying Euroscepticism in national elections between 1974 and 2024.

Figure 3, displaying predicted turnout at different levels of euroscepticism in national parliament.

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Filip Kostelka @filipkostelka.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Bacteriologists cannot turn into bacteria, but political scientists can turn into voters. Today is one of those days. #volby2025 #VotingInRome #frecciarossa

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Silja Häusermann @siljahausermann.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

The call for papers for the first ever EPSS conference 2026 in Belfast is open until November 7th 2025. epssnet.org/belfast-2026/ @rdassonneville.bsky.social and I will be chairing the section on Electoral and Voting Behavior. We look forward to your submissions and to a fantastic conference!

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EPSS 2026 Conference | June 18–20 | ICC Belfast, UK

Join top political scientists for the EPSS 2026 Annual Conference in Belfast. Submit papers, attend panels, and network with fellow researchers.

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American Journal of Political Science (AJPS) @ajpseditor.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Change in migrants’ political attitudes: Acculturation and cosmopolitanization is now available in Early View. @evakrejcova.bsky.social @filipkostelka.bsky.social ajps.org/2025/09/12/c...

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Eva Krejcova @evakrejcova.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

1/ How does migration affect political attitudes? Using 380k obs from 104 sending & 28 receiving countries, @filipkostelka.bsky.social, Nicolas Sauger & I find some migrants’ attitudes align with locals, while others exceed origin-host context, reshaping ideological space. 👉 doi.org/10.1111/ajps...

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Filip Kostelka @filipkostelka.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Jan Rovny (@jrovny.bsky.social) meets an impressive lineup of critics (@annagbusse.bsky.social, @grigopop.bsky.social, @lenkabustikova.bsky.social, Johanna K. Birnir) of his fantastic book "Circumstantial Liberals: Ethnic Minorities, Political Competition and Democracy" at @apsa.bsky.social 2025

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Filip Kostelka @filipkostelka.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

We look forward to receiving your submissions for the Comparative Politics section of the EPSS conference (@epssnet.bsky.social)! In addition to innovative work on traditional topics & cases, we especially welcome strong contributions on less studied countries and regions (e.g., Eastern Europe). 📝

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ERA Chair in Multidisciplinary Area Studies Project @era-areas.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

We are hiring! 🌏 For the future Center for Multidisciplinary Area Studies (CenMAS) at @ff.unikarlova.cuni.cz, we are looking for a 👉 Research Group Leader in Comparative Area Studies. Join us in Prague – details here: bit.ly/CenMASleader @millanos.bsky.social @karelkouba.bsky.social

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ERA Chair in Multidisciplinary Area Studies Project @era-areas.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

We are hiring! Join @ff.unikarlova.cuni.cz as a 👉 Postdoctoral Researcher in Comparative Area Studies and take part in building the future 🌏 Center for Multidisciplinary Area Studies (CenMAS). Based in Prague – details here: bit.ly/CenMASpostdoc @millanos.bsky.social @karelkouba.bsky.social

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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

From June 2025 - Understanding Voter Fatigue: Election Frequency and Electoral Abstention Approval - cup.org/4enhQaZ "findings hold major implications for our understanding of voter turnout and democratic institutional engineering" - @filipkostelka.bsky.social #OpenAccess

BJPolS abstract from a research paper discussing the impact of election frequency on voter turnout and democratic engagement.

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Lucas Leemann @lucasleemann.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

I have been at every single EPSA conference since EPSA was founded. I am excited to attend EPSS 2026 in Dublin - below some clarifications on EPSA and EPSS

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Simon Hix @simonhix.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Please share this thread. It is important that political scientists, in Europe and across the world, understand why EPSS exists and why we are encouraging people to attend our inaugural conference, in Belfast next June.

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