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Institut für Staatswissenschaft / Department of Government @stawi-univie.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Why does democracy backslide even when most people say they support it? ⚖️🏛️ Senior Scientist Dr. Marta Vukovic @martav.bsky.social explains why citizens sometimes tolerate democratic violations and what it takes to protect liberal democracy in Rudolphina's newest article and video. ⬇️ @univie.ac.at

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Democratic backsliding explained | University of Vienna

Democracy can backslide even when most people say they support it. University of Vienna political scientist Marta Vukovic explains why citizens sometimes tolerate democratic violations and what it tak...

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Lukas Lehner @lukaslehner.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

New paper with @philiprathgeb.bsky.social in Journal of European Social Policy: #SocialInsurance is blamed for entrenching insider-outsider divides & weakening redistribution. Drawing on #Austria, we show it can be more solidaristic and resilient than means-tested benefits. doi.org/10.1177/0958...

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Julia Partheymüller @schnizzl.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Alle Demos nächste Woche: Wien: Mi, 27.05., 13 Uhr, Uni Wien Linz: Do, 28.05., 16 Uhr, Hauptplatz Graz: Do, 28.05., 14 Uhr, Wilhelm Fischer Allee Salzburg: Do, 28.05., 14 Uhr, Kapitelplatz Klagenfurt: Do, 28.05., 10 Uhr, Uni-Vorplatz www.oeh.ac.at/info/unisret... #UnisRetten @nuwiss.bsky.social

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Sparkurs stoppen - #UnisRetten! - Österreichische Hochschüler_innenschaft (ÖH)

Milliardenkürzungen bei den Unis? Nicht mit uns! Gemeinsam mit den Universitäten gehen wir als Studierendenvertreter_innen auf die Straße.

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Julia Partheymüller @schnizzl.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Budget - Unis rufen zu Demos gegen Kürzungen auf 📅 Mittwoch, 27. Mai 2027 um 13.00 🏛️ Start am Ring vor dem Hauptgebäude der Uni Wien www.univie.ac.at/aktuelles/pr...

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Budget - Unis rufen zu Demos gegen Kürzungen auf

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Jule Kegel @julekgl.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

My first paper is out! Co-authored with @falkscheidig.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/pa/g...

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Marta Vukovic @martav.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

I’d especially like to encourage women to apply. We’re a fantastic department with excellent scholars, in beautiful Vienna. Data shows that women are less likely to apply for positions than equally qualified men (Muriel Niederle & Lise Vesterlund 2011), so if you’re considering it, please go for it!

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

My wish for 2026 is that politicians and political analysts realize that public opinion is endogenous to elite behavior, that polling single issues tells us nothing about electorally successful strategies, that politics means shaping public opinion and that popularism is the death of progressivism.

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Laurenz Ennser-Jedenastik @laurenzennser.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

🚨New paper out in @jeppjournal.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1080/1350... @manuelwagner.bsky.social & I re-conceptualize class representation to take into account social mobility between classes and variation in how individuals enter politics.

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Klaudia Wegschaider @wegschaider.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

📝🧵 New Publication ✨ My paper on multi-option referendums is now available open access in @cpsjournal.bsky.social If you are interested in referendum design and/or immigrant enfranchisement and/or multi-method work, read on...

Abstract: Is voting behaviour in referendums impacted by having similar proposals on the same topic? Drawing on the literature on the compromise effect, I argue that support for a proposal is higher if it is presented alongside a more extreme version. Empirically, I apply this argument to the substantive topic of electoral rights for immigrants—a contemporary frontier of democratisation. First, I test the argument with an original survey experiment fielded in the United States. Second, I delve into the practical relevance of the topic by focusing on Swiss immigrant enfranchisement referendums. Two case studies complement a subsequent analysis of voting data. The results of the experiment and the observational analysis both support the idea that the compromise effect shapes voting behaviour in simultaneous referendums. These findings call on scholars to consider the compromise effect in the study of popular votes and political decision-making more generally.

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Institut für Staatswissenschaft / Department of Government @stawi-univie.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

From 26 to 28 June 2025, the 15th Annual Conference of the European Political Science Association will take place in Madrid, Spain. Many of our colleagues will attend the conference and present their research. #EPSA2025. The presenters are: 🧵 1/3

The schedule of the presenters from the EPSA2025

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Marta Vukovic @martav.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

🚨 My first publication, co-authored with Sylvia Kritzinger & Susanna Bastaroli, is out! In our chapter, we explore how Italians re-elaborate their country’s role in the WWII & the Holocaust. Available online & in print (EN): www.wallstein-verlag.de/978383535866... 🧵 Some key findings: 👇

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