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Giorgio Malet

@giorgiomalet.bsky.social
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Political scientist at ETH Zürich. I study how citizens change Europe and how Europe, through its policies, changes them. www.giorgiomalet.net

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Giorgio Malet @giorgiomalet.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
We did it again! A year after our first workshop, @jellekoedam.bsky.social, @tinepaulsen.bsky.social, @nicolaiberk.bsky.social, and I welcomed another fantastic group of researchers to Zurich. Two days of thoughtful discussions, new connections, and lots of fun... 🏊 Thanks to everyone who joined!
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Thomas Kurer @thmskrr.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
🚨We are hiring a two-year postdoctoral researcher (80%) at the University of Zurich within the new Horizon Europe project WELFAIR on the political implications of technological change, demographic ageing and rising inequality. The full job ad is here: tinyurl.com/3b6ddm25 Apply by August 9, 2026.
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Diane Bolet @dianebolet.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
A fully funded 2-year postdoc for my ERC project on climate politics, comparative politics and political economy. Deadline: 29 July 2026, 10am CET Starting date: Jan 2027 (flexible) Feel free to reach out next week at EPSS if you’d like to discuss the position www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etude...
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Call for Applications - Postdoctoral Position GREENLOSS Project
2 Years - Postdoctoral Position Starting January 2027
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Politikwissenschaft Universität Hamburg @politikuhh.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Tomorrow (5:15 PM, VMP9 B130), we welcome @giorgiomalet.bsky.social (ETH Zurich) in our Hamburg Political Science Seminar Series (HPS³). As always, everyone is welcome to attend, no prior registration required! More information 👉 www.wiso.uni-hamburg.de/en/fachberei...
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Fabrizio Bernardi @fabriberna.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Which must-read book+3 articles would recommend to a first year Sociology PhD student? Which book+3 articles impacted you most, during your own PhD? I have made these questions to a group of colleagues. Here the combined list: www.fabriziobernardi.net/a-sociology-... 1/2🧵
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A Sociology PhD Starter Reading List » fabrizio bernardi
I created a kind of academic game and ask some colleagues in social stratification and social demography four short questions: I received answers from 15 colleagues: 6 women and 9 ... Read more
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Robert Finger @robertfinger.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
'Conditional Subsidies and Political Backlash in the Green Transition' Join us next week for the FRIES Seminar by Giorgio Malet AT ETH and via zoom ethz.zoom.us/j/66232820267 More on FRIES frieseth.wixsite.com/friesethz
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Reto Bürgisser @retobuergisser.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
🚨 Job Alert 🚨 We have an opening for a 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗰 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 @stawi-univie.bsky.social starting Aug/Sep 2026! Focus: political representation, party competition, political institutions, political economy, political behavior, or related fields 📅Apply by 29 April 2026 jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
Job vacancy announcement for a postdoctoral position at the University of Vienna Department of Government, starting August/September 2026. Research focus includes political representation, party competition, political institutions, political economy, political behavior, or related fields. Application deadline: 29 April 2026. Full details are also available through the shared link.
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Line Rennwald @linerenn.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
📢 GREC lecture series in spring semester 2026 🗓️ 5th March: @selmasarenkapa.bsky.social 16th April: Natasha Wunsch 21th May: @giorgiomalet.bsky.social @sspunil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social @forsresearch.bsky.social
GREC lecture series Spring 2026
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Diane Bolet @dianebolet.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
📢 JOB ALERT! Fully funded 3-year PhD in Climate & Comparative Politics at @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social. Starting in September. The project is on the political consequences of climate policies in carbon-intensive communities across Europe. 🗓 Deadline: May 17 www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etude...
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Call for applications for a 3 years doctoral contract
For the ERC GREENLOSS Project - Application deadline: May 17, 2026
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Robert Finger @robertfinger.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Vacancy with Lukas Fesenfeld and the Einstein School of Public Policy at ETH Zürich: Postdoc position, Political Economy of Low-Carbon Technologies jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP...
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Postdoc position: Political Economy of Low-Carbon Technologies
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Roman Senninger @rsenninger.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
We’re organizing a workshop at Aarhus University. Please share and consider submitting! 🗓️ 13–14 April 2026 | 📝 Deadline: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 (extended abstract) — junior scholars prioritized 🎤 Keynotes: @stefwalter.bsky.social (Univ. of Zurich) & @hhuang.bsky.social (Ohio State)
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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 29/12/2025
#OpenAccess from @psrm.bsky.social - Monitoring coalition partners in the EU: strategic committee appointments in the European Parliament - cup.org/3NjynDg - @pitrieger.bsky.social #FirstView
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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
This is a brilliant piece on the restructuring of political competition in Western Europe and goes far beyond the question of populism. Great also for teaching.
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Journal of European Integration @jei-publication.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
🚨 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐉𝐄𝐈 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 The Annual Lecture will be delivered by F. Schimmelfennig on 2 July 2026 on the occasion of the 13th SGEU Biennial Conference at Università di Catania, Italy. The title of the lecture is: “Between world orders: EU boundary formation in a changing international system.”
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Violeta Haas @haasvioleta.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Happy that our paper with @bogatyrev.bsky.social, @tabouchadi.bsky.social, @heikekluever.bsky.social, and @lstoetze.bsky.social found a home at @thejop.bsky.social. You can read it here 👇 www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... Thanks to all the fantastic people giving feedback and supporting us
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The Electoral Effects of State-Sponsored Anti-LGBTQ Measures | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No ja
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theresa gessler @gessler.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
We're looking for a colleague (postdoc) 📢 @politikuhh.bsky.social 3+3 years Doing your own research while teaching 2.5 courses per semester Research agenda with links to our team (democracy, digital politics, political competition/behaviour) DL 🗓️ 05/01 stellen.uni-hamburg.de/jobposting/6...
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Research Associate (Postdoc) Political Science § 28 Subsection 2 HmbHG
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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
With the Progressive Politics Research Network, we have published 8 new research briefs on the politics of housing. What does a progressive agenda on housing look like? Which elements are important? What the hurdles are and how can they be overcome? politicscentre.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/progressive-...
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Magda Breyer @mabreyer.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
New article out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social with Tabea Palmtag and @dpzollinger.bsky.social 📝 We use open-ended survey questions (in Germany) to assess how and among whom social status shifts are perceived. This tests cultural backlash narratives in voters' perceptions. 🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0010...
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It is widely accepted in political science – and remarkably established in public discourse – that status anxieties fuel a far right backlash against progressive politics. This narrative suggests that right-wing conservatives perceive the status of women, racial, or sexual minorities as threatening. Using open-ended survey questions fielded in Germany, we show that women and minorities indeed figure in people’s perceptions of status hierarchies, but in very specific ways: First, overall, people still perceive status as largely socioeconomically determined. Second, sociocultural groups figure in perceptions of who is gaining/losing status, less so in perceptions of the top/bottom of society. Third, more than conservative voters, it is social progressives who mention women and minorities as “winners”. While on race/ethnicity, we find evidence for a backlash, on gender and sexuality we find more evidence for a progressive momentum. This matters for progressive politics today and for how we empirically study status concerns.
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Simone Cremaschi @simonecremaschi.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Now out @apsrjournal.bsky.social with page numbers! 🫒 We advance a new argument on how economic crises fuel support for far-right parties in left-behind places by tapping into long-standing community narratives shorturl.at/bA55v @catherinedevries.bsky.social
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Delia Zollinger @dpzollinger.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
How are contemporary cleavage structures stabilized in times of declining mass social and political organizations? In this new paper with @davidattewell6.bsky.social @bjpols.bsky.social, we suggest that homogeneous social (educational) networks provide part of the answer. tinyurl.com/49cs8jwp
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Educational Networks, Social Closure, and Cleavage Stabilization | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core
Educational Networks, Social Closure, and Cleavage Stabilization - Volume 55
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Reto Bürgisser @retobuergisser.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Share widely with your students in Switzerland 🇨🇭thinking about a PhD @eui-eu.bsky.social 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗘𝗨𝗜 𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗽 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸 🇨🇭 21 Nov 2025 | 2:30pm CET @alissasiara.bsky.social introduces the program & life at EUI, I share my experience, and we answer your questions. 👉 Register: www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
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PhD Prep Talk: Switzerland
Meet an EUI Researcher and alumnus from your country​!
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Giorgio Malet @giorgiomalet.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
🚨 New article out in @jeppjournal.bsky.social with @svenhegewald.bsky.social “The changing geography of support for European integration in the shadow of the Ukraine war." How did Russia’s invasion reshape public support for EU policies? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
On the continuity between Deaghi and Meloni, I have written in 2023 with Salvatore Vassallo here ⬇️ We were not wrong. www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
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Pit Rieger @pitrieger.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Excited to share my first single-authored dissertation paper! I study how voters react to party differentiation in coalitions. Voters like clear partisan signals, but the gains are short-lived and limited to aligned supporters. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Giada Pasquettaz @giadapasquettaz.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
New semester, new great lineup for our #InternationalStudies seminar with amazing speakers at @uni-konstanz.de ➡️ Gabriella Gricius @ggricius.bsky.social ➡️ Fabio Franchino ➡️ Livia Schubiger ➡️ Kenneth Schultz ➡️ Giorgio Malet @giorgiomalet.bsky.social ➡️ Timon Forster @timonforster.bsky.social
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JEPP Journal @jeppjournal.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Citizens in 🥜-regions closer to Russia became more supportive of EU defence, enlargement & foreign policy after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine (exception: energy policy) By @giorgiomalet.bsky.social and @svenhegewald.bsky.social 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine @chriswratil.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
You have work on politics in Europe, European integration or the EU? Submit it to next year's @epssnet.bsky.social conference section on "European and EU Politics“ 👇 @bjornhoyland.bsky.social & I are open to diverse proposals with a European dimension.
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Bjørn Høyland (@bjornhoyland.bsky.social)
Professor of Political Science, University of Oslo. Interests: EU politics, comparative legislative politics, comparative European Politics & political data science.
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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Now out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social. In our new article, @denis-cohen.bsky.social @thmskrr.bsky.social and I show that where local rent prices increase more, residents with lower incomes become more likely to support the radical right AfD. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Thomas M. Meyer @thomasmmeyer.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
New publication with @kgattermann.bsky.social : “Does media framing of election results affect whether voters perceive parties as election winners or losers?” @polstudies.bsky.social doi.org/10.1177/0032... A short 🧵:
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Giorgio Malet @giorgiomalet.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Together with @jellekoedam.bsky.social, @tinepaulsen.bsky.social, and @nicolaiberk.bsky.social, we brought together an amazing group of researchers doing exciting work here in Zurich — and it turned into a super fun, engaging workshop. Huge thanks to everyone who joined and made it so special!
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Simon Chauchard @simonchauchard.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
🚨EPSA 2025 friends, Program Committee co-chair here.... We still have a few great panels missing discussants!! **Details below: 1/n** PLEASE RETWEET AND CONSIDER DISCUSSING :) docs.google.com/spreadsheets... if you are able to assist with any of these roles please email: info@epsanet.org ASAP
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Full Conference Overview_EPSA.2025.xlsx
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Filip Kostelka @filipkostelka.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Great tribute to Hanspeter Kriesi's impressive research career now happening at the European University Institute. @eui-sps.bsky.social @eui-eu.bsky.social
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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Brexit has featured prominently in the Swiss debate about CH-EU relations. Here we provide a more systematic study, using panel data to study changes in attitudes over time.
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Roman Senninger @rsenninger.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
🚨 New book alert! Policy Preparation Inside the European Commission is out with OUP @oxfordacademic.bsky.social It’s about the behind-the-scenes stage of EU policymaking that shapes everything—yet rarely gets the spotlight: how the Commission prepares its proposals. Link: doi.org/10.1093/9780...
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Thomas Kurer @thmskrr.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
🚨3-Year Postdoc Position in Zurich @ipz.bsky.social ❓Political implications of labor market transformation Plenty of flexibility, no teaching obligations, great research environment in an highly livable city. Deadline: May 18, 2025. tinyurl.com/postdoczurich #polisky #poliscijobs #psjminfo
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Sophia Hunger @sophiahunger.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
🚨 Join us for the next edition Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology in Bremen 🚨 Open to PhD students and early career scholars Fully-funded places available for applicants, deadline 1st of May 📅 summerschoolwpm.org
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
There have been many "new cleavage" articles in the 1990s and 2000s, but I have always found this particular one to be the most insightful and prescient. 👇
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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Every once in a while, we write articles we truly care about. This is one of them, and I am so happy and proud to see it published at ISQ:
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Responding to Unilateral Challenges to International Institutions
Abstracts. How do international institutions respond to unilateral challenges by its member states, such as non-compliance, blocking of reforms, renegotiat
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Dimiter Toshkov @dtoshkov.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
How do attitudes to 🇪🇺 European integration relate to political ideology and policy preferences? A major update of my study: - I added the latest 2023 ESS data for citizens and 2024 CHES data for parties - I built an app to explore these relationships across datasets, indicators, years & countries
Average support for further European integration of citizens (blue line, based on GAM with cubic regression splines) and positive orientation towards European integration of political parties (black dots and red line, based on a local polynomial regression) as functions of left-right self-placement of the citizens and general left-right party positions as estimated by experts. Originally, party positions on European integration are scored on a 1-to-7 scale, which has been rescaled from 0 to 10 to match the public opinion data. Data: ESS Wave 11 (2023), CHES (2024).
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Kasia Nalewajko @knalewajko.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Very happy that my paper has just been published at @apsrjournal.bsky.social! Do insurgents help or hurt genocide targets? Contrary to common belief, I find that insurgent presence reduced Jewish victimisation during the Holocaust in France. Here's what I discovered 👇 1/6
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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
News from the DISINTEGRATION project: In a new working paper, @giorgiomalet.bsky.social, @tommccraehunter.bsky.social, @scherzinger.bsky.social and I find that how people view the EU is influenced by what kind of EU policies the media are focusing on and how this chimes with people‘s preferences.
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Vicente Valentim @valentimvicente.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Very happy that our paper (w/ @dziblatt.bsky.social & E Dinas) has been accepted @bjpols.bsky.social . We've seen the center right increasingly adopt far-right rhetoric. Our experiment in 🇩🇪 finds that this erodes anti-prejudice norms *more* than when the far-right employs similar rhetoric. 1/3
Abstract: How does anti-immigrant rhetoric by mainstream politicians affect norms of tolerance? How does this compare to similar statements made by radical-right politicians? Drawing on experimental evidence, we find that statements by mainstream politicians lead to more norm erosion than similar statements by radical-right politicians. Subsample analyses suggests that this is because statements by mainstream-right politicians erode norm perceptions of right-wing individuals, while those by radical-right politicians induce backlash among left-wing individuals, who hold closer to the norm in place. The latter effect (backlash by the left) disappears when similar statements are made by mainstream right politicians. We argue that this difference occurs because mainstream politicians represent the views of a larger part of the population or have a higher status. Our results highlight the pivotal role of mainstream politicians in enforcing or eroding democratic norms, and that similar political statements can have different effects depending on their sender.
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Jelle Koedam @jellekoedam.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
How should we study party polarization in Europe? Happy to share that our paper on *multidimensional* polarization is now out @bjpols.bsky.social! (more 👇)
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Matthias Leese @matthiasleese.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
we talk about borders all the time, but how do citizens think about them? pretty cool article by my (former) @ethzurich.bsky.social colleagues @ronjasczepanski.bsky.social, @giorgiomalet.bsky.social and Jana Lipps based on survey research academic.oup.com/isq/article/...
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Understanding Preferences over Borders
Abstract. The governance of international borders has evolved into a contentious issue of political competition along the cosmopolitan-nationalistic divide
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Ronja Sczepanski @ronjasczepanski.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
With the amazing Jana Lipps and @giorgiomalet.bsky.social we have a new publication in ISQ! We explore and theorize citizens’ preferences for border securing policies using open-ended survey responses and a conjoint experiment academic.oup.com/isq/article/...
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Understanding Preferences over Borders
Abstract. The governance of international borders has evolved into a contentious issue of political competition along the cosmopolitan-nationalistic divide
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Diane Bolet @dianebolet.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Very excited to present my latest work tmr with @giorgiomalet.bsky.social on the political behaviour of farmers in times of growing environmental regulations
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Silja Häusermann @siljahausermann.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
‼️ Hiring ‼️ Two (!) positions in my group at @ipz.bsky.social in Zurich 📣 1 postdoc position (3+3 years) 📣 1 PhD position (3,5 years) Application deadline in early March. Job ads & details: tinyurl.com/3p6yhptk We are an international and friendly department with excellent working conditions
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theresa gessler @gessler.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
New paper 🚨with Natasha Wunsch in EJPR A new regime divide? Democratic backsliding, attitudes towards democracy and affective polarization We theorize & empirically explore how democratic backsliding may shape an affective divide between government & opposition supporters doi.org/10.1111/1475...
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A new regime divide? Democratic backsliding, attitudes towards democracy and affective polarization
Partisan-based affective polarization has been posited as a key explanation for citizens' tolerance towards democratic backsliding, with voters more likely to overlook democratic violations conducted....
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Guillem Vidal @guillemvidal.me · 08/01/2025
Can a public wealth transfer to young people reduce inequality? New article out in the Journal of European Social Policy with Andreas Thiemann, Leire Salazar and @josenoguerauab.bsky.social! 🧵 Thread 👇
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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
What a nice way to start work in the new year: Tom Hunter’s and my article introducing a new dataset on how IOs are discussed in parliaments just came out in RIO, as part of a special issue on domestic politics and IOs edited by @reneebowen.bsky.social, Lawrence Broz & @cjschneider.bsky.social
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International organizations in national parliamentary debates - The Review of International Organizations
This data article introduces IOParlspeech, an original dataset of over 600,000 statements on international organizations (IOs) in parliamentary debates in six countries between 1990 and 2018. We expla...
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