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Jennifer Oser

@jenny-oser.bsky.social
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Social scientist | PI of European Research Council (ERC) grant project | Full Professor, Ben-Gurion University in Israel | www.jenniferoser.com

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Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
If journal editorial is of interest to you - replace me at @jeppjournal.bsky.social as Associate Editor. I've loved working with JEPP. The team, papers, and reviewers have been awesome. Happy to answer questions if you have any. editorresources.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...
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Associate Editor needed for Journal of European Public Policy
Associate Editor needed for Journal of European Public Policy
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Francisca Castro @fcastrog.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Thrilled 2 share this co-authored article in Humanities and Social Sciences Communications w/ @jenny-oser.bsky.social & @ashoshan.bsky.social where we trace the evolution of scholarship at the intersection of social media and social movements in the age of datafication www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Social movements and social media: the evolution of scholarship in the age of datafication - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - Social movements and social media: the evolution of scholarship in the age of datafication
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Yamil Ricardo Velez @yamilrvelez.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Why do arguments often change people’s beliefs without changing their attitudes? In a new APSR with @scottclifford.bsky.social and @patrickpliu.bsky.social, we point to belief relevance: arguments are more persuasive when they grapple with the idiosyncratic reasons people hold their political views.
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The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
↗️ #PoliticalTrust can shape the trajectory of democracy, writes @mkolczynska.bsky.social. 📊 Its effects, however, are conditional and uneven – and increases in trust may sometimes even be conducive to democratic decline, rather than renewal. 👉️ bit.ly/4tweCbd
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Does political trust strengthen democracy?
Political trust can shape the trajectory of democracy writes Marta Kołczyńska, but its effects are conditional, uneven, and increases in trust may sometimes even be conducive to democratic decline rat...
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Tore Wig @torewig.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
We're hiring 2 postdocs at @uio.no on my ERC-Cog project on how authoritarian regimes shape scientific knowledge. 3–4 years, U. of Oslo. Deadline: 10 Sept 2026. Great dept., terms, well funded, bustling & green Scandi capital. Apply! 👉 jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/303060/postdoctoral-fello
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Postdoctoral Fellow  (303060) | University of Oslo
Job title: Postdoctoral Fellow  (303060), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Thursday, September 10, 2026
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Jennifer Oser @jenny-oser.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
⬇️Thanks for the feedback opportunity - and for the shout-out! The paper co-authored with the fabulous Julia Schulte-Cloos @jschultecloos.bsky.social & Hahrie Han, and Julia will be joining the talk ✨
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Alexia Katsanidou @alexiakatsanidou.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
For my Horizon Project EDGE I am looking for a senior researcher from October 1st. This is a 3-year position on inequalities and democracy support. All information on the job and application process is here: gesis.jobs.personio.de/job/2639403?...
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Post Doctoral Researcher (SDC-28) | Jobs at GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften
GESIS is one of the world's leading social science infrastructure facilities, supporting researchers at all levels of their research projects with expertise and infrastructure services. We help ensure...
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Jennifer Oser @jenny-oser.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
📢 Webinar invitation: May 20 on "AI & Politics" with Semra Sevi (University of Toronto) @semrasevi.bsky.social and Don Green (Columbia University)! Start time: 9:30 ET, 14:30 London, 15:30 CET, 16:30 Israel. For zoom link & additional info: www.prd-erc.eu/events
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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 12/05/2026
#OpenAccess from @ejprjournal.bsky.social - How does affective polarization feel? A comparative description - cup.org/3QwjcZj - @katharinalawall.bsky.social, @versteegenluca.bsky.social & @mtsakiris.bsky.social #FirstView
Logo 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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Nir Grinberg @nirg.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
8/8 🎉 Super proud of this computational social science work out of our lab at @bengurionuniv.bsky.social ! Huge thanks to my co-authors Itay Razumenko and Arnon Sturm. Read the full paper at arxiv.org/abs/2604.18041 If you're attending ACL, come say hi 👋 #NLProc #ACL2026 #LegalTech
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JudgeMeNot: Personalizing Large Language Models to Emulate Judicial Reasoning in Hebrew
Despite significant advances in large language models, personalizing them for individual decision-makers remains an open problem. Here, we introduce a synthetic-organic supervision pipeline that trans...
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Nir Grinberg @nirg.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
🚨 Excited to share our new paper to appear in the Findings of ACL 2026! "JudgeMeNot" asks: Can LLMs learn the specific reasoning signature of an individual judge? We tackle this in the low-resource setting of Hebrew case law. 🔗 arxiv.org/abs/2604.18041 🧵👇
The illustrative diagram shows our approach for training personalized LLMs to emulate Judge A (textualist) vs. Judge B (purposivist) and how those trained models might respond to a legal query.
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Peter Luca Versteegen @versteegenluca.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
🚨 Western democracies are often described as polarized. @katharinalawall.bsky.social, @mtsakiris.bsky.social + I study how polarization actually feels. Now published in @ejprjournal.bsky.social, we asked citizens in 5 European countries to report their emotions ⬇️ www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Jesse Acevedo @profejacevedo.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Excited to share that our paper on emigration and protest, co-authored with @fcastrog.bsky.social, has been accepted at JOP.
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Francisca Castro @fcastrog.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Really happy that our paper with @profejacevedo.bsky.social , "The Mobilizing Potential of Mass Emigration: Experimental Evidence from Honduras" received its final acceptance at the Journal of Politics 🎉 . You can check the accepted version here francisca-castro.com/research/art...
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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
🚨 EPSS 2026 Conference updates 🚨 The programme is now live. You can access the programme here: virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/75765/... 🧵
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Arndt Leininger @aleininger.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Colleagues, @svenhegewald.bsky.social and I are looking for a student assistant (30-40h/month, remote work possible) in my ERC project RESPOL @politikuhh.bsky.social @uni-hamburg.de. Please let your most talented students know. 😀🙏
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The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
👇 Based on @polbehavior.bsky.social research.
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Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
New blog post in @ecprtheloop.bsky.social summarizing our @polbehavior.bsky.social paper in which we ask whether the politically active are better represented? 🔗 to the full paper: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Are the Politically Active Better Represented? - Political Behavior
Political participation is considered an important path for people to influence politics. However, whether those who participate actually see more of their preferred policies implemented remains an op...
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Jesper Lindqvist @jesperlindqvist.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
We wrote a blog post about our recent paper in @polbehavior.bsky.social, where we discuss whether political participation is associated with better policy representation #polisky
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The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
🪧 Politically active people are better represented than inactive citizens, write @jesperlindqvist.bsky.social, @jenny-oser.bsky.social, @rdassonneville.bsky.social, @professormpersson.bsky.social & A Sundell. 📊 But do they affect policy outcomes any better than inactive people? 👉️ bit.ly/41lkPep
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Politically active people are better represented than inactive ones
Politically active people — including protesters and those engaging outside elections — are better represented than inactive citizens, write Jesper Lindqvist, Jennifer Oser, Ruth Dassonneville, Mikael...
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Omer Yair @omeryair88.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
And if you are interested in belief in conspiracy theories in Israel, check this paper out: doi.org/10.1111/pops...
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Conspiracy thinking and belief in partisan conspiracy theories: A moderating effect of partisan congruence?
Various studies have shown that people's predisposition to believe in conspiracy theories, commonly referred to as “conspiracy thinking,” strongly predicts belief in a myriad of conspiracy theories. ...
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Omer Yair @omeryair88.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Interested in recent public opinion in Israel? Here is a 🧵, based on online surveys fielded by Reichman's U.'s Institute for Liberty & Responsibility: (1) What is Israel's current situation? (entire sample + Coalition/Opposition) [An increase in "good" responses over the last year] >>>
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Julia Schulte-Cloos @jschultecloos.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
I still can’t quite believe it – yesterday I was awarded the 2026 Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize by the DFG! ✨✨✨ I am immensely grateful for the support of all the colleagues and mentors who have accompanied and supported me on my academic journey so far! 🙏
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Boris Heizmann @borisheizmann.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
📢Please share widely! 📢 Do you do research with Eurobarometer data? Then submit your abstract for the Eurobarometer Symposium at GESIS Cologne on March 11 and 12, 2027: www.gesis.org/en/eurobarom...
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Call for Papers: Eurobarometer Symposium March 2027
Stay updated with the latest news and developments from the Eurobarometer Data Service. Explore recent updates and insights for your research at GESIS.
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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
📢 Call for Proposals | APSA Political Communication Pre-Conference 2026 🗓️ Pre-conference: Sept 2, 2026 (Boston University) ⏰ Deadline: April 20, 2026 Full Call for Papers with subission details: politicalcommunication.org/apsa-pre-con...
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Endre Borbáth @eborbath.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
🔔 Happy to share our new paper in npj Climate Action on the effects of major climate protests on politically interested bystanders, co-authored with David Schieferdecker, @jacobsenjannes.bsky.social, @swenhutter.bsky.social, and Jule Specht. 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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The effects of turnout at major climate protests on politically-interested bystanders: a survey field experiment - npj Climate Action
npj Climate Action - The effects of turnout at major climate protests on politically-interested bystanders: a survey field experiment
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Lennart Schürmann @lennartschuermann.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
NEW PUBLICATION 🚨 "Street mobilisation during election campaigns in multilevel systems: a supply–demand analysis" with @leonhardschmidt.bsky.social — now out in @wepsocial.bsky.social 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2026.2634027 1/6
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European Journal of Political Research @ejprjournal.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
🆕 But are they learning? 🧑‍🎓 @lcjacobs89.bsky.social, @jokematthieu.bsky.social & Stefaan Walgrave use a randomised experiment in Belgium to see whether VAAs are improving young people's political literacy, aligning #Policy and choice, and even equalising ideological knowledge buff.ly/doPYaEK
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Vote advice applications increase young users’ ideological knowledge | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Vote advice applications increase young users’ ideological knowledge
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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
🚨 Important news from EPSS, we are inviting proposals for pre-conference workshops. Proposals should be submitted via the form on the EPPS website by 2 April 2026. Applicants will be notified of decisions by 10 April 2026. Please find more information here: epssnet.org/pre-conferen...
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Pre-Conference Workshops  - EPSS
Call for Proposals: EPSS Belfast 2026 Pre-Conference Workshops Wednesday, 17 June The Conference Committee invites proposals for pre-conference workshops to be held in advance of the EPSS 2026 Conference in Belfast. The pre-conference workshops will take place on Wednesday 17 June in the Hilton Belfast Hotel. Pre-conference workshops are designed to foster focused, in-depth discussion, skill-building, and collaboration …
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Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
‼️ There are not 1 but 2 CSES Awards now! Have you used CSES data in recent work or seen great work using the data? Nominate published work for the GESIS Klingemann Prize and conference papers for the brand new David Howell Award! And don't be shy to self-nominate!!
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Sven Ehmes @svenehmes.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
🔍 How does economic inequality impact beliefs in meritocracy? Using comprehensive survey data from 39 advanced capitalist democracies over more than three decades, Markus Gangl & I examine how rising economic inequality has been shaping citizens' belief in meritocracy. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/ser/mwag016
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The paradox of inequality that isn’t: rising economic inequality depresses and polarizes citizens’ belief in meritocracy
Abstract. This study examines how rising income inequality has been impacting individuals’ belief in merit-based success, using three decades of survey dat
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Diana O'Brien @dzobrien.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Super useful FREE new @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org Gender & Politics Element by @cbolzendahl.bsky.social & @hildecoffe.bsky.social shows how gender shapes political participation across Europe, w/ 8 forms of political activity over 10 waves of the European Social Survey (2002–2020) in 26 countries!
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Patrick Liu @patrickpliu.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
🧵 Why do facts often change beliefs but not attitudes? In a new WP with @yamilrvelez.bsky.social and @scottclifford.bsky.social, we caution against interpreting this as rigidity or motivated reasoning. Often, the beliefs *relevant* to people’s attitudes are not what researchers expect.
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Alex Coppock @aecoppock.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Congratulations to @yamilrvelez.bsky.social, @patrickpliu.bsky.social, and @scottclifford.bsky.social ! we think attitudes are some function of beliefs; our exps routinely move beliefs but not (even correlated) attitudes. This team found a way to guess which beliefs matter more (and they do!)
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Alex Coppock @aecoppock.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
🎺 Call for proposals 🎺 1️⃣ replicate an existing experiment 2️⃣ run a novel experiment on repdata.com 3️⃣ coauthor with Mary McGrath and me to meta-analyze the replications and existing studies 4️⃣ publish your study details: alexandercoppock.com/replication_... applications open Feb 1 please repost!
Call for Proposals: Data Collection for
Replication+Novel Political Science Survey Experiments
Alexander Coppock and Mary McGrath
January 27, 2026
We invite proposals for a survey experiment replication+novel design competition. Se-
lected replication+novel design survey experiments will be conducted on large samples of
American respondents, quota sampled to match U.S. Census margins and filtered for quality
and attention by the survey sample provider Rep Data (repdata.com).
Each proposal consists of two parts: (1) a replication study of an existing, previously
published survey experiment, and (2) a novel experimental design on a topic of the authors’
choosing.
The replication studies and reanalyses of the existing studies will be combined into a
meta-paper to be co-authored by all authors of accepted proposals along with the princi-
pal investigators (Coppock and McGrath). As a condition for acceptance, authors commit
to sharing the data and producing a write-up of the findings from their novel design for
submission to a scholarly journal, and public posting of a working paper pre-publication.
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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
EPSS Travel Grants for 2026 Belfast conference: PhD students & junior scholars @ institutions in European countries that are often underrepresented, can apply for full fee waiver & £500 stipend Apply: lnkd.in/ehXjhCgf Deadline: March 8, 11:59pm GMT. More details: lnkd.in/eZTP5sWR
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MEDem @medem.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
MEDem attended the #ESFRIroadmap2026 hearings ✅ This crucial step was only possible thanks to our incredible community. Thank you for the continued trust and strong support! 🙌 But what does this milestone mean, and what comes next? Read more on our #MEDemBlog 👉 www.medem.eu/a-shared-ste...
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Stuart Soroka @snsoroka.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Too much time on social media? Check out the @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org Element in Politics & Communication!: "consuming news from newer media sources such as social media & messaging apps is typically associated across countries with less knowledge & more misperceptions about political matters"
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Alon Zoizner @alonzoizner.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
New publication alert! 📘🚨 Our new book on news use, political knowledge, and misperceptions is out! (currently open access – link below🔓) We examine across 18 countries (N = 26K) what we call the "twin challenge of increased media choice."
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Swen Hutter @swenhutter.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Our latest paper on party brands in Europe is outin @poppublicsphere.bsky.social! More to come as the brilliant @eborbath.bsky.social and I finalize a book manuscript that brings together insights on party names, action repertoires, organizational adaptations, and how voters respond to them.
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Liran Harsgor @liranharsgor.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Happy to be part of the national leading team supporting this important infrastructure! Thank you @jenny-oser.bsky.social for you efforts :-)
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Jennifer Oser @jenny-oser.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
⬇️Thrilled to join as an Inaugural Member of the Israel National Consortium MEDem @medem.bsky.social : Liron Lavi (BIU), @noamgidron.bsky.social (HUJI), Osnat Akirav (ISPSA), @yaelrkaplan.bsky.social (OU), @acavari.bsky.social & Asif Efrat (RU), @ayakter.bsky.social & @liranharsgor.bsky.social ✨
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MEDem @medem.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
🌐 Our colleagues @liranharsgor.bsky.social ky.social, @jenny-oser.bsky.social & @ayakter.bsky.social have formed a National Consortium in Israel 🇮🇱. An important step toward consolidating national efforts! Thank you for your trust & investing in the infrastructural foundations our field depends on 🤝
Graphic announcing Israel joining the MEDem National Coordinators Network. The MEDem logo appears at the top left, with a map of Europe at the top right highlighting participating countries in blue. Below are three circular headshots labeled Jennifer Oser, Liran Harsgor, and Alon Yakter. Under each photo is their institutional affiliation: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, University of Haifa, and Tel Aviv University. At the bottom, the MEDem website (medem.eu) and contact email (info@medem.eu) are displayed.
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Eva Anduiza @evaanduiza.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
It has been great to navigate this paper with amazing @gefjonoff.bsky.social . Started expecting angry right-wing men to feel threatened by feminism and found out more than one surprise 👇
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Cyrus Samii @cdsamii.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Excited to see this out. The paper was a huge lift. If you’d be surprised that citizen empowerment *increases* the share that pay taxes in a place like Kinshasa, check out the details in Soeren’s thread.
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Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
NEW in CASBS's partnership w/ @laviedesidees.bsky.social & its English language site, Books & Ideas: Q&A w/2024-25 CASBS fellow @noamgidron.bsky.social among the world's authorities on the dynamics of polarization & democratic backsliding in Israel in recent years booksandideas.net/On-democrati...
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On democratic backsliding in Israel
In their recent research about Israeli politics, Noam Gidron and his coauthors explore the country's affective polarization, the support for the judicial overhaul, Likud's populism, and the relations ...
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Francisca Castro @fcastrog.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
New paper out in IJPOR! 🎉 We study how cues from political elites and close friends shape policy preferences using a survey experiment. Trump cues move opinions even after his first term ended, but friend cues can backfire. 📄 academic.oup.com/ijpor/article/38/1/edaf066/8472064
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External Cues and Policy Preferences: Rethinking the Drivers of Policy Positions
Abstract. At a time when the influence of external cues on opinion formation is gaining attention due to their relevance for preference formation, this res
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Jennifer Oser @jenny-oser.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
📢New co-authored article in @polbehavior.bsky.social about PARTICIPATION and REPRESENTATION! ✨We ask "Are the Politically Active Better Represented?" Our answer, using the most comprehensive data to date: A clear "YES" for nonelectoral participation like protest. ⬇️See Jesper's 🧵for more ✨
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MZES Social Science Data Lab @mzes-ssdl.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
▶️ Social Science Data Lab: Spring 2026 Events Four input talks by great researchers (see below ⤵️)! 🗓️ Details & Zoom: socialsciencedatalab.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/page/events/ 👥 Organizers: @rubac.bsky.social, @denis-cohen.bsky.social and Alexander Wenz
Upcoming

2026-05-13 | Input talk | Lion Behrens (Data Scientist & Independent Researcher)
Modeling Causal Heterogeneity with Machine Learning
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2026-04-22 | Input talk | Leah von der Heyde (GESIS)
AIn't Nothing But a Survey? Using Large Language Models for Coding Open-Ended Survey Responses
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2026-03-11 | Input talk | Andreas Küpfer (TU Darmstadt & University of Birmingham)
Politics in Action: Studying Multimodal Data from Local Meetings to National Parliaments
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2026-02-25 | Input talk | Klara Müller (University of Mannheim)
When Events Change Samples: Disentangling Causal Effects from Compositional Bias in Quasi-Experimental Designs
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Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
‼️ New paper out in @polbehavior.bsky.social ! We ask whether the politically active (in terms of electoral or other forms of participation) are better represented? See Jesper's detailed 🧵 below for more info on the paper! 👇
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