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Nils C. Kumkar @nilskumkar.bsky.social · 15h

Unsere Band heißt einstürzende Brandmauern und das nächste Stück heißt: Das BSW hat nur fünf Mandate.

"Historische Wahl: Erstmals stellt die AfD einen Landtagspräsidenten Tobias Rausch wurde mit 48 Stimmen gewählt -- neun Stimmen mehr als die AfD-Fraktion Mandate hat"

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Florian Foos @florianfoos.bsky.social · 10h

The CDU is crucial to the stability of German democracy, but this doesn’t look stable at all.

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Markus Kollberg @markuskollberg.bsky.social · 18h

🚨New Paper in @polbehavior.bsky.social! Julia Leschke and I ask: What works against populist rhetoric? We find: Advocating for pluralist ideals can mitigate the negative effects of populist rhetoric. link.springer.com/article/10.1... More details below ⏬

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

For 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

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Stefan Müller @stefanmueller.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Our School of Politics and International Relations at @ucddublin.bsky.social is hiring two permanent (!) Assistant Professors in any field of political science, international relations, political theory, or development. Deadline: 9 November Start date: 30 August 2027 my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...

Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Politics and International Relations (x2), UCD School of Politics and International Relations, Permanent
Applications are invited for a permanent post of a Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Politics and International Relations (x2) within UCD School of Politics and International Relations.

The UCD School of Politics & International Relations (SPIRe) is a globally ranked, research-active school with teaching and research expertise across the fields of political science, international relations, normative political theory, international development, and other areas. It is committed to the highest standards in undergraduate and graduate teaching and research supervision. The school is home to a number of research centres, and further information can be found at: https://www.ucd.ie/spire/about/

95 Lecturer/Asst Professor Above The Bar (7943) Salary Scale: €66,055 - €104,600 per annum

Appointment will be made on scale and in accordance with the Department of Finance guidelines.

Closing date: 12:00 noon (local Irish time) on 9th November 2026.

Applications must be submitted by the closing date and time specified. Any applications which are still in progress at the closing time of 12:00 noon (Local Irish Time) on the specified closing date will be cancelled automatically by the system. UCD are unable to accept late applications.

UCD do not require assistance from Recruitment Agencies. Any CV's submitted by Recruitment Agencies will be returned.

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Julius Kölzer @juliusk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Noch einmal zur Erinnerung: In Berlin gibt es seit eh und je eine stets knappe Mehrheit der Stimmen für Parteien links der Mitte. Was sich verschoben hat, sind die Kräfteverhältnisse innerhalb des linken Blocks.

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Toni Rodon @tonirodon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Having a job in a workplace with a considerable proportion of university-educated coworkers is associated with an increase in culturally liberal attitudes www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Ideas at Work: Educated Colleagues Shape Political Attitudes | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core

Ideas at Work: Educated Colleagues Shape Political Attitudes - Volume 56

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Alexander Wuttke @kunkakom.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

We are hiring at LMU Munich: two PhD positions and one postdoc on democracy, political psychology and computational social science. Start: January 2027 or as soon as possible. We review applications on a rolling basis until October 20. Details below. Reposts very welcome! 1/7

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Markus Kollberg @markuskollberg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Do you want to understand whether investments in public services can make democracies more resilient? Come and do your PhD with @heikekluever.bsky.social and me! We offer great conditions, a supportive team, and lots of room to develop your own ideas. Any questions? Please, do reach out!

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Heike Klüver @heikekluever.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

📣 We're hiring! Looking for a PhD position? Join our team in Berlin! Work with @heikekluever.bsky.social and @markuskollberg.bsky.social in #STATEWORK at Humboldt University and join our @dynamics.bsky.social PhD programme Great people, great project, great city! 🗓️ Deadline: 13 October 2026

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Julius Kölzer @juliusk.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Unterschiede gibt es allerdings in der Struktur der Agrarwirtschaft und dortigen Besitzverhältnissen. Das preußische Vorpommern ist stärker von Großbetrieben geprägt, häufig in der Hand adliger Junkerschichten. Die Landwirtschaft in Mecklenburg eher von kleinbäuerlichen Familienbetrieben.

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Friedrich Zillessen @fzillessen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

And: we are hiring! At Oxford's Centre for Democratic Resilience, we are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join us on this project. The application deadline is 25 September 2026: lnkd.in/giAwTS9T 5/5

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Jochen Müller @jocmuel.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I fully agree. It is remarkable, though, and in some ways surprising, how much political meaning will be read into this election, given MV's small electorate, just over 2% of Germany’s, and very specific local context. For the CDU in MV, the circumstances amount to a perfect storm.

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Sebastian Ziaja @sziaja.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Geo-coded electoral data offers immense potential for understanding democratic processes. @dielea.bsky.social, Stefan Jünger, and I will build a research data infrastructure to support the global research community using such data with our DFG-funded project "Electoral Spaces". We are hiring!

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Markus Kollberg @markuskollberg.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

@fabioellger.bsky.social and I are organizing an open panel on the crisis of conservative and christian democratic parties at next year's meeting of the German political science association (DVPW). We are looking forward to interesting submissions!

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Anja Neundorf @anjaneundorf.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Come and join us in Copenhagen next June for @epssnet.bsky.social 2027!

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Arndt Leininger @aleininger.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

🧵 Just accepted @thejop.bsky.social, with @tswalve.bsky.social "What's in a name? Name recognition, place-based identities, and candidate success" Voters prefer local candidates. But how do they know who's local? Often simply from the name on the ballot👇 www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

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What's in a name? Name recognition, place-based identities, and candidate success | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No ja

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Computational Communication Science Lab (CCL) @compcommlab.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

📢 We’re hiring a Postdoc in Computational Communication Science at the University of Vienna! 🔎 Text/image analysis, platform data & political communication 📍 Vienna ⏳ 6 years, full-time ⏰ Apply by 3 Oct jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi... Find out more about our team here: compcommlab.univie.ac.at

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Heike Klüver @heikekluever.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

„Jetzt lasst sie halt mal machen?“ Die Hoffnung, die AfD werde sich in Regierungsverantwortung „entzaubern“, ist wieder da. Die wissenschaftliche Evidenz spricht dagegen. Über die Befunde meiner Studie mit @anninahermes.bsky.social habe ich mit @zeit.de gesprochen tinyurl.com/33f8vkzf

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Rechte Regierungen: Jetzt lasst sie halt mal machen? – Das geht nach hinten los

Rechte Parteien entzaubern sich nicht, wenn sie regieren. Da ist die Wissenschaft sehr klar. Wer den Satz sagt, hofft auf Regeln, die für die AfD nicht mehr gelten.

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Marius Sältzer @msaeltzer.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Job Alert! We now have another position in computational social science. In the context of an interdisciplinary method center, we offer a 4+1 year 100% postdoc position with no teaching! If you have any questions, send me a PM. uol.de/en/job/postd...

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Postdoctoral Position in Digital Social Sciences and Humanities // University of Oldenburg

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Omar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

“Writing is hard.” Thrilled to share that this simple idea led to a new paper in Political Analysis! Where most text methods focus on content, I test if expression is also effortful action. I find simple measures like character counts reveal attitudes and predict voting. cup.org/4cUmoXi 1/

Text as Behavior
Text as Behavior published in Political Analysis

by Omar Wasow

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Text analysis typically focuses on content—such as sentiment or topic—but expression is also a form of effortful action. Building on this insight, I propose using simple features of open-ended tasks to study text as behavior. This approach treats expression, such as writing, as cognitively, emotionally and temporally “costly” for subjects but inexpensive for researchers. I show basic statistics like the number of characters can approximate effort and significantly improve estimation of quantities of interest, including candidate choice, the probability of turning out to vote and psychological states about which a subject may not be fully aware. Further, these methods can convert nonresponse into informative data; validate survey instruments; serve as mechanism checks; be hard for a subject to “game”; work across different languages and analogize well to real-world situations. In sum, text as behavior can help address a range of issues related to quantifying attitudes and actions.

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Here's a short list of real experts if you are a journalist who wants someone to talk to about the AfD (which I assume might happen the next days): @asheinze.bsky.social @krausewe.bsky.social @leoniedejonge.bsky.social @markuskollberg.bsky.social @denis-cohen.bsky.social @tevoelker.bsky.social

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

We will see what happens in November, but forcefully telling elected officials that you will punish them for limiting voting access is exactly the way to go.

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Anne Meng @annemeng.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

🚨Job alert 🚨 UVA is hiring an assistant professor in CP! Apply here 👉🏻 apply.interfolio.com/190673

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Der Erfolg der radikalen Rechten misst sich nicht nur in Stimmen und Sitzen. Er zeigt sich in diesen Geschichten. Wir haben unsere Humanität und unseren Anstand verloren. Ersetzt von einem selbstmitleidigen Wutbürgertum. Das christilich-konservative Menschenbild ersetzt vom autoritären Nationalismus

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Reuters @reuters.com · 12/08/2026

People gathered in Spain's Arija and Arcos de las Salinas to catch a glimpse of Europe's first total solar eclipse in 27 years

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Tobias Widmann @twidmann.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

📢 I’m hiring 2 three-year postdocs at Dept of Political Science, @au.dk! Come work with me on The Politics of Shaming and Shamelessness — a new project on elite rhetoric, emotions, norms, hostility and political violence. Deadline: 31 August 2026 Start: Dec 2026–Feb 2027 Please share widely! 🙏

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2 three-year postdocs in political communication and political psychology at Aarhus University - Vacancy at Aarhus University

Vacancy at Department of Political Science, Aarhus University

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

🔥🔥🔥 noahdasanaike.github.io/sage.html

The Small-Area Global Elections (SAGE)
Dataset
Noah Dasanaike*
June 30, 2026
Conditionally Accepted at Nature Scientific Data
Abstract
Cross-national research on electoral behavior has been bounded by the granularity of comparative election data. Existing archives aggregate to constituency or country level, omit spatial information, or restrict coverage to a small set of well-documented democracies. The Small-Area Global Elections (SAGE) dataset collects lower-house parliamentary and presidential returns for 110 countries and territories at the smallest unit each electoral authority publishes, geocodes the units, and harmonizes party and candidate identifiers across languages. For most countries the unit is a polling station with fewer than a thousand voters; the full dataset carries roughly ten billion votes cast across more than eight million units. The dataset is openly available in tabular and spatial formats, with companion R and Python packages providing direct access. SAGE supports spatial analyses of electoral behavior across democracies and hybrid regimes at a granularity not previously available for cross-national comparison.

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Will Lowe @conjugateprior.org · 03/08/2026

Here's a simple idea for seeing your way through the current 'AI in academic papers' panic. If you are the author on a paper, you're not claiming you did everything in the paper yourself (whatever that could even mean), you're taking responsibility for everything claimed in the paper yourself.

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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 02/08/2026

I'm not sure folks have realized just how crazy the second half of 2026 and 2027 will be for global temperatures – on the back of a record-smashing El Niño event. Here is my latest estimate of where both years will end up compared to global temperatures since 1850.

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Nicolai Berk @nicolaiberk.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I did not expect that I could get any more disgusted with the European migration discourse. Thousands of people, desperate for a shred of the security, perspective and hope of the lives we take for granted, trying to enter the continent the right never tires to badmouth.

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Nick Huntington-Klein @nickchk.com · 30/07/2026

One of my empirical-work econ takes is that I think academia should be *more* open to publishing work based on best-we-can-do weak data, as long as there's really no other way to address the question and that work is very clear about what it can and can't actually say.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

A complete & total failure of the constitutional order that this didn't immediately end his presidency. When folks say "He can't do ______," & he has gotten away with 1) a coup attempt; 2) this reverse nullification; & 3) openly monetizing the presidency, I wonder what & who is going to stop him.

Bart Simpson at board: "The institutions are not self-enforcing"

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Ruprecht Polenz @polenz.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Wir werden den Islamismus nur gemeinsam mit den Muslimen besiegen können.

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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

If you look closely, there’s some sort of pattern here. www.ft.com/content/9741...

Chart of the labour share of income in France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, UK and US since 1960. All falling.

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Macartan Humphreys @macartan.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

This chat is one of the most incredible things you will read today And they didn’t even say thank you

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Thomas Tichelbaecker @ttichelbaecker.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

This was a fantastic workshop in a beautiful city! Thanks so much @giorgiomalet.bsky.social @tinepaulsen.bsky.social @nicolaiberk.bsky.social and @jellekoedam.bsky.social for organizing!

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Lee Drutman @leedrutman.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

More than 500 scholars agree: "We write to urge Congress to do what most democracies have already done: adopt proportional representation." proud to be among them. medium.com/@scholars-re...

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Letter to Congress: End the Redistricting Wars by Adopting Proportional Representation

Gerrymandering persists because single-member districts allow it.

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Nicolai Berk @nicolaiberk.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Such a great crowd, learned a lot and took along plenty of inspiration - big thank you to all speakers and the generous discussants!

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Christian Rauh @chrauh.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒚? Our new (well…) study in @ejprjournal.bsky.social suggests that commitment to democratic rights and procedures does not look particularly robust once citizens face concrete crisis-related trade-offs. (1/6)

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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Here's something I post from time to time. My answer to a reader who asked me: what could journalists do NOW to break with some of their more corrosive habits.

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Sophie E. Hill @sophieehill.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

jesus christ paredes. 5,000 match ban at least.

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

As Adam Bonica says, “America’s problems are solved problems. Just not here.”

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Annika Brockschmidt @ardenthistorian.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Das deutsche Innenministerium wird einen “Workshop” mit Marco Rubio und “Partnern” in Deutschland zu “Linksextremismus” veranstalten - ein Folgetreffen der hanebüchenen Anti-Antifa Konferenz in Washington. Ideologischer Schulterschluss mit einer faschistischen Regierung.

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»Workshop« zu Linksextremismus in Deutschland geplant

Im Kampf gegen Linksextremismus hat US-Außenminister Marco Rubio eine Veranstaltung in Deutschland angekündigt. Nach SPIEGEL-Informationen plant die Bundesregierung einen »Workshop von Fachexperten«.

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