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S. Erdem Aytaç

@seaytac.bsky.social
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Assoc. Prof. of Political Science at Koç University. Research on political behavior, political participation, electoral accountability. Yale PhD. PI, ERC StG DEPOLARIZE sites.google.com/view/seaytac

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Alina Vranceanu @alinavranceanu.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
📢 Call for expressions of interest for a 4-years PhD position within my research project ‘Minority rights in an age of immigration: democracy, deservingness and elite influences’. ⏳ Deadline: 9 October. Questions welcome!
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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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S. Erdem Aytaç @seaytac.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
🚨🚨 New working paper! When do citizens punish presidents who breach the limits of executive power? We (with Susan Stokes and Paul Teas) explore this question by drawing on a conjoint experiment in the U.S. (1/5, link at the end)...
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South European Society & Politics @sespjournal.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡 #OpenAccess #Turkey High affective polarisation in Turkey’s 2023 election boosted incumbent AKP loyalty, helping the party withstand severe challenges Read the article by @seaytac.bsky.social, @sedairmak.bsky.social, @busrask.bsky.social 👇 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Daniel McDowell @danielmcdowell.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
New research on Chinese economic statecraft, with David Steinberg (@johnshopkinssais.bsky.social) & @seaytac.bsky.social now out in World Development. We consider the question: do Chinese foreign bailouts increase public support for closer economic ties to China in recipient countries? A 🧵 (1/7)
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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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Efe Tokdemir @efetokdemir.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
📌 Hiring one postdoctoral and two predoctoral researchers for the @erc.europa.eu project #COUNSTER, each position for up to 3 years to start on May 2026. Postdoc: stars.bilkent.edu.tr/staffapp/IR2... (Deadline Feb 20) Predoc: stars.bilkent.edu.tr/staffapp/IR2... (Deadline March 1)
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S. Erdem Aytaç @seaytac.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Open access - observational evidence linking affective polarization to support for undemocratic practices from a context of high polarization & significant democratic backsliding
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South European Society & Politics @sespjournal.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
📢NEW ARTICLE!📢 #OpenAccess The polarised electorate: affective polarisation and electoral loyalty in #Turkey’s 2023 critical election 🔓 Read the article by @seaytac.bsky.social, @sedairmak.bsky.social & @busrask.bsky.social here 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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S. Erdem Aytaç @seaytac.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Open access! Part of a special issue on Turkey's 2023 general election. Thanks to special issue editors Berk Esen and @mertmoral.bsky.social.
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S. Erdem Aytaç @seaytac.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Why do citizens who say they support democracy tolerate leaders who dismantle it? Delighted to share my paper “Framing Democracy: How Elite Discourse Shapes Citizens' Understandings of Democracy and Enables Backsliding” is forthcoming in World Politics...(1/5, link at the end)
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Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES) @cses.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Announcement: The Second Advance Release of the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES) Module 6 dataset is now available for download! For more information, please see: cses.org/2025/12/16/m...
The Second Advance Release of CSES Module 6 is now available. Download for free at www.cses.org ... Includes 18 election studies, 17 countries/provinces, and 33,871 respondents.
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Gizem Arikan @gizemarikan.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
🚨Our department @tcdpoliticalsci.bsky.social is advertising three tenure-track Assistant Professor positions: 👉 Political Economy (joint with Economics): tinyurl.com/yc8jsct9 👉 International Politics: tinyurl.com/u94pv433 👉 Political Science: tinyurl.com/y8p967du Please repost/share! 🚨
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Assistant Professor in Political Economy at Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin
Discover an exciting academic career path as a Assistant Professor in Political Economy at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!
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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
From October 2025 - Inflation and Incumbent Support: Experimental Evidence from the 2024 US Presidential Election - cup.org/3JaiZYj "priming Americans to think about inflation reduced support for the incumbent" - Selim Erdem Aytaç, @danielmcdowell.bsky.social & David A. Steinberg #OpenAccess
BJPolS abstract discussing the influence of high inflation on recent elections, voting behavior, and potential impacts on different political parties in the United States.
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S. Erdem Aytaç @seaytac.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
My department is hiring! A junior position in IR with a focus on IPE. Feel free to reach for questions. More info: jobs.ku.edu.tr/open_positio...
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Daniel McDowell @danielmcdowell.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
S. Erdem Aytaç, David Steinberg and I have a new experimental study out now in @bjpols.bsky.social exploring the impact of inflation on support for Kamala Harris in the 2024 election. TL;DR: price increases hurt Harris' popularity, especially among Ds and Is, and in regions hit hardest by inflation.
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Florian Foos @florianfoos.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
🚨 We have a cool new ESRC PhD studentship opportunity on the topic of political persuasion for someone interested in campaigning, field experiments and/or computational methods @lsegovernment.bsky.social, in collaboration with @campaign-lab.bsky.social. All info 👇 www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...
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LSE Collaborative Studentship with Campaign Lab
LSE Collaborative Studentship with Campaign Lab
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Joshua Tucker @jatucker.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
🧵1/ 🚨 A new kind of political science textbook has arrived—and it might just disrupt the entire textbook industry. It’s called A Political Science Experiment, and here’s why you should care. 👇 🔗 politicsexperiment.com
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Home Page - A Political Science Experiment
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Alexia Katsanidou @alexiakatsanidou.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
🚨 We're hiring! Join our CSES Team @gesis.org Cologne as a Senior Researcher. If you’re into comparative electoral research and love diving into data, this is your moment. Come shape global democracy with us! 🌍📊 www.gesis.org/en/institute...
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Anja Neundorf @anjaneundorf.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
🧵 THREAD: Can a short online intervention help defend democracy against partisan polarization? In our new study - just published in the @bjpols.bsky.social - my colleagues and I tested this question across 33 countries 🌍 with over 41,000 participants 🧑‍🤝‍🧑. Here’s what we found 👇
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Ezgi Elci @ezgielci.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Our article, "Populist Appeals, Emotions, and Political Mobilization," with Erdem Aytaç and Ali Çarkoğlu, now has volume and page numbers. It is also open access! journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... @seaytac.bsky.social @absjournal.bsky.social
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Populist Appeals, Emotions, and Political Mobilization - Selim Erdem Aytaç, Ali Çarkoğlu, Ezgi Elçi, 2025
Populist politicians frequently employ anti-establishment appeals in their discourse by targeting an imagined or real power elite. Do such appeals have a mobili...
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Gizem Arikan @gizemarikan.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Less than two weeks left to apply to the #ISPPAcademy in Prague! See link for more information: ispp.org/resources/ac...
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ISPP Academy - ISPP
2025 ISPP Academy The 2025 ISPP Academy (formerly ISPP Summer Academy) is scheduled to be held in Prague, Czech Republic 30 June-2 July 2025. The inaugural International Society of Political Psycholog...
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Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES) @cses.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
CSES Announcement - The First Advance Release of CSES Module 6, containing seven election studies, is now available. The dataset and documentation may be downloaded from the CSES website for free. For more information please visit: cses.org/2024/12/17/m...
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S. Erdem Aytaç @seaytac.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
My department is hiring! This is a junior position, preferably, though not necessarily, with a focus on CP or IPE fields. I am not on the committee but feel free to reach out to me if you have questions. jobs.ku.edu.tr/open_positio...
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Assistant Professor in International Relations | KU Jobs
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S. Erdem Aytaç @seaytac.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
My department is hiring! This is a junior position, preferably, though not necessarily, with a focus on CP or IPE fields. I am not on the committee but feel free to reach out to me if you have questions. jobs.ku.edu.tr/open_positio...
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Assistant Professor in International Relations | KU Jobs
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S. Erdem Aytaç @seaytac.bsky.social · 08/10/2024
🚨🚨JOB ALERT🚨🚨1-year post-doc position available in my ERC project DEPOLARIZE to be based at the University of Chicago !!! Start date is January 2025 (with some flexibility), more information available at drive.google.com/file/d/1_xYS...
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S. Erdem Aytaç @seaytac.bsky.social · 01/11/2023
📢🚨 My department is hiring!! Assistant Prof. level, open to all subfields but IPE and Comparative Politics scholars are especially encouraged. Feel free to reach me for questions and please spread the word!! jobs.ku.edu.tr/open_positio...
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“Faculty Position in International Relations” | KU Jobs
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Markus Wagner @markuswagner.bsky.social · 29/09/2023
Check out this new special issue in Electoral Studies: www.sciencedirect.com/journal/elec... It contains 7 cool articles on the nature and causes of AP - using observational and experimental data, focusing on measurement, elites and ideology, and an important theoretical piece as well.
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