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S. Erdem Aytaç @seaytac.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Liberal democratic commitment is real but conditional and weakens once one's party assumes power...The paper is here, comments welcome: ssrn.com/abstract=75673… (4/4).

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S. Erdem Aytaç @seaytac.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Transfer of power changes this: after the election, Fidesz supporters come to value executive constraints more and majority rule less, while Tisza supporters move in the opposite direction, though Tisza supporters still remain more protective of liberal constraints than Fidesz (3/4)..

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S. Erdem Aytaç @seaytac.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

We find that before election, the incumbent and opposition camps differ sharply: while opposition supporters prioritize liberal constraints over majoritarian claims, incumbent supporters do not (2/4)....

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S. Erdem Aytaç @seaytac.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

🚨🚨 New working paper! What happens to citizens’ democratic priorities when power changes hands? We (w/ Natasha Wunsch) explore this by drawing on a three-wave panel survey and a repeated conjoint experiment fielded around Hungary’s April 2026 elections (1/4, link at the end)...

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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

Public opinion can serve as a dam against presidential overreach, but the dam is porous. Comments welcome! Link: ssrn.com/abstract=743...

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S. Erdem Aytaç @seaytac.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Justifications also matter: Americans are remarkably open to “public regarding” rationales for executive overreach while a bald assertion of personal prerogative backfires…(4/5)

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S. Erdem Aytaç @seaytac.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

We call this pattern “recognition without rejection.” Policy agreement is the strongest driver of tolerance for aggrandizement; copartisanship is also important but has a weaker effect…(3/5)

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S. Erdem Aytaç @seaytac.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

We find that while Americans do punish executive overreach on average, many recognize aggrandizing actions as grave violations of presidential power but decline to punish them anyway…(2/5)

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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

Implication: backsliding isn’t only about breaking norms; it’s also about redefining them. Would-be autocrats can elevate a purely electoral view of democracy and erode liberal constraints without major backlash - even when mass support for “democracy” stays high...(4/5)

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S. Erdem Aytaç @seaytac.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

I show that Turkish party leaders emphasize different dimensions of democracy, these differences map onto their supporters’ views, and elite discourse can causally shift democratic priorities...(3/5)

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S. Erdem Aytaç @seaytac.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

I argue that democracy is a contested concept, and partisan elites shape what citizens think it means. Using political leaders’ speeches, an original nationally-representative survey and a population-based survey experiment from Turkey...(2/5)

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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

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S. Erdem Aytaç @seaytac.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Your logo/map sends a message that scholars from Turkey are not welcome (or you just don't care). The "European" part of Russia (west of Urals) is in the map but not the European part of Turkey (Thrace). Also you've been careful to include Iceland (not an EU member) but not Cyprus (EU member).

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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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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

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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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