Opposition Distinctiveness in Parliaments: A Longitudinal Analysis - Volume 61

How does the provision of political appointments influence coalition support in multiparty presidential systems? While the importance of cabinet portfolios for ...

Deadline: Thursday 7 May 2026

Gender Bias in Legislative Oversight: Do Parliamentarians Control Women Ministers More Tightly than Men Ministers? - Volume 56

General Conference 2026, 8 – 11 September, Jagiellonian University

European Consortium for Political Research

Post-doctoral position at the Department of Political Science and International Relations

Following the progressing internationalisation of social science research and the computational turn in the field, researchers are increasingly adopting computational text analysis (CTA) methods to co...

To Oppose or Not to Oppose? Strategies of Opposition Parties’ Parliamentary Support for Government Legislation

Populism is a political reality in many European countries – both on the right and on the left. A study now shows that coalition governments that include populist parties are often unstable. But it is...

European Consortium for Political Research

Sexual corruption is a serious and under-recognised form of both corruption and sexual abuse. A particularly harmful form of corruption, it is difficult to measure and prosecute, and can have devastat...

European Consortium for Political Research

The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Basel seeks to fill a Professorship in Political Science with a focus on Environment and Development beginning on August 1, 2025, or ...

Politicians use social media to engage directly with the public using diverse communication styles including aggressive or uncivil language. Yet, little is known about gender differences in politicia...

Research on the underrepresentation of youth in parliaments has rarely focused on political parties. This is surprising as parties are central in the selection of candidates and therefore should play ...