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Thomas Kurer @thmskrr.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

🚨We are hiring a two-year postdoctoral researcher (80%) at the University of Zurich within the new Horizon Europe project WELFAIR on the political implications of technological change, demographic ageing and rising inequality. The full job ad is here: tinyurl.com/3b6ddm25 Apply by August 9, 2026.

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Gina-Julia Westenberger @gjwestenberger.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Last week I defended my PhD 🎉 My thesis, "Unequal Shifts in Regional Job Structures and Political Attitudes in Europe", takes the popular "geography of discontent" narrative and tests several of the assumptions it quietly rests on.

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urpp-equality.bsky.social @urpp-equality.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Wie viel bestimmt die Herkunft über den späteren Erfolg? Der Chancenmonitor Zürich von Thomas Kurer @thmskrr.bsky.social und Tabea Palmtag zeigt erstmals, wie sich soziale Mobilität zwischen Gemeinden und Quartieren unterscheidet und wo Aufstieg durch Arbeit tatsächlich gelingt. 👉 chancenmonitor.ch

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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

From October 2025 - Seeking Opportunity in the Knowledge Economy: Moving Places, Moving Politics? - cup.org/3LgxVos - @valentinaconsiglio.bsky.social & @thmskrr.bsky.social #OpenAccess

BJPolS abstract discussing the dynamic between knowledge economy migration and political shifts in Germany, specifically addressing urban versus rural opportunities and its implications on political perspectives and migration trends.

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Clara Weißenfels @clarawe.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

1/ Does growing up poor always lead to political apathy? Very happy to share my first paper published (open access) in @electoralstudies.bsky.social, where I show that parents' influence mitigates the poverty gap in participation, while economic mobility does not. 🔗 shorturl.at/p5Bac

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Magda Breyer @mabreyer.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

New article out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social with Tabea Palmtag and @dpzollinger.bsky.social 📝 We use open-ended survey questions (in Germany) to assess how and among whom social status shifts are perceived. This tests cultural backlash narratives in voters' perceptions. 🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0010...

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It is widely accepted in political science – and remarkably established in public discourse – that status anxieties fuel a far right backlash against progressive politics. This narrative suggests that right-wing conservatives perceive the status of women, racial, or sexual minorities as threatening. Using open-ended survey questions fielded in Germany, we show that women and minorities indeed figure in people’s perceptions of status hierarchies, but in very specific ways: First, overall, people still perceive status as largely socioeconomically determined. Second, sociocultural groups figure in perceptions of who is gaining/losing status, less so in perceptions of the top/bottom of society. Third, more than conservative voters, it is social progressives who mention women and minorities as “winners”. While on race/ethnicity, we find evidence for a backlash, on gender and sexuality we find more evidence for a progressive momentum. This matters for progressive politics today and for how we empirically study status concerns.

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Matthias Haslberger @mhaslberger.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Two inspiring days at the Nuffield Politics of AI workshop! This was social science at its best, thanks to all involved! @benansell.bsky.social @jburnmurdoch.ft.com @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social

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Thomas Kurer @thmskrr.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

In a new paper, we show that "opportunity moves" foster political integration and shift political preferences to the left. Please have a look at @valentinaconsiglio.bsky.social's excellent summary for some more details. 👉 tinyurl.com/46utjj65

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Seeking Opportunity in the Knowledge Economy: Moving Places, Moving Politics? | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core

Seeking Opportunity in the Knowledge Economy: Moving Places, Moving Politics? - Volume 55

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Delia Zollinger @dpzollinger.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

How are contemporary cleavage structures stabilized in times of declining mass social and political organizations? In this new paper with @davidattewell6.bsky.social @bjpols.bsky.social, we suggest that homogeneous social (educational) networks provide part of the answer. tinyurl.com/49cs8jwp

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Educational Networks, Social Closure, and Cleavage Stabilization | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core

Educational Networks, Social Closure, and Cleavage Stabilization - Volume 55

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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

NEW - Seeking Opportunity in the Knowledge Economy: Moving Places, Moving Politics? - cup.org/3LgxVos "moving to opportunity results in... more left-leaning self-identification, and lower support for far-right parties" - @valentinaconsiglio.bsky.social & @thmskrr.bsky.social #OpenAccess

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Delia Zollinger @dpzollinger.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

New SI "Cleavage Politics in Western Democracies" @wepsocial.bsky.social! If you're interested in transforming social & political divides in advanced democracies, this is for you. The intro by @davidattewell6.bsky.social & me maps contributions around 3 challenges for contemp. cleavage research.

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

I wrote a longer essay on how social status matters for far-right support. Many still wrongly associate the far right with the economically left behind. Taking social status seriously also cautions against the idea that deliverism will win back far-right voters. equitablegrowth.org/threats-to-s...

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Threats to social status and support for far-right political parties

How economic threats to social status in the form of unemployment risk and rental market risk affects support for the far right in Europe.

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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · 05/09/2025

Radical right accommodation really does not work. New paper out with this exceptionally talented team @katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk doi.org/10.31235/osf...

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Diane Bolet @dianebolet.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Delighted to share that I have been awarded an ERC Starting Grant for my project “Lost in the Green Transition: Local Collective Greenloss Identity, Anti-Climate Attitudes and Radical Right Support.” #ERCStG More soon on #GREENLOSS. A huge thank you to friends and colleagues who made this possible!

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Verena Reidinger @reidingerve.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Do men see gender parity in representation as detrimental to their interests? What about when women’s representation exceeds parity? And how do such shifts affect men’s fairness perceptions? I address these questions in my article, now published in PRQ. 1/9  doi.org/10.1177/1065...

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

You can already submit your paper and panel proposal for EPSS next year. Looking forward to seeing many people in Belfast. I will be there.

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Thomas Kurer @thmskrr.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

We have a new WP on governments' capacity to deal with the political implications of structural change💥 Policy interventions *can* effectively mitigate political backlash when they address both material and non-material demands of voters. shorturl.at/zFbZE Check Reto's great summary for details👇

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Reto Bürgisser @retobuergisser.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Can government policies moderate political backlash to structural change? Yes, the effect operates through material benefits and social recognition. 🚨New WP by @retobuergisser.bsky.social, @siljahausermann.bsky.social, @thmskrr.bsky.social and @susanadptavares.bsky.social 🚨 shorturl.at/zFbZE

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Thomas Kurer @thmskrr.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

🔥 One more week to apply for this postdoc position in Zurich (flexible start date) Feel free to reach out if you have any questions If you'd like to hear from someone who has been working closely with me, @valentinaconsiglio.bsky.social and @retobuergisser.bsky.social are happy to share insights

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Thomas Kurer @thmskrr.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

🚨3-Year Postdoc Position in Zurich @ipz.bsky.social ❓Political implications of labor market transformation Plenty of flexibility, no teaching obligations, great research environment in an highly livable city. Deadline: May 18, 2025. tinyurl.com/postdoczurich #polisky #poliscijobs #psjminfo

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ERC project DISINTEGRATION @disintegrationerc.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Today marks the final day of the DISINTEGRATION project, a project on the mass politics of disintegration generously funded by the @erc.europa.eu . We celebrate with a thread on all we have done and found: 1/20

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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

First instalment of my substack primer on right-wing populism in Europe is out. jacobedenhofer.substack.com/p/explaining...

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Explaining the emergence and consolidation of right-wing populism: Part I

Stylised facts, or what has actually happened?

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Carlo Knotz @carloknotz.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

My department is *hiring a PhD* student (3 years, fully funded) for a research project on the social and political effects of AI-related technological change. *Deadline: May 4, '25*. See here for more information & to apply: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... #PoliSky #Sociology #AcademicSky

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PhD Fellowship in Politics & Social Sciences (266956) | University of Stavanger

Job title: PhD Fellowship in Politics & Social Sciences (266956), Employer: University of Stavanger, Deadline: Sunday, May 4, 2025

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Julius Kölzer @juliusk.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Heißt das, es gibt keine ökonomischen oder sozialen Ursachen für die Wahl der AfD? Nein, natürlich nicht – aber sie sind deutlich komplexer und nuancierter als der im Video genannte „Frust“ über Mieten, Löhne, Bildung, Rente oder Infrastruktur.

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Matthias Haslberger @mhaslberger.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

📢Special issue and workshop on "The Politics of AI: Citizen Perceptions, Preferences, and Priorities" 📢 We aim to bring together cutting-edge research on the political ramifications of AI for a workshop in Oxford and a special issue in a leading political science journal.(1/2)

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Momentum Institut @momentum-institut.at · 13/03/2025

Mit jeder weiteren Wahl in Europa gewinnen radikal rechte Parteien an Zustimmung. Welche Auswirkungen persönliche Sorgen vor Mieterhöhung auf den Zuspruch für radikal rechte Parteien haben, behandelt das #PaperderWoche von @tabouchadi.bsky.social, @denis-cohen.bsky.social & @thmskrr.bsky.social. 1/

Deckblatt des Papers „Rental Market Risk and Radical Right Support“ von den Autoren Tarik Abou-Chadi, Denis Cohen, Thomas Kurer; erschienen in Comparative Political Studies; Dezember 2024.

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Francesc Amat @cescamat.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

We are very happy to have Thomas Kurer @thmskrr.bsky.social giving an IPERG Seminar today at @ub.edu. Looking forward to it!

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Marianne Dhenin @mariannedhe.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Ahead of Germany's snap election, I spoke to researchers about how rising rents are driving voters to the far right and organizers about how they're pushing back and bringing communities together around progressive solutions. Read my reporting at @truthout.org: truthout.org/articles/exp...

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Experts Warn No Action on High Rents Could Drive Voters to Germany’s Far Right

Leftist organizing on housing could be an important bulwark against the rise of Germany’s far right AfD party.

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Aina Gallego @ainagallego.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

📢 Our new paper in Political Analysis explains how to use LLMs like GPT-4o, Llama or Mistral to estimate the ideological and policy position of political texts. Our approach is fast, reliable, cost-effective and reproducible and works with texts written in different languages 1/7 cup.org/4axBEXo

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Positioning Political Texts with Large Language Models by Asking and Averaging | Political Analysis | Cambridge Core

Positioning Political Texts with Large Language Models by Asking and Averaging

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Silja Häusermann @siljahausermann.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

‼️ Hiring ‼️ Two (!) positions in my group at @ipz.bsky.social in Zurich 📣 1 postdoc position (3+3 years) 📣 1 PhD position (3,5 years) Application deadline in early March. Job ads & details: tinyurl.com/3p6yhptk We are an international and friendly department with excellent working conditions

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Denis Cohen @denis-cohen.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Heute berichtet u.a. @zeitonline.bsky.social über die Studie von @tabouchadi.bsky.social, @thmskrr.bsky.social und mir: "Bei Mietern mit niedrigen Einkommen wächst [...] die Unterstützung für die AfD, wenn die Mietpreise in ihrem städtischen Wohngebiet ansteigen." www.zeit.de/news/2025-01...

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Mietpreisentwicklung: Studie sieht Zusammenhang zwischen Mieten und AfD-Sympathie

Hier finden Sie Informationen zu dem Thema „Mietpreisentwicklung“. Lesen Sie jetzt „Studie sieht Zusammenhang zwischen Mieten und AfD-Sympathie“.

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

New article accepted at CPS. @denis-cohen.bsky.social @thmskrr.bsky.social and I analyze how rental market risk affects radical right support. Combining data on local rent increases with the SOEP, we find that individuals facing increasing local rents become more likely to support the AfD. 🧵

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Thomas Kurer @thmskrr.bsky.social · 17/11/2023

🥁Next Tuesday, Nov 21, 5pm CET: The final talk of our TOPIQ speaker series! Tabea Palmtag presents her exciting work on the "The Long Shadow of Economic Opportunity" 🥁 As usual, online and open for everyone. Register here: www.urpp-equality.uzh.ch/en/registrat...

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Thomas Kurer @thmskrr.bsky.social · 06/11/2023

There will be another TOPIQ talk @ipz.bsky.social tomorrow 5pm CET (online) Andrew McNeil will present new work on the effects of (lacking) social mobility on political discontent. Registration here: www.urpp-equality.uzh.ch/en/registrat...

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Danbischof @danbischof.bsky.social · 25/10/2023

Happy to share that our paper on why peripheral regions vote for the radical right is now out with the APSR: tinyurl.com/4zvv67d4 A quick thread on how this idea came along and developed within the last 5 years:

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Wealth of Tongues: Why Peripheral Regions Vote for the Radical Right in Germany | American Political...

Wealth of Tongues: Why Peripheral Regions Vote for the Radical Right in Germany

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Thomas Kurer @thmskrr.bsky.social · 19/10/2023

Join us for the second TOPIQ talk! Next Tuesday (Oct 24) at 5pm CET, Isabel Martinez (ETHZ) will present her brandnew work on intergenerational mobility. Online and open for everyone! Register here: www.urpp-equality.uzh.ch/en/registrat...

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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 10/10/2023

Today, online at 5pm CET

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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 04/10/2023

This year's UZH TOPIQ (Zurich Talks on the Politics of Inequality) series will kick off next Tuesday 5pm CET with a keynote by Torben Iversen. The TOPIQ talks are online so that everyone can tune in. If you are interested, register here: www.ipz.uzh.ch/de/forschung... polisky

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Thomas Kurer @thmskrr.bsky.social · 27/09/2023

We are launching another round of the Zurich Talks on the Politics of Inequality TOPIQ. This edition will be on Social Mobility and Electoral Change with a Keynote by Torben Iversen (Oct 10, 5pm). Online and open for everyone! www.ipz.uzh.ch/de/forschung...

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