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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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John V. Kane @uptonorwell.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

🧐 What do citizens think about "null results" in scientific research? To find out, @johnholbein1.bsky.social & I fielded a large-scale online experiment. We gave respondents straightforward info about a study, asked them some Qs, showed them the results, then asked them Qs again.

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John V. Kane @uptonorwell.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

🚨Super excited to share this new WP with Joohye Jeong, @adamberinsky.bsky.social, Soong & Parker. We ask a simple but extremely practical Q for survey researchers: 𝐃𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬/𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐲? Answer: Not really, no. 👍

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Kate Lingley 龍梅若 @klingley.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Buddhism in the wild (photo by Jerry Feldman, Target Honolulu)

View of an end-cap display at Target, with a sign above it saying “Must have!” The shelves are empty.

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Rachel Porter @rachelporter.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Back with a substantially revised version of our Information Limits paper ahead of #PolMeth Huge thanks to everyone whose comments and feedback have already helped improve the paper We’d love to hear what you think: osf.io/preprints/so...

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Isabella Rebasso @isabellareb.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Very belatedly sharing this because the last months were busy: The limits of appraisal theory for political emotions is out in Political Psychology! @gijsschumacher.bsky.social, @mrooduijn.bsky.social and I ask whether appraisal theories of emotion work the same way in politics as in everyday life.

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The limits of appraisal theory for political emotions: Evidence from two U.S. surveys

Emotions, such as anger and anxiety, play a central role in political behavior and are extensively studied by political scientists. However, political science has largely adopted psychological theori...

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Korinna Lindemann @korinlind.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

One week left to apply!

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Peter Luca Versteegen @versteegenluca.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Thrilled to share that I‘ll arrive in Newcastle right on time for ENG-ARG tonight! ⚽️ —- For folks attending ISPP (@ispp-pops.bsky.social @polpsyispp.bsky.social): spend your Thursday with me! I‘m presenting 3 papers (w @chriswratil.bsky.social, @lilymasonphd.bsky.social, + Greta Groß). 🧵1/3

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Peter Luca Versteegen @versteegenluca.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

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Alexander Wuttke @kunkakom.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Genuinely interested in your views: What is the future of teaching statistical programming language for data science in the age of AI? Will we even still teach programming R or Python?

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Perspectives on Politics @poppublicsphere.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

NOW OUT ON FIRSTVIEW!! It’s Not #Polarization; It’s the #Radicalization of the #Political #Right By @pettertornberg.com doi.org/10.1017/S153...

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Koichi Osamura @koichiosamura.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

I'm very happy to share that my first dissertation paper is now online in Party Politics (🔓)! I examine how political appointments (patronage) relate to coalition support in multiparty presidential systems, using roll-call data from Brazil's Chamber of Deputies (2003-2018). doi.org/10.1177/1354...

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Bureaucratic appointments and coalition support in presidential systems – An analysis of Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies - Koichi Osamura, 2026

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

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Peter Luca Versteegen @versteegenluca.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Deadline in 2 days. If you need more reasons to apply: given current developments, I’d like to highlight that Hamburg is among the least hot and dry places in increasingly hothothot + drydrydry Europe. ☀️☝🏽

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Peter Luca Versteegen @versteegenluca.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

🚨🚨 Job: Please share 🙌 - what? PhD position in my DFG-funded project on how citizens understand their role in democracy. - when? Application deadline Jul 1, job start Sept 1 or soon thereafter - how? www.uni-hamburg.de/en/stellenan...

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Erik Angner @erikangner.com · 26/06/2026

Swedish 🇸🇪 Gov't Minister brings infant son to EU meeting to showcase "generous parental-leave policies" and "having a partner that's not a dinosaur": www.reuters.com/world/swedis...

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Swedish minister brings baby to EU meeting, a first for the bloc

EU governments' ministers gathered for a long day's discussion of climate change policies on Thursday were surprised by a fresh-faced participant at their negotiating ‌table: a three-month-old baby.

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Roman Senninger @rsenninger.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

The Department of Political Science at Aarhus University is hiring both Assistant Professors and Associate Professors. Assistant Professor: international.au.dk/about/profil... Associate Professor: international.au.dk/about/profil... Please share these opportunities with your networks!

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Assistant Professor in Political Science - Vacancy at Aarhus University

Vacancy at Department of Political Science, Aarhus University

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Peter Luca Versteegen @versteegenluca.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

One week left to apply for this PhD position in my project on citizens’ role in democracy ⬇️⬇️

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Max Schaub @maxschaub.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

We are looking for a colleague to fill a part-time (50%) teaching position in IR. Ability to teach in German is required, though courses may also be offered in English. Deadline: 3 July Ad (in German): tinyurl.com/ysnjcwwn Please share - and PM in case of questions @politikuhh.bsky.social

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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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𝙅𝙖𝙘🍩𝙗 𝙉𝙮𝙧𝙪𝙥 @jacobnyrup.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

This is a great project with a great PI with the opportunity to get great colleagues in a great city which has great frozen pizzas and great brown cheese and has great weather all year around

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Peter Luca Versteegen @versteegenluca.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

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mark brandt @mjbsp.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

At Political Psychology (@ispp-pops.bsky.social), we typically publish empirical articles, but we do have other options! One exciting option are Dialogues, that put 2+ books in conversation with one another.

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Peter Luca Versteegen @versteegenluca.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

It’s time to share that I’ve decided to move to a new postdoc position. In July, I’ll join the team of @gessler.bsky.social at @uni-hamburg.de. In my almost 2 years in Vienna, I grew as a scholar and person, and I’m deeply grateful to the people at @stawi-univie.bsky.social who made this possible.

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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/

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Text as Behavior published in Political Analysis

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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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Arndt Leininger @aleininger.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

📢 We're hiring for my project RESPOL on residential mobility & electoral realignment 📍 University of Hamburg 📅 4y, 75% FTE 🔍 pol behavior, comp politics, regional inequalities 📊 quant, administrative & survey data Please share with talented MA students! 🔗 www.uni-hamburg.de/en/stellenan...

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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · 27/04/2026

Does far-right legislative representation change the descriptive make-up of candidate lists among mainstream parties? Using a RDD with registry data from Sweden, this paper led by @grahn.bsky.social provides an answer doi.org/10.1017/psrm...

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Does far-right legislative entry affect minority candidate diversity? | Political Science Research and Methods | Cambridge Core

Does far-right legislative entry affect minority candidate diversity?

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Peter Luca Versteegen @versteegenluca.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

🚨 Western democracies are often described as polarized. @katharinalawall.bsky.social, @mtsakiris.bsky.social + I study how polarization actually feels. Now published in @ejprjournal.bsky.social, we asked citizens in 5 European countries to report their emotions ⬇️ www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Peter Luca Versteegen @versteegenluca.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Everyone seeks to replace Trump with anything, says report

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Peter Luca Versteegen @versteegenluca.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Dear English experts: how do you call errors like typos, missing punctuation etc.? I.e., I search for the transalation to what German calls “Flüchtigkeitsfehler.” My dictionaries say “careless mistakes” but that sounds much more dramatic and morally judging than what it is. thx 🙏

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Kristina Bakkær Simonsen @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

📯One month left to apply 📯If you want to join our team @au.dk to study young people's beliefs about political power, this is your chance! Two 2-year postdocs in my ERC-funded project YOPOW: international.au.dk/about/profil...

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2 two-year postdocs on children’s political socialization at Aarhus University - Vacancy at Aarhus University

Vacancy at Department of Political Science, Aarhus University

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Lukas Haffert @lhaffert.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

I am looking for a postdoc to join my team at the University of Bremen. 5-year-contract, top-up to 100% possible for most of the contract period. Apply by 04 May 2026. If you have questions about the position, send me an email! www.uni-bremen.de/en/universit...

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Job Vacancies - Universität Bremen

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Peter Luca Versteegen @versteegenluca.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

🤓 @chriswratil.bsky.social and I just discussed survey experiment design. Which option is better? A: treatment -> mechanism -> DV B: treatment -> DV -> mechanism I.e. measure mechanisms before or after the DV? We recently heard conflicting takes... What do you think is better? And why? thanks!

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Roman Senninger @rsenninger.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

This is similar to what we find in our recent study on which countries people want their government to learn from. China ranks in the middle but still comes out ahead of the United States, pointing to shifting perceptions of the two powers.

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Peter Luca Versteegen @versteegenluca.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

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Mike Cowburn @mikecowburn.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Usha Vance has the chance to do the funniest thing...

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Svend-Erik Skaaning @skaaning.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Three 2-year full-time postdoctoral positions in autocratic politics at the Department of Political Science at Aarhus University (in connection to projects headed by Jakob Tolstrup and Alexander Baturo). Flexible start date. Application deadline: June 1, 2026. international.au.dk/about/profil...

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Three 2-year Postdoctoral positions at Aarhus University: Projects on personality cults and strategic communication in autocracies - Vacancy at Aarhus University

Vacancy at Department of Political Science, Aarhus University

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Julia Partheymüller @schnizzl.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

„Mothers saw a significant decline in their chance of getting tenure (dropping by 35% three to four years after birth, and 23% lower after eight years) than if they hadn’t had children, whereas fathers experienced no discernible change.“ 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Motherhood derails women’s academic careers — these data reveal how and why

Mothers in academia take on considerably more childcare-related responsibilities than do fathers.

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Noam Gidron @noamgidron.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

The Political Economy of National Identity: a chapter with Moses Shayo for the Handbook of the Economics of Identity. We review econ & pol‑sci research on how national identities shape trade, welfare policy, conflict, and polarization. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Peter Luca Versteegen @versteegenluca.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

🚨 Hi Männer! Wenn ihr gegen Gewalt an Frauen steht, unterschreibt hier. Solltet ihr euch fragen, ob eure Unterschrift nötig ist: Genau das ist Teil des Problems. Sign now! ❤️ maenner-gegen-gewalt.de

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Männer, die hinter Collien Fernandes stehen

Solidaritätserklärung von Männern mit den Forderungen gegen geschlechtsspezifische Gewalt

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Frederik Hjorth @fghjorth.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

FOUR GRAPHS ABOUT 🇩🇰'S GENERAL ELECTION My read of the election in four graphs. First: big urban-rural divide. The two big mainstream parties, Social Democrats and Liberals, are now mainly rural/suburban, with niche parties dominating in cities. (1/4) #polisky

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Roderik Rekker @roderikrekker.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

🚨 Job alert! 🚨 We are looking for a PhD candidate for my Vidi project on factual belief polarization and its attitudinal consequences. The position will be at the Department of Political Science of Radboud University (Netherlands). Check out the full job profile below! www.ru.nl/en/working-a...

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PhD Position: Factual Belief Polarisation and its Attitudinal Consequences | Radboud University

Do you want to work as a PhD at the Nijmegen School of Management? Check our vacancy!

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Peter Luca Versteegen @versteegenluca.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Accidentally typed “editorialmanager.com/aspr” and, well, I guess I’ll submit my paper to “Animal Science Papers and Reports” now

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Debbie Schildkraut @debbiejsr.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

very grateful for the editor who accepted a paper from me that is (a) quite descriptive, (b) focuses on replicating existing findings with new data in a new context, and (c) includes analysis of open-ended survey responses

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Peter Luca Versteegen @versteegenluca.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

🚨Folks, when you get an R&R, how do you organize your work? Eg where do you start? The big issues? The small ones? Start with the response letter or the manuscript? Empirics first and the rest later? How do you keep track of what needs to be done? I keep wondering how to do this most efficiently🤓

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