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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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Peter Luca Versteegen @versteegenluca.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

So, does affective polarization change citizens’ winningness to support democratic norms or participate? It depends on what “low AP” we’re comparing “high AP” to. 🧵10/10 Thanks to everyone who helped us develop this paper along the way! : )

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Peter Luca Versteegen @versteegenluca.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

unpolarized groups and, crucially, that the two differ on our various outcomes. Spoiler alert: we find that no group is consistently “better” for democracy (ie more trusting, democratic, participating). It seems that different groups contribute different elements to our democratic dinner. 🧵9/10

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Peter Luca Versteegen @versteegenluca.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

We conduct cluster analyses on 3 US datasets to find the relevant patterns of unpolarized citizens and map those clusters on a bunch of outcomes (trust, norm support, partisan behavior, participation). We find TWO relevant 🧵8/10

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Peter Luca Versteegen @versteegenluca.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

above? In the paper, we use a meal metaphor: whether people LOVE or HATE two meals matters greatly for how they think about the chef and whether they want to participate in a dinner. 🧵7/10

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Peter Luca Versteegen @versteegenluca.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

this person has an AP score of 10, denoting low affective polarization. But shouldn’t it matter whether we’re comparing affectively polarized individuals to a baseline that loves both parties, feels lukewarm toward both parties, hates both parties, or a heterogeneous mix of all of the 🧵6/10

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Peter Luca Versteegen @versteegenluca.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

This operationalization nicely differentiates between high and low affective polarization. But it treats everyone with low affective polarization scores alike. To illustrate this for a 2-party case: no matter if someone likes both parties with 80 and 70, 50 and 40, or 30 and 20, 🧵5/10

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Peter Luca Versteegen @versteegenluca.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

We argue that this blind spot is a consequence of how we measure AP: The standard operationalization calculates affective polarization as the difference (or, in multi-party systems, variance) in people’s warmth toward the available parties. 🧵4/10

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Peter Luca Versteegen @versteegenluca.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

group and take them as the reference we compare affectively polarized people to. But the share of citizens who is NOT affectively polarized is huge and treating all of them alike risks masking heterogeneity. 🧵3/10

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Peter Luca Versteegen @versteegenluca.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

In a new paper, @polpsychjoe.bsky.social , @lilymasonphd.bsky.social, and I argue that such questions assume homogenous levels of norm support and participation among affectively UNpolarized citizens. That is, we tend to treat all affectively unpolarized citizens as one 🧵2/10

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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

- the representation one is on how exposure to other citizens‘ experiences with representation spread and how this affects democratic attitudes. All 3 paper are cool but (methodologically) complicated, so I‘d welcome many listeners for lots of feedback! All thoughts are appreciated! Come! 🧵3/3

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

- The national identity one is on whether it’s really partisanship that creates polarized understandings of national identity. - the garbage one runs a text analysis of what and who people think of when answering “most important issue“ questions in surveys 🧵2/3

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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

- who? I’m searching for someone who brings relevant experience, is driven, and wants to pursue a PhD. If you’re not sure whether you fit, reach out to me or just apply : )

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

- what about? See my website + bsk-🧵 for details on the project, but there’s room/need for additional ideas - why? It’s a 4-year position, it’s a cool project, it’s democracy, and I want you to become a great researcher

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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

Now, I’m ready and excited to start something new. Part of this “something” will be my project on how citizens understand their role in democracy during challenging times. It’ll be in Hamburg where I’ll conduct this project, for which I’ll share a call for a PhD-position very soon. Watch this space.

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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

Congrats to you and all of us, this is great!

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