I'm working to hard make SciLove available as a self-standing app. 📣 If you are an Android user, you can help out by becoming a tester. What's in it for you? Early access to a fully functional beta version. Simply join the group of test users and install the app: groups.google.com/g/scilove_be...

Spread the word. Once we have enough testers together, google will generously allow making SciLove openly available through the App store.

I'm working to hard make SciLove available as a self-standing app. 📣 If you are an Android user, you can help out by becoming a tester. What's in it for you? Early access to a fully functional beta version. Simply join the group of test users and install the app: groups.google.com/g/scilove_be...

Also finding it hard to keep up with new research? I built something to fix this. SciLove — swipe through recent papers in your field. The feed learns from your saves. Also matches you with researchers saving your work back (opt-out if you prefer). www.scilove.app 3,000+ journals, updated daily

SciLove is one week old. 280 researchers across 33 countries, 2,025 papers saved, 14k+ swipes. Thank you to everyone who tried it early and provided feedback. Little tweaks and new journals have hopefully already improved the experience. Here's what the week looked like. 🧵

Casual methods also taking over at Oxford 😍

SciLove is one week old. 280 researchers across 33 countries, 2,025 papers saved, 14k+ swipes. Thank you to everyone who tried it early and provided feedback. Little tweaks and new journals have hopefully already improved the experience. Here's what the week looked like. 🧵

Keeping up with research just got a lot more fun! @beckerbastian.bsky.social has built something genuinely clever: a “Tinder for science” that helps you discover papers in a much more intuitive way. If you’re tired of endless PDFs and search queries, give it a try 👉 www.SciLove.app

📊 What matters most to you when discovering papers? 1️⃣ Recency 2️⃣ Close to my interests 3️⃣ Directly useful for my work 4️⃣ Popular with others 5️⃣ Top journals 6️⃣ Something else I’m building SciLove to make it easier to keep up with new research — what would you prioritize? (just reply with a number)

I'm not saying I'm old but I did just discover what swipe directions mean on Tinder by figuring out SciLove and learning it was based on Tinder.

Nice!

Check out this goated tool created by my colleague 👇

Such a great idea! I just played with it a bit and it seems to be a very promising new tool (especially for such interdisciplinary freaks like me who needs to keep tabs on journals from at least three disciplines):

For all new SciLove authors: If you want your articles to get a little more engagement: Simply import publications via ORCID and then hit share. Shamelessly, this is what this looks like for a recent paper with @norawaitkus.bsky.social #openaccess www.scilove.app/article/10.1...

What an amazing idea! Just tried it and already learned a lot about new interesting research - highly recommended!

Wow, almost 150 users on just the second day!! 😍 Let me know how you think @scilove.bsky.social could get better, especially if journals you like are missing. I'm updating the list constantly. (📧[email protected])

I spent 15…30…45 minutes with this last night. Very cool. I would love to see a proper app, though it works as a web app.

Goodbye "I think we follow each other on Twitter." Let's make it "Hey, I think we connected on SciLove!"

This is how SciLove.app works: Discover — Swipe through a curated feed of recent papers in your field Collection — Go through your saved papers, rate and export them Connections — Connect with others who save your work back (optional) Profile — Learn more about your own taste and publications

basically tinder with academic articles but really fun to use (and the articles do not unmatch you...)

Keeping up with new research isn't always easy. I've built a new tool to change that, and to make it more fun: SciLove - check it out! #AcademicSky #OpenScience #PhdLife

Also finding it hard to keep up with new research? I built something to fix this. SciLove — swipe through recent papers in your field. The feed learns from your saves. Also matches you with researchers saving your work back (opt-out if you prefer). www.scilove.app 3,000+ journals, updated daily

With rising populism and affective polarization globally, are the two entwined? Stefanelli & Castanho Silva explore in their paper from our Feburary issue and find that the relationship isn't as straightforward as we might assume. Read for more on their findings doi.org/10.1111/pops...

On Sunday, one of Germany’s largest states went to the polls in a closely contested election. What can we learn from the results & how do they relate to looming deindustrialization in one of Germany’s industrial heartlands? A thread with some decriptive patterns from data on 1,101 municipalities. 🧵

New working paper! I examine whether exposure to local unemployment during adolescence shapes immigration attitudes in adulthood, focusing on the long-term imprint of early economic insecurity doi.org/10.31235/osf...

💸🚨I am hiring 2 Postdocs for my ERC-funded project SOCDEBT on #debt dynamics across countries. One position: #SocialStratification + strong quantitative skills. The other: qualitative research and #EconomicSociology. waitkus.github.io/SOCDEBT/ 🚨💸

Excited to welcome the fabulous @tinepaulsen.bsky.social today at our Politics Lecture Series at @humboldtuni.bsky.social. Come and join us!

🚨New publication! Thrilled to finally see this paper out in @psrm.bsky.social 🎉 📊I study how gender shapes coalition preferences among politicians. Turns out mayors prefer forming governments with women-led parties, perceiving them as better communicators and more competent governors.

Here's a short write-up of our recently published study: 📰"What People Really Think About Taxing the Rich – the surprising beliefs behind progressive taxation" TLDR: Most believe taxing the rich brings equality & growth! Elite fears are not shared. www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...

Here's a short write-up of our recently published study: 📰"What People Really Think About Taxing the Rich – the surprising beliefs behind progressive taxation" TLDR: Most believe taxing the rich brings equality & growth! Elite fears are not shared. www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...

Very excited about Alexander De Juan's talk today in the Politics Lecture Series! Topic is "Devolving the Monopoly on Violence." 🗓️Today, 12-1pm, Room 002, ISW. Stop by, if you're interested!

🚨New publication @ Journal of European Social Policy Despite its popularity, the political will to advance Universal Basic Income is limited. Together with @hannaschwander.bsky.social, we argue that attitude polarization severely constrains the political viability of UBI.

🥳 New year, new publication 📑"Contested memories: the political effects of de-commemoration proposals" @jeppjournal.bsky.social With Francesco Colombo, we study a street renaming proposal in Berlin and find -contrary to conventional wisdom- no political backlash, but a positive feedback effect.

Great to see the central role of survey experiments in revolutionizing political science--makes it all the more important to maintain high-quality human samples, especially online, and address risks posed by LLMs! Otherwise I fear their fall might be just as fast..

🚨What are the political consequences of memory policy? In a new paper @francescocolombo.bsky.social and I show that a public initiative to rename antisemitic streets in Berlin mobilized left voters, induced no backlash, and benefited left parties in the subsequent election. osf.io/preprints/so...

Is affective polarization rooted in ideology, identity, or both? By using agent-based modeling in 11 datasets with N ~70,000, Jens Lange, Alex Koch, hansalves.bsky.social & myself investigate the underlying mechanisms of attitude formation in political contexts. Accepted at PSPB, preprint here ⬇️

New Publication with @lhaffert.bsky.social in @ejprjournal.bsky.social! We study the role of generations in the urban-rural divide, which is increasingly shaping the politics of many democracies. Studying Switzerland, we show: The urban-rural divide is stronger among younger generations. (1/10) 🧵👇

AI presents a fundamental threat to our ability to use polls to assess public opinion. Bad actors who are able to infiltrate panels can flip close election polls for less than the cost of a Starbucks coffee. Models will also infer and confirm hypotheses in experiments. Current quality checks fail

📣 New op-ed in Süddeutsche Zeitung: What the data say about the “Brandmauer” I summarize key findings from a study with @anninahermes.bsky.social across 57 democracies ➡️ Far-right parties don’t get weaker in government, they get stronger (~6 points by the next election) tinyurl.com/4j6jaud2

Today at the Politics Lecture Series @humboldtuni.bsky.social Frank Borge Wietzke (IBEI) will give a talk on "The Puzzle of Africa's 'Class Conscious' Farmers" Join us if you are in Berlin! 12pm, ISW #002

🥳 Hyped about our new publication! 🥳 Can't tax the rich because it will harm the economy? People don't think so! 👇

Very interesting paper — and highly relevant to current Swiss politics. 📮 Swiss voters will decide on a 50% inheritance tax for bequests exceeding CHF 50 million (only the portion above 50 million would be taxed) on 30.11.2025.

🚨Elites often warn: taxing the rich hurts everyone. 🤔But do citizens buy that story? With @bcastanho.bsky.social & Hanna Lierse, we find: They don’t! Most people believe progressive taxes can deliver both — more equality and more growth. @jpublicpolicy.bsky.social #openaccess cup.org/3JVuvHm

🚨 New working paper alert 🚨 Missing summer — and the Tour de France? Don’t worry, we got you covered. 🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️ In this paper, we show that being on the route of Tour de France reduces far-right voting. osf.io/preprints/so...

🚨 Reposting to avoid any confusion between EPSS & EPSA 🚨 If you want to support non-for-profit, member-led political science association, EPSS is the place to be! More here 👇🏽

Yesterday EPSS was founded, today we answer members’ questions. A 🧵 1. Who formed EPSS? EPSS was founded by a supermajority vote of the EPSA Council, made up of 3 EPSAL shareholders & 9 elected, appointed, or ex officio members. 1/

Neu im @pwportal: Wir starten die PPRnet Brief Serie zur politischen Machbarkeit von Klimapolitik mit der Einleitung: „Klimapolitik – aber machbar“. Warum Klimapolitik nur wirkt, wenn sie tragfähig ist #Klima #Polisky #PPRnet Mit @bjoernbremer.bsky.social & Jane Gingrich

📢Come and join the Politics Lecture Series @humboldtuni.bsky.social Berlin next week: Kris-Stella Trump, JHU (@kstrump.bsky.social‬) "Perceptions of Income vs Wealth Inequality: A distinction without a difference?" When? Tuesday, June 17, 12pm Where? ISW #002 All welcome!

Today's speaker at the Politics Lecture Series is @na-wehl.bsky.social! Join us at noon @humboldtuni.bsky.social to learn about what the kids are up to these days: "Perceptions of Unfairness and Political Engagement among Adolescents"

What's the future of historical political economy in Europe? To find out, we (w/ @cathrinmohr.bsky.social @lhaffert.bsky.social) conducted a survey and workshop. Here are our main take-aways. Special thanks to all who participated!