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

Share widely with your students in Switzerland 🇨🇭thinking about a PhD @eui-eu.bsky.social 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗘𝗨𝗜 𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗽 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸 🇨🇭 21 Nov 2025 | 2:30pm CET @alissasiara.bsky.social introduces the program & life at EUI, I share my experience, and we answer your questions. 👉 Register: www.eui.eu/events?id=58...

New paper with @mhamjediers.bsky.social German judges have discretion to apply rehabilitative juvenile criminal law (Jugendstrafrecht) or punitive adult criminal law to 18–20-year-old offenders. We show that immigrant youths are ~10 percentage points less likely to be sentenced under juvenile law

💥 💥 BREAKING: Der Schweizer Armeechef Thomas Süssli will kein Microsoft. 💥 💥 Süssli fordert: ➡️ eine Exitstrategie aus Microsoft: ➡️ eine IT-Infrastruktur für sensitive Daten ➡️ eine Schweizer Open-Source-Lösung. (und OpenDesk von ZenDis😉) Read the full story ⬇️ www.republik.ch/2025/10/31/d...

Happy to share that my article with Miguel Rueda and Shuning Ge is out for early view at @bjpols.bsky.social. We show that the level of aggregation at which electoral results are published affects election integrity. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The call for papers for the first ever EPSS conference 2026 in Belfast is open until November 7th 2025. epssnet.org/belfast-2026/ @rdassonneville.bsky.social and I will be chairing the section on Electoral and Voting Behavior. We look forward to your submissions and to a fantastic conference!

I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics. 🧵 1/7

Today is #WorldPostDay, marking the establishment of the Universal Postal Union—a UN agency coordinating postal policies globally. The post revolutionised communication and is an increasingly common voting method, so to mark the occasion, here are some of our recent articles on postal voting... 📫 ✉️

...which neatly ties to research on the effect of prepaid postage in particular. We have not one but two papers here for you! One by Jenny Yin, Thomas Willi and @lucasleemann.bsky.social on the effect of prepaid postage on turnout in Switzerland www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Very happy to be able to share the polling-level dataset on Indian Parliamentary Elections 2009, 2014, 2019 that we have been working on for more than a decade. Both the data and the data descriptor are open access: rdcu.be/eujHH @statsvitenskap.bsky.social @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social

🚨 New(ish) Publication Alert! Delighted to see my article Credit Claiming in the EU @thejop.bsky.social I explore a classic question for accountability in Europe: when and why do govs claim credit for the work of the EU and shift blame onto Brussels to avoid responsibility? doi.org/10.1086/732970

What's the difference between @epssnet.bsky.social and the "old" EPSA, and why you should come to our conference in Belfast in June 2026: epssnet.org/uncategorize...

𝗚𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗵𝗲𝗶𝘁𝘀𝗸𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 – 𝗱𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗔𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗿ä𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀𝘁𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺 𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗮𝘀 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗵ä𝗹𝘁𝗻𝗶𝘀 𝘇𝘂𝗿 𝗘𝗨 𝗻𝗲𝘂 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗧𝗼𝗽3: Das und vieles mehr zeigt die neue @20min.ch -/Tamedia-Wahlumfrage von @leewas.bsky.social cc @lucasleemann.bsky.social

𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗳𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝘂𝘆 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝘁𝘇𝗲: 𝗠𝗶𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗺 𝗮𝗺𝘁𝘀𝗷ü𝗻𝗴𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝗺 𝗮𝗺𝘁𝘀ä𝗹- 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗕𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗿𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝗲 𝗪ä𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗺 𝘇𝘂𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻: Das zeigt die neueste @leewas.bsky.social -Umfrage zur Zufriedenheit mit den einzelnen Bundesratsmitgliedern ebenso wie mit dem Gesamtbundesrat

𝗠𝗲𝗵𝗿𝗵𝗲𝗶𝘁 𝗳ü𝗿 𝗘𝗶𝗻𝗵𝗲𝗶𝘁𝘀𝗸𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗸𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗶 𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗪ä𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗵𝘀 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘄𝗲𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗲𝗻: Das und vieles mehr zeigen die Zusatzauswertungen in der @20min.ch -/Tamedia-Nachbefragung von LeeWas zu den eidgenössischen Volksabstimmungen vom 28. Sept. 2025. cc @lucasleemann.bsky.social #chvote #abst25

Der vollständige Bericht der @20min.online -/Tamedia-Nachbefragung von @leewas.bsky.social ist nun online: leewas.ch/referenzen/ @tagesanzeiger.bsky.social @peligro.bsky.social @marcbrup.bsky.social @yannickwiget.bsky.social @mathiaslutz.bsky.social @lucasleemann.bsky.social #chvote #abst25 #EID

Die legendäre @leewas.bsky.social -Abstimmungsnadel tickt und tickt…. ….mit aktuell knappem Ja zur E-ID (± 1.4%) cc @tagesanzeiger.bsky.social @peligro.bsky.social @marcbrup.bsky.social @yannickwiget.bsky.social @mathiaslutz.bsky.social #chvote #abst25 #EID

Abschaffung des Eigenmietwerts: 62,9% JA E-ID-Gesetz: 50,4% JA So die ersten Prognosen unserer #Hochrechnungen zum #Abstimmungssonntag mit @leewas.bsky.social Liveprognosen verfolgen: www.tagesanzeiger.ch/790131388382 #CHvote #Abst25 #Eigenmietwert #eID

Live-Hochrechnung zu den Abstimmungen: Abschaffung Eigenmietwert – rund 60 Prozent ja. E-ID – auf Messers Schneide. Jetzt 51 Prozent Nein, aber Fehlerbereich noch 2,5 Prozent. Alle Prognosen hier: www.tagesanzeiger.ch/karten-und-g...

Die legendäre @leewas.bsky.social -Abstimmungsnadel tickt – mit Liveprognose in Echtzeit! Jetzt den Abstimmungssonntag verfolgen: tagesanzeiger.ch cc @lucasleemann.bsky.social #abst25 #chvote #Eigenmietwert #EID

#POLITKOLUMNE: A plutocracy rather than a democracy? A person above the median income is electorally worth 1.16 times a pereson below the median. In Swiss direct democracy, however, wins & defeats are distributed quite equally across income classes @leewas.bsky.social www.derbund.ch/politkolumne...

Ballot after ballot, #directdemocracy shows us where representation did not work. Take today's vote on a tax break for homeowners: @leewas.bsky.social polls suggest it is largely supported by homeowners, a group with a strong lobby. Renters tend to oppose it, with ≈60% being renters in Switzerland

🚨 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...

Returning from vacation and looking for a late summer read? @ivobantel.bsky.social and I got you covered! In our new @wepsocial.bsky.social paper, we assess how mainstream parties rhetorically create an affect-based "common front" against the radical right. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

In many countries, mainstream politicians are adopting rhetoric and policies that typical of the far-right. Our new paper (w/ @dziblatt.bsky.social and E Dinas), out now in the @bjpols.bsky.social, finds that doing so erodes norms more than when far-right politicians make similar statements. 1/3

A milestone today: my first PhD publication, co-authored with Fabio Wasserfallen, is out in the @spsr.bsky.social. The article compares Swiss Euroscepticism—just as the title promises. The article is open access: doi.org/10.1111/spsr...

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...

I have been at every single EPSA conference since EPSA was founded. I am excited to attend EPSS 2026 in Dublin - below some clarifications on EPSA and EPSS

The European Political Science Society is now accepting paper & panel proposals for its annual conference! 📢 Call for Papers: EPSS 2026 – Belfast
 🗓️ June 18–20, 2026
 📍 ICC Belfast
 📬 Deadline: Nov 7, 2025 🧵

The WZB Transformations of Democracy unit hosted a great workshop on how ideas of Democracy evolve over time . A great group & lots of scholarly progress.

I am so honored, happy, and still a bit in disbelief that my book "The Normalization of the Radical Right" has won APSA's Dahl Award and the best book prize for the Democracy and Autocracy Section. I can't thank enough everyone who has helped out with this project throughout the years.

cup.org/3GTsE3W Inflation narratives: government spending, as emphasized by Republicans, and corporate greed, highlighted by Democrats. "Economic voting behaviour depends not only on objective economic conditions but also on how political parties subjectively frame these conditions."

CPDS update 1960-2023 is online 🤓 👇/with @dweisstanner.bsky.social @lucasleemann.bsky.social @klarabruhn.bsky.social

🚨 Newest Comparative Political Data Set released!🚨 Updated until 2023 Available here 👉cpds-data.org/data @leuphana.bsky.social @uniluzern.bsky.social @ipz.bsky.social

You can read about why we did this and what this all means on our webpage: www.epssnet.org and follow us on Bluseky @epssnet.bsky.social

Last week, with 11 other colleagues I look up to, we did something major & formed a new non-profit association, @epssnet.bsky.social . It is a lot of work and can only be successful if people support it. Please consider becoming a member today & let us know if you want to be involved.

‼️ There are a few more days left to apply for the PhD positions in my group at KU Leuven. Make sure to send in applications by July 4! 👇

AI model for Parkinson’s based on earwax volatiles (wtf), all over the media… dug around for 5 minutes: ~22 year average age difference between cases and controls…

Freue mich sehr über die Auszeichnung von "Stadt, Land, Frust" als politikwissenschaftliches Buch des Jahres. Vielen Dank an die Deutsche Gesellschaft für Politikwissenschaft und die Stiftung Wissenschaft und Demokratie! www.swud.org/buchpreisver...

Thrilled to share my new publication @epsrjournal.bsky.social! When we think of lobbying, we often picture big businesses or NGOs. But regional governments lobby, too! But what makes govts-as-lobbyists successful? I study intergovt lobbying success based on a multi-year data collection effort

Traditionally, the far-right SVP & center-right parties have seen themselves as natural guardians of Switzerland’s key political institutions. Now, they have preempted state & local govts from setting their own minimum wages, overturning democratic decisions made through referendums My interview⬇️

Two weeks left to apply! Sorry for tagging @fgilardi.bsky.social @heikekluever.bsky.social @indubioproreto.bsky.social @bertous.bsky.social @lucasleemann.bsky.social @stefwalter.bsky.social @gessler.bsky.social @reidingerve.bsky.social @dpzollinger.bsky.social

Switzerland is world champion of direct democracy, but there’s very little „people” behind it. ≈80% of all initiatives are launched by political parties or business lobbies, *not* grassroots citizens. And initiatives backed by org interests are far more likely to succeed www.nzz.ch/schweiz/in-v...

📢📢📢 JOBS: 4 postdocs 📢📢📢 Uni Münster has opened a call for 4! postdoc positions. I'm involved in one hiring and really hope that suitable candidates (in particular quants) apply! Why would you apply? Check out @thiloalbers.bsky.social FAQ! sites.google.com/site/tnhalbe...

Here it is! For anyone interested in cultural appropriation, or curious about what 2 political philosophers might have to say about Aladdin, RuPaul’s Drag Race, Victoria’s Secret or Kendall Jenner (all listed in the index)

We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2025 BJPolS Excellence in Reviewing Award. Find out more here - cup.org/4k8SFL3

When the mailbox is full of invitations to review, I sometimes want to hide from them, but when I get an award for it, it's fine 🤓 On a serious note, I like reviewing because it forces me to take the time to read, and reading is one of my favourites parts of the job. So thank you for this award!

The dataset created with Patrick Emmenegger, @lucasleemann.bsky.social and @megapeng.bsky.social provides 1.3 million observations from over 600 national votes spanning more than 150 years.

Excited to share our new article published in @spsr.bsky.social! We compiled Swiss municipality-level direct-democratic vote results from 1866 to 1944 through extensive archival work and filled some gaps in existing datasets up to 2023. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Aurélia Bardon @aureliabardon.bsky.social and Jennifer Page have just published a great book on cultural appropriation, when (exactly) it is wrong and what we should do about it. Original, enjoyable, and extremeley well argued! www.routledge.com/Cultural-App...