«In der Schweiz ist es häufig eine Blackbox, welche Gelder zu unseren gewählten Vertreter:innen fliessen», so Dr. Oliver Huwyler. Die Studie von @ohuwyler.bsky.social , @stefaniebailer.bsky.social und @nathaliegiger.bsky.social zeigt klar: Transparenz wirkt – selbst bei hohen Nebeneinkünften. 👉🕵️‍♀️

When parliamentarians disclose their additional income from lobbying work, they gain more trust from the electorate. Even those who receive very large financial contributions benefit from greater transparency. @stefaniebailer.bsky.social ‪ @ohuwyler.bsky.social @nathaliegiger.bsky.social

🔔Job Alert 🔔 Thrilled to share that @stefaniebailer.bsky.social and I have been awarded 1.5 million CHF in SNSF funding for our new project: “Electoral choice: Which role does legislators’ quality play?” We’re recruiting 1 postdoc and 2 PhD candidates to join us in Basel and Geneva!

Sexist harassment on online platforms discourages young women from getting involved in politics, as shown by a new study by @dahoehmann.bsky.social, Tomoko Latteier and @stefaniebailer.bsky.social. The consequences are not only borne by those directly affected, with democracy also being harmed.

🆕 Side income impacts trust in politicians? 💰 @ohuwyler.bsky.social @stefaniebailer.bsky.social & @nathaliegiger.bsky.social study voters across 7 🇪🇺 countries to see how transparency about parliamentarians’ extra income shapes #VoterPerceptions, #Trust, and electability

Jetzt auch die deutsche/französische Zsfg. unseres neuesten Artikels, der zeigt, dass Wähler:innen Transparenz von Politiker:innen belohnen! @dgw.philhist.unibas.ch @polisciunibas.bsky.social @unibas.ch

Senator Merkley is on hour 20 of reading How Democracies Die, mixed w commentary, on u.s. senate floor

#HotoffthePress: our new study which shows that voters reward representatives' transparency: @polisciunibas.bsky.social @dgw.philhist.unibas.ch @unibas.ch

Great paper on the state of political science osf.io/preprints/os... by @guygrossman.bsky.social et. al. We have become more diverse, more quantitative, and more collaborative.

Die ZEIT berichtet über eine Studie, an der ich gemeinsam mit Christian Breunig (Uni Konstanz) und dem POLPOP-Team um Stefaan Walgrave (Uni Antwerpen) beteiligt war. www.zeit.de/2025/42/mein... @polisciunibas.bsky.social @dgw.philhist.unibas.ch @unibas.ch

Our new study in @jwpp.bsky.social shows that online abuse on social media discourages young women from pursuing political offices—before their actual political careers have even begun. with @dahoehmann.bsky.social and Tomoko Latteier www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

Am Mittwoch hatten wir unseren Erstsemester-Apéro 😁🎉 Unsere neuen Studierenden wurden mit Snacks, Sandwiches und Bier versorgt 🍻🥪 und rätselten bei einem PoWi-Quiz, organisiert von unserer tollen Fachschaft 😎 Es hat riesig Spass gemacht – und wir heissen Euch ganz herzlich willkommen an Bord!! 💐😄

Dear colleagues, which free (or nearly free) survey software works best for teaching students how to design surveys & run survey experiments? #AcademicBluesky

Nimm das EU!

Mehr zur Wirkung von Social Media Posts von Politiker:innen: @polisciunibas.bsky.social @dgw.philhist.unibas.ch @unibas.ch

Haha (Generally a pretty good read btw)

Herzliche Gratulation @dahoehmann.bsky.social für Deinen tollen Einsatz in der Lehre in der @polisciunibas.bsky.social !

Dear Roman, thanks for your inspiring talk and great comments on our research !

#hotoffthepress from @polisciunibas.bsky.social: We can show how MPs use constituency signals strategically but voters do not necessarily reward this. @unibas.ch

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Wie sich Demokratieeinstellungen von Politiker:innen und Bürger:innen unterscheiden: #hotoffthepress #PolSciUnibas @dgw.philhist.unibas.ch @unibas.ch www.defacto.expert?p=45672&prev...

Apparently something got scrambled with the link to the application portal. Hopefully this one works: stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/6...

#PolSciUnibas in den Medien, Interview zur Bundestagswahl auf Telebasel: telebasel.ch/sendungen/pu... @dgw.philhist.unibas.ch @unibas.ch

Einschätzungen zur anstehenden Bundestagswahl in Bajour: @unibas.ch @dgw.philhist.unibas.ch bajour.ch/a/stefanie-b...

A quick reminder: we are hiring! The deadline for the application is 20 January. Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have questions about the position. jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...

@PolSciUnibas in den Medien: Gemeinsam mit Nora Hoffmann (BZ), Marcel Rohr (BAZ) und Ina Bullwinkel (Bajour) diskutierte ich gestern die Ergebnisse des Basel Super Sunday #abst24 #wahlenBS Die Analyse zum Wahl- und Abstimmungswochenende - Wahlen | Telebasel

Yes! Publication by my fantastic PhD student Jana Boukemia with Marius Sältzer and Sébastien Boyer: an innovative study about women politicians' social media behavior and the respective (gendered) reactions:

Thanks a lot for this prize by "West European Politics" for joint work with the fabulous Tamaki Ohmura for a study why women in youth parties have harder times to rise to the top @UniBasel @UniBaselSocSci www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

For a class on election systems I am searching for a couple of ballot papers from different countries. Does anyone of you know whether there is a database on ballot papers?