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

New Cambridge Element 'Money, Partisanship and Power in Local Politics' by Robert G. Boatright, Lane G Cuthbert, @eichen.bsky.social, Raymond J. La Raja & Meredith Rolfe is now free to read for 2 weeks - https://cup.org/48ZT4wZ #cambridgeelements #politics

🚨New paper out in @jeppjournal.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1080/1350... @manuelwagner.bsky.social & I re-conceptualize class representation to take into account social mobility between classes and variation in how individuals enter politics.

NEW - Paths to Power: A New Dataset on the Social Profile of Governments - https://cup.org/47i6oKQ - @jacobnyrup.bsky.social, @chknutsen.bsky.social, @peterla.bsky.social & Ina Lyftingsmo Kristiansen #OpenAccess

#OpenAccess from @ejprjournal.bsky.social - Transparency matters: The positive effect of politicians’ side income disclosure on voters’ perceptions - https://cup.org/4qgbZcY - @ohuwyler.bsky.social, @stefaniebailer.bsky.social & @nathaliegiger.bsky.social#OpenAccess #FirstView

📣 New EJPR publication! @stefaniebailer.bsky.social, @nathaliegiger.bsky.social and I study citizens’ attitudes toward MPs’ side income disclosure in 7 European countries. MPs who conceal income are trusted least, even less than those with very high side incomes. doi.org/10.1017/S1475676525100303

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....

Wahlkampf in den sozialen Medien: Lokale Posts wirken nicht - @ohuwyler.bsky.social, @nathaliegiger.bsky.social, @stefaniebailer.bsky.social Parlamentsmitglieder sprechen ihren Wahlkreis mittels lokalen Posts direkt an, obwohl diese Strategie nicht belohnt wird. www.defacto.expert/2025/08/19/w...

🚨 New publication alert! 🚨 "From crisis governance to electoral normality and the longest coalition negotiations: the 2024 Austrian parliamentary election" 🇦🇹🗳️🤝 📄 Read here: doi.org/10.1080/0140... By Manuel Scharrer, @janabernhard.bsky.social, @marvins.bsky.social, @schnizzl.bsky.social and me

Call for Papers: "Knowing Without Knowing: How False Confidence Shapes the World" 🗓️ Deadline: 23.4.2026 🔗 www.nature.com/collections/... Co-Edited with: M. Adamus, S. Chen #Misinformation #ConspiracyBeliefs #Polarization #ScienceDenial #Overconfidence 🧪 🔄 Help us spread the word!

📢 Thrilled to share our new article introducing CampaignView—a comprehensive open-source dataset of congressional candidate campaign bios and policy platforms (2018–2022). Paper + data here: campaignview.org & doi.org/10.7910/DVN/... 🧵1/4

📣 New research in EJPR together with the wonderful @nathaliegiger.bsky.social, @stefaniebailer.bsky.social, T. Turner-Zwinkels & S. Heller: We find: 1) MPs use more constituency signals while campaigning, 2) voters notice the signals, 3) but don't reward that behaviour. doi.org/10.1111/1475...

🎉 Das Warten hat ein Ende: Das Programm für das Pint of Science Festival 2025 in #Wien ist online! 🍻🧠 Vom 19. bis 21. Mai erwarten euch zahlreiche spannende Vorträge in gemütlicher Atmosphäre. Alle Details und Tickets findet ihr hier: pintofscience.at/events/wien #Pint25AT

Wie die Merkmale der Kandidierenden ihre (Nicht-)Wahl entscheiden 🗳️ 📣 Mein neuer Beitrag in @defactoexpert.bsky.social zeigt, wie oft Faktoren wie das Geschlecht oder der Bisherigenstatus tatsächlich über den Gewinn eines Sitzes entscheiden. DeFacto-Artikel: shorturl.at/DhZZJ

Gender, ethnicity, or incumbency: While they affect how many votes candidates get in open list PR, they don't necessarily determine who wins a seat. 📣 My new research note in @electoralstudies.bsky.social tackles this discrepancy by studying counterfactual scenarios. 👉 Full paper shorturl.at/0QRZ7

📣 Mein Bericht in der neuesten Ausgabe von Digitize!-News @stawi-univie.bsky.social zu politischer Professionalisierung: Die Bevölkerung erwartet, dass Politikerinnen und Politiker ein Vollzeitamt nicht mit einer weiteren Erwerbstätigkeit kombinieren. 👉 Bericht: shorturl.at/BVOzH

📣 When do citizens accept politicians with a day job? My new study in @lgstudies.bsky.social shows how it depends on public office professionalisation. When offices with greater time demands and higher pay are combined with day jobs, citizens trust politicians less. Open access: shorturl.at/m18Fd

We are excited to announce the release of the new #AUTNES dashboard! 🥳 Discover insights on Austrian voters' attitudes and behavior from 23 waves of the AUTNES Online Panel Study (2017–2024) here: 131.130.71.40:3838/autnes/ 📝📈🗳️

🎄🌟 Exciting news! 📊🎉 The AUTNES Online Panel Study 2017–2024 is here! 🎁🤩 Explore 23 survey waves to uncover the dynamics of voting behavior and public opinion in Austria. 🗳️🇦🇹 Access the data via #AUSSDA ➡️ doi.org/10.11587/HNU... #AUTNES #ElectionStudies #Polisky #DataRelease #WeLoveData ❤️

Come work @dovilerimkute.bsky.social, Caelesta Braun and me! PhD Position at the Institute of Public Admin, Leiden University on interest representation and political attitudes. Inspiring + friendly working environment, opportunity + resources to develop research. Deadline 10/11 tinyurl.com/mrbeps77

Gestern Abend durfte ich in der #ZIB3 des #ORF meine Einschätzung zu Love Politics, einem Projekt zur Ausbildung von Politikerinnen und Politikern, abgeben.

I'm happy to share this new paper about political elites. We find that elite careers are more distinct and shifts across elites less common than often assumed (with a great group of co-authors): ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 1/5