🆕 Latest article out @electoralstudies.bsky.social! Left parties' higher salience on cultural issues associated w/ higher support from working-class voters. Social democrats much more sensitive to different strategies, should pursue more left/salient economics www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Excited to have this paper on social networks as a mechanism for cleavage stabilization with @dpzollinger.bsky.social out! If we have you intrigued, also pairs with (and empirically engages) our theoretical piece on puzzles of contemporary cleavage research: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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...

What is the level of education in Switzerland? ➡️ Compulsory education from 29% (1991) to 17% (2021) ➡️ Apprenticeship from 55% to 42% ➡️ Tertiary education (university or equivalent) from 16% to 41%, overrepresented in urban areas www.tagesanzeiger.ch/bildung-schw...

🚨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.

Looking forward to the GREC workshop @sspunil.bsky.social @forsresearch.bsky.social @matthiasenggist.bsky.social @eliemichel.bsky.social @anketresch.bsky.social @dweisstanner.bsky.social @pauluswagner.bsky.social @klaudiakoxha.bsky.social @philiprathgeb.bsky.social @lukaslauener.bsky.social

Join us in Lausanne! @sspunil.bsky.social @forsresearch.bsky.social

This is a nice opportunity also to contribute to the activites on #CNES. 🤩 To apply, see link below ⬇️

Join us in Lausanne! @sspunil.bsky.social @forsresearch.bsky.social

New publication with Lionel Marquis  « Explaining the (In)Stability of Voters’ Issue Ownership Perceptions: Evidence from the 2019 Swiss Election » @polstudies.bsky.social doi.org/10.1177/0032...

J’ai eu le plaisir de parler du gende gap en Suisse hier à la RTS: www.rts.ch/audio-podcas...

Getting organized for the 2026 CES conference (deadline fast approaching); if you have a paper you're planning to present that is either on 1.) group appeals, or 2.) contemporary sources of social closure, lmk and we can see whether there's enough overlap for a shared panel submission! #polisky

I have a new article out on wage-earner funds, a famous attempt at economic democracy in Sweden in the 70s & 80s. It explores the funds' defeat, emphasising the issue's stronger resonance with businesses compared to workers & the Social Democratic Party journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Undecided which section to submit your paper to for the 2026 EPSS conference? Look here for short explainers by our stellar set of section chairs:

The populist right makes enormous gains (+12pp!) and the clear winner in a campaign dominated by economic issues and despite the immigration issue being almost absent. However they are unlikely to gain much political power from their new seats given the make-up of the incoming Parliament

It's now certain, but the rural-agrarian Centre Party, while suffering heavy losses, will be kingmakers in Parliament. Their leader underlines in his speech that no one can take them for granted - reminding Labour that the Centre party will require influence to not switch sides.

📢 Two weeks left to propose a mini-conference for SASE 2026 in Bordeaux! 🗓 Deadline: 18 September 2025 Themes should align with Fighting Divisions: Conflict and Power in a Post-Globalisation Order. Details + submission: sase.org/news/call-fo... #SASE2026

Quasi-Magic:Marginal effects at the mean, average marginal effects, and #Stata's margins command www.kai-arzheimer.com/me-at-the-ma...

Lausanne n’est pas Clichy-sous-bois et ne le sera probablement jamais. - Mountazar Jaffar "Le problème ne relève ni de l’urbanisme ni de la précarité comme en banlieues françaises, mais d’un sentiment croissant d’injustice face au racisme structurel." www.defacto.expert/2025/09/01/l...

The #Call for Proposals for the joint #Dreiländertagung #3LT2026 of DVPW, @oegpw.bsky.social & SVPW/ASSP is open. We are looking forward to panel and paper proposals until 14 November 2025! 👉 www.dvpw.de/veranstaltun... #CfP 11/14 #PolSci #PoliticalScience #Europe #Future #SpreadTheWord

🧪 🗳 New in Scientific Data "The #AUTNES Online Panel Study 2017–2024: A Dataset of Austrian Voter Attitudes and Behavior” The new data descriptor offers background on study design & data quality. ➡️ doi.org/10.1038/s415... 📂 Dataset: doi.org/10.11587/HNU... #OpenScience @aussda.bsky.social

📣 Call for Papers is open! In_equality Conference 2026 | 15–17 April | Konstanz We invite papers on the political causes & consequences of #inequality Submit Aug 8–Oct 5 ➡️ inequality-conference.de @uni-konstanz.de

Our paper is now out in an issue! Summarizing thread below and link for access here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...

Glad to share a symposium on my book "How the Radical Right Has Changed Capitalism and Welfare" with SER: academic.oup.com/ser/advance-.... Featuring @alexandreafonso.bsky.social, @vapunkt.bsky.social, @ankehassel.bsky.social, @danielk24.bsky.social, @gscheiring.bsky.social, & rejoinder by myself 👇

My department at Leuphana University offers 6 fully funded PhD scholarships (incl. research funding) for three years. If you are interested in studying democratic resilience (particularly party competition and elections 🤓) and you have a strong methodolgical background: Apply! shorturl.at/kcTbG

Gewerkschaften: Letzte Dinos oder effiziente Stütze? Essay von Klaus Armingeon www.uniaktuell.unibe.ch/2025/gewerks...

habe für unseren blog etwas über die relevanz von sozialer klasse und das zugehörigkeitsgefühl von prekär und atypisch beschäftigten zur arbeiter:innenklasse geschrieben. 📰 der beitrag basiert auf meiner @fesonline.bsky.social publikation „ein teil der arbeiter:innenklasse?“ #klassenbewusstsein

📢 Lesen Sie den Newsletter SelectsAktuell #Selects @forsresearch.bsky.social 👉 Lassen junge Generationen die traditionellen Parteien links liegen? 3 Fragen an @indubioproreto.bsky.social 👉 Wirtschaftlichen Sorgen nehmen zu forscenter.ch/wp-content/u...

📢 Découvrez la newsletter SelectsActuel #Selects @forsresearch.bsky.social 👉 Les jeunes générations délaissent-elles les partis traditionnels? 3 questions à @indubioproreto.bsky.social 👉 Des préoccupations économiques croissantes - dans la dernière enquête forscenter.ch/wp-content/u...

We spent over three years at the Joint Research Centre on DIGCLASS, studying social policy and inequality in the age of digitalisation. We’ve now put all our resources and insights together — check it out! digclass.eu

Can government policies moderate political backlash to structural change? Yes, the effect operates through material benefits and social recognition. 🚨New WP by @retobuergisser.bsky.social, @siljahausermann.bsky.social, @thmskrr.bsky.social and @susanadptavares.bsky.social 🚨 shorturl.at/zFbZE

I'm recruiting 2 PhD researchers to work with me on a project studying how social groups influence vote choices! Info on the position and how to apply 👉 www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo... Please share with interested students who would like to move to beautiful Leuven!

And more cool research by @noracwe.bsky.social, @danjdevine.bsky.social, Rasmus Kappelgaard Gustafsson, Viktoriia Muliavka, David Beck, @robinweisser.bsky.social, @linerenn.bsky.social, @leaelsaesser.bsky.social, @johannaplenter.bsky.social, Mikolaj Czesnik & @manuelwagner.bsky.social (days 2.5-4)😊

✨We have a great line-up with work by Rune Stubager, @micagrossmann.bsky.social, Garret Binding, @denisetraber.bsky.social, @magneflemmen.bsky.social, Marta Eidheim, @pstanig.bsky.social, Lewis Anderson, Geoff Evans, Sung in Kim, @marvinreis.bsky.social (days 1-2)

This seminar on the challenges of sampling for election studies is today, and it's not too late to register for it! 👇

📣The new Selects cumulative file 1971-2023 is out! Free download here: doi.org/10.48573/2w7... #Polisky #ElectionStudies #Selects

Great afternoon at the GREC workshop in Lausanne @forsresearch.bsky.social @sspunil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social with @lacic.bsky.social @matthiasenggist.bsky.social @eliemichel.bsky.social @lukaslauener.bsky.social @anketresch.bsky.social and many others

📢 L’Observatoire des élites suisses recrute ! Dans le cadre du projet « Beyond the Core: Elites and Power in Swiss Second-Tier City-Regions, 1890–2020 », 3 postes sont ouverts : 🔹 2 doctorant·e·s → bit.ly/3GjdXHg 🔹 1 postdoctorant·e → bit.ly/3RsoXnW 🔍 Description du projet : bit.ly/4cFqqRv

We're organizing another round of the Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology 🎉 summerschoolwpm.org Our super-cool speakers include msands.bsky.social @allisonwkoh.bsky.social @melinscribe.bsky.social @rebeccakittel.bsky.social @fabiennelind.bsky.social & @indiiigo.bsky.social 📆01/05

New article out in Survey Research Methods with Oliver Lipps and @anketresch.bsky.social🥳 Asking for Panel Consent in Web Surveys: Choice, Opt-in, or Opt-out? In short: If you have the choice, opt for opt-out😉 Full article here: doi.org/10.18148/srm... @forsresearch.bsky.social @sspunil.bsky.social

Deux enfants, sinon aucun ? Notre dernier numéro démontre : Entre 1946 et 2022, la Suisse oscille entre le modèle à deux enfants et celui sans enfant. 30 % des femmes diplômées du supérieur n’ont pas d’enfant. www.socialchangeswitzerland.ch?p=4514

I really enjoyed presenting a new paper on how open-list proportional representation incentivizes candidates to spend money on their campaign & exploring the impact of Switzerland’s first-ever party finance disclosure rules. THANKS for all the encouraging & insightful feedback—truly appreciated!

Exciting workshop on the 2023 Swiss Federal Elections - gathering researchers from so many universities. Look forward to our research output @spsr.bsky.social. Thanks to the support of @forsresearch.bsky.social @ipz.bsky.social @sspunil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social

How does employment change differ across German regions & is it all about the urban-rural divide? 🏙️ 🏡 Happy to see the first paper of my PhD now out in Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie and Sozialpsychologie! Read the paper #OpenAccess here doi.org/10.1007/s115... and 🧵👇:

The next #CNES Seminar on May 13th will discuss #sampling in challenging circumstances 🤔💡and feature presentations by Laura Stephenson (Canadian Election Study) and @rdassonneville.bsky.social & @dieterstiers.bsky.social (Belgian election studies). Register now to attend this free online event!👇

Looking forward to exchanges on #ElectionStudies with German and Austrian colleagues @gles.bsky.social #AUTNES #Selects at @forsresearch.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social @sspunil.bsky.social @anketresch.bsky.social @lukaslauener.bsky.social @eliemichel.bsky.social

Come to the talk by Sonja Zmerli on the perceptions of economic inequality today at 12:30. Results from the @erc.europa.eu POLINEQUAL. Co-organized by the GREC and the LAGAPE @unil.bsky.social @sspunil.bsky.social l @forsresearch.bsky.social www.unil.ch/events/17389...

We're looking for Visiting Researchers (f/m/d) for Winter Semester 2025/26. If your work focuses on economic sociology or political economy, apply for a research stay (2-12 months). Open to professors, postdocs, and PhDs worldwide. Join us! s.gwdg.de/wydVIl

Que signifie vivre et travailler en Suisse pendant des années sans papiers ? Une recherche et un ouvrage apportent des réponses à cette question. Rencontre avec l’un des auteurs, Jan-Erik Refle @sspunil.bsky.social. 👉 À lire dans l'uniscope: go.unil.ch/irgsA

Excited to share the short-film "Walter L." we produced with director Barbara Wolfram based on my thesis research will have it's national premiere at the Austrian Film Festival #Diagonale25 on March 29 & 31! Below some stills :) Walter L.: www.diagonale.at/filme-a-z/?f...