Einige unserer Analysen zum Nachhaltigkeits-Framing der SVP-Initiative basierend auf Paneldaten der Schweizer Wahlstudie Selects fanden gestern Eingang in diesen äusserst lesenswerten @nzz.ch -Artikel🧐 @linerenn.bsky.social @anketresch.bsky.social @17simonmarti.bsky.social @forsresearch.bsky.social

My former job @mpifg.bsky.social now comes with a tenure track. I'm obviously biased, but this is a great opportunity for comparative/international political economists and an important milestone for the MPIfG (see Philipp's thread). Happy to answer questions about what the job was like for me!

We are hiring a tenure track (!) senior researcher in political economy! This is obviously a great job (permanent without teaching obligation) and I hope you all apply. However, I would like to take a moment to share just how significant this is in the German academic context ⬇️

FOUR GRAPHS ABOUT 🇩🇰'S GENERAL ELECTION My read of the election in four graphs. First: big urban-rural divide. The two big mainstream parties, Social Democrats and Liberals, are now mainly rural/suburban, with niche parties dominating in cities. (1/4) #polisky

Does being high-skilled protect you from ethnic bias when applying for a UK visa? In a new pre-registered experiment to be published in International Migration Review, I find that high occupational status doesn't shield immigrants from ethnic prejudice — it may activate it.

Today is my first national election since moving to Denmark! A few off-the-cuff personal observations about the campaign and Danish political culture from an American/British perspective. 🧵

Jobs, jobs, jobs! Please spread the word

Avec @linerenn.bsky.social, nous avons analysé le profile et les préoccupations des partisans et opposants à l’initiative «Pas de Suisse à 10 millions!»🧐 Lisez notre article dans Le Temps😊 @forsresearch.bsky.social @sspunil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social

Opinions plus tranchées, citoyen-nes plus engagé-es : le paradoxe de la polarisation politique en Suisse – Ursina Kuhn, Lionel Marquis, Nicolas Vos Avoir des positions idéologiques tranchées renforce les critiques envers les institutions. www.defacto.expert/2026/03/17/o...

Great 2-3 year postdoc opportunity in the Social Policy unit here at @sofi.su.se, Stockholm University SOFI is an incredible research and work environment, could not recommend it more Deadline for applications (including your own research plan): 13th April 2026

📢 GREC lecture series in spring semester 2026 🗓️ 5th March: @selmasarenkapa.bsky.social 16th April: Natasha Wunsch 21th May: @giorgiomalet.bsky.social @sspunil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social @forsresearch.bsky.social

Spannend, wie in Österreich Sympathie für bestimmte soziale Gruppen mit Wahlverhalten korreliert: - Reiche: V/N⬆️, S/G⬇️ - Niedrigverdiener: V/F⬇️, S/G⬆️ - Selbständige: V⬆️, S/G⬇️ - Arbeitslose: V/F⬇️, S/G⬆️ - Frauen: F⬇️, G⬆️ - Pensionisten: G/N⬇️ - LGBTQ: kein sign. Zushang - Zugewanderte: S/G/N⬆️, V/F⬇️

This is really fascinating data: "To summarize the key results, Switzerland’s private wealth is growing faster than incomes, and it is highly concentrated among the very wealthy and the elderly. Wealth is transferred across generations increasingly late in heirs’ lives."

New data release. Selects 2023 Panel Survey (Waves 1–5) The panel follows the same respondents from the 2023 election campaign to 2027, offering unique longitudinal insights into Swiss political attitudes & behaviour. 👉 Dataset: doi.org/10.48573/4h6... 👉 Selects: forscenter.ch/projects/sel...

On Feb 24, I give a talk at the University of Lausanne's Lives center. The title of my talk: Politics and Intergenerational Mobility api.unil.ch/newsunil/v1/...

Un ouvrage passionnant sur l'histoire de la gauche dans les villes, du socialisme municipal aux nouvelles coalitions rouge-verte. Avec une fine analyse de l'évolution du profil socio-professionnel des élus #class #representation

Very happy to see this article published in @cogitatiopag.bsky.social 🥳! Using data from Selects (@forsresearch.bsky.social) and @smartvote.bsky.social, we compare political elites and voters on the question of closer (or looser) relations between CH and the EU

Love Data Week Switzerland (9–11 Feb) We offer 3 short online sessions: Generate file lists in minutes www.researchdatasupport.ch/event/genera... Find & download data on SWISSUbase www.researchdatasupport.ch/event/search... Use AI to draft a README (11 Feb) www.researchdatasupport.ch/index.php/ev...

Der Meidner-Plan ist bekannt als das schwedische Konzept für den Übergang zum Sozialismus. Weniger bekannt ist: Rudolf Meidner kam aus Deutschland, hatte den Aufstieg der Nazis miterlebt und wollte mit seiner Arbeit auch dem Faschismus den Boden entziehen.

⚠️Deadline approaching soon to submit your paper to our Section on economic inequality perceptions and preferences @ecpr.bsky.social's General Conference! 📆Deadline 9 January

How polarized was occupational change in Germany's and UK's largest cities? Happy to share a new paper with Daniel Oesch and @katymorris.bsky.social out in Journal for Labour Market Research. Read the paper #OpenAccess here doi.org/10.1186/s126... and 🧵👇:

The MOSAiCH Call 2027 is open! Propose questions for the MOSAiCH Survey 2027 & collect survey data in Switzerland. The module complements ISSP 2027: Social Networks & Social Resources II. Deadline: 20 April 2026 Fieldwork: Spring 2027 | Data: Early 2028 👉 Info: forscenter.ch/wp-content/u...

NOW OUT ON FIRSTVIEW!! Brand Transformation in #European #Politics: The Rise and Limits of #Nonclassical #Names By @eborbath.bsky.social & @swenhutter.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S153...

Giorgia Meloni a-t-elle changé ? La question qui divise les politistes italiens www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...

My book “The Normalization of the Radical Right” has recently come out in the US. If you're interested, in this thread I’ll link different ways of learning about the book and its argument (I’ll keep adding if more come out). First, here is the link to the book: academic.oup.com/book/57946

Centre LIVES @unil.bsky.social is running the Good Life Data Challenge: Using existing Swiss Household Panel data, can you predict the feeling of having lived a happy, meaningful, and interesting (psychologically rich) life in 🇨🇭? These new items will be included in the next wave of SHP

Did you miss the last #CNES Seminar on #migrant #electionstudies? 😧 don't panic: you can now (re-)watch the recordings on our website: www.cnes.community/index.php/ev... 😌 💡

J'ai parlé avec @letemps.ch sur la #classe moyenne et les réponses des partis à la problématique du pouvoir d'achat @forsresearch.bsky.social www.letemps.ch/suisse/a-ber...

Interested in data from the Selects Panel Survey? 7 waves follow the same respondents between the 2019 election campaign & the 2023 federal elections. Download the data www.swissubase.ch/en/catalogue... and the overview of the concepts & questions www.swissubase.ch/en/catalogue...

Great work and nice use of #Selects data from 1995 to 2023 @forsresearch.bsky.social @anketresch.bsky.social @lukaslauener.bsky.social

There is still time to register! newsletter.forscenter.ch/newsletter/i... 💡Don't miss the #CNES online seminar tomorrow 25 November on #migrant #electionstudies ⬇️

Do policy preferences of voters and non-voters differ in European democracies? My new article in @ejprjournal.bsky.social finds: Yes, sometimes, but this is not the norm. Let's break it down. 🧵 1/10

🆕 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