Marta Vuković @martav.bsky.social @univie.ac.at shared insights from her work with Sylvia Kritzinger on how justifications shape citizens' support for party ban and ultimately for militant democracy.

📊 AUTHLIB has extensively studied voters' attitude to explore the societal base of illiberalism and their support for democracy. The presentations at our concluding conference show the many issues that can be studied through the data collected in the AUTHLIB project.

We (@stawi-univie.bsky.social) are hiring a PhD researcher: - focus: representation, party competition, pol behavior, pol institutions, pol econ, or related - 4 years, starting 1 Oct 26 - 30h/week, incl some teaching - deadline: 28 Jan 26 jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...

And more job opportunities: @univie.ac.at aims to fill 40 (!) doctoral positions in the social sciences, humanities and cultural studies careers.univie.ac.at/en/praedoc/p...

If you are in Budapest next week, don't miss our concluding conference! Register by January 4 and join us!

Our 32-country conjoint study on which societal characteristics citizens prioritize is now published at @bjpols.bsky.social w. excellent @anjaneundorf.bsky.social @sirianned.bsky.social @aykutozturk.bsky.social

📣 AUTHLIB Final Conference 🗺️ Mapping the Illiberal Challenge: Patterns, Drivers, Consequences 📅 Jan 8–9, 2026 📍 @weareceu.bsky.social, Budapest Two days on illiberalism, democracy & democratic responses. 👉 Register today to secure your spot: www.authlib.eu/authlib-fina...

🚨 New in Nature+Science!🚨 AI chatbots can shift voter attitudes on candidates & policies, often by 10+pp 🔹Exps in US Canada Poland & UK 🔹More “facts”→more persuasion (not psych tricks) 🔹Increasing persuasiveness reduces "fact" accuracy 🔹Right-leaning bots=more inaccurate

What happens when a minority decides for the majority? On Sunday, Swiss citizens head to the polls again. But Switzerland remains one of the most exclusionary democracies in the OECD. In highly cosmopolitan places like Basel-Stadt, only 50.5% of all residents were entitled to vote (as of 2024)

"We can no longer trust that survey responses are coming from real people," Westwood said in a press release. "With survey data tainted by bots, AI can poison the entire knowledge ecosystem.” www.404media.co/a-researcher...

A reminder of the day: “I tell my students, 'When you get these jobs that you have been so brilliantly trained for, just remember that your real job is that if you are free, you need to free somebody else. If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else.” Toni Morrison

🚨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.

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.” RIP Jane Goodall

Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere. Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself. Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj

New publication with @kgattermann.bsky.social : “Does media framing of election results affect whether voters perceive parties as election winners or losers?” @polstudies.bsky.social doi.org/10.1177/0032... A short 🧵:

🎉🎉🎉 Extremely proud of @manuelwagner.bsky.social who yesterday defended his excellent PhD thesis on the political representation of the working class. Big thanks to co-supervisor Nick Carnes & committee members @noamlupu.bsky.social, @denisetraber.bsky.social & @thomasmmeyer.bsky.social)!

We have a JOP article about how swifties ~randomly denied tickets to the eras tour due to website allocation errors changed their views on related policies www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...

I think you should be able to say things the president doesn’t like and still be a citizen. Maybe we should write that down somewhere.

‪European Federation of Journalists (EFJ)‬ #Serbia: We urge the EU to respond to the ongoing repression of journalists, students and civil societies, also being perpetrated by state representatives and law enforcement officers. Absolute indifference must stop. The EU must take action.

I can only echo this - very excited to finally see this out in print! For anyone interested in (citizens' meanings of) voting, political participation, and the use of open-ended questions in public opinion research across countries 💡

In every writing process, there’s a time when nothing works. When everything looks like a mess: No argument, no structure, no nothing. If that’s where you’re, congratulations! You’re doing it right. 👉 My latest Respect the Marble post: catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/your-first... 🧵

Doing important things at @epsanet.bsky.social …like locating the one veg canapé at the reception 👀 @stawi-univie.bsky.social @bseisl.bsky.social @mkaltenegger.bsky.social @alexanderdalheimer.bsky.social @marvins.bsky.social @elenaheinz.bsky.social @mascakir.bsky.social @thomasmmeyer.bsky.social

🚨 Big News for European Political Science 🚨 We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community. 🔗 epssnet.org Here’s a thread with everything you need to know. 🧵

Excited to kick off #EPSA2025 on Day 1, Panel 1! 🎉 I’ll present my co-authored research with @michaelimre.bsky.social on 50 years of gender representation in political science publications. We analyze nearly 100,000 articles across 72 journals to uncover long-term trends. 🔍 @epsanet.bsky.social

I wonder if appeals to self-interest on immigration—rather than, say, appeals to fairness or due process—might move Republicans? For example, does telling people mass deportation will weaken social security shift any attitudes?

Interview bei ZEIT ONLINE: Hat die SPD die Arbeiter verloren, weil sie zu viel über das Bürgergeld redet? Unsinn, findet der Soziologe Linus Westheuser. Die SPD brauche ein völlig anderes Konzept. Sie muss bereit sein, sich mit den ökonomischen Eliten anzulegen. www.zeit.de/politik/deut...

🚨 working paper (w. @morganlcj.bsky.social @markuswagner.bsky.social): Protesters are not judged equally - even if tactics of groups are similar. We ran an experiment in 🇩🇪 testing how people react to farmers vs. climate activists blocking roads. What we find is disturbing: osf.io/preprints/os...

🚨 “Good Description” with @annagbusse.bsky.social 🚨 What sets 'good' description apart from 'mere' description? We develop a framework for evaluating descriptive research, whether we are doing it as scholars or assessing it as readers. Two main contributions... 🔗📄 tinyurl.com/gooddesc

🛡️ Democracy’s defenders need knowledge, not just ideals. The AUTHLIB project investigates Europe’s illiberal challenges and offers tools for action. 📩 Sign up to receive our research highlights, event news, and policy insights: www.authlib.eu/newsletter/

🚨 My first publication, co-authored with Sylvia Kritzinger & Susanna Bastaroli, is out! In our chapter, we explore how Italians re-elaborate their country’s role in the WWII & the Holocaust. Available online & in print (EN): www.wallstein-verlag.de/978383535866... 🧵 Some key findings: 👇

NEW - Choosing Democracy Over Party? How Civic Education Can Mitigate the Anti-Democratic Effects of Partisan Polarization - cup.org/4iooX3d - Melek Hilal Eroglu, Steven E. Finkel, @anjaneundorf.bsky.social, @aykutozturk.bsky.social & Ericka G. Rascón Ramírez #OpenAccess

People often overestimate how many others share their views—a phenomenon known as the false consensus effect. In a new article in @ispp-pops.bsky.social, @clandwehr.bsky.social, Philipp Harms and I show that this tendency is associated with stronger populist attitudes: doi.org/10.1111/pops....

NEW - Does Reason-Giving Affect Political Attitudes? - cup.org/4lMuN1x "I find that reason-giving has very limited effects on the constraint, stability, or polarization of the public’s political attitudes" - Jack Blumenau #OpenAccess

#Data collected during face-to-face interviews in #Ukraine 🇺🇦 during Round 10 (2020-22) of our #survey is now available. The majority of Round 10 #questions were replicated in early 2022, and can be compared with countries included in our main #dataset.

📣 Join us with for an inspiring talk by Dr. Julia Partheymüller @schnizzl.bsky.social next week! 📅 Date: 8 April, 2025 ⏰ Time: 12:00–13:00 CEST 📍 Location: Maker Space, @hertieschool.bsky.social More details and register here 👉 www.hertie-school.org/en/datascien...

📚 Call for Papers – Special Issue in Political Psychology "Re-examining Norms of Good Citizenship When Democratic Values are Under Threat" 📅 Deadline for submission: 15 July 2025 🔗 Learn more & submit: ispp.org/wp/wp-conten... #PoliticalPsychology #CallForPapers @ispp-pops.bsky.social

✨Big news✨ I successfully defended my PhD last month! Still can’t quite believe it. So grateful to everyone who made it possible, especially my amazing supervisors @carolinaplescia.bsky.social @rdassonneville.bsky.social & committee @turnbulldugarte.com @zeynsom.bsky.social @thomasmmeyer.bsky.social

Our "Defending Liberalism" workshop is underway at @ceudeminst.bsky.social 🗨️ What are the normative limits of protecting democracy from illiberal actors? How can we respond to their varieties? Our agenda: www.authlib.eu/defending-li... 🗣️ @zmiklosi.bsky.social @zsolt.bsky.social & Andres Moles

Many feel that politics globally has become toxic and hostile over recent years. But is this actually the case? And if so, who's to blame? What issues are driving toxicity? We analyze 18M tweets from politicians in 17 countries to find out! w/ @julianachueri.bsky.social arxiv.org/pdf/2503.22411

🚨New paper alert!🚨 Women are less likely to enter competitions than men—even when equally qualified. But telling them this can change behavior. 📈 In a field experiment on a job application platform, we found that highlighting this gender gap increased the # of job apps women submitted by ~20%.

🚨New article🔥 🗳️ What helped close the turnout gender gap after female enfranchisement? ▶️ We study a 1933 lottery that assigned newly enfranchised women as poll officers and its impact on their voting in 1936. One of my favourite projects! 🎉 @upf.edu @politiquesupf.bsky.social

🚨 New paper out at @jeppjournal.bsky.social. We show a growing youth gender gap in far-right support, driven by young men. 3 key findings in 🧵⬇️ w/ @zachdickson.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @heikekluever.bsky.social @theresakuhn.bsky.social @tonirodon.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/1350...

Netanyahu has not allowed any food, water, or fuel into Gaza in two weeks. Now he has resumed bombing, killing hundreds of people and breaking the ceasefire that had given Gaza a chance to live again. NO MORE MILITARY AID TO ISRAEL.

We are happy to announce that PhD student Belén Abdala successfully defended her thesis "From Voting to Candidacy: An Analysis of Individuals’ Motivations to Participate in Politics" on 12th of March! Congratulations, Belén! Wishing you all the best in your future endeavors! #PhDone

The most reliable monitor of protests in Serbia has given its verdict on today's Belgrade demo: "Based on field research and analysis of footage from today's "15 for 15" protest, the Archive of Public Assemblies estimates that this assembly was attended by between 275,000 and 325,000 people...

‼️ No party is immune from the competitive pressures that polarization places on them to moralize: the language of right and wrong, good and evil is used by parties positioned at extreme ends as well as those in the middle of the ideological spectrum ⚡️⚡️⚡️ A key conclusion from our new study 👇🏼

I’m so proud and grateful for everyone who peacefully protested throughout the day. Now it’s time to head home and not give the government’s provocateurs a chance to incite violence.

Massive protests against the government in Belgrade, Serbia. There are hundreds of thousands of people in the streets of Belgrade. They have cut off traffic. The protests have been going on since the fall when an incident at a train station in Novi Sad killed 15 people.

The rally — which is probably the biggest anti-government protest ever held in Serbia — comes after more than four months of anti-corruption demonstrations. #EuropeNews