🚨 Interested in public opinion, political psychology, democratic backsliding, conspiracies?🛸 ➡️You have until this Thursday to apply for the postdoctoral position in the @tact-forsed.bsky.social. 📍 @uab.cat 🕗 Full-time (37.5h/week), flexible schedule 💶 36.000€ 🗓️ 27 months contract 👇

🇨🇭 Das Sparprogramm des Bundesrats gefährdet Swissinfo – ein zentrales demokratisches Instrument zur mehrsprachigen Information und zur Verbindung mit den Auslandschweizer:innen. 🔗 www.swissinfo.ch/ger/inside-s...

Stürzt die neue US-Aussenpolitik die Demokratie weltweit in die Krise? An Osteuropa könnte die Eiszeit der Demokratie vorbeiziehen. Mein Kommentar in der NZZ am Sonntag. www.nzz.ch/nzz-am-sonnt...

RIP

Was haben kriminelle Machenschaften mit politischer Polarisierung zu tun? Einiges, schreibt @dbchslr.bsky.social www.swissinfo.ch/ger/globale-...

As many of you were wondering whether the student protests in Serbia are still active, and amidst expectations that they would die over the summer. Today is the first day of school. The high school students organised big rallies, and boycotted the start of the school year.

On my way to the ECPR General conference 2025. Hope to see many of you there. #ECPRGC25

Schweizer Kantone: "Freiwilliger Proporz" als Mythos? 1) Meine Einschätzung für Zentralplus zu den Zuger Wahlen. www.zentralplus.ch/politik/mach... 2) Studie mit Karima Bousbah: Minderheit wird eingebunden wenn Mehrheit inhaltlich od strategisch gespalten ist onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Serbia: Former state minister of police from the regime party reportedly circulated revenge porn against our student at the Uni Belgrade, Pol Sci. . The pictures show our student as an underage girl. The former minister is documented to have close links to the mafia. She has never been sentenced.

Concerned with conflicts over political liberties & the regime in federal states? Just out in @democratization.bsky.social - A new, regime-change driven „genotype of secession“. - How it mattered in the breakup of the Soviet Union & Yugoslavia. Is California next? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Join us on Monday 18.00h in Vienna. with @scharlatanja.bsky.social @ninogoz.bsky.social by @ceu-polsci.bsky.social ‬ & @fesonline.bsky.social line.bsky.social ‬ democracy.fes.de/e/democracy-...

Erste EU-Ministerin, die sich tatsächlich vor und hinter die serbischen Studentinnen stellt. #pumpaj www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

Personal take... banning Marine Le Pen from running in elections is as scandalous as the US left's plan to prevent the incumbent from running in 2028.

If you are an academic wanting to support academics under attack in Serbia, this is the place to sign. forms.office.com/pages/respon...

#Serbia: largest protest in history, est. 5% the pop, despite the authorities having closed down all rail traffic for 2 days & coerced bus companies to cancel all regular&chartered services. Student organisers kept peace & order, despite the regime trying to instigate violence.

#Serbia: largest protest in history, est. 5% the pop, despite the authorities having closed down all rail traffic for 2 days & coerced bus companies to cancel all regular&chartered services. Student organisers kept peace & order, despite the regime trying to instigate violence.

A few days ago, I posted about how authoritarian leaders fear student activism. I wrote a new article dives much deeper into this pattern – and why Trump's recent threats are so revealing. It's a global, historical phenomenon. (Short 🧵⬇️)

Lässt sich die Schweizer Demokratie exportieren? @lukasleuzinger.bsky.social spricht mit @cengizgunay.bsky.social und mir fürs Magazin Upgrade. (1) www.donau-uni.ac.at/de/aktuelles... (2) Mein Kapitel hierzu im Oxford Handbook of Swiss Politics. www.bochsler.eu/uploads/publ...

I was lucky enough that Valentina Petrović @sociology-uzh.bsky.social invited me to a book talk on "Structural origins of post-Yugoslav regimes". Here I wrote down for @democratization.bsky.social @felixschulte.bsky.social why you should read the book: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The Center for Eastern European Studies @CEES at Zurich University offers 3-4 residential fellowships to young/mid-career social sciences/humanities scholars working on historical/contemporary topics related to #EasternEurope, #Russia, the #Caucasus, or #CentralAsia: www.cees.uzh.ch/de/CEES-Fell...

Randnotiz. Tolle Sache: Roger Köppel bringt einen Hauch Südkaukasus ins Albisgüetli.

The Electoral Commission of Kosovo has refused to register the „Serbian List“, the main representative of the Serbian minority, for the upcoming parliamentary elections of 9 February 2025. This is a scandalous decision and a major setback for the peace process. (Thread)

⚠️ Six-year position at our department - work in lovely Vienna with a friendly team, 2 classes a term, and follow/develop your own research agenda. Feel free to ask me questions you might have. Deadline 24/01/25 jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...

Spooky. Look at the change in the meaning when proofreading a small text with Deepl. #Georgia #AI

In #Georgia, also #academic freedom is at risk. Please consider signing this letter. I know some of our colleagues under threat will appreciate it. 🇪🇺 🇬🇪 ruta-association.org/news/open-le...

It's that time of year again... The call for our UCL Conflict & Change PhD Workshop is out! We invite ECRs working on IR, conflict and contentious politics to apply by 8 December. We look forward to having you in London 24-25 February, 2025. Apply here: conflictandchange.org/phdworkshop2025

Just in time for the holiday season: Oxford Handbook of #Chocolate. With my chapter on the politics of #Switzerland. Or vice-versa. doi.org/10.1093/oxfo...

Just published: A key variable in comparative politics is the proportionality of electoral systems. How to measure it? Here comes the "effective district magnitude" (open access). With Miriam Hänni & Bernard Grofman. sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Data download: www.bochsler.eu/index.php?pa...

Just published: Andreas Juon and I were curious about the diffusion of constitutional rules... and so we studied the role of mediators in designing power-sharing constitutions after conflicts. Our chapter in this new volume on democracy promotion.

Everyone knows about retrospective (economic) voting. We asked who wins the votes that the incumbent loses. New parties? Established oppositions? Get one out of 50 copies of our @wepsocial.bsky.social article for free. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/GRD7C...

Read our article in open access this week... Are prominent critics of #Consociational Democracy right? How miserable is the Quality of Democracy of Power-sharing?* ... it's worth every €€€ $$$ you spend. www.cambridge.org/core/journal... * Not that bad.

Electoral systems are a key variable in all kinds of research on politics & policies. However, scholars struggle to find a universal measure to operationalise them. Just accepted in Electoral Studies, our 'effective district magnitude', with Miriam Hänni & Bernard Grofman.

Very honoured that our work with Andreas Juon on Ethnic #federalism & separatism is appreciated. Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... Moltes gràcies, Institut de l'Autogovern for the prize! dogc.gencat.cat/ca/document-... Even better: along colleagues & friends Pau Vall & Karlo Basta.