📯📯 I am happy to announce I defended my Ph.D. thesis! Sincere thanks to my examiners @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social & Thomas Chadefaux (@conflictresearch.bsky.social) for thoughtful questions and an engaging discussion about the arguments I presented

Periodic reminder that paper-picnic.com is a terrific one-stop-shop to stay updated on the latest publications in the social sciences. Thanks Moritz! Pro tip: installing the website as an app on your phone to easily access it from your home screen: support.google.com/chrome/answe... (Android/iOS)

Had a chance to go through a couple of chapters and it's definitely something worth having at hand if you're researching anything related to trust 👇

A positive end to the first week back is that the book is now fully available. It's not on their website yet, but it is on mine. I'm really happy with how it turned out and grateful to all the authors. Hope it's useful. 🙌 djdevineorg.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...

How does cinema shape our understanding of migration? Join me for the first @mpc-eui.bsky.social seminar of next year (in-person/online), where I will share ideas based on a global dataset of 410 documentaries, films, and television series on migration. migrationpolicycentre.eu/events/?id=5...

Why social trust is failing – and how Psychology can restore it… David Sharpley, Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, on a ‘cultural drift’ that has ‘unsettled shared principles’. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

A very nice step in expansion of academic and policy co-operation between 🇷🇸 and 🇮🇪 Looking forward to seeing more mutual efforts in the future!

Submit, submit! 🚨 Pleasant reminder to all, the 5th European PolMeth meeting will be 14-15 May 2026 at Trinity College Dublin 🇮🇪 Submissions close Nov. 15 ⚠️ You can find out more about the conference, including the submission form, here: polmeth.eu If you have any questions, please contact me 😀

Tariffs might be the word of 2025. Given the state of *looks around* we asked: is there demand for tariffs in Europe? @grahn.bsky.social @katharinalawall.bsky.social @sophiemainz.bsky.social Maria Nordbrandt & I show the answer is a resolute no @jeppjournal.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/1350...

This is your heads up that the deadline for submitting your abstract to the inaugural @epssnet.bsky.social conference in Belfast is a month from now (Nov 7)! I'm chairing the Migration Politics section w/ @aalrababah.bsky.social and we're excited to receive contributions from across the discipline🕺🏻

I really strongly feel that some fields of research would profit if researchers stopped collecting online data for some time and instead maybe just read a bit outside of their field.

🎉We're back! 24 hours of Political Psychology is once again coming to Vienna - save the dates: 26 / 27 February 2026 ▶️ Abstract submission is OPEN - find the link & further information here: 24hpolpsy.univie.ac.at Very excited to co-host with @markuswagner.bsky.social and @isabellareb.bsky.social

The success of the far right is not only measured in votes and seats but in its impact on rhetoric, policy and ideology. The fact that a (nominally) social democratic head of government with a huge majority choses to say and do this is maybe the biggest success of the far right in Europe yet.

📕We are delighted to kick off our Wednesday Seminar Series for the new academic year with Dr Marco Seegers and his talk entitled "Equalizer or amplifier? The role of further education for social inequality". Join us in College Green this Wednesday from 3-4pm!

The Münster Replication Games will take place on November 28, 2025! + 1 day event to conduct reproduction/replication + connect with fellow researchers interested in OS + refine your coding skills + become a co-author on a meta-paper Register here: indico.uni-muenster.de/event/3526

The University of Cologne plans drastic cuts to its Political Science department, potentially abolishing the MSc in Political Science and eliminating the professorships in IR and Comparative Politics. This would severely weaken the social sciences at @unicologne.bsky.social. Petition (de/en) ⤵️

V important to call out the strategic use of gender in anti-immigrant politics. Our research shows femonationalism is growing across Europe -- used most (but not only!) by the far right, esp when party rivals converge on anti-immigration positions. Working paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

📢 Call for abstracts - Disentangling the integration paradox ☀️ Destination: IMISCOE! 🧩 Join our panels at IMISCOE - with @sbvanoosten.bsky.social, @nellageurts.bsky.social & @genoni.bsky.social - to further our efforts in debunking, developing and driving studies on the integration paradox! 1/3

Finally, long awaited return of Respect the Marble and it looks more stylish than ever! Sept. 4th and 12th penciled down in my calendar.

A new study finds that ten years after arriving in Germany in 2015, 64% of refugees are now employed. Yet, their average income remains just 70% of that of German citizens, and the gender gap is striking: while 76% of men are employed, only 35% of women have found work. iab.de/en/publicati...

the range of issues it is politically acceptable to discuss – seems to be widening in an alarming manner. The deliberately incendiary juxtaposition of “Muslim” and “migrant” with “rapist” or “illegal” has become almost the norm in some parts of public debate. + the way we debate these issues

Important takeaways from the newest @fraraffaelli.bsky.social piece 👇🏻

@miirna.bsky.social kada kaže ‘ja neću ništa uzimati, samo ostavljam!’

1/4 Download our new book for FREE! Thiago, Laron, and I explain why studying whether and how voters know what parties want (and who goes with whom) is important and layout a framework for how to do this better. Check out the cover, promotional comic, and abstract cup.org/4mkBibw

The Full Release of the ANES 2024 Time Series Study is now available! The data and documentation can be downloaded from the ANES website at: electionstudies.org/data-center/...

Today, academics, ask yourself: Am I bringing enough of a Flann O'Brien energy to my R&R work?

Apply to EuroWEPS 12/13! We're organizing the next EuroWEPS workshops at Bocconi (Nov 14) and EUI (Dec 15) to discuss designs/papers focusing on causal inference. No presentations, just constructive discussions. Early career scholars are especially welcome to apply! Submission deadline is Sep 30

Do you work on immigrant integration or well-being? At this @compasoxford.bsky.social hybrid seminar on 19 Sep, Adam Komisarof (Keio, Japan) and I will each share work on migration attitudes, with commentary from the brilliant @sbvanoosten.bsky.social! www.compas.ox.ac.uk/event/promot... #migcitsky

Die Ergebnisse gehen auf die Studie "Does ad hoc language training improve the economic integration of refugees? Evidence from Germany’s response to the Syrian refugee crisis" zurück ⬇️ academic.oup.com/jrsssa/advan...

Advice for junior #academicsky job market candidates: You should apply to all jobs that fit your profile even just a little bit. Job descriptions are a product of committees and not always very... accurate. My first fly out (and almost first offer) came from an ad with 15+ disciplines listed 😅.

Has anyone ever coded Monte Carlo simulations to get power and sample size for a three-arm or a multi-arm experiment that uses causal mediation (as in R mediation package)? I found good methods for two-arm exp. with binary and continuous treatments, but not much more.

This is an important opportunity for European poli sci: contribute to getting EPSS off to a fantastic start by submitting your work to next year’s conference. I’m section chair for Migration Politics together with @aalrababah.bsky.social and can’t wait to see the cool mig research you have for us 🔥

Not a @mpsa.bsky.social member, but this definitely is a worthy opportunity! @williamlallen.bsky.social has been my mentor through another, informal EPSA mentoring programme for 2 yrs now and the support I've received so far is invaluable.

Are you thinking of applying for multi-year research fellowships this summer? Unsure of how you can compellingly write about that ‘next idea’? I shared experiences from my @magdalenoxford.bsky.social and @britishacademy.bsky.social postdocs, including examples from the research statements.

👅Can moral language boost pro-immigrant messages and be as effective as anti-immigrant messages? ➡️ @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social shows that pro-immigrant actors are not always bound to lose against the anti-immigrant side www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView #OpenAccess

Likewise, negativity towards migrants is primarily directed towards illegal migrants, those coming to claim benefits, and small boat arrivals yougov.co.uk/politics/art...

Almost half of Britons (47%) mistakenly believe that migration to the UK is primarily illegal rather than legal. This view is held by 72% of those who support requiring large numbers of migrants to leave yougov.co.uk/politics/art...

📢 Call for papers: "Political Identities in Europe" workshop, Nov 13-14, 2025 @uvahumanities.bsky.social @theresakuhn.bsky.social How are political identities constructed across Europe? Deadline: Sept 26, 2025. 🔗 Info & submission: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

AI Storyboard to depict a theoretical mechanism in a paper - yes/no/depends?

Congratulations to our own Professor Raj Chari! We look forward to seeing him lead @trisstcd.bsky.social into a bright future! ✨

I am looking forward to the new series, though have to say I am sad for hearing #RtM will be on a break. During these past weeks, opening my inbox to discover new emails announcing another #RtM text were sources of joy and usually my first reading of that day.

I am thinking of different titles for one of my papers - now I have come out with two options: 1) 100 days of mistrust 2) tell me who you support and I'll tell you what you think of me Without knowing anything else about the paper (second part of the title included), which one seems better?

I am well aware there are (more?) pressing issues around the world in #Gaza, #Ukraine and #US - but my colleagues from #UniversityofBelgrade have not received their salaries for months now!

I read 'Chaos in the Brickyard' immediately after @macartan.bsky.social posted in the thread, because it seemed short and sweet, but it was short and frankly, terrifying - posting myriad of 'why do we do science after all' questions. Read👇🏻and 1963 letter will sound less terrifying!

The most important point for me from new @grahn.bsky.social & @sandrahkansson.bsky.social piece doi.org/10.1080/0140...

🆕 paper with @surili.bsky.social in Research in Social Stratification and Mobility: "Immigrant optimism in Ireland: Parental expectations of children’s educational attainment" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

As scientists look for alternative homes for their research careers, will Ireland seize the opportunity? Perspective in @irishtimes.com today. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

What happens to women when they are denied an abortion? Short run: their risk of death rises. A full 15 years later, they experience: more health issues, lower attainment, reduced labor-force participation, higher single motherhood, higher poverty, + greater government assistance

At first I thought my spam filter did not route an email where it should, but instead I learned I got my first media inquiry about my Ph.D. topic!

Another one here that puts events in #Georgia, #Serbia and #Turkiye in comparative perspective.