Markus Wagner
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Political scientist @ University of Vienna 🇬🇧🇩🇪🇦🇹🏳️🌈
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Tarik Abou-Chadi
3 days ago
We have just published the call for the Nuffield Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Politics. These are 3-year fully-funded postdocs that will allow you to focus on your research in a great academic environment. (And with excellent food)
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
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Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Politics - Nuffield College Oxford University
https://www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/jobs-and-vacancies/postdoctoral-prize-research-fellowships-in-politics/
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The Guardian
2 days ago
A voice that still carries: Aimee Mann’s greatest songs – ranked!
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A voice that still carries: Aimee Mann’s greatest songs – ranked!
Thirty years on from the release of her acclaimed album I’m With Stupid, we count down the sucker-punching best tracks by the US singer-songwriter
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/nov/06/aimee-mann-greatest-songs-ranked?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1762441959
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Brian Nosek
3 days ago
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Adam Bonica
3 days ago
I’ll keep pushing this line of analysis because I’m increasingly convinced the clearest path out of this mess is for Dems to adopt a relentless anti-corruption, anti-inequality, anti-oligarchy, pro-democracy platform. The Dem leadership hasn’t realized it yet, but they’re now a reform party.
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Tarik Abou-Chadi
6 days ago
We are hiring an Associate Professor in Politics, Technology and Computational Social Science. The post will be part of our new Centre for Advanced Social Science Methods (CASSM) and is a joint hire with the Oxford Internet Institute. All details in the job ad below.
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
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Laurenz Ennser-Jedenastik
10 days ago
❗️Please share widely: TT position in migration/citizenship/identity at IPW
@univie.ac.at
:
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Tenure-T...
Deadline: 10 Dec 2025
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Tenure-Track Professorship in Migration, Citizenship, Identity
Tenure-Track Professorship in Migration, Citizenship, Identity
https://jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Tenure-Track-Professorship-in-Migration%2C-Citizenship%2C-Identity/1262968201/
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Michał Gulczyński
13 days ago
Many studies attribute the success of right-wing parties to sexism. What is sexism? How is it measured? How does it influence elections? My systematic review of studies on sexism as a predictor of political behavior and attitudes is about to appear in
@poqjournal.bsky.social
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Daniel Devine
11 days ago
Another great
@jeppjournal.bsky.social
paper I'm happy to have edited is out here, on workers' descriptive representation, by
@manuelwagner.bsky.social
and
@laurenzennser.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Zeynep Somer-Topcu
11 days ago
It was great to host the Comparative Representation in Advanced Parliamentary Democracies workshop at UT. It is always fun and inspiring to hear about the cutting-edge research.
@utgovernment.bsky.social
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Miguel de la Riva
13 days ago
Verlieren Mitte-Links-Parteien Stimmen, wenn sie sich gesellschaftspolitisch zu progressiv aufstellen? Für
@derstandard.at
berichte ich über eine Studie, die nahelegt, dass es sozialdeokratischen Parteien eher schadet, wenn sie sich rechten Forderungen anbiedern:
www.derstandard.de/story/310000...
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Warum das Schielen nach rechts sozialdemokratischen Parteien meist schadet
Rechtskonservativen Positionen nachzujagen, ist bei Mitte-Parteien gerade angesagt. Im linksliberalen Spektrum gibt es damit aber wenig zu holen, warnt ein Politikwissenschafter
https://www.derstandard.de/story/3100000292035/warum-das-schielen-nach-rechts-sozialdemokratischen-parteien-meist-schadet
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Reto Mitteregger
25 days ago
I am really happy to share this year's prize for the best dissertation at the
@ipz.bsky.social
with
@reidingerve.bsky.social
! This is an exciting end to an intense but also joyful dissertation journey.
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David Attewell
about 1 month ago
@dpzollinger.bsky.social
and I are thrilled "Cleavage Politics in Western Democracies" is out as an SI at
@wepsocial.bsky.social
! Its papers explore the foundations of the cleavage pitting new left against radical right parties, and how it compares to the classic cleavages of Lipset & Rokkan: 🧵⬇️
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Jochem Vanagt
about 1 month ago
🚨 New publication out
@jeppjournal.bsky.social
w/ Katrin Praprotnik
@luanarusso.bsky.social
@markuswagner.bsky.social
We show that coalition signals from the mainstream right to the radical right shift, rather than reduce, existing political divisions. Open-access article:
doi.org/10.1080/1350...
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JEPP Journal
about 1 month ago
🤝
@jochemvanagt.bsky.social
, Katrin Praprotnik,
@luanarusso.bsky.social
, and
@markuswagner.bsky.social
show that when the mainstream right signals openness to govern with the far right, it eases tensions on the right but amplifies antipathy on the left 👇 🔗
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Partisan affect and political tolerance in the context of shifting norms: the effect of coalition signals towards the radical right
Mainstream political actors in many countries face the challenging decision of how to engage with radical-right parties. While some systematically exclude them from power, others accept them as coa...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13501763.2025.2558980
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Gijs Schumacher
about 1 month ago
Wrapping up the week - Posted two new (tt) Assistant Professorship position in my department:
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
... I am chairing this committee, so let me know if you have questions
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Vacancy — Assistant Professor in Political Science
The Department of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam invites applications for one and possibly two tenure-track Assistant Professor (Universitair Docent) positions in Political Science w...
https://werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies/assistant-professor-in-political-science-netherlands-14454
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World Politics
about 2 months ago
In Figure 7 from their
@worldpolitics.bsky.social
July article, Tarik Abou-Chadi, Silja Hausermann, Reto Mitteregger, Nadja Mosimann, and Markus Wagner address whether
#policy
positions create divergent reactions among groups of Social Democratic Party
#voters
, based on
#education
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Reto Bürgisser
about 2 months ago
New city, new job, new term! After a wonderful time at the
@ipz.bsky.social
, I’m very excited to have joined the Department of Government
@stawi-univie.bsky.social
at the University of Vienna as Assistant Professor. If you’re in Vienna and up for a coffee, let me know!
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Eelco Harteveld
about 2 months ago
What do citizens imagine their political opponents to be like? Polarization is real, but it also lives in our heads, fueled by stereotypes. We asked people in 🇧🇷, 🇬🇧, 🇩🇪 & 🇵🇱 to describe opponents in their own words. With
@jnareal.bsky.social
,
@markuswagner.bsky.social
&
@piotrmarczynski.bsky.social
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OSF
https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/nvcep_v1
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Emilie van Haute
about 2 months ago
Attending
#apsa2025
? Interested in the new opportunities offered at
@ejprjournal.bsky.social
? Stop by the Cambridge University Press stand this Thursday from 9.30 to 10.30am. I’ll be there with
@markuswagner.bsky.social
to answer all your questions. See you there!
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Thomas M. Meyer
3 months ago
The
@epssnet.bsky.social
call for the 2026 conference in Belfast opened today! 😮
epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
Deadline: 7 November 2025
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Call for Papers | EPSS Belfast 2026 Conference
Submit your abstract or full paper for EPSS Belfast 2026. Share cutting‑edge political science research, network with peers & contribute to academic impact.
https://epssnet.org/belfast-2026/call-for-papers/
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Mariano Torcal
4 months ago
It is OUT the last (printed) version of Handbook of Affective Polarization
doi.org/10.4337/9781...
It is open Access!!!
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https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035310609
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Per Engzell
4 months ago
Vienna is pretty high on my list of liveable cities and so it should be on yours... consider applying
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Nadia Steiber 〽️
4 months ago
⭐🎓The Department of Sociology in Vienna
@univie.ac.at
invites applications for a Tenure Track Professor in Sociology with focus on Quantitative Social Science Research Methods |
#Sociology
| quant methods Apply here (17 Sept 25):
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Tenure-T...
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Alexia Katsanidou
4 months ago
🚨 We're hiring! Join our CSES Team
@gesis.org
Cologne as a Senior Researcher. If you’re into comparative electoral research and love diving into data, this is your moment. Come shape global democracy with us! 🌍📊
www.gesis.org/en/institute...
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British Journal of Political Science
4 months ago
NEW - The Electoral Appeal of Symbolic Class Signalling Through Cultural Consumption -
cup.org/44rcdVW
-
@dweisstanner.bsky.social
&
@saengler.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
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science.orf.at/stories/3231...
Nice German-language summary of the recent paper by
@turnbulldugarte.com
and me - perfect Sommerloch material!
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So würden Harry Potter und Darth Vader wählen
Menschen projizieren ihre politische Einstellung auch auf fiktive Figuren. Laut einer aktuellen Studie gehen viele davon aus, dass Helden wie Harry Potter und Spider-Man genauso wählen würden wie sie ...
https://science.orf.at/stories/3231064/
4 months ago
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Laurenz Ennser-Jedenastik
4 months ago
🎉🎉🎉 Immensly proud of
@jzmarlier.bsky.social
who yesterday defended her PhD thesis on independent politicians in representive democracy, co-supervised by
@markuswagner.bsky.social
and myself. Big thanks to the committee
@eribertsou.bsky.social
,
@jbpilet.bsky.social
&
@chriswratil.bsky.social
!!
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Klaudia Wegschaider
4 months ago
📝🧵 New Publication ✨ My paper on multi-option referendums is now available open access in
@cpsjournal.bsky.social
If you are interested in referendum design and/or immigrant enfranchisement and/or multi-method work, read on...
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Silja Häusermann
4 months ago
❗Among their electoral potential, social democratic parties face very few strategic dilemmas. Left-progressive appeals resonate most strongly. New study in
@worldpolitics.bsky.social
with
@tabouchadi.bsky.social
,
@indubioproreto.bsky.social
, Nadja Mosimann, and
@markuswagner.bsky.social
Thread👇
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Tarik Abou-Chadi
4 months ago
New article out in World Politcs. We analyze how different groups react to varying programs of social democratic parties. We find less trade-offs than often assumed. Generally, more left-progressive programs increase support among social democratic potentials
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
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Julia Reiter
4 months ago
PSA: If you're currently in Prague for
#ISPP2025
, you might also like joining the 24 Hours of Political Psychology in Vienna in February! No conference fee, always worth a trip! Approach me with any questions 😊 Submissions are open until the end of September:
24hpolpsy.univie.ac.at
#24hpolpsy2026
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24 HOURS OF POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY CONFERENCE 2026
24 HOURS OF POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY CONFERENCE 2026
https://24hpolpsy.univie.ac.at/
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Gefjon Off
4 months ago
Our Element is out! 🎉 Why do authoritarian-leaning leaders target women’s and LGBTQ+ rights? Is there a systematic pattern that reaches beyond individual country cases, and how is this reflected in people’s attitudes and societal norms?
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
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Attitudes toward Political Authoritarianism in Economically Advanced Democracies
Cambridge Core - Politics: General Interest - Attitudes toward Political Authoritarianism in Economically Advanced Democracies
https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/abs/attitudes-toward-political-authoritarianism-in-economically-advanced-democracies/842FCC23F46E01C10A0603E708C1DE88#element
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Manès Weisskircher
4 months ago
New article! 📚 "A Normal(ised) Far-Right Party? A Long-Term Perspective on the
#FPÖ's
Electoral Strength" out in
@politicalquarterly.bsky.social
. It analyses long-term organizational integration, the 2024 success & growing elite openess towards the FPÖ. ▶️
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Mike Frank
4 months ago
Experimentology is out today!!! A group of us wrote a free online textbook for experimental methods, available at
experimentology.io
- the idea was to integrate open science into all aspects of the experimental workflow from planning to design, analysis, and writing.
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Macartan Humphreys
4 months ago
@wzb.bsky.social
is searching for new director for the study of democracy These are extraordinary senior positions; tenured wth funding to establish a new dept & pursue big agendas
www.wzb.eu/en/jobs/dire...
🚨Please share widely!
#Polisky
@epssnet.bsky.social
@ecpr.bsky.social
@apsa.bsky.social
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EPSS
4 months ago
Yesterday EPSS was founded, today we answer members’ questions. A 🧵 1. Who formed EPSS? EPSS was founded by a supermajority vote of the EPSA Council, made up of 3 EPSAL shareholders & 9 elected, appointed, or ex officio members. 1/
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Excited about this new direction and looking forward to Belfast 2026!
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5 months ago
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EPSS
5 months ago
🚨 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. 🧵
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When the hotel receptionist says, "Germany must be empty because I think all the Germans checked into our hotel today", it must be time for
#EPSA2025
.
5 months ago
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Institut für Staatswissenschaft / Department of Government
5 months ago
From 26 to 28 June 2025, the 15th Annual Conference of the European Political Science Association will take place in Madrid, Spain. Many of our colleagues will attend the conference and present their research.
#EPSA2025
. The presenters are: 🧵 1/3
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Maurits Meijers
5 months ago
🧵 Hiring 2 PhDs in political science! Join my ERC project DEMO-LIES
@uantwerpen.be
🇧🇪 We study how politicians accuse each other of lying/disinfo — and how citizens react: Does it erode trust? Polarize? Mobilize? 🧠🗳️ 💥 4-yr fully funded 📅 Start: Oct/Nov 2025 🗓️ Deadline: 21 Aug Details + apply 👇
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Doctoral scholarship holders in political science | University of Antwerp
YUFE vacancies
https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/jobs/vacancies/academic-staff/?q=4037
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Federico Trastulli
5 months ago
Happy to start
@epsanet.bsky.social
week with this just accepted work on determinants/measurement of voters' issue salience, with the amazing
@gefjonoff.bsky.social
! Details as soon as out in
@ejprjournal.bsky.social
:) 👇
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Jonathan Leader Maynard
5 months ago
We’re hiring 3 permanent (tenured) lecturers in the Department of Political Economy at King’s College London. These are ‘education pathway’ posts (in Economics, Research Methods, & Comparative Politics) 1/4
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/117268-...
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/117209-...
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/117245-...
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AEP Lecturer in Politics and Research Methods
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/117268-aep-lecturer-in-politics-and-research-methods
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Roman Senninger
5 months ago
📣 Jobs, jobs, jobs! Aarhus University’s Department of Political Science is hiring: 🔹 Assistant Professor 🗓 Deadline: 25 August 🔗
international.au.dk/about/profil...
🔹 Associate Professor 🗓 Deadline: 8 September 🔗
international.au.dk/about/profil...
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Ruth Dassonneville
5 months ago
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!
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2 PhD positions in Electoral behavior
2 PhD positions to research how social group memberships become connected to vote choices
https://www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsite/jobs/60482360?lang=en
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Ruth Dassonneville
5 months ago
New paper out in IJPOR! We (w Ian McAllister) use
@ess-survey.bsky.social
and other survey data to examine East/West differences in the use and meaning of left-right.
academic.oup.com/ijpor/articl...
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The Direction and Meaning of Left-Right in Postcommunist Societies
Abstract. Positioning on the left-right scale is often regarded as a heuristic that enables citizens to reduce the information costs involved in navigating
https://academic.oup.com/ijpor/article/37/2/edaf024/8153789
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Noam Gidron
5 months ago
Thinking about immigration from a cultural perspective heightens distrust of political opponents—with Adams,
@rwillh11.bsky.social
and
@ttichelbaecker.bsky.social
at
@bjpols.bsky.social
. Might interest scholars of polarization and ideology, and those analyzing open-ended questions.
cup.org/3ZajcQ1
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Lena Maria Huber
6 months ago
@haukelicht.bsky.social
and I have exciting news! Our joint project „Group Appeals in Parliamentary and Electoral Debates“ has been approved for funding by the DFG and the FWF! The project will start on Feb 1, 2026 and we’ll be hiring: 📍Pre-doc (Mannheim) 📍Post-doc (Innsbruck) Stay tuned for calls!
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Danbischof
6 months ago
🚨 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...
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