🚨 New Open Access Publiation! Under the lead of @ronjademel.bsky.social , David Schieferdecker, @hannaschwander.bsky.social , Swen Hutter, Jule Specht and I investigated the role of empathy on attitudes towards refugees and ingroup-outgroup dynamics

📢 New Publication: @jedinger.bsky.social and I have explored the relationshop between need for closure, political trust and COVID conspiracy beliefs using data from the @gesis-panel.bsky.social . Open access: www.frontiersin.org/journals/soc...

Publication alert: lenamasch.bsky.social and I have explored the relationship between need for closure, political trust, and COVID conspiracy beliefs using data from the great @gesis-panel.bsky.social! Open-access doi.org/10.3389/frsp...

Interested in updates from researchers who are committed to advancing the methods of communication research and related disciplines? The Count has something for you... go.bsky.app/ByqiKgq Feel free to share and comment, if you want to be added.

Two political psych starter packs! Both have been around, but 2 has had a lot more people added. Check them out if you haven’t already 1: go.bsky.app/T2Uc2Bx 2: go.bsky.app/43FXWwj

Have you ever been sexually harrassed (e.g., catcalled, groped), and there were others around, but not one intervened to help you? Have you ever seen this happen and didn't intervene? If you have 10 - 15 minutes, please take part in our survey: univiepsy.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... (1/n)

1/ I promised some research for team #Bluesky. Here we go. Unpopular opinion: #Debunking doesn't stop #polarization. In fact, our research (and others') shows it can *add* to it. #Prebunking works better—timing is key. Our #simulation studies shed light on this. 👉

The Call for Papers, Panels and Data Presentations for #COMPTEXT2025 is now out; please feel free to circulate shorturl.at/AmocX! Deadline: January 15! We look forward to meeting you at the University of Vienna and @compcommlab.bsky.social on 24-26 April 2025!

Today is German Unity Day. But how unified is Germany? To celebrate, I want to share some data from a project with @lenamasch.bsky.social, @jos38.bsky.social and Antonios Souris on how "popular" people from different German states are - and how this evaluation differs. Here is it for everyone:

@favstats.bsky.social and I wrote a piece about LLMs for the Encyclopedia of Political Communication (forthcoming '25, edited by @alessandronai.bsky.social, @maxgroemping.bsky.social and @dominiquewirz.bsky.social). Happy to share the accepted version! www.johannesbgruber.eu/publication/...

HELLO POSITRON #rstats Read about it: www.infoworld.com/article/3715... Download it: github.com/posit-dev/po...

Are you interested in pursuing a PhD? Or know someone who might be looking for a 5 year PhD position at FU Berlin (teaching + research in political sociology)?👇

An upd report on our workshops for Ukraine series on #RStats, #Python & more. So far, we have raised >73k euro & the workshops have been attended by > 3300 ppl! you can find more info on how you can help & a detailed report. All info on workshops: bit.ly/3wBeY4S 1/n

The German Political Psychology Network is currently seeking hosts for its sixth "24hours of Political Psychology" meeting scheduled for 2025. (1/3)

Paris schafft gerade 70.000 Parkplätze ab. So sieht das dann z.B. aus❤️

Interesse an empirischer Bildungsforschung, Daten(management) und einer unbefristete E14-Stelle mit Dienstsitz Frankfurt?👇

Two weeks left to apply! Don't forget to send your abstract for this year's meeting our way!

#Wasserverlust in Deutschland Seit der Jahrtausendwende ein Bodensee weniger "Durch #Hitzewellen und #Dürren verliert BRD so viel #Wasser wie kaum ein anderes Land. Das geht aus dem Klima-Monitoringbericht der Bundesregierung hervor.Er fordert Anpassungsstrategien" www.tagesschau.de/wissen/klima...

Von der Festschrift „Informationsflüsse, Wahlen und Demokratie“ (Open Access!) für Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck war hier schon die Rede. Drüben gibts einen zugehörigen Thread mit Vorstellung der einzelnen Beiträge, hier nur den Link zu ALLEN Beiträgen: www.nomos-elibrary.de/10.5771/9783...

We have all been waiting for it: Cas Mudde's take on the Dutch election outcome www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Das neue M&K-Themenheft beschäftigt sich mit #Telegram in der politischen Öffentlichkeit. Herausgegeben von mir, @janschmidt.bsky.social, Jan Rau, @flxvctr.bsky.social und Philipp Kessling. Als Open Access verfügbar. www.nomos-elibrary.de/10.5771/1615...

New Publication with Oscar W. Gabriel, @maierjuergen.bsky.social and Anna-Maria Renner in "emotions in politics and society" (Nomos book series). Our book reflects the work of a decade and is the final publication of our DFG project on emotions in politics: t.co/sGbKuXUGYNew polpsy Germanpoliticsky

Priorisierung, Priorisierung, Priorisierung.

New Publication in IJPOR with Ronja Demel, David Schieferdecker, @hannaschwander.bsky.social , Swen Hutter and Jule Specht Shift in Public Opinion Formations on Defense, Energy, and Migration: The Case of Russia’s War Against Ukraine academic.oup.com/ijpor/articl...

The British Academy runs a multiyear trial on randomizing grant allocation among proposals that exceed quality threshold www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/promisi... Looks like a lottery increases diversity of recipients on many dimensions. 1/

Neues vom Internetmonitoring @motra.bsky.social 🤓 Der Monitor 2022 ist erschienen & mit dabei unser Beitrag "Zwischen Furcht & Feindseligkeit: Narrative Radikalisierungsangebote in Online-Gruppen" mit S. Greipl @julianhohner.bsky.social @dianarieger.bsky.social 👉 www.motra.info/wp-content/u...

Safe the date! The fifth meeting of the German Political Psychology Network will be held at the University of Vienna on September 19-20, 2024. Please submit your abstracts to: univiepsy.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... (Deadline January 31, 2024)

Last chance to apply 08 Nov Postdoc #Duisburg #PolSci #Sociology #Psycho Who is willing to shoulder costs for others by public redistribution? #politicalsolidarities #Experiments #Surveys @ERC_Research 30 months, >2,800 € after taxes/hlth ins achimgoerres.de/politsolid pls share & retweet

Nächsten Monat erscheint der von mir herausgegebene Band zur "Psychologie der Verschwörungstheorien" mit interdisziplinäre Einwürfen. Hier ein Vorab-Interview. www.hogrefe.com/de/thema/psy...

Come join us in Vienna! We are hiring a tenure track assistant professor in social policy, broadly defined. Do get in touch if you have questions. https://jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Tenure-Track-Professor-in-the-field-of-Political-Science-with-focus-on-Social-Policy/1001235101/

📣 JOB ALERT! Am KomRex (Zentrum für Rechtsextremismusforschung, Demokratiebildung und gesellschaftliche Integration) der FSU Jena suchen wir zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt eine Person für die Stelle der Geschäftsführung. jobs.uni-jena.de/jobposting/5... Bitte teilen!

In Berlin werden gerade besonders ehrenamtliche Einzelvormund:innen gesucht - wer vorher Erfahrungsberichte mag, ich stelle gern den Kontakt zu jemand her, der schon dort aktiv ist.

@sabrinajmayer.bsky.social and I are organising a panel on "Emotions and Electoral Behaviour" for the #DVPW Kongress in 2024 & are looking for your contributions! Submit your paper abstracts until 31 October: meine.dvpw.de/einreichungen/ (you need to register first)

Leute, es ist wieder soweit... wir suchen eine SHK für unser Team und bieten die (Mit-)Nutzung einer wunderschönen Espressomaschine (u.v.m.)! @polsozosifu.bsky.social @lenamasch.bsky.social @juliareuschenbach.bsky.social Alle Details hier: www.polsoz.fu-berlin.de/polwiss/fors...

🚨CALL FOR AUTHORS🚨 We are looking for authors willing to write a short entry (2.5k words) on the topics below for our Encyclopedia of Political Communication Interested? ➡️ Reach out asap via email ([email protected]) Plz repost for N and diversity @maxgroemping.bsky.social @dswirz.bsky.social

Wir suchen Unterstützung, nämlich in Person einer studentischen Hilfskraft! Deadline diese Woche! :) Spread the word! :) www.polsoz.fu-berlin.de/polwiss/fors...

@lenamasch.bsky.social and I are organising a panel on "Emotions and Electoral Behaviour" for the #DVPW Kongress in 2024 & are looking for your contributions! Submit your paper abstracts until 31 October: meine.dvpw.de/einreichungen/ (you need to register first)

The #TaDa Speaker Series is back from summer break and starts again next Wednesday 🎉 More info on dates, our amazing speakers, and how to join ⬇️ polisky #cssky